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Last Updated Dec 25, 2017 10:43 AM EST

The official Twitter account of controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange -- @JulianAssange -- is back online after disappearing from the social media platform overnight. It's unclear whether the account was suspended by Twitter or deactivated by Assange.

Representatives at Twitter did not immediately respond to CBS News' request for comment.

President Donald Trump taunted FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe after news broke that the beleaguered official would retire in March 2018.

“FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits,” he wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “90 days to go?!!!”

Before the ink was even dry on President Trump’s signature on the Republican tax-cut bill, corporate America was not only toasting it, praising it and celebrating it, but handing out money to employees like Santa Claus.

As the nation prepares to celebrate Christmas Day, it looks like Santa didn’t come to fill the NFL’s empty stadiums for the league’s Week 16 games.
The NFL’s Week 16 began with an admission by the Baltimore Ravens that the mass player protests during the playing of the national anthem when the team was playing on foreign soil in Britain’s Wembley Stadium, has seriously hurt its attendance all year here at home.

Participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program hit a 17-year low in 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The data shows that WIC participation dropped to 7,283,000 in 2017, its lowest level since 2000 when 7,192,000 participated in the program.

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Alex Jones breaks down the basic gestalt of secretive intelligence operative known as QAnon posting warnings about Eric Schmidt stepping down from Google in tandem with President Trump’s recent executive order allowing the Treasury to confiscate property from corrupt entities.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a probe into federal prosecutors of the recent trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, E&E News reports.

Bundy faced criminal charges related to a 2014 standoff with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agents. After the prosecutions numerous missteps and “willful” withholding of evidence that would aid the Bundy’s defense, the judge ruled a mistrial Wednesday, The Oregonian reports.

In an interview with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) bemoaned the direction his party is taking, claiming that the crowds at many Donald Trump and Republican rallies reveal that the GOP is dying.

Asked about Breitbart chief Steve Bannon’s support of defeated Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore and how Bannon convinced Trump to inevitably endorse Moore, Flake said he hoped Bannon role in the GOP had now been “marginalized.”

Merry Christmas Call to Paul!

Gov. Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Is the GOP tax plan really the biggest tax cut in history? Will it benefit the middle class, or only the wealthy? SiriusXM host and comedian Peter Dominick reveals why the tax plan is no laughing matter.

Merry Christmas!