NEED TO KNOW Jesse Watters joked that drinking alcohol may be the reason he still has a job at Fox NewsThe conservative host, 47, made the comment while speaking at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix on Saturday, Dec. 20Watters is currently the host of Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox NewsJesse Watters joked that “drinking” may be the secret to his success at Fox News. The Jesse Watters Primetime host, 47, made the comment while speaking at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, a multiday conservative conference and festival in Phoenix, on Saturday, Dec. 20. Jesse Watters on his Fox News program, 'Jesse Watters Primetime,' on Oct. 13, 2025. Carlson, O'Reilly and Beck all held hosting positions at Fox News at various points over the years. Tucker Carlson speaking at a memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Ariz., on Sept. 21, 2025.

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“Vertical morality is just how I describe what’s called ‘divine command theory’ in metaethics,” she said. Klinger Cain offered the example of the rather callous response to “Alligator Alcatraz” and the extremely punitive treatment of immigrant detainees from MAGA Christians. Advertisement“And once you’re primed for authoritarianism in religion, it’s easy to accept it in politics,” Klinger Cain said. “Vertical morality feels safe in chaotic times, when ‘figuring things out’ or ‘learning from past mistakes’ feels daunting,” Levings said. “Vertical morality can’t take into consideration modern advancements or needs, evidence of failures, new research and information and human progress in civilization,” she explained.

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Power was restored Sunday morning to the bulk of the 130,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco impacted by a massive outage a day earlier that caused major disruptions in the city. PG&E said earlier its crews were working to restore electricity in several neighborhoods and small areas of downtown San Francisco following Saturday’s outage. PG&E in a statement said it expects to restore power to remaining customers no later than 2 p.m. Monday. A view of traffic from above as more than 130,000 PG&E customers went without power in San Francisco, California, on December 20, 2025. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said on X there were “significant transit disruptions” happening citywide and urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and treat down traffic signals as four-way stops.

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Jim Beam will pause production at its distillery on the James B. Beam campus next year. - Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images/FilePopular Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam plans to pause production at its main distillery on January 1, according to the James B. Beam Distilling Co. Kentucky has an all-time high of 16.1 million aging barrels of bourbon in its warehouses, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association said in October. Kentucky distillers paid $75 million in aging barrel taxes this year, up 27% from 2024, according to the trade group. It will continue distilling at its Fred B. Noe craft distillery in Clermont and the Booker Noe distillery in Boston, Kentucky.

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This is why, in line with the last two military programming laws, and after a thorough and careful review, I have decided to equip France with a new aircraft carrier. The new vessel is planned to be ready in 2038, replacing the aging Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, which came into service in 2001. Like its predecessor, the new aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and equipped with French Rafale M fighter jets. In 2023, the cost of a new aircraft carrier was estimated at about 10 billion euros by Sébastien Lecornu, defense minister at the time and now French prime minister. Macron has announced 6.5 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in extra military spending in the next two years.

Putin maintains stance on Russia-Ukraine conflictRussian President Vladimir Putin held his annual marathon press conference, which lasted more than four hours. He signaled that Russia may be open to a negotiated end to the conflict with Ukraine, saying Russia was “ready and willing to end this conflict peacefully,” but also made it clear that military operations would continue for as long as the Kremlin deems necessary. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen was in the room and reports on what he heard.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGNicki Minaj suffered an inappropriate blunder while appearing as a surprise guest during a Q&A at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Arizona on Sunday alongside Erika Kirk. AdvertisementErika Kirk stepped in as the chairwoman and CEO of Turning Point USA following the assassination of her husband in September. It doesn’t even matter.”Erika Kirk onstage with Nicki Minaj at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest on Dec. 21, 2025. She also claimed that the Trump administration is “full of people with heart and soul.”Minaj’s invitation to Turning Point USA comes as she appears to have joined forces with the Trump administration. “Nicki > Cardi,” Vance wrote in a Dec. 10 X post in response to a now-deleted post by Minaj.

The pharmaceutical industry’s billion-dollar practice of inflating drug prices and shielding itself from accountability has brought immense public outcry and inspired a profusion of legal reforms. This Article explains why federal law should not be interpreted as preempting state regulation of pharmaceutical supply chains. Insulin prices in the United States have spiked shockingly high compared to those in other developed countries. This Article’s second contribution is its timely, novel analysis of the ongoing court challenges to state law reforms aiming to address healthcare industry anticompetitive practices. It further describes the collusive practices among these actors that artificially inflate drug prices, including formulary exclusion, rebates, spread pricing, convoluted fees, and preferred pharmacy status.