KUALA LUMPUR/PHNOM PENH, Dec. 24, 2025 — Cambodia and Thailand agreed to hold defense-level talks on Christmas Eve in an effort to revive a ceasefire after nearly three weeks of intense border fighting, regional officials said. The discussions come as clashes continue along the two countries’ disputed frontier, raising pressure on both governments to halt […]
The return to the base at Manta comes a month after Ecuadorian voters rejected a measure to allow the reopening of foreign bases. By Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose The U.S. military is sending a contingent of Air Force personnel to Ecuador in support of “anti-drug trafficking” operations. The U.S. embassy in Quito announced the […]
High Court Upholds Lower Court Block on Trump’s Troop Plan WASHINGTON (Dec. 23, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area, rejecting an emergency request to overturn lower court rulings that have blocked the deployment, court orders show. The 6-3 […]
LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. — A Louisiana middle school expelled a 13-year-old girl after she struck a classmate she says created and spread a sexually explicit, AI-generated image of her — a decision now fueling national outrage and a looming federal lawsuit. According to the family’s attorneys, the fake image circulated among students for weeks, including […]
The Venezuelan military has begun distributing rifles to civilians in the country’s working-class neighborhoods. By Anzhelika Kalchenko for Militarnyi Officially, this is presented as the creation of local militias capable of armed resistance in the event of a foreign invasion, according to the La Guardia de Honor Presidencial (Presidential Guard of Honor) of Venezuela. The initiative is […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Top aide to Vladimir Putin contradicted U.S. claims that three days of peace talks in Miami went well, calling several of Washington’s proposals meant to end Russia’s war with Ukraine “rather unconstructive.” Progress is “quite solid.” Initial drafts of U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — China has filed a retaliatory lawsuit seeking roughly $50 billion in damages against the state of Missouri, sharply escalating a years-long legal dispute tied to the origins and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit, filed in a court in Wuhan, names multiple Chinese government entities and institutions as plaintiffs, including […]
George Conway, a prominent conservative attorney and longtime critic of President Donald Trump, filed paperwork Monday with the Federal Election Commission to explore a bid for Congress as a Democrat. Conway, a co-founder of The Lincoln Project — a group of self-described Republicans formed to oppose Trump’s presidency — is considering a run in New […]
For decades, Americans were told a story about their health that no longer matched reality. We were assured that food was safe, that regulators were vigilant, that medical advice was insulated from politics and profit, and that rising chronic disease was an unfortunate but unavoidable byproduct of modern life. Meanwhile, the health of the nation […]
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse (R) revealed days before Christmas that he has been diagnosed with metastatic stage-four pancreatic cancer, calling it a “death sentence.” “This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, […]
A senior Russian general was killed Monday after a bomb detonated beneath his car in southern Moscow, a brazen assassination that underscores growing security concerns inside Russia as the war with Ukraine drags on. Authorities said Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, died from his injuries after the early-morning blast, which occurred around 6:55 a.m. as […]
The Pharmacy Veto Is Not Patient Safety – It Is Cartel Power
A simple principle should govern health care delivery. The professional who examines the patient, makes the diagnosis, and bears legal responsibility for the outcome should control treatment. Texas law rejects that principle. It erects a wall between doctors and the medications they prescribe, while empowering pharmacists who have never met the patient to veto care […]