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Sat Dec 6 2025

JD Vance addresses Usha Vance divorce speculation

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance arrive in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 13, 2025.

Vice President JD Vance is swatting away marital rift rumors after a swarm of coverage focused on his life with Second Lady Usha Vance. To him, 'it's funny'.

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Sydney Sweeney attends "The Housemaid" screening in New York City on Dec. 2, 2025.

Sydney Sweeney defends 'tone-deaf' American Eagle jeans ad

Sydney Sweeney is setting the record straight on where she stands regarding her controversial American Eagle jeans commercial.

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Vehicles line the Yosemite Valley floor near El Capitan at Yosemite National Park, California on October 26, 2025, amid the ongoing US government shutdown.

Big change: MLK Day out, Trump's birthday in for free park entry

NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.

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U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) gestures, on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S.,January 3, 2025.

Why lawmakers are rushing to retire from Washington

More and more lawmakers are opting to retire or even resign early from their jobs amid death threats, gridlock and myriad other reasons.

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$This handout image released by ESA, NASA, CSA, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) shows a mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, captured with the James Webb Space Telescopes Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), displaying the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of never-before-seen young stars that were previously shrouded in cosmic dust. The most active region appears to sparkle with massive young stars, appearing pale blue. Scattered among them are still-embedded stars, appearing red, yet to emerge from the dusty cocoon of the nebula. NIRCam is able to detect these dust-enshrouded stars thanks to its unprecedented resolution at near-infrared wavelengths. To the upper left of the cluster of young stars, and the top of the nebulas cavity, an older star prominently displays NIRCams distinctive eight diffraction spikes, an artifact of the telescopes structure. Following the top central spike of this star upward, it almost points to a distinctive bubble in the cloud. Young stars still surrounded by dusty material are blowing this bubble, beginning to carve out their own cavity. Astronomers used two of Webbs spectrographs to take a closer look at this region and determine the chemical makeup of the star and its surrounding gas. This spectral information will tell astronomers about the age of the nebula and how many generations of star birth it has seen. Farther from the core region of hot young stars, cooler gas takes on a rust color, telling astronomers that the nebula is rich with complex hydrocarbons. This dense gas is the material that will form future stars. As winds from the massive stars sweep away gas and dust, some of it will pile up and, with gravity's help, form new stars.$