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🔻ECONOMY: Trump Foolishly Downplays High Cost-Of-Living
🍕PIZZA ECONOMIC INDEX: Americans Hurting
🎅YOUR 401K🆙: Hopes For Santa Stock Rally
❓Buy Now Pay Later /or/ Buy Now Regret Later
🧑🏭HEGSETH: Boat Strike + Signalgate = Out?
🏝️EPSTEIN ISLAND: New Photos, Video Here
☃️BABY IT’s COLD: Triple-Dip PolarVortex
🔻ECONOMY: Trump Foolishly Downplays
It’s The Economy Stupid — and President Trump is blowing off Americans’ concerns.
Trump is downplayed cost-of-living pains being felt by Americans, declaring that “It’s A Democratic Con Job”, he claims “affordability doesn’t mean anything to anybody” as his polls on the economy continue to decline.
🍕PIZZA ECONOMIC INDEX: Americans Hurting🍕
Americans are feeling the pain and ordering smaller Pizzas to save money.
Pizza is a comfort food for uncomfortable times that traditionally could feed an entire family relatively inexpensively.
Papa John’s said customers in the most recent quarter were trading down from large to medium pizzas and adding fewer toppings. Pizza Hut has had eight consecutive quarters of declines in same-store sales. Its parent, Yum! Brands, is weighing its options, including a possible sale of the chain.
Recent polls show that most Americans rate President Trump’s economy negatively. A November 2025 Pew Research Center poll found 74% of adults see the economy as only fair or poor. Recent consumer confidence has dropped amid a government shutdown, weak hiring, and inflation.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has told top lawmakers to adopt a laser focus on the affordability crisis — his chosen attack plan for 2026 midterms.
✍️NO HELP WANTED: Small Biz Cuts Jobs
Late word that Companies cut 32,000 jobs in November, the third decline in four months, according to ADP. Losses were concentrated among small businesses, which cut 120,000 jobs even as larger firms added employees.
🎅YOUR 401K🆙: Hopes For Santa Stock Rally
Stocks higher on Wall Street after starting December in the red. It’s been a wild roller-coaster ride with markets up, then down, then up again as traders worry about an A.I. bubble and fears the Fed will not lower interest rates.
But, odds of a Fed rate cut at next week’s FOMC meeting have rebounded sharply in recent days. They’re at roughly 80%, from less than 30%. And hopes for a Santa Claus Stock Rally* are building.
Scott Martin Chief Investment Officer at Kingsview Wealth Management tells NewsNation there’s no A.I. bubble:
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*GisermanGroup Translator: Santa Claus Rally refers to a tendency for the S&P 500 index to rise during the last five trading days of December and the first two trading days of January.
🎢Bitcoin On Wild Ride Lower
Bitcoin recovering climbing back above $90,000, after its worst trading day in nearly 9 months.
Mark Scribner Managing Director at Wealth Enhancement Group says let the buyer beware:
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The latest University of Michigan data show consumers have the dimmest views of their personal finances since 2009, and see the probability of losing their jobs at the highest in five years.
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President Trump has cut tariffs on imports in an effort to curb soaring grocery prices—a bid to calm voter anger over the high cost of beef, coffee, bananas and other foods. Average retail prices for ground roast coffee up over 40% in the past year, with ground beef rising 12% and bananas up 9%.
A recent survey by KPMG, a professional services firm, found 85% of CEOs saying they expect tariffs to significantly impact their business’ performance and operations and they expect to respond by increasing prices as needed.
Scott Martin Chief Investment Officer at Kingsview Wealth Management says it’s the tale of two economies.
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Mark Scribner Managing Director at Wealth Enhancement Group says there’s no better time to make your money work for YOU:
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📉By The Numbers At The Close
Dow 🆙 450 pointsS&P 500 🆙 0.30%Nasdaq 🆙 0.20%Gold 🆙 $4240Bitcoin 🆙 $93K🛍️Buy Now Pay Later -or is it-Buy Now Regret Later❓
Cyber Monday spending grew more slowly in the U.S. then Europe, a new phenomenon that partly reflects the impact of President Trump’s trade war on tariff-stung shoppers. Global online spending increased about 5%, while US spending rose by 2.6%, according to Salesforce.
Bargain-hunters clicked their way online to spend $12 Billion on Black Friday weekend, 5% more than last year.
