daily links: december 2025

12.2.25
BBC News—Michael Dell donates $6.25 billion to seed investment accounts for children proposed by Trump
CNN.com—Costco suing the Trump administration over tariffs
NBC News—Prada purchases rival Versace for $1.4 billion
ABCnews.com—Faberge egg sells for over $30 million at auction
USA Today—Top ranked HS QB recruit flips his commitment from Georgia to Vanderbilt
CBS News—Raccoon passes out in liquor store bathroom after breaking in and going on a bender


12.3.25
ABCnews.com—Delta says the recent government shutdown cost them $200 million
CBS News—Former federal prosecutor Jack Smith subpoenaed for closed-door testimony to Congress
CNN.com—The EU will phase out Russian natural gas imports by the end of 2027
NBC News—San Francisco suing 10 makers of ultraprocessed foods, including Coca-Cola, Kraft, Nestle, and General Mills, claiming they have created a public health crisis
BBC News—Russia bans Roblox
USA Today—Rapper Megan Thee Stallion wins defamation lawsuit against a blogger


12.4.25
CNN.com—Supreme Court allows Texas to use extremely racially gerrymandered map in the 2026 midterm elections even though a lower court ruled that the map was illegal
CBS News—Trump wants to roll back fuel economy standards set by the Biden administration
USA Today—The New York Times sues the Pentagon on a new policy that seeks to restrict news organizations from publishing information that the government has not approved
NBC News—Suspect arrested in 2021 DC pipe bomb case
BBC News—Drunken raccoon found passed out in the bathroom of a liquor store after breaking in and going on a rampage
ABCnews.com—Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA uniforms for the upcoming Winter Olympics


12.9.25
CNN.com—Zelensky says Ukraine is ready to hold elections in the next 90 days if allies can guarantee security
ABCnews.com—Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after losing out to Netflix in the official bidding process
BBC News—Judge rules that Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury documents can be unsealed
CBS News—MacKenzie Scott donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025
USA Today—Trump admin orders national parks to pull any gift shop items it sees as promoting DEI
NBC News—Trump will allon Nvidia to sell AI chips to China


12.10.25
BBC News—The Fed lowers interest rates for the third time this year
CBS News—US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
NBC News—Michigan fires its head football coach after two years, accusing him of an inappropriate relationship with a female staff member
ABCnews.com—Ancient lake reappears after record rainfall in Death Valley
USA Today—Elon Musk considering IPO for SpaceX
CNN.com—Lawsuit claims that cruise ship passenger died after being served at least 33 alcoholic drinks


12.11.25
CNN.com—Indiana state senate rejects radical redistricting supported by Trump
ABCnews.com—MyPillow CEO and fervent Trump supporter Mike Lindell announces run for Minnesota governor
CBS News—Trump issues pointless pardon to corrupt GOP election official, whose charges are in a state court and outside of the jurisdiction of a federal pardon
BBC News—OpenAI announces billion dollar deal with Disney that will allow them to use Disney characters in ChatGPT and Sora
NBC News—Healthcare premiums for millions of Americans set to spike after the Senate fails to approve two bills that would have helped contain them
USA Today—Orcas and dolphins spotted cooperating to hunt salmon off the coast of British Columbia


12.16.25
CNN.com—Mass shooter is still at large after murdering two students and wounding several others on the campus of Brown University
ABCnews.com—Director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer murdered in their home, with their son Nick charged with the crime
BBC News—Unemployment in the US at a four year high
CBS News—Father and son ISIS members carry out mass shooting of Jewish people during Hanukkah celebration in Australia, killing 15 and wounding dozens of others
NBC News—Atlanta-area man arrested after shooting two teens who were attempting to steal a package from his porch, wounding one of them critically
USA Today—Texas QB Arch Manning announces that he will forego the NFL draft this year and play one more year in college


12.17.25
NBC News—Measles cases in Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina continue to grow, and the outbreak is expected to continue into 2026
BBC News—Trump administration announces that it will sell $11 billion in weapons to Taiwan
CBS News—Former director of the Harvard Medical School morgue sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally selling body parts
ABCnews.com—Warner Bros. board rejects Paramounts hostile takeover bid
USA Today—The final 700 pennies struck by the US Mint sell for a combined total of $16.8 million at auction
CNN.com—The Oscars will leave broadcast tv and air exclusively on YouTube starting in 2029


12.18.25
NBC News—Trump administration says it will cut off federal funding for any hospitals that give transgender care to minors
ABCnews.com—Kansas tribe walks away from $30 million deal with ICE to host detention centers on tribal land after online backlash
CNN.com—California may halt Tesla sales over misleading claims around its Autopilot feature
CBS News—Instacart to pay $60 million to settle claims that it deceived customers with hidden fees
USA Today—Nashville music star Jelly Roll to be granted pardon by Tennessee governor on felony drug and robbery convictions
BBC News—Trump to rename the Kennedy Center after himself after stocking the board with his cronies

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