Politics Shut Down Threat Intensifies as Democrats Push for Obamacare Subsidy Extension Stella Green, December 15, 2025 By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 15 December 2025 10:21 AM EST The possibility of a government shutdown next month has become more likely after bipartisan talks failed to secure an extension of Obamacare subsidies. Senators in both parties are now openly bracing for another shutdown fight as Democrats signal they… Continue Reading
Opinion Trump’s Second Term Staffing: A Shift from Chaos to Stability Eugene Barnes, December 15, 2025 Washington — President Donald Trump is a better boss the second time around. You can see it in his staffing. Trump is putting the right people in top jobs. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is flexing his foreign policy chops. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is selling Trump’s policies… Continue Reading
Opinion Schumer’s Political Crucible: A Senator Betrayed by His Own Party Sentinel Update, December 15, 2025 It has been an unbelievably bad year for New York’s senior senator. When Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer, D-N.Y., agreed in the spring to avoid a federal shutdown by siding with Republicans, he found himself at odds with the far-left wing of his party. Not wanting a repeat in the fall,… Continue Reading
Politics D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith Faces Allegations of Data Manipulation to Downplay Crime Rates Stella Green, December 15, 2025 The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has released a report accusing the Metropolitan Police Department of deliberately manipulating and lowering publicly reported crime statistics in the District of Columbia under outgoing police chief Pamela Smith. In its findings, the committee stated that commanders testified there were “clear pressures placed… Continue Reading
Politics Tuberville Calls CAIR’s Labeling Him ‘Anti-Muslim Extremist’ a ‘Badge of Honor’ Stella Green, December 15, 2025 CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy organization, has designated Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) an anti-Muslim extremist “in the wake of his increasingly hateful and dangerous attacks on Alabama Muslims, including his recent targeting of Alabama Muslim K-12 school children.” The group recently criticized Tuberville for opposing the Islamic Academy of… Continue Reading
Opinion Trump’s New ‘Money For Nothing’ Program Threatens to Erode American Exceptionalism Sentinel Update, December 15, 2025 By Michael Dorstewitz Monday, 15 December 2025 10:27 AM EST Although President Trump has achieved some amazing wins for America in the less than 11 months into his second term, he should reconsider some programs he’s been touting recently. They sound more like a socialist’s dream than something dreamed up… Continue Reading
Politics Kennedy Warns State-by-State Food Rules Are “Impossible” as He Pushes for National Ingredient Standard Stella Green, December 15, 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has signaled a willingness to consider a single national standard for ingredient transparency, a move that could dramatically reshape how food and consumer products are regulated in the U.S. In an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday, Kennedy said a national food… Continue Reading
Politics Hunter Biden Disbarred by Connecticut Court Amid Federal Gun and Tax Case Complaints Stella Green, December 15, 2025 A Connecticut judge has disbarred Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, for violating the state’s attorney conduct rules following complaints tied to his federal gun and tax cases. The ruling was issued Monday by Judge Trial Referee Patrick L. Carroll III in Waterbury after Biden consented to disbarment… Continue Reading
Politics Rising Antisemitism Threatens Core Values and Future of U.S., Rabbi Menken Warns Stella Green, December 15, 2025 Rabbi Yaakov Menken, executive vice president of the Coalition for Jewish Values, warned Monday that rising antisemitism poses a direct threat not only to Jewish communities but to the core values and future of the U.S., following a terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia, that killed 15 people over the weekend…. Continue Reading
Politics Rep. John Rose Says Democrats’ Blame on Trump and Gun Rights for Violence Is ‘Tired Refrain’ Stella Green, December 15, 2025 By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 15 December 2025 09:05 AM EST Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., said on Monday that Democrats are simply repeating “a tired refrain” by blaming President Donald Trump and gun rights for violent attacks following Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island that left… Continue Reading