House Republicans Advance Responsible Health Care Reforms Amid Expiring Subsidies
Following the Senate’s rejection of both a Republican proposal to redirect funds into health savings accounts and a Democrat plan for a straightforward three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits enacted during the COVID era—votes that each fell short at 51-48 on December 11—Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks introduced the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act in the House on December 12, backed by Speaker Mike Johnson as a principled alternative focused on tackling root causes of high costs through greater transparency in pharmacy benefit manager practices, funding to stabilize markets and provide relief particularly for low-income families, and expanded options for small businesses to offer affordable coverage, rejecting demands for larger taxpayer-funded payouts to insurance companies that merely mask the failures of the underlying system while restoring integrity and choice in American health care.
Sources: The Washington Times, The Hill
DHS Surpasses 10,000 Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens in Sanctuary Los Angeles
Federal immigration authorities have arrested over 10,000 illegal immigrants in Los Angeles since operations commenced in June 2025, many with serious criminal convictions including murder, kidnapping, sexual assaults on children, armed carjacking, homicide, attempted murder, rape, domestic violence, burglary, drug trafficking, and firearm offenses, as detailed in specific cases of individuals from countries such as Iran, Mexico, Armenia, Cuba, and Kenya; these enforcement actions persisted amid violent protests involving projectiles and firebombs thrown at officers, an 8,000 percent surge in death threats against ICE personnel, and interference from sanctuary policies that limited local cooperation, with DHS officials highlighting the removal of dangerous offenders to enhance public safety despite opposition from state and local leaders who implemented restrictions on federal agents and portals for reporting alleged misconduct.
Sources: US Dept of Homeland Security, The Epoch Times
Trump Administration Strengthens Southern Border Security Through Naval Land Transfer
The Trump administration has taken action to secure the nation’s southern border by transferring jurisdiction over approximately 760 acres of public land in California’s San Diego and Imperial counties to the Department of the Navy for a three-year period, designating it as a National Defense Area to directly support border security operations and close longstanding vulnerabilities in one of the highest-traffic corridors for unlawful crossings, which have posed significant national security risks and caused environmental degradation; this land, originally reserved in 1907 by President Theodore Roosevelt specifically for border protection purposes, will enable the Navy to enhance operational capabilities, reduce ecological damage from illegal activities, and reinforce America’s sovereignty, as part of an ongoing series of transfers since April that have already placed substantial border regions in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona under military oversight, aligning with President Trump’s priority to restore law and order while border arrests have fallen to historic lows amid intensified enforcement efforts.
Sources: US Dept of Interior, ZeroHedge
Appeals Court Halts Judicial Overreach in Deportation Contempt Case
A federal appeals court has issued a 2-1 administrative stay halting U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s scheduled hearings to investigate potential criminal contempt against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials for proceeding with deportation flights of alleged Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members and some Salvadorans to El Salvador on March 15, despite Boasberg’s orders to ground the planes; the Justice Department successfully argued that the hearings threatened separation of powers and attorney-client privilege, as two planes were already airborne and beyond U.S. jurisdiction while the third involved standard immigration removals, with the Supreme Court later confirming Boasberg lacked authority over the matter, and the stay provides time for fuller appellate review while preventing compelled testimony from current and former department lawyers amid claims of intentional defiance raised by a whistleblower.
Sources: The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner
Trump Administration Blocks Over One Billion Dollars in Student Aid Fraud
The Trump Administration’s Department of Education has successfully prevented more than one billion dollars in federal student aid fraud since January 2025 through the implementation of enhanced fraud controls, including mandatory identity verification for certain first-time applicants, directly addressing vulnerabilities exploited by coordinated international fraud rings, AI bots posing as students, and schemes involving deceased individuals; these measures followed the discovery of nearly ninety million dollars in previously disbursed fraudulent aid, with over thirty million dollars going to ghost applicants using dead people’s identities and more than forty million dollars to bot-operated fake students, while a June nationwide verification initiative quickly flagged nearly 150,000 suspect FAFSA forms, ensuring taxpayer funds support legitimate American students pursuing education rather than criminal enterprises, as further crackdowns are planned for 2026 to safeguard fiscal responsibility.
