Both President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei are charismatic and confrontational. Understanding what has worked for Milei can help Trump sharpen his own program for U.S. renewal. Milei used executive authority to immediately deregulate large swaths of the economy, slash ministries and reduce discretionary spending. One of the clearest areas where Trump could benefit from Milei’s example is resisting the temptation of state ownership. Trump should also abandon his campaign to induce the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates even as inflation rekindles.

That's especially true this week, with a tripleheader on Christmas Day and two more games on Saturday ahead of the usual Sunday slate. Perryman appealed the suspension, stating in a post on X that he apologized to Fluornoy and it was accepted. Watson has missed the entire 2025 season due to a ruptured Achilles that he suffered last season and later aggravated. Watson is entering the final season of a five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed deal. They'll need to win out and for the Bears to lose their final two games in order to win the division.

Paramount makes new hostile offer for Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Oracle founder Larry Ellison will personally guarantee over $40 billion. The announcement comes after the Warner Bros. board of directors has rejected Paramount’s bid multiple times, opting instead to go with an offer from Netflix, which WBD, the parent company of CNN, says is more valuable. CNN's David Goldman reports.

New-car registrations for BYD models, a reflection of sales, surged to 16,158 units in November from 4,821 a year earlier. - ina fassbender/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesChinese auto giant BYD posted a more than threefold jump in European sales last month, continuing to outpace both domestic and foreign rivals. When including the U.K., Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, sales more than tripled to 21,133 vehicles. Most Read from The Wall Street JournalACEA began including BYD in its July data, showing a steady stream of European sales growth for the Chinese group ever since. BYD sold 159,869 vehicles in Europe between January and November compared with Volkswagen’s 3,263,542 and Tesla’s 203,382, according to ACEA data.

I wanted to create an ethical holiday season through my purchasing power, but with what time? (And we’re making sure we don’t run out of toilet paper or dish soap while we’re at it.) It definitely wasn’t my husband up at 11 p.m. making marshmallows for teacher gifts while on the verge of tears. Of course, I want an intentional holiday season that isn’t steeped in blind consumerism. I want to make cookies with my kids, but I’m not sure I’m physically or mentally capable of turning that endeavor into homemade gifts for everyone on my list.

During a meeting this month with his German and British counterparts in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said the latest sanctions were weakening the Russian economy. As a result, investment has stalled, output in some sectors has plummeted, and nonpayments have soared across the economy. The Russian economy “was benefiting from many positive factors like high global commodity prices and the spending-driven boom. The Russian oil industry is also facing a growing crunch. Likewise, Russia’s metallurgy sector is in decline, despite high demand from military production plants.

The Justice Department charged him with sex trafficking in 2019. The Justice Department later labeled the card a “fake” and said it will continue to release Epstein file documents as required by law. The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The new transparency law, overwhelmingly passed by Congress last month, mandated the disclosure of all Epstein files, despite Trump’s months-long effort to keep them sealed. AdvertisementRepublican Representative Thomas Massie, who helped spearhead the law requiring the files’ release, responded late on Monday to Trump’s comments expressing dislike for the release of Epstein documents.

AdvertisementThe bonds will be paid off with state sales and liquor tax revenues generated in a defined area around it. “The location of Chiefs games will change,” Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said after the meeting, “but some things won’t change. Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAdvertisementThe Chiefs intend their $3 billion stadium project to be built in Kansas City, Kansas, near the Kansas Speedway and a retail district known as The Legends. The area includes Children’s Mercy Park, the home of MLS club Sporting Kansas City, and Legends Field, the home of the Kansas City Monarchs minor league baseball team. The Chiefs also plan to build their $300 million practice facility in the Kansas City-metro suburb of Olathe, Kansas.

The Justice Department now says a handwritten letter it released Tuesday that was signed by “J. Epstein” and addressed to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar is “fake,” asserting that the handwriting did not appear to match that of Jeffrey Epstein. An envelope addressed to Larry Nassar from a "J. Epstein," released by the US Justice Department. US Justice DepartmentThe statement debunking the letter from the Justice Department noted that it was postmarked not in New York, was Epstein was imprisoned, but in Virginia, and the return address was for a jail different than the one holding Epstein. It was also updated after the Justice Department released more information about the veracity of the letter.

[12]This article will explore the balance of progress and protection at play stemming from the use of AI that may shape the future of copyright law. The copyright office has also made clear that AI cannot be considered an “author” under copyright law because copyright does not extend to non-human authored works – meaning, works created solely by AI are not afforded full copyright protection. He then requested the copyright office to transfer the copyright to him as the owner of the Machine. [11] U. S. Copyright Office, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 3: Generative AI Training (Pre-Publication version), A Report of the Register of Copyrights (May 2025), https://copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf. Copyright Office, Public Record: Zarya of the Dawn, https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/voyager_34743281; see Tony Analla, Zarya of the Dawn: How AI Is Changing the Landscape of Copyright Protection, Harv.

LOADING ERROR LOADING“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert just gave his two cents on whether he’ll run for president in 2028. “I understand why you’d want me to,” Colbert told the crowd, according to People magazine. ANGELA WEISS via Getty ImagesBetween “The Colbert Report” and the “Late Show,” Colbert has been a late-night fixture for over two decades. Colbert, a frequent critic of the president, told GQ last month that he understands why people had such a reaction, yet hit the brakes on going there himself. In September, Colbert told E!

An acceleration in consumer spending, up 3.5% from 2.5% in the second quarter, and exports, up 8.8% from -1.8% in the second quarter, were the main contributors to the third-quarter GDP reading. Federal spending also played a sizable role, a reflection of the large uptick in defense spending as well as buyouts for federal workers, part of efforts to ultimately lower government spending. The fourth-quarter GDP report set to be released next month, however, is expected to be negatively impacted by a drop in federal spending resulting from the 43-day government shutdown. A mixed economic pictureThe GDP report is akin to a bird’s-eye view of the economy. While wealthy Americans continue to drive much of the growth in consumer spending, lower- and middle-income consumers have been much more cautious.

The Trump class would also feature 128 vertical launch cells that can be used for slower-flying Tomahawk cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, or missile defense interceptors. Overall the planned ships would be 100 times more powerful than those World War II-era battleships, Trump said. Trump said Monday the new battleships ships would eventually replace the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the backbone of the US surface fleet. Schuster says the Trump administration also needs to make some changes in management if it wants the Trump class to be successful. Trump on Monday praised South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, which is investing billions into the Philly Shipyard, which could be building future US Navy ships.

DOJ appears to remove Trump photo from Epstein filesThe Department of Justice released thousands of files related to sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein after Congress passed a law forcing the administration to do so. Many of the files and images were heavily redacted. One image containing a photo of President Donald Trump was later removed from the department's online library. The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing or charged with any crimes in connection with Epstein, but the redactions have drawn scrutiny from lawmakers. CNN's Kevin Liptak reports.

By Suhauna HussainLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Atop the aerial ladder of a bright red fire engine, a firefighter wrangles a hose. “Pancake Breakfast” is one of the dozens of floats expected to roll through Pasadena on New Year’s Day in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. It was built by volunteers from Sierra Madre, a small foothill town that narrowly escaped the worst of the Eaton fire, which destroyed swaths of Altadena in January. That’s it.”Shaffer said members of the association vote each year on some 40 float design submissions that are in line with a theme put forth by Tournament of Roses officials. The theme of the 137th Rose Parade is “The Magic in Teamwork.”It’s one of only five floats in the upcoming Rose Parade that are built by volunteers from the communities sponsoring them.