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What Happened Today – December 24, 2025

F.B. Culley coal-fired power plant in Indiana with smokestack emitting smoke, ordered by Trump administration to remain open December 2025

CenterPoint Energy's F.B. Culley Generating Station in Warrick County, Indiana, one of two coal plants Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered to keep running despite planned closures and 17.5% rate spikes for Hoosiers. (Photo: Peter Burzynski, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Breaking: Trump posts 121 social media messages in 83 minutes early Christmas morning. Catholic bishops asked the administration to pause immigration enforcement for Christmas. They got a two-sentence brushoff. That’s better than the numerous death threats Bishop Mariann Budde received in January when she asked for mercy at the inaugural service, but it doesn’t feel like … Read more