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Germany’s declining congregations force a practical transformation of empty churches. Historic sanctuaries now function as bicycle shops, apartments and boxing gyms. Architectural landmarks stay while stripping their sacred status as secular utility tops traditional religious observance.
Germany's empty churches repurposed as congregations shrink – DW – 12/25/2025
The number of practicing Christians in Germany is falling. The result is surplus churches. What happens to these empty houses of worship?
www.dw.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Germany’s declining congregations force a practical transformation of empty churches. Historic sanctuaries now function as bicycle shops, apartments and boxing gyms. Architectural landmarks stay while stripping their sacred status as secular utility tops traditional religious observance.
Generation that defined American cool hit the octogenarian frontier. Boomers revolutionized culture, yet turning 80 implies dominance shifts from active rebellion to nostalgic trivia. They traded rock ‘n’ roll for reflection, proving time remains the undefeated heavyweight.
The oldest boomers are turning 80 in 2026. How much pop culture do you remember?
The oldest baby boomers are turning 80 in 2026. This generation, known for its impact on pop culture, was born during the 18-year "baby boom" from 1946 to 1964.
apnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Generation that defined American cool hit the octogenarian frontier. Boomers revolutionized culture, yet turning 80 implies dominance shifts from active rebellion to nostalgic trivia. They traded rock ‘n’ roll for reflection, proving time remains the undefeated heavyweight.
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Trump swaps governance for architecture, designing arches while the Republican Party effectively moves on. By ignoring voters to rename cultural centers, The president proves the second term crumbles into a vanity project. Lawmakers smell blood and the succession war begins.
Trump Is Suddenly Looking a Lot Smaller
The president is no longer dominating his party or the country in the way he once did.
www.theatlantic.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Trump swaps governance for architecture, designing arches while the Republican Party effectively moves on. By ignoring voters to rename cultural centers, The president proves the second term crumbles into a vanity project. Lawmakers smell blood and the succession war begins.
identity of donors funding $5 million in attacks against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones remains unknown. Operating as Georgians for Integrity, the group floods airwaves with claims of self-dealing. Jones, a Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate, faces this opposition well before the May primary.
Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia's Lt. Gov. Burt Jones
A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones since November
abcnews.go.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
identity of donors funding $5 million in attacks against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones remains unknown. Operating as Georgians for Integrity, the group floods airwaves with claims of self-dealing. Jones, a Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate, faces this opposition well before the May primary.
Trump strikes out again in bid to revoke adversaries’ security clearances, a judicial stiff-arm that exposes the limits of executive retribution. Recurring defeats now pave the way for a definitive Supreme Court showdown, one that determines exactly how far presidential power actually stretches.
Trump suffers several defeats in effort to punish opposing lawyers
Courts have ruled against Trump’s efforts to take security clearances away from opposing lawyers. The latest loss comes in a case involving lawyer Mark Zaid.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Trump strikes out again in bid to revoke adversaries’ security clearances, a judicial stiff-arm that exposes the limits of executive retribution. Recurring defeats now pave the way for a definitive Supreme Court showdown, one that determines exactly how far presidential power actually stretches.
Tehran intercepts a vessel carrying over a million gallons of fuel, labeling it smuggling, yet the move carries heavier geopolitical freight. The IRGC flexes its dominance over Persian Gulf choke points, serving a sharp reminder that global energy security remains a guest in Iranian waters.
Iran seizes ‘fuel-smuggling’ vessel in Persian Gulf
Iran has seized numerous oil tankers in Persian Gulf in recent years over 'fuel smuggling' - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Tehran intercepts a vessel carrying over a million gallons of fuel, labeling it smuggling, yet the move carries heavier geopolitical freight. The IRGC flexes its dominance over Persian Gulf choke points, serving a sharp reminder that global energy security remains a guest in Iranian waters.
Federal judge dismantles the firewall between student secrets and parental ears. California schools lose the power to silence teachers regarding gender identity, meaning the “safe space” concept effectively collapses. The culture war officially enters the report card; privacy leaves the building.
Schools Can’t Bar Teachers From Telling Parents If Kids Are Transgender, Judge Rules
The injunction bans any public school employee from misleading parents about their child’s gender presentation at school.
www.edweek.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Federal judge dismantles the firewall between student secrets and parental ears. California schools lose the power to silence teachers regarding gender identity, meaning the “safe space” concept effectively collapses. The culture war officially enters the report card; privacy leaves the building.
