CAMBRIDGE, MA - OCTOBER 21: A general view of the exterior of The Great Dome on October 21, 2025, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, MA. (AP) — A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Loureiro, who joined MIT in 2016, was named last year to lead MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, where he aimed to advance clean energy technology and other research. He was a researcher at an institute for nuclear fusion in Lisbon before joining MIT, it said.

AdvertisementGetty Images/Huffpost Experts say President Donald Trump's Truth Social post about Rob and Michele Reiner's death contributes to the trend of political hostility. Advertisement“Every time this happens, it gets worse,” Van Bavel said. Advertisement“When we have strong identities, we’re motivated to believe things that bolster our identities,” Van Bavel said. “It’s destructive to the collaborative spirit we yearn for in cooperative society.”One thing Van Bavel recommended was to recognize the shared values that we all have as Americans. “When political leaders are signaling that it’s OK to do this, we are far more likely to do it,” Van Bavel said.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGDec 10 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state’s Democratic governor, finding that the Republican president had exceeded his authority. The ruling by San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer represented the latest legal setback for Trump and his efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-controlled cities, an extraordinary use of the military for domestic purposes. AdvertisementThe judge found Trump overstepped his authority by taking control of California National Guard units and sending them to Los Angeles and elsewhere in response to protests against federal immigration authorities. AdvertisementCalifornia National Guard are positioned at the Federal Building on June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. National Guard units are controlled by states but can be called into federal service under certain circumstances.

The president told the crowd gathered at a casino and resort in Mount Pocono that inflation was no longer a problem and that Democrats had used the term “affordability” as a “hoax” to hurt his reputation. Advertisement“Why is it we only take people from s—-hole countries, right?” Trump said onstage. Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.”President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he speaks at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. But instead of being in an arena that could draw several thousand attendees, it was held in a conference center ballroom at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, a small town of about 3,000 residents. He displayed a chart comparing price increases under his predecessor, Joe Biden, to prices under his own watch to argue his case.

President Donald Trump got repeatedly hit by an opening bathroom door aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, prompting some potty-mouthed cracks from critics. “The toilet just wanted Trump back inside it,” one person wrote in the Mediaite comments section. The person inside tried to open the door again but Trump inadvertently remained in its way. “Trump’s not gonna let somebody in the bathroom stop him from lying,” another wrote on Mediaite. Politics: Fox News Star Hits Trump With Cold Truth About Bailout: ‘There’s No Getting Around That’“Next to an open bathroom door is about the only time Trump isn’t to blame for the stench,” someone snarked.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told congressional leaders Tuesday that he was still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors, even as he faced intensifying demands from Congress for disclosure. Hegseth provided a classified briefing for congressional leaders alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe at the Capitol. Legal experts say that action may have violated the laws governing the use of deadly military force. The situation has awakened the Republican-controlled Congress to its oversight role after months of frustration about the trickle of information from the Pentagon. Still, it remains to be seen whether the Republican-controlled Congress will push back on the Trump administration’s campaign.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump is perfectly happy with the state of the U.S. economy under his watch, even as everyday Americans grow increasingly frustrated with the high cost of living. Prices are coming down substantially,” Trump said. “I’ve got to admit, for his billionaire friends he is, in fact, an A-plus president,” Sanders continued. Prices are “too high because [Democrats] caused them to be too high, but now they’re coming down,” Trump said. Democratic candidates who focused their campaigns on the cost of living performed strongly in last month’s elections, delivering a fresh warning to the Trump administration.

The morning I decided not to send my 14-year-old daughter back to school, she was vomiting from anxiety. Here’s the thing nobody tells you: the school system didn’t identify any of this. Next year, she will start virtual school, which is 2 1/2 hours of live, curriculum-based learning with qualified teachers each day. The virtual school Maya will be starting costs around $7,000 AUD annually, which is actually half the cost of Maya’s previous private school. She’s learning to trust her body again.

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More than a quarter (27%) of Gen Z workers say their relationships with their colleagues aren’t great on the whole, Team Tactics’ research says. Their company, which has been helping groups to bond since ’95, has always hoped to make connections like these better. AdvertisementThat’s helped dogs like Obie, who was diagnosed with paralysing stage five intervertebral disc disease. Team Tactics Obie, a dog helped by Team TacticsAdvertisement“Passion” is key to better charitable teambuildingMillie Masterson, the Digital Marketing Manager for Team Tactics, said, “we just want to try and make teams happy. As much as possible, though, Team Tactics seems to look forward to creating more events that give back.

Stephen Colbert on Monday joined the late nightpile-on over President Donald Trump receiving the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize ― and responded by awarding himself his own questionable honor. “Call me a boomer, but these participation trophies have gone too far,” the “Late Show” host joked while mocking the bizarre moment that FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump with the accolade. The comedian then acted all surprised when presented with the very first Stephen Colbert Joke Prize, prompting the audience to chant his name as he triumphantly hoisted the golden statuette in his likeness into the air. Watch Colbert’s monologue here:Related...Read the original on HuffPost

JUSTIN TALLIS via AFP via Getty ImagesThe pro-Brexit majority which voted to leave the EU nine years ago has “literally died out”, according to a polling expert. AdvertisementWriting for the New European, he pointed out that 1.3 million more voters backed Leave compared to those who supported Remain in the referendum. Since then more than six million Brits have died, Kellner said. Many voters have also changed their minds since the referendum, with four million Leave voters now wanting to rejoin the bloc. AdvertisementAccording to Kellner, all of these changes mean there is now an 8.1 million majority among the British electorate for rejoining the EU.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president in 2028? Nope, according to his wife, actor Cheryl Hines. “Gosh, he’s not going to run for president,” Hines told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas in an interview promoting her new book, “Unscripted,” on Monday, which swerved any talk on the ongoing fallout of her husband’s digital affair with journalist Olivia Nuzzi. Watch here:Kennedy ran for president in 2024, first as a Democrat long-shot challenger to then-President Joe Biden and then as an independent. The noted vaccine skeptic then dropped out and endorsed Trump.

Donald Trump slammed Jimmy Kimmel’s presenting skills once again ahead of the president’s hosting of the Kennedy Center Honors over the weekend. “That was very hurtful,” Kimmel sarcastically said, adding, “I thought we were friends. I’m starting to think he might have a crush on me.”Kimmel aired footage of Trump before the ceremony saying, “If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president.”Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“I agree. I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with anything more than that,” Kimmel responded. I’ll come on, I’ll tell a few jokes, I’ll draw something, I’ll play my clarinet.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGHope Walz, the 24-year-old daughter of 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee and current Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, completely unloaded on President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. this week, in response to him promoting his dad’s use of an ableist slur toward her father. Walz’s Monday video comes in response to a dig Trump Jr. made against her dad on X, where he reposted a video of the Minnesota governor saying people are driving by his house and yelling the slur. “They’re not wrong,” Trump Jr. wrote. As The Hill reported, in that now-deleted TikTok post, Walz defended her family, especially her brother Gus, who has a nonverbal learning disorder.