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December 24, 2025
Trump approves deployment of 350 National Guard members to New Orleans
Updated 6:51 PM EST, December 23, 2025 The Trump administration is deploying 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the New Year, launching another federal deployment in the city at the same time that an immigration crackdown led by Border Patrol is underway. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Tuesday that Guard members, as they have in other deployments in large cities, will be tasked with supporting federal law enforcement partners, including the Department of Justice and the D ...
Go to discussionUS moves more troops and special ops aircraft to Caribbean as Trump ramps up pressure in region: report
Tuesday 23 December 2025 16:59 EST More U.S. assets including special ops aircraft and troops arrived in the Caribbean this week as Donald Trump reiterated on Monday that ground-based operations targeting drug traffickers in Venezuela would soon begin, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. The newspaper cited U.S. officials as well as open-source flight data. The most recent deployments occurred this week, according to the Journal, days before the Christmas holiday and occurring as the ...
Go to discussionUS denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose. "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European ...
Go to discussion'They No Longer Hide the Idea of White Supremacy': Tim Walz Fumes Over JD Vance's Latest Comments on Race
Dec 23rd, 2025, 4:28 pm Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is livid at Vice President JD Vance for saying white Americans don’t need to apologize for their skin color anymore, with Walz saying it was a clear sign President Donald Trump’s administration is fine with white supremacy. Walz made the comment while defending himself over reports of $9 billion in Minnesota fraud claims at a press conference on Tuesday. The liberal governor said the Trump Administration “was waging war” against his state a ...
Go to discussionNew Bill Would Allow Some Americans to Opt Back Into Social Security
Dec 23, 2025 at 03:53 PM EST A recently proposed law would allow some Americans to opt back into Social Security after originally declining to take part in the social safety net program. Clergy members routinely choose not to take part in Social Security or Medicare programs and have historically been unable to undo this decision even years later. However, a new bill seeks to change this. Why It Matters More than 70 million Americans receive Social Security benefits monthly, and this often ...
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