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US businessman buys monastery for 120 million dollars2824 27 December 15:15 120 Author: NewsSt. Benedict's Monastery, Colorado, USA. Photo: wsj.comThe Trappist monastery near Aspen has been sold into private hands to Palantir CEO Alex Karp for a record sum for the region. St. Benedict’s Monastery, located in the mountains near the city of Aspen (Colorado, USA), was sold for 120 million dollars to the CEO of Palantir Technologies, Alex Karp. The monastery belonged to the Trappist order for almost 70 years and was situated on a plot of about 3700 acres. As reported by the UOJ, the UGCC sold a historic church in Chicago for 175 thousand dollars.
CNN fact-checker extraordinaire Daniel Dale recounted 25 of Donald Trump’s “top lies of 2025,” although the journalist confessed it was hard to choose “only 25.”Dale wrote on CNN.com that Trump’s “first calendar year back in the White House was an unceasing parade of lies,” much like his first term. The difference, according to Dale, was how often Trump repeated the same lies over and over with “staggering frequency.”Trump relied on a “core set of go-to fabrications he deployed virtually no matter the setting and no matter how many times they had been debunked,” Dale explained. Dale said he compiled his “highly subjective list” based on how often the president repeated the lie, “some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality.”When it came to the topic of inflation, tariffs, and the economy, Trump told four main whoppers:Lie: Trump secured $17 trillion or $18 trillion in investment in 2025Lie: ‘Every price is down’Lie: Trump was reducing prescription drug prices by ‘2,000%, 3,000%’Lie: Foreign countries pay the US government’s tariffsPublic safety lies, according to Dale included:Lie: Portland was ‘burning down’Lie: Washington, DC had no murders for six monthsLie: ‘I invaded Los Angeles and we opened up the water’Lie: The Democratic governor of Maryland called Trump ‘the greatest president of my lifetime’Dale listed a whopping eight “Trump lies” on foreign affairs:Lie: Ukraine ‘started’ Russia’s war on UkraineLie: Trump was speaking ‘in jest’ when he promised to immediately end the Ukraine warLie: The US government had planned to spend $50 million on ‘condoms for Hamas’Lie: Every drug boat in the Caribbean ‘kills 25,000 Americans’Lie: Trump ‘didn’t say’ he had no problem releasing full footage of a September boat strikeLie: Numerous foreign leaders emptied prisons and mental institutions to send their most undesirable people into the USLie: Trump ended seven or eight warsLie: ‘The people of Canada like’ the idea of becoming the 51st US stateOther categories included Justice and Elections; as well as Health Care, Legislation, and Democrats.
Committees also have the power to subpoena witnesses, but it is rarely used, particularly with administration officials. The House Foreign Affairs Committee had 47 appearances from administration officials in 2021 — and only 12 this year. House Democrats have also pushed for more administration officials to trek to Capitol Hill. In the Senate, the push for more testimony from Trump administration officials has been bipartisan in some cases — including Cassidy’s invitation in September for Kennedy to testify. The committee is expected to ask administration officials to testify early next year, the aide said.
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Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell lambasted a performer’s decision to cancel an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert, following the addition of President Donald Trump’s name to the Washington, DC, arts venue. “I’ve been performing at the Kennedy Center since the beginning of my career and I was saddened to see this name change,” Redd said. Prior to the renaming, Trump’s overhaul of the center was already raising concerns about lost revenue as both artists and audiences flee for other venues. The Kennedy Center comped approximately five times more tickets for the performances this year than in the past four years, the data showed. And this year’s show has fallen about half a million dollars short of its $1.5 million budgeted revenue goal.
Former “Lion King” child actor Imani Dia Smith killed in home stabbing New Jersey prosecutors say Imani Dia Smith, a former Broadway child actor who appeared in “The Lion King,” was stabbed to death in her home Sunday.
Major winter storm lashes Northeast Heavy snow fell throughout the Northeast on Friday, as southern Connecticut through the Hudson Valley saw anywhere from 2 to 6 inches of snow.
Members of the Public Prosecutor's Office work near the bodies of victims of a road accident at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapan, Guatemala, on December 27, 2025. (Photo by Gustavo RODAS / AFP via Getty Images) GUSTAVO RODAS via Getty ImagesGUATEMALA CITY, Dec 27 (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, authorities said on Saturday. The crash occurred in the Solola Department between kilometres 172 and 174, an area known for dense fog that reduces visibility for drivers. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementImages shared by the fire department on social media early on Saturday showed the wrecked bus in the ravine as firefighters worked to rescue victims. Editing by Joe Bavier and Mark Potter)Global UpdatesRead the original on HuffPost
What comes next is a mystery, but I’d like to share a note of appreciation as 2025 fades into history. If you were born in what once was Bombay, but raised a family in L.A., happy new year. I’m spreading a bit of holiday cheer because for immigrants, on the whole, this has been a horrible year. Under federal orders in 2025, Los Angeles and other cities have been invaded and workplaces raided. Nearly three-quarters of the state’s residents believe that immigrants benefit California “because of their hard work and job skills,” says the Public Policy Institute of California.
Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty From left: Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold on Oct. 9, 2018, in Houston. In 2023, John was ranked 345th on the Forbes 400. In 2008, John and Laura launched the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, which has since evolved into Arnold Ventures. Rick Kern/Getty John Arnold, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures, speaks on stage during The Texas Tribune Festival at Omni Hotel on September 06, 2024 in Austin, Texas. In 2010, both John and Laura signed The Giving Pledge, which was launched that same year by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.
(AP Photo)This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. “Any military movements that violate these efforts will be dealt with directly and immediately in order to protect civilian lives and ensure the success of restoring calm," said Brig. However, the UAE also backs the southern separatists who call for South Yemen to secede once again from Yemen.
With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, it traveled for about a third of a mile in the community east of downtown Los Angeles. Gavin Newsom declared emergencies in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Shasta counties. In the mountainous community of Lytle Creek in San Bernardino County, a bridge connecting parts of the town was covered with water and was possibly destroyed. The previous time a tornado with a strength of EF-1 or greater hit L.A. County was back in 1983, when an even stronger EF-2 tornado tore through a residential area of South Los Angeles. A deceased man was found in a partially submerged vehicle Friday morning in the Lancaster area, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
Goodbye to the MetroCard that transformed how New Yorkers traveledNew York City’s MetroCard transformed one of the world’s busiest transit systems and is set to be phased out by December 31, 2025. CNN’s Meena Duerson talks about how the MetroCard’s introduction 30 years ago expanded access for New Yorkers, and how the little yellow card has become as symbolic as the city’s famous landmarks.
