News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN. https://cnn.it/44z7tNG
— CNN (@cnn.com) December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Trump’s promise Wednesday to pay troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is actually a military housing stipend already approved by Congress — not a generous new White House program.
— Politico (@politico.com) December 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that reschedules marijuana to a lower drug classification, one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) December 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A person of interest has been identified in the deadly mass shooting at Brown University, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Thursday. Law enforcement has identified a person, and a search for that individual is underway, the sources said. cbsn.ws/48X3Faf
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The cost of living in November was up 2.7% from a year ago, according to a report Thursday from the Labor Department. That's a smaller annual increase than for the 12 months ending in September. n.pr/44zOrqw
— NPR (@npr.org) December 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 last week, remaining in the same historically healthy range of the past few years even as concerns grow about the health of the labor market.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) December 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The U.S. government accepted fault for a midair collision earlier this year that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., saying it is willing to pay damages in connection with the incident.
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) December 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Breaking news: The Trump administration is moving to curtail gender transition care for young people, proposing to eject medical providers from major federal health insurance programs if they provide gender-affirming services.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Pope Leo XIV makes his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) December 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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In the desert of New Mexico, hundreds of trainees gather to hear from Border Patrol chiefs as they join an agency with an expanded role and new policies under the Trump administration. https://cnn.it/3MBeffR
— CNN (@cnn.com) December 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) December 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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BREAKING: Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center
— Axios (@axios.com) December 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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