Grief Can Be Harder During Christmas – An Expert Explains Why
Photo by MART PRODUCTION: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-black-leather-jacket-sitting-on-brown-wooden-floor-7277896/ Woman in black leather jacket sitting on brown wooden floorGrief can make you feel like you’re walking in a daze. Add to this the twinkling lights and forced fun at Christmas, you can feel completely out your depth. “Many people will be facing this Christmas without their loved ones.”We may be feeling lonely but none of us are alone in this. In time, you may find that the pain eases and you feel more able to cope and participate again. How long it takes will vary from person to person, and there is no ‘right’ length of time.”Help and support:
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December 12, 2025 14:06 UTC
20 Years Ago I Sent Myself An Email. It Just Showed Up.
I was one of 140,000 participants and one of 19% who chose the longest possible amount of time for delivery: 20 years. The author on the day she gave birth to her son, John. The author with her son, John, in Vermont. I know you’re gonna do the absolute best you can over the next 20 years. Whatever happens, please know I’m rooting for you.”I won’t try to guess what happens next.
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December 12, 2025 14:02 UTC
Kylie Kelce Shares Thoughts On Travis Kelce's Relationship
LOADING ERROR LOADINGKylie Kelce heard Travis Kelce admit that he and girlfriend Taylor Swift don’t fight, and the Not Gonna Lie podcaster had some thoughts. “I haven’t gotten into an argument ― never once,” the NFL star said with a laugh during a recent interview with George Clooney on he and brother Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast. AdvertisementWhen Kylie Kelce, who is married to Jason, was asked by commenters to give her two cents on the matter, she joked that her “husband was oddly quiet during this segment.”“He did ask a couple [of] clarifying questions. Clooney has famously asserted before that he and his wife, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, have never argued in their 10-plus years together. “To George Clooney’s credit, I would not argue with Amal either.
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December 12, 2025 11:40 UTC
Somali American Citizen Sounds The Alarm About Violent ICE Arrest In Minneapolis
Mubashir, a 20-year-old Somali American citizen, said he was taking his lunch break in Minneapolis when a federal agent abruptly tackled him. Video that officials played at the press event captured two agents shoving Mubashir into a stairwell and handcuffing him. A subsequent clip showed an agent putting Mubashir in a chokehold and pushing him down into the snow before placing him in a vehicle. Mubashir, 20, speaks out about his experience getting violently arrested by federal agents. I thought it was a random person assaulting me or kidnapping me.”Mubashir said the agent didn’t tell him to stop or say that he was with ICE.
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December 12, 2025 09:13 UTC
Emma Thompson Speaks Out About Her Favourite Role So Far
Just one of Britain’s finest actors of all time and generally a delight to watch in any role. Emma Thompson’s favourite role to date“My favourite film that I’ve ever done”, she said about the 2022 flick Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. In this film, Emma plays Nancy Stokes, a widower who hires a male sex worker named Leo Grande. Emma Thompson also discussed women’s sexual pleasureThe actress went on to say: “This thing of sexual pleasure, supposedly we had the sexual revolution in the ’60′s which really benefitted men more than women. Emma adds that when her character does have an orgasm through masturbation, this felt like a ‘super important’ part of the film.
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December 12, 2025 09:11 UTC
'Our Simple Call For Toys Started An Unexpected Wave Of Kindness'
LOADING ERROR LOADINGThis December, we’re championing kindness in all its forms through HuffPost UK’s Kindness Advent Calendar. When Just Imagine Day Nursery Maldon, part of the Family First Nurseries group, put out a call for toys, they naturally hoped for a strong response. Their efforts will help make Christmas brighter for so many families.”AdvertisementBut the children at the Just Imagine Day Nursery, Maldon, weren’t done there. And Michigan State University pointed out that both giving and receiving kindness can improve a child’s health, self-esteem, and happiness, too. Sophie Killick, nursery manager, said “in the lead-up to Christmas, we always look for ways to give back to our community”.
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December 12, 2025 07:22 UTC
House Votes To Repeal Trump's Union-Busting Executive Order
The measure, put forth by Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), would undo an executive order Trump signed earlier this year nullifying collective bargaining agreements covering up to 1 million workers. AdvertisementThe legislation is unlikely to go anywhere in the GOP-controlled Senate, but its success in the House shows some moderate Republicans don’t support Trump’s unprecedented union-busting at federal agencies. Trump’s March executive order aims to exempt workers at a slew of federal departments from collective bargaining rights that have been enshrined in law for decades. U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) led Democrats in the House effort to undo Trump's executive orders. Federal unions and the AFL-CIO labor federation worked to build support on both sides of the aisle leading up to the House vote.
