DOE Exempts Advanced Reactors From NEPA Environmental Reviews

The Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The laboratory will soon be home to five new test reactors being built by private companies. Supporters hope the reactors will power data centers needed for Artificial Intelligence. Idaho National Laboratory hide caption toggle caption Idaho National Laboratory The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new

Melania Documentary Audiences Skew Older, White Women

Ads for the Melania movie at the New York Stock Exchange, where the first lady rang the bell last week. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images First lady Melania Trump's documentary outperformed box office expectations during its opening weekend, bringing in about $7 million domestically. Audience members were largely white (75%)

Trump to Close Kennedy Center: Key Questions

On Sunday, President Trump announced he will close the Kennedy Center in July for two years of renovation. Above, a tarp covers construction on the building's facade on Dec. 19, 2025, after Trump announced The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts would be renamed The Trump-Kennedy Center. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Can Election Promises Fix Jobs, Loans and Living Costs?

Mohaiminul Rafi, 27, has spent years preparing for Bangladesh’s civil service exams, chasing what he calls “the most reliable route to a secure life”: a first-class government job. With election campaigning under way across the country, he is now hearing promises aimed squarely at people like him: cash support or interest-free loans for the jobless

Russian Court Declares Pussy Riot an ‘Extremist’ Group

Exiled punk band says its members are proud to be branded ‘extremists’ and hits back at Putin as an ‘aging sociopath’. A Moscow district court has designated Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot as an extremist organisation, according to the state TASS news agency. The exiled group’s lawyer, Leonid Solovyov, told TASS that Monday’s court

Bondi Hanukkah Attack Highlights Surge in Australian Antisemitism

A mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia follows a wave of antisemitic incidents in the country over the last two years. Saeed Khan/AFP hide caption toggle caption Saeed Khan/AFP The deadly shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach follows a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks in the country

Brown University Shooting: What Happened and What’s Known

First responders with the Providence Fire Department maneuver an empty stretcher near the Barus and Holley building at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday. Bing Guan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bing Guan/AFP via Getty Images A gunman opened fire inside a Brown University academic building Saturday afternoon as students were gathered

Kast Wins Presidency as Chile Shifts Right

Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party, waves after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. Matias Delacroix/AP Photo hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP Photo SANTIAGO, Chile —Chile has taken a decisive turn to the right after José Antonio Kast, a hardline conservative, won the country's presidential

Updates on Brown University Shooting Investigation

What we know so far about the Brown University shooting investigation Journalist Paul C. Kelly Campos of Ocean State Media on the continuing investigation into Saturday's shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and at least nine more wounded. MILES PARKS, HOST: And 10,000 miles away from that horrific shooting in Australia, families in

Bystander Disarms Shooter at Bondi Beach, Praised as Hero

Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday. Mark Baker/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Baker/AP A man who disarmed one of the gunmen in the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach is being praised for his heroic efforts and saving lives. One clip
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