The Pro Life Campaign has warmly welcomed last night’s defeat of Paul Murphy’s motion to restore a Private Members’ abortion bill, which lapsed on the dissolution of the last Dáil. The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 will not now proceed to committee stage as Murphy proposed,…
Let’s face it: our political class pretty much sucks. That’s not news per se, but in a country so politically divided and filled to the brim with dedicated partisans, poll after poll shows that Americans as a whole are united in wanting just about anyone other than our current politicians to…
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, December 18, 2025An enhanced photo of an individual that authorities are seeking to speak with in connection to the fatal shooting at Brown University that occurred on Dec. 13, 2025. | Facebook/Providence Police DepartmentAuthorities have released an enhanced image of an individual they are asking…
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, December 18, 2025Seven Eritrean church leaders have been imprisoned without trial for more than 20 years. | Voices4JusticeSeveral Christians were among a group of prisoners recently released in Eritrea, though seven senior church leaders remain in detention after two decades without charge or…
Around Thanksgiving is when I start seeking out some Christmas music, and like everyone, I have my favorites.I like classics. Basically, if Bing Crosby or Dean Martin sings it, it’s good in my book.There’s some good “newer” stuff, though. The late Scott Weiland has a great Christmas album, and I…
U.S. inflation slowed in November, with the Consumer Price Index rising 2.7 percent from a year ago—with core inflation also cooling. A $7 million SNAP benefit scheme was busted in Boston on Thursday. Two men are now facing food stamp fraud charges. Health Secretary RRead More
A police LandCruiser reportedly crashed into a car in Liverpool, Australia, carrying men believed to be headed for Bondi Beach with potentially violent intentions. Bondi was the site of a father-son terror shooting Sunday that claimed at least 15 and injured over 40. With crashed cars in the background, heavily…
Dems released more photos from the Epstein estate. Epstein’s obsession with Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ is plain for all to see. As we approach tomorrow’s deadline (19) set by the Jeffrey Epstein Transparency Act for the release of all materials in the Epstein investigation, the Dems on the House Oversight Committee…
Ja is always doing the most.PublishedDecember 18, 2025 3:00 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 18, 2025 2:41 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkGiven that he’s been dealing with injuries throughout the early portion of the NBA season, we haven’t seen a whole lot of Ja Morant. He’s played in just 14 of the Memphis Grizzlies’ 27…
They also allegedly stole and sold food meant for the nonprofit organization Feed My Starving Children. The post Two Massachusetts Haitian Men Charged in $7 Million SNAP Benefits Fraud Scheme first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Famous rapper Wiz Khalifa is facing a potential 9-month jail term in Romania after reportedly smoking a joint on stage during his 2024 concert. Khalifa was arrested and charged in July 2024 after allegedly smoking weed during his show at the “Beach Please! Festival,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. Following…
GOP lawmakers pushed back against President Donald Trump’s decision to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana Thursday. The president signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to finish reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, though the directive does not legalize marijuana for recreational use. A vast swath of Republicans…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 7, 2025. Allison Robbert/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The Kennedy Center board unanimously voted on Dec. 18 to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced…
WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Thursday signaled the Trump administration’s universal national registry for noncitizens may need to be narrowed as to the sort of information the government can require immigrants turn over, rather than blocked outright.A three-judge panel heard arguments in a challenge brought by a…
The real streaming war is between two players: Netflix and YouTube.PublishedDecember 18, 2025 2:48 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 18, 2025 2:48 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThe real streaming war is between two players: Netflix and YouTube.In a bold move to take the lead, YouTube announced this week that it will become the exclusive broadcast…
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Good news! The federal budget deficit shrank substantially in November. Bad news! Uncle Sam still ran a significant budget shortfall in November, despite a massive surge in tariff revenue.The November deficit came in at $173.28 billion. Through the first two months of fiscal 2026 (Oct-Nov), the…
For many pet owners, the hardest part of maintaining a clean home isn’t the brushing, the sweeping, or even the lint rolling — it’s everything floating in the air that never seems to stay gone for long. Pet hair drifts into corners, odors linger no matter how often you clean,…
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Southern Command announced on Wednesday night that it bombed another boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as the Trump administration continues conducting extra-judicial executions at sea in the waters of Latin America. As usual, SOUTHCOM claimed without providing any evidence that the vessel was “engaged in…
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Cambodia reported Thursday that Thai jets had dropped bombs on Poipet, its main hub for land-based trade with Thailand.PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thailand on Thursday carried out more airstrikes on Cambodia, claiming its jet fighters struck a warehouse where the Cambodian army had stored rockets that have been deployed…
Ah, the Scots. Dang if they’re not nearly as big a mess as the Irish. The only thing that saves them from their worst instincts in most cases seems to be the fact that they are still safely but tenuously tethered to their British mum. Otherwise, I swear they’d have…
Gregory Bovino /Image: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license/Author: Paul Goyette Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino isn’t going to allow progressive tantrums to interfere with his efforts to make the streets safer for all Americans. On Wednesday, Bovino was confronted by Daniel Bliss, the far-left mayor of the far-left Chicago…
(CN) — A long-running clash between the European Union and Poland reached a turning point Thursday, as Europe’s highest court said the country broke EU law by allowing its constitutional court to sideline EU rulings and fall short of basic standards of judicial independence.In a wide-ranging ruling, the Court of…
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia’s prime minister vowed Thursday to stamp out extremism as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as “our little ray of sunshine.”Father-and-son gunmen are accused of firing into crowds at a beachside Jewish festival on Sunday, killing 15…
Federal officials are investigating whether housing providers in Colorado improperly funneled taxpayer dollars to nearly 3,000 ineligible recipients, including deceased tenants. According to the New York Post, an internal audit by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that 221 individuals who had passed away were still receiving…
