President Donald Trump on Friday honored members of the U.S. men’s ice hockey team who beat their Soviet rivals in what was called the “Miracle on Ice” during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. Trump hosted the players in the Oval Office and signed a bill to award congressional medals in the team’s honor. All were wearing white cowboy hats, and Trump briefly donned one, too. The team wore the hats during the opening ceremony of the 1980 Winter Olympics. “This was one of the biggest moments that I’ve ever seen in sports … These are the men that gave us one of the most storied athletic wins of all time,” Trump said. The event, with 13 members of the gold medal-winning team, included captain Mike Eruzione, goaltender Jim Craig and forward Buzz Schneider. The son of deceased coach Herb Brooks was also in attendance. One of the team’s members, Ken Morrow, told Trump that the “USA! USA!” chant, now common at Trump rallies, originated in Lake Placid. “That’s right! I tried to take credit for that,” Trump responded. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Captain Eruzione praised his team for not just winning against the Soviets but also in the final game versus Finland. “A lot of us take great pride in knowing that we closed the deal,” he said. The squad of U.S. college players ended the Soviets’ reign as four-time Olympic champions with a 4-3 triumph that many consider the greatest upset in the history of sport. The U.S. beat the Soviet team 4-3 in the semi-finals, winning the gold two days later against Finland. The game captivated Americans during bitter Cold War tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union. The American players were inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Ken Ferris)

A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster must face a class action on behalf of millions of Americans for allegedly overcharging them for events at major concert venues across the country. U.S. District Judge George Wu in Los Angeles ruled that the plaintiffs met the criteria to expand their lawsuit into a class action seeking 15 years of alleged damages tied to the purchase of more than 400 million tickets. Live Nation had urged Wu to deny certifying the lawsuit as a class action. The company and attorneys for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The class covers consumers who bought tickets directly from Ticketmaster or a Live Nation affiliate for events at major venues since 2010. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Beverly Hills, California-based Live Nation was accused in the 2022 lawsuit of monopolizing ticketing services, allowing the company to charge artificially high prices in violation of antitrust law. Live Nation and Ticketmaster have denied any wrongdoing. In their opposition to class certification, Live Nation and Ticketmaster told Wu that individualized issues involving tickets sold for 1,000 venues made it impossible to hold a single trial on the plaintiffs’ allegations. Live Nation said the venues, not Ticketmaster, set fees paid by fans, often on a show-by-show basis. The U.S. Supreme Court in October declined to hear a bid by Live Nation and Ticketmaster to move the lawsuit out of federal court and into private arbitration. Live Nation faces other antitrust lawsuits over its ticketing practices, including an antitrust action filed in federal court in Manhattan by the U.S. Justice Department and a group of states. The company has denied any wrongdoing in that case. (Reporting by Mike Scarcella; Editing by David Bario and Matthew Lewis)

House Oversight Democrats released 19 photos on Friday that show sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hanging out with prominent figures, including President Donald Trump. The images, which belong to the Epstein estate, are part of the roughly 95,000 photos in the hands of lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Some of the 19 photos also include former President Bill Clinton, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, filmmaker Woody Allen, and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. The photo of Trump that Democrats have zeroed in on is a black-and-white image of a young Trump standing with six women whose faces have been censored to protect their privacy. It’s unclear where or when the photo was taken. Other images from Epstein’s estate show sex toys, and one photo features a bowl of “Trump Condoms” sold for $4.50. The packaging on the condoms shows Trump’s face with the text, “I’m Huuuuge!” The condoms were made in 2016 as political satire and designed by Fishs Eddy, a housewares and novelty shop in New York City, according to the National Museum of American History. It’s unclear where or when the photo of the sex toys and condoms were taken. In another photo released by House Democrats, Trump is standing alongside Epstein and a woman who appears to be model Ingrid Seynhaeve. The photo is from a 1997 Victoria’s Secret Party in Manhattan, the Daily Mail reported. Trump and Epstein were pals in the 1990s and early 2000s, before Epstein was charged with sex trafficking. None of the photos of Trump released by House Democrats on Friday implicate the president or any of the other men shown in the images. The White House ripped House Democrats for “selectively releasing cherry-picked photos with random redactions to try and create a false narrative.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “The Democrat hoax against President Trump has been repeatedly debunked and the Trump Administration has done more for Epstein’s victims than Democrats ever have by repeatedly calling for transparency, releasing thousands of pages of documents, and calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends,” added White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. “It’s time for the media to stop regurgitating Democrat talking points and start asking Democrats why they wanted to hang around Epstein after he was convicted.” Democrats called the photos “disturbing” and believe they “raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.” “Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!” the Oversight Democrats added. Other powerful men appeared in the photos from Epstein’s estate, including Bill Gates, who was pictured alongside Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince whose royal title was stripped earlier this year after fallout over his close relationship with Epstein and allegations leveled against him by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre. Former President Clinton was also seen in one of the newly released photos, where he was standing alongside Epstein and Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Clinton was close to Epstein for years, and rode in the sex offender’s infamous private jet on multiple occasions. The former president has not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein’s crimes. Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon showed up in three of the photos released on Friday, one of which included him talking to Epstein and another that showed him talking to Woody Allen. Bannon was working on a documentary about Epstein up until Epstein’s arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. On the day Epstein was arrested, Bannon was messaging the financier about potentially filming on Epstein’s notorious Little St. James island. Bannon also has never been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein’s crimes.

