Tragedy has struck the heart of Kentucky politics with the sudden passing of a dedicated public servant.Rep. Andy Barr, a Republican and U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, announced the heartbreaking loss of his longtime staffer and campaign manager, Tatum Dale, who passed away on Dec. 24, as The Hill reports. Dale’s journey with Barr began over 15 years ago, when she first stepped up to support his run for the Sixth District. Remembering a Devoted Kentucky Native Born and raised in Murray, Dale stayed in the Bluegrass State after attending the University of Kentucky, committing her career to serving alongside…
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The Department of Justice says it has received more than one million newly-discovered documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein and is now reviewing them for public release in the coming weeks under federal law and court orders.According to a statement issued on Christmas Eve, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI uncovered a massive new collection of Epstein-related material and transferred it to the DOJ for processing. The department said teams of attorneys are “working around the clock” to review the files and apply legally-required redactions to protect victims before publication. Because of the…
Warren Buffet was asked how long he preferred to hold stocks that he bought for Berkshire Hathaway. His answer was succinct: forever. Buy good companies and hold on forever. As they grow, you earn paper profits you can use later in life. Smart investors, like my Dad, follow the Sage of Omaha’s advice. They don’t try to time the market. They don’t jump in and out of stocks. They buy and hold. That’s the best play for people who are investing for the long term. When your goals remain years off, such as retirement or in my Dad’s case, college…
New Yorkers, because Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s latest move is raising eyebrows across the city with a controversial pick for his inaugural committee.On Wednesday, Mamdani unveiled a star-studded lineup for his committee tasked with planning his January 1, 2026, inauguration, including the polarizing children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel (Rachel Griffin Accurso), alongside figures like Cynthia Nixon, Luis Guzman, and Mets star Francisco Lindor’s podcaster wife, as the New York Post reports. For hardworking taxpayers in New York City, this decision hits hard, especially when public funds are footing the bill for a lavish street event near City Hall that a veteran consultant…
Washington is tightening the screws on Venezuela with a military-backed oil quarantine that could shake up global energy markets.The White House has commanded U.S. military forces to zero in on enforcing a strict blockade of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a bold move to squeeze socialist leader Nicolás Maduro into submission, as reported by Reuters on Wednesday, as Breitbart reports. For American taxpayers, this operation signals potential spikes in gas prices as Venezuelan oil—already a sanctioned commodity—gets further choked off, adding financial strain at the pump. From a conservative standpoint, it’s high time Maduro’s regime faces…
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with metastatic stage-four pancreatic cancer, candidly calling it “a death sentence.”“This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die,” Sasse wrote in a post on X. “Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do,” he continued. Sasse, who is just 53…
What should have been a busy return home after Christmas instead turned into an overnight ordeal for hundreds of travelers stuck inside John F. Kennedy International Airport as a powerful snowstorm barreled into New York City and the surrounding region. According to the New York Post, as snow piled up across the tri-state area Friday night, flight boards at JFK filled with red cancellation notices. The sudden wave of scrapped departures left exhausted passengers sitting on terminal floors, surrounded by suitcases, coats, and restless children while waiting for answers that never seemed to come. “I came to New York to…
A remote Pacific island nation better known to many Americans as a former backdrop for reality television is stepping into a global immigration spotlight. According to the New York Post, Palau, a country of roughly 18,000 people east of the Philippines, has agreed to accept up to 75 third-country deportees from the United States who do not have criminal records. In return, the U.S. government will provide a $7.5 million grant to support public services and infrastructure, officials announced on Christmas Eve. The agreement was revealed jointly by Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. and the U.S. Embassy in Koror. Under…
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In a bold move that’s sure to spark debate, the Trump administration is dispatching 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans just before the New Year, as the New York Post reports.This deployment, set to last through February, aims to support federal law enforcement in a city that’s seen its share of turmoil and triumph this year. Earlier this year, a tragic truck attack on Bourbon Street claimed 14 lives on New Year’s Day, when a U.S. Army veteran drove through a crowd displaying an Islamic State flag before being stopped by police. National Guard Steps in After Tragedy In response…
