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<p>Bari Weiss could spark a ‘revolt’ at CBS News over her decision to spike a 60 Minutes story about the horrific conditions at CECOT.</p>

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‘Holy f***ing dumpster fire’: Bari Weiss sparks ‘revolt’ at ‘60 Minutes’ by spiking CECOT segment

‘Morning Joe’ shreds ‘cosplaying’ Weiss for spiking ‘60 Minutes’ story

<p>White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller railed against a California jury that acquitted a man who towed an ICE vehicle during an arrest.</p>

politics

Stephen Miller rails against jury that acquitted tow truck driver for snatching ICE vehicle

<p>In a video titled ‘Christmas at the White House’ released on Saturday, the president tells Kai, 18: “I got this from the East Wing/ This came out of the East Wing, the famous East Wing.”</p>

POlitics

Trump shows granddaughter Kai what he salvaged from East Wing demolition

<p>Todd Alexander Stalcup, 52, is facing multiple felony murder charges in the death of 70-year-old Terry Wayne Loden, after an argument turned deadly.</p>

Crime

Argument between dog owners turns deadly as gunfire erupts and 70-year-old man is shot

<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi’s department said it needed more time to redact sensitive information in the Epstein files and would release more documents in the coming weeks, angering lawmakers.</p>

Epstein Fallout

Lawmakers are pushing to get AG Pam Bondi held in contempt for partial release of Epstein files

LiveEpstein Fallout

DOJ set to release next round of Epstein files as missing Trump photo reappears

Full truth of Epstein files could come from whistleblowers. Democrat says

<p>Wrongly deported Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia is fighting multiple legal battles against the Trump administration as he seeks protection from his removal from the country a second time</p>

Politics

Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants court sanctions against Trump officials after ‘vitriolic and prejudicial statements’

Reese Witherspoon shares most striking photo yet with doppelganger daughter Ava Philippe

<p>Two thrill seekers were trapped on a roller coaster at the iconic Circuit of the Americas race track in Austin, Texas</p>

News

Two thrill-seekers stuck on top of Texas rollercoaster for more than an hour after terrifying malfunction

<p>Holiday travelers can expect flight impacts in one region of the U.S. in particular, according to forecasters</p>

News

Which parts of the US can expect a white Christmas this year – and which will need to brace for storms, flooding and travel chaos

<p>In a new interview, Vice President JD Vance told commentators who bash his wife to "eat s***" and said antisemitism has no place in the GOP.</p>

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Vance tells commentators who bash his wife to ‘eat s***’ and that antisemitism has no place in GOP

<p>Dr. Hassan Abbas faces charges after he allegedly gave abortion medication to a woman he reportedly impregnated.</p>

Crime

Ohio doctor arrested after ‘secretly giving abortion medication to girlfriend and causing a miscarriage’

<p>Plantimex issued a recall for its Mamisan Lidocaine Ointment, which was sold at Walmart and Target, due to an issue with the container’s lid that poses a serious risk to children.</p>

News

Ointment sold at Walmart and Target under recall for child poisoning threat

<p>Timothée Chalamet as the eponymous lead in ‘Marty Supreme.’ He is predicted to earn his third Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance</p>

News

Timothée Chalamet’s new movie breaks box office record days before official release

<p>Guests dining at a Wisconsin restaurant saw a raccoon fall through the ceiling into the dining room and it bit a guest who tried to catch the creature.</p>

News

Raccoon falls from ceiling of an upscale Wisconsin restaurant and bites customer, authorities say

<p>Bruce Willis’ family revealed his frontotemporal dementia in 2023</p>

News

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming says Christmas is ‘tangled in a web of grief’ amid actor’s dementia

<p>The program, which began in 2023, was initially intended to help grocers understand customer price sensitivity</p>

News

Instacart ends controversial program that showed different prices for different users

<p>Lucy Small, a Georgia-based home designer, spent nine months building an exact replica of the quaint cottage in 'The Holiday'</p>

The Holiday fans can finally stay in Kate Winslet’s iconic country cottage — in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Georgia

<p>CCTV footage of Sajid and Naveed Akram allegedly exiting 103 Brighton Avenue in Campsie on December 14 2025 as they carried items wrapped in blankets</p>

Australia shooting

Bondi Beach gunmen used ‘tennis ball bomb’ and recorded videos of their training for attack, police say

<p>One lucky Powerball player could show up to Christmas a little bit richer, as the jackpot swelled to $1.6 billion ahead of Monday night’s drawing.</p>

News

All I want for Christmas is a Powerball win? Jackpot swells to $1.6 billion ahead of holidays

Trump Reshapes The World

<p>President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are scheduled to make a public announcement from Mar-a-Lago on Monday</p>

Politics

Trump to make announcement alongside Pete Hegseth today after latest oil tanker seizure

<p>Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.</p>

Politics

Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints envoy to make country ‘part of the US’