But many consumers are financing their purchases with Buy-Now-Pay-Later plans. The Consumer Guy with warnings from Mark Scribner of Wealth Enhancement Group:
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🧑🏭HEGSETH: Boat Strike + Signalgate = Out?
Top Republicans and Democrats in Congress charge American military officials might have committed a war crime in President Trump’s offensive against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. It comes after a news report said that during one such attack, a follow-up strike was ordered to kill survivors, a war crime as defined by the Geneva Conventions.
Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley reportedly plans to tell Congress today he and his legal adviser concluded the two survivors were attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the already-damaged vessel legitimate targets for the second attack.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a cabinet meeting Tuesday that he never ordered Admiral Bradley, a special operations commander, to carry out the second strike which destroyed the boat and killed two survivors, though he defended the officer’s actions.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stepped up his war of words against Hegseth, calling him a “12-year-old playing army.”
Still, PresidentTrump is ratcheting up his campaign against drug cartels, saying in a social media post that airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.”
Though Trump does not have the legal authority to close the airspace over another country, such a move is sometimes a first step ahead of airstrikes.
In a separate incident the Pentagon’s watchdog has reportedly found that Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants.
Hegseth, however, has the ability to declassify material and the report did not find he did so improperly, according to one of the people familiar with the findings who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the information. That person also said the report concluded that Hegseth violated Pentagon policy by using his personal device for official business and it recommended better training for all Pentagon officials.
🚨NATIONAL GUARD: Suspect Charged With Murder
U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after being shot in Washington, D.C.; the second soldier who was shot remains in critical condition.
The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is to be charged today with first-degree murder. The alleged gunman is an Afghani who worked with C.I.A.-backed military units during the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Officials call the attack a “targeted shooting” by the lone gunman, who guardsmen tackled after the shootings.
Trump called for “reverse migration” in the US after announcing that the soldiers had died from her injuries. Trump proposed measures such as permanently pausing admissions from “third world” countries and revoking citizenship for some naturalized migrants.
Defense Secretary Pere Hegseth says Trump, who was in Florida at the time of the shooting, has ordered him to deploy 500 more national guard troops to the nation’s capital.
Trump has called the operation “the most successful public safety and national security mission in the history of our nation’s capital,” and earlier this week he said, “We haven’t had a murder in six months.” Data from the local police shows at least two dozen homicides since the Guard was deployed to the city.
National Guard troops are barred from carrying out police duties under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which precludes the military from domestic law enforcement.
Last week, a federal judge ordered a temporary suspension of the deployment, which began in August, finding that it is likely illegal.
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☃️BABY IT’s COLD: Triple-Dip PolarVortex
Frigid temperatures are expected to impact much of the central and eastern U.S. in the coming weeks. The PolarVortex, surges of Arctic air, will generate rounds of flurries and squalls and may ignite storms with more widespread snow.
We’re headed for an extremely cold December.
Wind chills between -10 to -25 are expected in the upper Midwest and Northern Plains.
Several states in the Northeast are being hit by a “wintry mix” with snowfall up to an inch an hour and travel delays.
Maybe book a Caribbean vacation now?
🏝️EPSTEIN ISLAND: New Photos Here
House Democrats have released photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island offering a rare glimpse into a secretive place where Epstein is alleged to have trafficked young girls.
The new images and videos show Epstein’s home, including bedrooms, a telephone, what appears to be an office or library, and a chalkboard on which the words “fin”, “intellectual”, “deception” and “power” are written.
One photo shows a room with a dentist chair and masks hanging on the wall.
The videos appear to be a walk-through of the property.
💉 SHINGLES VACCINE : May Slow Dementia
The shingles vaccine may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain.
Earlier this year, researchers reported that the shingles vaccine cuts the risk of developing dementia by 20 percent over a seven-year period.
A large follow-up study has found that shingles vaccination may protect against risks at different stages of dementia — including for people already diagnosed.
The research, published in the journal Cell, found that cognitively healthy people who received the vaccine were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, an early symptomatic phase before dementia.
CHARACTER.AI: Ends Teen Access After 2 Die
Character.AI, a chatbot company with 20 million monthly users, has cut off chatbot access for users under 18 due to mental-health concerns.
The decision follows the deaths of at least two teens by suicide after using Character.AI chatbots, leading to lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny.
