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President Trump addressed the nation to tout his first year in office and preview what’s to come in 2026.

A father has been accused of shooting and killing a college student at Kentucky State University while helping his son move out of his dorm amid concerns for his safety. Jacob Bard was visiting the Kentucky State University campus in Frankfort, Kentucky, to see his son on December 9 when the incident took place. The son had been attacked on campus before the visit, so Bard and his wife went to the university’s office of student affairs to report the incident, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. Following the meeting, campus police escorted the parents to their son’s dorm so that…

Fantasy Football is all about the matchups. Even though you drafted your team with certain hopes and intentions, your weekly lineup decisions shouldn’t be determined by the order you picked your players in. You need to check who your players play and make sure you’ve got the right guys in — and the wrong guys out. We can take some educated guesses based on coaches film, meaningful data, healthy personnel, defensive schemes, track records, and key details of offenses. The things we know can help us minimize the impact of the things we don’t know. This should lead to better…

It: Welcome to Derry wrapped up its first season earlier this week, and while horror hounds wait to hear whether HBO will make good on that “Chapter One” end-title card and announce a “Chapter Two,” NECA has revealed another figure from the show to add to your Pennywise collection. Step right up, children: this clown is ready to feast on you and all your friends! As fans of the show well remember, the Bill Skarsgård-portrayed character was just about to slink into 27 years of slumber when the U.S. Air Force made the genius decision to leave a gaping hole…

A new savings vehicle, dubbed “Trump accounts,” is designed to help the rising generation of American children build wealth into adulthood.  Under the multitrillion-dollar tax and spending bill signed by President Donald Trump in July, the federal government will contribute $1,000 to accounts set up for every American baby born in the next few years.  The initiative got a boost on Dec. 2 when billionaires Michael and Susan Dell announced a $6.25 billion gift to seed accounts for millions of older children as well. Other big names in business and finance, including Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and BlackRock Inc., soon followed with smaller pledges of…

President Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Dec. 17, 2025. Doug Mills/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Doug Mills/AFP via Getty Images President Trump opened a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday with a message intended to reassure Americans.  “Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I am fixing it,” he said at the start of his speech. However, in his roughly 20-minute address from the Diplomatic Reception Room, Trump broke little new ground, restating messages his White House has been pushing for months: that current economic problems…

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s decision to add 20 countries to a list of travel restrictions but reactions on the continent of some 1.5 billion people were largely muted on Wednesday as affected nations mulled the implications of the measure and their next moves.The new restrictions expand on the list from June and are broader and more punitive than those during Trump’s first presidency, which largely targeted Muslim-majority countries and which were reversed in 2021. The African Union urged the United States to protect its borders in “a manner that is balanced,…

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino speaks during a news conference on an arrest of a suspect in the January 6th pipe bomb case at the Department of Justice on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said Wednesday he plans to step down from the bureau in January. In a statement posted on X, Bongino thanked President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel “for the opportunity to serve with purpose.” Bongino was an unusual pick for the No. 2 post at the FBI, a critical…

Dave WilsonDec 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseDave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.THE TIMING SHOULD have been perfect.It was the bye week, just four days after one of the biggest wins in Texas A&M history, a 41-40 comeback win over No. 8 Notre Dame in South Bend. Marcel Reed marched the Aggies down the field on a 13-play, 74-yard drive that ended with an 11-yard fourth-down touchdown pass to Nate Boerkircher with 13 seconds left.The methodical game-winning drive defied not only Touchdown Jesus, but years…

Now, finally, he will get a chance to act, rather than react to everyone else. As the Project Athena plan clearly demonstrates, Isaacman has a good handle on the problems besetting NASA, an aging and increasingly bureaucratic agency. NASA can still do great things, but it has become almost infinitely harder since the heady days of Apollo six decades ago. Isaacman has ideas to shake things up, but not to the extent of wanton change for the sake of change. It is clear from the interviews he has given to others, and in talking to him myself, that Isaacman is…