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DOGE in review: Did the agency create opportunities for new government efficiencies in 2026? 12/29/2025 03:58am • President Donald Trump greenlighted the "Department of Government Efficiency" as a means to modernize information technology and slash federal spending while improving productivity, but now that the agency has since been quietly disbanded, how successful was it? To find out, WTOP turned to Terry Young Africans find hope in farming as urban life becomes too expensive 12/29/2025 03:22am • TAMBACOUNDA, Senegal (AP) — On a blazing afternoon in Senegal, 33-year-old farmer Filly Mangassa heaved peanut plants onto a horse-drawn cart, sending clouds of dust swirling. Ten years ago, he left his village for the capital, Dakar, dreaming of becoming a professor. But the high cost of living a South Korean President Lee returns to presidential palace avoided by predecessor 12/29/2025 02:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the Bears' heartbreaking loss to 49ers costs them chance at top seed in NFC playoffs 12/29/2025 01:15am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The game couldn't have started much better for the Chicago Bears after getting a pick-6 on the first play. The ending couldn't have been much more crushing with a potential game-winning pass from the 2-yard line falling short as the Bears couldn't complete a record seven Trevor Lawrence runs for 2 scores as Jaguars close in on AFC South title with 23-17 win over Colts 12/29/2025 12:57am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Lawrence took the Jacksonville Jaguars back to the playoffs with his nearly flawless work through the air. On Sunday, he used his legs to put the Jags on the cusp of a division title. Lawrence ran for two scores, Cam Little made a tiebreaking, 42-yard field goal with 6:5 Philip Rivers is happy he got 3 'bonus games' even if he's made his last start for the Colts 12/29/2025 12:55am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Philip Rivers has made the postgame walk to answer tough questions dozens of times over his previous 17 NFL seasons. This time seemed different. With the Indianapolis Colts having been eliminated from the postseason for a fifth consecutive year even before Rivers and his teamma Seahawks beat Panthers 27-10 for 6th straight win, still need to beat 49ers for No. 1 seed 12/29/2025 12:53am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are doing everything they can to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The San Francisco 49ers are determined not to let them have it. Even after winning 13 games — including six straight — the Seahawks still need to beat the red hot 49ers in Week 18 to Brock Purdy and the 49ers hang on to beat the Bears 42-38 and have a shot at top NFC seed 12/29/2025 12:42am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy and the San Francisco offense did everything they could for the first 58 minutes in a nearly flawless performance. At the end, they were just spectators when the beleaguered defense finally came through with a stop. Purdy threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Ja Out with the old: With 2026 nigh, here's some wide-ranging intel on managing transitions 12/29/2025 12:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — It's that time — December's waning days, when we prepare to turn the calendar page. Many Americans take stock, review goals accomplished and unmet, ponder hopes and plans. How's our health? What's up with our money? What about the country? Will the coming year look like the depar South Korea’s climate pledge to cut coal, lower emissions clash with US push for LNG purchases 12/29/2025 12:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is promising to shrink its reliance on coal power as part of its pledge to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, but that ambition is at odds with the Trump administration’s push for more U.S. natural gas exports. At recent United Nation Who's in, who's out of the NFL playoff picture? 12/29/2025 12:07am • The Patriots became the fourth team to clinch a division title, the Browns kept the Ravens alive and the 49ers moved closer toward a No. 1 seed. There’s plenty left to be settled before the NFL’s playoff schedule is set. Twelve of the 14 playoff berths have been secured and four teams are Drake Maye throws career-high 5 TDs and Patriots overwhelm Jets 42-10 12/28/2025 11:53pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Drake Maye threw a career-high five touchdown passes before getting the rest of the game off in the third quarter, New England scored a TD on its first six drives and the Patriots finished the regular season undefeated on the road by dominating the New York Jets 42-10 No. 7 Gonzaga begins final WCC season with 96-56 win over Pepperdine 12/28/2025 10:28pm • MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Reserve Tyon Grant-Foster had 18 points and four blocks, and Braeden Smith and Davis Fogle scored 15 points apiece to lead No. 7 Gonzaga to a 96-56 win over Pepperdine in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams Sunday night. Gonzaga (13-1), in its last West Coast Conf No. 7 Gonzaga routs Pepperdine 96-56 in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams 12/28/2025 10:20pm • MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Reserve Tyon Grant-Foster had 18 points and four blocks, and Braeden Smith and Davis Fogle scored 15 points apiece to lead No. 7 Gonzaga to a 96-56 win over Pepperdine in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams Sunday night. Gonzaga (13-1), in its last West Coast Conf Ja'Marr Chase finally gets back into end zone after frustrating stretch for Bengals receiver 12/28/2025 08:45pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase broke out of a touchdown drought that lasted over two months by scoring twice on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. Chase hauled in his first touchdown since Oct. 16 late in the second quarter of the Bengals' 37-14 win. He added