This week a major conflict within the conservative movement surfaced at TPUSA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, AZ. The growing rift in the movement over support for Israel was painfully on display at Erika Kirk’s AmericaFest conference this week as Ben Shapiro, a blatant shill for the Israeli lobby, attacked the nation’s two most prominent conservative podcasters, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens for taking on controversial and conspiratorial issues that question Trump’s unconditional support for Israel. This week, I'll cover this as well as the other major issues that are causing the pro-Trump movement to fracture. To receive a free one-time copy of the Brief, along with options on how to subscribe, click on Request a sample on the left.
China’s military fired 27 rockets into waters north and south of Taiwan from its coastal Fujian Province on Dec. 30, marking the second day of a new round of military drills intended to erode Taiwanese people’s confidence in their military’s ability to defend the island, according to Taiwan’s defense ministry.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that it is halting all funding for child care to Minnesota as federal investigations into alleged systemwide fraud continue to grow this week.
The strike on a staging facility for drug boats along the Venezuelan shore is an escalation in the U.S. campaign in the Caribbean.
An Oregon city's decision to give a convicted murderer a seat at the table on public safety oversight has triggered a sharp backlash. Kyle Hedquist, who was convicted in the 1995 killing of a 19-year-old and later freed after a sentence commutation, has been appointed to Salem's Community Police Review Board and the city's Civil Service Commission, reports KOIN. Those panels play roles in reviewing police conduct and overseeing employment matters for public safety staff. Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson, who opposed Hedquist's 2022 release by then-Gov. Kate Brown, says the new appointments cross a line.
On a regular basis at this point, oil and gas infrastructure and refineries are blown up, export terminals damaged, and even military bases and government buildings come under attack. President Vladimir Putin is taking fresh action, on Tuesday having signed a decree granting the military authority to call up members of Russia's mobilization reserve next year.
Among law school faculty who have donated more than $200 to a political party, a breathtaking 91 percent of the Harvard faculty gave to democrats. The student body exhibits the same biased selection. Harvard Crimson previously found that only 7 percent of incoming students identified as conservative. For the vast majority of liberal faculty and students, Harvard amplifies rather than stifles their viewpoints.
The financial press reports that people are swarming the coin shops these days, grabbing as much as possible. This is exactly what one would expect given the wild and parabolic increases in the silver price over the last month, moving from $30 to $75 in the period of one year.
Authorized under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the initiative aims to undo decades of declining rural health outcomes without rolling out new infrastructure.
The audit, conducted by HUD’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer, reviewed nearly $50 billion in housing aid and identified $5.8 billion — about 11% — as “questionable.” More than 200,000 tenants were flagged, including 29,715 listed as deceased, 9,472 non-citizens, and 165,393 households receiving payments above local eligibility limits, particularly in large metro areas such as New Orleans. Officials said suspicious payments appeared nationwide, with heavy concentrations in New York, California and Washington, DC.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Lavrov’s claims were a lie and that Moscow was preparing the ground to strike government buildings in Kyiv.
Shane Canestra credits training, attentiveness, and professionalism of his church’s security team with preventing a mass shooting at his church in 2023.
The remarks were made two days before President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The special cargo aboard the Russian arms ship that went down off Cartagena last year was not what its crew initially reported, according to Spanish outlet La Verdad. The blue-tarped objects on the vessel's stern were likely naval reactor components, unfueled and potentially headed for North Korea, national authorities determined.
China launches largest war games around Taiwan by area Aims to highlight Beijing's ability to cut off Taipei from West U.S. President Donald Trump signals he is not worried by drills Taiwan government condemns drills, mobilises troops Defence ministry posts video showcasing US-made rocket system
The final week of the year begins with silver adding to a stunning month of gains, topping $83 for the first time...
China continues to signal, through overt public-facing propaganda, its readiness to challenge the U.S directly. Recent state media have published footage showing simulated naval conflict operations in the Caribbean, followed by the release of a video showcasing a hypersonic anti-ship missile capability.
"Based on our visual analysis from both shore and space, we estimate that there are around 17.5 million barrels of crude oil floating onboard tankers in Venezuela which are unable to depart due to the ongoing US blockade," independent research Tanker Trackers wrote on X. "That's around $900M of oil."
The Ukrainian leader said he will meet the U.S. president in Florida on Sunday as negotiations with Russia advance but key issues remain unresolved.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a “powerful and deadly strike” targeting the ISIS terrorist group in northwest Nigeria on Dec. 25. Trump said on Truth Social that the terrorists targeted have been “viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” He said the group had not heeded warnings, leading to the Christmas night strike.
North Korea on Thursday released new images of what it claims is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a massive vessel equal in size to some of the United States Navy’s attack subs. The pictures released by state media showed leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the guided-missile submarine at an indoor construction facility, indicating it has not yet been launched.
The assault occurred just a day before anticipated Ukraine peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump, expected at Mar-A-Lago on Sunday. According to The New York Times, air raid alarms sounded around 1:30am local time as the strikes began, with Zelensky later stating on X that nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles were used, mainly on energy sites and civilian infrastructure in the capital.
Shapiro found few friends in Phoenix this weekend, a sign of how far the conservative movement has drifted in the Trump era. His speech, boasted a source in Owens’s camp, “completely backfired. He has united the right: everyone from Megyn Kelly to Steve Bannon to Jack Posobiec declaring onstage that they hate Ben Shapiro.” After Vance argued against “canceling each other,” Shapiro’s colleague Matt Walsh applauded the vice president on X: “Vance delivered the best speech of the weekend. Hands down. No contest. Exactly the right tone, perfectly articulated.”
Among the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan regions, Austin, Texas, was the strongest buyer’s market last month.
Trump had repeatedly said the election that put Joe Biden in the White House was stolen. This month, the Department of Justice sued Fulton County and the state of Georgia, alleging that they had failed to turn over data about the 2020 ballots. Those cases are still pending.
Since Russia’s Ukraine invasion, Poland has reported several airspace violations involving missiles, jets, helicopters and drones between 2022 and 2025, triggering fighter scrambles, radar alerts, NATO responses and diplomatic protests.
Feldstein, who'd previously worked for far-right Netanyahu coalition member and current national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, was accused of planting bogus narratives that Hamas was scheming to smuggle Israeli hostages into Egypt, and that Hamas was prolonging negotiations in a form of psychological warfare on the Israeli people. At least one of the outlets that relied on Feldstein's leaks -- the Jewish Chronicle of London -- went on to withdraw their report, with prominent columnists resigning over the scandal. Feldstein has also been accused of accepting money from Qatar as part of a foreign influence operation.
Once marked by shared festivities with Muslims, Church leaders say Israel's genocidal war has left little room for celebration
And, if you went to a public school in the west in the past few decades you probably dealt with multiple liberal teachers who regaled you with their "profound insights" on the "true history" of western holiday traditions. The problem is, most of what these teachers tell their students is a lie based on generations of carefully crafted political narratives.
He is the third military official to have been killed in bomb attacks in the Russian capital over the last year. Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces' operational training department, the committee said. It added one theory being investigated was that the bomb was planted with the involvement of Ukrainian intelligence services. Ukraine has not commented.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government.