A Dog competes during The Kennel Club Medium Agility Stakes on day one of the London International Horse Show in London, England, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)

Nation

WASHINGTON

Checks to troops not coming from tariffs

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address.

Instead, his administration says the $1,776 payments to troops are coming from a congressionally approved housing supplement. It was a part of the tax cut extensions and expansions bill that Trump signed into law.

PHOENIX

Turning Point youth conference begins

Turning Point is beginning its annual Christian youth conference, the first event since the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk.

The four-day meeting in Phoenix kicking off Thursday gathers thousands of young supporters of the MAGA movement.

World

SYDNEY

Mourners grieve child killed at Bondi

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration.

The attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday left 15 people dead. Authorities say the suspects were inspired by the Islamic State group.

jerusalem

Parking ticket sets off clashes with police

Israeli religious protesters have turned on municipal officers who attempted to write a parking ticket in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood, attacking and injuring 13 police officers.

The violence on Thursday reflected heightened tensions in Israel between the ultra-Orthodox and Israeli authorities, as the government mulls plans to draft them into the military.