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7:16 PM on Friday, December 5

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off

7:15 PM on Friday, December 5

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into whether U.S. airlines complied with an emergency order to cut flights at 40 major airports during the recent government shutdown

6:31 PM on Friday, December 5

Mexico is optimistic about advancing in the 2026 World Cup after being drawn against South Africa, South Korea, and a yet-to-be-determined European team

6:09 PM on Friday, December 5

US, Ukraine officials say they'll meet for 3rd day after progress on security framework, urge Russia to commit to peace

5:48 PM on Friday, December 5

Devin Williams could be the closer for the New York Mets next season

5:39 PM on Friday, December 5

Perhaps it's fitting that after the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest

5:16 PM on Friday, December 5

Iran will play at least one World Cup match in the United States, though a group-stage clash with the U.S. was avoided in Friday's draw

4:38 PM on Friday, December 5

Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year

4:33 PM on Friday, December 5

Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress

4:08 PM on Friday, December 5

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests

3:14 PM on Friday, December 5

A former DEA agent and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain weapons for a Mexican drug cartel

2:58 PM on Friday, December 5

The Social Security Administration plans to cut foot traffic to its field offices by 50% next year

2:51 PM on Friday, December 5

Netflix's $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros

2:19 PM on Friday, December 5

A Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue on Yom Kippur has left the United States after his visa was revoked

1:25 PM on Friday, December 5

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election

12:35 PM on Friday, December 5

FIFA gives its new peace prize to President Donald Trump

5:39 AM on Friday, December 5

President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine

1:53 AM on Friday, December 5

Michael Jordan has testified in a landmark NASCAR antitrust case, stating he felt compelled to sue to force changes in a business model he believes shortchanges teams and drivers

12:38 AM on Friday, December 5

The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its all-time high

12:03 AM on Friday, December 5

Federal border agents have descended on a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, and local business owners are suffering