Teens are expressing sadness and anger over losing access to chatbots, which they used for companionship, creative outlets and mental-health support.
💵TARIFF DIVIDEND: Will You Get $2000?
President Trump renewed his pitch to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to American citizens – even as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seemingly threw cold water on the idea. Trump promised the government would issue checks starting around mid-2026.
While the president has repeatedly touted the billions raised in tariff revenue this year, such a plan — which would likely require congressional approval — could cost the government double what it’s projected to take in in tariffs, one estimate shows.
It would also undercut Trump’s argument that tariff revenue will be used to help start paying down federal debt — a claim economists say is unlikely anytime soon, with the government running near-$2 trillion budget deficits.
🧑⚖️TARIFFS LEGAL?: SCOTUS Justices Skeptical
In one of the most economically important clashes in the country’s history, Supreme Court Justices sounded skeptical of Presidential Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs.
Even some conservative justices joined their liberal colleagues questioned whether Trump has the power to impose such far-reaching duties. A ruling against Trump could be devastating and force him to return Billions in tariffs collected from U.S. trading partners.
Supply-Chain Expert, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels says Trump accomplished a great deal on tariffs at his summit with China’s Xi:
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There was no US/China deal on TikTok announced at the Trump/Xi Summit.
Beijing only pledged to work with Washington to resolve the fate of TikTok’s U.S. business.
Exiger’s Bob Kolasky, tells NewsNation , “No matter a deal or not, China still has dangerous access to YOUR personal information.”
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🥫CAMPBELL’s: Fires Exec Saying They Make Food For Poor People
A Campbell’s Executive is in the soup.
Campbell’s has fired the executive allegedly caught on tape saying the company made “highly processed food” for “poor people.
🚨ICE: Arrests White Hse Press Secy’s Cousin
A relative of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been detained by federal immigration officials in Massachusetts.
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, “a criminal illegal alien from Brazil,” was taken into custody in Revere, Mass., after allegedly overstaying her tourist visa that expired in June 1999.
Ferreira shares an 11-year-old son with Leavitt’s older brother, Michael.
“The only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of my son,” Michael Leavitt told New Hampshire station WMUR.
Leavitt, the country’s youngest White House press secretary at 28, told the outlet she had no comment on Ferreira’s arrest, but a source said the women have not spoken in many years.
👩🏭DEMS: FBI Probes Over Video To Troops
A group of Democratic lawmakers who encouraged troops to disobey any orders they deem illegal are pushing back on an alleged federal inquiry into their actions.
Senator Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan, said the FBI had notified the six lawmakers of its investigation on Monday, after she and others appeared in a video last week, which US President Donald Trump branded “seditious”.
“No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution,” four Democrats in the House of Representatives said.
The Pentagon has also previously announced that it will review “serious allegations of misconduct” against former Astronaut Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, who appeared in the clip.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that a DoJ official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the FBI had requested interviews with six Democratic politicians to determine “if there’s any wrongdoing, and then go from there”.
✍️EPSTEIN: Trump Signs Bill —Will Files Be Released & Names ‘Redacted’?
Hours after reporters were told there was a “lid” at the White House and they could go home, President Trump posted a message on Truth Social that he has signed the bill requiring release of the Epstein Files.
It comes after the Senate joined the House and passed the bill to compel the Justice Department to release all files related to convicted sex offender Epstein.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to make unclassified documents related to Epstein available within 30 days of being signed into law.
If the Epstein files are released we learn that Donald Trump’s name as well as the names of other big shots are likely to be redacted!
The team, tasked with conducting a final review of the cache, had applied the redactions before the DOJ and the FBI concluded last month that “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
Trump has ordered a Justice Department probe into Epstein’s relationship with Bill Clinton, in retribution for the renewed focus on Trump’s own ties to Epstein.
Emails released by Democrats show Epstein referred to Trump as the “dog that hasn’t barked” and told his former companion Ghislaine Maxwell that an alleged victim had “spent hours at my house” with Trump:
In one of the messages, Epstein said Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were underage.
Epstein’s victims pleading for the files to be released quickly.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said he was stepping back from all public commitments amid fallout from the release of emails between him and Epstein. Summers resigned from OpenAI board and will step back from teaching at Harvard.
“I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein,” Summers said.
