Portal:Current events/2018 December 18
December 18, 2018 (Tuesday)
Disasters and accidents
- Russian cargo vessel MV Kuzma Minin runs aground and then is refloated off Gyllyngvase, Cornwall, and taken to anchor in Falmouth Bay for inspection, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. (BBC)
Law and crime
- The Donald J. Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision. The Democrat Attorney General of New York, Barbara Underwood, mentions a "shocking pattern of illegality". (The Daily Beast)
Politics and elections
- Space policy of the Donald Trump administration
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive memorandum to re-establish the United States Space Command. (CNN)