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Two members of the Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees have resigned their posts amid disagreements about the organization’s future and ongoing fallout over a video from Heritage President Kevin Roberts defending Tucker Carlson.Trustees Shane McCullar and Abby Spencer Moffat tendered their resignations in separate letters. Though they did not mention Roberts or Carlson, McCullar referenced antisemitism while Moffat condemned “lapses in judgment” from leadership. “Heritage’s handling of recent challenges reveals a drift from the principles that once defined its leadership. When an institution hesitates to confront harmful ideas and allows lapses in judgment to stand, it forfeits the moral authority…

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MIT professor Nuno Loureiro died on Tuesday after he was shot at home in Brookline, Mass. on Monday night, according to the university.Loureiro, 47, was a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, CBS News reported. Police officers responded to a call about gunshots at an apartment on Gibbs Street at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, a Brookline police spokesperson said. “A victim was located who had been shot multiple times,” Brookline police deputy superintendent Paul Campbell told WBZ-TV. Loureiro was taken to a Boston hospital by ambulance, where he died…

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he would give an unexpected national address from the White House on Wednesday evening at 9 p.m.”My Fellow Americans: I will be giving an ADDRESS TO THE NATION tomorrow night, LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, at 9 P.M. EST. I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” he posted on Truth Social. He gave no indication of the topic of his planned remarks. The speech comes as his approval rating appears to be on the upswing in multiple…

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A House Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the Southern Poverty Law Center includes witnesses from Turning Point USA, the Family Research Council, and The Daily Signal.The hearing, held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, begins at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday and is titled, “Partisan and Profitable: The SPLC’s Influence on Federal Civil Rights Policy.” It will examine how the SPLC coordinated with the Biden administration in the alleged targeting of Christian and conservative Americans to infringe on their constitutional rights to free speech and free association, in addition to the center’s history, funding, and…

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U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Monday that Washington had pledged to protect Ukraine against further Russian attack.  The goal is to ease the path to Kyiv’s signing on to a truce. The question of territory and Russia’s willingness to agree to a deal without ceding territory is far from resolution. It isn’t meant to be a final deal. It’s only meant to bring them closer together. “Things are seemingly going well, but we’ve been saying that for a long time, and it’s a difficult one,” President Donald Trump said Monday in the Oval Office after a conversation with Zelensky and…

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(CN) — A Russian father won asylum in Finland after fleeing the war and political repression back home, but Europe’s top human rights court said Tuesday that protection alone does not stop his two children from being sent back to Russia under international child abduction rules.What tipped the balance was not agreement with one parent over the other, but how the decision was made.The European Court of Human Rights said Finland’s courts approached the case with the care required in cross-border child abduction disputes, balancing the competing interests at stake under the Hague Convention rather than defaulting to an automatic…

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As the investigation continues into Saturday’s shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that killed two students and injured nine others, reports are emerging that the gunman shouted the Islamic phrase “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire. Investigative journalist Laura Loomer was among the first to report the allegation, and said Tuesday: “The Brown Univeristy shooter is a Muslim and police and local officials in Rhode Island have been given strict orders to not say what the shooter shouted. The shooter shouted ALLAHU AKBAR before he opened fire. “Police and local Democrat officials in Rhode Island are worried about ‘anti-Muslim’ backlash.…

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Credit: Gage Skidmore The Trump Administration has fired back at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after she made a disturbing claim about her son being targeted by immigration enforcement recently. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Omar alleged on Sunday during an interview with a local news outlet that ICE agents pulled her son over and demanded that he produce documentation to prove that he was a U.S. citizen. Once he produced his passport identification, they let him go. “Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by ICE agents, and once he was able to produce…

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For 40% of women, abortion grief can last for decades, according to a new peer-reviewed study examining a random, nationally representative sample of women 41 to 45 years of age. The study compared women with a history of abortion to those with a history of miscarriage and other natural losses.  Symptoms of prolonged grief disorder were common among both groups, but especially for women whose abortions were unwanted or coerced. These findings point to a largely ignored mental burden on millions of women across the country. Researchers analyzed responses from 1,925 women drawn from a topic-blind national panel. Among them,…

