EU exports of pork products to China peaked in 2020 when Beijing turned to imports to meet domestic demand after its pig farms were devastated by a swine disease.(AP) — China will impose tariffs of up to 19.8% on pork imports from the European Union, a drastic drop from preliminary tariffs of…

Rob Reiner’s final public hours unfolded amid a cloud of quiet concern and visible tension before the filmmaker and his wife, Michele Singer, were allegedly murdered. Reiner and Singer attended Conan O’Brien’s holiday party Dec. 13 and were accompanied by their son, Nick Reiner, the Rolling Stone reported Monday.They asked…

AL-NAYRAB, Syria (AFP) — Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who put his life on the line by wresting a gun from an attacker in Australia’s deadly mass shooting, has become a source of pride for his hometown in Syria.“His act is a source of pride for us and for…

Militants falsely claim the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing the officer and a passerby before fleeing, police said.No polio worker was harmed in…

View of the architecture of Boston in Massachusetts, USA showcasing the Boston Harbor with its famous Tea Party Museum and a replica of the infame ship with the Tea Taxation without Representation. On December 16, 1773, hundreds of men dressed as Mohawk Indians and made their way to Boston Harbor.…

Last time it was Steve Bannon who held multiple interviews with Michael Wolff for his book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.  This time it is White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles who sat down for a series of recorded ‘on the record’ interviews with Vanity Fair…

Professional BMX rider Cory Nastazio goes to the tanning salon in Riverside, California on April 10, 2002. Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty ImagesUsing tanning beds is linked to a nearly threefold jump in the risk of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, according to a Dec. 12 peer-reviewed study published…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 8, 2025. Heather Diehl/Getty ImagesTwo new conditions are now recommended for newborn screening, officials said on Dec. 16.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approved adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Metachromatic leukodystrophy, or DMD and MLD, to the list of…

This story was originally published by Real Clear Wire. By Samuel Abrams , Joel Kotkin Even as many scholars and pundits deny the differences between the sexes and vastly expand the concept of gender, society is increasingly dividing along these clear and simple lines. Mountains of data and broad-based studies…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that an increase in Americans’ tax refunds would enable the United States to “go back to the kind…

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles made shocking statements about President Donald Trump and his cabinet during an extensive interview with Vanity Fair. The outlet published a two-piece profile on Wiles and the inside of the Trump White House on Tuesday. She was the primary subject, though other Trump administration…

The rebels’ latest offensive comes despite a U.S.-mediated peace agreement signed earlier this month by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in Washington.DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said Tuesday they will withdraw from Uvira, the strategic city in eastern Congo seized last week, as fighting in the region escalated despite a U.S.-mediated peace…

MANCHESTER, England (CN) — Resident doctors in England will strike for five days starting Wednesday, just days before Christmas, as hospitals report the highest flu admissions for this point in winter since records began.The walkout comes after union members voted to reject a new government offer, even as officials warn…

As Republicans seek to maintain control of Congress in 2026, several key races are poised to play a decisive role in determining whether the party can hold its majorities — and whether alignment with Trump is still enough to motivate GOP voters in midterm elections. In Kentucky, Trump will test…

Last Friday, it looked like Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko had offered Nicolas Maduro a sotto voce hint straight out of The Amityville Horror – “Get out.” Yesterday, the Belarus dictator dispensed with what little subtlety he had previously employed. Advertisement Lukashenko had previously told the Venezuelan ambassador that the…

BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, proudly showing off the “coral babies” growing on metal structures that look like large spiders. The conservationist enthusiastically points…

War Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving forward with a massive shakeup of military leadership, restructuring top commands and moving the U.S. focus away from Europe and the Middle East, according to a report out Monday. Five sources with knowledge of the matter told The Washington Post the Pentagon is set…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Democrats hold a press conference on Dec. 16 at 12:15 p.m. ET. …

