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Congress Set to Pass NDAA With Anti-Censorship Provision, Protects Free Speech
The Senate Monday approved a key procedural vote that means the massive
$901 billion National Defense Authorization Act will pass later this
week and be sent to the president for signing.
The final NDAA bill, approved by the House last Wednesday, includes a
strong prohibition on the Department of War from using any advertising
agency that deploys so-called “media monitors” – groups that rate news
outlets for factual accuracy, “misinformation” or other criteria.
Major ad agencies have been using these monitors – including the
left-wing NewsGuard – to censor and blacklist conservative news
organizations.
The new restriction, found in Section 1541, builds on a similar prohibition made in the 2025 NDAA.
Hotel room Nick Reiner fled to after allegedly murdering parents was covered in blood: report
The hotel room where Nick Reiner fled after allegedly murdering parents
Rob and Michele Reiner was found covered in blood, according to a new
report Tuesday.
The 32-year-old suspected killer checked into The Pierside Santa Monica
hotel with a credit card around 4 a.m. on Sunday — just hours after he
got into a bitter yelling match with his legendary Hollywood director
father at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party, sources told TMZ.
The troubled drug addict seemed “tweaked out” when he checked in,
eyewitnesses told the outlet — but there were no visible signs he’d
been in a violent confrontation.
However, when staff went to clean his room after he left early Sunday, they found a horrifying scene, the outlet reported.
Inside Candace Owens’ ‘sadistic and dangerous’ world monetizing baseless conspiracies
Candace Owens’ attacks on Erika Kirk are fueled by her own jealousy and
bitterness at being pushed out of Turning Point USA, sources claim to
The Post.
The independent broadcaster, 36, described as “sadistic and dangerous”
by insiders, didn’t hold back from spreading baseless conspiracy
theories about the grieving widow and her husband, activist Charlie
Kirk, after he was assassinated on Sept. 10.
For those who have crossed her path, Owens’ disregard for the truth,
pursuit of attention and reckless behavior are all calculated.
Those who spoke to The Post claim Owens was loathed by staff when she
worked at the Daily Wire, guests on her podcast doubt she believes her
own lies and her pattern of inflammatory behavior can be traced all the
way back to high school.
Trump: Classifying Fentanyl as 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'
President Donald Trump said Monday he was classifying fentanyl as a
weapon of mass destruction, ramping up his administration's campaign
against drug cartels in Latin America.
"No bomb does what this is doing — 200-300,000 people die every year,
that we know of," Trump said at the signing of an executive order that
placed fentanyl in the same category as nuclear and chemical weapons.
In 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an
estimated total of about 80,000 overdose deaths in the country, with
some 48,000 of those due to synthetic opioids.
The executive order said "illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical
weapon than a narcotic" and that it "threatens our national security
and fuels lawlessness in our hemisphere and at our borders."
FAA Getting $6 Billion Upgrade on Air Traffic Telecom, Radar
Federal Aviation Administration head Bryan Bedford said Tuesday the
agency is committing $6 billion by year-end on air traffic control
telecom infrastructure and radar surveillance systems that will be
deployed by the end of 2028.
Congress approved $12.5 billion to reform the aging U.S. air traffic
control system and the administration wants another $19 billion or more
to complete the effort. The FAA's air traffic telecom system has been
hit by a series of failures, including serious outages covering Newark
traffic.
FAA Administrator Bedford also defended the agency's decision to
require flight cuts during a prolonged government shutdown and told a
U.S. House aviation subcommittee hearing he would ensure the safety of
air traffic in Washington despite legislation that could allow more
military helicopter flights.
HHS probes whether billions in taxpayer money sent to Minnesota was fueled ‘illegal and mass migration’
The US Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether
billions in taxpayer dollars sent to Minnesota social service programs
were used to unlawfully “fuel illegal and mass migration,” according to
letters obtained by The Post.
Alex Adams, assistant secretary of HHS’ Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), fired off letters Monday to Democratic Minnesota Gov.
Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and a nonprofit that received
hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants to provide Head
Start programs.
“We are concerned that they might be used to fuel illegal and mass
migration,” Adams told The Post, saying that the attempt to track the
federal monies was about “accountability for American taxpayers.”
“Right now we’re at the exploratory phase,” he added. “American
taxpayers generally fund these programs … We’re trying to get data from
them that will help give us confidence that there’s not fraud.”
But, Adams added, his agency has “legitimate reason to think that
they’ve been using taxpayer dollars incorrectly,” given a series of
recent news reports about fraud in Minnesota social services.
Bill, Hillary Clinton deposition in Jeffrey Epstein investigation pushed back to next month
A powerful Republican-led House committee has pushed back the deadline
for former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to testify about their relationship with deceased sex
trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) informed the
Clintons’ attorney David Kendall on Monday that they wanted depositions
from the former first couple by the middle of next month.
“Committee staff told you that the Committee is open to rescheduling
the testimony but that it would need definitive new dates in January
before canceling the currently scheduled dates,” Comer told Kendall.
“You replied that you are unwilling to provide any alternative dates
for your clients’ testimony.