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EU’s Tech Regulation: Privacy For The Powerful, Surveillance For The Rest Protecting kids is a weak pretext for total digital surveillance. What’s worse, the EU’s monitoring exempted its own politicians from scrutiny. Their privacy matters, but not yours. Elen Irazabal Arana, Nikolai G. Wenzel  | The Daily Economy Last month, we lamented California’s Frontier AI Act of 2025. The Act favors compliance over risk management, while shielding bureaucrats and lawmakers from responsibility. Mostly, it imposes top-down regulatory norms, instead of letting civil society and industry experts experiment and develop ethical standards from the bottom up. Perhaps we could dismiss the Act as…

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Police arrested a nude suspect after he crawled into their lot and took a cruiser for a joyride.PublishedDecember 16, 2025 2:50 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 2:06 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThe disrespect shown towards law enforcement is out of hand. It’s understandable if you have an unexpected run-in with the law and, for whatever reason, you’re not wearing any clothes. Life gets away from you sometimes.Most people can sympathize with that. It’s not like you woke up that day looking for trouble. A couple of breaks your way throughout the day, and you don’t end up at the wrong nude beach getting…

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Vice President JD Vance was questioned about White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles calling Vance a conspiracy theorist. Vance embraces the conspiracy label, defines how accurate it is, then delivers a strong set of remarks in defense of Susie Wiles.  WATCH:  [embedded content] The overall remarks themselves are not terribly toxic to the White House, but the question of why a chief of staff would sit down for eleven interviews over 11 months with Vanity Fair remains rather curious. What exactly did Susie Wiles expect was going to happen with all those recorded interviews?

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The Sword of Damocles hanging over auto manufacturing and sales in the European Union was officially lifted only a few minutes ago.Official: EU scraps 2035 new ICE car sales ban Advertisement It’s kind of interesting how – let mix my metaphors here now – the Brussels Brahmins split the baby to supposedly appease the industry, which catches serious grief here for their ‘heavy lobbying,’ while bowing to the brutal reality check of what the ban was going to do to the collective European economy. That is not emphasized as much. In fact, it’s not even discussed, as no one likes…

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Image: Video screenshot/Piers Morgan-Roland Martin’s (lower right) reaction speaks for itself. Former Democrat and celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels stunned New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali after he tried to smear her as a “white nationalist.” During an episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Ali attacked Michaels for expressing valid concerns about Islamic extremism. Ali suggested her views are outdated, and then he doubled down, calling Michaels a white nationalist. Ali stated, “Ahmad Al-Ahmad is a 43-year-old Muslim fruit vendor who, unarmed, decided to bumrush one of the terrorists, disarmed him, took the gun while he was being shot at. He…

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Tuesday’s belated November jobs report shows the small-business economy is still struggling to shake off the hangover from the Biden administration’s affordability crisis. The data shows 64,000 jobs were created last month, with the unemployment rate ticking up to 4.6% However, the onset of numerous pro-growth policies, including lower interest rates, low inflation, deregulation, falling gas prices, and tax cuts will give America’s small business job creation engine the fuel it needs to improve hiring in 2026.The current labor market picture shows Republicans must double down on these pro-small-business policies. That starts with passing House healthcare reform legislation this week to expand association…

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CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump may hurt Democrats politically if he reclassifies marijuana. Trump told reporters on Monday that he is considering reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug, which has a “moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependance.” The reclassification would specifically help Trump politically, particularly among those between 18 and 34 years of age, Enten said on “CNN News Central.”“If this is a political move, is it clear that the president would see a benefit potentially with any one particular group? Yeah, this is…

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A heated altercation among Mexican lawmakers erupted on the Congress floor in Mexico City on Monday, escalating into a physical scuffle that was captured in a viral video. The footage shows female lawmakers from opposing parties vying for space at the podium with their verbal sparring quickly devolving into a bout of pushing and hair-pulling. (RELATED: Rest In Peace To All The Innocent Pastries That Got Wasted During Insane Brawl That Popped Off At Grocery Store)The incident occurred during debates over proposed reforms to the transparency oversight agency in Mexico City, where tensions between the right-wing National Action Party (PAN)…

