December 2025

The Fed’s latest call on interest rates drops at 2 p.m. ET, with Chair Jerome Powell speaking at 2:30. Wall Street’s betting on another 0.25% cut — a move that could ripple through mortgages, credit cards, and savings accounts.

The world’s most prestigious honors were awarded in Stockholm and Oslo. Winners in physics, medicine, and literature took the stage in Sweden, while in Norway, the Peace Prize went to María Corina Machado for championing democratic rights in Venezuela. One day, two cities, and a global reminder that ideas — and ideals — still matter.

Zooey Deschanel and Charlie Cox play exes reunited by their heartbroken pup in Merv, now streaming on Prime Video. Their chaotic co-parenting road trip turns into something more — thanks to one very dramatic dog.

Simon Cowell returns to TV with “The Next Act”, a Netflix series aiming to build the next big boy band. The show follows auditions, training, and plenty of group choreography — with Cowell’s signature blunt critiques baked in.

At 10:00 a.m. ET, SCOTUS hears Hamm v. Smith — a case that could redraw what counts as “intellectual disability.” The outcome may change who can be executed under death penalty laws.

TIME is set to name its 2025 Person of the Year — and rumor has it, it might not be a person at all. The annual pick highlights the figure (or force) that most shaped the year, for better or worse. Eyes are on AI, but we’ll see who — or what — lands the cover.