❓WHAT HAPPENED: An Afghan migrant pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, England.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, and co-defendant Mohammad Kabir, 23, both Afghan nationals.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The guilty plea was entered at Warwick Crown Court on October 20. The attack occurred on July 22 in Nuneaton.
🎯IMPACT: The case has sparked protests in Nuneaton, with anti-immigration demonstrators and counter-protesters clashing in August.
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A 23-year-old Afghan national, Ahmad Mulakhil, has admitted to raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, England, entering a guilty plea at Warwick Crown Court. The attack took place on July 22.
Mulakhil had previously denied the allegation but ultimately changed his plea to guilty on a single count of rape of a child under 13. His co-defendant, 23-year-old Mohammad Kabir, who is also an Afghan, remains in custody alongside Mulakhil. Kabir denies charges of attempting to kidnap a child, assisting and abetting the rape of a child under 13, and intentional strangulation.
The case has attracted widespread attention, with anti-immigration protests breaking out outside Nuneaton Town Hall in August. Demonstrators opposed to mass immigration waved English and British flags while chanting “Stop the boats,” in reference to the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who have been crossing the English Channel from France, and “We want our country back.” Counter-protesters from ‘Stand Up to Racism’ were also present, carrying signs reading “Stop the far-right.”
Afghans have the highest rate of sexual offense convictions of any nationality in Britain, at 59 per 100,000 people. This compares to a conviction rate of six per 100,000 people for British citizens.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell is ripping a report from The New York Times, sourced entirely from a group of Democrat Senators, as “careless attacks” that “did not undergo basic fact-checking.”
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: TheNew York Times, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell, and the Trump administration.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The NYT report was published late Thursday, with Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell responding in a letter to Sen. Whitehouse.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I am concerned about your careless attacks on me and my team. The letter you signed did not undergo basic fact-checking. It is filled with partisan attacks and false accusations. Your staff relied on anonymous sources, inaccurate gossip, and allegations from partisan reporters who never had access to the data or facts…” — Richard Grenell
🎯IMPACT: The report, authored by the NYT‘s Katie Benner, is entirely reliant on the word of a letter sent to Grenell by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)—one of the most partisan lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with a long reputation of abusing his office to pursue personal grudges and politically advantageous lawfare.
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Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell is ripping a report from TheNew York Times, and sourced entirely from a group of Democrat Senators, as “careless attacks” that “did not undergo basic fact-checking.” The report, authored by the NYT‘s Katie Benner and published late Thursday afternoon, is entirely reliant on the word of a letter sent to Grenell by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)—one of the most partisan lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with a long reputation of abusing his office to pursue personal grudges and politically advantageous lawfare.
While Sen. Whitehouse and his staff, in collusion with Benner and the NYT, attempted to paint a picture of malfeasance by the Trump administration’s management of the Kennedy Center, the performing arts center’s president, Richard Grenell, has laid out a series of concrete facts rebutting them. “I am concerned about your careless attacks on me and my team. The letter you signed did not undergo basic fact-checking. It is filled with partisan attacks and false accusations. Your staff relied on anonymous sources, inaccurate gossip, and allegations from partisan reporters who never had access to the data or facts I’m happy to provide below,” Grenell writes.
“The individual who had the job before me was getting paid $1,210,635 per year. There were 94 people employed in the Development Department (today, there are 16). And the deferred maintenance of the building was quite literally making the building fall apart,” Grenell contends, continuing: “Today, and for the first time in decades, we have a balanced budget at the Kennedy Center. There was no reference to these facts in your letter.”
While the New York Times report, based on Whitehouse’s staff investigation, claim the Kennedy Center has cancelled programming in lieu of other events, Grenell responds, “We have not cancelled shows. We have installed a break-even policy for programming and rentals writ large. I established a new policy that all events must be revenue neutral.”
“This means that if our ticket-sales modeling did not cover all the costs of the program, then the program or rental could not be confirmed without a generous donor or sponsor to make up the deficit. In all the rental examples you mention, we have had donors or sponsors cover in excess of the total costs,” he notes.
