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Day: December 27, 2025

What Happened Today – December 26, 2025

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J. Edgar Hoover Building FBI Headquarters Washington DC

The J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., which FBI Director Kash Patel announced will permanently close after more than 20 years of failed relocation attempts, despite a pending Maryland lawsuit. (Photo: ajay_suresh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

Trump’s grip only looks strong. He told Politico that Zelenskyy, the wartime president who held off Russia for three years, “doesn’t have anything until I approve it.” The Kennedy Center threatened the musician who canceled his Christmas Eve concert with a million dollar lawsuit. Even Senate Republicans are making bipartisan noises, with Murkowski joining Democrats … Read more