EU moves to ease 2035 ban on internal combustion cars as auto industry faces headwinds The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035 The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strike The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2025
Chief Of Staff Susie Wiles Says Trump Wants To 'Keep On Blowing Up Boats Until Maduro Cries Uncle' White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that Donald Trump wants to strike alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific until Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro leaves power. Latin Times · Dec 16, 2025
Fighting it out: Trump lawyers turn on each other over alleged ‘financial shenanigans’ Ex-Trump attorney Eric Herschmann claims ex-Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz stiffed him out of millions – but Kasowitz says he’s the real victim The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Tech Billionaire Enabling ICE Deportations Calls for Public Hangings To Bring Back 'Masculine Leadership' Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale sparked outrage by urging public hangings to restore 'masculine leadership', as his firm enables mass deportations under Trump. International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025
Trump promises White House address Wednesday night but is mum on details ‘It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME,’ Trump said in making the announcement The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Officers say at trial of Milwaukee judge her actions made their job more dangerous Prosecutors are trying to paint a Milwaukee judge as rudely approaching federal officers and making it more dangerous for them to do their jobs when she helped an immigrant escape arrest The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
US designates Colombia’s biggest drug cartel Gulf Clan as terrorist organization Marco Rubio calls drug-trafficking militia, present in at least 20 of Colombia’s departments, ‘violent and powerful’ The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2025
Trump offers six-figure wages to work in his new ‘Tech Force’ — and you don’t need a degree or experience The “elite” team of specialists will be tasked with modernizing the the vast bureaucracy within the federal government. The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Judge throws out ‘hopeless’ legal claim over Reform treasurer’s penthouse Michael Brown appeared to be seeking £659 million over an alleged fraudulent valuation of the penthouse The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Deals put UK-US trade relationship in the spotlight Letters: Richard Torbett and Nick Dearden respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty on Keir Starmer’s medicines agreement with Donald Trump The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
Donald Trump and the Goldwater rule Letter: There’s a difference between armchair diagnosis and legitimate observation, and we must allow medical expertise to inform public discourse, writes Robert Krasner The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
Rob Reiner’s lesson on power for Trump Brief letters: The American President | A new low | Labour elegy | Accidental felling | Life stages The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
17 Ways Politicians Can Make Things Cheaper, Starting With Food, Health Care, and Appliances A real affordability agenda would unleash free markets, not constrain them. Reason · Dec 16, 2025
Axios · Dec 16, 2025 White House launches damage control over unfiltered Wiles interviews "The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece," Wiles said in a statement.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025 Donald Trump v the BBC: key points of the president’s claim We examine some of the allegations against the UK broadcaster in the $10bn lawsuit
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025 Trump’s White House chief rips Elon Musk for USAID cuts ‘no rational person’ could support Wiles calls Elon Musk an ‘avowed’ ketamine user who kept sleeping bag in his office
Roll Call · Dec 16, 2025 Trump expands countries with US travel restrictions - Roll Call President Donald Trump added 20 countries to those facing either full or partial travel restrictions Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025 Why Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against the BBC is doomed to fail The BBC is accused of misleading viewers by editing a speech Donald Trump delivered on 6 January 2021
Sports Illustrated · Dec 16, 2025 Donald Trump Eyes Control of Washington D.C.’s Public Golf Courses A saga has been brewing between Trump and National Links Trust, a nonprofit that operates three historic municipal courses in Washington, D.C.
Latin Times · Dec 16, 2025 Leaked Documents Reveal Venezuela Funneled Oil Revenues Into Iran's Nuclear Program: Report Leaked documents reviewed by Spain's ABC describe a long-running financial and logistical partnership in which Venezuela allegedly redirected billions of dollars in oil revenues and state funds to Iran, helping sustain Tehran's nuclear program
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025 The major takeaways from Vanity Fair’s interviews with Trump ‘ice maiden’ Susie Wiles White House chief of staff labels JD Vance a ‘conspiracy theorist’ and Elon Musk an ‘avowed ketamine’ user in revealing interviews throughout the president’s chaotic year in office
Latin Times · Dec 16, 2025 Hegseth Says Pentagon Will Not Release 'Top Secret' Boat Strike Video to Public, Claims He's 'Proud of What We're Doing' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will not publicly release the unedited video of a controversial second U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat carried out on Sept. 2
International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025 Bettina Anderson's Net Worth, Career, Past Relationship, Other Facts Before She Marries Trump Jr. Bettina Anderson's net worth, career, family background and past relationships examined as she prepares to marry Donald Trump Jr after their White House engagement announcement.
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025 Nearly half of US workers believe they need this amount of money to retire comfortably ‘Companies that invest in their employees' financial well-being help transform confidence into concrete outcomes and create lasting value for their teams,’ one expert said