Addressing a specific claim that the Kennedy Center discounted the use of space for the FIFA World Cup drawing, Grenell demolishes the NYT’s report. “FIFA has given us several million dollars, in addition to paying all of the expenses for this event in lieu of a rental fee. Your focus on simple rental fees is no way to run an institution as diverse as the Kennedy Center. A simple rental fee would not have been enough to cover the magnitude of the event,” he writes.
Grenell’s letter goes on to defend several staff hirings of individuals who are currently filling the roles of several former staffers, generating savings for the Kennedy Center. Additionally, Grenell reveals that a NewsNation event, even though it was painted as a partisan event favoring President Trump, “was a bipartisan event featuring host Chris Cuomo, Senator John Fetterman, and Stephen A. Smith.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its stance on vaccines and autism, stating that a link cannot be ruled out, a reversal from its previous position.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: CDC officials, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Susan J. Kressly, Dr. Paul Offitt, and public health experts.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The changes were recently made on the CDC’s website.
💬KEY QUOTE: The updated wording indicates that a link between childhood vaccines and autism “cannot be ruled out.”
🎯IMPACT: The change shows Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is continuing to challenge establishment dogma in public health.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised language on its website addressing vaccine safety, drawing national attention and igniting debate inside and outside the agency. The updated wording indicates that a link between childhood vaccines and autism “cannot be ruled out,” a departure from the CDC’s long-standing position that no connection exists.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has for years voiced concerns about certain vaccines, welcomed the CDC’s wording change. In September, he had noted that “Some 40-70 percent of mothers who have children with autism believe that their child was injured by a vaccine,” adding: “President Trump believes that we should be listening to these mothers instead of gaslighting and marginalizing them like prior administrations.”
The controversy comes as the CDC is initiating a new large-scale investigation into potential associations between vaccines and autism using the agency’s Vaccine Safety Datalink. At a September event focused on autism, President Donald J. Trump called for separating the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots, saying, “When you mix them, there could be a problem.”
The America First leader also criticized the current infant immunization schedule, characterizing it as too intensive. “For a little baby to be injected with that much fluid… it’s crazy,” he said.
“Some 40-70% of mothers who have children with autism believe that their child was injured by a vaccine. President Trump believes that we should be listening to these mothers instead of gaslighting and marginalizing them like prior administrations.” – @SecKennedypic.twitter.com/491tqIpgKy
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The State Department is proposing to suspend 38 universities from a federal research collaboration program due to their involvement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Universities such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and others; the State Department; President Donald J. Trump.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The suspensions, if finalized, will take effect on January 1, 2026, affecting institutions across the United States.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The State Department is reviewing all programs to ensure that they are in line with the President’s agenda.” – State Department spokesman
🎯IMPACT: If implemented, program slots will be reallocated to schools like Liberty University, Brigham Young University, and others.
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The U.S. State Department is reportedly considering removing 38 universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, from its Diplomacy Lab program due to their continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. According to a memo dated November 17, institutions that “openly engage in DEI hiring practices” or set DEI goals for candidates could face suspension from the program starting January 1, 2026. Other universities potentially affected include Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and the University of Southern California.
Established in 2013, the Diplomacy Lab connects the U.S. Department of State with academic institutions to collaborate on research related to policy issues. The program currently partners with over 60 U.S. universities. Should suspensions move forward, available program slots are expected to shift to universities such as Liberty University, Brigham Young University, and other institutions in Missouri and Texas.
President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly criticized DEI programs within federal agencies and has cautioned universities that continued DEI engagement could risk federal funding. A State Department spokesman emphasized, “The State Department is reviewing all programs to ensure that they are in line with the President’s agenda.”
The move comes amid a broader shift in higher education, with several universities, including some in California, scrapping DEI offices and initiatives in recent months. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has also proposed new funding incentives for universities that promote conservative perspectives, including stipulations to ban race or sex as factors in admissions and hiring, freeze tuition, and cap international student enrollment.
Participating institutions are expected to foster a “vibrant marketplace of ideas” and eliminate departments that “purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Health Canada has paused its plan to allow cloned meat into the nation’s food supply following significant backlash from consumers and industry, drawing attention to the situation in the U.S.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Health Canada, Canadian and American consumers, industry stakeholders, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
📍WHEN & WHERE: Announcement made on November 20, 2025, affecting Canada, with related implications in the U.S. and globally.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Until the policy is updated, foods made from cloned cattle and swine will remain subject to the novel food assessment.” – Health Canada
🎯IMPACT: Cloned meat products remain restricted in Canada for now, while Americans face ongoing concerns over unlabeled cloned meat in their food supply.
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Health Canada has indefinitely paused its plans to allow cloned meat into the Canadian food supply following widespread public and industry concerns. The move comes after objections to proposals that would have removed pre-market safety assessments and mandatory labeling for cloned meat products.
Under current regulations, cloned meat is classified as a “novel food” in Canada, requiring a safety review before entering the market. Health Canada stated, “Until the policy is updated, foods made from cloned cattle and swine will remain subject to the novel food assessment.” The agency confirmed that no cloned meat or milk products are currently approved or available in Canada.
Consequently, consumers in the United States have voiced frustration over cloned meat circulating there without mandatory labeling. Consumer advocacy groups argue that Americans are denied the ability to make informed choices. The Center for Food Safety highlighted “massive public opposition to animal cloning, widespread scientific concerns about the risks of eating food from clones, and troubling animal cruelty and ethical concerns associated with the cloning process.”
The European Union (EU) has banned cloned meat due to similar concerns. Nevertheless, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains that meat and milk from cloned animals, approved in 2008, are safe and nutritious.
Meanwhile, scientists have previously explored the use of powdered insects in processed foods to overcome the so-called “disgust factor” associated with eating bugs. Major companies, including Tyson Foods, have invested heavily in insect and bug proteins as sustainable, high-protein alternatives to conventional meat.
Notably, the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, launched under President Donald J. Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been influencing major food companies to prioritize natural ingredients. Several large corporations are phasing out artificial food dyes from products in line with the MAHA plan, which aims to improve public health through cleaner, more natural foods. Whether RFK Jr. will address cloned meat remains to be seen.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A report warns that the Muslim Brotherhood is halfway through a 100-year plan to infiltrate U.S. institutions to undermine Western democracy.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) published the report.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The report was released on Wednesday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We are now 50 years into the Brotherhood’s 100-year plan to entrench themselves into key institutions in the United States and other western societies to undermine and destroy our democracy,” said Dr. Charles Asher Small.
🎯IMPACT: The report calls for the U.S. to designate the Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization to prevent further infiltration.
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A new 200-page report from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) warns that the Muslim Brotherhood is halfway through a century-long effort to embed itself within key Western institutions. According to the analysis, the group has spent the past 50 years cultivating influence inside U.S. universities, government agencies, media networks, and civil society.
ISGAP director Dr. Charles Asher Small stated, “We are now 50 years into the Brotherhood’s 100-year plan to entrench themselves into key institutions in the United States and other [W]estern societies to undermine and destroy our democracy,” describing the movement as “a transnational ideological project that adapts itself to Western systems while working to undermine them.”
The report outlines what it calls a “civilization jihad”—a long-term strategy that uses the freedoms of democratic societies to advance the Brotherhood’s ideological aims. It identifies the Muslim Students Association, active on hundreds of college campuses, as a major organizational pipeline and asserts that Students for Justice in Palestine often works alongside it to advance aligned political goals.
ISGAP cites internal Brotherhood documents such as The Explanatory Memorandum and The Project as evidence of a structured effort to influence Western institutions over generations. The study also argues that the group maintains ideological and financial continuity with Hamas, which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization.
Financial networks tied to Qatar also feature prominently in the report, with claims that Qatari funding has played a significant role in supporting institutions and academic centers linked to Brotherhood-aligned thinkers. In response to its findings, ISGAP is urging the U.S. government to formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), arguing that such a move would curb its ability to operate in the United States.
The debate intensified after Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced on November 18, 2025, that his state was designating both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations. Under his order, the groups are barred from acquiring land in Texas, and the state attorney general, Ken Paxton, may take legal action to shut down their activities. Abbott argued that the Brotherhood seeks “to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world.’”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb, appointed by former President Joe Biden, ruled on Thursday that President Donald J. Trump “exceeded the bounds of [his] authority” in ordering the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Judge Jia Cobb, President Trump, and National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was handed down late in the day on Thursday, November 20, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The Court finds that the District’s exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants’ actions in deploying the Guards.” — Judge Cobb
🎯IMPACT: Judge Cobb voluntarily stayed her ruling for 21 days to allow the Trump administration time to file an appeal.
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U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb, appointed by former President Joe Biden, ruled on Thursday that President Donald J. Trump “exceeded the bounds of [his] authority” in ordering the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. In her ruling, Judge Cobb contends that Trump acted “contrary to law” when he deployed the National Guard “for non-military, crime-deterrence missions in the absence of a request from the city’s civil authorities.”
The National Pulse reported in late October that the Trump administration, using statutory authorities, had extended the National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital until February 2026. Notably, Judge Cobb voluntarily stayed her ruling for 21 days in order to allow the Trump administration time to file an appeal.
“The Court finds that the District’s exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants’ actions in deploying the Guards,” Judge Cobb wrote, also finding that Trump administration officials “lack statutory authority” to deploy Guard units from outside the District of Columbia.
In September, the District of Columbia’s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s National Guard deployment in the city, resulting in Cobb’s ruling.
“President Trump is well within his lawful authority to deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC, to protect federal assets and assist law enforcement with specific tasks,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson said in response to the court’s decision. “This lawsuit is nothing more than another attempt—at the detriment of D.C. residents—to undermine the President’s highly successful operations to stop violent crime in D.C.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 3,593 criminal illegal immigrants in Houston, Texas, during the government shutdown.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE officials, 3,593 criminal illegal immigrants, including gang members and convicted criminals.
📍WHEN & WHERE: October 1 to November 12, 2025, in Houston, Texas.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Our entire team understands how critical ICE’s mission is to public safety and national security, and despite many of them going without pay, they continued to show up every day and give everything they had to protect this community from dangerous criminal illegal alien gang members, child predators, murderers and rapists,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operation Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford.
🎯IMPACT: Dangerous individuals, including child predators, murderers, and gang members, were removed from communities and will face justice.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Houston announced it arrested 3,593 illegal immigrants during the 43-day government shutdown from October 1 to November 12. According to ICE, those arrested include 67 sex offenders, 13 murderers, 51 child predators, 366 criminal aliens convicted of DWIs, 261 convicted of aggravated assault, and 103 convicted of burglary or theft.
In addition, ICE says it arrested 23 gang members, including a Honduran national named Josue Pineda-Ayala, a 23-year-old MS-13 gang member charged with a triple homicide in Dallas. Pineda-Ayala, who was released into the United States by the former Biden government in May of last year, allegedly committed the triple murder before being detained by ICE in early October. Subsequently, the 23-year-old MS-13 member was transferred to the Dallas County Jail with a detain lodged and awaiting charges.
Another case involved Baldomero Perez-Quezada, a 56-year-old criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico who has been removed from the country four times. A convicted child predator, Perez-Quezada was arrested on October 17 after being encountered at the Edinburg Police Department in 2023 under the former Biden government. He later preyed on a child, leading to a conviction for sexual indecency with a child earlier this year.
“Our entire team understands how critical ICE’s mission is to public safety and national security, and despite many of them going without pay, they continued to show up every day and give everything they had to protect this community from dangerous criminal illegal alien gang members, child predators, murderers and rapists,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operation Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford.
