FBI Disrupts Radical Extremist New Year’s Eve Bombing Plot
Federal authorities successfully disrupted a credible domestic terrorist threat by arresting four individuals linked to a radical offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, an extremist group driven by pro-Palestinian, anti-law-enforcement, and anti-government motives. These suspects were apprehended in Lucerne Valley, California, where they were preparing to test improvised explosive devices in advance of coordinated bombings targeting five locations across Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Each faces federal charges of conspiracy and possession of a destructive device. A fifth person connected to the same group was separately arrested in New Orleans for planning another violent attack, while the plot also included intentions to target Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.
Sources: The Daily Wire, FOX News
Rob Reiner’s Son Arrested in Murder of His Parents in Their Brentwood Home
Authorities in Los Angeles report that 32-year-old Nick Reiner was arrested and booked for murder following the discovery of his parents, renowned director and actor Rob Reiner, aged 78, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, aged 68, deceased in their Brentwood home on Sunday afternoon. Police responded to the residence where the couple was found dead, prompting a homicide investigation led by the robbery and homicide division. Nick Reiner, held on $4 million bail, had previously shared publicly about his struggles with drug addiction, including periods of homelessness and multiple rehabilitation efforts, which inspired a film collaboration with his father. The family issued a statement expressing profound sorrow and requesting privacy, while law enforcement continues its investigation into the incident.
Sources: The Epoch Times, Breitbart
DHS, ICE Shift Enforcement Priorities to Serious Criminal Offenders
The Department of Homeland Security has adjusted its immigration enforcement strategy to prioritize the arrest of illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes while reducing emphasis on large-scale raids at workplaces and public locations. Under direction from U.S. Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino, agents are now focusing on targeted operations against specific individuals with violent or severe criminal records rather than broad sweeps based on ethnicity, accent, or presence at sites like Home Depot stores. This tactical change follows a period of high-visibility raids in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte that drew protests and legal challenges. Ongoing operations, including the New Orleans effort known as Catahoula Crunch with over 250 arrests and a goal of 5,000, continue under the new guidelines. The shift coincides with declining public approval of President Trump’s immigration policies, as indicated by recent surveys showing reduced support for mass deportation efforts and ICE actions.
Sources: WFIN FOX News Radio, The Daily Mail
Massive Democrat Money Laundering Operation Exposed
Investigative reporting reveals a large-scale money laundering scheme facilitated through ActBlue, the primary fundraising platform for Democrat campaigns, involving straw donors known as “smurfs”—primarily elderly individuals averaging ages 77 to 80—who allegedly made implausibly high volumes of small donations, often under $15 each, to bypass campaign finance limits and convert unrestricted soft money into hard money for political advertising. Evidence from Federal Election Commission data analysis shows groups of these donors contributing millions, such as 20 individuals linked to Cory Booker donating over $2.6 million in nearly 188,000 transactions and 22 linked to Mark Kelly contributing nearly $3 million in over 95,000 donations, with combined figures from 42 such donors exceeding $7.4 million in more than 321,000 contributions. Specific politicians named as beneficiaries include Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, whose donations surged dramatically after engaging certain consultants, along with Senators Jon Ossoff, Cory Booker, Mark Kelly, Raphael Warnock, Adam Schiff, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and others. Additional indicators include donations continuing after donors’ deaths and patterns suggesting identity theft or unwitting participation, amid claims of over $200 million laundered recently and billions historically since 2004, prompting a 2025 Justice Department investigation ordered by President Trump targeting straw donor schemes and potential foreign contributions, alongside senior ActBlue staff resignations.
Sources: The Gateway Pundit, Legal Insurrection
House Oversight Report Exposes DC Police Chief Crime Data Manipulation
A House Oversight Committee interim report, based on transcribed interviews with commanders from all seven Metropolitan Police Department patrol districts and one suspended commander, reveals that former Chief Pamela Smith pressured and at times directed staff to alter crime classifications solely to artificially lower publicly reported crime numbers in the nation’s capital. The report details a pervasive culture of fear, intimidation, threats, and retaliation under Smith’s leadership, particularly when commanders presented rising crime statistics, leading to public chastisement, humiliation, and threats of demotion that prioritized favorable optics over accurate reporting. Commanders testified to frustration and exhaustion in this toxic environment, which contributed to declining morale, retention issues, and recruitment challenges within the department. Smith announced her resignation on December 8, 2025, effective at year’s end, shortly before the report’s release, amid findings that manipulated statistics failed to reflect actual crime levels despite external factors like federal interventions aiding reductions in certain categories.
