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just now (566+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) " Nashville is joining a national legal battle against the Trump administration over changes to a federal housing program that officials warn could force hundreds of people, including domestic violence survivors, to lose their homes. Metro Nashville is leading a lawsuit with multiple other groups against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over what they call illegal changes to the Continuum of Care program. The lawsuit states the new rules undermine proven practices like Housing First " dating back to the George W. Bush era " by cutting their priority in funding decisions by more than 60%. "This is a life-or-death situation," Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell said. "We are taking them to court to stop it." The lawsuit argues that HUD is illegally trying to change the program. Metro's Legal Director Wally Dietz says the changes violate federal law because the…...

just now (184+ words) Re: "Change negative tone toward the president" (Page A6, Dec. 3). Mr. Dickinson criticizes the East Bay Times for never publishing anything positive about the current president. I have no doubt the East Bay Times will publish such a story if and when such a situation occurs. The Times did report on the president's efforts in getting to a ceasefire and hostage release regarding the war in Israel and Gaza. Other than that, I honestly can't point to anything positive the president has done, especially given all his campaign promises of lowering prices and only deporting the "worst of the worst." His administration has been nothing but cruel and heartless decisions affecting millions of hard-working people who need economic help, health care, food, education and protection from ICE. Karen Mitchoff Pleasant Hill Re: "Juvenile laws get renewed scrutiny" (Page A1, Dec. 3). Juvenile crime…...

3+ min ago (498+ words) President Donald Trump's public relationship with his historically staunch loyalist, Marjorie Taylor Greene, ended in bitter "fury," the outgoing congressman said. Speaking to 60 Minutes, the 51-year-old confirmed that their clash ultimately came down to her position on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files'something Trump desperately wanted her to oppose. "We did talk about the Epstein files, and he was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files," Greene told Lesley Stahl during their sit-down. "I fully believe that those women deserve everything they're asking, they're asking for all of it to come out," Greene continued. "They deserve it, and he was furious with me." The excerpt is from Sunday's forthcoming episode of the CBS news show and is the first long-form interview Greene has done since announcing her resignation last month. Greene…...

6+ min ago (621+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in Trump v. Slaughter, and the question at hand is whether or not legal safeguards for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers. To separate the FTC's goals from executive political pressure, the Act limited the president's ability to remove a commissioner to "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office." On March 18, 2025, President Donald Trump fired FTC Commissioner Melissa Slaughter under none of those circumstances. In Slaughter's termination email, a statement from Trump read, "Your continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my Administration's priorities. Accordingly, I am removing you from office pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution." Slaughter then sued the President and the remaining sitting FTC commissioners for firing her without statutory cause. The lower courts sided with Slaughter. U.S. District…...

6+ min ago (65+ words) More than 60 percent of voters would need to approve the proposal in a ballot measure. Florida Lawmakers Advance Plans to Eliminate Property Tax for Homeowners US Shortens Work Permit Validity for Some Non-Citizens In-N-Out Will Open in Tennessee on Dec. 10, Sources Say Republican Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee Special Election Voters Head to Polls for Tennessee's Special Election Today...

6+ min ago (152+ words) Saturday, 06 Dec 2025 YAOUNDE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least two Cameroonian soldiers were killed and several others injured on Friday in an ambush by separatists in the country's war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, security sources said. The soldiers were at a security checkpoint in Fundong locality of the region when separatist fighters attacked them, a military official in the region confirmed. "The unfortunate incident occurred this (Friday) afternoon. The coward terrorist separatists ambushed our soldiers and opened fire. We have deployed additional forces to pursue the terrorists and capture them," the official who asked not to be named told Xinhua. Local media reported that attacks on civilians and soldiers have intensified in the region since the start of December. Cameroon has been experiencing an armed separatist conflict in its English-speaking regions of Northwest and Southwest since 2017, as separatists seek to create a…...

8+ min ago (276+ words) A few dozen early voters in Myanmar's widely criticised elections cast their ballots at the country's embassy in Bangkok on Saturday as polls opened for citizens abroad. Myanmar's junta snatched power in a 2021 coup which plunged the country into a many-sided civil war, but it promises that polls will move the country towards peace and democracy. The phased election is slated to begin in certain parts of the country in late December, but early voting abroad has begun at a few Myanmar embassies, including in Hong Kong, Singapore, Chiang Mai and Bangkok. Several voters declined to offer comment. There are around half a million documented Myanmar nationals in the capital, according to Thailand's labour ministry. The International Organization for Migration estimates there are 4.1 million Myanmar nationals residing in Thailand, many of whom have fled the war and are undocumented." Officials…...

8+ min ago (426+ words) Courtesy of Memory Lane Still, the narrative holds: the West leads, Korea trails. Just give it a few decades and maybe, finally, it'll "get with the program." A program that the West itself didn't really embody in the 1980s, unless your idea of social progress involves Section 28, the Satanic Panic, and hair metal.) And yet I can't help but see it precisely the other way around. Korea is not behind. Korea is ahead. Korea is what happens when you take the raw, hormonal, sharp-elbowed energy of a teenager and graft onto it the intellectual horsepower of a PhD holder. Think prodigy-level chess at age nine. Think Seo Taiji circa 1992 or the Jackson Five before they realised they were famous. This is a country with perfectionism coded somewhere deep in its cultural DNA. Whether that comes from Confucianism, the psychological shadow of…...

9+ min ago (887+ words) Joint statement comes as Trump pushes Kyiv and Moscow on US-mediated proposal to end nearly four years of war Donald Trump's advisers and Ukrainian officials said Friday they'll meet for a third day of talks after making progress on creating a security framework for postwar Ukraine and are urging Russia to commit to peace. The officials, who met for a second day in Florida on Friday, issued a joint statement that offered broad brushstrokes about the progress they say that's been made as Trump pushes Kyiv and Moscow to agree to a US-mediated proposal to end nearly four years of war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's talks in Florida with Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's lead negotiator, follow discussions between Vladimir Putin and the US envoys at the Kremlin on Tuesday. Friday's session took place at the…...

10+ min ago (407+ words) Published'Dec 06, 2025, 01:20 PM COLOMBO " Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island prepared on Dec 6 for further landslides and flooding. The government has confirmed 607 deaths, with another 214 people missing and feared dead, in what President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called the country's most challenging natural disaster. The government has confirmed 607 deaths More than two million people " nearly 10 per cent of the population " have been affected. Survivors will be offered up to 10 million rupees (S$42,000) to buy land in a safer location and build a new house, the finance ministry said in a statement late on Dec 5. The government is also offering one million rupees as compensation for each person killed or permanently disabled. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said more than 71,000 homes were damaged, including nearly 5,000 that were completely…...