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Shipping containers at the port of Mombasa, Kenya, on July 30, 2025. Laban Walloga/ReutersU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Tuesday that the United States has collected more than $200 billion in tariff revenue so far this year, which it said sets a record.In a news release, the agency said that more than 40 executive orders signed by President Donald Trump after he took office in January have led to the heightened tariff collection. Between Jan. 20, when Trump took over, and Dec. 15, more than $200 billion has been collected, it said.We had a problem loading this article. Please…

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In DirecTV’s initial complaint, the satellite company claims Nexstar and other TV station distributors colluded to drive up fees.MANHATTAN (CN) — DirecTV on Tuesday won its bid to revive a 2023 antitrust lawsuit against Nexstar and two other TV station distributors, which DirecTV claims unlawfully conspired to raise fees to air their programming.Reversing a lower court’s dismissal of the case, the Second Circuit wrote in a 39-page ruling that DirecTV indeed “has standing to proceed on its federal antitrust claims.”“Additionally, we conclude that DirecTV is an efficient enforcer of the antitrust laws,” U.S. Circuit Judge Steven Menashi, a Donald Trump…

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The Trump administration’s strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug vessels will be a failure if they do not ultimately result in toppling socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested to reporters Tuesday. President Donald Trump has kept objectives in Venezuela unclear for months as the administration rapidly builds up forces in the Caribbean. Graham is urging the Trump administration to clarify its end game regarding Venezuela, which he argued must result in regime change. (RELATED: US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast, President Trump Confirms)“We’ve got 15% of the Navy pointed at this guy. If he’s still…

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PublishedDecember 16, 2025 2:30 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 2:30 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkIf you thought the parking ticket you got for having a fraction of your front bumper in a “No Parking” zone was the most ridiculous fine ever levied, one 86-year-old fella from the United Kingdom would like a word.He got slapped with a more than $300 fine for littering after he spat out a leaf that landed in his mouth.Earlier this year, Roy Marsh was in Skegness, Lincolnshire, minding his own business when a leaf flew into his mouth.”As I was sitting there, a gale blew a big reed…

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A self-driving Waymo vehicle awaits passengers in Los Angeles on July 1, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesSAN FRANCISCO—A video of three Waymo autonomous vehicles (AVs) having a “standoff” on a street in San Francisco has gone viral on social media. An artificial intelligence (AI) expert said this incident exposes a weakness in AVs.In the video clip, which was posted on TikTok on Dec. 6, one Waymo driverless car is facing uphill in a neighborhood and has slightly collided with another Waymo car that was apparently pulling out of a driveway. The cars have both stopped in the street and are…

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The Malaysian purple-femur tarantula inhabits easily recognizable silk-sealed burrows in a hilly area of Malaysia that covers around 10 square miles, making it an easy target for poachers.WASHINGTON (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the federal government Tuesday in hopes of protecting a Malaysian tarantula from the illegal exotic pet trade industry.The center hopes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will list the Malaysian purple-femur tarantula as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, which would require the government to regulate, monitor and report international trade in the species.“It’s unacceptable that international pet demand is robbing Malaysia of irreplaceable…

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Savannah, Georgia Mayor Van Johnson. Credit:United Nations Global Compact YouTube screenshot The mayor of Savannah, Georgia does not want to concern himself with a terrifying crime that happened on his watch and was sure to let a constituent know in no uncertain terms. As The Gateway Pundit reported last week, a white Georgia woman named Ashley Wasielewski sustained horrifying burns to her face, neck, and scalp after a black man emerged from the bushes at a Forsyth park in Savannah and dumped acid on her. The suspect, who is still at large, approached the victim from behind and poured the…

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President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on Dec. 13, 2025. Tom Brenner/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 16 that he will address the nation from the White House.His remarks are scheduled for 9 p.m. EST on Dec. 17 and will broadcast live on the White House’s social media channels, among other locations.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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Ford is ditching its fully electric pickup trucks and adding gas generators to its EVs, giving former President Joe Biden’s failed green energy buildout yet another kick in the scrotum. On Monday, Ford announced it had ended its production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. Ford is now introducing an “extended range electric vehicle” variant of the F-150 Lightning, which features a gasoline-powered generator capable of extending the truck’s battery range by 700 miles, according to a report. The release date for the new vehicle remains unknown.“Rather than spending billions more on large EVs that now have no path to profitability,…