Trump swaps governance for architecture, designing arches while the Republican Party effectively moves on. By ignoring voters to rename cultural centers, The president proves the second term crumbles into a vanity project. Lawmakers smell blood and the succession war begins.
Trump Is Suddenly Looking a Lot Smaller
The president is no longer dominating his party or the country in the way he once did.
www.theatlantic.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Trump swaps governance for architecture, designing arches while the Republican Party effectively moves on. By ignoring voters to rename cultural centers, The president proves the second term crumbles into a vanity project. Lawmakers smell blood and the succession war begins.
Valar Atomics achieves criticality, proving the "move fast and break things" ethos enters nuclear physics. This milestone validates the reaction, but it has also highlights tension between startup velocity and safety. The science advances, yet the waste issue lingers.
US startup achieves historic breakthrough with first-of-its-kind nuclear feat: 'The dawn of a new era'
"Think of a long chain of dominoes."
www.yahoo.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Valar Atomics achieves criticality, proving the "move fast and break things" ethos enters nuclear physics. This milestone validates the reaction, but it has also highlights tension between startup velocity and safety. The science advances, yet the waste issue lingers.
Facing a pre-midterm health care cliff, GOP teases a tariff-funded reconciliation bill — a Hail Mary that terrified moderates view as political suicide. It exposes a majority trapped between hardliner fantasies and electoral math, risking internal implosion that gift-wraps the House for Democrats.
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP’s 2026 agenda
With the midterms around the corner, top Republican voices are clashing about the prospects for another reconciliation bill.
www.politico.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Facing a pre-midterm health care cliff, GOP teases a tariff-funded reconciliation bill — a Hail Mary that terrified moderates view as political suicide. It exposes a majority trapped between hardliner fantasies and electoral math, risking internal implosion that gift-wraps the House for Democrats.
Sheinbaum's Impossible Dilemma: Trump designates fentanyl as WMD, creating a crisis. Mexico's president faces impossible choices: accept US military intervention or risk unilateral airstrikes. Ahead of the World Cup, she fights to protect sovereignty while keeping trade ties under immense pressure.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s Impossible Dilemma
The threat of U.S. strikes on cartels could upend a century of delicate relations with Mexico.
www.theatlantic.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sheinbaum's Impossible Dilemma: Trump designates fentanyl as WMD, creating a crisis. Mexico's president faces impossible choices: accept US military intervention or risk unilateral airstrikes. Ahead of the World Cup, she fights to protect sovereignty while keeping trade ties under immense pressure.
Minnesota Republicans see a path to unseat Walz, but Trump’s flamethrower rhetoric and Mike Lindell’s pillow-fort politics block the lane. It showcases a recurring GOP dilemma: party risks torching winnable races by prioritizing MAGA loyalty tests over strategic moderation in a state they don't win.
Donald Trump and Mike Lindell are targeting Tim Walz. Some Republicans are worried that could backfire.
Tim Walz wants a third term. Donald Trump and Mike Lindell want to beat him.
www.politico.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Minnesota Republicans see a path to unseat Walz, but Trump’s flamethrower rhetoric and Mike Lindell’s pillow-fort politics block the lane. It showcases a recurring GOP dilemma: party risks torching winnable races by prioritizing MAGA loyalty tests over strategic moderation in a state they don't win.
The Times Square ball morphs into the opening salvo for a patriotic marketing blitz. Organizers commandeer the New Year’s icon for the nation’s 250th birthday. This signals a bet on spectacle and nostalgia as the only tools left to patch up a divided citizenry.
Times Square to feature patriotic ball drop for New Year's Eve, kicking off US's 250th birthday
The New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City will sparkle in red, white, and blue to kick off celebrations for the U.S.'s 250th birthday in 2026.
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Times Square ball morphs into the opening salvo for a patriotic marketing blitz. Organizers commandeer the New Year’s icon for the nation’s 250th birthday. This signals a bet on spectacle and nostalgia as the only tools left to patch up a divided citizenry.
