Jeanie Hannaman

By Colin Redemer, First Things - On the second day of Christmas, Vivek Ramaswamy gave to America a diagnosis: We have a culture problem. “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long,” Ramaswamy wrote on X. We need “More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less ‘chillin.' ... Ramaswamy, who will lead the new DOGE alongside Elon Musk, was also making a point about the—already roiling—debate over H-1B visas. If Americans don’t revere hard work enough, then immigrants do.

By Justine Brooke Murray, MRC TV - The mosque reportedly attended by the suspect in Wednesday’s New Orleans terrorist attack is instructing its members not to speak with either the FBI or media... “I'm sure many of you have heard about the tragic events that took place in New Orleans this morning that are now being classified as an ‘act of terror’ by the FBI,” wrote the manager for Houston’s local Masjid Bilal in an “IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT” posted to social media... The terrorist attack, described as much by the mosque in quotations, left 15 victims dead and dozens more injured on New Year’s Day, after a man sporting an ISIS flag rammed his pickup truck into a crowd of celebrators on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.