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Month: December 2025

5 Things to know for Dec. 24: Epstein files, National Guard, Nursing home explosion, Student loans, Weight loss drugs

By Tricia Escobedo, Andrew Torgan, CNN Three inmates, all accused of violent crimes, are back in custody after escaping from an Atlanta-area jail. It’s still unclear exactly how they got out, but police say their recorded jailhouse phone calls reveal how they plotted their escape. Here’s what else you need to know to get up

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President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach

Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from sending the National Guard into American cities is likely to raise a politically fraught debate about the president’s willingness to invoke a 19th-century law to deploy the regular military on American soil instead. Throughout his campaign and in the

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President Donald Trump takes questions from journalists after an announcement on a new class of battleships at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach

‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — When the Justice Department released a first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday that included photographs of former President Bill Clinton, White House officials raced to amplify the importance of the new documents. But days later, amid a second trove that contains several references to President Donald Trump,

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Deadline extended for some Oregon counties to replace SNAP food lost during recent storm

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon households that lost food bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during recent storms now have extra time to request replacements, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). The agency announced Tuesday that residents in 19 counties will have 30 days, until Jan. 16, 2026, to report food losses caused by

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