Trump Administration Restores Public Charge Enforcement to Promote Immigrant Self-Sufficiency
The Department of Homeland Security under the incoming Trump administration has initiated steps to reinstate and strengthen the public charge rule, enabling immigration officials to deny visas, green cards, or adjustments of status to noncitizens deemed likely to become primarily dependent on government benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps, or housing assistance, reversing the Biden-era policy that limited considerations to only cash assistance or long-term institutionalization and thereby restoring longstanding legal principles requiring immigrants to demonstrate financial self-reliance as mandated by federal law since the 19th century.
Trump Administration Advances Dismantling of Federal Education Department
On November 18th, the Trump administration announced that the Department of Education has executed six interagency agreements transferring administrative authority over key programs—including elementary and secondary education partnerships, higher education grants, Indian Education initiatives, child care access for parents in school, foreign medical accreditation, and international education studies—to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Interior, and State, marking a decisive step in fulfilling President Trump’s campaign promise to eliminate the bloated federal education bureaucracy and restore control to states and local communities as outlined in his March 2025 executive order; Education Secretary Linda McMahon emphasized that these partnerships will cut Washington red tape, leverage expertise from other agencies, and ensure uninterrupted delivery of essential funds while the recent 43-day government shutdown demonstrated that disrupted nothing in America’s classrooms proved the department’s dispensability after decades of centralized overreach that has failed students and families.
Sources: The Washington Post, Breitbart
Trump Demands Direct Health Care Payments to Americans
President Trump has firmly declared that the only health care legislation he will support or sign into law is one that sends federal funds directly to the American people for their medical needs, explicitly rejecting any measures that funnel money to large insurance companies which he accuses of profiting excessively at taxpayers’ expense for years. In a forceful all-caps Truth Social post reported on November 18th, Trump stated, “The only healthcare I will support or approve is sending the money directly back to the people, with nothing going to the big, fat, rich insurance companies, who have made $trillions, and ripped off America long enough,” positioning this stance amid ongoing congressional debates over expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and emphasizing a consumer-directed approach that empowers individuals over corporate intermediaries in line with longstanding conservative priorities of reducing government-enabled corporate windfalls and promoting personal responsibility in health coverage.
Sources: The Washington Times, NewsMax
House Overwhelmingly Passes Epstein Files Transparency Act
The United States House of Representatives voted 427-1 on November 18th, to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, compelling the Department of Justice to publicly release all unclassified records, documents, communications, flight logs, and investigative materials related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of enactment, while allowing limited redactions to protect victim identities and ongoing investigations; sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), the measure advanced via a discharge petition after months of procedural delays and now heads to the Senate, where President Trump has pledged to sign it into law.
Sources: The Daily Wire, The Washington Examiner
Larry Summers Retreats from Public Life Amid Damaging Epstein Revelations
Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president emeritus Lawrence Summers has announced he is stepping back from all public commitments and expressed deep shame after newly released emails from a House committee disclosed his extensive personal correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including messages where Summers sought Epstein’s counsel on pursuing an extramarital romantic interest in a younger female economist mentee—identified through contextual details as the daughter of a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official—while forwarding her professional emails and discussing strategies to advance the relationship behind his wife’s back, with Epstein positioning himself as a “wing man” and offering explicit advice on manipulation tactics up until the day before Epstein’s 2019 arrest.
Sources: The Crimson, ZeroHedge
Trump Magnanimously Offers Path Forward to Radical Socialist Mayor-Elect Mamdani
President Trump announced on November 17th, that he intends to meet with New York City’s incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-identified democratic socialist who recently won election by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, stating to reporters that Mamdani wishes to come to Washington and that the two will “work something out” because “we want to see everything work out well for New York”; despite having previously labeled Mamdani a communist, threatened to withhold federal funds from the city, and warned of potential arrests over interference with federal immigration enforcement, Trump has adopted a more conciliatory posture following the election, while Mamdani has confirmed his team reached out to the White House to discuss the city’s affordability challenges and indicated willingness to cooperate where it benefits New Yorkers, even as he advances plans to strengthen sanctuary policies by ending cooperation with ICE and protecting resident data from federal access.
Sources: ZeroHedge, The Washington Examiner
Hochul Aide Exposed Forging Governor’s Signature to Advance Chinese Communist Interests
In a Brooklyn federal courtroom, prosecutors presented evidence that Linda Sun, a longtime senior aide to New York Governors Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul, repeatedly forged then-Lieutenant Governor Hochul’s signature in 2018 on official letters inviting a delegation from China’s Henan province to meet with state officials and promote trade, investment, and tourism opportunities. Testimony from Hochul’s former chief of staff Jeff Lewis highlighted the forgeries’ distinctly “overly loopy” and irregular handwriting, while federal authorities alleged these actions helped Sun curry favor with People’s Republic of China officials in exchange for millions in kickbacks, luxury gifts including Rolex and Patek Philippe watches, and business deals for her husband Chris Hu. This conduct formed part of broader charges that Sun acted as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government. The trial underscores ongoing national security vulnerabilities when foreign adversaries infiltrate high-level American state government positions.
