CIA Ties of Afghan Shooting Suspect Highlight Risks of Biden’s Chaotic Withdrawal
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan national accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members near the White House on November 26th, had previously worked with U.S. government entities in Afghanistan, including as a member of a CIA partner force in Kandahar, according to intelligence sources and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Lakanwal entered the United States in September 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, a program implemented after the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, which Ratcliffe described as disastrous and chaotic, noting that the suspect’s involvement with the CIA ended shortly following the evacuation. The FBI is investigating the incident as potential international terrorism, with the victims in critical condition after the targeted attack, and President Trump labeling it an act of evil, hatred, and terror against the nation. Ratcliffe emphasized that Lakanwal and many others should never have been allowed into the country, underscoring the ongoing fallout from the withdrawal’s failures, while offering blessings for the brave troops involved.
Sources: FOX News, The Daily Mail
Trump Bolsters DC Security with 500 Additional Troops After National Guard Ambush
President Trump has directed the deployment of 500 additional National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., in direct response to a targeted shooting on November 26th, that left two West Virginia Guardsmen critically wounded near the White House, underscoring the administration’s steadfast commitment to restoring order and safety in the nation’s capital amid a historic decline in violent crime rates. The incident unfolded around 2 p.m. near the Farragut West Metro station, where an Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in 2021 under the prior administration’s Operation Allies Welcome following the Afghanistan withdrawal and later received asylum, allegedly ambushed the uniformed service members in what authorities described as a cowardly act of violence with no immediately clear motive. War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the troop surge, stating, “We will never back down. We will secure our capital. We will secure our cities,” while emphasizing that the move reinforces the resolve to make D.C. “safe and beautiful,” building on the existing force of approximately 2,200 Guardsmen from Republican-led states deployed since August to combat urban unrest. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the Guardsmen’s critical conditions and treatment at local hospitals, praising the rapid interagency response that apprehended the severely wounded suspect and averted further tragedy, calling the victims “heroes” worthy of national prayers. From Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where he was observing Thanksgiving, Trump addressed the nation via video and social media, labeling the assailant an “animal” who “will pay a very steep price” and ordering an immediate review of vetting processes for Afghan evacuees to prevent such failures rooted in past policies. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem corroborated the suspect’s inadequate vetting under the Biden-era program, vowing accountability as federal and local investigators probe the ambush-style attack.
Sources: The Washington Examiner, NewsMax
Minnesota’s Somali Welfare Fraud Scandal Drains Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Terror
In Minnesota, a series of federal investigations has uncovered extensive welfare fraud schemes predominantly involving members of the Somali community, siphoning hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds from programs including the Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), which ballooned from an initial $2.6 million estimate to over $21 million in its first year and $61 million in the first half of 2025 alone before being terminated on August 1 amid credible fraud allegations against 77 providers. Eight individuals, six from the Somali community, face federal wire fraud charges for an $8.4 million HSS scam involving fictitious clients and unprovided services through shell companies like Leo Human Services LLC, while broader probes reveal billions stolen overall under Governor Tim Walz’s administration, including $250 million from the Feeding Our Future child nutrition program leading to 70 indictments, $14 million from the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention autism program via fake diagnoses affecting one in 16 Somali four-year-olds—triple the state average—and over $550 million from COVID-19 relief efforts. Federal counterterrorism sources confirm millions of these illicit proceeds were remitted via informal hawala networks back to Somalia, ultimately bolstering the al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab terrorist group, prompting President Trump’s immediate termination of Temporary Protected Status for Minnesota Somalis on November 21, 2025, and calls from House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for a U.S. Attorney probe into the unchecked fraud.
HHS Uncovers Billions in Duplicate Federal Healthcare Payments Fueling Urgent Reforms
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has pinpointed 2.8 million individuals improperly enrolled in multiple federal health programs in 2024, including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Obamacare’s Advance Premium Tax Credit, leading to an estimated $14 billion in annual duplicate payments that strain taxpayer resources and demand stricter eligibility verification. A Government Accountability Office review of six states—California, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas—uncovered 500,000 such double-enrollees in fiscal year 2023, resulting in at least $1.6 billion in overpayments, with 149,000 enrolled across multiple states and 340,000 collecting both Medicaid benefits and premium tax credits simultaneously. HHS Assistant Secretary for Legislation Gary Andres emphasized that the department will act decisively to ensure single-program enrollment and halt repeated federal funding for the same coverage, while states like Pennsylvania acknowledged challenges during the post-pandemic unwinding period that exacerbated these issues. This initiative builds on broader efforts to curb waste, as GAO recommends enhanced interstate data matching to prevent future vulnerabilities in program oversight.