Summers is a former president of Harvard University.
👨🏭UKRAINE: White House Pushes Peace Plan
Vladimir Putin could return to the world stage under a European peace plan that agrees to allow Russia back into the G8.
The offer was made in a counter-proposal to Donald Trump’s 28-point plan, which heavily favoured Russia.
The European plan contains several concessions, including a cap on the size of Ukraine’s army and a commitment to elections that could see Volodymyr Zelensky removed from power – a key demand of Moscow.
Following an emergency summit in Geneva, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said on Sunday night that the US was now “making some changes” to its peace plan.
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🎥BOX OFFICE: Zootopia 2 Tops Wicked For Good
“Zootopia 2” ticket sales rank as the second-best Thanksgiving launch of all time, with a mighty $156 million from 4,000 venues since Wednesday, including $96.8 million over the traditional Thanksgiving weekend.
“Wicked: For Good” taking second place on Thursday with $12.6 million. The film has earned a mighty $207.2 million after less than a week in theaters. “Wicked: For Good” should add more than $90 million to its haul over the five-day holiday to bring its domestic total to just under $270 million.
🤖MORE JOB CUT WOES: Blame AI
New data shows it was the worst October for layoff announcements since 2003 as companies slashed jobs to save money, pared back pandemic-era hires, and planned ahead for artificial intelligence, according to the global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Employers announced 153,074 cuts last month, compared to 55,597 cuts in October 2024.
Amazon is laying off 14,000 corporate employees this year, and as many as 30,000 employees in the near future, driven by ‘Artificial Intelligence integration’.
The job cuts will affect departments including human resources, cloud computing, and advertising, to reduce costs.
Also sighting A.I. advances, UPS has since last year reduced its work force by 48,000 employees, the company said on Tuesday, in a cost-cutting drive aimed at bolstering profits and winning back investors.
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A news special on Britain’s Channel 4 titled “Will AI Take My Job?” investigated how automation is reshaping the workplace and pitting humans against machines. At the end of the hour-long program, a major twist was revealed: the anchor, who narrates and appears throughout the telecast reporting from different locations, was entirely AI-generated.
And this song created through artificial intelligence has made history topping a Billboard country music chart, but it has also sent shockwaves through the music industry, with artists getting vocal about the AI-generated hit.
The new country tune, “Walk my Walk” by Breaking Rust, recently hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, reaching over 3 million streams on Spotify in less than a month.
🏠50 YEAR MORTGAGE: Good, Bad or Ugly
The Trump administration is working on a plan to introduce a 50-year mortgage.
A 50-year mortgage would make it easier for buyers to qualify for a home loan compared with the standard 30-year mortgage. But it comes at the cost of a significantly higher interest payment over the life of the loan, and homeowners would also be much slower to earn equity.
➡️Housing Expert Rick Sharga says the American dream is turning into the American nightmare:
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⚾️MLB GAMBLING: 2 Players Charged
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians have been charged with sharing inside information with sports bettors, who then gambled on the pitches and made hundreds of thousands of dollars on online betting platforms, according to a federal indictment.
It’s alleged on June 7, 2023, Clase started with a pitch that gamblers knew was coming from the reliever, according to federal prosecutors. They bet that it would be a ball and slower than 95 miles per hour.
Clase’s pitch landed in the dirt, well outside the strike zone. The bettors made $58,000. And it wasn’t the only time, according to prosecutors
🥪SANDWICH THROWER: Not Guilty
No bologna!
A jury has acquitted a man who was charged with assault after throwing a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the capital.
The one-sided food fight, which was captured on video and spread through social media, became a slapstick symbol of resistance to Trump’s summertime takeover of Washington, DC law enforcement. The defendant, Sean Dunn, said he was speaking out against fascism and anti-migrant policies.
🎶Keep on Rockin’🎶
Listening to music in your senior years could cut your dementia risk by 40%.
Older adults who listened to music at least once a week had a significantly lower risk of dementia, according to a new study in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.:
Always listening to music was associated with a 39% reduced dementia risk and better global cognition and memory scores.
Playing an instrument was associated with a 35% reduced dementia risk, but no significant association with changes in cognitive test scores over time.
Regularly engaging in both music listening and playing was associated with a 33% decreased risk of dementia and 22% decreased risk of cognitive impairment no dementia.
So rock on!