Hold onto your hats, folks—Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz just dropped a bombshell about the latest Jeffrey Epstein files, calling out what he sees as a cesspool of fake documents and baseless accusations, as Just the News reports.The Justice Department’s eighth release of Epstein-related records, a hefty stack of nearly 30,000 pages, has reignited controversy over the late convicted sex offender’s connections to powerful figures, with Dershowitz stepping in to challenge the credibility of some claims and the media’s rush to judgment. This all kicked off overnight when the Justice Department unveiled the massive trove of documents, part…
(The Center Square) – A coalition of 18 attorneys general called on the nonprofit group As You Sow to end activities that may violate antitrust and consumer protection laws.As You Sow, a nonprofit shareholder advocacy organization founded in 1992, seeks to “create large-scale systemic change by establishing sustainable and equitable corporate practices.” In a letter to As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar, the attorneys general said the nonprofit pressures companies to pursue net-zero emissions policies that are incompatible with the production of fossil fuels. “As You Sow demands artificial transformations of entire markets and sectors, inevitably impacting the output and…
(The Center Square) – Weeks after the federal government lowered the borrowing limit for student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, professionals and elected officials are sounding off on the impact.U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, said the proposed federal rules could affect the number of people who can enter the profession and hurt nursing students in her district. The rules will make it more difficult to attract nursing students at a time when that’s already a challenge, the California congresswoman told The Center Square in a phone interview Friday. “This is a real insult, because they are re-classifying [nurses] from…
(The Center Square) – A study by the financial organization SmartAsset places California as the second-most expensive state in the country for parents of young children.According to the study, Californians need to earn at least $97,656 a year to be able to afford a child and one stay-at-home parent, while working couples with children have to earn together at least $115,814 a year to pay for housing, transportation, child care and other essential expenses. “If you were to just isolate the cost of raising a child alone, we actually found that the cost of just raising one child is about…
The President’s new $12 billion bridge payment plan offers welcome short-term help for domestic farmers, but it also underscores how fragile the American agricultural economy has become – and how urgently we need reforms that outlast any single administration. For ranchers across America, President Donald Trump’s decision to launch an investigation into the “big four” meatpackers was a welcome first step; monopolization in the industry responsible for processing livestock has meant both lower prices for the business owners who raise these animals and paradoxically higher costs for end consumers at the grocery stores. It’s high time to hold these companies to account.Yet, potential price…
Viewed from the observation level of the Washington Monument, demolition work continues where the East Wing once stood at the White House in Washington, DC, on on Dec. 8, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPALM BEACH, Florida—The White House will unveil new details on President Donald Trump’s planned East Wing ballroom during a hearing early next month, according to a federal commission tasked with reviewing the project.The new ballroom, which Trump has said would cost $400 million and would dwarf the adjacent White House building, has been challenged in court by preservationists, while Democratic lawmakers have called it an abuse of power…
Investigators in Central Florida say a handwritten note discovered inside a Lakeland home is shedding light on the turmoil that preceded a deadly domestic shooting tied to alcohol, drugs, and a night of NFL viewing. According to the New York Post, authorities say Crystal Kenney was killed Monday night after an argument with her husband, Jason Kenney, erupted following hours of drinking. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported that the dispute escalated when Crystal asked Jason to turn off the football game he was watching — a matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts. Deputies responding to…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at the White House on Dec. 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Friday that she is expecting her second child, a girl, due in May.The 28-year-old press secretary to President Donald Trump made the news public in an Instagram post, posing with her baby bump beside a Christmas tree. Leavitt, who is the youngest person ever to serve as White House press secretary, expressed excitement.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help…
Screencap of Twitter/x video. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently appeared on CNN with Wolf Blitzer and said that it’s ‘sad’ that Latino Americans would join ICE. Her typically liberal comments match the sentiment of others on the left who can’t understand this either. A few weeks ago, liberal commentator Krystal Ball openly expressed the same ignorance. They simply cannot comprehend that an American who is Latino might actually believe in the rule of law and official immigration policy. FOX News reports: LA Mayor Bass laments historic Latino Border Patrol recruitment surge across southern border Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass…
The mother of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, whose body was found in Utah after she had been missing for months, pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that she murdered her.The mother, Ashlee Buzzard, entered the plea in a California courtroom Friday morning, according to CBS News. The 40-year-old is charged with first-degree murder after bullet cartridges found near her daughter’s body were linked to a used cartridge case found in her home, said Santa Barbara County’s Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown. Her trial has been scheduled to begin on Jan. 7, 2026. A school administrator reported the child’s prolonged absence on Oct. 14,…
