Photos of the week | December 12-18, 2025 - Roll Call Congress has left the building. Here are the images of the last week of this session captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists. Roll Call · Dec 19, 2025
Epstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officials Huge archive – set to shed fresh light on Epstein’s misdeeds – legally obliged to be released before midnight deadline The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2025
Dispatches from a year of global conflict and uncertainty This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The Conversation · Dec 19, 2025
Finally, Labour is finding its nerve and getting Britain’s bad Brexit deal undone Rejoining Erasmus should just be a first step – as the economic evidence piles up, the need for closer ties with Europe could not be clearer, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025
EU greenlights €90bn loan for Ukraine, without frozen Russian assets European Union leaders have agreed a €90 billion loan package for Ukraine, offering Kyiv a financial lifeline as it faces mounting budgetary pressure, but stopped short of the contentious step of using frozen Russian state assets. Radio France Internationale · Dec 19, 2025
Southeast Asian economies prove resilient in the face of Trump’s tariffs as supply chains expand Many Chinese exporters have turned to transshipping to reduce tariff payments—a process that led them to route goods through ASEAN countries before shipping them to America. Fortune · Dec 19, 2025
Trump pauses green card lottery program after Brown University, MIT shootings Kristi Noem said she's "immediately" pausing the program that enabled the suspected shooter to live in the U.S. Axios · Dec 19, 2025
As the US invests in fossil fuels, young climate activists push back in the courts In this week’s newsletter: A generation is using the legal system to demand accountability for climate harm The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025
Zelenskyy and Polish PM hail EU’s €90bn loan: ‘Scariest thing for Russians is when we’re together’ – as it happened Ukrainian leader welcomes move as Donald Tusk says ‘it could be better’ after Russian frozen assets left out of deal The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025
Officials: Suspect in Brown shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead The delay in finding the suspect had students, faculty and members of the community on edge for days. Axios · Dec 19, 2025
Katie Miller’s college scandal and the ambitions left behind Katie Miller, the wife of President Donald Trump’s influential speechwriter and policy adviser Stephen Miller, has spent recent months hosting a podcast The Fashion Central · Dec 19, 2025
Congress leaves for Christmas, closes the books on 2025 - Roll Call The Senate followed the House in leaving for the Christmas break on Thursday, kicking to January the next handful of spending bills. Roll Call · Dec 19, 2025
Canada and the US to launch formal talks to review their free trade agreement in mid-January Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to review the free trade agreement in mid-January The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Why did Donald Trump Jr turn up in a tiny British enclave looking for money? Meetings in Gibraltar are the latest twist in worldwide campaign that is enriching the US president’s family
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US Party says US government’s explicit support for far-right nationalist parties in Europe amounts to outside interference
The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025 Trump suspends US green card lottery in wake of Brown University and MIT shootings Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem pauses high-profile visa program, saying shooting suspect Claudio Neves Valente gained green card in 2017
Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2025 Warner Bros sale: The $100bn battle for the soul of Hollywood The bidding war for Warner Bros will determine the future of film — will London escape the fallout?
The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025 Trump suspends green card lottery program after Brown University shootings The diversity visa program makes up to 50,000 green cards available each year by lottery
The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025 California school district near Nevada caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies A Northern California school district near the state's border with Nevada is caught up in a dispute over the states' differing policies on the participation of transgender athletes
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Europe has lost all credibility in the Middle East. The way to regain it lies in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon Sidelined by Trump, preoccupied with Ukraine and damaged by its immoral stance on Gaza, Europe can still help stabilise its eastern Mediterranean neighbours , says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
Roll Call · Dec 19, 2025 Justice Department faces deadline day on Epstein files law - Roll Call The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release investigative materials on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025 US military kills more ‘narco-terrorists’ in eastern Pacific, exceeding 100 total deaths in boat strikes Footage shared by the U.S. Southern Command showed two boats being blasted out of the water on Thursday
The Texas Tribune · Dec 19, 2025 Texas Democratic candidates unite in the Rio Grande Valley to court Latino voters State Rep. James Talarico faces an uphill battle in his U.S. Senate bid while 15th Congressional hopeful Bobby Pulido aims to flip the district, but he must first win his primary.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2025 ‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region