News for December 13, 2025

Washington state is dealing with severe flooding and rescue work as Gov. Bob Ferguson warns that recovery will be costly, slow, and potentially dangerous, while the Midwest braces for a dangerous arctic blast.

ICE agents surrounded a Chanhassen construction site, where two men stayed on a roof for hours during a tense immigration standoff in subzero weather.

Sen. John Hoffman criticized an ICE raid at a Brooklyn Park coffee shop after an employee was detained, saying the scene was unfair and hurt a small business.

The National Weather Service says a blast of arctic air, snow, and flooding is sweeping across the United States and creating dangerous travel and cold-weather risks.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won U.S. sanctions relief on the country’s potash sector after releasing political prisoners, in a sign of a possible thaw with Washington.

President Donald Trump said Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to a ceasefire, but fighting continued on the border and Thai officials rejected his claim.

The Trump administration has made the final step to U.S. citizenship harder for many immigrants by pausing naturalization cases, adding stricter vetting, and canceling oath ceremonies.

NBC News found that President Donald Trump’s attacks on political rivals have been followed by a surge in threats against lawmakers from both parties.

Utah’s Republican governor approved a repeal of a new law that had blocked public sector unions from bargaining for workers, after the Utah Legislature reversed course in a special session.

Peter Greene, the actor known for playing villain roles in films like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Mask,” has died at 60 in New York City.

Florida’s health department is pushing to end some school vaccine mandates, and doctors are warning that the move could put children at higher risk.

A DoorDash driver in Indiana was accused of spraying a customer’s food, and she later told authorities she was trying to hit a spider with pepper spray.