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5+ min ago (591+ words) President Donald Trump has reopened the healthcare debate with a mix of ideas that do not align. He has pledged to "terminate" Obamacare, then signaled openness to extending ACA subsidies, then endorsed personal freedom accounts that would send money directly to individuals. These proposals represent very different diagnoses of what is wrong with American health care. No serious reform effort can point in contradictory directions. But this problem extends far beyond Trump. Republicans have offered inconsistent signals, with some now willing to extend ACA subsidies again despite a decade of arguing " correctly " that these subsidies inflate premiums and entrench insurer dominance. Others want to preserve zero premium plans that simply shift costs onto taxpayers. Free-market analysts have warned that subsidy "compromises" are simply Obamacare under a new name. Yet Democrats offer no better path. Their answer to rising premiums and…...

5+ min ago (305+ words) Camille Benson of Mississippi arrested for putting razor blades in loaves of bread at Walmart A Texas woman was arrested and charged after she hid razor blades and fish hooks in loaves of bread at Walmart stores in Biloxi, Mississippi. 33-year-old Camille Benson is accused of putting almost a dozen razor blades inside loaves of bread at two Walmart stores. Benson's crime spree began on December 5 after a customer found a razor blade in a banana nut muffin. Investigators initially thought it was an isolated event; however, two days later, a customer at a neighboring Walmart discovered a razor inside a loaf of bread. A week later, multiple loaves of bread were found with razor blades hidden in them. A fishhook was found in another loaf of bread. Benson was charged with attempted mayhem and jailed with a $100,000 bond. Sliced…...

8+ min ago (321+ words) When people hear about Korea, they are usually hearing about North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). And its leader Kim Jong Un makes news. He was dubbed Rocket Man by President Donald Trump due to his determination to create an arsenal of nuclear weapons that could be launched towards the U.S. at will. This South Korean vulnerability is a direct threat to national security. South Korea is not just a military outpost. It is a critical node in the global economy and a crucial part of the supply chain for American defense industries. Let's imagine that China attacks Taiwan. Beijing could threaten to bankrupt the South Korean economy if the country's administration allowed U.S. forces to launch sorties from the peninsula. If Seoul was forced to choose between economic survival and alliance commitments, you can see that the financial…...

9+ min ago (32+ words) AmericaFest 2025 kicks off tonight in Phoenix, Arizona. It's Turning Point USA's first major conference since the assassination of its cofounder Charlie Ki... NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 18)...

9+ min ago (832+ words) Dr. Sebastian Gorka said the president's travel ban is directed at countries that either lack the capability or willingness to properly vet citizens for entry to the United States after a series of deadly attacks around the world. President Donald Trump's top counterterrorism official says the administration has eliminated nearly 450 terrorists since taking office earlier this year as part of its broader effort to battle resurgent terrorist groups and protect the American homeland." "As of this morning, we are at 449 jihadis who have been terminated since the President was sworn back in again," the Senior Director for Counterterrorism, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, told theJust the News, No NoiseTV show on Thursday. "That is excluding the Houthi campaign, excluding the cartel drug boats." Gorka said the administration has zeroed in on the resurgence of terrorist groups like ISIS in the wake of…...

10+ min ago (432+ words) He went out on his shield. A veteran cop whose "retirement" included taking up the mantle as his town's resident fire commissioner suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday while rescuing a young hiker stranded in the Catskills Mountains. Michael Joseph Ryan, 61, responded to an SOS signal in Panther Mountain late Saturday evening alongside firefighters with the Phoenicia Volunteer Fire Department. The crew located a 20-year-old hiker from New Jersey who had injured his ankle, Syracuse.com reported. While the team was helping the hiker scale the rest of the 3,700-foot mountain, Ryan went into cardiac arrest. Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, who were already responding to assist the injured hiker, rushed to Ryan's aid and began CPR, the outlet reported. The rangers, firefighters, and officers with the Shandaken Police Department carried Ryan down the rest of…...

12+ min ago (96+ words) Authorities have confirmed that 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente is responsible for both the Brown University shooting and the shooting of an MIT professor. OAN Staff'Sophia Flores'7:58 PM " Thursday, December 18, 2025 Authorities have confirmed that 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente is responsible for both the Brown University shooting and the shooting of an MIT professor. OAN Staff'Sophia Flores'7:58 PM " Thursday, December 18, 2025 Authorities have confirmed that 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente is responsible for both the Brown University shooting and the shooting of an MIT professor....

16+ min ago (319+ words) A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned the gun conviction of a man who's only other crime was failing to pay child support, declaring that the underlying crime should not have cost him his gun rights for life. The ruling is the latest challenge to federal gun control laws since the Supreme Court ruled in the Bruen case in 2022, which struck down some state restrictions on concealed-carry permits." The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a split 2-1 decision that Edward Cockerham should not permanently lose his right to own guns because he failed to pay child support. He did not serve prison time for the conviction, and was given five years of probation instead." "So there's no historical justification to disarm him at that moment " never mind for the rest of his life," Judge James Ho, a Trump appointee, wrote in…...

16+ min ago (388+ words) Despite all the drama surrounding him, Giannis Antetokounmpo insists he's "locked in." Antetokounmpo, 31, addressed the speculation about his uncertain future with the Bucks on Thursday, telling reporters that the reports are simply out of his control, delegating it to his agent. "If my agent is talking to the Bucks about it, he's his own person. He can have any conversation he wants," Antetokounmpo told reporters before Thursday's 111-105 loss against the Raptors. He continued by saying that he is only focused on getting healthy, as the nine-time All-Star is battling a right calf strain that has kept him sidelined since Dec. 3. "At the end of the day, I personally have not had the conversation with the Bucks," Antetokounmpo added. "I'm still locked in, locked in on my teammates, most importantly locked in on me getting back healthy." Antetokounmpo's remarks come as…...

17+ min ago (517+ words) The longest-serving governor of North Carolina, Jim Hunt, died Thursday at the age of 88. His daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt, announced the Democratic leader's death in a statement on X. "It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Governor Jim Hunt," she wrote. "He devoted his life to serving the people of North Carolina, guided by a belief that public service should expand opportunity, strengthen communities, and always put people first. His leadership and compassion left a lasting impact on so many across our state." CONGRESS TO HOLD CRIME HEARING IN CHARLOTTE FOLLOWING DEADLY LIGHT RAIL ATTACK Hunt served a total of 16 years as North Carolina's governor, holding office from 1977 to 1985 and again from 1993 to 2001. He was the only governor in state history to be elected to four terms, following a constitutional…...