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November 15, 2025

Zelensky Ally Accused of Running $100M Corruption Ring

A close associate of Volodymyr Zelensky has been identified as the alleged architect of a “high-level criminal organization,” according to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), which uncovered a sweeping corruption scheme after raiding 70 businessmen and energy-sector figures. Investigators say roughly $100 million was siphoned from Ukraine’s embattled energy sector, …

November 15, 2025

Trump Admin Orders Massive SNAP Re-Verification Crackdown

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration will require millions of low-income Americans to reapply for food stamps as part of a broader effort to curb what it calls widespread “fraud” in the program. In a Thursday interview with Newsmax, Rollins said the goal is to “have everyone reapply …

November 14, 2025

Trump DOJ opens mortgage fraud probe into Eric Swalwell

The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has launched an investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., over allegations of mortgage fraud, Fox News confirmed. Swalwell responded that he was unsurprised to be targeted by Trump and vowed to continue speaking out while pursuing his lawsuit against the former president. …

November 14, 2025

NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook

Over the past two decades, scientists built a pandemic-preparedness playbook that has failed catastrophically. Born from fears sparked by the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2003 and the swine flu pandemic of 2009, it shaped billions of dollars in U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) investments—investments that failed …

November 14, 2025

The West’s Soft Suicide, Courtesy of the UN

As a native New Yorker, few sights evoked as much awe as the flag adorned cathedral of international cohesion as the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan. For generations, Americans have been raised to believe that the UN serves as a conscience of the world. In practice, sadly, it often functions …

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