Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War

Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.

Published Nov. 30, 2025Updated Dec. 1, 2025, 8:27 a.m. ET

When nearly 200 nations signed the 2015 Paris Agreement, acknowledging the threat of rising global temperatures and vowing action, many hoped that the era of climate denial was finally over.

Ten years later it has roared back, arguably stronger than ever.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.html

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Trump Frees Manhasset Financier In Billion-Dollar Fraud, Calls Case ‘Weaponization Of Justice’

Mon, December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM CST

President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of a New York private equity executive convicted in a massive fraud scheme involving more than 10,000 investors.

David Gentile, 57, of Manhasset, the former CEO and owner of GPB Capital Holdings, had been serving a seven-year federal sentence after his 2024 conviction on securities and wire fraud charges, as Daily Voice reported.

The White House on Monday, Dec. 1, confirmed the commutation, which does not appear to apply to his co-defendant, Jeffry Schneider of Ascendant Capital.

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-frees-manhasset-financier-billion-210000672.html

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A pared-back White House Christmas — with a Trump Lego portrait

This year’s holiday display is cut in half because of construction.

Today at 10:28 a.m. EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2025/12/01/white-house-christmas-display-2025/

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Rwanda, DRC to sign peace deal in Washington — White House

Trump to host presidents Kagame and Tshisekedi for a new agreement after earlier US-brokered deal failed to halt violence.

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US President Donald Trump will bring together the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Washington to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.

"President Trump will host the presidents of the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign the historic peace and economic agreement that he brokered," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday.

https://www.trtworld.com/article/c448b268e5c8

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Trump Signs Law to Unlock Billions for Drug Addiction Recovery

December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM UTC

President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a measure authorizing billions of dollars in federal funding to help prevent drug overdoses and aid patients recovering from addiction, according to the White House.

The measure effectively reauthorizes a public health program that was first established under Trump in 2018 and expired five years later. Included are a raft of services designed to combat drug addiction and address mental health, as well as initiatives to bolster research and repay loans for professionals treating substance abuse. Funding generally will still be subject to future appropriations by Congress.

The legislation marks the latest effort by Washington to address a public health crisis over drug addiction and overdose deaths, in particular from fentanyl, a powerful painkiller. Trump has seized on the crisis, citing it as justification to slap tariffs on China to curtail flows of fentanyl and precursor chemicals, to bolster border security and to carry out attacks on purported drug-trafficking vessels in the waters around Venezuela.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/trump-signs-law-to-unlock-billions-for-drug-addiction-recovery

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