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Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center 12/18/2025 09:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that made Democrats fume, saying the board had overstepped its legal authority. Congress named the ce Senior Living Benefits: Boosting Mobility and Well-Being 12/18/2025 07:00pm • When facing the possibility of surgery, some people put it on the back burner, hesitant to navigate the mental, physical and financial components involved. Kathy Younker, for instance, needed a hip replacement due to mounting challenges with her degenerative arthritis. But Younker, a longtime reside Trump's new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs 12/18/2025 04:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced during his televised address to the nation Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president suggested. Instead, the $1,776 payments to troops are coming from a congressionally-ap Maryland moves forward on replacing Chesapeake Bay Bridge 12/18/2025 04:56pm • The Maryland Transportation Authority Board voted Thursday morning to approve a proposal that would result in the construction of two new bridges to carry traffic over the Chesapeake Bay and remove the current spans. Members voted unanimously to advance the so-called “Alternative-C” plan, whi Spanberger makes affordability centerpiece of 2026 agenda as legislative session nears 12/18/2025 04:39pm • Less than a month before she takes the oath of office, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger on Thursday rolled out a comprehensive legislative blueprint she said will lower costs for Virginia families — from prescription drugs to utility bills to housing — in a session she framed as a turning point for Speaker Johnson was ready to move on from ACA subsidies. But his members had other plans 12/18/2025 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson had a ready-made refrain when asked why Republicans weren't moving to extend federal health care subsidies: their party wanted to help 100% of Americans with their costs, not just the 7% of Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans. But not 100% of his FedEx: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 12/18/2025 04:16pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — FedEx Corp. (FDX) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $956 million. The Memphis, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $4.04 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $4.82 per share. The results surpassed How kosher is beer? As with other products, it's increasingly complicated. 12/18/2025 03:27pm • (RNS) — In November, three of America’s largest kosher certifying organizations came together to release new guidance regarding the status of beer, which has long been considered kosher by default. Due to the proliferation of flavorings brought on by craft brewing and other industry changes, how Russia has few legal options to challenge EU frozen asset plan 12/18/2025 11:15am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A core question for European Union leaders discussing whether to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine is whether the idea is legally sound. But even if they approve the plan, Russia has limited options for challenging it in court. The 27-nation bloc’s leaders a US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, angering China 12/18/2025 07:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday Russia is trying to overwhelm Europe with its sabotage campaign, Western officials say 12/18/2025 06:52am • In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight train. No one was hurt in either case and the damage was l Indonesian court sentences an Australian to 12 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali 12/18/2025 06:22am • DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced an Australian citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of smuggling cocaine to the tourist island of Bali. Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, from Cairns in north Queensland, was arrested in May when police raided his rented h The Latest: Trump addresses the American public in a live speech from the White House 12/17/2025 09:53pm • President Donald Trump delivered a speech live from the White House on Wednesday night where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond. The president’s predecessor, whom Trump continues to lambaste regularly, figured prominently at the start of his ad US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, a move sure to infuriate China 12/17/2025 09:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, a move sure to infuriate China. 4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies 12/17/2025 07:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. The stunning m