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Riley Green and Hannah McFarland teamed up for an awesome performance.PublishedDecember 16, 2025 2:10 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 1:12 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkRiley Green and Hannah McFarland have the internet buzzing after an outstanding performance.As OutKick readers know, Green is one of the most successful acts in all of country music. The “Jesus Saves” singer is wildly talented and has built a massive following over the years.There’s no question that he’s a top three act in the genre at the moment. While McFarland certainly doesn’t have that kind of pull, she’s certainly also building her career.It’s also clear the two can…

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on Tuesday added Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy disorders to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel.Kennedy approved their addition to newborn screenings after scientific review and public comment, according to HHS. Detecting both conditions early lets children receive therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration at the most effective time, which helps slow disease progression and preserve their quality of life. “Early screening gives every child a fair chance at timely, effective care, and it delivers families the answers and treatment options they deserve—right when they need them most,” Kennedy…

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Despite a loss of 168,000 federal government jobs, November’s unemployment situation was “little changed,” the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Tuesday. Due to the federal government shutdown, which lasted all of October and nearly half of November, BLS did not publish a report for October. As a result, much of Tuesday’s report compares November to September – preventing analysts and Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell from placing much weight in the partial results. The November BLS report makes frequent use of the phrase “little changed” (emphasis added): “Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in November (+64,000) and has…

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An MIT professor was fatally shot in his Brookline, Massachusetts, home on Monday night. 47-year-old Nuno Loureiro, a nuclear science and engineering professor, was shot multiple times, according to police. Loureiro was transported to a Boston hospital and died Tuesday morning. CBS News reported: MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts Monday night, the school confirmed. Loureiro, a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, was 47 years old. A Brookline police spokesperson said officers responded to a call for gunshots at an apartment on Gibbs Street at about 8:30 p.m. “A…

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Public employers can dismiss their employees for “disruptive” speech. And what is “disruptive” depends partly on how many people react negatively to the speech, and how severe their reaction is. On most college campuses, saying something negative about Charlie Kirk — the assassinated conservative activist — doesn’t enrage that many people. Not even celebrating his death does. So there isn’t a significant enough potential “disruption” to justify firing employees who disparage Charlie Kirk. But if you are at the University of Mississippi, in a conservative state, saying bad things about Kirk’s murder might enrage so many people who like Charlie…

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Vice President JD Vance delivers economic remarks in Alburtis, Penn., on Dec. 16. The White House /Screenshot via The Epoch TimesVice President JD Vance highlighted steps the Trump administration is taking to improve the economy and lower Americans’ cost of living, during a speech to a crowd of supporters in Alburtis, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 16.“We’ve already seen great benefits for the American people, but we’ve got a lot of rebuilding to do over the next three years,” Vance said.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our…

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Rep. Mike Lawler, a moderate New York Republican who backs extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies, unloaded on both Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday for failing to find a solution as the subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year. Lawler is among a small group of Republican House members pushing for a vote on a two-year extension as an amendment to the GOP’s healthcare package this week. After Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday that there would be no vote on an extension, Lawler denounced the decision as “political malpractice.”“I am pissed for the American people. This is absolute…

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A woman’s rim-top dance goes wrong fast when the hoop gives out mid-twerk.PublishedDecember 16, 2025 1:50 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 1:08 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkA well-timed twerking celebration can work in your favor. There are other successful deployments of the dance routine, such as when the Taiwanese cheerleaders used it as a technique to distract free throw shooters.But twerking isn’t for every occasion. Certain jobs frown upon it, and it’s not recommended when climbing on a basketball goal out in the wild. Hell, dunking on a goal out in the wild can go sideways sometimes.Basketball goals aren’t built for twerking on…

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Parents said the video platforms misrepresented the effectiveness of their content reporting tools, leading to harmful results for their children and others.SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a class action brought by parents who accused YouTube and TikTok of misrepresenting their reporting tools for harmful content.Joann Bogard, the mother of 15-year-old Mason Bogard, who died playing the “blackout challenge” — a trend on YouTube and TikTok where kids choke themselves until they pass out — and other parents filed a class action against the platforms in 2023, challenging their content reporting features which they claimed are “incapable”…