🤳A PICTURE: Worth A Thousand Words
Need we say more about Trump destroying the White House East Wing and building a Ballroom?
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📺TRUMP’s NEXT TV TARGET: Seth Myers
Donald Trump tore into Late Night’s Seth Meyers, calling him a ‘deranged lunatic’ and suggested his criticism of the administration was ‘illegal.’
The president shared his ire on his Truth Social page, seemingly in response to a recent segment Meyers did on his show in which the comedian mocked Trump for his comments about steam catapults.
The president has long complained about the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, which have replaced steam-driven catapults on Ford-class carriers.
The catapults are used to help propel aircraft off of the deck of the carrier during take-off, helping to compensate for the limited length of the flight deck.
‘Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to “perform” in the history of television. In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise,’ Trump wrote.
‘Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this???’ he asked, claiming Meyers has ‘NO TALENT, NO RATINGS’ and is ‘100 [percent] ANTI-TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL.’
💎LOUVRE HEIST: Seven Suspects Busted
Seven men who allegedly stole $100 million worth of France’s crown jewels during a daring daytime heist at the Louvre Museum are in custody.
One of the suspects, who has not been identified, was busted as he was boarding a flight bound for Algeria at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris newspaper Le Parisien reported.
It’s was a robbery worthy of a movie.
The thieves made off with jewelry, that belonged to Napoleon, of “incalculable” value. It was a brazen daylight 7-minute long heist according to France’s interior minister.
Laurent Nuñez, the interior minister, told France Inter radio that the thieves had used a lift mechanism on a truck to break into the Galerie d’Apollon, a first-floor wing of the museum that houses a collection that includes the French crown jewels.
The thieves breached a window with an angle grinder, broke into two display cases and fled on motor scooters with their loot within just seven minutes, according to Mr. Nuñez. He did not specify what exactly had been stolen, but said the jewelry had “patrimonial” and “historical” value that made it “priceless.”
🏀SHOCKING: There’s Gambling Going On Here
An N.B.A. Player and Coach have been arrested for alleged gambling crimes.
More than 30 people were indicted today in the federal investigation into illegal sports betting.
Prosecutors charge Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier leaked non-public information about his health, which his associates and gangsters then used to place bets that he would underperform.
In a poker scheme: Officials said four New York Mafia families — the Bonanno, Gambino, Lucchese and Genovese families — set up poker nights that swindled millions of dollars from unwitting players. Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, was charged with playing the role of a “face card,” taking part in the games to attract high rollers.
Among the most prominent of the gangsters who were dealt into the high-stakes scams is Angelo Ruggiero Jr, the son of the late Gambino captain Angelo “Quack Quack” Ruggiero, who was close friends with notorious Gambino boss John Gotti.
In some of the rigged games, the poker chip trays had hidden cameras that could read the cards on the table. Sometimes, the cards had markings visible only to people wearing specially designed contact lenses or sunglasses, officials said.
The scandals threatens to undermine the momentum for the legalized sports betting industry, which has become a major source of revenue for the leagues, TV networks and state governments.
The case will bring additional scrutiny to regulated sports-books like DraftKings and FanDuel.
Meantime, a new bombshell indictment criminally charging former NBA player Damon Jones suggests that while affiliated with the Los Angeles Lakers, Jones leaked information about the injury status of superstar LeBron James to sports bettors before a February 2023 game.
James is not accused of wrongdoing in the indictment, which alleges that Jones and others defrauded betting companies. Jones and James previously played together on the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Jones was acting as an unofficial coach for the Lakers at the time of the February 2023 game.
The indictments come at a crucial time for the N.B.A., during the opening week of the season and as it starts new broadcast deals worth $76 billion over 11 years.
🎯DRUG SMUGGLERS: Targeted by US
The Pentagon says it has destroyed four more alleged drug smuggling boats in the Pacific killing 14 crew members. That brings the death toll in the campaign to 57.
The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of the Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Latin America targeting suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean without Congressional approval.
🎥MERGER TALK: Superman & The Godfather United?
Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns the Superman franchise is up for sale and Paramount producer of the Godfather movies wants to buy it.
Other potential buyers reportedly buzzing around include Amazon, Netflix and Comcast.
WBD CEO David Zaslav says the media company has received unsolicited interest from “multiple parties”.