Moscow’s clumsy war on the probiv trade has only radicalized it. By pushing brokers abroad, the Kremlin severes its leverage. A once-compliant black market morphs into an unbridled free-for-all, ensuring that sensitive Russian state secrets become the world’s cheapest, and most dangerous, export.
‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires
Russian state has tolerated parallel probiv market for its convenience but now Ukrainian spies are exploiting it
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Moscow’s clumsy war on the probiv trade has only radicalized it. By pushing brokers abroad, the Kremlin severes its leverage. A once-compliant black market morphs into an unbridled free-for-all, ensuring that sensitive Russian state secrets become the world’s cheapest, and most dangerous, export.
Thirty-five years into ADA, the hospitality industry effectively treats civil rights as optional amenities. "Accessible" bookings remain a bait-and-switch game involving beds that require mountaineering gear and bathroom gymnastics. It means meaningful inclusion is stalled by franchise loopholes
35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating
Clockwise from top left: Eileen Schoch, Cory Lee, Kelly Mack and Karen Lohr are wheelchair users who've had to deal with hotel rooms that weren't accessible as promised.
Richard Beaven for NPR, via Cory Lee, Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR and via Karen Lohr
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thirty-five years into ADA, the hospitality industry effectively treats civil rights as optional amenities. "Accessible" bookings remain a bait-and-switch game involving beds that require mountaineering gear and bathroom gymnastics. It means meaningful inclusion is stalled by franchise loopholes
Trump: Zelenskyy "doesn’t have anything until I approve it," reducing complex geopolitics to a boardroom power play. By insisting Kyiv needs his blessing, US support hinges less on strategic frameworks and entirely on his personal, transactional seal of approval.
Trump to POLITICO: Zelenskyy ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’
Trump’s comments come ahead of his Sunday meeting with Zelenskyy, who will bring with him a new 20-point plan to end the war.
www.politico.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump: Zelenskyy "doesn’t have anything until I approve it," reducing complex geopolitics to a boardroom power play. By insisting Kyiv needs his blessing, US support hinges less on strategic frameworks and entirely on his personal, transactional seal of approval.
Big Food counters RFK Jr.’s health crusade by framing safety regulations as a threat to affordable groceries. Companies leverage record lobbying budgets to argue state rules drive inflation. This forces Republicans to choose between protecting corporate donors and supporting the populist MAHA base.
The ultraprocessed food makers have an answer for RFK Jr.
The companies behind Doritos, Oscar Mayer wieners, and Kraft Mac & Cheese are warning state regulation promoted by the health secretary is driving up your food bill.
www.politico.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Big Food counters RFK Jr.’s health crusade by framing safety regulations as a threat to affordable groceries. Companies leverage record lobbying budgets to argue state rules drive inflation. This forces Republicans to choose between protecting corporate donors and supporting the populist MAHA base.
US airstrikes target alleged militants in northwest Nigeria, shaking Jabo residents who initially mistake explosions for a plane crash. While Trump claims victory against ISIS, analysts say operation actually hits Lakurawa group. Confusion grows as villagers fear for safety over military escalation.
Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red
A U.S. airstrike that targeted an alleged Islamic State camp in Nigeria has caused panic in the village of Jabo.
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
US airstrikes target alleged militants in northwest Nigeria, shaking Jabo residents who initially mistake explosions for a plane crash. While Trump claims victory against ISIS, analysts say operation actually hits Lakurawa group. Confusion grows as villagers fear for safety over military escalation.
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RFK Jr. chases Europe’s slimmer vaccine schedule but ignores its context: universal health care. Experts say Kennedy cherry-picks data as America’s fragmented system needs broad mandates to catch vulnerable kids. Adopting Danish cuts without Danish safety nets isn’t reform but deregulation.
Why RFK Jr.’s plan to follow Europe on vaccines is getting panned
In some cases, Europe has better contained disease, in others it’s let them spread to keep costs down.
www.politico.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
RFK Jr. chases Europe’s slimmer vaccine schedule but ignores its context: universal health care. Experts say Kennedy cherry-picks data as America’s fragmented system needs broad mandates to catch vulnerable kids. Adopting Danish cuts without Danish safety nets isn’t reform but deregulation.
