President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy the National Guard to New Orleans as part of a crime crackdown effort in major cities nationwide. The president said during a cabinet meeting on Monday that “in a couple of weeks,” the federal surge will make its way to the Louisiana city, like Memphis and Washington, D.C., before it. “We’re going to New Orleans pretty soon. The governor called me; he’d like to have us go there,” Trump said. “Governor Landry — great guy, great governor. He’s asked for help in New Orleans and we’re going to go there in a couple of weeks.” Trump referred to changes made in the capital city as a “miracle” as many crimes dropped in the aftermath of the federal law enforcement takeover that took place during the summer. “We know that when carjackings go down, when use of guns goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said in August after initially being a strong critic of the takeover. A recent WalletHub study ranked New Orleans dead last in safety out of the 182 cities it surveyed. Memphis stood at #181, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, came in at #180. In September, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry made a “request for federal assistance” to allow for 1,000 Louisiana National Guard members to tackle crime in the state. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. “Since taking office, we have made real progress in driving down crime across Louisiana — but the job is far from finished. Federal partnerships in our toughest cities have worked, and now, with the support of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, we are taking the next step by bringing in the National Guard,” Landry said in a statement at the time. “This mission is about saving lives and protecting families. To the criminals terrorizing our communities: your time is up. Law and order are back in Louisiana,” the governor continued. The Daily Wire reported last month that Border Patrol will be conducting operations in the city, nicknamed “Swamp Sweep,” with approximately 250 agents. “My first priority is to keep our community safe. The reports of due process violations and potential abuses in other cities are concerning. I want our community to be aware and informed of the protections available under law,” Democratic Mayor-elect Helena Moreno said in a statement regarding the immigration enforcement, The Daily Wire reported at the time. Moreno launched a “community resources” webpage detailing the ways in which people should navigate federal immigration enforcement, saying that local police “will not ask about your immigration status.” “We must demand accountability and that people’s rights are not violated. I’m also calling on our legal community to step up and provide whatever assistance they can to help protect and preserve individual rights,” Moreno continued. The Daily Wire reached out to the city of New Orleans for comment. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek.

A coalition of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers won a big victory on Monday against New York Attorney General Letitia James over her targeting of organizations that promote a protocol that can help a mother save her child if she regrets taking an abortion pill. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit affirmed that the coalition has a First Amendment right to speak about the abortion pill reversal protocol, a process that is meant for women who want to counter the effects of taking an abortion-inducing drug. In 2024, James sued 11 faith-based pregnancy centers for their promotion of the protocol, claiming they were spreading false and misleading information. “Many women regret their abortions, and some change their minds after taking the first abortion drug and want to try to save their unborn babies’ lives. They should be allowed to hear about this option and make that choice,” said Caroline Lindsay, a lawyer for Alliance Defending Freedom who represented the coalition in court. The protocol is a method backed by a coalition of pro-life organizations and involves a woman taking a prescribed dose of bioidentical progesterone to potentially reverse the effects of Mifepristone and save an unborn child if she changes her mind at the last minute about going through with the abortion. The coalition was composed of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, Gianna’s House, and Options Care Center. While James did not sue them over the abortion pill reversal protocol, they argued in court that her actions could infringe on their free speech rights. A district court agreed, granting the coalition an injunction against James. The appeals court on Monday upheld that decision. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. “The district court correctly determined that the speech at issue is noncommercial because, based on the uncontroverted evidence in the current record, the speech is religiously and morally motivated, the [National Institute of Family and Life Advocates] plaintiffs receive no remuneration or other financial benefit for engaging in it, and, as the NIFLA plaintiffs do not provide [Abortion Pill Reversal] themselves, the speech serves only to provide the public with information about [Abortion Pill Reversal] and access to third-party providers that can offer [Abortion Pill Reversal],” the judges wrote. In May 2024, James announced a suit against Heartbeat International and 11 pregnancy center organizations for promoting the abortion pill reversal protocol. James claimed that the organization was “spreading dangerous misinformation by advertising ‘abortion reversals’ without any medical and scientific proof.” Heartbeat International says that the lives of over 7,000 babies have been saved through the abortion pill reversal protocol. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether a Christian pregnancy center can challenge New Jersey over a wide-ranging subpoena it issued related to the protocol.