Kendall had informed the panel that neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton
could testify Wednesday and Thursday of this week, as previously
demanded via subpoenas, since both will be attending a funeral.
Trump Sues BBC for $10B Over Jan. 6 Reporting
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in
damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as
well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
The 33-page suit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a "false, defamatory,
deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of
President Trump," calling it "a brazen attempt to interfere in and
influence" the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
It accused the BBC of "splicing together two entirely separate parts of
President Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021" in order to "intentionally
misrepresent the meaning of what President Trump said."
Netanyahu: Aussie PM 'Pours Fuel' on Fire of Antisemitism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Sunday's deadly
shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration in Sydney and said he had
warned his Australian counterpart that the country's support for
Palestinian statehood would fuel antisemitism.
Gunmen opened fire during an event marking the first night of Hanukkah
at Sydney's Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 people in what Australian
officials described as a targeted antisemitic attack. One of the
suspected gunmen was also killed.
Netanyahu said the shooting was "cold blooded murder."
He added that in August he had told Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in
a letter that the Australian government's policies were promoting and
encouraging antisemitism in Australia.
FBI Announces $50K Reward for Suspect in Brown Shooting
The FBI on Monday announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the suspect in the killing of two Brown
University students in a classroom shooting Saturday in Providence,
Rhode Island.
The bureau released three still images taken from video of a person of
interest in the case, who it said is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall
with a "stocky build."
The Providence Police Department released the videos showing the person.
Zelenskyy: Peace Proposals to End War Could Be Presented to Russia Within Days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals negotiated with
U.S. officials on a peace deal to end his country's nearly four-year
war with Russia could be finalized within days, after which American
envoys will present them to the Kremlin before further possible
meetings in the United States next weekend.
Zelenskyy told reporters late Monday that a draft peace plan discussed
with the U.S. during talks in Berlin earlier in the day is "very
workable." He cautioned, however, that some key issues — notably what
happens to Ukrainian territory occupied by invading Russian forces —
remain unresolved.
U.S-led peace efforts appear to be picking up momentum. But Russian
President Vladimir Putin may balk at some of the proposals thrashed out
by officials from Washington, Kyiv, and Western Europe, including
postwar security guarantees for Ukraine.
FBI doubted probable cause for Mar-a-Lago raid but pushed forward amid pressure from Biden DOJ, emails reveal
'Very little has been developed related to who might be culpable for mishandling the documents,' an FBI official wrote
The FBI did not believe it had probable cause to raid President Donald
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in 2022, but moved forward amid pressure from
the Biden Justice Department, with an official saying he didn’t "give a
damn about the optics" of the search, newly declassified documents
reviewed by Fox News Digital reveal.
Fox News Digital reviewed emails between FBI and Justice Department
officials in the months leading up to the August 2022 raid of
Mar-a-Lago, with FBI officials expressing concerns about a lack of
probable cause to execute the search warrant on the then-former
president's residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
"Very little has been developed related to who might be culpable for
mishandling the documents," an FBI official serving as an assistant
special agent in charge, wrote to another FBI official, Anthony
Riedlinger. "From the interviews, WFO has gathered information
suggesting that there may be additional boxes (presumably of the same
type as were sent back to NARA in January) at Mar-a-Lago."
LIZ PEEK: Minnesota’s fraud scandal exposes Democrats’ indifference to the needy
Somali fraudsters allegedly stole over
$1 billion in Minnesota welfare funds under Tim Walz's watch, with
similar fraud claims now emerging in Ohio
The Grinch is stealing hundreds of billions of dollars of welfare
benefits from America’s needy, and Democrats couldn’t care less.
The broadening scandal in Minnesota, where Somali criminals allegedly
stole more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funds under the indulgent
eyes of Democrat Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and
other state officials, is the tip of the iceberg. All around the
country, there is growing evidence that programs meant to serve the
poor, the hungry and the homeless have been scammed; rather than
investigate the frauds and prosecute those responsible, Democrats
denounce efforts by those trying to stop the theft.
Walz called President Trump’s vow to deport the Somali criminals
responsible for hijacking hundreds of millions of dollars in welfare
money "petty vindictiveness." He blamed federal COVID emergency funds
for the scandal, claiming the pandemic relief effort "opened up the
door to relax the guard rails and to have fraud be committed."
After Bondi Beach terror attack, the West must face Islamist ideology with clear eyes
The Bondi Beach attack in Australia was shocking, but not at all surprising.
Some of the details were distinctive — an idyllic spot on the Pacific
Ocean instantly turned into a killing field; a father-son terror squad
— but the basic picture of radicalized Muslim immigrants targeting a
gathering of Jews was drearily familiar.
These events follow the same pattern because the fundamentalist version of Islam is, at its root, hostile to Jews.
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that there was a refugee flow of
Unitarians, and some proportion of those Unitarians were antagonistic
to traditional Christians — such that they vandalized their businesses,
harassed them in the streets, and launched massive protests in favor of
overseas Unitarian terror groups.
In that case, we’d obviously cast a skeptical eye on Unitarian immigration.