The forecast, and discussion about a new agreement between the seven states that rely on the Colorado River basin, came on the final day of a water conference in Las Vegas.LAS VEGAS (CN) — Managing water in the Colorado River basin is like balancing your checkbook.Jack Schmidt, director of the…
Joseph Thompson, then an acting U.S. attorney, speaks at a news conference at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 16, 2025. George Walker IV/The Associated PressU.S. First Assistant Attorney Joe Thompson announced indictments against a half-dozen new suspects in a pair of recently identified welfare fraud schemes.Speaking at…
Zamzam was the largest displacement camp in Sudan with more than 500,000 people there prior to the April attacks.CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group earlier this year on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the…
President Donald Trump signs an executive order to reclassify marijuana at the White House on Dec. 18. …
Steve Descano By Geoffrey Ingersoll SOROS STRIKES CLOSE TO HOME The alert hit my phone at about 1 p.m. The street address of the murder was less than a mile from both my place of work and, crucially, the school my kids attend. The suspect was armed and on the…
The persistent cost-of-living crisis that reshaped the U.S. political landscape in 2024 is sweeping through other Western democracies. Democrats failed to grapple with the reality that the financial weight middle America was carrying after the pandemic, and exacerbated by the Biden administration’s spending spree, would ultimately lead to a Republican…
New York will allow the legalization of medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Governor Hochul and state legislative leaders announced the agreement to pass the bill. It will be in effect next year. Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to sign the proposal next year. She noted that she added…
Following the Dec. 14 Bondi Beach terror attack in Australia, people have been asking about foreigners and Muslims in Australia. The Daily Caller’s Thomas English zooms out to discuss legal immigration to Australia, arguing it’s the primary threat to society. SUBSCRIBE to the Thomas English YouTube channel and please support…
Over the past several weeks, the U.S. has increased pressure on Lebanon to work harder on disarming Hezbollah.BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon on Thursday as a deadline looms to disarm the militant Hezbollah group along the countries’ tense frontier.The strikes…
The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts has a new name. The organization’s board unanimously voted to rename the building after Trump, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed on X Thursday. Trump became the chairman of the board earlier this year. He dismissed board members and put his own…
There’s a young man of conviction, right there!PublishedDecember 18, 2025 2:20 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 18, 2025 2:20 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThere is no greater hatred in sports than a good old-fashioned college football rivalry.I’ve read about wars in the Middle Ages that were more cordial than your typical banter between two fans…
United States Attorney Leah Foley of the District of Massachusetts announced Wednesday that two Haitian immigrants to the United States were facing food stamp fraud charges. Antonio Bonheur, 74, of Mattapan, and Saul Alisme, 21, of Hyde Park, were each indicted on a single count of food stamp fraud over…
The Russian leader has bragged that Oreshnik’s multiple warheads plunge at speeds of up to Mach 10 and can’t be intercepted.(AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president said Thursday that Russia had deployed its latest nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system to the country, a move that comes as talks to end the war…
The Mannheim attack that killed two people was one of three car-rammings that shocked Germany in the space of a few months.BERLIN (AFP) — A German man received a life sentence and was ordered into psychiatric care on Thursday for plowing his car through a carnival market, killing two and…
A marijuana grow site in California’s Mendocino County on Oct. 9, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesWASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 18 directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite the reclassification of cannabis for the purpose of allowing medical research.A senior White House official told reporters during…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to fast-track the reclassification of cannabis, which would pave the way for the Food and Drug Administration to study its medicinal uses. “This is really something having to do with common sense,” Trump said in the Oval Office before signing the order.…
BRUSSELS (AFP) — Police fired teargas at farmers protesting the EU’s planned trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur in Brussels Thursday, as Brazil opened the door to postponing its signature to win over reluctant Europeans.About 1,000 honking tractors rolled into the Belgian capital, where the deal loomed large over…
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino responded publicly this week after FBI Director Kash Patel praised his service following Bongino’s announcement that he will depart the bureau in January, as reported by Fox News. Bongino confirmed Wednesday that he plans to leave his role less than a year after joining the…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fueled early 2028 presidential speculation on Wednesday after reacting to a new poll showing her narrowly leading Vice President of the United States J.D. Vance in a hypothetical matchup, as reported by The New York Post. Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who represents parts of Queens and the Bronx,…
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating Colorado housing providers after an internal audit found that federal housing assistance was paid to hundreds of ineligible recipients, including 221 people who were already deceased. According to information obtained by The New York Post, HUD is probing whether Colorado housing…
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order reclassifying cannabis.The president issued the order, calling the move “common sense.” The order removes cannabis from the list of Schedule 1 drugs, though it will remain illegal at the federal level, according to the New York Post. At present, 24 states…
The board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to rename the center to include President Donald Trump’s name on Thursday.The iconic performance arts center will now be known as the “Trump-Kennedy Center”, the White House confirmed, according to the Associated Press. The board previously voted to name…
The Democratic National Committee said Thursday that it will keep its findings of the 2024 election after-action report sealed, after Chairman Ken Martin ordered the review earlier this year.Martin said that he had decided not to publish the report, after promising, when he was elected in February, an audit of the party’s…
On Thursday, the broadcast networks led with President Trump’s Wednesday primetime address to the nation and all took great umbrage with his blaming of the Biden regime for the economy he inherited, but ABC’s Good Morning America was far and above the worst for its deep disgust over the “combative,”…
Always on the lookout for new ways to attack President Trump, Morning Joe went musical today. The show opened Thursday’s episode with Willie Nelson’s “Always On My Mind” playing in the background, mocking Trump’s frequent mentions of his predecessor in his address to the country last night, and in other…