From pop to politics, it’s been quite the year. Were you paying attention? Let’s find out …

1-5 Please pay more attention.
6-14 Very good. But spend less time looking up from your phone in 2026.
15-20 Please write this next year.

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Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.

DHS reports over 2.5 million illegal immigrants left the U.S. since Trump returned to office, with border crossings down 93% and major drug seizures up.

Trump and the GOP are targeting Medicaid fraud after Democrats allegedly allowed billions in improper payments, forcing states to pay penalties starting in 2030.

Après plusieurs années de tensions et de négociations avec les autorités fédérales, la plateforme vidéo emblématique franchit un cap décisif. Un consortium d’investisseurs américains s’apprête à prendre les rênes d’une partie substantielle des activités du réseau social aux États-Unis. Cette opération met fin à un bras de fer qui aura marqué l’industrie technologique et redéfini ... Lire plus

L'article ByteDance scelle un accord historique pour TikTok sur le sol américain est apparu en premier sur Fredzone.

Après plusieurs années de tensions et de négociations avec les autorités fédérales, la plateforme vidéo emblématique franchit un cap décisif. Un consortium d’investisseurs américains s’apprête à prendre les rênes d’une partie substantielle des activités du réseau social aux États-Unis. Cette opération met fin à un bras de fer qui aura marqué l’industrie technologique et redéfini ... Lire plus

L'article ByteDance scelle un accord historique pour TikTok sur le sol américain est apparu en premier sur Fredzone.

The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.

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The White House reportedly threatened to withhold Smithsonian funding unless the museum system provides internal records by Jan. 13 over American history exhibit concerns.

Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Richard Branson are among the people who appear in the thousands of documents released by the US justice department on Friday

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The liberal and libertarian effort to destigmatize, normalize, legalize and even promote the use of "drugs of abuse" has been a catastrophe for the U.S.

Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East, would take over after the abrupt departure of the previous commander.

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American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

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The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

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Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.

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Photos included in tranche of documents as Democrats accuse Trump officials of failing to comply with law

• Photos from the first batch of the Jeffrey Epstein files

The Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a major development in the lengthy saga that turned into one of the biggest political setbacks Donald Trump has suffered since his re-election last year.

While significant portions of the files are redacted, those that were viewable included images of Epstein socializing with an array of prominent figures, including entertainers like Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and Diana Ross, and the entrepreneur Richard Branson. Bill Clinton appears in several photos, including one in which he is in a swimming pool along with Epstein’s convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The images also show former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Young conservatives gather in Phoenix to shape America's political future as competing visions for post-Trump era emerge at annual AmericaFest gathering.

Kentucky Republican, along with Ro Khanna, California Democrat, who co-wrote Epstein Transparency Act, say releasing heavily redacted files on rolling basis does not comply with law

• Full report: Long-awaited cache of Epstein files released

• Photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files

• FBI notes detail grim demands Epstein made for procurement of underage girls

Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche has said more files will be released by the justice department on a rolling basis.

He said in a post on X that “additional responsive materials will be produced as our review continues, consistent with the law and with protections for victims”.

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Sous la pression, l'administration Trump a commencé à publier, vendredi, des documents sur l'affaire Epstein, après des mois de tergiversations. Ces révélations pourraient embarrasser des personnalités de premier plan.

Sous la pression, l'administration Trump a commencé à publier, vendredi, des documents sur l'affaire Epstein, après des mois de tergiversations. Ces révélations pourraient embarrasser des personnalités de premier plan.

Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.

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