11+ min ago (855+ words) TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras'Hondurans voted Sunday to elect a new president only days after President Trump intervened in a close race with an endorsement of one candidate and announced that he would pardon a former Honduran president convicted of trafficking cocaine into the United States. At a voting site in the capital, the country's major parties were represented outside with tables, banners, flags and music. Several dozen people lined up outside the gate to the neighborhood school and were allowed in about 30 minutes after the official start of voting. In addition to a new president, voters will elect a new Congress, as well as hundreds of local positions. Among the five presidential candidates on the ballot, polls indicated three had a chance to win and were finishing in close competition. They are: " Rixi Moncada, who served as finance and later as defense…...

13+ min ago (434+ words) President Donald Trump crowed about the "magnificent" ballroom he's planning at the White House, prompting a wave of outraged reactions. The president set off shockwaves by abruptly demolishing the East Wing last month in preparation for the ballroom he's been musing about, and he hyped his plans Sunday night on Truth Social after a report last week showed him at odds with architect James McCrery II over the size and scale of the project. Trump statement on Truth Social posted Nov. 30, 2025 at 5:58 p.m. EST Other social media users offered reactions, fact checks and other commentary. "I must have missed Trump on the campaign trail saying that building a ballroom at the White House was one of his top priorities," posted NBC News reporter Lawrence Hurley. "That's all well and good, but it does nothing for me or other ordinary taxpayers," opined…...

14+ min ago (457+ words) New Yorkers could face a messy commutes Tuesday as a Nor'easter blows in just in time for the morning rush hour " as the suburbs could get covered in up to 4 inches of snow. The storm is expected to blow into the Big Apple around 6 a.m., bringing a wintry mix of snow flurries and rain that will lead to slippery roads for commuters heading back into town after the holiday weekend. Snow is not expected to accumulate in the city, and will likely transition into rain alone by 9 a.m., according to FOX meteorologist Cody Braud. But the rain is forecast to persist throughout the day, and the roads will likely remain wet and slick well into the evening commute. The weather is expected to remain past midnight, but will be cleared out of the metro area by Wednesday morning. "NYC is likely to…...

23+ min ago (309+ words) When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act of 1935 and the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) was created, the program had its share of critics on the right. Some Republicans of the 1930s attacked Social Security as a form of "socialism," and 90 years later, those arguments persist. Tesla/SpaceX/X.com leader Elon Musk described Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" during an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast. President Donald Trump claims to be a staunch defender of Social Security, but the Trump Administration's downsizing at the SSA is making it harder for seniors to receive benefits owed to them. Trump claims that his goal is to reduce "waste, fraud and abuse" at the SSA; liberal economists like Paul Krugman and Robert Reich, however, view the second Trump Administration as a major threat to Social Security's wellbeing. In a…...

23+ min ago (323+ words) President Donald Trump is speaking to Tennessee voters in the language they know best: country music. Trump launched an attack at Democratic State Rep. Aftyn Behn, who is neck-and-neck against Republican Matt Van Epps in the closely-watched race to fill a vacant congressional seat in Tennessee's seventh district, over her "open disdain" of country music. The president, 79, issued a "complete and total endorsement" of Van Epps in the Tuesday election as he hurled a laundry list of attacks at the Democratic candidate. "Matt is fighting against a woman who hates Christianity, will take away your guns, wants Open Borders, Transgender for everybody, men in women's sports, and openly disdains Country music," he wrote in a Truth Social post on Sunday. "She said all of these things precisely, and without question " IT'S ON TAPE! Do not take this Race for granted....

29+ min ago (487+ words) A high-school teacher in Australia repeatedly had sex with a 15-year-old student before trying to persuade him to lie to cops, she confessed Thursday " eight weeks after giving birth. Karly Rae, 37, appeared in court last week with her newborn in tow to plead guilty to multiple child sex crimes, the'Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. It's not clear who the baby's father is. Speaking softly, Rae said she had sex with the underage boy in October 2024, the same month she was arrested for her crimes, in various locations in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, where she worked. The teacher groomed her victim partly through sick flirtatious messages she exchanged with him on Snapchat and Instagram, the jury was told. "Maybe we could have one last rendezvous before school goes back. I'll bring my toy," Rae wrote in a message to…...

29+ min ago (257+ words) A WWE return may be on the horizon for Chris Jericho. "As noted many times, this one is a Jericho decision and all hints are in the WWE direction," said veteran wrestling reporter Dave Meltzer. "I know that WWE has offered him a retirement storyline, and those in WWE have said that's what they'd be interested in. Others expect him to be there early next year, but nothing is confirmed." One man looking to keep Jericho in AEW is AEW President Tony Khan. He's always spoken highly of the former AEW World Champion, including during a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show. "I absolutely hope we'll get Chris back in. A star like Chris Jericho, you negotiate a certain number of dates," Khan said. "Chris has always been really great about being one of those wrestlers in AEW that…...

29+ min ago (257+ words) A WWE return may be on the horizon for Chris Jericho. "As noted many times, this one is a Jericho decision and all hints are in the WWE direction," said veteran wrestling reporter Dave Meltzer. "I know that WWE has offered him a retirement storyline, and those in WWE have said that's what they'd be interested in. Others expect him to be there early next year, but nothing is confirmed." One man looking to keep Jericho in AEW is AEW President Tony Khan. He's always spoken highly of the former AEW World Champion, including during a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show. "I absolutely hope we'll get Chris back in. A star like Chris Jericho, you negotiate a certain number of dates," Khan said. "Chris has always been really great about being one of those wrestlers in AEW that…...

30+ min ago (481+ words) Donald Trump was mocked for setting a new low in the polls with a key demographic on Sunday. "When you look at those overall poll numbers, you've got to go and look at his Republican approval rating because that is the only number he cares about," host Jonathan Capeheart said on MS NOW's The Weekend. The panel was talking about Gallup's new approval ratings for Trump, which have dropped from 91 percent to 84 percent among Republicans since he took office in January. Alongside a 7 percent drop in his MAGA base, the Republicans dropped him seven points from just October to now, with November representing an overall low from all groups for his second term. "It would appear that the president is feeling the impact of that if you look at the latest Gallup poll" Capeheart said after a long discussion about…...

35+ min ago (281+ words) In a video released in late November, a group of military veterans " including Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado) " urged members of the U.S. Armed Forces to disobey orders from President Donald Trump if they are blatantly illegal. In response, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is saying that Kelly will be investigated for his role in the video. But the Arizona senator isn't backing down. During a Sunday, November 30 appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press," Kelly called out former Fox News host Hegseth as the most unqualified defense secretary in the history of the Pentagon. Washington Post reporters Noah Robertson, Tara Copp and Sarah Ellison, in an article published that day, examine Hegseth's use of the Pentagon as a tool of retaliation against Trump's opponents. The Post interviewed a retired U.S. Army general, who spoke…...