Sources: The Gateway Pundit, FOX News
Minnesota Appoints Fraud Director Amid Ongoing Welfare Abuse Probe
In response to escalating federal investigations into extensive welfare fraud schemes primarily involving members of Minnesota’s Somali-American community, where vast sums of taxpayer dollars intended for child nutrition and other programs have allegedly been diverted—with ongoing probes by the U.S. Treasury Department into potential transfers to Somali terrorist organizations and a House Oversight Committee examination of whistleblower claims regarding ignored warnings and possible cover-ups—Governor Tim Walz has appointed experienced law enforcement veteran Tim O’Malley, a former FBI agent and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent, as the state’s new director of program integrity to coordinate fraud prevention across agencies, while partnering with forensic accounting firm WayPoint Inc. to implement uniform investigative protocols, enhanced auditing, and data-sharing mechanisms aimed at detecting and prosecuting abusers to restore taxpayer trust and ensure funds reach legitimate recipients.
Sources: FOX News, The Epoch Times
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FDA Plans Strongest Safety Warning for COVID Vaccines
The Food & Drug Administration is preparing to add its most serious black box warning to COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year, highlighting risks of severe adverse effects such as myocarditis, heart conditions, and potential complications in pregnancy, amid ongoing scrutiny from Trump administration health officials including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, who have already halted recommendations for the shots in healthy children and pregnant women while a Senate report earlier noted concealed myocarditis risks associated with mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.
Sources: The Washington Examiner, NewsMax
Harvard Union Scholars Program Scrubs Racial Restrictions After Civil Rights Challenge
In a clear demonstration of awareness regarding potential legal violations following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling against race-based admissions, the Harvard Union Scholars Program—a paid summer internship jointly operated by Harvard University and AFSCME offering over $10,000 in compensation—initially restricted eligibility explicitly to “students of color” before altering the language to “students from historically marginalized communities” shortly after the Equal Protection Project filed a formal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice on December 7, and subsequent media coverage highlighted the discriminatory criteria, with archived webpages documenting the original explicit racial restriction as a euphemism excluding white applicants in violation of federal civil rights laws.
Sources: Legal Insurrection, The Gateway Pundit
Democrats’ Manufactured Defamation Attempt Against President Trump in Epstein Photo Release Fails “Biggly”
House Democrats released previously unseen photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s files, including images of President Trump alongside other figures such as Bill Clinton and Steve Bannon, with certain photos redacting the faces of women present in an apparent effort to imply they were underage victims and to suggest Trump’s involvement in illicit activities, prompting a Democrat congresswoman to post that the images were vile and disturbing while raising questions about Trump’s knowledge of abuses and demanding an end to protecting pedophiles as survivors deserve justice; however, this calculated smear collapsed rapidly when unredacted versions of the photographs surfaced, revealing the women to be adult Hawaiian Tropic models photographed at Mar-a-Lago in 1998, with one model confirming she was 22 at the time and describing Trump as very nice and gentlemanly, underscoring how the Democrats’ deceptive tactic not only failed but inadvertently highlighted Trump’s respectful conduct.
Sources: The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire
Federal Judge Requires Warrant for Access to Evidence in Dismissed Comey Probe
In a significant ruling upholding Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable seizures, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the Department of Justice to return or safeguard copies of electronic files seized from Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law School professor and close associate of former FBI Director James Comey, determining that retaining accessible copies without warrant requirements in any renewed investigation violated constitutional standards; the decision stems from Richman’s lawsuit challenging the government’s handling of materials originally obtained during a 2019-2020 leak probe that ended without charges, materials later used to support Comey’s now-dismissed October indictment for false statements and obstruction of Congress related to his 2020 testimony on FBI media leaks—indictment thrown out last month due to an unlawfully appointed prosecutor—yet the judge explicitly permitted prosecutors to pursue fresh leads from prior knowledge and seek new warrants, while depositing a court-sealed copy for potential future use, ensuring accountability efforts against alleged misconduct remain viable through proper legal channels.
Taxpayer Funding Supports Anti-Pipeline Advocacy Group
The Pipeline Safety Trust, a nonprofit organization receiving substantial federal grants totaling $5.5 million since 2010 and $5 million since 2021 from the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration—including annual $1 million awards mandated by the PIPES Act of 2020 and renewed under the current administration—has engaged in activities opposing key energy infrastructure projects favored by President Trump, such as the Keystone XL pipeline, the Line 5 tunnel in Michigan, the Mountain Valley Pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia, a Pacific Northwest gas pipeline expansion, and an Alaska natural gas pipeline, while endorsing Democrat-backed legislation to incorporate climate change considerations and environmental justice into pipeline safety regulations, supporting Biden-era pauses on natural gas exports, and criticizing Trump administration rules on pipeline pressure and waivers as risking community safety; its strategic plan prioritizes a transition to renewable energy sources, and a PHMSA-commissioned audit has raised concerns over potential misuse of taxpayer funds for advocacy, improper documentation, and inadequate time tracking, prompting a Department of Transportation investigation and referral to its inspector general to safeguard public resources.
