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Hegseth Under Pressure Over Boat Strike Video

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he is still weighing whether to release the full video of a deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. He provided a classified briefing Tuesday to congressional leaders alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top national security officials. Lawmakers, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, are demanding the footage, calling the briefing “very unsatisfying.” Congress is threatening to withhold Hegseth’s travel funds unless the Pentagon provides the unedited video.

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Coping with Tragedy: Alex Witoff on the Loss of His Brother and The Silent Epidemic in America | The Erin Molan Show

Erin speaks with Alex Witkoff, son of Steve Witkoff — Special Envoy for President Trump — about family, loss, and purpose.

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The Supreme Court Could Deliver A Huge Win For Republicans

Illinois law protects immigrants from arrest near courthouses, hospitals or colleges

Immigrants living in Illinois, among the states hit hardest by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, are now shielded from federal enforcement near courthouses, hospitals, university campuses and day cares under a law Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed Tuesday. The law, which takes effect immediately, also provides legal steps for people whose constitutional rights were violated during the federal enforcement action in the Chicago area, including $10,000 in damages for someone unlawfully arrested while attempting to attend a court proceeding. “Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending your classes should not be a life-altering task,” Pritzker said at a bill-signing in the largely Latino Little Village neighborhood in Chicago. “Illinois — in the face of cruelty and intimidation — has chosen solidarity and support.” Critics complain the law will be overturned by the courts. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's “Operation Midway Blitz," which appears to have wound down, arrested more than 4,000 people. Data on those arrested from early September through mid-October showed only 15% had criminal records, with traffic offenses, misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies comprising the vast majority. Legislators did not return to session until October and approved the measure late in the month, sending it to Pritzker, whose staff reviewed it in the intervening weeks. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the new law. Federal agents are now prohibited from making civil arrests in or around courthouses of a person attending certain legal proceedings, and the law provides for $10,000 in fines for the arrest of someone the officer should have known was attending a court hearing. It prevents the release of private medical records by hospitals, blocks universities from taking certain actions regarding the immigration status of students or employees and precludes day cares from sharing such status information. When the Legislature approved the plan, state Senate President Don Harmon, a Democrat, acknowledged critics' complaints that it would face a legal challenge. He said he believes it's constitutional but said the Trump administration could try to find a friendly court to overturn it. “There is no badge, no title, no mask that puts anyone above the Constitution,” Harmon said Tuesday. “This law sends the message that if you abuse your authority, there are consequences." Linda Tortolero, head of the advocacy group Latino Policy Forum, said the new law shows how "in Illinois, we stand by immigrant families, democracy, and civil rights.”

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"Minnesota is in real trouble. The next governor needs to be battle-tested and solutions-oriented," writes Jeff Johnson. He joins Michele to explain why he thinks he is the candidate to unseat Tim Walz. Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter. Learn More about “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://linktr.ee/micheletafoya Subscribe to “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://apple.co/3nPW221 Follow Michele on twitter: https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya Follow Michele on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmicheletafoya/ Learn more about the Salem Podcast network: https://salempodcastnetwork.com/

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Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter. Learn More about “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://linktr.ee/micheletafoya Subscribe to “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://apple.co/3nPW221 Follow Michele on twitter: https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya Follow Michele on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmicheletafoya/ Learn more about the Salem Podcast network: https://salempodcastnetwork.com/

Police Respond To Shooting At Kentucky State University

Police responded to a shooting at Kentucky State University in Frankfort Tuesday afternoon. Kentucky's Governor Andy Beshear posted on X that a suspect has been arrested and injuries have been reported.

Shooting At Kentucky State University Turns Deadly

At least one person was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspect was in custody, police said. Police in Frankfort, the state's capital, said the campus was on lockdown. The governor's office confirmed there was a shooting. “We will share more information as available,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in a post on X. “Law enforcement are on scene, and a suspect has been arrested. Let’s pray for all those affected.” Kentucky State is a public historically Black university with about 2,200 students. Lawmakers authorized the school’s creation in 1886.