Sources: The Post Millennial, The Washington Examiner
Democrat Obstinacy Over Obamacare Subsidies Heightens Government Shutdown Risk
Republicans stand firm against Democrat efforts to leverage the upcoming January 30 funding deadline to force an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act marketplace tax credits set to expire, following the collapse of bipartisan negotiations and mirroring the contentious 43-day government shutdown earlier this fall triggered by the same subsidy demands. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has advocated for advancing a minibus package of appropriations bills covering major agencies to fund most of the government through September 2026 and diminish Democrat leverage on healthcare spending expansions. Progress remains stalled due to objections from some Republican senators over earmarks and bundling, while Democrats, including statements emphasizing potential premium increases affecting millions, prepare to withhold support for funding measures absent subsidy relief. Republicans have countered with their own healthcare proposal aimed at lowering premiums without multiyear Obamacare expansions, prioritizing completion of regular appropriations to avert brinkmanship over entitlement programs.
Appeals Court Victory Advancing Planned Parenthood Defunding
A unanimous three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, composed entirely of Biden appointees, ruled on December 12, to vacate preliminary injunctions issued by a lower-court judge, determining that Planned Parenthood is unlikely to succeed in challenging Section 71113 of the One Big Beautiful Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The provision prohibits federal Medicaid reimbursements to nonprofit healthcare providers that perform abortions and received over $800,000 in such funds in fiscal year 2023, impacting 37 of Planned Parenthood’s affiliates and two others. The court held that the measure exercises Congress’s spending power by offering providers a choice to cease abortion services to retain funding, rather than imposing unconstitutional punishment, a bill of attainder, or violations of First Amendment or equal protection rights. This decision reverses orders from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani and remands the case, allowing the defunding to proceed nationwide as a significant advancement for fiscal responsibility in federal healthcare spending.
Sources: The Washington Times, Reuters
Conservative Activist Murdered in Brown University Shooting
A devoted Christian and committed conservative sophomore from Alabama, Ella Cook, served as vice president of the Brown University College Republicans and stood unafraid to express her traditional values on a predominantly liberal campus. She was one of two students killed when a gunman burst into a classroom during an economics exam review session on December 13, 2025, at Brown’s Barus and Holley engineering building in Providence, Rhode Island. The attack claimed her life and that of another student while injuring nine others, all students. A person of interest was briefly detained but released as the investigation continues.
Sources: The Post Millennial, The Daily Caller
EU Intensifies Pressure on Russian Oil Revenue Streams
On December 15, in Brussels, European Union foreign ministers adopted new sanctions targeting nine individuals and entities accused of enabling Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers used to circumvent Western restrictions on Russian oil exports. These measures impose asset freezes and travel bans on five businessmen linked to state-owned companies Rosneft and Lukoil, including prominent oil trader Murtaza Lakhani, as well as four shipping companies based in the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Russia that own or manage sanctioned vessels engaging in high-risk practices to transport Russian crude and petroleum products. The sanctions aim to disrupt networks that allow Russia to continue exporting oil to buyers such as India and China despite existing price caps and prohibitions, thereby limiting funds available for Moscow’s ongoing military efforts.
Sources: Reuters, The Washington Times
Honduras Election Turmoil Deepens with Protest-Delayed Recount
In the aftermath of Honduras’ November 30 presidential election, hundreds of supporters from the ruling leftist LIBRE party protested outside the ballot storage facility in Tegucigalpa, preventing the initiation of a special hand recount of approximately 15 percent of tally sheets flagged for inconsistencies, as announced by National Electoral Council head Ana Paola Hall. Former President Mel Zelaya encouraged the demonstrations while demanding a complete recount of all ballots. Preliminary results position conservative National Party candidate Nasry Asfura ahead with 40.54 percent of the vote, followed closely by center-right Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla at 39.19 percent, and LIBRE’s Rixi Moncada trailing at 19.29 percent. The disputed tally sheets involve sufficient votes to potentially shift the lead between the top contenders. Although voting day proceeded calmly, subsequent counting has faced repeated technical disruptions and delays, exacerbating political tensions more than two weeks post-election.