So WBD’s board of directors has started a “review of strategic alternatives,” which could result in a sale of the entire company, a continuation of the current plan to split the company into two, or some other outcome.
Under the preexisting breakup plan, one side, Warner Bros., would house the HBOMax streaming service and the movie studio, and the other side, Discovery Global, would house CNN and other channels.
💵TRUMP SUING YOU, THE TAXPAYERS: For $230 Million
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million of YOUR money, in compensation for federal investigations into him.
Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.
The situation has no parallel in American history, as. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims.
It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.
🚨HOSTAGES RELEASED: Now The Hard Part
Israel has launched air strikes in southern Gaza, after it said “terrorists fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward Israel Defense Forces troops”.
The IDF said the attack in the southern city of Rafah was “a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement” and promised to respond firmly.
Hamas said it was “unaware of any events or clashes taking place in the Rafah area, as these are red zones under the control of the occupation”.
Getting Hamas to give up its weapons, and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip — key preconditions for Israel to pull out of Gaza — could prove a lot harder than the hostage swap. President Trump said that Hamas will disarm as required by his 20-point peace plan or “we will disarm them.”
All 20 freed hostages were taken to hospitals across Israel for medical and psychological care. Doctors said many suffered extreme malnutrition, respiratory infections and skin conditions caused by years in dark, humid tunnels, many of the hostages in isolated cells.
Families said the former captives remain fragile but lucid.Twenty Israeli hostages were freed by Hamas on Monday morning as part of a cease-fire in Gaza, Israel in return releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
With Gaza in ruins, the 200 U.S. troops are in Israel to monitor the implementation of the cease-fire.
251 people were abducted during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack which resulted in the deaths of 1,219 Israelis, mostly civilians.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign in Gaza has killed at least 67,194 people, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, figures the United Nations considers
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🤖ROBOT UMPIRES: Called Up to Bigs for 2026
Human umpires may be called ‘OUT’ soon!
Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season.
Major League Baseball’s competition committee approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.
Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in extra innings. Challenges must be made by a pitcher, catcher or batter — signaled by tapping their helmet or cap — and a team retains its challenge if successful. Reviews will be shown as digital graphics on outfield videoboards.
New York Yankees outfielder Austin Slater, one of four players on the competition committee, said three voted in favor after getting support from 22 of the 30 teams. All six management reps voted in favor.
“I think with any sort of technology, there’s not 100% certainty of the accurateness of the system,” Slater said. “I think the same can be said of umpires. So I think it’s just coming to grips with the impact that technology is going to have and whether or not we were willing to live with that error that was associated with the system, even if the error is very, very miniscule.”
Big league umpires call roughly 94% of pitches correctly, according to UmpScorecards.
🎤EPSTEIN: Trump—Lewd Drawing Not Mine
House Democrats have released a screenshot of what appears to be a letter signed by President Donald Trump, which was included in a collection of notes sent to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.
The letter features a conversation between Trump and Epstein inside an apparently hand-drawn outline of a woman’s torso.
Trump’s signature is located just below the hips of the drawing.
The letter is publicly visible for the first time since its existence was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in mid July. Trump has not only denied writing the letter, but sued the newspaper for defamation.
EPSTEIN VICTIMS ANNOUNCE THEY WILL RELEASE THEIR OWN LIST: "We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. We will compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world, and it will be done by survivors and for survivors; no one else involved."
Through tears, a group of women who say they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein shared their stories on Capitol Hill as they called on lawmakers to support the release of records that the Department of Justice has so far withheld from Congress.
"This is not a hoax. It's not going to go away," said Marina Lacerda, a central witness in Epstein's 2019 indictment.
Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime confidante of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, told a top administration official she never saw President Trump engage in improper or illegal acts during his long friendship with Epstein, according to interview transcripts released late Friday.
She also insisted that a “client list” of the rich and powerful associated with Mr. Epstein did not exist, and denied any scheme to blackmail his associates.
The transcripts and audio, covering two days of discussions in late July between Ms. Maxwell and Todd Blanche, a former Trump defense lawyer tapped to the No. 2 post at the Justice Department, are likely to raise as many questions as they answer. Ms. Maxwell has been seeking to overturn her 20-year sentence, giving her enormous incentive to tell Mr. Trump’s team what they wanted to hear to avoid spending the rest of her life behind bars.
