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What Happened Today – December 18, 2025

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Potomac River in Washington D.C.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Potomac River in Washington, where a Trump-installed board voted Thursday to add his name while ticket sales fell 50%. (Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith Archive)

During Hanukkah with a week to Christmas, the Coast Guard quietly let a policy take effect calling swastikas and nooses “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols. They only reversed it when senators blocked the nomination of the incoming commandant. Peace on earth, good will toward men. Unless you’re on a boat in the Pacific (17 … Read more