Sources: Legal Insurrection, Townhall.com
Federal Court Halts Texas Republican Congressional Redistricting
A three-judge federal panel in El Paso on November 18th, enjoined Texas from using the mid-decade congressional map enacted earlier this year at the urging of President Trump and Republican legislative majorities, which had reconfigured districts to create five additional seats projected to favor GOP candidates by dismantling certain minority coalition districts; the court, in a 2-1 decision authored by Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown and joined by Obama appointee David Guaderrama over the dissent of Reagan appointee Jerry Smith, determined that substantial evidence demonstrated the 2025 map constituted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that subordinated traditional redistricting principles to racial targets outlined in prior Department of Justice guidance, requiring the state to revert to the 2021 lines for the 2026 elections pending appeal.
Sources: The Texan, The Texas Tribune
Kennedy Launches Caregiver Support Initiative
Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., advancing the Make America Healthy Again agenda under President Trump, announced a major new initiative to bolster support for family caregivers who shoulder the burden of caring for aging parents, disabled children, and chronically ill loved ones at home, recognizing that millions of American families are quietly sacrificing their own financial security and health to keep family members out of costly institutions while preserving traditional family structures and personal dignity. The program aims to cut bureaucratic red tape that has long blocked access to respite care, financial relief, training resources, and tax credits, allowing caregivers – often sandwiched between raising children and tending to elders – to receive direct assistance without forcing loved ones into government-run nursing homes that drain Medicaid budgets and erode family bonds. By prioritizing home-based care and reducing regulatory barriers, this initiative reinforces conservative principles of limited government intervention, personal responsibility, and strengthening the family unit as the foundation of a healthy society, ensuring that hardworking Americans can care for their own without big-government overreach or excessive taxpayer-funded institutionalization.
Sources: Hospice News, The Washington Examiner
Arabella Advisors Dark Money Network Shuts Down and Reemerges Under New Banner
Following the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s decision to terminate its longstanding financial relationship with Arabella Advisors after channeling approximately $450 million into its managed funds since 2008, the prominent philanthropic consulting firm long criticized by conservatives for orchestrating a vast opaque funding apparatus that has directed billions toward left-leaning nonprofits and activist causes has announced it is ceasing operations, with its fiscal sponsorship services and roughly 240 staff members transitioning to a newly formed public benefit corporation called Sunflower Services financed primarily by the New Venture Fund and supported by the Windward and Hopewell Funds, allowing the same administrative infrastructure to continue managing over $1.1 billion annually across hundreds of progressive projects while shifting ownership from a for-profit entity to one controlled by its former nonprofit clients in a move that ensures operational continuity amid heightened scrutiny of the network’s role in bankrolling Democrat-aligned political activities.
Sources: ZeroHedge, The Daily Caller
Wikimedia Foundation Funds Activist Editing Campaigns on Wikipedia
The Wikimedia Foundation, despite running frequent fundraising banners pleading for donations to sustain operations, disbursed over $1 million in grants during the 2023-2024 fiscal year to organizations dedicated to organized mass-editing events that embed feminist, decolonial, and racial justice viewpoints into Wikipedia articles, including $200,000 to Whose Knowledge for its “Decolonizing Wikimedia” initiative featuring edit-a-thons resisting Republican policies on transgender issues and DEI, roughly $405,000 to Art+Feminism for abortion activism and feminist infrastructure building, and combined $450,000 to Black Lunch Table and AfroCROWD to elevate non-white contributors and narratives aligned with Black Lives Matter priorities, all while critics document longstanding liberal bias in content and conservative figures question the neutrality of a platform training artificial intelligence models.
Sources: The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner
Google Continues Harvesting Home Data from Unsupported Nest Thermostats
Following Google’s decision to end software support and remote access for first- and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats in October 2025, these devices have lost app connectivity, security updates, and smart functionality while continuing to transmit detailed sensor data—including indoor temperature readings, humidity levels, motion detection indicating presence in the room, ambient light conditions, sunlight exposure, manual temperature adjustments, and HVAC system status—back to Google’s servers in a one-way flow that provides no reciprocal benefit to owners, as confirmed by security researcher Cody Kociemba who uncovered the persistent uploads during efforts to restore device capabilities through an independent open-source project, with Google acknowledging the diagnostic logging but advising users to disconnect Wi-Fi entirely if they wish to halt transmissions from hardware that can no longer be remotely managed or secured.
