US government sues US Virgin Islands and accuses officials of violating the Second Amendment
A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Day: December 17, 2025
Trump vowed to block tankers carrying Venezuela’s oil — nearly a dozen are at sea right now
One of the tankers, Skipper, was seized by American forces in the Caribbean last week in a sharp escalation by the Trump administration.
Wuhan’s virus lab files $50 billion lawsuit to silence GOP senator
The Chinese lab blamed for sparking the coronavirus pandemic has lashed out with a lawsuit against Sen. Eric S. Schmitt, saying he has ruined Wuhan’s reputation and needs to pay for it — to the tune of roughly $50 billion.
The Oscars are heading to YouTube in 2029
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences signed a multiyear deal with Google-owned YouTube to stream the Oscars globally starting in 2029.
As winds die down, precipitation returns with snow in mountains
High wind warnings are set to expire later Wednesday for much of the state. Snow is expected for all of the Cascade mountain passes.
Americans are growing more angry with Trump’s handling of the economy, poll finds
“The longer this goes on, the harder it is to get those numbers back,” one pollster said.
Oscars to move over to YouTube starting in 2029
Exclusive global rights to the year’s biggest night in film will move to the video platform for a four year periodThe Oscars will be moving from broadcast to online as part of a multi-year new deal with YouTube.From 2029, the video platform will have e…
Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10
Israel’s military says troops fired a mortar shell into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas.
Annual defense bill advances with aim for modernization, pressures Hegseth for full bombing video
Congress passed the annual defense policy bill on Wednesday, sending the latest authorization for how the Defense Department can spend its $901 billion budget to the president’s desk.
SonicWall Fixes Actively Exploited CVE-2025-40602 in SMA 100 Appliances
SonicWall has rolled out fixes to address a security flaw in Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances that it said has been actively exploited in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40602 (CVSS score: 6.6), concerns a case of local…