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Bronx Man Charged In Shooting Of New York Jets' Kris Boyd

A Bronx man has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of New York Jets' player Kris Boyd, police announced Tuesday. The New York Police Department said Frederick Green, 20, was charged late Monday night. Police had revealed Monday that a “person of interest” was in custody but didn't name them. Green is likely to appear in court later Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if Green has an attorney. He also faces additional charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Boyd was shot in the abdomen just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 16 in midtown Manhattan, after Boyd, his friend and two other Jets' players, Irvin Charles and Jamien Sherwood, left a club and were approached by a group of men who made fun of their clothing, police told reporters at a news briefing. A fight eventually broke out between the men and Boyd was shot, police said. Boyd and his friends were not armed. Boyd was hospitalized after the shooting but a few weeks later visited the Jets' facility, surprising teammates and attending a special teams meeting. The Jets signed Boyd earlier this year but he was injured during a practice this summer and has not yet played for the team. He played his first four seasons in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, later signing with the Arizona Cardinals in 2023 and then joining Houston’s practice squad later that season.

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Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in all high schools

Texas has launched a partnership with Turning Point USA to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every high school campus in the state. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Turning Point USA Senior Director Josh Thifault revealed the initiative during a news conference on Monday. They did not outline any plans that would require schools to initiate the clubs, but Abbott said that he expects “meaningful disciplinary action” to take place against “any stoppage of TPUSA in the great state of Texas.” The partnership marks the latest attempt by Republican officials to push education further to the right, after years of them accusing public schools of indoctrinating students with left-leaning beliefs.

Trump approves sale of Nvidia computer chips to China

China hardliners in Washington slammed the Trump administration for its decision to allow Nvidia to ship its second most advanced AI chip to China, citing concerns Beijing could harness the technology to supercharge its military. President Donald Trump announced the move to allow H200 sales to China in a social media post on Monday, adding that the U.S. would collect a 25% fee on such sales, and that AMD and Intel would get approval to sell similar chips there. The decision "puts our competitive edge up for sale, all for a 25% cut of chip exports," said Brad Carson, a former Under Secretary of the Army. "When China starts supplying their military with AI built on U.S. chips, the world will regret this decision." The move is the most dramatic example yet of Trump's new push towards relaxing restrictions on sales of advanced American AI technology to China, as he seeks expanded overseas markets for U.S. companies and as he faces Beijing's imposition of export controls on rare earth minerals, key ingredients for manufacturing a vast array of technology in the U.S. and abroad. It also marks a dramatic reversal from his first term, when Trump drew international attention by cracking down on Chinese access to U.S. technology, citing claims Beijing steals American intellectual property and harnesses commercially obtained technology to bolster its military, which Beijing denies. But the administration, led by White House AI czar David Sacks, now argues that shipping advanced AI chips to China discourages Chinese competitors like Huawei [HWT.UL] from redoubling efforts to catch up with Nvidia and AMD's most advanced chip designs. If, in five years, AI chips made by sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei were everywhere, "that means we lost ... We can't let that happen," he said at an event in January. But many in Washington disagree. Stewart Baker, a former Homeland Security and National Security Agency official, said the notion that the U.S. can keep China dependent on U.S. chips by letting them have the H200 is “a delusion.” “There’s no world in which they are not going to continue to press as hard as possible to have a domestic industry that will ultimately have as its goal the bankruptcy of Nvidia and the dependence of the United States on Chinese AI,” Baker said. Saif Khan, who served as director of Technology and National Security at the White House National Security Council under former President Joe Biden, echoed the remarks. Allowing H200 sales to China "could significantly erode America's advantages (in AI) and supercharge China's military modernization." But some China hawks see the impact as more limited, including James Mulvenon, a Chinese linguist and military expert who authored a report that helped convince the first Trump administration to sanction Chinese chip manufacturer SMIC in 2020. "Regardless of this decision, the Chinese government has made it clear that it is not their long-term strategic goal to be dependent on Nvidia or any other Western technology, so these gains will likely be transitory,” he said.

