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🚨 Christmas Day Gas Prices Could Hit $2.79 This year, Americans may find their best Christmas present at the gas pump instead of under the tree. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/aasik8

What to Know About Inheriting a Retirement Plan Navigating inherited IRAs can be confusing. Here’s what spouses, children, and other beneficiaries need to know about RMD rules and withdrawal timelines. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/u9byot

🚨 Trump Cabinet Official Calls for Minnesota Governor to Resign Over Fraud Scandals A member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet is calling for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to resign over alleged “dereliction of duty” in the fraud scandals enveloping his state. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/w9x9sm

🚨 Trump Comments on Susie Wiles Saying the President Has an “Alcoholic Personality” President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who Vanity Fair reported as saying the president has an “alcoholic personality” in an interview with the publication. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/w9eujd

🚨 Nick Reiner Charged With Murdering His Parents “Today the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has formally filed charges against Mr. Reiner for the murder of his parents,” Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell told a press conference. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/jjghtk

Prime Rib Our delicious and easy Prime Rib recipe features an herb and garlic seasoning on a boneless or bone-in prime rib roast. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/yzf99l

🚨 FBI Had Concerns About Probable Cause for 2022 Mar-a-Lago Raid In response to a reporter’s statement on X that the FBI didn’t believe it had probable cause to search Trump’s Florida property, Patel responded: “It’s true.” Read more: https://theepochtim.es/ip3wk2

🚨🇺🇸 Trump Announces National Address From White House His remarks are scheduled for 9 p.m. EST on Dec. 17 and will broadcast live on the White House’s social media channels, among other locations. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/3u5oxh

📚 Umberto Eco’s Anti-Library: A Case for Keeping Piles of Unread Books Unread books reshape the way that people learn, question, and navigate a complicated world. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/xep138

🚨 Bessent Forecasts Large Tax Refunds and Wage Boosts Next Year Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that an increase in Americans’ tax refunds would enable the United States to “go back to the kind of economy that we had.” Read more: https://theepochtim.es/fyn6p8

Anderson comes from a prominent Palm Beach family and has an active social media presence. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/000ynx

The box is the highest level of warning. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/pn6htt

💭 OPINION: Add This to Your Christmas Movie List Everyone loves a good Christmas movie. “It’s a Wonderful Life” comes to mind but also “Miracle on 34th Street,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and plenty of modern ones too. There are so many choices now that major media organs have started to print lists. They are fine. Some better than others. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/dzxsh9

🚨 FBI Offers $50,000 Search Reward The FBI on Monday evening said it is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the suspect in the shooting that left two dead at Brown University over the weekend. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/75wsib

🚨 Food Products Recalled Nationwide More than 65,000 pounds of food items are being recalled across the United States by two companies due to product misbranding and undeclared allergens. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/dgoahe

🚨 USDA Must Give States More Time to Implement Food Stamp Restrictions: Judge The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must extend a deadline for states to implement new immigration-related eligibility restrictions on food stamps, a federal judge ruled on Dec. 15. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/ozs915

🚨🇲🇽 Small Plane Crashes in Central Mexico A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/vws6rz

Pearl Harbor Through the Eyes of a Navy Salvage Diver After the attack that fateful day in December, divers immediately set out to retrieve the sailors who had died. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/j8t2of

🚨 ‘General Hospital’ Star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura Fame Dies at 78 Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and 180s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on “General Hospital,” has died. He was 78. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/4b37ug

The delayed jobs report shows employment gains topped economists’ expectations. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/6j7zyb