2026 Migrant Crackdown, 'Trump-Class' Warships & First GLP-1 Obesity Pill - Tuesday, December 23, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 23 December 2025
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The news to know for Tuesday, December 23, 2025!
We're talking about the next push to expand the immigration crackdown in the U.S. in the new year.
And why dozens of American diplomats were just removed from their jobs.
Also: what to expect from a new "Trump class" of Navy battleships.
Plus: approval for a promising new weight-loss pill that's like Ozempic, controversy surrounding a 60 Minutes episode that hasn't aired, and new artwork from the elusive street artist Banksy—that seems a bit different from much of his other work.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, December 23rd. We're talking about the next push to expand the immigration crackdown |
| 0:05.3 | in the U.S. in the new year, and why dozens of American diplomats were just removed from their jobs. |
| 0:10.9 | Also, what to expect from a new Trump class of Navy battleships. Plus approval for a promising |
| 0:16.1 | new weight loss pill that's like Ozempic,y surrounding a 60-minute segment that hasn't aired. |
| 0:22.4 | And new artwork from the elusive street artist Banksy that seems a bit different than a lot of |
| 0:26.6 | his other work. Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:31.9 | Welcome to The Newsworthy. All the Day's News in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:37.1 | Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. |
| 0:42.7 | The immigration crackdown is only expected to ramp up from here. In 26, Trump administration officials say they plan to hire thousands more agents, open new detention centers, pick up more immigrants in local jails, |
| 0:55.1 | and partner with outside companies to track down people who don't have the proper legal status. |
| 0:59.9 | Already, Congress passed the funding to make it all happen. Since President Trump took office in |
| 1:04.2 | January, about 622,000 immigrants have been deported so far. The White House wants to make that |
| 1:10.1 | at least a million next year |
| 1:11.7 | and each year after. It's also hoping many more undocumented immigrants will leave on their own. |
| 1:17.1 | This week, the Homeland Security Department extended a new offer to migrants living in the U.S. illegally, |
| 1:21.8 | a $3,000 stipend to self-deport. That's three times what was offered earlier this year. |
| 1:28.6 | DHS also says it will forgive any civil fines or penalties owed for overstaying visas or otherwise not leaving the country, |
| 1:33.9 | and migrants will have their travel arranged and paid for. All of this is actually seen as a way |
| 1:38.2 | to save the government money. Earlier this year, DHS said the average cost to arrest, detain, |
| 1:43.7 | and remove a migrant from the U.S. is more than $17,000. |
| 1:50.0 | CBS News is facing growing backlash over a 60-minute segment that never aired, and it's bringing up wider questions about the First Amendment and the role of a free press. |
| 1:59.1 | The network had planned to cover an El Salvador maximum |
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