Trump threatens funding for Chicago transit after woman set on fire

President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in November. Federal Transit Authority Administrator Marc Molinaro sent a letter Monday to Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker demanding the Chicago Transit Authority develop and implement an updated safety plan by Dec. 19. The letter did not call for any specific changes. The demand comes after a man riding a Blue Line L commuter train on Nov. 17 doused fellow passenger Bethany MaGee with gasoline from a plastic drink bottle as she sat with her back to him, according to court filings. He then chased her through the train car and set her on fire. The man then got off the train at the next stop in downtown Chicago and walked away as MaGee, 26, stumbled out and fell to the ground. She suffered severe burns but survived. Police arrested 50-year-old Lawrence Reed of Chicago the next morning. Federal prosecutors charged him with committing a terrorist attack, which carries a maximum sentence of life. Online court records did not list an attorney for him. Information provided to The Associated Press by the Cook County Circuit Court shows more than 60 criminal cases filed against Reed since 1993, ranging from traffic, trespassing and drug possession offenses to more serious charges involving violent behavior — including at least 15 battery and assault cases and at least two arson cases. At the time of the train attack, Reed was on electronic monitoring in an active battery case. Authorities say he hit a hospital social worker in the face in August. The Cook County chief judge’s office pointed to state law that limits strictly limits judges from denying the release of defendants ahead of their trials. Molinaro said in his letter that it was “unconscionable” that Reed was released in the battery case and the attack on MaGee reflects “systemic failures in both leadership and accountability on all levels that cannot be tolerated.” “I will not accept the brutal assault of an innocent 26-year-old woman as an inevitable cost of providing public transportation,” he wrote. Asked for comment, Chicago Transit Authority officials responded with an email saying the agency had received the letter and “will respond within the requested timeline.” The email did not elaborate. The AP also left messages with the mayor and the governor's offices on Tuesday morning. Chicago and other Democratic-led cities have been the focus of intense criticism from Trump and his administration, who have characterized them as crime-ridden despite steep drop in violent crime after a pandemic-era spike. The administration in October announced it was withholding $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, including expansion plans for the Red Line L commuter train. The project would have established stops in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods. White House budget officials said then that they wanted to ensure funding wasn't moving through race-based contracting. The administration withheld $18 billion for New York infrastructure the same week. Pritzker has long been one of Trump's loudest critics. The president's crackdown on immigrants in Chicago has only heightened tensions. Pritzker has resisted Trump's National Guard deployment, and Trump called the governor “a fat slob” during his ceremonial Thanksgiving turkey pardons.

Ukraine Refuses To Cede Territory To Russia Despite Trump Pressure

The U-S and Ukraine do not see eye-to-eye on how to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. The peace plan proposed by the Trump administration calls for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. President Trump told Politico that Moscow has the “upper hand” in the war and that Ukraine needs to cut a deal and start “accepting things.” But Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is resisting U-S pressure for compromise and has reaffirmed his refusal to give up land. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continue to exchange drone attacks.

Foreign Forces Are Sowing Discord on the Home Front

In this must-listen episode, Josh Hammer pulls no punches as he exposes the bad actors corrupting the conservative movement — including Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the grifters cheering them on. Josh breaks down Tucker’s latest bizarre comments about buying a house in Doha, Qatar, and torches the delusion behind pretending Qatar is some kind of model society. Josh also details Qatar’s deep ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and highlights what Florida is doing to push back against creeping sharia influence in the U.S. Then he turns to the Left, calling out Rep. Jasmine Crockett for her latest unhinged proposal on reparations — another desperate attempt to score headlines at the expense of common sense.

Federal Judge Grants Request To Unseal Ghislaine Maxwell Case Records

A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled Tuesday after the Justice Department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits, along with investigative materials that could amount to hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased documents. He’s the second judge to allow the Justice Department to publicly disclose previously secret Epstein-related records.

Philly Teens HELD ACCOUNTABLE In Florida For MASSIVE THEFT

A group of young teenagers from Philadelphia were arrested in Florida before their travel football game. Sheriff Grady Judd runs-down how these teens got caught and what charges they will face.

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