<p>Reiner and his wife were found dead by their daughter Romy<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/rob-reiner-nick-live-updates-charges-stabbing-trump-b2885843.html"></a></p>

politics

Even most Republicans thought Trump’s insults over Rob Reiner murder were ‘inappropriate’

<p>Noem's DHS hopes to hire 10,000 new deportation officers by the end of the year</p>

politics

Trump administration triples the ‘self-deport’ stipend to $3,000 before end of year

<p>Tucker Carlson has been ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by StopAntisemitism</p>

politics

Tucker Carlson named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by Jewish civil rights group

<p>Donald Trump Jr. put his dad on speakerphone during a Turning Point USA conference on Sunday. While on the phone, the president threatened to “fire” him if he doesn’t do a good job at his speech at the event </p>

politics

Trump threatens to ‘fire’ Don Jr as he appears by speaker phone at fractious Turning Point conference

<p>President Donald Trump may have three years left in office, but half of Americans are already thinking about the 2028 presidential election, a new poll found</p>

Politics

Donald Trump may have 3 years left but half of Americans already thinking about 2028 election: poll

Bulletin

<p>The passenger died after boarding the plane, easyJet say</p>

Bulletin

Grandmother who died on flight ‘looked dead’ while boarding, claim passengers

<p>A long-exposure image of SpaceX's Starlink satellites passing over Capilla del Sauce in Uruguay on 6 February, 2021</p>

Bulletin

NATO believes Russia developing new ‘zone-effect’ weapon to hit Musk’s Starlink

<p>File: Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar</p>

Bulletin

Israel urges Jewish people to immigrate after Sydney shooting

<p>The modern study of laughter — gelotology — began emerging in the 1960s (file)</p>

Bulletin

Why doctors recommend a ‘belly laugh’ at least two times a week

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<p>Shane Newman, 21, pulled out a gun and aimed it at a Canton police officer at an Ohio Walmart after he was suspected of shoplifting</p>

CRIME

Video shows terrifying moment shoplifting suspect pulls a gun on Ohio cop

<p>Helen Siff also appeared as Leona in ‘Married with Children’</p>

Helen Siff, who appeared in Modern Family and Will & Grace, dies aged 88

<p>‘She faced down cancer with courage and humor. I’ve never met anyone so brave,’ Clooney said in a statement about his sister’s death</p>

News

George Clooney pays tribute to ‘hero’ older sister, Adelia Zeidler, after her death at 65

<p>Flu typically causes a sudden onset of fever</p>

Health

Super flu or a cold? Here are the key symptoms to look out for

<p>Chuck Norris with his first wife, Dianne Holechek, who has died aged 84, photographed in 1985</p>

Chuck Norris mourns the death of his ex-wife Dianne Holechek at 84 in emotional statement

LiveUkarine

Kremlin dismisses new Trump-backed peace plan for Ukraine

<p>Physicist Albert Einstein was a keen violin player as a child - the study suggests having varied interests boosts development</p>

Why being a child prodigy could actually stop the chances of becoming an ‘Einstein’

<p>Brian May, Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon in London in 1977</p>

Brian May to play unreleased Queen song that ‘no one has ever heard’

<p>‘Anaconda’, ‘Amandaland’, ‘The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off’ and ‘The Night Manager’ lead our Christmas TV and film picks</p>

What to watch over Christmas and New Year, from Amandaland to Anaconda

<p>(From top left, clockwise) Ian Boden, Christina Tosi, Chetan Shetty and Scott Conant share their recipes with ‘The Independent’</p>

Chefs share the holiday dishes they cook for their own families

NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers star throws punch at fan during game

<p>Kate Winslet at Netflix's "Goodbye June" New York screening</p>

Kate Winslet says she ‘desperately tried’ to recast herself in Goodbye June

Obit James Ransone

James Ransone’s The Wire co-star leads tributes after actor’s death, aged 46

<p>Heavy fog has blanketed much of central California since November, though it is expected to lessen with late December rains</p>

News

What is the mysterious ‘radiation’ fog blanketing California – and is it dangerous?

Pierce Brosnan says Netflix’s ‘unsettling’ Warner Bros deal ‘doesn’t feel culturally right’

<p>Tamir Rice was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014, when he was shot and killed by Loehmann seconds after the officer and his partner arrived. The white officers told investigators Loehmann had shouted three times at Rice to raise his hands</p>

News

Cop who killed Tamir Rice fired again as he struggles to keep a job

<p>Social media users on Saturday were sharing photos and videos of Waymos after the autonomous cars were causing traffic jams in San Francisco due to a power outage </p>

News

Waymo suspends service in San Francisco after driverless cars cause traffic jams during blackout

<p>A man using heavy machinery to clear snow from a street in the ski resort town of Hakuba, Nagano prefecture</p>

World

Japanese ski resort to fine disruptive tourists amid huge surge in visitor numbers

Product Reviews

<p>Wearing both trackers simultaneously, I was able to analyze differences in data and coaching approach</p>

Whoop vs Oura Ring: Which wearable is right for you?