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At least 16 people were killed Sunday in a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia, according to reports.  The dead include a child, PBS claims. A father and son pair are suspected of committing the massacre: Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24. Naveed Akram “was a follower of notorious Sydney jihadist preacher Wisam Haddad,” the ABC alleges, citing counterterrorism officials. Now, Australia, a nation with some of the world’s strictest gun laws, is considering making them even more stringent. If they want to stop another massacre in its tracks, there’s another, very obvious, much…

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President Donald Trump’s reductions have dramatically shrunk the federal workforce to the smallest level in more than a decade, according to economic data. Total federal government employment fell by 6,000 in November, following a drop of 162,000 federal government jobs in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Tuesday. There were just 2,744,000 federal workers employed in November, marking the lowest reported number since December 2014, in the middle of former President Barack Obama‘s second term, according to Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED). (RELATED: Kamala Harris Floats ‘Honest’ Reality Check Of Trump Economy, Seemingly Forgetting Biden Admin’s Affordability Crisis)The sharp decline…

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A female doctor was found dead in a Dollar Tree freezer in Miami this week. 32-year-old Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez was found deceased and naked inside the store’s walk-in freezer in Little Havana on Sunday. Sanchez reportedly entered the Dollar Tree the night before she was found. She made no purchases and was found in an area designated for employees only. Authorities say no foul play is suspected. “Originally from Nicaragua, Dr. Garay dedicated her life to medicine, earning recognition as a Anesthesiologist specializing in congenital heart disease whose work brought hope and healing to countless children and families. Her compassion,…

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A three-judge panel heard the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and California Republican Party’s witnesses on Monday, accusing the state’s new congressional maps of being drawn based on race. Just a day after voters approved Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandered maps, known as Proposition 50, the state’s GOP filed a lawsuit against Newsom, Secretary of State Shirley Weber and others tied to the map. Following the initial filing, the DOJ joined the case, bringing it before U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton, U.S. Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee and U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu to…

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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Ariz., on Sept. 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesThe United States designated Colombia’s paramilitary group Clan del Golfo, a multibillion-dollar transnational criminal cartel, as a foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist on Tuesday.The violent and powerful criminal organization has thousands of members.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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A gas stop in Kerrville, Texas, on July 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThis year, Americans may find their best Christmas present at the gas pump instead of under the tree.GasBuddy, a platform that provides real-time gas price information, indicated the national average for gas prices on Christmas Day could drop to $2.79 per gallon—well below last year’s $3.00 and the lowest cost since 2020.  In a Dec. 16 report, GasBuddy notes this drop in fuel prices will save drivers a total of half a billion dollars during Christmas week, compared with 2024.We had a problem loading this article. Please…

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President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has set in motion one of the most far-reaching overhauls of U.S. tax and social policy in years, with provisions taking effect on staggered timelines that stretch well into the next decade.Some measures apply immediately or retroactively to income earned this year, while others—particularly changes to health care, federal assistance programs, and student loans—are delayed to allow agencies and states time to adapt administrative systems and implement the new rules.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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Speculation has followed Arch Manning since the moment he stepped onto campus in Austin, but for now, the Texas Longhorns quarterback appears content to stay right where he is. According to Fox News, after months of draft chatter and mounting expectations, multiple reports indicate Manning has decided to remain at Texas through the 2026 season rather than declaring early for the NFL.  The decision was quietly confirmed by his father, Cooper Manning, in a brief message shared with ESPN. “Arch is playing football at Texas next year,” Manning wrote. The update settles a question that has hovered over the program…

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said only certain congressional committees would be able to see unedited video of the Sept. 2 strike in which the military reportedly killed survivors of an initial attack on a purported drug boat.WASHINGTON (CN) — The Pentagon will not release unedited video of the reported “double-tap” strike against a boat the military believed to be smuggling drugs and will limit congressional access to the clip, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers during a closed-door briefing Tuesday morning.Democrats and even some Republicans have said in recent weeks that the Defense Department should allow them to view unaltered…

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You do not see that on the golf course everyday.PublishedDecember 16, 2025 1:30 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 1:07 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkRoyal Liverpool Golf Club is a historic venue that has hosted The Open on 13 separate occasions, most recently in 2023. Over the weekend, the England club became that much more historic, not because of anything to do with golf, but because a live bomb suspected to be from World War II was discovered on the property.Staffers were carrying out routine drainage work on the golf course when they came across an unexplored artillery shell. Thankfully, these staffers were paying…

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