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Major changes coming to Social Security regardless of Trump’s presence
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Major changes coming to Social Security regardless of Trump’s presence

By Emily Hallas | Washington Examiner In the spirit of the season, the  Washington Examiner has identified 12 issues we believe will shape and influence 2025 and beyond. The incoming Trump administration has made the fight against illegal immigration and the use of tariffs its flagship policy items. The U.S. will also possibly undergo a health revolution, while very real questions need to be answered on everything from Social Security reform to the military to the changing landscape of the energy sector. Part 3 is on Social Security. Retirees make up a larger proportion of citizens than ever before after birth rates have sunk to historic lows over the past few years, hitting below the replacement rate that is needed to sustain the United States’s population.  Nearly 73 million peo...
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China rapidly builds up weapons and psychological warfare operations
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China rapidly builds up weapons and psychological warfare operations

By Chuck DeVore | The Federalist China’s military buildup and cognitive warfare strategy are clear indications of its intent to defeat the U.S. and its allies by any means necessary. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is undertaking an unprecedented military buildup aimed at challenging America and its allies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. And, like Nazi Germany’s buildup in the 1930s, the militarization program ordered by the Chinese Communist Party isn’t simply a great power buildup — it’s a weapon in service of a deadly ideology. The 2024 Department of Defense China Military Power Report and recent analysis by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times reveal this buildup as part of a broader strategy by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to position itself as a global superpower....
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Guatemalan migrant accused of torching sleeping woman on NYC subway indicted  on murder and arson charges
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Guatemalan migrant accused of torching sleeping woman on NYC subway indicted  on murder and arson charges

By Georgett Roberts and Ronny Reyes | New York Post The illegal immigrant accused of torching a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn subway train was officially indicted in court for murder and arson on Friday morning.   Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, an undocumented migrant from Guatemala, waived his appearance in court as he was indicted on first and second degree murder and one count of arson for the horrifying Sunday killing aboard the F train. The accused firebug allegedly approached the sleeping woman, who was so badly burnt she has yet to be identified, and ignited her clothes, with video showing him fanning the flames as it engulfed her, officials said.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Some areas of the state saw from a trace to half-a-foot of snowfall on Christmas day
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Some areas of the state saw from a trace to half-a-foot of snowfall on Christmas day

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News Even though Denver was in the 50s through Christmas, other parts of Colorado saw as much as half a foot of snow on Wednesday. Heading into the holidays, the chances of seeing a white Christmas were unlikely. Denver was warmer than some cities in Texas and California on Christmas Eve, and while there were storms by Christmas day, the city was only left with rain. While Denver didn’t see a white Christmas, other Colorado areas were covered in snow, causing visibility issues, highway crashes and traffic. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Democrat lawyers call for congress to block Trump from taking office
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Democrat lawyers call for congress to block Trump from taking office

By Kristina Wong | Breitbart Two Democrat lawyers called for Congress to block President-elect Donald Trump from taking office in an op-ed published by the Hill on Thursday, prompting disbelief and ridicule from Republicans. In the piece titled “Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now,” lawyers Evan A. Davis and David M. Schulte argued that the Constitution says an insurrectionist is ineligible to be president and “the evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming.” They argued that the “matter has been decided in three separate forums” — one of which they said was the Rep. Nancy Pelosi-appointed January 6th Committee — which a recent House Republican review into the committee concluded was “designed...
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Mortgage rates rise for second straight week, highest since July
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Mortgage rates rise for second straight week, highest since July

By Matthew Kazin  | Fox Business Mortgage rates spiked this week to the highest level in five months, ending the year slightly higher than where they started. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 6.85%, up from last week's reading of 6.72%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.61% a year ago. This week's increase marked the highest level on the 30-year loan since mid-July, when the rate was 6.89%, according to Freddie Mac data. The lowest rate this year was 6.08% at the end of September, while the highest — 7.22% — was reached at the beginning of May. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
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Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system
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Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system

By Kasia Kerridge | Fox 31 News The family of the 1-month-old baby found abandoned on the median of a busy Adams County street on Christmas morning spoke exclusively to FOX31. According to a social media report, deputies responded to a 911 call at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday from someone who saw the baby boy only in his diaper sitting in a car seat on a median near 7490 Pecos St. and stopped to help. The area is a busy roadway that’s near an intersection with U.S. Highway 36. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said it had arrested the child’s biological parents and was seeking to charge them with felony child abuse. The parents were identified as Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father to meet with police, urge use of new DNA technology
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father to meet with police, urge use of new DNA technology

By Laura Ingle | Fox 21 News, via News Nation The Boulder Police Department says it plans to use new DNA technology in hopes of solving the killing of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in 1996. Ramsey’s body was found 28 years ago in her family’s Boulder home. Now, her father is planning to meet once again with local police to discuss new DNA testing technology that may hopefully fill in the forensic gaps and bring closure to the Ramsey family. “They have the ability to separate DNA — mixed DNA samples, which is one of the issues with the sample they got in 1997. They had an unidentified male DNA sample in early 1997, and it was mixed, apparently with JonBenét’s blood,” JonBenét’s father, John Bennett Ramsey, told NewsNation in November. “That DNA can now, technology-...
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In Wellington 2.0, some Englewood residents can’t believe their water bills
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In Wellington 2.0, some Englewood residents can’t believe their water bills

By Catie Cheshire | Westword When Austin Lunn-Rhue received a new water meter through the City of Englewood last summer, he thought his usual bill of around $110 per month would go down. Much to his surprise, when he opened his bill in September, it totaled $322. Lunn-Rhue isn't alone. This fall, Englewood residents received water bills that didn’t add up, with soaring charges and nonsensical usage graphs showing triple the previously measured water usage for many customers. After Westword compiled six different water bills from Englewood residents, a pattern emerged: water usage graphs at the top of each bill showed zero use for anyone in July, August or September, but then a skyrocketing bar for October. READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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Sullivan: Citizens must always be vigilant in order to protect self-governance
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Sullivan: Citizens must always be vigilant in order to protect self-governance

By Michael Quinn Sullivan | Guest Columnist, Rocky Mountain Voice A self-governing people must be eternally vigilant. The first three words of our Constitution make it clear who is supposed to be in charge: “We the people.” Without the citizens taking an active and engaged role in civic life, the notion of self-governance collapses. In the Bible, we’re told the people of God went to the Prophet Samuel and begged for a king. Up until then, they had lived — for better and for worse — as a uniquely self-governing people under the rule of God. Things were better when they followed God’s rule and worse when they did not. Just as they had been warned by God Himself when they rejected Him, the rule of man under a king didn’t work out so well, either. Within a couple of generations, Israe...
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