ICE officer shoved a civilian, got suspended and returned by Monday — accountability at DHS is merely a suggestion. With oversight gutted and Stephen Miller cheering the reinstatement, the message is clear: aggressiveness isn’t a bug in this brutal new immigration strategy; it is a feature.
Exclusive: ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
A federal agent pushes the wife of the detained man from Ecuador to the ground on September 25, 2025 in New York City.
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ICE officer shoved a civilian, got suspended and returned by Monday — accountability at DHS is merely a suggestion. With oversight gutted and Stephen Miller cheering the reinstatement, the message is clear: aggressiveness isn’t a bug in this brutal new immigration strategy; it is a feature.
Your holiday indecision creates a logistics nightmare. While bracketing sizes feels convenient, retailers simply trash returns rather than pay for restocking. That free return actually spikes consumer prices. Essentially, you are paying extra to send that ugly sweater on a round trip to the dump.
Why your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill and what you can do about it
The month after Christmas has been dubbed “Returnuary” for good reason. The National Retail Federation estimates 17% of holiday purchases will be sent back this year.
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Your holiday indecision creates a logistics nightmare. While bracketing sizes feels convenient, retailers simply trash returns rather than pay for restocking. That free return actually spikes consumer prices. Essentially, you are paying extra to send that ugly sweater on a round trip to the dump.
Harriet Hageman launches a Senate campaign to replace Cynthia Lummis, cementing Wyoming’s MAGA alignment. Endorsed by Trump, former Cheney rival enjoys strong support but faces surprising headwinds: voters openly booing her stance on federal spending cuts, testing the limits of populist loyalty.
Hageman launches bid for Wyoming Senate seat
The two-term representative and strong Trump supporter announced her campaign on Tuesday.
www.politico.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Harriet Hageman launches a Senate campaign to replace Cynthia Lummis, cementing Wyoming’s MAGA alignment. Endorsed by Trump, former Cheney rival enjoys strong support but faces surprising headwinds: voters openly booing her stance on federal spending cuts, testing the limits of populist loyalty.
Zelenskyy heads to Florida Dec. 28 to close the gap on a peace framework that’s reportedly 90% complete. But in diplomatic real estate, the last 10% is where the devil resides — specifically defining if "security guarantees" offer actual protection or just another polite suggestion to Moscow.
Zelenskyy says he will meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday for talks on Ukraine security guarantees
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will meet on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida.
apnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Zelenskyy heads to Florida Dec. 28 to close the gap on a peace framework that’s reportedly 90% complete. But in diplomatic real estate, the last 10% is where the devil resides — specifically defining if "security guarantees" offer actual protection or just another polite suggestion to Moscow.
In Fort Pierce, the hunter has become the hunted. Judge Cannon’s oversight of the grand conspiracy probe signals judiciary’s transformation into a specialized retribution wing. Precedent is dead; loyalty is king. Remember one thing: she is auditioning for a SCOTUS seat via political vengeance.
Get Ready to Start Hearing About Aileen Cannon Again
The Florida-based judge is likely to once again play a central role in politics in the new year.
www.theatlantic.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In Fort Pierce, the hunter has become the hunted. Judge Cannon’s oversight of the grand conspiracy probe signals judiciary’s transformation into a specialized retribution wing. Precedent is dead; loyalty is king. Remember one thing: she is auditioning for a SCOTUS seat via political vengeance.
Rubio’s diplomacy treats high-value MS-13 witnesses like bargaining chips, swapping federal justice for Venezuelan deportation quotas. Move torpedoes years of legal work and intelligence to pad immigration stats. Optics outweigh harder, quieter work of ending transnational criminal networks.
Rubio’s diplomacy treats high-value MS-13 witnesses like bargaining chips, swapping federal justice for Venezuelan deportation quotas. This move torpedoes years of DOJ work and intelligence to pad immigration stats, signaling the administration prioritizes swift removal optics over the harder, quieter work of dismantling transnational criminal networks.
House Democrats are demanding more details about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s dealings with the Salvadoran government as the country agreed to imprison more than 200 men in its most notorious detention facility.
thehill.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Rubio’s diplomacy treats high-value MS-13 witnesses like bargaining chips, swapping federal justice for Venezuelan deportation quotas. Move torpedoes years of legal work and intelligence to pad immigration stats. Optics outweigh harder, quieter work of ending transnational criminal networks.