Ex-President Pardoned, 'Trump Accounts' Boost & Workplace Influencers - Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 3 December 2025
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The news to know for Wednesday, December 3, 2025!
We're talking about President Trump's latest controversial pardon — this time, a foreign leader convicted of flooding the U.S. with drugs.
Also, we'll tell you where ICE is heading next, as the latest immigration crackdown focuses on people from one particular country.
Plus: a surprise boost for so-called "Trump Accounts" for kids, a first-of-its-kind lawsuit pitting one American city against ultra-processed foods, and a Netflix show that's breaking records and moving to the big screen.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, December 3rd. We're talking about President Trump's latest controversial pardon, |
| 0:05.1 | this time for a foreign leader convicted of flooding the U.S. with drugs. Also, we'll tell you where |
| 0:10.0 | ICE is heading next, as the latest immigration crackdown focuses on people from one particular country. |
| 0:15.7 | Plus, a surprise boost for so-called Trump accounts for kids, a first-of-its-kind lawsuit pitting |
| 0:20.4 | one American city against |
| 0:21.7 | ultra-processed foods, and a Netflix show that's breaking records and moving to the big screen. |
| 0:27.0 | Those stories and even more news coming up. |
| 0:31.1 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:33.4 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.7 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:39.3 | Thanks so much for being here. You're ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:45.8 | Well, President Trump formally pardoned the former leader of Honduras. And with that, Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from a federal prison in West Virginia, |
| 0:59.6 | less than one year into his 45-year sentence. Hernandez led the Central American country from 2014 to 2022, and U.S. officials said he was at the center of one of the largest and most |
| 1:05.0 | violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world. Court documents say he abused his position |
| 1:10.1 | to help import more than 400 tons of |
| 1:12.4 | cocaine into the United States, and that in return, he received millions of dollars in drug money |
| 1:17.9 | from some of the largest and most violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. |
| 1:22.1 | Now the pardon of such a high-profile convicted drug trafficker has drawn some criticism. |
| 1:27.2 | Many critics are accusing President Trump of hypocrisy as he continues to escalate a military campaign |
| 1:32.1 | against drug trafficking out of Venezuela. |
| 1:34.7 | But President Trump says Hernandez was treated harshly and unfairly by the Biden administration. |
| 1:40.0 | In a letter requesting the pardon, Hernandez cast himself as the victim of political persecution |
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