We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, December 12, 2025.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors, in 1971, the Times’ architecture critic, Ada Louise Huxtable, was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his long-promised “ gold card ” was officially going on ...

Trump confirms US seized ‘largest tanker ever’ off Venezuela coast amid escalating tensions: Live updates - Trump announced ...

It had the look of a traditional Kennedy Center Honors ceremony — but following President Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the D.C. arts institution earlier this year and with the commander in ...

Imagine that you have wished to host the Honors all your life. Now you get to. The honorees are several of your favorites.

President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, ...

The 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees Sylvester Stallone and George Strait, right, talk before for a group photo at the 48th ...

Asked when he arrived for the ceremony how he had found time to prepare, Trump said he “didn’t really prepare very much.” ...

Courtesy: CBS President Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors after presenting the 2025 Kennedy Center ...

The president reveled in his control of the arts facility, as his allies cheered his hosting duties and called to rename the ...