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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Department of Education has so far denied requests from more than 300,000 existing student loan recipients seeking new repayment terms, according to documents filed in a federal court earlier this month.The Dec. 15 status report…
Preliminary reports of the atmospheric river that hit California between Dec. 20 and Dec. 26, 2025. (National Weather Service/Weather Prediction Center).Christmas Day 2025 was one of catastrophic flooding and landslides for the Golden State, capping an atmospheric river that bore down over much of California and the Pacific Northwest during…
America250, the organization responsible for planning events to honor the United States’ 250th anniversary, announced Friday that there will be an unprecedented ball drop in Times Square in July to celebrate the country’s birthday. The ball drop will take place at the One Times Square building in New York City, and…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he is prepared to reach a framework peace deal with Russia when he meets with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, which he hopes to bring up for a referendum in Ukraine.Sunday’s meeting between the two world leaders comes after Zelensky indicated…
“So you’re telling me there’s a chance.” We laughed when the “Dumb and Dumber” character uttered that but that attitude was reflected in real life by a New York magazine writer which makes it even funnier. Yes, the extreme Hopium expressed by that magazine’s Intelligencer section senior editor, Margaret Hartmann,…
China scholar Steven Mosher joins One-on-One with Steve Lance to recount his rare, firsthand access to Mao-era communes in the late 1970s and what he says shattered Western myths about communist China. From population control policies to influence operations and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) global ambitions, Mosher explai…
It took courage to be a refusenik—just like it takes courage to be a proud Jew on campus today. The post Book Review: “Be A Refusenik: A Jewish Student’s Survival Guide” first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
The National Police has arrested in Alicante a woman of Algerian origin, aged 27, accused of deliberately applying an irritating liquid to the eyes of her barely two-year-old son over several months, causing him severe vision damage that required prolonged hospitalization. 🇪🇸 In Spain, a 27-year-old Algerian woman has been…
U.S. and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken March 20, 2025. Dado Ruvic/ReutersBeijing imposed new sanctions on American defense companies and executives Dec. 26 after the United States green-lit the largest weapons package for Taiwan.In a statement, the regime’s Foreign Ministry said its sanctions against 20 U.S. companies and…
Democratic strategist Julian Epstein said Friday that his party can no longer assume it will enjoy automatic backing from wealthy liberal donors. The Democratic National Committee’s principal fundraising committee reported roughly $12 million in cash on hand while carrying nearly $16 million in outstanding debt from a recent loan, according…
Romi Gonen, 23, who was kidnapped from the Nova festival in the deadly October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas/ Instagram On Thursday, Romi Gonen, who spent 471 days as a Hamas hostage following the terrorist attacks against civilians on October 7, 2023, bravely went public with details…
Amid Record Lobbying Effort, Food Makers Respond To MAHA The argument has been sharpened for political effect… (ZH) – For much of the past year, America’s largest food manufacturers haven’t been able to rebut Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated claims that ultraprocessed foods are making Americans sick – something most Americans…
Shoppers at a mall in Bethesda, Md., on Nov. 28, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesBig retailers across America are charging shoppers to return their unwanted holiday gifts and purchases.Nearly three out of four retailers will make customers pay a restocking or return fee that can be as high as $45…
We’re just a few days from 2026, and the push to force the public to wear masks somehow continues to this day. Masks, you might remember, were worn virtually everywhere around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts like Anthony Fauci made concrete predictions of what would happen with universal masking.…
Jimmy Kimmel went to the UK to trash the US and the president. He spoke to U.K. TV audiences in an alternative Christmas message on Britain’s Channel 4, where he said “tyranny is booming” in the United States. He thinks we are all fascists apparently. This is while the UK…
Rudy Giuliani kept his integrity. He never wavered under pressure. And he was right. Trump won in 2020. Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Twitter, Youtube History is not merely tardy in dispensing justice, it is derelict. Vindication arrives only after reputations have been immolated, livelihoods…
The Department of Health and Human Services said Friday that it has referred the Seattle Children’s Hospital to its inspector general’s office for an investigation into its policies on transgender youth healthcare.The referral comes after HHS announced last week it was moving to bar hospitals from offering “sex-rejecting procedures on children”…
Larry Summers (left), Bill Clinton (right) President Trump on Friday again commented on the Epstein files, saying the Department of Justice is “being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax” and describing the Epstein files as “just another Witch Hunt.” “The Dems are the ones…