He added, “As a result of those efforts, 51 dangerous child predators are no longer free to prey on our children, 10 fugitives have been apprehended and will now face justice for their alleged offenses, and thousands of other violent criminal aliens have been removed from local communities throughout Southeast Texas and will be removed from the United States.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is probing the BBC for doctoring a speech by President Donald J. Trump on January 6, 2021.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The BBC, FCC, and Donald Trump.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The FCC’s recent letter is addressed to the BBC’s leadership in the United Kingdom.
💬KEY QUOTE: “That would appear to meet the very definition of publishing a materially false and damaging statement.” – Brendan Carr
🎯IMPACT: The BBC faces potential legal action from Donald Trump, with broader scrutiny of its editorial practices.
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The British state broadcaster, the BBC, is facing intense scrutiny after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched an investigation into a January 6, 2021, speech by President Donald J. Trump. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote to outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie, stating that the edited footage portrayed Trump saying a sentence “that, in fact, he never uttered,” and warning that such actions could constitute “publishing a materially false and damaging statement.”
The BBC is facing a major lawsuit. Trump may pursue damages in the billions, with David Maddox, political editor at The Independent, saying the BBC “has shot itself in the foot” by splicing together different sections of the President’s speech to make it appear as though he made a direct call for violence. “Donald Trump’s going to sue them for a huge amount of money,” he warned.
The BBC has apologized, calling the editing an “error of judgment.” India-born Chairman Samir Shah acknowledged that the way the footage was presented gave “the impression of a direct call for violent action.” However, a BBC spokesman emphasized that the corporation “strongly disagree[s] there is a basis for a defamation claim.”
The controversy has already led to significant changes in leadership, with Director-General Tim Davie and new chief Deborah Turness resigning amid criticism of the broadcaster’s editorial practices.
The situation has also drawn attention to the impartiality of BBC executives, or lack thereof. One board member, Muriel Gray, previously described Trump as a “howling idiot.” Additional reports have emerged showing that other clips of Trump have been similarly doctored.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) has proposed the Halo Act, which seeks to make it illegal to harass or get too close to federal immigration officers while they are performing their duties.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senator Moody, federal immigration officers, and agitators protesting immigration enforcement actions.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced in November 2025, the legislation addresses incidents nationwide.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I am appalled at the news reports of people harassing and targeting federal officers while they are simply trying to do their jobs, and this must end.” – Senator Moody
🎯IMPACT: If passed, violators of the Halo Act could face up to five years in prison and fines, aiming to protect immigration officers from harassment and threats.
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U.S. Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) has proposed the Halo Act, which would prescribe criminal penalties for agitators who harass federal immigration agents while they are carrying out their official duties. The law would make it illegal for people who have been issued a stand back warning from coming within 25 feet of a federal officer or otherwise acting to interfere with their work, including by making physical threats against an officer or officers.
Under the proposed law, violators would face up to five years in prison and a fine. “As the wife of a law enforcement officer, former attorney general, and now United States senator, I have always supported and fought for the selfless individuals who protect and serve our nation,” Moody said when unveiling the legislation. She added: “I am appalled at the news reports of people harassing and targeting federal officers while they are simply trying to do their jobs, and this must end.”
Proponents of the legislation contend the measure is necessary to protect federal immigration agents. They point to the recent surge in assaults, death threats, stalking, doxxing, and bounties placed on the heads of officers involved in enforcement actions. In June, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed a 500 percent increase in violent attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they attempt to carry out their enforcement duties.
Recent protests outside a number of ICE facilities have turned violent, with far-left agitators attempting to disrupt the Trump administration’s push to deport dangerous illegal immigrants. According to federal data, immigration agents have experienced 99 vehicle attacks, more than double the 47 attacks reported during the same period last year.
Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has documented 71 vehicular attacks since January 20, up from 45 during the same period in 2024, marking a 58 percent increase, the agency said. ICE has been targeted in 28 vehicular attacks since January 20, compared to just two incidents in the same period of 2024, representing a 1,300 percent increase, DHS said.
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