White House officials informed maritime journalist John Konrad in a call between 6:46 PM and 7:16 PM UTC on December 22, 2025, of an imminent major Navy announcement from President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, promising the Navy X and gCaptain communities will be satisfied, with the message "It’s time to build Leviathans," according to Konrad's X post. Konrad reported receiving the call directly from the White House, confirming no details were provided but emphasizing the administration heard input from naval enthusiasts, in a post shared during the 29-minute reporting window ending at 7:16 PM UTC. In related fundraising news over the same period, The New York Times detailed President Trump's new vehicle Freedom 250, housed inside the National Park Foundation, to raise funds for a DC-overlooking arch, National Garden of American Heroes, prayer event on the National Mall and a four-day high school athlete competition, per an X post by Ken Vogel linking the interactive article. The Trump administration is intensifying pressure on Venezuela by targeting its oil sector, with officials gambling to extract concessions from President Nicolás Maduro before potential chaos, according to a Wall Street Journal report by Vivian Salama and Nancy Youssef shared by Griff Witte on X in the reporting window. Separately, Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) spoke on the House floor most in 2025, on 91 of 164 session days, while nine members spoke zero times, per C-SPAN data cited in a HuffPost item posted by Jordan Bender on X during this period.
