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News Wrap: Trump vows retaliation for killing of Americans in Syria
In our news wrap Saturday, Trump vowed to avenge the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter ambushed in Syria, Belarus freed more than 100 prisoners after the U.S. said it would lift sanctions on the country’s potash e...
Displaced Palestinians struggle with cold, malnutrition in Gaza months after ceasefire
More than two months after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain dire. The United Nations estimates that 1.5 million people lack shelter. Ali Rogin speaks with UNICEF’s Jonathan Crickx about co...
How tariffs on China are making the holiday season less merry for shoppers
This year it might not be the Grinch who threatens to steal Christmas, but tariffs. According to an analysis by Lending Tree, if Trump’s tariffs had been in place last year, they would have increased consumer costs by $28 billion — about ...
Beverly and Dereck Joubert reflect on 40 years of African wildlife photography in new book
For more than 40 years, Beverly and Dereck Joubert have lived with, photographed and filmed African wildlife. Their images bear witness not just to the majesty of life on the continent, but also the host of threats that confront both the animals and ...
What we know about the Epstein photos released by Democrats
Newly released photos are offering a closer look at the influential and wealthy people who spent time with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say the batch of previously unreleased images came directly ...
News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over his White House ballroom renovation
In our news wrap Friday, a group of preservationists is suing President Trump over his White House ballroom renovation, officials say flooding and landslides are hitting Washington and Oregon, Gaza residents are clearing up from a winter storm that f...
Venezuelan opposition leader makes harrowing journey to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Corina Machado on Friday vowed to continue her political pursuit to create democracy in Venezuela. This week she braved an arduous journey to accept the peace prize in Oslo, Norway. Nick Schifrin speaks now with the man who...
Indiana Republican explains why he defied Trump and rejected congressional redistricting
President Trump’s push to redraw congressional maps in Republicans' favor hit a major roadblock in Indiana Thursday when Indiana Republican state senators joined Democrats to vote against a plan that would likely have created two new Republican...
Trump’s executive order limits state regulations of artificial intelligence
President Trump has signed an executive order that would block states from enforcing laws they pass to regulate A.I., or artificial intelligence.The directive marks a big win for tech giants but will likely be challenged in the courts. Jacob Ward, fo...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians with impunity, halting West Bank olive harvest
Israel's cabinet voted to extend legal status to 19 previously illegal settlements late last night, formalizing more control of land in the West Bank. Attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinian communities there have increased sharply since the O...
Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s recent series of setbacks
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how President Trump's string of seeming disappointments this week is raising some doubts about his grip on the Republican...
Senate rejects plans to address sharp rise in health care premiums
The U.S. Senate failed to pass two dueling pieces of health care legislation Thursday, leaving Affordable Care Act tax credits all but certain to expire at the end of the year. As lawmakers prepare for year-end recess with no agreement in sight, tens...
News Wrap: Indiana GOP votes down effort to redraw electoral maps in rare Trump rebuke
In our news wrap Thursday, Indiana's GOP-led Senate voted against a plan to redraw their state's electoral maps, a grand jury again refused to bring a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud, Kilmar Abrego G...
Ukraine pushes for security guarantees against Russia as pressure grows on peace plan
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday floated a possible compromise to a Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in the eastern Donetsk region. Zelenskyy spoke after he met with senior administration officials and sent new edits to t...
Why private credit is creating major concerns among economists
Investors and economists are warning about a piece of the financial system that could pose a risk that is potentially similar in ways to the housing crash that preceded the financial crisis in 2008. It’s part of what's been called the shadow ba...
Investigation delves into the Tate brothers and their connection to the Trump family
A new report from The New York Times reveals how the Trump Administration and members of the president’s family may have been involved in a larger movement in conservative circles to support Andrew and Tristan Tate, right-wing influencers charg...
A new U.S. tariff could double the price of Italian pasta
Italian cuisine gained a new honor this week when it became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural body. But American cooks face a new potential tariff that m...
A look at some of the best video games of 2025
The video game industry is getting ready to celebrate its top achievements at the annual Game Awards, an awards show dedicated to honoring the very best in game design, storytelling, music and more in gaming. The show draws millions of viewers from a...
A principal’s Brief But Spectacular take on bringing hospitality to education
Joseph Martinez is the longtime school principal of Carpenter Community Charter in Los Angeles. Families know him as the principal who literally picks up trash in the morning and dresses up for school plays, but also as the steady hand through fires,...
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro
The United States on Wednesday seized a tanker ship off the coast of Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post that a warrant was executed for the crude oil tanker that was once used to transport sanctioned oil from both Venez...

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