The Maxwell transcript comes as President Trump and his administration fights to silence critics over apparent backtracking on the ‘Epstein Files’. When asked about a pardon for Maxwell Trump said he hadn’t yet considered it.
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💻A.I. : Coming For YOUR JOB
Americans are deeply concerned over the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could put swaths of the country out of work permanently, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Very low rates of Americans with jobs are quitting or being fired each month. But those on the unemployment rolls are now staying there longer than at any time since before the pandemic.
Employers are instead experimenting with AI to make their workforces more productive,
Get this: President Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed.
Uber is just the latest example of artificial intelligence coming for your job.
The company has just announced a partnership to deploy more than 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years as demand for driverless cars kicks into high gear.
As part of the partnership, the ride-hailing company is teaming up with Lucid, the electric vehicle maker, and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup. Under the agreement, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid. Nuro will develop the self-driving technology that Lucid will use to supply Uber with robotaxis over the course of the deal and receive a multi-hundred-million-dollar investment.
The rapid adoption of AI has stirred up worry among many workers, as it is still unknown exactly what the impacts of the technology will be.
The automation of Amazon warehouses is approaching a new milestone: There will soon be as many robots as humans.
The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon has deployed more than one million robots in those workplaces, Amazon said. That is the most it has ever had and near the count of human workers at the facilities.
Meta shares hit a record intraday high, underscoring investor interest in the company’s new ‘AI super-intelligence’ group.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on an AI hiring blitz amid fierce competition with rivals such as OpenAI and Google-parent Alphabet.
“Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley said in an interview last week with author Walter Isaacson at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind.”
Microsoft will layoff another 9,000 employees. The move is the latest instance of cost-cutting by Big Tech companies as they spend heavily on artificial intelligence. It may also be tied to growing efficiency at these businesses.
🛫RUSSIAN: Drones Shot Down Over Poland
Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace during a widespread Russian attack in western Ukraine, with the NATO member calling the incursion “an act of aggression.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that he was in “constant contact” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Tusk has called for an emergency meeting of the NATO council of ministers, a government spokesman said.
Poland’s military command said drones repeatedly violated Polish airspace during the Russian attack across the border, in western Ukraine.
Leaders across Europe condemned the incident as the latest sign of escalation from the Kremlin, which has rebuffed President Donald Trump's bid to broker peace talks.
Russia labeled the accusations “groundless."
⁉️KAMALA: Blames Biden, Dems For Her Loss
What a crybaby!
Former Vice President Harris suggests in her forthcoming book that former President Biden’s decision to run for reelection last year amounted to “recklessness.”
“And of all the people in the White House, I was in the worst position to make the case that he should drop out,” Harris said in an excerpt for “107 Days” published early Wednesday by The Atlantic. “I knew it would come off to him as incredibly self-serving if I advised him not to run. He would see it as naked ambition, perhaps as poisonous disloyalty, even if my only message was: Don’t let the other guy win.”
“‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized. Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness,” she added. “The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.”
🥊TREASURY SECY: Threatens to Punch Housing Official in the Face
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was fed up and threatened to punch the Federal Housing Finance Head in the face.
For weeks, the Treasury secretary believed that Bill Pulte was bad-mouthing him to President Trump.
And then, last Wednesday, the two men found each other face to face at a dinner .
A back-and-forth by the bar ensued. Mr. Bessent demanded to know why Mr. Pulte was trash-talking him to the president, and then threatened to punch him in the face.
📺SUCCESSION: Lachlan Murdoch Gets Fox
It’s a finale worth of TV’s “Succession”.
Lachlan Murdoch has now seized control of Fox News, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal from which to influence President Trump and world leaders.
In a seismic development in the decades-long media dynasty presided over by Rupert Murdoch, a settlement has been reached in the Nevada legal fight over his family trust.
The settlement will see James and Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod formally cut ties with the family business and surrender all their equity in News Corp and Fox Corp.
They had objected to several aspects of the strategic path taken by Rupert Murdoch, now 94, and appeared to be in position to exercise majority control toward that end after the death of the eldest Murdoch. In part, James and Elizabeth Murdoch, who blazed their own separate trails in the media business, had concerns about Fox News and the close affiliation of the news network with the family.
