December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM EST
How Jimmy Swaggart's rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism

Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and enduring of the 1980s televangelists, died on July 1, 2025, but his legacy lives. Along with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, he drew an audience in the millions, amassed a personal fortune and introduced a new generation of Americans to a potent mix of religion and politics.

December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM EST
Tired of the same old Christmas songs? So were these countercultural carolers

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. But if all you want for Christmas is a reprieve from stereotypical Christmas music, you're not alone.

December 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM EST
This Hanukkah, learn about the holiday's forgotten heroes

The eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah commemorates ancient Jews' victory over the powerful Seleucid empire, which ruled much of the Middle East from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. On the surface, it's a story of male heroism. A ragtag rebel force led by a rural priest and his five sons, called the Maccabees, freed the Jews from oppressive rulers. Hanukkah, which means "rededication" in Hebrew, celebrates the Maccabees' victory, which allowed the Jews to rededicate their temple in Jerusalem, the center of ancient Jewish worship.

December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM EST
Former federal prosecutor reveals how Kristi Noem may soon face criminal charges

Former assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Glenn Kirschner argues in a new video that officials in President Donald Trump's administration are on shaky ground regarding potential perjury charges. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who is the chief judge in the District of Columbia, on Tuesday set an evidentiary hearing to determine which (if any) Trump officials intentionally defied his order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants against in violation of constitutional due process rights. Boasberg ordered two Department of Justice (DOJ) officials to testify in a case examining whether Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem should face criminal charges for allegedly violating a March 2025 order halting the removal of the migrants.

December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM EST
Ex-Trump official says he's trying to be a 'mob boss' through 'egregious acts of violence'

One former high-ranking official who served in President Donald Trump's first administration has a theory behind his controversial boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea: He wants to emulate TV mafiosos. During a Tuesday segment on MS NOW's "Deadline: White House," Miles Taylor - who is best known for authoring the anonymous 2018 New York Times op-ed about being part of the "resistance inside the Trump administration" -- told host Nicolle Wallace that Trump wanted to conduct similar strikes during his first presidency, but was prevented from doing so by advisors. Taylor asserted that Trump has known for at least seven years that blowing up boats in international waters violated traditional rules of engagement.

December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM EST
Trump 'isn't even trying' to lower prices -- and it 'could sink' his presidency: analysis

A Wall Street Journal opinion columnist is blasting President Donald Trump's policies and remarks, warning that the affordability issue "could sink" his presidency. Trump is underwater on his handling of inflation, and will deliver a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening that the White House says will be "a positive economic, a focused speech, where he talks about all that he and his team has done to provide bigger paychecks and lower prices for the American people."

December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM EST
Donald Trump finally says something offensive to Tommy Tuberville

It's official: Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is offended by something President Donald Trump said. The longtime Trump superfan and MAGA acolyte almost never disagrees with the president on any issue. However, after Trump's comments at last week's FIFA World Cup draw ceremony, Tuberville took issue with the president's beliefs about what to call American football.

December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM EST
'Excuse me!' CNN host corners GOP congressman in tense exchange

A House Republican recently tried to assert in a live interview that former President Joe Biden was more responsible for farmers' current economic plight than President Donald Trump's administration. But CNN host Brianna Keilar refused to let his remarks go unchallenged. During a Tuesday segment on CNN, Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) defended the Trump administration's recent decision to allocate $12 billion in tariff revenue toward farmers whose costs have been rising due to tariffs. Keilar quoted one farmer who called the payments "a band-aid on an open wound" and who called for market-based solutions to their woes, rather than direct government assistance.

December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM EST
The only way for Democrats to win in 2026

Today, I will be typing to you with fire, and helping you deal with the excess hell that is being hand-delivered to us daily by the most lawless, bigoted, corrupt, heartless collection of sub-humans in American history. I bring you those loaded words, and wonder if I still have somehow underestimated the revolting Republican Party.

December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM EST
Expert flags judge's 'swipe' at Trump admin around release of Maxwell docs

Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, in New York, ordered Tuesday that grand jury information from Ghislaine Maxwell's prosecution be released to the public in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. NOTUS justice reporter Jose Pagliery recalled, "But keep in mind this same judge previously poked at DOJ by pointing out that there's nothing new here. So don't get excited. T-minus 10 days until we get the actual Epstein files."

December 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM EST
Trump to campaign 'like it's 2024' in 2026 as Republicans worry about major losses

President Donald Trump's schedule of public events has thinned out during his second term, but according to The Hill, he might soon be out campaigning "like it's 2024" as the GOP faces growing headwinds in 2026, if one of his top officials has anything to say about it. Susie Wiles currently serves as Trump's White House chief of staff and previously worked as co-manager of his 2024 reelection campaign, alongside Chris LaCivita. On Monday, she gave an interview with conservative online talk show, The Mom View, where she touched on the forthcoming midterm elections, claiming that Trump would be much more actively campaigning for them and blaming recent GOP electoral stumbles on the lack of his presence.

December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM EST
Trump team banking on Supreme Court to help Republicans in time for 2026 midterms

Two top Trump advisers expect rulings from the conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court to help Republicans during next year's midterms -- and for years to come. Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio, who are in charge of President Donald Trump's political operation, "told donors at a Republican National Committee retreat over the weekend that rulings on political contribution limits and congressional redistricting could be transformational for Republicans -- if they go the GOP's way," Axios reported.