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8+ min ago (296+ words) President Donald Trump erupted on Truth Social Monday, accusing Mexico of violating a decades-old water treaty and demanding the immediate release of hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water he claims the U.S. is owed " or face a new 5% tariff. Trump insisted the alleged shortfall is harming Texas farmers and said he's already authorized paperwork to impose penalties if Mexico doesn't comply. It's the latest in a string of water-related grievances Trump has lobbed at Mexico, even as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether he actually has the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs without Congress under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act " a decision that could upend his threats and force him to seek workarounds.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Trump threatens new tariffs as he demands Mexico release water owed under…...

8+ min ago (233+ words) South Park is taking its season 28 storyline involving President Donald Trump to a whole new level on Wednesday night by having Stan birth Trump's lovechild, aka the Antichrist. "Only a Christmas miracle can deliver the Antichrist on time," a press release for the episode, which airs December 10 on Comedy Central, reads. The episode, titled "The Crap Out," is just the latest from creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to target the current administration and its officials. Thus far, the season has included Trump impregnating Satan, having an affair with Vice President JD Vance, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as a puppy serial killer, and more. A teaser for the new episode includes Trump dressed as Santa and Vance dressed as an elf. South Park has earned heated responses from Trump's team this season, including Noem knocking the show and the…...

16+ min ago (1194+ words) ALSO READ: "My MAGA started to crack: How one Christian nationalist Mormon broke free of Trump A Donald Trump ally has plans to boost the president's memecoin after it crashed 87% with a "Billionaires Club"-themed game, according to reports on Tuesday. Entrepreneur Bill Zanker revealed he will release the "Trump Billionaires Club" on Apple's App Store and online at the end of the month, Bloomberg reported. In a new trailer for the mobile game, a voice similar to Trump tells players they can become billionaires and collect the memecoin. "After hitting an $8.8 billion market cap when it launched just days before the 2025 presidential inauguration, it has since shed about $7.6 billion in value, according to CoinGecko. As of this week, its market cap sits below $1.2 billion," according to Bloomberg. Freedom 45 Games LLC, the creators of the game, will also offer "$1 million…...

20+ min ago (245+ words) " A federal appeals court has handed the Trump administration a win in its effort to purge transgender people from the military. Plus, an appeals court is set to decide if West Virginia can ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery. We also cover the new mutant mpox strain discovered in England and whether people need to be worried. Our reporter Ryan Adamczeski has an op-ed about the parallels between anti-trans activist Riley Gaines and the recent Oklahoma University scandal over a Christian student's failed essay, and our latest piece on queer history covers HIV activist group ACT UP. The ban "brands all transgender people, without regard to individual merit, as unworthy to serve in our armed forces solely because they are transgender," Judge Cornelia Pillard wrote. The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court after it ruled…...

22+ min ago (283+ words) Court Seems Likely to side with Trump on Firing FTC Commissioner The Supreme Court on Monday morning signaled that it was likely to strike down a federal law that restricts the president's ability to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission. Posted by truthhurts at 06:30 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | SCOTUS has recently hinted that they agree with maintaining the independence of the Fed. If that recent prior hint holds, then it may be interesting to see how they thread the needle in this case, while continuing with their prior agreement about the independence of the Fed. #1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-08 08:16 PM | Reply Fed Independence Risk Troubles Kavanaugh in Trump Firing Fight finance.yahoo.com #2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-08 08:18 PM | Reply Justice Kavanaugh is a "key" Justice? #3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-08 08:20 PM | Reply You mean the conservative justices…...

30+ min ago (852+ words) Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill. The idea of a "right to repair" " a requirement that companies facilitate consumers" repairs, maintenance, and modification of products " is extremely popular, even winning broad, bipartisan support in Congress. That could not, however, save it from the military'industrial complex. Lobbyists succeeded in killing part of the National Defense Authorization Act that would have given service members the right to fix their equipment in the field without having to worry about military suppliers" intellectual property. "Defense contractors have a lot of influence on Capitol Hill." The decision to kill the popular proposal was made public Sunday after a closed-door conference of top congressional officials, including defense committee chairs, along with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune,…...

30+ min ago (381+ words) The end of the SAVE plan, briefly explained. Welcome to The Logoff: The last vestiges of President Joe Biden's student loan plan are on their way out. What just happened? The Trump administration agreed Tuesday to end a Biden-era student loan forgiveness plan " Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE " to resolve a lawsuit brought by a coalition of Republican state attorneys general. The agreement will still need to be approved by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. How did the SAVE plan work? SAVE, which has about 7 million enrollees, was an income-driven repayment plan that the Biden administration introduced in 2023. It provided lower monthly payments than other plans " potentially $0 per month " and an expedited path to loan forgiveness. What's the context? The plan was already on its way out after the Republican tax law, Trump's…...

32+ min ago (625+ words) As student debt exacerbates the financial struggles of millions of Americans, the Trump administration has taken a major step toward killing the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program. On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced that it had reached a settlement with the state of Missouri to end the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program, which allowed more than 7 million mostly low-income Americans to reduce their federal student loan payments. Rather than setting monthly payments based on income, the SAVE program bases them on how much borrowers earn and the size of their families, which is referred to as an income-driven repayment option, or IDR. SAVE cut most enrollees' monthly loan payments in half and left 4.5 million of them, mostly those earning between 150225% of the federal poverty level, paying $0 per month. In March 2024, a coalition of 11 states led by…...

32+ min ago (206+ words) Ask A.J. is Slate's advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less.Submit a question here.It's anonymous! But every once in a while, he'll have a sudden burst of interest and do one big job. This will be something that takes all day, like pulling all the furniture out and cleaning behind each piece, or deep cleaning the kids' rooms. Then he's done for another six months. I am proud of how hard he works to keep a roof over our heads, and how he's always trying not to slip into his father's ways. I just want him to wash some dishes once in a while! What can I do? (Mental health and counseling programs are very limited here, with multi-year waiting lists.) "Is Halfway Better Than None? Your resentment is molten here. I don't know if…...

34+ min ago (329+ words) The sneak peek at Christopher Nolan's epic will also play in front of Imax re-releases of "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" When millions of moviegoers fill Imax auditoriums to see James Cameron's "Avatar: Fire and Ash," they will be treated to an extended sneak peek at one of 2026's biggest films: Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Along with a plethora of trailers for next year's biggest films, Imax and Universal will present a six-minute prologue from the Oscar-winning director's adaptation of Homer's legendary Greek epic, which will star Matt Damon as the hero who goes a years-long journey home after fighting in the Trojan War. The prologue will also screen on Imax screens this weekend ahead of Warner Bros.' re-releases of its critically acclaimed "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another." A standard trailer of "The Odyssey" will also screen ahead…...