WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 12-3-25 (2/3)

Episode Date: December 3, 2025

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With World Radio News, I'm Mark Mellinger. U.S. and Russian leaders met for five hours of talks at the Kremlin Tuesday, but where the effort to end Russia's war on Ukraine goes from here is unclear. A senior advisor to Russian leader Vladimir Putin called the talks constructive, but says a lot of work remains. President Trump sounded determined Tuesday. People are over in Russia right down and see if we can get it settled. Not an easy situation.

Let me tell you, what a mess. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Whitkoff presented the White House's peace proposal to Putin and key aides. Some analysts criticized the plan at first for being tilted in Russia's favor, but it's since undergone revisions to give Ukraine more of a fair shake. The former president of Honduras is free after a pardon from President Trump. Juan Orlando Hernandez was serving a 45-year sentence in West Virginia for his role in a drug smuggling operation that moved tons of cocaine to the U.S. His wife, Anna Garcia D. Hernandez, was asked if the pardon was a contradiction at a time when

the U.S. is cracking down on foreign drug smuggling. I don't think there is any contradiction in the decision of President Trump. It's doing justice in a case that is clearly like my husband, a case of lawfare. Trump defended his decision by saying Hondurans believed Hernandez had been set up. The technology mogul Michael Dell and his wife are pledging more than $6 billion to supercharge so-called Trump accounts that allow families to invest in the stock market for their kids. Under the program, the Treasury Department will deposit $1,000 into investment accounts for all American children born between January 1st, 2025 and December 31st, 2028.

But the Trump accounts are actually available to any American child under 18. Michael Dells says his gift won't cover babies getting the $1,000 seed money. Instead, he says, Our gift will cover most of the children that are 10 and under that are not part of the federal program, the zero to two-year-olds, and who also live in zip codes where the median income is $150,000 or less. The Dells say the accounts won't officially launch until July 4, 2026. In Washington, D.C., a Christmas season tradition. Three, two, one.

There you go. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, hosted the lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree alongside a congressional delegation from Nevada, where this year's tree comes from. It's a 53-foot red fur. For World Radio, I'm Mark Mellinger. For more sound journalism, grounded in facts and biblical truth, go to world radio. Additional support comes from MediShare, where many families save up to 50% on their monthly health care expenses. Metashare.com slash world.