Day: December 29, 2025

New reporting that the CIA has carried out a drone strike in Venezuela. This is the first known United States attack inside the country and two sources are telling CNN that the strike happened earlier this month. We bring you all the latest on the breaking news. 
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New reporting that the CIA has carried out a drone strike in Venezuela. This is the first known United States attack inside the country and two sources are telling CNN that the strike happened earlier this month. We bring you all the latest on the breaking news. 

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Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04026-zConstructive feedback.

Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03989-3Privacy in the age of computers and a Nature reader questions eyewitness accounts of boomerangs in our weekly dip into the archive.

So if you looked up in the state of Vermont the Agency of Education or the Department of Education, what you would get when you looked for native …

WASHINGTON — The AFT and the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s abrupt …

The plaintiffs argue that the Department’s actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act, federal education law, and Congress’s direction to the …

This historic 2026 ‘Infinite Flight’ service will blast off via a Stoke Space Nova rocket

… the Headlines Missed). AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones New 91K views · 19:02 · Go to channel David Shapiro · Four reasons OpenAI is doomed.

The US has accused Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian socialist ruler, of being at the head of a drug cartel. Venezuela’s government has dismissed the …

Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal Shakes U.S. Politics Up to $1 Billion Embezzled, Fueling Political Debate and Investigations How can they have …

From Spider-Man to the Guardians of the Galaxy, here are the most expensive Lego Marvel sets you can get your hands on.

Business Book distributor shutting down deals logistical blow to libraries December 29, 2025, 4:45 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Andrew Limbong 3-Minute Listen Transcript Baker and Taylor is one of very few companies that do book-distribution for libraries — companies that act as the middle man between libraries and publishers. But a few…

The request filed Sunday was written by Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Jones. NBC News, citing three sources familiar with the matter, previously …

Here’s a look at the former members of Congress who have launched comeback bids in the 2026 midterm elections.  Read original article: Read More

Budget cuts, AI laws, housing and more: 12 key California political issues to watch in 2026.  Read original article: Read More

After a campaign built on the promise that Trump was going to look out for his voters, he started his administration getting sidetracked by DOGE and Musk’s phony ideas about saving money.

Your hopes and predictions for 2026 shared one theme: A heavy heart. Here’s what readers told us for our latest Opinion Forum.  Read original article: Read More

It is a midterm election year in 2026, and the town of Del Norte kicks off the voting with its town election in April.  Read original article: Read More

The final core we three wish to leave you with this year is the effervescent, highly mutable, slightly dark, yet utterly magical core of whimsigoth. May these suggestions spark warm fizzes of delight amidst the deep dark grey of winter. Meranda: My first taste of whimsigoth came from The Addams Family. The dark aesthetics, the

Good morning and welcome to our US politics blog where the focus is squarely on international conflicts today. Just a day after hosting Ukraine’s …

Attorney General Pam Bondi, third from right, Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith, left, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, ATF Special Agent …

President Donald Trump said the United States had taken out a “big facility” last week as part of a pressure campaign against Venezuela but did …

Governments can, and must, establish AI emergency response plans before it is too late. In upcoming research based on disaster law and lessons from …

We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.

The image offers a rare look at how Earth’s surface and atmosphere interact after sunset.

Library conservators have been carefully cleaning and restoring a small trove of papyrus writings from ancient Egypt. The writings are mostly decrees, contracts and other pragmatic records, but still offer a window into a world long gone by.

We reviewed thousands of pages of Army Corps of Engineering quality assurance reports for the January fire soil cleanup. The results were startling.

The public and politicians in both parties saw the urgency 50 years ago and enacted the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. They’re working and paying off.

Personal finance can be a tricky subject to navigate. There’s a lot of conflicting guidance on which savings account to use, how to budget properly and where to invest your money. And it’s easy to make a mistake. This episode, financial educator Yanely Espinal shares the common financial mistakes she wish she knew about earlier. This episode originally published August 6, 2024.Sign up for our strength newsletter series here: npr.org/stronger.Follow us on Instagram: @nprlifekitSign up for our newsletter here.Have an episode idea or feedback you want to share? Email us at lifekit@npr.orgSupport the show and listen to it sponsor-free by signing up for Life Kit+ at plus.npr.org/lifekitLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy