Top Astronomical Events to Watch For in 2026
The coming year offers eclipses, occultations and much more. Ready for another amazing year of skywatching? 2025 was a wild year with a steady parade of comets knocking on naked eye visibility, and one extra special interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS.

2025 Will Forever Be the Year Trump Took America’s Borders Back 
For four long, chaotic, demoralizing years, Americans endured an open-borders nightmare brought on by a government that neglected its most basic duty of protecting the nation. Cartels ran wild throughout the entire Southwest. Human traffickers operated with impunity. All the while, the liberal ruling class told us this was “compassion.”

Major winter storm sweeps across Nordic states
A post-Christmas storm named Johannes swept across the Nordic nations on Saturday, leaving one person dead and thousands of homes without power. Forecasters say the storm, which downed trees, disrupted traffic and cut overhead power lines, is moving south and is likely to peak overnight into Sunday.

‘What the heck is this?’ James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere
The Jupiter-size world, detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), doesn’t have the familiar helium-hydrogen combination we are used to in atmospheres from our solar system, nor other common molecules, like water, methane or carbon dioxide. Rather, the planet seems to have soot clouds near the top of the atmosphere that condense into diamonds deeper in the atmosphere. What’s even weirder is that its host star is not even a normal star.

Arrested in Italy on suspicion of financing Hamas
Seven people have been arrested in Italy, suspected of raising millions of euros for the terrorist organization Hamas. Italian police have also issued international arrest warrants for two people believed to be outside the country’s borders. The nine are accused of sending the equivalent of just over 75 million kronor to organizations based in “Gaza, the Palestinian territories, or Israel that are owned, controlled or linked to Hamas,” a police statement said. In addition to the nine, three organizations are being investigated which police suspect are a cover for actions aimed at financing Hamas.

7.0-magnitude earthquake rattles Taiwan
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s ⁠northeastern ‍coast late on Saturday, the island’s Central Weather Administration said. The quake, some 32 km (20 miles) off the city of Yilan, hit at 11:05 pm local time (1505 GMT/UTC) and had a depth of 73 ‍km (45 miles), it added. Within minutes, however, the Taipei ⁠city ‍government said there were ‌no ‌immediate ⁠reports of major ‍damage.

Amazon says blocked 1,800 North Koreans from applying for
SEOUL: US tech giant Amazon said it has blocked over 1,800 North Koreans from joining the company, as Pyongyang sends large numbers of IT workers overseas to earn and launder funds. In a post on LinkedIn, Amazon’s chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said last week that North Korean workers “have been attempting to secure remote IT jobs with companies worldwide, particularly in the US”. He said the firm had seen nearly a one-third rise in applications by North Koreans in the past year. And he warned the problem “isn’t Amazon-specific” and “is likely happening at scale across the industry”.

Sun Erupts With Powerful X1-Class Flare, Triggers Radio Blackouts
The Sun erupted with an X1-class solar flare.NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. The flare caused radio blackouts on sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption. The blackouts occurred in Australia and parts of southeast Asia.

Asteroid Apophis to Pass Just 32,000 km from Earth, ESA and JAXA’s Team Up to Stop It!
In 2029, the world will witness a rare celestial event when the asteroid Apophis, a 375-meter-wide asteroid. flies by Earth at an astonishingly close distance. To study this phenomenon, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan’s JAXA are teaming up for the Ramses mission, an international effort to observe how Earth’s gravity affects the asteroid. The mission aims to collect valuable data to advance planetary defense techniques, an area of growing importance in space exploration.

Omar’s wealth skyrockets from almost zero to $30 million amid fraud concerns
Her husband’s financial firm claims tens of billions of dollars under management, despite listing its business address as a shared workspace. A venture capital firm launched by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar has quietly removed the names of its officers and advisers from its website as scrutiny intensifies over the family’s rapidly rising wealth amid a sweeping welfare fraud case centered in Minnesota, The New York Post reports. According to Omar’s financial disclosures, the firm reported minimal assets in 2023 before its stated value surged into the multi-million-dollar range within a year.

Iran’s President: We are at total war with the US, Israel, and Europe
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared that his country is engaged in “total war” with the United States, Israel, and Europe, accusing them of trying to bring the Islamic Republic “to its knees.”

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel’s recognition of Somaliland
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will convene in New York for an emergency session on Monday afternoon following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland. The session will be held at the request of Somalia. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Jerusalem officially recognized Somaliland on Friday, making Israel the first UN member state to recognize the nation as an independent and sovereign state.

IDF sets ‘complete siege’ on city of Palestinian terrorist: Katz 
Israeli security forces have imposed a “complete siege and cordon” on the Palestinian city of Qabatiya in northern Samaria, from where a terrorist set out on his killing spree in northern Israel the previous day, Defense Minister Israel Katz stated on Saturday evening. The Israel Defense Forces are “operating with full force against the terror hotspots in the village of Qabatiya from which the terrorist murder set forth,” he tweeted.

America’s History With Israel And What Lies Ahead
Friend or no friend, America’s history with the Jewish people goes back farther than either the Trump or Biden administrations. In fact, the country’s very foundation is based on the Jewish Scriptures. For instance:…..

State of Emergency for New York and New Jersey as winter storm sweeps across Northeast U.S.
A powerful winter storm swept through the U.S. Northeast on December 26-27, triggering states of emergency in New Jersey and New York, dropping nearly 30 cm (12 inches) of snow, and leaving over 120,000 customers without power.

Strong M6.6 earthquake hits near Yilan, Taiwan
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit near Yilan, Taiwan, on December 27. The agency reported a depth of 67.5 km (42 miles).

Italy Arrests 9 Suspects for Using Charities to Funnel $8.2 Million to Hamas Terrorists in Gaza
Nine suspects have been arrested by Italian authorities on suspicion of funneling $8.2 million in funds from three separate charities to “associations based in Gaza, the Palestinian territories, or Israel, owned, controlled, or linked to Hamas,” according to a statement that was issued by anti-terrorism prosecutors.

The Global Persecution of Christians Has Greatly Intensified In 2025
While Christians in the Western world peacefully celebrate Christmas, most have absolutely no idea what’s happening to their brothers and sisters on the other side of the globe. Most of the world’s population lives in a country where Christians are being violently persecuted. Believers are rounded up for de-programming in China; churches are burned to the ground by Hindu extremists in India; Christians are literally being cut into pieces by Islamic radicals in some parts of Africa; practicing your faith can be a death sentence in certain areas of the Middle East; and North Korean concentration camps are teeming with people suspected of worshipping Christ. Perhaps if we faced similar levels of persecution, believers in the Western world would start becoming a lot more serious about their faith.

As Silver Surges Toward $100 Mark, Global Debt Levels Are Exploding & U.S. Dollar Is Dying
This year, silver has been on the greatest bull run we’ve ever seen. It’s up an astounding 166% since January 1st, so those who purchased it long ago and stuck with it are loving life right now. When the price of silver reached the 50-dollar mark earlier this year, I thought it would be some time before it hit the 60-dollar mark. But it didn’t take long at all. Once the price of silver reached 60 dollars, I thought it might hit 70 dollars sometime in early 2026. If you check the latest numbers, you’ll see we’ve easily blown past that threshold, and the price of silver has already surpassed 80 dollars in Shanghai. I know I’ve been using the word “crazy” a lot lately, but without a doubt, what we’re witnessing at this moment is truly “crazy.”

Self-Proclaimed Prophet from Ghana Told Followers the ‘End of the World on Dec. 25’ Was Postponed — Says His Prayers Were Answered and the Flood Is Delayed Until Further Notice — Bought a Mercedes-Benz Instead
A self-proclaimed prophet in Ghana has quietly moved the goalposts after his dramatic prediction that the world would end in a catastrophic flood on Christmas Day failed to materialize.

Top 10 weather events of 2025 that smashed records
From extreme winds and heat to unprecedented snow and an unusual hurricane season, 2025 will be remembered as a year that continually rewrote the weather record books. In chronological order, here’s a list of the top 10 record-breaking weather events of the year:

Soviet Europe? Trump BANS Euro Officials from U.S. in Free-speech War
How the worm has turned. In 2009, talk-show giant Michael Savage, along with others, was banned from Britain for exercising speech. Now, 16 years later, certain European officials are being banned from the U.S. for banning people for exercising speech. It’s just the latest in an unprecedented development: a war over liberty between an increasingly authoritarian Europe and a U.S. that, under Trump’s administration, is championing Americanism.

Just Call It Islam
Separating ‘Islam’ from ‘Islamism’ is a fool’s errand. Western societies (which have at our religious and civic core the teachings of the Jewish and Christian scriptures) are fooling ourselves if we think ethnic groups whose religious identity is devotedly Muslim will assimilate comfortably into our cultures.  Instead, the last two decades have shown us a four-step process emanating from Islamic ideology vis-a-vis the West: First, they migrate. Second, they populate. Third, they agitate. Fourth, they dominate. By step four, we suffer all manner of trouble, up to and including horrific acts of violence. So let’s ask this question: Is it wise for the West to make excuses for semi-Muslims by trying to parse out “Islamism” from “Islam”?  No, it is not. I prefer to heed Laura Loomer’s direct recommendation: “Just call it Islam.”

Israel recognizes Somaliland as a sovereign state and establishes diplomatic relations
Israel becomes the first country to recognize Somaliland. “The declaration is in the spirit of the Abraham Accords,” the statement says, referring to several agreements between Israel and Arab nations brokered by the United States.
Citing rampant fraud in Minnesota, SBA director halts $5.5 million in payments

Citing rampant fraud in Minnesota, SBA director halts $5.5 million in payments

Kelly Loeffler, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced she halted $5.5 million in federal payments to Minnesota on Dec. 23, citing the state’s fraud scandals, estimated to total $9 billion, and specific concerns that her agency uncovered. SBA investigators found at least $2.5 million in pandemic-relief loans “granted to individuals indicted as part of the Somali fraud scheme,” she wrote in a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

New Israeli attacks on Lebanon target Hezbollah weapons depots and training facility
According to the information, weapons depots and a training facility were attacked, among other things. “A number of weapons depots and terrorist infrastructure facilities used by Hezbollah to carry out terrorist attacks against the State of Israel have been attacked,” the military wrote in a statement. According to the Israeli military, the facilities and activists there violate the ceasefire between the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Israel.

Iran ‘violently’ arrests Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi
Iran “violently” arrested Nobel Peace Prize 2023 laureate Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony on Friday, her supporters said. Mohammadi, who was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024, was detained along with several other activists.

AI Code Is a Bug-Filled Mess
“These findings reinforce what many engineering teams have sensed throughout The adoption rate of AI tools has skyrocketed in the programming world, enabling coders to generate vast amounts of code with simple text prompts. But all that convenience has come with some glaring drawbacks. The tools have repeatedly been found to be unreliable and inaccurate, code generated by an AI was far more error-prone than the human-written stuff — and by a significant margin. In other words, AI code produced 1.7 times more issues than human code, once again highlighting major weaknesses plaguing generative AI tools.

CV-22B Osprey, MC-130J Commando II Special Ops Aircraft Deploy To Puerto Rico
Satellite images emerging online show at least five MC-130J Commando II multi-mission combat transport planes are now at Rafael Hernandez International Airport (RHIA) in Puerto Rico. The Commando IIs appear to have arrived on Dec. 17. There are at least nine Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft there as well, according to a recording of air traffic control conversations

Trump-Zelenskyy talks will address security guarantees and reconstruction, Ukraine leader says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday’s talks, and that the 20-point plan under discussion “is about 90% ready.” An “economic agreement” also will be discussed, Zelenskyy said, but added that he was unable to confirm “whether anything will be finalized by the end.”

Muslim country which enslaved millions of Europeans demands ‘reparations’ for colonization
But if Algeria wants reparations, how about we start with reparations for the over 1 million Europeans trafficked through Algeria’s slave markets? Islamic victimhood, whether it’s crying about colonialism or genocide, is entirely based on moral inversion. Only in the most grotesque inversion could the Algerian Muslim terrorists have been transformed into anti-colonial freedom fighters.

Somalia, Egypt, Turkey and Djibouti condemn Israel’s recognition of Somaliland
The foreign ministers of Somalia, Egypt, Turkey and Djibouti condemned Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, Somalia’s breakaway region, Egypt said on Friday. “The ministers affirmed their total rejection and condemnation of Israel’s recognition of the Somaliland region,

Houthi leader says future rounds of fighting with Israel likely
The head of the Houthi terror organization, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, warned of potential future escalation with Israel during a speech broadcast on Houthi-owned news channel, Al-Masirah TV, on Friday evening. Al-Houthi alleged that Israel, with American support, was preparing for further action against the terror organization, claiming that “upcoming rounds are certain.”

Terror attack in Israel ‘direct result’ of Palestinian Authority’s ‘relentless incitement,’ Akunis says 
The Palestinian Authority is to blame for the stabbing and car-ramming terror attack in northern Israel on Friday in which the attacker killed two and injured two others, according to Ofir Akunis, consul general of Israel in New York. The murder victims were Aviv Maor, 19, and Shimshon Mordechai, 69. “The sickening Palestinian terror struck Israeli civilians once again today,” Akunis said. “This barbaric attack is a direct result of the relentless incitement encouraged by the Palestinian Authority through its media and education system.”

In Landmark Class-Action Ruling, Federal Court Deals Decisive Blow To California’s Twisted Gender Agenda
In a landmark class-action ruling, San Diego-based U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez on Dec. 22 placed a permanent ban on California’s gender secrecy policies pushed by the state’s Department of Education. The decision delivers a strong rebuke to state policies that have prohibited public school employees from sharing information with parents about their child’s “sexual orientation” and “gender identity/expression” without express consent from the child.

The New Battle For The Americas: Why The Western Hemisphere Is Becoming A Global Flashpoint
The principal geopolitical foes of the US in the Western Hemisphere—Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua—are firmly in the China and Russia camp. Other countries can shift depending on the outcome of recent elections. Here’s an overview of some of the most geopolitically important countries in the Western Hemisphere to help frame the broader picture. For China and Russia, Venezuela represents a geopolitical foothold in America’s backyard—much like how the US uses Taiwan and Ukraine to do the same to Beijing and Moscow.

Department of War releases video showing US strikes launched against ISIS targets
Footage shows munitions being launched in Christmas night strikes ordered by President Trump targeting ISIS militants accused of killing Christians in Nigeria. (Credit: Department of War via X)

Comer: The ‘Walls Are Caving In’ On Tim Walz
House Oversight Chairman James Comer declared this week, “The walls are caving in on Tim Walz,” as a federal probe into Minnesota’s sprawling fraud scandal intensifies. Whistleblowers, mayors, and lawmakers now enter the fray, spotlighting waste in social programs that hammer everyday residents.
Minnesota taxpayers now must endure cuts to basic services because billions of dollars earmarked for social programs vanished due to fraudulent schemes, most of which are tied to the state’s Somali community. Comer emphasized that successful congressional investigations depend on insiders willing to break ranks, and he now has them. “The key to a good congressional investigation is having whistleblowers. And, fortunately for us, we have some state employees who have bravely stepped forward. We’re going to get them under oath, and they’re going to tell us everything they know. And we’re going to go from there.”

Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full Of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges
We had a feeling we would be in for another round of weapons ‘reveals’ out of China this Christmas, following last year’s ‘leaks’ of not just one, but two tailless stealth tactical jet designs, among other developments. It appears we are getting at least one installment of this in the form of a medium-sized cargo ship packed full of containerized vertical launchers, along with sensors and self defense systems. The message is clear, China is making it known that it could, and likely will, turn ships from its behemoth of a commercial fleet into not just shooters, but arsenal ships. The vessel … In other words, the layout appears to be designed as something of an improvised superstructure in order to turn the cargo ship into a heavily-armed surface combatant

CA Democratic Socialist Mayor Refuses to Resign After Claiming Bondi Beach Terror Attack was an Israeli ‘False Flag’ Operation
The mayor of Richmond, California, Eduardo Martinez, was hammered following the Bondi Beach massacre of 15 people, with calls for his immediate resignation after he posted numerous antisemitic social media rants branding the slaughter as an Israeli “false flag” operation, while blaming Israel for the rise in violence against Jews.

TAMPA’S ISLAMIZATION PIPELINE: How a Muslim Brotherhood–Linked School Network is Building a Parallel Islamic Infrastructure in Florida
Tampa, Florida, is no longer being marketed simply as a warm, affordable American city. In Arabic-language promotional videos circulated to Muslim audiences both abroad and inside the United States, Tampa is openly described as an “Arab village,” a future “capital of the Muslim community in America,” and an ideal destination for Islamic settlement.

Turkey attempting to deploy radars within Syria, western intel. sources tell ‘Post’
Turkey has been trying to deploy radars on Syrian soil in recent weeks, two Western intelligence sources told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, amid an escalating confrontation between Israel and Turkey over Ankara’s presence in Syria.

Netanyahu to tell Trump – keeping Hamas in power in Gaza a ‘historic mistake’
At his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will voice the opinion that pushing for a political solution with Hamas still in power in Gaza will prove a “historic mistake.”

DHS: More Than 17K Illegal-alien Criminals Arrested Under Laken Riley Act; 1,000-plus in 14 Days
Federal agents have arrested and detained almost 20,000 dangerous illegal aliens under the Laken Riley Act, a bill named for the nursing student murdered by an illegal alien caught and released at the border by Joe Biden’s administration. And in a recent operation launched in Riley’s honor, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced, agents collared more than 1,000 illegals in the last two weeks.

Politico Frets About a ‘Far-Right’ Takeover of Christmas
You simply cannot hate and/or mock the Left-dominated media enough. Even Christmas is not safe from being targeted by their joyless, ham-fisted propaganda to project their own campaign of cultural subversion onto some straw man they relentlessly label the “far-right.” Politico published an eminently mockable piece, just in time for the most wonderful time of the year, titled – brace yourselves – “How the far right stole Christmas.” By “far right,” of course, the Left means anything to the right of Chairman Mao.

OU removes trans instructor who gave Christian student’s Bible-based essay a zero
The University of Oklahoma announced Monday that it has stripped a graduate student of their teaching duties for giving a Christian student a zero on her Bible-based essay, calling the grade “arbitrary.”

RFK Jr Is Getting Sued for Protecting Kids
Democrat Attorneys General from around the country are banding together to end a Trump administration policy to protect children from mutilation. The group of 19 states and Washington, D.C. have filed a lawsuit targeting Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to ban gender transition surgeries for minors.

In Landmark Class-Action Ruling, Federal Court Deals Decisive Blow To California’s Twisted Gender Agenda
In his ruling, Benitez made clear that the state had overstepped its constitutional authority by sidelining parents, compelling educators to violate their consciences, and harming vulnerable children by depriving them of parental guidance. At the heart of the case was the question of who holds primary authority over a child’s welfare. The court answered decisively: parents do.

9 Signs That Leaders All Over The Globe Have Come Down With A Really Bad Case Of “War Fever”
How close can we get to the edge without falling over?

The Real War Of The Century: Artificial Intelligence
Systems designed to predict are now positioned to decide. Probabilities harden into policies. Risk scores become verdicts. Recommendations quietly turn into mandates…

Chinese Military Simulates Caribbean War Scenario Amid Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy
“Some of the blue side congregated near Houston, Texas, and headed southeast into the Gulf of Mexico, while the red side was seen in the Caribbean Sea.”

US conducts ‘powerful and deadly strike’ against ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas Day
U.S. military forces conducted airstrikes against ISIS militants in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, marking a symbolically timed military action in what President Donald Trump described as a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum.”