If anyone is still in line to take these deadly Operation Warp Speed shots, have they not heard anything that warns them about their dangers?  Have they not read of the plethora of people who took them only to die or be injured from said shots?  In any case, the…

Daily Caller editorial director Vince Coglianese said on “VINCE” Tuesday that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was being disingenuous when she said Democrats should not prioritize impeaching President Donald Trump. Pelosi suggested that Trump has not yet committed any acts worthy of impeachment during his second term in a Monday episode of…

Dallas Fort Worth TSA Agent Adrian Smith shared his excitement about the bonus and then broke out in the signature Trump dance./@DHS/X While the government was shut down by Chuck Schumer-led Democrats, depriving their fellow Americans of pay, some workers continued to come to work each day to keep our…

Protesters outside the U.S. Supreme Court building as justices hear arguments over banning transgender-related procedures for minors on Dec. 4, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesChristy Davidson lives in the “middle of nowhere” in the isolated mountains of Arizona with her husband and three boys.​So when her son, now 16, informed…

Footage from his dashboard showed terrified people trying to scramble to safety before being knocked aside, tossed in the air or slipping under his bumper.LONDON (AP) — A driver who injured more than 130 people when he plowed his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League…

This Muslim Christmas market terrorist plot should not be confused with the previous French Christmas market terror alert that led to the shutdown of the New Year’s Eve celebration or the 5 Muslims busted in the German Christmas market terror plot. This one took place in Poland. But they’re all…

Hardin County, Kentucky, just got screwed over by former President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle (EV) scam. Ford announced Monday that it was repurposing a battery manufacturing plant in Glendale, Kentucky, originally used for electric vehicles. Now, it will produce batteries for data centers and large utilities, amid America’s AI mania.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defended the president’s aggressive second administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday in Vanity Fair.Wiles told the magazine in a wide-ranging, revealing…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said there is currently no justification to pursue a third impeachment of President Donald Trump, even if Democrats were to regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections, as reported by Fox News. Pelosi made the remarks during an interview…

President Donald Trump’s response to the stabbing death of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele has one of his typically stalwart allies aghast.Reiner and his wife were found dead in their home on Sunday evening in an apparent double homicide. Reiner’s son Nick has been arrested in connection…

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that there won’t be a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies, which expire at the end of the month.During the weekly GOP press conference, Johnson said that many centrist members in swing districts were pushing for a subsidies vote, and leadership “looked for a way…

The House Judiciary Committee is probing insurance companies over Obamacare fraud, asking eight of them for information.The committee sent letters to Blue Shield of California, Centene Corporation, CVS Health, Elevance Health, GuideWell, Health Care Service Corporation, Kaiser Permanente, and Oscar Health, Inc., requesting documents as the panel examines Obamacare subsidies…

Fox News media reporters Brian Flood and Joseph Wulfsohn reported President Donald Trump filed a “monster $10 billion lawsuit” on Monday against the taxpayer-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for its 2024 “Panorama” documentary that blatantly distorted his comments on January 6, 2021 – merging together comments that were made nearly…

Arch Manning was outstanding down the stretch after a slow start to the seasonPublishedDecember 16, 2025 11:00 AM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 10:49 AM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkArch Manning reportedly still has some college ball left in him.The Texas Longhorns QB started the year slowly before exploding down the stretch and justifying much…

The relationship between the 2018 World Cup winner and the reigning European champion turned bitter when Mbappé decided in 2023 not to extend his contract.(AP) — A Paris labor court ruled that Paris Saint-Germain must pay more than 60 million euros ($70 million) to Kylian Mbappé in a dispute over unpaid wages…

According to emails obtained by Fox News, the FBI did not believe it had probable cause to raid Mar-a-Lago in 2022 but descended on Trump’s Florida estate amid pressure from Biden’s corrupt Justice Department. Biden’s FBI raided Mar-a-Lago in 2022 and seized boxes of records from Trump’s Florida estate. More…

