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Oil Tanker Mystery, Trump Pulls National Guard, Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration and more
CNN 5 Things
Dec 31, 2025

We start with an oil tanker that’s being pursued by the US near Venezuela. The House Judiciary Committee has released the closed-door hearing testimony of a former special counselor. The National Guard is leaving several key democratic cities for now. New York City mayor welcomes a new mayor at midnight. Plus, the search for the body of a missing teenager in Texas has ended.