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The final day of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 is held in Phoenix, AZ, on Sunday, December 21. This has been the first AmericaFest without TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September. His widow Mrs. Erika Kirk will speak today along with a surprise “special guest” before the event is closed with an address from Vice President JD Vance. Read the full article here

Non-Western currencies now account for more than 96% of commercial transactions, the Russian president has said   Trade among Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) members is now settled overwhelmingly in national rather than Western currencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.The CIS currently includes nine member states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan. Ukraine and Turkmenistan hold participant status within the organization, although Kiev has moved to sever ties with it.Speaking at an informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg on Monday, Putin said the strong volume of trade among CIS member states showed their cooperation is…

President of Argentina Javier Milei over the weekend welcomed President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela’s socialist Maduro regime during the latest Heads of State summit of the Mercosur trade bloc. Milei urged the bloc’s member states to back the United States against socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro. Mercosur is a regional trade bloc founded in 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, with other associated countries. Venezuela was suspended from Mercosur in 2016 by its founders in response to the socialist Maduro regime’s gross human rights abuses and violations of the trade bloc’s rules. Milei, speaking at the 67th Mercosur…

A SpaceX rocket explosion in January put three commercial flights carrying 450 people at risk, according to newly revealed FAA records. The records also indicate Elon Musk’s company failed to alert the FAA about the explosion, with air traffic controllers learning of the incident when they spotted debris on their radars. The Wall Street Journal reports that in January, a SpaceX Starship rocket exploded minutes after liftoff, raining fiery debris across parts of the Caribbean for nearly an hour. While the incident was publicly known, FAA documents reviewed by the Journal reveal that the explosion posed a much greater danger…

Publishing giant HarperCollins has unveiled the official cover for Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, a forthcoming book on AI politics that #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer hails as “urgent, elegant, and one of the most important books in years.” Written by Breitbart News Social Media Director Wynton Hall, Code Red distills more than two-and-a-half years of research into a sweeping account of AI’s promise and perils for the conservative movement and how artificial intelligence will shape our lives, children’s future, American politics in 2026 and beyond. Senator Marsha Blackburn…

A senior adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly told journalists last week that Japan needs nuclear weapons North Korea has lashed out at Japan after a senior official reportedly suggested that the country needs nuclear weapons. In a statement published by state media on Sunday, Pyongyang warned that allowing Japan to acquire nuclear weapons would result in “a great disaster.”The remarks come after controversy was sparked last week by a senior adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who told reporters that Japan may need to reconsider its post-WWII non-nuclear policy as reliance on the US nuclear deterrent may…

Justice Department officials are sounding the alarm about the online extremist network “764,” whose young followers use social media platforms to target and manipulate vulnerable teens into self-harm and violence. ABC News reports that in a rare public appearance, career prosecutors from the Justice Department’s National Security Division delivered dire warnings about the online extremist network known as “764.” Speaking at a panel hosted by George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, Justin Sher and James Donnelly, described as the department’s “point people” on 764, shed light on the network’s disturbing tactics and objectives. According to Sher, the dark content created…

Too white. Too male. Too judgemental. These are just three of the accusations a woke museum has made about Father Christmas in a bizarre guide to “decolonising’” the man in red and white. It is also demanding Santa be more understanding and nicer to naughty children lest they feel oppressed. The Sun reports Brighton and Hove Museums in the UK  published a blog post on its website suggesting Santa should work alongside his elves on the presents production line to show they are equals. Mrs Christmas should also emerge from the shadows and take her place at his side at a time…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Hamas was “not disarming” as required by their peace plan with Israel. Partial transcript as follows: KRISTEN WELKER: Thank you so much for joining me. There is a lot to get to this morning. I do want to start on the Middle East because you’re there in Tel Aviv. You just met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We have video of some of that. Our viewers are seeing this as we speak. It’s been two months since President Trump brokered that peace plan for Gaza, and Prime Minister…

Chainsaw-armed thieves stole over 8,000 gemstones in a swift, carefully planned heist at Paris’ most famous museum The haul from the brazen daylight heist at Paris’ Louvre Museum in October has been valued at about €88 million ($96 million), with thieves making off with gemstones set into French crown jewels, BFMTV reported on Monday, citing the findings of an investigation.Four masked men armed with a chainsaw broke into the iconic museum on October 19 and forced their way into the Apollo Gallery, where they cut open a display case and fled with jewelry pieces. The heist lasted just minutes and…