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10+ min ago (290+ words) President Donald Trump amused onlookers when he appeared to nod off " again " Thursday at a peace-themed signing ceremony for a U.S.-brokered pact between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. The event was being held at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., where Trump was hosting Presidents F'lix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda. But as one speaker took the stage, Trump appeared to look down and struggled to keep his eyes open. The 79-year-old president's eyes briefly shut before he forced them open and looked at the speaker. The internet mocked Trump, who has appeared to doze off in other meetings recently. Shannon Watts, founder of the Moms Demand Action grassroots movement to combat gun violence, joked on X, "Listening intently." Former CNN anchor Jim Acost jabbed on X, "More like…...

14+ min ago (170+ words) A top military official undercut a key claim made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the now infamous "double tap" bombing operation on an alleged drug boat in September, according to a new report. During a briefing with lawmakers, Adm. Frank "Mitch" Bradley said that the survivors of the Sept. 2 bombing were "in no position to make a distress call," according to a report by CNN, citing three sources familiar with the situation. The survivors' boat had capsized, and other reporting indicates they were working to turn it back over when the U.S. military struck them a second time. The report adds that Bradley and his colleagues debated for more than 40 minutes about what to do with the survivors. One source with knowledge of the strike described the rationale as "f------ insane," according to CNN. Hegseth previously claimed that the strike was…...

20+ min ago (45+ words) These are the key developments from day 1,380 of Russia's war on Ukraine. These are the key developments from day 1,380 of Russia's war on Ukraine. Here's where things stand on Friday, December 5: " Sergii Koretskyi (@KoretskyiUA) December 4, 2025...

23+ min ago (766+ words) Party on a budget. Even though holiday parties are supposed to be fun, there's something inherently stressful about white elephants and other gift exchanges, especially when you have to buy for someone you don't know very well, like a coworker or mutual friend. And let's not even get started on the $30 budget. If you want to host a get-together this holiday season, but don't want to put anyone on the spot, a $5 gift exchange is the perfect choice. In a fun TikTok posted Dec. 1, creator @j4xxxxx showed off her version of a "Friendsmas small gift exchange," and it immediately went viral, garnering over three million views. A group of friends got together and, one by one, tossed items that cost $5 or less onto a table. Everyone got to grab one of each item, and then the next person dumped out their…...

30+ min ago (198+ words) CNN's chief data analyst, Harry Enten, borrowed one of President Donald Trump's favorite phrases on Thursday night to describe the president's precipitous fall in support from a key part of his coalition. Over the last couple of months, Trump's approval rating among young men aged 30 years and under has dropped by more than 56 points, Enten said during CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." Enten called the plummeting support "stunning." "I think the word of the day, to borrow a phrase from the current president, is yuge!" Enten exclaimed. "I spend my days in the spreadsheets," he added. "You just don't see drops like that. It's stunning." Trump's success with young voters was one of the contributing factors to his success during the 2024 election, Enten pointed out. Between 2020 and 2024, Trump won 43% of voters under the age of 30 during the 2024 election compared to 31% of…...

34+ min ago (596+ words) Europe celebrated defeating fascism in 1945 but immediately resumed its colonial control of the Global South. Now, eighty years later, the West is bankrupt financially and morally and is discovering that colonialism's bill has finally come due. The Allies' victory over fascism did not mean, however, that all fascism was banned, just fascism against white people, as the Algerians quickly discovered on the occasion of VE Day. Five-thousand emboldened Algerians took to the streets of two towns in the country's north, S'tif and Guelma, to press the French for independence from colonial rule. The French gendarmerie opened fire on the indigenous dissidents, sparking a nationwide uprising that would plant the seeds for the Algerian resistance and its war against white settler rule nearly a decade later. In a May 11 telegram, General Charles de Gaulle, then head of the provisional French government,…...

37+ min ago (1602+ words) Yury Ushakov, Putin's man on Ukraine, said there's no firm plan for Ukraine yet. Some American ideas are acceptable to Russia, some are not. But the plan is not dead. Despite widespread rejection and ridicule in Western media of Donald Trump's peace proposal on Ukraine being "dead on arrival" in Moscow, there was Trump's envoy and his son-in-law discussing the "dead" document for five hours until midnight on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Yury Ushakov, Putin's chief aide on Ukraine, in the official readout, said the two sides discussed several options, including territorial issues, and agreed to continue contacts. "We did not discuss specific formulations, specific American proposals, but discussed the very essence of what is embedded in these American documents. I cannot disclose the key points of these documents," Ushakov said. "They all relate to…...

45+ min ago (337+ words) Power Women Summit 2025: The founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative was recognized for her tireless work in equality and inclusion in Hollywood Dr. Stacy L. Smith, founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and longtime thought parter of TheWrap, was honored Tuesday with an exclusive VIP dinner in Beverly Hills after a day at the 2025 Power Women Summit, presented by STARZ #TakeTheLead. Joining TheWrap and sponsor Eli Lilly and Company for a plated seafood dinner at the exquisite Avra Beverly Hills were other Power Women Summit panelists, thought leaders and industry decision-makers to toast Smith and her tireless research in equality and inclusion. Many prominent USC colleagues also joined for the evening, including Annenberg Foundation Executive Director Cinny Kennard and Dean of USC Annenberg Willow Bay. Speaking with TheWrap last year, Smith, whose work in equality and representation in media…...

46+ min ago (335+ words) Ahead of its annual shareholders meeting on December 5, Microsoft is coming under mounting pressure to reconsider its relationship with the Israeli military, which has used the tech giant's products to carry out the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. In an open letter to the company released on Tuesday, December 2, an international coalition of legal aid groups said Microsoft and its executives potentially face legal liability for "aiding and abetting " atrocity crimes" committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. "Over the last few months, it has become exceedingly clear that Microsoft's services and technologies have been used to violate Palestinian human rights, and shareholders should be aware of just how much this opens up the company to legal liability," said Eric Sype, U.S. national organizer at 7amleh'The Arab Center for Social Media Advancement, in a statement…...

48+ min ago (1456+ words) From the docks of Oakland to the ports of Morocco, from Italian logistics hubs to South African coal mines, an international movement is taking shape to do what governments have refused: Cut off the flow of weapons and fuel sustaining Israel's assault on Gaza. "Anything that comes off of a ship is handled by longshore workers, some of the most critical workers of the global economy," said Clarence Thomas, a retired member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and veteran of the 1980s campaign against South African apartheid. "The commerce of the world is handled through dock worker power." That power is now being mobilized for Palestine. And it's working. "There has not been any complaints from any longshoremen that I know about missing money from the Zim line vessels that no longer come into the port," Thomas…...