Sources: The Verge, The Android Authority
Maine Judge Strips Fit Christian Mother of Right to Raise Daughter in Faith
In a stunning December 2024 custody ruling from Maine’s Portland District Court, a judge declared primary custodial mother Emily Bickford fully fit in every respect except her evangelical Christian faith, then handed exclusive control over their 12-year-old daughter Ava’s religious upbringing to the non-custodial father Matthew Bradeen—who openly opposes Christianity—effectively banning the child from attending Calvary Chapel services, associating with church friends, reading the Bible, discussing faith with her mother, or participating in any Christian events including Christmas celebrations, after the father presented testimony from a California sociology professor labeling Bible-believing churches as psychologically harmful cults; Liberty Counsel appealed the order as blatant religious hostility and a violation of parental rights protected under the First Amendment, and on November 13, 2025, a majority of justices on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court signaled during oral arguments that the lower court’s “nuclear option” of stripping a fit parent of all religious decision-making authority appeared constitutionally improper, with a final ruling still pending as the restrictive order remains in force.
Sources: The Gateway Pundit, CBN.com
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US Ambassador Declares Nigerian Atrocities Against Christians Genocide
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has formally declared the ongoing killings of Christians in Nigeria a genocide, describing the violence as “genocide wearing the mask of chaos” during a United Nations event focused on religious persecution in Africa’s most populous nation, where radical Islamist groups have targeted Christian communities through systematic attacks that demand strong international response to protect religious freedom and halt the slaughter of innocent believers.
Sources: FOX News, The Daily Post
UN Security Council Authorizes International Force Under Trump Gaza Peace Plan
The United Nations Security Council delivered a decisive 13-0 vote on November 17th, adopting a United States-drafted resolution that endorses President Donald Trump’s comprehensive 20-point peace plan for Gaza, authorizes deployment of an international stabilization force to secure borders, oversee demilitarization including permanent decommissioning of weapons held by non-state armed groups, facilitate humanitarian aid and reconstruction, and establish a transitional Board of Peace while paving the way for phased Israeli withdrawal contingent on verifiable security milestones and eventual Palestinian self-governance reforms.
Sources: The West Australian, Reuters
US Strengthens Arctic Sovereignty Through Trilateral Icebreaker Pact
In a decisive move to counter expanding Russian and Chinese influence in the strategically vital Arctic region, the United States, Canada, and Finland formalized a Memorandum of Understanding on November 13, 2024, establishing the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort to accelerate the design, production, and deployment of advanced polar and Arctic icebreakers through shared expertise, information exchange, workforce training, and industrial cooperation, enabling Western allies to rebuild robust icebreaking capabilities that have lagged behind adversaries while bolstering national security, economic strength, and sovereign presence in the high north where melting ice has opened new resource and navigation opportunities increasingly exploited by Moscow and Beijing.
Sources: US Dept of Homeland Security, The Epoch Times
Saudi Crown Prince Boosts American Investment Pledge to Nearly One Trillion Dollars
During their November 18th, Oval Office meeting at the White House, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that the Kingdom would increase its previously committed $600 billion in investments into the United States to almost $1 trillion, describing the funds as real investments creating genuine opportunities across multiple sectors while President Trump noted the massive inflow would generate substantial American jobs and emphasized the firm $600 billion baseline with potential for more given the strong alliance between the two nations.
Sources: The Indian Express, FOX News
Toyota Doubles Down on American Manufacturing with Major Hybrid Investment
Toyota Motor Corporation, recognizing the strong and sustained consumer preference for reliable hybrid vehicles over uncertain all-electric mandates, announced a $912 million investment across five U.S. plants in West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Missouri to expand hybrid powertrain and vehicle production capacity while creating 252 new American jobs and bringing domestic production of the hybrid-electric Corolla for the first time, reinforcing the company’s long-standing commitment to building where it sells and supporting domestic energy independence through proven, market-driven technology that families actually want and can afford.
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, CNBC
Trump Administration Designates Venezuela’s Narco-Regime Cartel as Foreign Terrorist Organization
The Trump administration, through Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has moved decisively to designate the Cartel de los Soles—a Venezuelan military-run drug trafficking network headed by the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro and his corrupt inner circle—as a Foreign Terrorist Organization effective November 24th, 2025, imposing severe sanctions that freeze assets, prohibit material support, bar entry to the United States, and enable prosecutions while exposing the socialist regime’s deep involvement in flooding America and Europe with deadly narcotics in collaboration with groups like Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel, all amid heightened U.S. military presence in the Caribbean to dismantle these hemispheric threats to national security.
Sources: Breitbart, Ciber Cuba