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Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett (above) has faced criticism for saying the Bondi Beach terrorist attack was “not motivated by religion”. Commissioner Barrett had stated in the aftermath of the December 14 attack that the alleged terrorists were “inspired by Islamic State”.

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Last week, I finished reading Ottessa Moshfegh’s bestselling 2018 novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation. While I usually do not read books from the “Millennial Sad Girl Navigates Modern Life” genre, I was compelled to see what all the fuss is about. Suffice it to say that I was not impressed. But I could not quite put my finger on the source of my disdain until, several days ago, it hit me: Moshfegh’s unnamed narrator walks away learning absolutely nothing. The fault of this particular novel might be with Moshfegh’s nihilistic outlook on life, but the problem cuts even...

Two of the nearly 100 Minnesota mayors demanding answers about the state’s unfolding fraud crisis described a climate of relentless uncertainty that has left some constituents "scared" about what lies ahead. "My community is reaching out to me because they're not getting answers from DHS, from other legislators, and they're scared. There's so much unknown… and, as a mayor, we are the front line. We try to help them," South St. Paul Mayor Jimmy Francis said on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday. So far, that help has involved putting concerned constituents in contact with county officials to find the answers they...

TAE Technologies wants to start building a commercial hydrogen boron fusion reactor in 2026. Trump Media announces merger with fusion firm TAE Technologies “Friday, 19 December 2025 Trump Media & Technology Group… and US private fusion energy company TAE Technologies have announced an agreement to merge in a transaction valued at more than USD6 billion…. … TAE’s approach to fusion combines advanced accelerator and plasma physics, and uses abundant, non-radioactive hydrogen-boron (p-B11) as a fuel source. The proprietary magnetic beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) technology injects high-energy hydrogen atoms into the plasma to make the system more stable and better confined....

The California DMV is facing a lawsuit brought on behalf of nearly 20,000 immigrant truckers over the state’s plans to revoke their commercial drivers’ licenses (CDLs). The Asian Law Caucus and the Sikh Coalition, along with the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in an effort to stop the California DMV from canceling the CDLs, which the complaint says would “result in mass work stoppages” starting Jan 5, 2026. “This class-action lawsuit is brought on behalf of the Jakara Movement and five commercial drivers who have been deprived of their rights and livelihoods,” a...

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In 1857 Charles Dickens first performed a live reading of a self-abridged "A Christmas Carol." He read it every year at Christmastime until his death in 1870. This is Hank Hayes, The Pirate Radio Guy reading from Dickens' abridged book.

The odd design of former President Barack Obama’s new presidential center is supposed to evoke unity and not Darth Vader, according to an Obama Foundation official, who explained the bizarre look of the austere building. The $830 million monolith — slated to open in Chicago next year — has drawn comparisons to the “Death Star” on social media, and some locals have described it as a “concrete tomb” and a “monstrosity.” “The shape of the building was actually meant to mimic four hands coming together to show the importance of our collective action,” Obama Foundation Deputy Director Kim Patterson told...

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“‘And from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field’” (Matthew 13:44). Some believers feel uncomfortable about the parables we have been considering, thinking they teach salvation can be bought. But Scripture always teaches that salvation is completely free. Salvation is “bought” only in the sense that one trusts Jesus as Lord and Savior and surrenders all to Him. The treasure and the pearl illustrate the spiritual transaction of surrender. In salvation, we exchange the old for the new. Isaiah 55:1 describes salvation as God’s gift, yet refers to buying: “Every one who...

The Department of Homeland Security and ICE revealed earlier this week that they're giving illegal immigrants a lucrative incentive to leave our country voluntarily. On December 22, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a program that would give illegal immigrants a one-time payment of $3,000 if they self-deported. That's a $2,000 increase from the $1,000 incentive the Trump administration has been offering since the start of his second term. "Well, it's home for the holidays season so, you know, not only are we returning those kiddos back to their families that Biden lost, we also are saying that if you...

Indonesia has a reputation for being a “moderate” Muslim nation, but the wind in the Islamic world as a whole is blowing in the opposite direction, as a group of Christians has just discovered. Morning Star News, which tracks the persecution of Christians worldwide, reported Tuesday that “as police looked on, Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia on Dec. 14 formed a human wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service, according to local media.” Notice that it has now been nearly a quarter-century since 9/11, and while we have seen heroic individual Muslims such as Ahmed al-Ahmed, who...

Every December, we tell the Christmas story again.Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. There is no room at the inn. Jesus is born in a stable and laid in a manger while animals look on. Shepherds receive angelic news in the fields and hurry to see the child. Later, wise men follow a star, seeking out a King born beneath it.It is a story most of us could tell from memory, shaped as much by hymn and pageant as by Scripture itself. The images are familiar and comforting: a holy family alone in the cold, a quiet night, a humble...

WWI's Christmas Truce: When Fighting Paused for the HolidayOn Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for a brief period. This is the story …The Great WarThe trigger for the Great War was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia. What began as a local Balkan conflict escalated as a network of alliances across Europe led countries to come to each other’s aid.The British declaration of war on Germany was triggered by the German invasion of Belgium, which Britain regarded as unprovoked....

Buzz Aldrin has been "abandoned" and "dying" in his bed all alone. The 95-year-old astronaut's longtime friend Steve Barber has spoken out exclusively to RadarOnline.com after seeing the "horrific" state of Aldrin's living conditions during a recent visit. In a photo exclusively provided to Radar, the ailing space hero could be seen staring blankly inside of his dingy Los Angeles apartment, as he received oxygen support through his nose. Aldrin, wearing a NASA T-shirt, appeared in a daze while bedridden and leaning over on a small pillow. There was a table beside the elderly star, allowing him to reach over...

Adam the Woo is gone, and the silence in his wake reveals more about modern America than 1,000 trending hashtags ever could. On December 22, David Adam Williams, known to untold millions simply as Adam the Woo, was found unresponsive in his home just outside Walt Disney World. He loved this theme park beyond words and videoed it countless times, eagerly sharing his adventures with viewers across the globe. A friend conducting a welfare check sent for help after seeing Adam’s motionless body through a window. Authorities pronounced him dead at the age of 51. He apparently died in his...

‘Ze’ has gone overboard with his latest remarks.For four years, Volodymyr Zelensky has been painted by the MSM as a heroic ‘defender of democracy’, a ‘present-day Winton Churchill’, and any questioning of him was surely to be described as the work of Putin’s shills and puppets.But that was then – and this is now, when Zelensky has been revealed as a failing leader of an incredibly corrupt country rife with real-life Nazis, and dealing with an alleged nasty drug habit.Citizens of the western countries now know that much of their taxpayer money sent to the Kiev regime was stolen by...

We obtained footage showing a man casually crossing a busy Interstate-5 in Seattle when a WSP patrol car shows up ... the guy stops in his tracks, paces around, then goes up to the driver side door and yanks the cop out of the car. He pushes her to the freeway pavement, then gets behind the wheel and speeds off.

Over 1,000 pubs have now implemented a ban on serving Labour MPs, in a widespread protest against tax increases that pose a threat to their existence. This includes three local establishments frequented by Rachel Reeves, who have declared they will deny her entry over the festive season. Andy Lennox, a publican from Dorset spearheading the campaign, stated that should a Labour MP attempt to purchase a pint from him, he would insist they "go back and don't come" in. He expressed his frustration: "We've done enough talking. We've had letters hand-delivered to the chancellor. We've told the chancellor what we...