If Americans keep choosing cheap, processed food over healthier options, taxpayers will have to keep footing the bill with higher healthcare costs, Republican Congressman Eric Burlison warned Congress on Friday. Before he took to the House floor, The Daily Wire sat down with Burlison to learn about his health care solutions. “Healthcare is not just about insurance, it’s about being healthy,” Burlison told The Daily Wire. “When you look at the amount of money that we spend per capita on food versus other countries, we buy cheap food. Other countries spend more money on food, but they also spend less money on health care. In America, we spend a little money on healthy food but a lot of money on the back end in insurance.” Total United States health spending for 2025 is expected to be $5.6 trillion, according to the Health Affairs National Health Expenditure Projections. And over the next decade, America’s medical bills are projected to grow about 1.5% faster every year than GDP. In 2025, Medicare was the largest line item in the United States’ spending budget, accounting for 17.8%.  Burlison believes the solution lies in his Make America Healthy Again Accounts, which he is spearheading alongside Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The accounts are “a supercharged, tax-free health account” and would allow individuals to contribute $25,000 tax-free and $50,000 per family every year. The money in the accounts rolls over each year and never expires.  “The unique idea that we have,” Burlison told The Daily Wire, “is we’re going to allow for a particular amount of money out of this account to be spent on healthy food, protein, produce, vitamin supplements, and yes, maybe a gym membership, so that people are encouraged. Don’t go buy junk food, go buy unprocessed healthy food. And if you do buy it, we’re going to give you a tax deduction on that.”  Burlison says employers will be able to contribute to the account, allowing them to “help cover premiums or out-of-pocket expenses without wasting money on the current bloated system.” He wants every account to come with a $5,000 interest-free credit line for deductibles or unexpected costs. His pitch to the House comes right as the Senate failed to advance two competing health care proposals authored to replace the Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of this year. Democrats continue to advocate for an extension of Obamacare that would increase the deficit by $350 billion if made permanent. “The American people made it clear they wanted the ACA tax credits extended,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Burlison, however, compared the extension to throwing money on a sinking ship. “I think it’s a fool’s errand to throw money down on the sinking ship,” said Burlison. “Instead, we really need to reform healthcare and let people purchase the healthcare that they truly want and need.” Speaker Mike Johnson says he has plans to hold a floor vote on a GOP plan next week.

Prosecutors said that former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, who was arrested on Wednesday, threatened to kill himself in front of a staffer with whom he had an intimate relationship. These details were revealed Friday in District Court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the 39-year-old has been charged with felony home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering. Moore, appearing virtually for the arraignment, sat handcuffed as the prosecutor described the events that took place on Wednesday after Moore was fired over his alleged inappropriate relationship. Moore barged into the victim’s apartment on Wednesday, grabbed several butter knives, as well as a pair of scissors, and started threatening his own life, prosecutors said. “I am going to kill myself. I am going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You’ve ruined my life,” Moore said, according to prosecutors. First Assistant Prosecutor Kati Rezmierski said the victim was terrorized: “A series of very intimidating and terrifying statements and behaviors there in that apartment.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships According to new information released by Pittsfield Police, Moore left the apartment after making the threats to harm himself, prior to officers arriving. Moore was quickly located by officers a few miles south of the apartment. The 39-year-old was taken into custody without incident and transported to a local hospital for evaluation before being booked in the Washtenaw County Jail. Magistrate Odetalla gave Moore a $25,000 cash bond. He will be GPS tether monitored and has been told not to make contact with the victim or go to her residence. As a condition of his bond, the judge ordered Moore to continue his mental health treatment. The victim, who isn’t being named in this case, had an alleged relationship with Moore that lasted years, despite Moore being married with three daughters. The prosecutors said Monday that when the victim broke the relationship off, Moore didn’t take it very well and continued to call and send numerous texts to the victim. The victim informed Michigan of the relationship on Wednesday, leading to Moore’s swift termination. After posting bond, which Moore’s attorney Joe Simon expects to happen Friday, the former coach cannot leave Michigan without court approval. Simon wouldn’t comment on where Moore is going after posting bond. His next court appearance is January 22, 2026. The University of Michigan told The Daily Wire that the school is unable to comment any further on this “personal” matter. Related: ‘Moore’ Comes To Light After Michigan Head Football Coach Arrested Following Surprise Firing