Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
U.S. defence secretary says Pentagon will not publicly release Sept. 2 boat strike video
U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth arrives for a classified briefing for all members of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday on the situation in Venezuela. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. Hegseth said that members of the U.S. House and Senate armed services committees would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did notRead more
FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets after global fan backlash
MetLife Stadium, the location of the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, in East Rutherford, N.J., is seen in July prior to the FIFA Club World Cup Final. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams’ most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 US seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185. It was a rare climbdown by the soccer body and its president Gianni Infantino after soaking up waves of criticism for World Cup strategies, includingRead more
Trump expands U.S. travel ban to 5 more countries and Palestinian Authority, toughens limits on others
People chant during a protest sponsored by the Council on American Islamic Relations against U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban, which went into effect in June. On Tuesday, the Trump administraton added five more countires to the travel ban. (Jill Connelly/Reuters) The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries — plus the Palestinian Authority — and imposing new limits on 15 others, doubling the number of jurisdictions affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the U.S.Read more
Trump’s chief of staff gives rare interview: Here are 5 things we learned
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before a lunch with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on Oct. 17. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, widely regarded in Washington as the quiet power behind the throne, spoke candidly about some of the administration’s shortcomings and delivered a frank assessment of the people around the president in a rare, wide-ranging series of interviews published Tuesday by Vanity Fair. Speaking toRead more