With constant pressure from liberal activists, some states now dispatch mail-in ballots 45 to 60 days before Election Day and allow the counting of such absentee votes as many as three weeks afterward, creating an election trimester that causes vote tallies to wildly fluctuate days after polls close and increasingly erodes Americans’ trust.But conservatives are now fighting back, first with an executive order by President Donald Trump requiring all ballots to be counted on election night, followed by a challenge to Mississippi’s counting process that has not reached the U.S. Supreme Court and then the Ohio legislature’s vote to require…
An audit of the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office, which handles more than $385 billion in loan authority, found that the LPO failed to ensure all its employees had no conflicts of interest that would undermine the impartiality in the course of working on loans coming out of the office.The Office of Inspector General’s audit reviewed 40 employees of the office’s 219 full-time staff, and found that 20% of those reviewed had a potential conflict of interest or the appearance of a loss of impartiality in performing their duties. One senior-level employee did not disclose a prior position at a large…
Before President Trump authorized air strikes Thursday on ISIS camps in Nigeria that he called a “Christmas present” to the terror group, the U.S. had ramped up intelligence-gathering operations in Nigeria. On social media, Trump said on Christmas that “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” “I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would…
One of the most pressing issues facing Americans in the war against unaffordability is the lack of suitable, purchasable, affordable housing. President Donald Trump appears poised to ameliorate that crisis with a new policy that could spur 12 million new homes to be built, a top adviser says.”The President has the opportunity in front of him to create possibly the largest housing boom in US history. And I think he has the tools and the personality to accomplish [and] the plans to accomplish it,” Morris Davis, the recently departed Chief Housing Economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers,…
In the 10 months after President Donald Trump designated Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization, more than 260 of its leaders and members have been federally indicted.This month, five U.S. attorneys unsealed multiple indictments, including for terrorism, against more than 70 TdA members in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York and Texas, the DOJ announced. Trump designated TdA as an FTO for the first time in U.S. history in February and directed the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to eradicate it from the U.S. TdA, which means, “Train from Aragua,” referring to the Venezuelan state of…
Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who was indicted by a grand jury last month for allegedly stealing money from FEMA, published Thursday what appears to be an edited version of her House portrait minus a fancy ring.The indictment alleges Cherfilus-McCormick, her brother Edwin Cherfilus and several co-defendants stole $5 million from FEMA, laundered the proceeds, and used them to fund her 2021 congressional campaign. Court documents allege that part of the stolen funds were used to purchase the missing yellow diamond ring, after the indictment claimed she cashed a cashier’s check worth approximately $109,000 to buy a ring on…
Illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses in other states could face penalties if caught driving in Tennessee after Jan. 1.House Bill 749, signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee in April, creates a Class B misdemeanor charge for the offense, with penalties of up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $500. Nineteen U.S. states and Puerto Rico allow illegal aliens to obtain driving privileges, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tennessee’s new law required the Department of Safety to list which licenses would not be valid in the state. The department’s website lists only…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday that he plans to create a bravery award to honor and recognize the heroes who responded to the Bondi Beach terror attack earlier this month.A father and son duo allegedly opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney on Dec. 14, which killed 15 people and injured 25 others. The father was killed by police during the shooting and his 24-year-old son was critically injured. Albanese said he plans to establish a special honors system for the heroes and first responders who helped during the attack, such as Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian…
This past Tuesday, ten days after the December 13th shooting at Brown University, and on the same day that Brown placed its’ Police Chief Rodney Chatman on administrative leave, and the U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation into safety procedures at Brown, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley was interviewed on CNN, and was tossed softballs on the latest developments. Smiley appeared on CNN News Central and could have been hit with legitimate, tough, probing questions and follow-ups on the shootings, and security at Brown, the news on Chief Chatman, as well as Smiley’s own performance during the aftermath of the shooting. But Host…
