Headlines for December 3, 2025

Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of First U.S. Boat Strike, Citing “Fog of War”, Israel Announces Plans to Reopen Rafah Border Crossing But Only for Palestinians to Leave Gaza, Russia and U.S. Fail to Reach Compromise to End the War in Ukraine, Republican Lawmakers Criticize Trump Decision to Pardon Former Honduran President Hernández, Pentagon Inspector General to Release Report on “Signalgate” Thursday, Trump Says He Doesn’t Want Somalis in the U.S. as ICE Plans Operation Targeting Them, Trump Administration to Pause Immigration Applications from Countries on Travel Ban List, Trump Administration Fires Eight Immigration Judges in New York City, Trump Administration Threatens to Withhold Money for SNAP Benefits, Federal Vaccine Panel Prepares to Vote on Possibly Ending Infant Hepatitis B Vaccines, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin from Cutting Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood, Trump Admin Puts FEMA Workers Back on Administrative Leave, Larry Summers Banned from American Economic Association over Close Ties to Epstein, Republican Matt Van Epps Wins House Special Election by Closer-Than-Expected Margin, More Than 1,350 People Have Now Died in Devastating Floods and Landslides in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand