BREAKING: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr proposed rules to limit gender-affirming care for minors that would bar hospitals providing such care from Medicare and Medicaid programs, and bar Medicaid and children's health programs from covering it reut.rs/4j877DN

BREAKING: The Bank of England cut interest rates after a narrow vote by policymakers but it signaled that the already gradual pace of lowering borrowing costs might slow further reut.rs/3L9s1po

One day after President Trump ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers sailing into or out of Venezuelan waters, he told reporters on December 17 that he wouldn't let anybody through that "shouldn't be going through."

Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua held open workouts in Miami on December 16, ahead of their controversial heavyweight boxing clash.

Vice President J.D. Vance praised White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles after a Vanity Fair interview with Wiles revealed internal tensions in the Trump administration over issues from immigration enforcement to government downsizing.

Trump said on December 16 that he is considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Reuters White House Correspondent Trevor Hunnicutt explains how the decision could reshape the cannabis industry, ease criminal penalties and unlock billions in research funding.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the Bondi Beach attack, at a Sydney hospital.

Democrats on a congressional oversight panel released more than a dozen new images from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including photos of now-President Donald Trump reut.rs/4pACQju