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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump Unveils $1,776 Warrior Dividend for Troops  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that every active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces will receive a $1,776 Christmas bonus, unveiling what he called the "Warrior Dividend" during a nationally televised prime-time address from the White House. Trump said the one-time payment would go to roughly 1.45 million service members and is already being distributed, with checks scheduled to arrive before Christmas. The amount, Trump said, was deliberately chosen to honor America's founding in 1776. That's just ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary, to be celebrated throughout the coming year. "I am also proud to announce that 1,450,000 military service members will receive a special — we call it 'Warrior Dividend' — before Christmas, a Warrior Dividend in honor of our nation's founding in 1776," Trump said during the address, which was carried live by Newsmax from the White House Diplomatic Room. "We are sending every soldier $1,776. The checks are already on the way," Trump said. "Nobody deserves it more than our military. And I say congratulations to everybody."
US Announces Over $10B Arms Sales Package for Taiwan  The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones, drawing an angry response from China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address by President Donald Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak about China or Taiwan at all. U.S.-Chinese tensions have ebbed and flowed during Trump's second term, largely over trade and tariffs but also over China's increasing aggressiveness toward Taiwan, which Beijing has said must reunify with the mainland. If approved by Congress, it would be the largest-ever U.S. weapons package to Taiwan, exceeding the total amount of $8.4 billion in U.S. arms sales to Taiwan during the Biden administration.
Investigators recovered live rounds from Brown University shooting scene: sources As the manhunt for the Brown University shooter entered its sixth day Thursday, sources say police in Providence, Rhode Island, recovered live rounds from the shooting scene.  The Providence police chief has confirmed investigators recovered physical evidence, including DNA, at the Brown University shooting scene that police are working to process. When Fox News on Wednesday asked Col. Oscar Perez whether investigators were able to find live ammunition from the scene, the police chief said investigators were able to get physical evidence. “Oh yeah, we seized a few physical evidence and we're in the process of examining that evidence,” Perez told Fox News. “And yes, we have some DNA that we manipulated and so it just progresses everyday.” Perez added: “It progresses everyday with forensics, it progresses everyday with witness statements and so yeah, we're just trying to find out and we are going to do our best.” “What I can tell you from my sources is that I think quite significantly, they have live rounds, that is, rounds that were not fired on detonated rounds,” Mauro said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday. “Why does that matter? Because shell casings have enclosed a detonation. That's how bullets work. Which means they often destro Trump drops receipts on US savings since Biden's Oval Office exit President says wages rising faster than inflation for first time in years during Wednesday speech  President Donald Trump rattled off how his economic policies have pulled America from "the brink of ruin" following former President Joe Biden's tenure during his primetime address to the nation on Wednesday. "Here at home, we're bringing our economy back from the brink of ruin," Trump said Thursday. "The last administration and their allies in Congress looted our Treasury for trillions of dollars, driving up prices and everything at levels never seen before. I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast." Trump said that under the Biden administration, car prices rose by at least 22%, gasoline rose 30% to 50%, hotel rates by 37% and airfares by 31%, and mortgage prices up $15,000 under "Democrat rule." Vatican confirms resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, announces new archbishop of New York Bishop Ronald Hicks will formally assume leadership at St. Patrick's Cathedral ceremony in February 2026  The Vatican on Thursday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and announced that Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, will become the next archbishop of New York. Hicks, 58, will succeed Dolan, who has led the archdiocese since 2009. He will become the fourteenth bishop and the eleventh archbishop to lead the Archdiocese of New York. Dolan submitted his mandatory letter of retirement upon turning 75 in February. Dolan will continue to oversee the archdiocese as apostolic administrator until Archbishop-designate Hicks formally takes office on Feb. 6, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. 'Epicenter of fraud': Minnesota's empty stomachs, fake autism therapy and a scandal that could top $2 billion Former federal prosecutor said the fraud is a 'travesty' that was easily done with a computer and 'no conscience'  Minnesota officials and prosecutors are warning that the state is facing an unprecedented fraud crisis in its social service programs, with losses potentially reaching as high as $2 billion, according to those who have investigated the cases. Republican state Sen. Michael Kreun said Minnesota has long been aware of the problem but failed to contain it. "Minnesota has an epidemic of fraud, as the rest of the nation is learning," Kreun said. "We’ve known here in Minnesota for quite some time that we’ve had a massive fraud problem. And it’s turning out that probably Minnesota is the epicenter of fraud in the United States right now." The warnings follow the massive Feeding Our Future case, one of the largest pandemic-related fraud prosecutions in U.S. history, and growing scrutiny of other state programs, including false claims related to the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS). MN rep drops explosive evidence alleging even more fraud with shady figure at center
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