Sources: The Washington Times, The Daily Wire
Noem Ends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Migrants
In a decisive step to restore the integrity of America’s immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has revoked the Temporary Protected Status for over 500,000 Haitian nationals, effective February 3rd, 2026, following a thorough review that determined Haiti no longer meets the statutory criteria for such protections due to the absence of extraordinary and temporary conditions preventing safe return. This action, announced on November 26th, aligns with the Trump administration’s broader enforcement priorities, emphasizing that permitting these individuals to remain is contrary to U.S. national interests, as outlined in the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Register notice after consultations with interagency partners and analysis by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. Originally granted after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake and subsequent crises, the TPS designation has ballooned from an initial 57,000 registrants in 2011 to current levels, underscoring the program’s evolution from temporary relief to prolonged stays that undermine border security. Noem’s determination acknowledges ongoing concerns in Haiti but prioritizes American sovereignty, marking Haiti as the latest nation—after Somalia—to lose TPS under the renewed focus on deporting those without legal basis to remain, ensuring resources are directed toward citizens first.
Sources: The Miami Herald, The Gateway Pundit
Blue States Challenge USDA’s SNAP Reforms for Immigrants
A coalition of attorneys general from 21 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit on November 26th, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, seeking to halt U.S. Department of Agriculture guidance implementing restrictions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for certain legal immigrants under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump. The suit contends that the October 31st USDA memo erroneously deems refugees, asylees, and other lawful permanent residents permanently ineligible for SNAP, exceeding congressional intent, which permits eligibility after status adjustments and a five-year wait, while also failing to provide the mandated 120-day implementation grace period and forcing abrupt state system overhauls that risk nationwide program instability and penalties for non-compliance. The action underscores ongoing tensions between federal efforts to curb welfare access for non-citizens and state assertions of overreach, with the plaintiffs requesting a stay and vacating of the directive to preserve aid for vulnerable groups, including those from Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Cuba, and Haiti.
Sources: The Washington Examiner, Reuters
Bail Reform Backlash Intensifies After Repeat Offender Ignites Commuter on Chicago Train
In a stark illustration of the perils posed by Illinois’ no-cash-bail SAFE-T Act, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, a career criminal with over 70 prior arrests including arson and aggravated battery, allegedly doused 26-year-old Bethany MaGee, a devoted Christian commuter, with gasoline and set her ablaze on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on November 17th, leaving her with severe burns requiring hospitalization; Reed, who had been released just months earlier on electronic monitoring despite vehement objections from Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s office citing his violent history, violated those terms multiple times before the unprovoked federal terrorism charge that now carries a potential life sentence, as surveillance footage captured him filling a container at a gas station and igniting the flames while yelling profanities, prompting Burke to decry the judicial override by Circuit Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez—who dismissed detention pleas with the remark that she could not jail everyone the prosecution targeted—and vowing stricter enforcement for transit felonies amid growing scrutiny of the 2021 reform’s failure to prioritize public safety over offender leniency.
Sources: FOX32 Chicago, BlockClubChicago.org
Democrat Incumbents Face Democratic Socialist Primary Onslaught
At least nine prominent Democrat House incumbents, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Dan Goldman, Grace Meng, and Ritchie Torres in New York, along with Adriano Espaillat, Shri Thanedar of Michigan, Wesley Bell of Missouri, Jimmy Gomez of California, Ed Case of Hawaii, Steve Cohen of Tennessee, and David Scott of Georgia, are confronting primary challenges from younger candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America as the 2026 midterms approach. This surge follows the recent electoral successes of New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson earlier in November 2025, which have emboldened the party’s left flank to target establishment figures perceived as insufficiently progressive. In New York’s 8th District, Councilman Chi Ossé considered but ultimately did not receive DSA endorsement to challenge Jeffries after intervention from Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who deemed it unwise; meanwhile, Council Member Alexa Avilés is weighing a bid against Goldman in the 10th District, backed by polls showing her strength, while former Comptroller Brad Lander eyes the same race with surveys indicating a 52%-33% edge over the incumbent. Torres faces a crowded field including DSA organizer Dalourny Nemorin, ex-Assemblyman Michael Blake, Jose Vega, and Andre Easton in the nation’s poorest district; Meng is opposed by 40-year-old Chuck Park, who critiques her record despite praising her historic 2012 win, and she vows to combat the Trump administration on affordability; Espaillat contends with Justice Democrats-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Columbia protest leader focused on foreign policy differences.
