With a week to go before finals, Frederick High was abuzz with activity. In addition to hosting Frederick’s winter spirit week, StuCo raised over $1400 during the annual Miracle Minute. Friday saw the yearly game of Jingle Bingo while Frederick’s Thespians attended their yearly state conference. Frederick girls varsity basketball continued their undefeated season, and boys varsity won against Ponderosa and Air Academy. In a surprising announcement, Dr. Fox also announced this week that he’ll be leaving Frederick High at the end of the school year to take a position in SVVSD’s human resources department.
In the wider world, the Trump administration ruffled several feathers: they commandeered a Venezuelan oil tanker, threatened to cut off federal funding to Indiana, led aggressive ICE raids in Minneapolis, blocked states from creating AI regulations, ordered the government to stop using the “woke” font Calibri, and tried (but failed) to free Trump supporter Tina Peters from a Colorado prison. The admin in particular targeted the National Park Service this week in its efforts to bring the government in alignment with presidential priorities: Trump’s face will now appear on the annual National Parks pass, MLK Day and Juneteenth are no longer free NPS days (but Trump’s birthday is), and parks were told to stop selling any “DEI” items in their gift shops (which will be a challenge for sites that commemorate women’s rights, gay rights, desegregation, and Native genocide).
In sports, the Denver Broncos won their tenth straight game against the LA Raiders 24-17 and are now the favorites to clinch the no. 1 seed for the AFC postseason. The Denver Nuggets had a light week, winning their two games against the Hornets and Kings for an 18-6 record. Unfortunately, the Colorado Avalanche had a packed week and lost one of their four games—they are now 22-2 for the season.
In the world of entertainment, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 earned the lowest ever critic rating for a movie based on a video game on Rotten Tomatoes—though, given its 87% audience score and $64 million domestic weekend box office, a third film is guaranteed. The Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. ran into a wrinkle: Paramount-Skydance is attempting a hostile takeover of the studio in a $108 billion offer directly to shareholders. This week wasn’t all bad news for the studio, as their second Netflix House opened to the public in Dallas.
This was the fiftieth week of 2025, which means that 94.3% of the year is over.
News You Should Know: December 6 to 12, 2025
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On December 10, the Trump administration announced that the military had commandeered an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. What was their reasoning?
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On December 10, the Trump administration announced that the military had commandeered an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. What was their reasoning?
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It was trafficking fentanyl into the US
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It was violating US economic sanctions
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It was caught spying on a US military craft
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It was carrying refugees to the US
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This week, thousands of Americas were displaced by widespread flash flooding in these two states
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This week, thousands of Americas were displaced by widespread flash flooding in these two states
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Oregon and Washington
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Minnesota and Michigan
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North Dakota and Montana
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Mississippi and Alabama
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This week saw a pretrial hearing for Luigi Mangione, the alleged murderer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. What's the purpose of this pre-trial hearing?
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This week saw a pretrial hearing for Luigi Mangione, the alleged murderer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. What's the purpose of this pre-trial hearing?
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To change the venue to Brian Thompson's home state of Minnesota
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To allow Mangione to be released on bail before his trial so he can be interviewed by media
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To dismiss the domestic terrorism charges levied against him
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To determine if Altoona, PA police obtained evidence against Mangione legally
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On December 11, Donald Trump issued a presidential pardon to Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk who tried to interfere with the 2020 Election in Colorado. Why is Trump's pardon not being enforced?
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On December 11, Donald Trump issued a presidential pardon to Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk who tried to interfere with the 2020 Election in Colorado. Why is Trump's pardon not being enforced?
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Trump can only pardon federal crimes, not state crimes
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Trump only gets 300 pardons a year and had already used them all
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Trump signed the pardon with an autopen
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Trump cannot pardon anyone who was convicted when someone else was president
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Question 5/10
Despite Warner Bros. awarding Netflix the winning bid to buy the company, this Hollywood studio is attempting a hostile takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Despite Warner Bros. awarding Netflix the winning bid to buy the company, this Hollywood studio is attempting a hostile takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Disney/Fox
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Sony/Columbia
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Paramount/Skydance
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Comcast/Universal
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After threats from the White House to cut off federal funding, a majority of this state's Republican senate voted on December 11 to block a push to gerrymander their congressional districts before the 2026 elections.
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After threats from the White House to cut off federal funding, a majority of this state's Republican senate voted on December 11 to block a push to gerrymander their congressional districts before the 2026 elections.
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Ohio
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Nebraska
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On December 12, Disney inked a three-year $1 billion partnership with this company to make their AI the only ones allowed to legally generate images of Disney characters.
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On December 12, Disney inked a three-year $1 billion partnership with this company to make their AI the only ones allowed to legally generate images of Disney characters.
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Google (Gemini)
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X (Grok)
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Open AI (Sora)
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Anthropic (Claude)
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On December 9, Donald Trump announced that his administration would give $12 billion to US farmers negatively impacted by his tariffs. The National Farm Union criticized this move because the amount isn't enough--they estimate that this year growers of the nine major crops will lose...
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On December 9, Donald Trump announced that his administration would give $12 billion to US farmers negatively impacted by his tariffs. The National Farm Union criticized this move because the amount isn't enough--they estimate that this year growers of the nine major crops will lose...
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$13 to $15 billion
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$23 to $28 billion
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$35 to $44 billion
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$50 to $72 billion
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After a 10 game win streak and 11-2 record, the Denver Broncos are the favorites to win the AFC's no. 1 seed (which comes with a bye week and home field advantage) if they can maintain a better win record in their last four games than which team?
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After a 10 game win streak and 11-2 record, the Denver Broncos are the favorites to win the AFC's no. 1 seed (which comes with a bye week and home field advantage) if they can maintain a better win record in their last four games than which team?
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Indianapolis Colts
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New England Patriots
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Buffalo Bills
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Jacksonville Jaguars
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Donald Trump disparaged Colorado by name when signing an executive order on December 12 that prevents states from creating laws to regulate AI companies. Colorado's now-neutralized law would have...
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Donald Trump disparaged Colorado by name when signing an executive order on December 12 that prevents states from creating laws to regulate AI companies. Colorado's now-neutralized law would have...
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required AI companies to provide their own electricity so regular folks wouldn't see a bill increase
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prevented AI companies from created unauthorized videos of regular folks
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made AI companies digitally sign all created works so regular folks would know what videos are real and what are generated
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forbid AI systems to make approval decisions that affect the livelihoods of regular folks
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You can learn more about these topics here:
- Question 1: US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker
- Question 2: Massive flooding impacts two US states
- Question 3: Mangione has a week-long pre-trial hearing
- Question 4: Trump issues unenforceable pardon of Tina Peters
- Question 5: Netflix may lose Warner Bros. to hostile takeover
- Question 6: Members of a state’s GOP kills mid-cycle gerrymander
- Question 7: Disney makes $1 billion AI investment
- Question 8: Farmers say Trump’s $12 billion farm aid package isn’t enough
- Question 9: Broncos current favorites to nab no. 1 seed in AFC
- Question 10: Trump EO blocks Colorado AI regulation law