Sources: The Washington Free Beacon, Inside Sources
Trump Administration Rejects Claims of Secret EU Disruption Strategy
The Trump administration has firmly denied the existence of any leaked longer or alternative version of its National Security Strategy that allegedly outlined plans to encourage Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland to distance themselves from Brussels’ central control, with the goal of fostering greater national sovereignty and aligning more closely with American interests in preserving traditional European values and self-reliance in security matters; the official document emphasizes ending perpetual NATO expansion, promoting European stability, urging allies to stand independently on defense, addressing threats to civilizational identity from unchecked migration and speech restrictions, and supporting patriotic movements resistant to supranational overreach, while the White House insists only the signed public version represents policy, dismissing reports of additional drafts as fabrications from uninformed sources.
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American Troops Ambushed by ISIS in Syria
Two United States Army soldiers and one civilian interpreter paid the ultimate price while three others were wounded in an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman during a key leader engagement in Palmyra, Syria, as part of ongoing counter-ISIS and counterterrorism operations to prevent the resurgence of the terrorist group that once controlled vast territories but continues to threaten stability through sleeper cells; U.S. forces swiftly engaged and killed the attacker, with the Pentagon confirming the incident is under investigation and withholding names pending next-of-kin notifications, underscoring the persistent dangers faced by American personnel in defending national security interests abroad.
Sources: The Epoch Times, FOX News
Iran Rearrests Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi
Iranian authorities arrested 53-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, a longtime advocate for human rights and democracy who has spent years imprisoned for opposing the theocratic regime’s oppression of women and use of torture against dissidents, during her attendance at a public memorial event on Friday while she was on temporary medical release from prison following surgery last year; her family reported that security forces beat her legs with a club in a violent detention that underscores the regime’s ongoing suppression of peaceful gatherings and criticism.
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Reuters
Denmark's Intelligence Service Identifies the United States as a Security Risk
Denmark’s Defense Intelligence Service has, in its annual 2025 threat assessment released on December 10, designated the United States for the first time as a potential security risk to the nation and its allies, citing America’s growing prioritization of national interests through economic tools such as tariff threats and an unwillingness to rule out military force even against partners, particularly in reference to ongoing efforts to secure control over Greenland amid heightened Arctic competition; the report further highlights uncertainties arising from the United States’ strategic shift toward the Pacific, which raises questions about its commitment as Europe’s primary security guarantor and places increased demands on European nations to bolster armaments and cooperation for deterrence against Russia, while noting that Russia and China remain the principal threats in a more serious overall threat environment.
Sources: Politico.eu, The Daily Mail
Trump Administration Secures Freedom for 123 Belarusian Political Prisoners
Belarusian authorities released 123 political prisoners, including prominent opposition figure Maryya Kalesnikava and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski, following direct negotiations between President Donald Trump’s special envoy John Coale and President Aleksandr Lukashenko, during which the United States agreed to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizer exports—a critical revenue source targeted since 2021 amid concerns over electoral integrity and regional stability—with the freed individuals, encompassing citizens of multiple nations, promptly departing Belarus for safety in neighboring countries as part of an effort to normalize relations and address broader geopolitical matters including influence on Russian leadership.
Sources: Radio Free Europe, The Daily Caller
French Farmers Defend Livelihoods Against Heavy-Handed Cattle Culling Policy
Hardworking French farmers in southwestern regions, facing the destruction of generational herds due to government-mandated total culling over isolated cases of lumpy skin disease—a contagious but non-human-transmissible virus that first emerged in France in June—took decisive action by blocking major roads with tractors, setting fire to hay bales and tires, and disrupting traffic on highways like the A64 for nearly 150 kilometers, while protesting what they rightly view as an excessive and ineffective extermination approach that slaughters healthy animals alongside the sick, devastating family farms already struggling with low incomes under 1,000 euros monthly; these producers, supported by unions like Coordination Rurale and Confederation Paysanne, demanded a shift to widespread vaccination over blanket slaughter, even as authorities proceeded with police protection to cull over 200 cows in one herd near the Spanish border and announced plans to vaccinate nearly one million cattle in affected areas like Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, amid broader concerns over inadequate government support and looming trade deals threatening domestic agriculture.
Sources: The Straits Times, France24