Sources: Breitbart, The Washington Times
Soros Funds Curriculum Downplaying Anti-Semitism as Fabricated Amid Rising Attacks on Jews
In the wake of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel that ignited a surge in anti-Semitic incidents—accounting for 60 percent of all U.S. hate crimes per FBI data—liberal billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations granted $50,000 in 2024 to PARCEO, an education firm founded by anti-Israel activists Nina Mehta and Donna Nevel, both affiliated with Jewish Voice for Peace, to develop a “Curriculum on Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation” for students from kindergarten through college. This program, implemented in New York City public schools, Northwestern University workshops, and San Francisco teachers’ union trainings as an alternative to materials from the American Jewish Committee, asserts that numerous anti-Semitism allegations are “fabricated” by pro-Israel forces to suppress Palestinian advocacy and advance an “anti-liberatory agenda,” while framing Jewish reports of hate crimes to police as contributing to Black oppression, incarceration, and murder; its advisers include figures like Robin D. G. Kelley, who has praised the Palestine Liberation Organization as “revolutionary combatants,” Nyle Fort, a Black Lives Matter organizer who rallied with the U.S.-sanctioned Samidoun tied to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist group, Lara Kiswani, who blockaded Israeli ships and decried “Zionist and other right-wing forces,” and Mark Tseng-Putterman, who hails the toolkit for countering the “weaponization of anti-Semitism” in fights against anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, and Zionism, even as former FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to Jews facing unique targeting by foreign terrorist organizations.
Sources: The Washington Free Beacon, The New York Post
Federal Court Upholds North Carolina’s GOP Congressional Map for 2026 Elections
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled on November 26th, to deny preliminary injunction requests in two consolidated lawsuits challenging the state’s newly enacted congressional map, thereby permitting its use in the 2026 midterm elections despite claims that it dilutes Black voting strength in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The 57-page opinion emphasized the absence of direct evidence for racial discrimination, attributing the redistricting instead to partisan motivations protected under a 2019 Supreme Court precedent that deems excessive partisanship a non-justiciable political question. Approved last month by the Republican-controlled state legislature—unaffected by veto power from Democrat Governor Josh Stein—the map restructures two districts to potentially secure an additional Republican seat in the U.S. House, building on prior GOP gains from 2023 maps that added three seats in the 2024 cycle. The decision aligns with President Trump’s nationwide push for mid-decade redistricting in GOP-led states to preserve congressional majorities, contrasting with a recent Texas ruling where judges found evidence of racial gerrymandering. Challengers, including the North Carolina NAACP and Common Cause, alleged the changes fragmented the historic Black Belt region in the 1st Congressional District, but the court found insufficient proof of discriminatory intent given the rapid legislative process.
Sources: The Washington Times, Reuters
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Putin Endorses US Peace Framework as Path to Resolve Ukraine Conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on November 27th, that a 28-point US-backed peace proposal for Ukraine serves as a viable foundation for future agreements to conclude the ongoing war, marking his initial public assessment of the draft amid intensified diplomatic initiatives by Washington and European allies to navigate the entrenched military deadlock. Speaking during a Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Putin emphasized the plan’s potential while underscoring the necessity for Ukrainian forces to retreat from contested regions to halt hostilities, cautioning that Moscow would pursue its objectives through military action should Kyiv refuse, and asserting the illegitimacy of Ukraine’s current leadership as a barrier to direct accords. The framework, refined through recent Geneva discussions between US and Ukrainian representatives, affirms Ukraine’s sovereignty alongside constraints on its military capacity to 600,000 personnel, territorial adjustments favoring Russian control, and a perpetual exclusion from NATO membership or Western troop deployments, reflecting compromises Moscow had previously conveyed during an August Alaska summit with President Donald Trump. Putin noted that the document, shared with Russia, requires further refinement but aligns broadly with prerequisites for sustainable resolution, as US special envoy Steve Witkoff prepares to engage Russian counterparts in Moscow next week to advance the process.
