December 25, 2017

ALAN KEYES — "Thus, the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all his work which He, God, created and made." (Genesis 2: 1-3)... (more)

December 25, 2017

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump is sending Christmas greetings to U.S. troops stationed around the world. From the Florida estate where Trump is spending the holidays, he spoke by video hook-up on Christmas Eve to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, stationed in Qatar, Kuwait and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... (more)

December 25, 2017

NEWSMAX — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished Christians around the world a "Merry Christmas." His comments came in a video posted on his Twitter account. The video showed Netanyahu speaking on Christmas eve from Jerusalem.... (more)

December 25, 2017

THE HILL — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended mass Sunday night in Florida on the eve of Christmas. The first couple attended mass at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, arriving after the service had already started, according to a White House pool report.... (more)

December 25, 2017

NEWSMAX — Throughout the 65-year-reign of the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II, her annual Christmas Day broadcast in recent years has focused less on her dedication to a life of service and has become more a declaration of her Christian faith.... (more)

December 25, 2017

'That's where his allegiance lies. Always has. Always will'

WORLDNETDAILY — Actor James Woods tweeted the once unmentionable over the weekend about Barack Obama. "He is a Muslim," wrote Woods. "He can deny it, his apologists in the media can refute it, and his enablers can promote a narrative that he is a Christian. It's a pack of lies. Obama is a Muslim and that is where his allegiance lies. Always has. Always will."... (more)

December 25, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump announced sanctions Thursday against 13 individuals for humans-rights violations and corruption, including a Myanmar general accused of ethnic cleansing against Muslim minorities. Mr. Trump signed an executive order announcing the new sanctions, which also target 39 entities and individuals under the Global Magnitsky Act. The president declared a national emergency on global corruption and human rights abuses.... (more)

December 24, 2017

NEW YORK POST — President Trump unloaded on Andrew McCabe Saturday amid reports that the embattled FBI deputy director plans to jump from the agency in early March, when he becomes eligible to retire.... (more)

December 23, 2017

BYRON YORK — There are some important things the public doesn't know about the so-called "Trump dossier," such as whether the FBI used information from the dossier to win court permission to spy on Americans. But the most important question about the dossier is the simplest: Is it true?... (more)

December 23, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — The FBI's deputy director Andrew McCabe testified Tuesday at a marathon seven-hour closed-door hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. According to the now-infamous text message sent by FBI agent Peter Strzok to his paramour, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, it was in McCabe's office that top FBI counterintelligence officials discussed what they saw as the frightening possibility of a Trump presidency.... (more)

December 23, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Attorneys for a Russian entrepreneur say they have discovered the source who provided BuzzFeed with the infamous Trump dossier whose unverified charges were embraced by the FBI. They are not disclosing the identity for now.... (more)

December 23, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A former U.S. Marine's alleged plan to for a holiday attack on Pier 39 in San Francisco has been foiled after he discussed the plan with an undercover FBI agent. According to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in California on Friday, Everitt Aaron Jameson was inspired by the Islamic State.... (more)

December 23, 2017

NATIONAL REVIEW — Nothing has been more tedious over the last year than the constant reminders that good journalism is "now more important than ever." The implication, of course, is that solid, groundbreaking reporting was not as essential so long as a liberal Democrat was in power. I've long assumed that the factotums mouthing such cliches lack the self-awareness to understand the true import of their words. But maybe I've been wrong. Recent days brought evidence that, no, liberals really mean it: The only meaningful investigative work is that which reflects poorly on Republicans.... (more)

December 23, 2017

NEWS24 — The United States Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has been pushing back against the UN hard for voting against the President's Jerusalem decision. "The United States is, by far, the single largest contributor to the United Nations and its agencies," said Haley in a speech to the UN.... (more)

December 23, 2017

FOX NEWS — Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanded an investigation into prosecutorial misconduct after the Cliven Bundy standoff case was declared a mistrial.... (more)

December 23, 2017

REV. MARK H. CREECH — During Christmas time, my father loved making this season of the year magical for children. As children, every year Daddy would remind my sister and me to put cookies and milk out for Santa's arrival on Christmas Eve night. On Christmas morning, I was always giddy with excitement to find an empty plate and glass under the tree next to my toys.... (more)

December 23, 2017

MADELINE CRABB — Recently there have been some pretty adorable TV commercials from a toy retailer showing children performing tasks and doing good deeds for their parents, indicating that the "naughty list" is not an option. This has gotten me to thinking about where the naughty and nice concept originated. Since it is Christmas time, let's ponder this idea...... (more)

December 23, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump signed a hard-won $1.5 trillion tax-cut bill into law Friday, also signing a temporary funding bill to keep the government open and a $4 billion missile defense bill. Mr. Trump signed the measures at the White House shortly before departing for Florida for the Christmas holiday.... (more)

December 23, 2017

LARRY KUDLOW — With President Trump's signing of the big tax-cut bill, the GOP snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Suddenly, the political and economic landscapes have changed. The Republican party has turned the tables on the Democrats.... (more)

December 23, 2017

ART MOORE — Prior to the United Nations General Assembly vote to declare President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel "null and void," the representatives of some of the world's most egregious violators of human rights stood behind the podium, one after the other, to condemn the U.S. and the Jewish state.... (more)

December 23, 2017

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump on Friday praised the U.N. Security Council for voting tougher sanctions on North Korea, saying that "the world wants peace, not death."... (more)

December 23, 2017

NEWSMAX — The US announced Friday it would provide Ukraine with "enhanced defensive capabilities," a move that could escalate a conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists that has claimed more than 10,000 lives since 2014.... (more)

December 23, 2017

NATIONAL REVIEW — In May 2016, deputy national-security adviser Ben Rhodes took a victory lap in the New York Times to celebrate the Obama administration's signature foreign-policy win. Rhodes had helped orchestrate the campaign to ensure that Congress would fail to stop President Obama's Iran nuclear deal from going into effect, and in a remarkably unguarded interview for a New York Times Magazine profile, the failed novelist--turned--foreign-policy spinmaster boasted of how a tame press corps that he dubbed an "echo chamber" had done his bidding.... (more)

December 23, 2017

NEWSMAX — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday signed a law banning abortions if prenatal tests show the fetus has or could have Down syndrome, Cleveland.com reports.... (more)

December 22, 2017

PETER LEMISKA — Christians and peace-loving people around the world are struggling today – struggling to find hope in a world filled with violence and hatred. They see men, women, and children indiscriminately killed by despots and zealots who care nothing about peace. They see soldiers dying in conflicts around the world. At home, we see random killings and senseless violence in the streets of our cities. We see a fractured nation, deeply divided with no common ground in sight, a nation in which rational, civil discourse is gone – replaced by rigid ideology and hateful words.... (more)