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December 12, 2025 04:22 UTC
Indiana Republicans Vote Down Trump’s Redistricting Push
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump’s furious effort to force Indiana Republicans to adopt a new congressional map designed to eliminate the state’s only two House seats held by Democrats failed on Thursday after enough Republican state senators voted against it. Democrats have fought Republicans to a draw after California matched Texas by redrawing the lines of five House seats and likely blocked a Missouri map that eliminated one Democratic seat. The pressure from the White House and the violent threats escalated after the Indiana Senate adjourned the first special session on redistricting called by Gov. State Sen. Greg Goode, a Republican from Indiana, was one of several GOP state senators to face violent threats for opposing Trump's redistricting push. These threats flowed from Trump’s increasingly angry diatribes against Republicans who would not do as he demands.
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December 12, 2025 04:08 UTC
TSA Agent Sues Over Late Pay During Government Shutdown
TSA officers and other “exempted” federal workers eventually received lump-sum backpay, but not until after the record-long shutdown ended. The complaint is a collective-action lawsuit that other TSA officers may be able to opt into. AdvertisementRodgers might not have been able to bring a case at all if not for some political gamesmanship by the Trump administration. In general, federal employees go without pay during a government shutdown, since Congress has not appropriated money for agencies to operate. Whether they were furloughed or working without pay, federal employees across the country felt like pawns in a political game.
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December 12, 2025 04:07 UTC
Democrats Are Catching Impeachment Fever
WASHINGTON – Democrats’ impeachment season has begun. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who introduced the resolution, has already had one attempt at impeachment rejected this year and has been introducing impeachment resolutions against the president ever since Trump first took office in 2017. (House Democratic leadership, then led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, was similarly suspicious of the first effort to impeach Trump.) If Democrats retake the House in next year’s midterm elections, however, impeachment could be on the table. Democrats would likely write articles of impeachment through a committee process rather than rushing to the floor for a vote, however.
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December 12, 2025 03:26 UTC
Justice Department Again Fails To Re-Indict New York Attorney General Letitia James
LOADING ERROR LOADINGALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A grand jury declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter. It’s another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey, in a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to prosecute the president’s political opponents. The Justice Department asked a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, to return an indictment Thursday after a different grand jury in Norfolk last week refused to do so. The allegations related to James’ purchase of modest house in Norfolk, where she has family. The judge dismissed them without prejudice, allowing the Justice Department to try to file the charges again.
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December 12, 2025 00:32 UTC
Missouri Throws Wrench In Trump’s Redistricting Push
When state Republicans did this, they were following Texas’s lead, where Trump had pressured the state legislature to redraw five congressional districts to be more favorable to the GOP. Meanwhile, a court in Utah forced the state to draw a new safe Democratic seat for the 2026 elections. With Missouri’s map likely suspended for 2026, it appears that the redistricting war has been fought to a draw ― for now. People Not Politicians challenged Hoskins’ decision in the Missouri state court. People Not Politicians would plan to challenge any effort to reject the initiative in court if that happens.
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December 11, 2025 22:57 UTC
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From ICE Detention After Judge's Order
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office. His federal suit claims the Trump administration is illegally using the removal process to punish Abrego Garcia for the public embarrassment caused by his deportation. Advertisement“But Costa Rica had never wavered in its commitment to receive Abrego Garcia, just as Abrego Garcia never wavered in his commitment to resettle there,” the judge wrote. Xinis also rejected the government’s argument that she lacked jurisdiction to intervene on a final removal order for Abrego Garcia, because she found no final order had been filed. Separately, Abrego Garcia is asking an immigration court to reopen his case so he can seek asylum in the United States.
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December 11, 2025 22:54 UTC
There Are 6 Types Of Gift Givers. Which Are You?
When done right, good gift giving is close to an art form. “Being a good gift giver is about listening and paying attention,” she told HuffPost. “This is someone who understands the importance of the thought going into the gift,” Smith said, adding that her grandma was the perfect example of this kind of gift giver. The listener is "someone who understands the importance of the thought going into the gift," Smith said. “Instead of making gift giving a gauntlet for him to pass, I started asking if he would like me to give him a wish list,” she said.
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December 11, 2025 22:35 UTC
Republicans Block Democratic Bill To Extend ACA Tax Credits
The 51-48 vote capped a bitter months-long battle in Congress over health care that included the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Golden seemed optimistic that more Democrats would sign on, but almost all House Democrats are already backing another health care discharge petition by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). The Jeffries bill would extend the Obamacare subsidies for three years; the Fitzpatrick-Golden bill would extend them for two years with some restrictions. Government funding expires Jan. 30, giving Senate Democrats another leverage point over the issue. A few Senate Republicans have suggested addressing the issue of the ACA tax credits in another partisan reconciliation bill next year.
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December 11, 2025 21:30 UTC