“staff were told at a meeting late Monday morning the university’s bank account is empty” The post Martin University Terminates Entire Staff Due to Financial Crisis first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

A Missouri woman on Thursday receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds complained about only being able to buy “real food” with the program, according to St. Louis TV station KMOV. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday the approval of a waiver request from Missouri and five other states…

Operation Rescue’s 2025 survey of every abortion clinic in America revealed 54 clinics that have closed or halted abortions — the highest number of closures since 2022, when Operation Rescue verified 88 closures following the fall of Roe. Of those 54 closures, 36 were Planned Parenthood abortion facilities. However, Planned Parenthood…

(Headline USA) An on-duty Customs and Border Protection officer fired his weapon several times on a freeway leading to New York’s main airport after he said another driver attacked him over a minor traffic crash, Port Authority police said. It wasn’t clear if any of the shots hit the other driver,…

Tourists planning to visit the Colosseum and other sites in Rome’s historic center will be able to bypass the eternal city’s notoriously snarled surface traffic.ROME (AP) — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts…

With 54 clinics that closed or halted abortions and the historic first-time federal defunding of Planned Parenthood, 2025 has proven to be a record year in losses for the abortion industry. That means crucial ground gained for the preborn.Operation Rescue recently completed its meticulous nationwide survey of every abortion clinic…

A doctor and mother of two was found dead inside the freezer of a Miami, Florida, Dollar Tree store. The woman, identified as 32-year-old Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, was discovered in the Little Havana location when the store opened at 8am on Sunday, according to the Miami Police Department’s statement…

The Australian government’s first response to the Muslim terrorist massacre of Jews at a Chanukah party is to refuse to mention “Islam”, “Muslim”, “Koran” or any such matters, but to immediately promise to pass new gun control laws. The gun control laws have yet to be laid out, but those…

Diego Barron-Esquivel/Image: DHS A criminal, illegal migrant from Mexico, Diego Barron-Esquivel, violently assaulted an ICE agent in Kansas earlier this year. Barron-Esquivel has now been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, the maximum penalty allowed under the statute. During the violent attack, Barron-Esquivel choked out the agent. Per the…

The Spencer brothers are a problem.PublishedDecember 16, 2025 11:40 AM EST•UpdatedDecember 16, 2025 11:14 AM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkCam Spencer is a name that college basketball fans are all too familiar with, having witnessed him help lead UConn to a national title in 2024. He was very much that “annoying white guy…

Vice President JD Vance delivers economic remarks in Alburtis, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 16 at 10:45 a.m. ET. …

Everything about the Brown University shooting doesn’t make sense through the ordinary prism. However, if political ramifications in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s targeted assassination are overlaid against the Brown University murders, then a certain context might reconcile some of the issues. {GO DEEP}  Was Ella Cook targeted in a…

Maryland had a targeted $8.5 billion incentive package to allegedly attract Amazon’s new headquarters to Montgomery County. The package included a $6.5 billion subsidy and $2 billion for infrastructure spending. There are concerns about these targeted tax incentives [corporate welfare] and the impact on the state’s economy. Maryland spread the…

An unhinged liberal woman from Orland, California, filmed herself berating an elderly Target worker for wearing a Charlie Kirk “Freedom” shirt and posted it to TikTok. According to her Facebook profile, the woman, Michelea Ponce, works as a nurse at Enloe Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in nearby Chico,…

Many Americans are embracing artificial Christmas trees this holiday season despite them potentially being priced higher due to tariffs, the Associated Press (AP) reported Tuesday. Prices for fake Christmas trees increased an estimated 10% to 15% in 2025 due to new tariffs, the AP reported, citing recent data from the…

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Trinidad and Tobago will allow the US military to use its airports in the coming weeks, according to a statement from the Caribbean island nation’s Foreign Ministry, as the US continues ramping up military activity near Venezuela. Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Ministry cited recent military cooperation with…