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Your Morning: US focused on squeezing Venezuela economy

Meg Hilling

👋 Welcome to the Your Morning newsletter, featuring the latest news across America! It’s Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, and there’s a lot happening today. Let’s dive into it:

US focused on squeezing Venezuela economy: Official

PUERTO CABELLO, VENEZUELA – DECEMBER 18: A man surfs as an oil tanker is seen anchored at the dock in the outskirts of ‘El Palito’ refinery on December 18, 2025 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. (Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

Noem, Patel face scrutiny at end of first year under Trump

FBI Director Kash Patel answers a question during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the FBI on Sept. 17, 2025.

Moody’s economist: GDP growth ‘fragile because we’re not creating jobs’

Illustration of a $1 bill (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Christmas Eve miracle? Powerball numbers selected for $1.8 billion jackpot

A machine prints Powerball lottery tickets at a convenience store in Washington, D.C., January 7, 2016. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV remembers Gaza’s suffering in first Christmas homily

Pope Leo XIV presides over Christmas Day Mass at the St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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