Downtown Chicago erupted into chaos during the city’s holiday kickoff when what officials described as a so-called “teen takeover” devolved into multiple shootings, leaving a young teenager dead and several others wounded amid a stampede of frightened families and tourists. Pictures of ambulances, police tape, and terrified crowds outside the Chicago Theatre and along State More

Europe’s beloved song contest has suddenly become the latest battleground in the Israel-Gaza dispute, as Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced they will boycott the 2026 Eurovision after the European Broadcasting Union cleared Israel to compete. The withdrawals follow the EBU’s decision not to hold a formal vote on Israel’s participation and its move More

On December 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to preserve Texas’s right to use the congressional map passed by the Legislature, issuing a stay that lets the new districts stand for the 2026 elections. Governor Greg Abbott called the ruling a “total vindication,” and he was blunt: “We won! Texas is officially — More

ABC’s Martha Raddatz quietly delivered a fact update that should make the media’s melodrama about the so‑called “double tap” collapse under its own weight. According to a source Raddatz cited, two survivors from the early‑September strike actually climbed back onto the damaged vessel and appeared to be salvaging drugs and communicating with other boats in More

More than a thousand pastors from the United States and other nations gathered in Jerusalem to pray and worship at the Western Wall, marking what organizers called the largest evangelical clergy delegation in modern Israeli history. They began on the ancient Southern Steps — the very stones that lead to the Temple Mount in Jesus’ More

The Biden-era policy of treating drug cartels like criminal enterprises to be indulged rather than enemies to be defeated is over — and our military is finally treating the problem like the national-security crisis it is. Last night U.S. forces carried out the 22nd strike in a campaign targeting suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Eastern More

More than a thousand pastors and Christian leaders from the United States and around the world made a historic pilgrimage to Jerusalem this week, gathering on the ancient Southern Steps and at the Western Wall to pray and to stand with Israel in its hour of need. Organizers call it the largest delegation of its More