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Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 29, 2025
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Democracy Now Video • Dec 29, 2025

Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 29, 2025

Trump Slashes US Humanitarian Aid Pledge as His Cuts Kill Hundreds of Thousands Globally
Scheer Post • Dec 29, 2025

Trump Slashes US Humanitarian Aid Pledge as His Cuts Kill Hundreds of Thousands Globally

By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The Trump administration on Monday announced a commitment of $2 billion to United Nations humanitarian assistance efforts, a fraction of what the US has previously provided as President Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts continue to wreak deadly havoc worldwide. The US State Department said the funds will be tied to reform efforts pushed by the […]

CRAZIEST POLITICAL MOMENTS OF 2025
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Hasan Abi • Dec 29, 2025

CRAZIEST POLITICAL MOMENTS OF 2025

Trump Praises Putin, Promises Peace—Kyiv Still Under Fire
Scheer Post • Dec 29, 2025

Trump Praises Putin, Promises Peace—Kyiv Still Under Fire

By Joshua Scheer Trump’s Peace Optimism Collides With Russia’s Intensifying Assault on Kyiv Another morning has arrived with no peace between Ukraine and Russia, despite President Trump repeatedly suggesting that an agreement is either incredibly close—or may never happen at all. It is a familiar refrain, delivered as Russian forces continue to bombard Kyiv and […]

What's Behind Trump's Christmas Strikes on Nigeria? Anti-Christian Genocide or Appeasing MAGA Base?
Democracy Now • Dec 29, 2025

What's Behind Trump's Christmas Strikes on Nigeria? Anti-Christian Genocide or Appeasing MAGA Base?

President Trump says the U.S. strikes in Nigeria on Christmas Day were aimed at ISIS fighters and part of a campaign to stop a supposed anti-Christian “genocide” in the country. But residents of the area say there is no recorded history of anti-Christian terrorism, and organizations monitoring violence in the region say there is no evidence to suggest that Christians are killed more than Muslims and other religious groups in Nigeria. This comes as a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a mosque in Nigeria’s Borno state on Christmas Day, killing five worshipers and injuring 35 more. “Nigeria has a very serious problem of insecurity that affects a wide range of Nigerians, especially those who live in the more remote parts of the country,” but violence impacts “Muslims more so than Christians,” says Yinka Adegoke, Africa editor of Semafor. Adegoke says Trump’s religious framing has more to do with U.S. culture wars and appeasing his base of evangelicals than seriously reckoning with issues of poverty and violence in Nigeria, which he notes were exacerbated by U.S. cuts to foreign aid.

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