Day: December 31, 2025

DOJ challenges Virginia law granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants

2:26 am December 31, 2025

The Trump administration is suing Virginia over a law that allows some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates to attend universities and colleges. Federal law prohibits states from providing illegal immigrants postsecondary education benefits that are denied to U.S. citizens. The Justice Department, which filed the lawsuit in Richmond, argues that Virginia state law […]

Bipartisan House China panel slams Beijing’s Taiwan drills as ‘deliberate escalation’

12:46 am December 31, 2025

Bipartisan lawmakers on the Select Committee on China accused Beijing of escalating tensions in the region on Tuesday, warning that Capitol Hill had taken notice of their military display around Taiwan. “As the world turns toward a new year, the People’s Liberation Army’s live-fire military exercises around Taiwan represent a deliberate escalation by Beijing,” the […]

Senate races to avoid government shutdown with time ticking and lingering issues

12:43 am December 31, 2025

The Senate will return to a fast-approaching government funding deadline, but this time both sides appear ready to avoid another shutdown. When lawmakers in the upper chamber return Monday, they will have three working weeks to fund the government. That process fizzled out before they left town earlier in December, but lawmakers are hopeful that […]

Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser ordered back to psychiatric hospital after group home escape

12:30 am December 31, 2025

A judge in Wisconsin ordered the woman convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing case to go back to a state psychiatric hospital after she escaped from a group home in November. Waukesha County Circuit Judge K. Scott Wagner approved a request from the state Department of Health Services to revoke 23-year-old Morgan Geyser’s release […]

ESPN’s Joe Buck sounds off on NFL officiating over controversial no-call late in Rams’ loss

12:26 am December 31, 2025

ESPN broadcaster Joe Buck sounded off on the referees for missing a critical penalty late in the Atlanta Falcons’ 27-24 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Falcons kicked the go-ahead field goal late in the fourth quarter, giving the Rams the ball back with less than 30 seconds remaining […]