Sources: The Straits Times, Reuters
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MI6 Chief Warns of Persistent Russian Aggression
In her inaugural public address as the first female head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, Blaise Metreweli underscored the acute national security threat posed by an aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist Russia under Vladimir Putin, whose deliberate export of chaos through hybrid warfare, sabotage, and information manipulation demands sustained Western resolve, with Britain affirming enduring support for Ukraine and unrelenting pressure via sanctions imposed since the 2022 invasion, while emphasizing that MI6 must fully integrate advanced technology—requiring officers to master coding alongside traditional tradecraft—to effectively counter evolving dangers to the United Kingdom’s sovereignty and stability.
Sources: The Guardian, The Daily Mail
Jose Antonio Kast Secures Decisive Victory in Chile Presidential Election
Jose Antonio Kast, a steadfast conservative leader, won Chile’s presidential runoff election with approximately 59 percent of the vote against leftist candidate Jeannette Jara’s 41 percent, marking the nation’s most significant shift toward law-and-order priorities since the restoration of democracy in 1990 as voters prioritized addressing rising crime rates and uncontrolled immigration, particularly from Venezuela; Kast’s platform emphasized border security measures, military deployment in high-crime areas, rapid deportations of illegal migrants, and market-friendly economic reforms to reduce public spending and deregulation, reflecting widespread concerns over violent crime spikes linked to organized groups exploiting porous borders despite Chile remaining among Latin America’s safer nations, while his triumph aligns with a broader regional trend favoring strong governance on security and migration as seen in recent leadership changes across the continent.
Sources: The Straits Times, Reuters
Australia Strengthens Gun Restrictions After Bondi Beach Attack
Australian authorities have moved swiftly to impose stricter firearm regulations in response to the deadliest mass shooting since the 1996 Port Arthur tragedy, which occurred during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 14, resulting in at least 15 deaths and 38 injuries. The perpetrators were a father-son duo, with the 50-year-old father, a licensed gun owner possessing six legally acquired firearms, killed at the scene, and his 24-year-old son critically injured and in a coma. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced proposals for limits on the number of guns per owner, periodic reviews of license holders due to potential changes in circumstances or radicalization, and enhanced use of criminal intelligence in licensing decisions. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns supported state-level changes to restrict access to powerful weapons lacking practical community use outside agriculture. A bystander heroically disarmed one attacker, saving lives despite sustaining wounds. This incident, marking the most significant gun law tightening in nearly three decades, underscores ongoing efforts to maintain public safety through responsible firearm oversight.
Sources: The Washington Examiner, Breitbart
Hong Kong Democratic Party Ends Operations After Beijing Crackdown
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, the city’s last major opposition force for over three decades, voted to disband on December 14, following an extraordinary general meeting where 117 out of 121 members supported dissolution and entry into liquidation, a decision driven by Beijing’s sustained national security measures and electoral reforms since 2021 that restricted participation to vetted “patriots” only, effectively sidelining the party from political processes and intensifying pressure on remaining dissenting elements amid a broader campaign that has marginalized independent voices in the territory, with the timing coinciding one day before a scheduled verdict in the national security trial of pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai.
Sources: Semafor, The Epoch Times
China Advances Strategic Position Through Pacific Airfield Renovation
A Chinese state-owned company is renovating a World War II-era Japanese-built airfield on Woleai Atoll in Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia, a nation under Compact of Free Association with the United States granting Washington defense responsibilities and exclusive military access. The project, which broke ground in May 2025 with participation from Micronesian President Wesley Simina and local leaders, aims to restore air connectivity for residents currently reliant on lengthy boat travel. Located approximately 418 miles from the vital U.S. military hub of Guam and within the Second Island Chain, the airstrip’s revival under China’s military-civil fusion policy raises concerns about potential dual-use capabilities that could support People’s Liberation Army logistics. This development occurs amid U.S. investments exceeding $2 billion in Micronesian infrastructure, including $400 million for Yap International Airport upgrades to enable Agile Combat Employment dispersal, highlighting failures to enforce compact protections against foreign encroachment in a region critical to American power projection.
Sources: The Eurasian Times, Interesting Engineering