🎤TOM HANKS: West Point Cancels Award
The alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has canceled an award ceremony for actor and veterans advocate Tom Hanks, citing a desire for the Army service academy to focus on preparing future officers for war after several political controversies involving the Trump administration shook the institution this year, The Washington Post reports.
🧑🏭DEPT of WAR: Trump Renames Defense Dept
President Donald Trump is expected to rename the Defense Department the Department of War through an executive order Friday, a move that the administration has said more accurately reflects the mission of the men and women serving in uniform today.
“Restoring the name ‘Department of War’ will sharpen the focus of this Department on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to secure its interests,” according to a document describing the forthcoming executive order.
The administration had been teasing the change for weeks, with Trump telling reporters during an Oval Office meeting last month that the renaming would be coming very soon. On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a commencement speech to new military officers at Fort Benning in Georgia said that his job title as “may be a slightly different title tomorrow; we’ll see.”
😷COVID: California Wave
A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations as some officials urged the public to take greater precautions.
The extent of the recent increases has prompted some county-level health officials to recommend that residents once again consider wearing masks in indoor public settings, at least until transmission has declined.
California currently has "high" coronavirus levels in sewage, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And increases are being seen across the Golden State, from Los Angeles County to the San Francisco Bay Area to areas around the state capital.
💉NOT HEALTHY: Former CDC Directors—RFK Dangerous
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on false claims about vaccines and claimed he isn’t limiting access to Covid shots during his Senate testimony, as senators grilled him on his manic changes to immunization policy and federal health agencies.
Kennedy’s leadership is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced,” nine former directors and acting directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in a scathing guest essay for The New York Times.
The piece came days after President Donald Trump fired CDC director Susan Monarez. Through her lawyers, Monarez has maintained she refused to sign off on reckless and unscientific orders.
Meantime, CVS, the country’s largest pharmacy chain, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the Food and Drug Administration.
Amy Thibault, a spokeswoman for CVS, cited “the current regulatory environment” as the reason the vaccine was not available in those states, or in the District of Columbia, emphasizing that the list could change. Legal experts said that federal decisions were creating an extremely difficult situation for pharmacies to navigate.
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🇺🇦UKRAINE: Trump Fails To Get Putin To Agree To Ceasefire
President Trump spoke with Russian President Putin on a plan to halt fighting in Ukraine for 30 days.
Putin agreed to a limited cease-fire against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but remained defiant to a full ceasefire.
It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his Oval Office blowup with President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” adding that he stands ready to work under Trump’s “strong leadership” to get a lasting peace.
The shouting match blew up plans to sign a minerals deal.
Exiger’s Kit Conklin tell’s NewsNation the US really needs those minerals.
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🛫Airplane Safety Worries For Your Next Trip
Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns over airline security.
A Jeju Airlines plane burst into a deadly fireball during a failed belly landing in South Korea, killing 179 people.
If your fear of flying has ramped up in recent months you’re not alone. More than half of travelers say recent news of aircraft and airline incidents has affected the way they book travel.
The latest problem: turns out new Boeing and Airbus jets have parts made from titanium, sold using fake documentation.
Exiger President Carrie Wibben tells NewsNation it raises concerns about the structural integrity of those planes.
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💻Hackers Take Advantage Of Airline Computer Glitch
It keeps getting worse!
Regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled flights after the airline’s global tech outage, which forced Delta to cancel more than 5000 flights.
CrowdStrike now warning its customers: hackers are trying to exploit the computer outage.
➡️Exiger’s Katie Arrington with the fallout:
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🚌Childcare Economic Crisis
The Cost of Childcare Is Out Of Control. What Will President Trump Do?
Debbie Bermudezof IMAGINE EARLY LEARNING with the problems on NewsNation
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🎯 Chinese Slave Labor Making Your iPhone
Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance says that shiny-new iPhone you want to buy may be made by Chinese slave labor. Vance named China the biggest threat to the U.S. & Democratic VP Candidate Tim Walz agrees.
While Apple denies it uses slave labor, China and Supply Chain expert, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels tells NewsNation many US companies unknowingly use Chinese slave labor, and that needs to stop now.
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🤖AI—Latest Battleground For US & China
Artificial Intelligence—the latest battleground for the U.S. and China.
Exiger’s JC Herz tells NewsNation China already knows how to hack American Water Systems and Electrical Grids.
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