Sources: The Epoch Times, Reuters
Dominican Republic Bolsters Alliance with U.S. in Decisive Anti-Drug Campaign
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader announced on November 26th, a strategic temporary agreement granting the United States limited access to restricted zones at San Isidro Air Base and Las Américas International Airport for refueling aircraft and transporting equipment and personnel, aimed at intensifying collaborative operations against transnational drug trafficking networks that threaten regional stability and border security. The pact, revealed during a joint press conference at the National Palace in Santo Domingo alongside U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, underscores the Dominican Republic’s proactive role in countering smuggling vessels in the Caribbean, building on a decade of heightened drug seizures—nearly tenfold in recent years—through steadfast U.S. partnership. Hegseth praised the move as a demonstration of leadership in confronting organized crime, with the arrangement described as technical, limited, and short-term to respect Dominican sovereignty while enabling more effective maritime and aerial interdictions amid ongoing U.S. strikes that have neutralized over 20 trafficking boats since early September.
Sources: Military.com, The Washington Times
France Strengthens Defenses with Voluntary Youth Military Service
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on November 27th, the launch of a new voluntary military service program for 18- and 19-year-olds, set to begin in mid-2026, as Europe confronts escalating global threats intensified by Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine. The initiative, costing €2 billion, will initially enlist 3,000 paid participants for a 10-month term focused on national territory, involving weapons training, marching, and field exercises, with ambitions to expand to 10,000 by 2030 and 50,000 by 2035 to bolster France’s hybrid army model integrating youth service, reservists, and active forces. Macron emphasized the need for readiness amid accelerating crises, noting high youth interest in national engagement, while ruling out mandatory conscription except in exceptional cases authorized by parliament. This move aligns France with other European nations like Germany, Denmark, and Poland that have ramped up voluntary training since 2022 to enhance collective security without reviving full drafts.
Sources: AP News, The Defense Post
Europe Bolsters Defenses with AI Anti-Drone Shield Against Russian Aggression
In a decisive step to safeguard the continent amid escalating threats from Moscow’s drone incursions into European airspace, Italian defense firm Leonardo unveiled the Michaelangelo Dome on November 27th, an advanced AI-powered air-defense system engineered to integrate disparate anti-aircraft weapons across Europe and neutralize unmanned aerial threats, drawing inspiration from Israel’s proven Iron Dome technology. This initiative, described by Leonardo’s CEO as the defense industry’s most ambitious integration program to date, underscores the urgent imperative for European nations to enhance their military readiness and deter further Russian adventurism, particularly as intelligence points to Kremlin orchestration of recent violations that have heightened continental security concerns and prompted calls for robust rearmament without reliance on external guarantees.
National Party’s Path Clears for 2027 French Presidency Amid Le Pen’s Legal Setback
A recent Odoxa-Mascaret poll conducted November 19th-20th among 1,300 French adults projects National Rally President Jordan Bardella securing victory in the second round of the 2027 presidential election against all tested opponents, reflecting a marked shift toward conservative positions on immigration, security, and agriculture as the nation grapples with political instability following Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s resignation and President Emmanuel Macron’s declining approval at 21 percent. In scenarios pitting the 30-year-old Bardella—seen as Marine Le Pen’s successor—against centrist figures like Édouard Philippe or Gabriel Attal, he leads the first round with 35-36 percent and wins runoffs 53-47 and 56-44 respectively; against left-wing challengers Raphaël Glucksmann and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, victories widen to 58-42 and a decisive 74-26, reversing an April poll where Philippe edged Bardella. Le Pen, barred from running for five years due to a March embezzlement conviction she has appealed as politically motivated, trails her protégé in popularity by seven points, underscoring the party’s resilience and broadening appeal even among traditional holdouts like pensioners in regions such as Brittany, where Bardella has highlighted concerns over rural abandonment and border controls.
South Africa Banned from Miami G-20 Over White Farmer Persecution
President Trump has decisively excluded South Africa from the 2026 G-20 summit in Miami, citing the nation’s failure to address documented human rights violations against white Afrikaner farmers, including targeted killings and uncompensated land seizures that amount to a systematic campaign of abuse. In a pointed Truth Social statement following the recent Johannesburg summit—which the United States boycotted due to these unresolved issues—Trump emphasized that South African authorities refused to transfer the G-20 presidency to a senior U.S. embassy representative, underscoring their unwillingness to engage on the plight of descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers whose farms are being violently appropriated. This action builds on earlier measures, such as the February executive order suspending U.S. aid and prioritizing refugee status for persecuted Afrikaners, as well as a May White House confrontation where Trump presented evidence of these atrocities to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has denied the claims despite persistent reports of farm murders comprising a disproportionate share of rural violence. The Miami event, set for Trump’s Doral resort to coincide with America’s 250th anniversary, will proceed without South Africa, which Trump declared unfit for international membership, while halting all remaining U.S. payments and subsidies to the country effective immediately to pressure Pretoria into accountability.
Sources: The New York Post, The Washington Times