Trump Meets with Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, Larry Ellison Bolsters Paramount's Warner Bros. Bid, California Lost Immigration Judges in 2025, SoCal Wind Gusts, Hallmark's Holiday Media Empire

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

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President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. The talks focused on securing a U.S.-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Over the weekend, Trump also worked to advance a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, speaking by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday before welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to his Palm Beach, Florida, club later that day. Meanwhile, Paramount’s hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. continues. Last week, the deal gained backing from Larry Ellison, father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, who said he would guarantee more than $40 billion in equity. In California, the state has lost more than a quarter of its immigration judges this year. Some retired, while others were terminated without advance notice, adding pressure to an already overburdened court system. And Southern California is facing another week of extreme weather. After days of storms, forecasters are warning of high winds up to 65 miles per hour through Tuesday. Read more at LATimes.com.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:08.1	Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to Headlines from L.A. Times Studios.
0:13.5	Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:17.9	The first thing we're following comes not out of Washington, but out of Palm Beach, Florida,
0:23.6	where President Trump met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago,
0:29.6	discussing a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
0:33.6	Hamas released over 160 Israeli hostages alive, with some being rescued, but only one deceased
0:41.8	hostage whose name is Rand Gavilli remains in Gaza.
0:46.2	Gavili's family met in Florida with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top U.S.
0:51.6	officials. Israeli strikes have killed more than 70,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023,
0:59.8	according to Gaza's health ministry.
1:02.5	Meanwhile, President Trump is also working on securing a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine,
1:08.7	fielding phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin over
1:12.0	the weekend, and meeting in person with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, also at
1:18.3	Mar-a-Lago.
1:19.8	Zelensky says the U.S. is offering Ukraine a security guarantee of 15 years in this proposed
1:26.2	peace plan. We had a terrific meeting.
1:30.3	We discussed a lot of things.
1:33.3	As you know, I had an excellent phone call with President Putin that lasted for over two hours.
1:38.3	We discussed a lot of points.
1:40.3	And I do think we're getting a lot closer, maybe very close.
1:45.0	And another development in a story we've been tracking closely.
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