Utah coach compiled seven top-25 finishes since 2014 despite program’s financial disadvantagesPublishedDecember 26, 2025 10:01 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 26, 2025 10:01 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThis year’s college football coaching carousel has been as wild as any in recent memory. Big name coaches were fired, or removed, from top tier programs. Penn State moved on from James Franklin. Virginia Tech had an opening. Auburn fired Hugh Freeze. The Florida Gators ended the Billy Napier era. The UCLA Bruins fired DeShaun Foster after a brutal year and a half in Los Angeles. LSU fired Brian Kelly after he under-delivered on the potential of the Tigers…
The number of mainstream news outlets who are doing investigative journalism on the ground in Minnesota to uncover the scale and scope of the Somali fraud rings are zero. However, one citizen journalist named Nick Shirley has put some extensive time into actually visiting the childcare centers at the heart of the scandal and his report is stunning. In this 40-minute video, Shirley takes the time to search govt databases for grants, then goes and visits the actual businesses. Shirley confronts the fraudsters directly and has likely just put a big target on his back. WATCH: [embedded content] Chapters: 00:00…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. California Governor Gavin Newsom really has the market cornered on cringe. He and his wife Jennifer, who he refers to as the first partner, recently created a video which they shared on social media, in which they celebrate the completely made up holiday of Kwanzaa. Newsom used his official Twitter/X account to say: “As families come together to light the kinara, Jen and I wish all those celebrating a joyful Kwanzaa. May the seven principles of Kwanzaa, in particular community, purpose, and unity, guide our way toward a better future. Happy Kwanzaa, California!” See below: As…
Many states have matched the federal policy of ‘No Tax on Tips’ in order to let service workers who rely on income from tips keep more of their money, but not New York. The amount of revenue that New York receives because of this is likely negligible, making it seem like Governor Kathy Hochul is doing this purely out of political spite. Imagine being one of these workers and knowing that you are being denied a benefit that people in other states are enjoying and being told that you are not going to get it just because of where you…
U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via ReutersA group of hundreds of Venezuelans, who were held in El Salvador’s maximum security mega-prison before being returned to their home country, on Friday urged the U.S. government to comply with a recent court order and offer them due process in…
Youtube Screenshot Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter, and Facebook, Youtube Under Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s leadership since 2021, Kosovo has embarked on one of the most aggressive military build-ups in its short history as a self-declared state. The Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) are being transformed from a lightly armed civil protection corps into a professional, NATO-interoperable army, backed by a defense budget that has ballooned to unprecedented levels. In 2025 alone, Kosovo committed to spending well over €1 billion (approximately $1.08 billion) on military modernization over the coming years — a roughly 60% increase compared with earlier periods. This massive investment includes:…
Ex-employees at the Rush Bar and Lounge, a gay bar that launched in Washington, D.C. earlier this month, are having a big tiff with their boss after they said he did not pay them. Workers told WUSA9 they have gone unpaid since mid-December. Owner Jackson Mosley said several employees got sacked, but, HELLO, as he put it, District law gives him 30 days to distribute final paychecks. But city officials are telling Mosley to talk to the hand because, as far as they’re concerned, what Mosely said is not true. Cake Pop certainly isn’t happy. Otherwise known as John Marsh,…
By CP StaffFriday, December 26, 2025Video released by U.S. Command shows missiles launched from a U.S. warship during strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria on Dec. 25, 2025. | Screengrab/X/@DeptofWarU.S. military forces conducted airstrikes against ISIS militants in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, marking a symbolically timed military action that President Donald Trump described as a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum.”Trump also accused ISIS militants in the country of “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” in a Thursday post on Truth Social.The strikes, which involved Tomahawk…
President Donald Trump ranted Friday about the Justice Department continuing to find more documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which they are obligated to release to the public after vetting.The social media post comes after the Justice Department reported that it found 1,000,000 documents related to its decades-long investigation, which it is still in the process of reviewing. Trump claimed that the public focus on Epstein and his victims is distracting from other critical duties that the department is supposed to be carrying out, including investigations into reports of election fraud. “DOJ is being forced to…
Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, was one of five people placed on a visa ban after the government accused him of censorship. Ironically, he is the epitome of a hateful person trying to decide what is hate speech and who to censor in the United States. One of his targets is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. These judges are infuriating. Ahmed, an NGO, is actively working to damage the First Amendment in the United States. He won’t reveal his donors. In a Christmas Day ruling, Judge Vernon S. Broderick, of the Federal District Court for the Southern…
First off, I hope everybody had a good Christmas, just wanted to say that as I start to shake off holiday mode as New Year’s approaches. But while I do that and while we’re still in the holidays, let me talk about something that quite frankly irks me. So, while I was scrolling down my timeline earlier today on Twitter, I happened to see a sports team put up a post celebrating Kwanzaa. And then I saw two, then three, four, five, six, oh yeah, the Kwanzaa celebration was real Friday. (RELATED: Brawl Breaks Out At End Of Bush’s Boca…
An angry Somali woman ‘working’ at a daycare – with no children inside – slammed the door as journalist Nick Shirley asked some simple questions about the so-called children’s center. Minnesota Childcare Center claims it takes care of 102 children, however, the facility is empty. “We’re just wondering where the children are,” David, a man who has been investigating the Somali fraud for years, asked. “It says you have 102 children here, and you got $2.66 million this year in funding. And $2.5 million last year. We’re just wondering where the kids are.” “And who are you?” the Somali asked.…
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Kennedy Center President Ric Grenell warned musician Chuck Redd on Friday that he would be seeking $1 million in damages after the venue had to cancel its Christmas Eve jazz concert at the last minute because the host pulled out.Redd, who was scheduled to be the host of the annual concert, said he was canceling his appearance on Wednesday because the board decided to rename the landmark as “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Grenell blasted Redd for his “partisan political” move in a letter, claiming it was “classic intolerance [that…
A former Broadway child star was fatally stabbed at her home in New Jersey over the weekend, CBS News reported Friday, citing the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Imani Smith, who was just 26-years-old, was found with multiple stab wounds in her Edison, New Jersey home on Sunday. She was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital and is survived by her parents and three-year-old son. The former Broadway actress is known for playing Young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway from 2011 through 2012. She has been described by former cast mates as having a “great voice,” and bringing energy…
IRGC Iranian fighters seize cargo ship – photo social media X. Danger in the seven seas. Navigation around the world is suffering the consequences of widespread geopolitical tensions. We have Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey in the Black Sea, the Houthis in the Red Sea, the US and Venezuela in the Caribbean, Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden… and, of course, the Iranians in the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday (24), Iran’s Revolutionary Guard naval forces seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian authorities said the vessel was smuggling fuel. Euronews reported: “Authorities detained 16 foreign…
Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett contradicted herself Friday on House Speaker Mike Johnson, praising him for lasting longer than she expected while simultaneously insisting his downfall as speaker is close at hand. Appearing on “All In With Chris Hayes,” host Chris Hayes referenced Republican redistricting efforts tied to Johnson and President Donald Trump. He asked how quickly internal strain could surface once lawmakers return to Washington. Crockett pivoted to what she called deeper problems facing House Republicans.“I think it’s looking really bad for him. But, listen, I didn’t expect him to last this long, so kudos to him. He’s lasted…
Georgia Tech is really leaning into the Pop-Tarts Bowl funPublishedDecember 26, 2025 8:32 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 26, 2025 8:32 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkWhile it’s far from the Granddaddy of Them All — I mean, it’s not even like the Great Uncle Thrice Removed of Them All — the Pop-Tarts Bowl has become appointment viewing every bowl season.There’s just nothing quite like watching a representative from the Big 12 clash with another from the ACC for the honor — no, the privilege of eating what was once a living, breathing Pop-Tart mascot.This year’s edition pits BYU against Georgia Tech. Of course, the Yellow…
Newly-released body cam footage of Metro Nashville (MNPD) officer Samuel Johnson pulling over a Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicle and the ensuing confrontation has been made public. The video from October 6th, which was released on December 19th, shows Johnson commanding a black SUV to pull over through his external PA system several times as it was reportedly going 85mph in a construction zone posted at 55mph. When the SUV finally pulls over, Johnson is aggressively met by a man in plain clothes claiming to be a Tennessee Highway Patrolman. The patrolman tells the officer, “I got the Tennessee House Speaker…
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed former chief of emergency medical services Lillian Bonsignore to serve in his incoming administration as commissioner of the New York City Fire Department. She will be the second woman and the first openly gay Fire Commissioner in New York City’s history. During a news conference on Tuesday, announcing the appointment, Mamdani described Bonsignore as “a leader who cares about their work because she did it herself.” However, Bonsignore has never served as a firefighter. After more than 30 years as an emergency medical technician (EMT), Bonsignore retired from the FDNY as Chief of…