I guess if you’re rich, you’re not allowed to miss your family. That’s what I’ve gathered from the outrage that followed Fox NFL Sideline Reporter Erin Andrews’s recent comments about how her career affects her during the holidays. “You gotta love what you do because I miss all holidays,” Andrews said on a recent episode of her podcast, Calm Down. “I didn’t get married until I was in my 40s. Not that that is going to be your route. But I live out of a suitcase. I miss a lot of stuff. I missed a lot of weddings. I miss a lot of events. You have to love it to get through the fact, I’m not gonna be home for Thanksgiving next week. Or, you know, Christmas is cut short.” You miss out on a lot of holidays, weddings, events and you live out of a suitcase – @ErinAndrews explaining why you have to love what you do to work in sports pic.twitter.com/yf5gDbwY5P — Calm Down with Erin and Charissa (@calmdownpodcast) November 25, 2025 Andrews wasn’t complaining. She was offering a frank assessment of the sacrifices a sports journalist has to make, especially to those who may want to pursue that career. Nor was she exaggerating. As a journalist who has covered sports for years, I can’t count the number of times I’ve spent Thanksgiving at McDonald’s or Christmas at IHOP while on assignment for a local television station. Sure, Andrews’s life is a bit more glamorous than that. But missing a holiday is missing a holiday — a disappointment we can all understand. Well, maybe not all of us. Andrews’s fans and fellow sports personalities rushed to slam her for her comments. “That’s literally what they pay you for,” sports reporter Trey Wingo said to Andrews. That’s literally what they pay you for. Erin said it herself once: they pay you for the travel and the sacrifices because doing the games is the fun part. https://t.co/gd2PWnB4oF — trey wingo (@wingoz) November 27, 2025 Jenna Laine, who covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said Andrews should consider those less fortunate who have to miss the holidays with their family. “Saw Erin Andrews’ remarks about the challenges in this business,” she said. “Starting out making $40K a year and not having holidays. I appreciate what she’s trying to say, but let’s consider the folks working 2-3 jobs in retail, in warehouses and in the service industry right now, just trying to make ends meet. They’re not getting time with their families either. This would be a dream for them.” 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. So, because Andrews is a well-paid TV star and not performing open-heart surgery, she can’t miss her husband and kid? Granted, talking football on TV isn’t the same as being a first responder; anyone with a quarter of a brain knows that. But Andrews wasn’t asking for sympathy. She was simply observing that even her glamorous TV life comes with setbacks. “I’m sure you saw it was a segment where we answer questions from people,” Andrews said in response to Wingo’s criticism. “Young woman asking about being a sideline reporter. What to know about it. What you miss. My whole point is, it’s not just about wanting to be on camera and hanging with athletes. You have to work and love it. And deal with overreactions to clickbait.” I was glad that Andrews pointed out she’d missed weddings and had to get married later because of her career. I did, too. Because my 20s were spent working every holiday, making no money, missing weddings, losing friends, all because of work. And I still love my job! So does my sister-in-law, who’s going to spend this Christmas in the NICU. Missing holidays is part of many careers. But working holidays doesn’t make you better or worse than anyone else, just like loving your job but wishing you could relax on Thanksgiving doesn’t make you a hypocrite. It’s not a competition. But, if you have a job where you have to miss holidays, think of it this way: the holidays are a season, not just a couple of days. Take it from someone who’s missed many Thanksgivings and Christmases. If you can find any time to celebrate with the ones you love, you’re not missing the holidays at all.

Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee’s deep red 7th district should cause the Republican Party to “wake up” and “start paying attention to [its] base,” according to Republican Rep. Tim Burchett. Burchett told Fox News on Tuesday morning that he’s concerned about “homegrown Marxists,” including Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn, becoming competitive against Republicans in conservative districts. Burchett pointed out that Behn was “educated in Knoxville, Tennessee.” “It’s not these people moving in from New York, California, or Chicago, even. It’s our own homegrown Marxists that we’re bringing up,” said Burchett, pushing back on a common complaint from Tennessee Republicans, who argue that people who move from blue states are making Tennessee more liberal. “We’ve got to start paying attention to our base and what the heck is going on.” Burchett argued that Republican Matt Van Epps is “one of the best candidates I’ve ever seen.” “This is the proverbial canary in the cave,” the congressman added. “If Matt Van Epps, a qualified candidate in a district that Trump won by over 15 points, can’t carry this thing, we’re in trouble. Republicans are asleep at the switch. We pay attention to presidents, because President Trump is a great president. We should be paying attention to him, but when it gets down to the other races, we forget about it.” Democrats and Republicans have poured millions of dollars into the special election, as polls showed that Behn has a chance to keep the race close. Burchett said Tennessee’s 7th district shouldn’t even be considered a possibility for Democrats to flip. Burchett blamed low turnout from Evangelical Christians and gun owners as the main reason that Republicans often struggle in special elections and off-year elections. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. “It should not even be a race,” he said. “[Behn] is a Marxist, and she’s not even a friendly Marxist like AOC.” Democrats believe that Behn, who has advocated for abolishing police departments and supports gender procedures on children, has a chance to pull off a remarkable upset and flip the Tennessee district to the Democratic Party. The 7th district seat went up for grabs after Republican Rep. Mark Green retired earlier this year. Polling results, released by Emerson College and The Hill on Monday, showed Behn trailing Van Epps by just two points. Along with pushing leftist policies, Behn has also been criticized for saying that she hates Nashville, parts of which she is running to represent. “I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently an ‘it’ city to the rest of the country,” Behn said during a 2020 podcast appearance. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders have emphasized the importance of the special election for the GOP heading into the 2026 midterm elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) campaigned with Van Epps in Franklin, Tennessee, on Monday alongside Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. Trump also called into Monday’s rally and addressed the crowd over speaker phone, The Daily Wire previously reported. Prominent Democrats have rallied around Behn, with former Vice President Al Gore, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) joining a virtual rally with Behn on Monday night.

Even The New York Times isn’t buying The Washington Post’s hit piece attacking War Secretary Pete Hegseth and claiming that he gave an order to “kill them all,” authorizing a second missile strike on a Venezuelan drug boat when survivors were in the water. The Post’s “exclusive” — which ran on Saturday — painted a picture of two survivors, helplessly clinging to the remnants of their destroyed vessel as a second strike was ordered to ensure they were killed. Citing anonymous sources, the outlet walked right up to the line, but stopped just short of directly accusing Hegseth of executing the two survivors in the water. What followed immediately was absolutely predictable: anchors and guests across the legacy media Sunday shows stepped across the line even WaPo wouldn’t, accusing Hegseth of committing war crimes and claiming those who carried out his orders might also be held to account for doing so. But The New York Times was not quite ready to go all in on the accusation, and instead cited five officials who said that while Hegseth’s initial order was to deliver a lethal strike — which would destroy the vessel and the drugs and kill those onboard — there was no specific order given regarding how to proceed if the first strike did not fully accomplish that. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. In addition, the officials told the NYT that there was no second command from Hegseth ordering another strike when drone footage showed survivors in the water. Instead, they said that the Special Operations commander overseeing the attack, Admiral Frank M. Bradley, had ordered several follow-up strikes to sink the boat that was disabled by the first hit — and that the survivors were killed as those strikes were carried out. The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway noted that while it certainly tracked that WaPo had run with the story in the first place, it seemed slightly off routine for the NYT to hold back. “It is not surprising that the WashPost, which originated the Russia collusion hoax, the Kavanaugh hoax, and the first Trump impeachment hoax, would run another false info op. It IS a bit surprising that the NYT isn’t going along with it in their normal manner,” she said. The White House’s account of what happened squares with the NYT report, however, as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during Monday’s briefing that there had been multiple strikes on the drug boat in question, but that the orders had come from Admiral Frank M. Bradley, not Hegseth. Hegseth followed that revelation with an X post declaring his support for Bradley, saying, “Let’s make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made — on the September 2 mission and all others since. America is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When this @DeptofWar says we have the back of our warriors — we mean it.”