<p>The $20 <a href="https://go.linkby.com/CPQXWCKF/products/natural-deodorant?_pos=2&_sid=acdad98e7&_ss=r&variant=44363764924666">aluminum-free deodorant</a> comes in five scents</p>

The natural deodorant that doubles up as a perfume

Health & Families

Amazfit’s $99 helio strap vs Whoop: Which fitness tracker is better?

<p>“I have seen so many people with mature skin shy away from foundation as they worry it will make them look older,” says the beauty mogul</p>

Charlotte Tilbury reveals the product she recommends for mature skin

Culture

<p>Chris Rea at the London Film Festival in 1996 (PA Archive)</p>

The late Chris Rea on the ‘hope’ of ‘Driving Home for Christmas’

<p>Copacabana singer Barry Manilow has revealed he has lung cancer and will undergo surgery</p>

Copacabana singer Barry Manilow diagnosed with lung cancer

LiveNews

Chris Rea death: ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ singer dies aged 74

<p>Win a luxury Tate Britain experience </p>

Win a Tate Britain experience and explore the Lee Miller retrospective

<p>When Life Gives You Tangerines</p>

Holiday island sees tourist numbers soar after hit Netflix show

<p>David Walliams has been accused of inappropriate behaviour</p>

David Walliams dropped from children’s book festival after allegations

Lifestyle

Discover how NatWest Premier could help you maximise your money

<p>Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.</p>

Unlock great rewards with Crypto.com’s new Level Up programme

<p>During COVID restrictions, pet acquisition surged globally</p>

The pet industry is projected to reach $500bn with no signs of slowing

<p>Bolivian Aymara natives walk in a quinoa plantation in the Andes Mountains in April 2013. Quinoa, native to the region, is now known around the world as a healthier alternative to rice and other grains</p>

Health & Families

The versatile grain that is gut-friendly and packed with proteins

<p>Viral upper respiratory tract infections – also known as the common cold – afflict everyone</p>

Health & Families

How to shorten your cold by days – without medication

<p>Eating dark chocolate has been proven to lower the stress hormone cortisol</p>

Health & Families

The holiday treat that’s rich in antioxidants and combats stress

<p>Snow and rain falls as people walk through a dark and stormy Times Square in New York City in January 2024. Many people take vitamin D supplements during the winter months, but knowing how much to take is crucial</p>

Health & Families

Taking too much of this supplement could lead to a blood condition

<p>A young Black man coughs as he sits on a couch</p>

Health & Families

Eight symptoms that could be a sign of cancer

Partner content

Interested in trying CBD? Lazarus Naturals offers clarity with its pure ingredients

<p>Cold Plasma Plus+ Advanced Hydrating Complex</p>

Cold Plasma Plus+ Advanced Hydrating Complex is multi-tasking skincare

Only at iHerb: The exclusive California Gold Nutrition NMN

Macy’s has Christmas covered, from jewelry and beauty to home buys

Latest videos

Nicki Minaj calls JD Vance ‘assassin’ in front of Erika Kirk

Bruce Willis enjoys wild rollercoaster ride in unseen family video

Santa-clad activists steal supermarket food in cost of living protest

Kelly Osbourne’s son walks out as mascot at Ozzy’s beloved Aston Villa

Travel

Six US airports that are so good you won’t mind experiencing a delay

With impressive architecture, food and drink outlets that rival city-center hotspots, and relaxation spaces fit for luxury hotels, these are the flight hubs worth lingering at

<p>Flight delays are almost welcome in some US airports, such as Portland International</p>

<p>Europe's Unesco World Heritage sites can be found in countries including Italy, Croatia and Spain</p>

Seven European Unesco sites that are worth the hype

<p>You don’t have to spend large amounts of money to stay on some of Venice’s islands, such as Murano</p>

I have discovered the best value for money hotels in Venice

<p>Old ruin – and, in the background, the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon</p>

Minor miracles of travel 2025, from Melbourne to Chandigarh

<p>The Northern Territory is renowned for its vast, open countryside </p>

Exploring Australia’s indigenous art in the Northern Territory

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How does Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade demo really run on Nintendo Switch 2?

How does Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade demo really run on Nintendo Switch 2?

lifestyle

The most controversial fashion trend of the 2010s is making its comeback

politics

'Mar-a-Lago Face' is a problematic talking point - no matter which side of politics you're on

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Trump’s White House ballroom price keeps going up: 'This is Trumpflation'

gaming

Unrecord: Viral photorealistic bodycam shooter gets investment and gamers are stoked

gaming

Unrecord: Viral photorealistic bodycam shooter gets investment and gamers are stoked

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TikTok is coming up with solutions on how to beat the 'winter uglies’ and we're invested

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The Elder Scrolls 6 gets update from studio boss but gamers are frustrated