The News Roundup For December 19, 2025

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

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President Donald Trump delivered a national address on Wednesday in an attempt to set the record straight on his economic record.

Gun violence dominated the news this week. Two people were killed in a shooting at Brown University. Six teenagers were injured in a shooting outside of a birthday party in Brooklyn. And an MIT professor was shot and killed inside of his home Tuesday.

And an appeals court signals it will allow the National Guard to continue in Washington D.C. while litigation continues.

And, in global news, two shooters opened fire on a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. It was the country’s deadliest shooting in 30 years.

President Donald Trump continues to escalate tensions between Washington and Caracas. This week Trump ordered the blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.

And Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning that his country will extend its gains of Ukrainian territory if peace talks aren’t successful.

We cover the most important stories from around the globe in the News Roundup.

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0:00.0	This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, 70% of Americans say they live somewhere that isn't affordable for average families.
0:07.3	That's up from just 45% over the summer.
0:09.5	But with Trump, he has unilaterally pushed a lever that makes prices go up.
0:14.6	The shifting politics of tariffs and affordability for President Trump on the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:20.7	Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.3	Hi, it's Naila, your host for this edition of the News Roundup.
0:27.3	Just a quick heads up before we start the show.
0:29.9	The news is ever developing and some things may have changed by the time you hear this episode.
0:34.3	You can always stay up to date with all the latest by listening to
0:37.6	your local NPR member station and visiting NPR.org.
0:49.2	You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Nyla Boodoo, and it's time for our news roundup.
0:53.8	It's the holiday season, and that theoretically meansla Boodoo, and it's time for our news roundup. It's the holiday season,
0:55.4	and that theoretically means togetherness, peace, and generosity. But the thing bringing people
1:00.6	of all political persuasions together this year may just be how unaffordable American life has
1:06.7	become. President Trump tried yet again on Wednesday to spin a different image.
1:11.4	I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast.
1:16.9	But the data says otherwise. And even as he spoke, Trump's approval numbers on the economy
1:22.0	continued to fall. A new NPR, PBS News, Maris Poll, says just 36% of Americans think Trump is doing a good job handling the economy.
1:32.9	That's a new low.
1:34.3	Not helping either is the higher price of health care millions are about to face.
1:38.5	Why?
1:39.4	Because in this season of giving Republicans and Democrats couldn't find a way to provide Americans relief on the
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