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Hundreds of Christians in China will likely spend Christmas in jail this year, according to a recent report. Starting on December 13, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mobilized “more than a thousand police officers, SWAT units, anti-riot forces, and firefighters” in the Zhejiang Province’s Yayang Town in Wenzhou City, raiding churches and conducting mass arrests of Christians, ChinaAid reported Friday. “Belongings of relevant individuals were illegally confiscated, roads leading to the church were completely blocked by police, and Christians in Yayang Town were unable to enter the Yayang church. The operation lasted nearly five days, yet no public statement was issued by officials,” the outlet noted. “Within just the first two days, several hundreds of people were taken away for questioning. On December 16 and 17, at least four more individuals were detained.” Two local Christians, 58-year-old Lin Enzhao and 54-year-old Lin Enci, were labeled “principal suspects of a criminal organization” by the CCP, with locally-posted wanted posters charging the two with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” which ChinaAid noted is a “commonly used charge” by the CCP against religious and political dissidents. Over the past several years, CCP officials in Yayang Town have attempted to forcibly destroy church property, including symbols such as crosses, and install CCP propaganda and imagery, such as the five-star Red Flag and the CCP’s constitution. Enzhao and Enci were key figures in opposing the CCP’s efforts. Chen Yixin, director of China’s Ministry of State Security, is a native of the province and has led efforts to demoralize the Christian community there, including by initiating a program to destroy crosses in 2014 and install the national flag, the Constitution, laws, and socialist core values in Christian spaces and promote the “localization” and “politicization” of religious activities. However, the Christians of Yayang Town have resisted the CCP’s efforts for over a decade, hosting rallies and demonstrations and even confronting state police when necessary. Following the mass arrests this month, the CCP hosted an “Elimination of Six Evils” demonstration, with SWAT officers and riot police deployed en masse “to demonstrate force, intimidate local Christians, and create an atmosphere of fear, framing the earlier law enforcement actions as ‘results of the anti-organized crime campaign,’” by which the government means the crackdown on Christians. According to ChinaAid, police have stationed vehicles at the homes of known Christians, “disrupted” communications among Christians in the area, and have even gone “door-to-door” questioning church members and asking them to denounce Enzhao and Enci. “Government-driven public opinion campaigns are spreading defamatory rumors portraying Christians as ‘unpatriotic’ or belonging to a ‘cult,’” ChinaAid reported. “This approach aligns with China’s recent trend of criminalizing certain religious activities. On September 29, China’s leader reiterated in a speech the need to ‘systematically advance the Sinicization of religion.’ Earlier, mass arrests at Beijing Zion Church saw pastors and church members detained on fabricated charges of ‘fraud.’” In comments to The Washington Stand, ChinaAid founder and Senior Fellow for International Religious Liberty at Family Research Council Bob Fu said, “The massive pre-Christmas assault on churches in Wenzhou is a chilling reminder that the Chinese Communist Party fears the light of Christ most when it shines brightest. To raid churches days before Christmas is not only an attack on Christians — it is an assault on human dignity, conscience, and the hope that faith brings to a wounded world.” He continued, “History teaches us that no regime has ever succeeded in extinguishing faith through force. These pre-Christmas attacks will only strengthen the resolve of China’s house churches and further expose the moral bankruptcy of state-sponsored persecution.” The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and other religious liberty watchdogs have repeatedly warned that China’s totalitarian regime is enacting human rights abuses against religious groups within the nation’s border. A USCIRF report late last year detailed mass arrests and the destruction or removal of church property, part of CCP President Xi Jinping’s “sinicization of religion” policy. Religious groups and leaders who do not register with the official government-approved religious organizations are often arrested, imprisoned, and forced into “anti-cult” programs to “de-program” Christians. Earlier this year, USCIRF called on President Donald Trump to designate China as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) due to the CCP’s brutal oppression of Christians and other religious dissidents. Originally published by The Washington Stand We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post CCP Conducts Mass Arrests of Christians Days before Christmas appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) sued the Trump administration to remove Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The lawmaker is an ex-officio board member of the DC-based performing arts center. “The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the Congresswoman in her capacity as an ex officio trustee of the Kennedy Center by the Washington Litigation Group and Democracy Defenders Action. Congresswoman Beatty participated in the recent Board meeting and alleges she was prevented from speaking when she attempted to object to the renaming,” a press release stated. “Only Congress has the authority to rename the Kennedy Center. President Trump and his cronies must not be allowed to trample federal law and bypass Congress to feed his ego,” Beatty said. “This entire process has been a complete disgrace to this cherished institution and the people it serves. These unlawful actions must be blocked before any further damage is done,” she continued. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty has sued President Trump, hoping to force the removal of his name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Read more: https://t.co/Iuwd16GcAn pic.twitter.com/fYcsCv7DHc — ABC News (@ABC) December 23, 2025 ABC News has more: Asked for comment on the lawsuit, White House spokesperson Liz Huston instead told ABC News in a statement that the Kennedy Center’s board voted to rename it after Trump “stepped up and saved the old Kennedy Center …” The White House announced last week that the board at the Kennedy Center, which Trump now chairs and is filled with his appointees, voted “unanimously” to rename the building the “Trump-Kennedy Center” — with workers adding Trump’s name to the facade of the building the next day. Beatty, however, said she was muted on the call during the vote and could not voice her opposition to the name change. Beatty told reporters last week that she tried to speak up to oppose the name change. “I said, ‘I have something to say,’ and I was muted, and as I continued to try to unmute, to ask questions and voice my opposition to this, I received a note saying that I would not be unmuted,” Beatty said to reporters. “I was not allowed to vote because I was muted. I would not have supported this.” “I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week. “Not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction, but also financially, and its reputation. Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy, because this will be a truly great team long into the future! The building will no doubt attain new levels of success and grandeur,” she added. I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, because of the unbelievable work President Trump… — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) December 18, 2025 The Hill shared further: On Friday, the Kennedy Center updated its signage on the outside of the building to include the president’s name. Critics, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), have argued the move is illegal. However, the center’s interim President Richard Grenell pushed back on that argument. “It’s now a bipartisan space reflecting the new era. Donald Trump saved it,” Grenell wrote on social media. The Trump administration launched an overhaul of the center earlier this year, changing programming and restricting performances deemed “inappropriate.”

The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in January, CNBC reports. According to the outlet, more than 5 million student loan borrowers are currently in default. The number could soon increase to 10 million. Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January https://t.co/HQ6suyiCVR — CNBC (@CNBC) December 23, 2025 CNBC explained further: It will be the first time a portion of borrowers’ paychecks has been at risk since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, when collection activity was halted. Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department expects around 1,000 defaulted student loan borrowers to receive notices of administrative wage garnishment, the spokesperson said. After that, the number of notified borrowers will continue to increase. The U.S. government has extraordinary collection powers on federal debts, and it can seize borrowers’ federal tax refunds, wages, and Social Security retirement and disability benefits. The Education Department can seize up to 15% of a student loan holder’s after-tax income to put toward their debt. By law, borrowers must be left with at least 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage ($7.25) a week, which is $217.50, said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. The federal student loan system has faced widespread criticism for predatory lending practices and contributing to the significant rise in college tuition prices. I don't understand how neither Congress nor the Trump admin has started work to get the govt out of the student loan biz The govt is the world's largest predatory lender, granting loans often w/ little/no ROI + transferring wealth from young Americans to college administrators — Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) November 20, 2025 This has nothing to do with financial literacy. NOWHERE is the absence of these bedrock protections disclosed to students/parents before signing for the loans. This is not about bad borrowers. It's an unconstitutional loan scam. And it's now a bonafide national threat. pic.twitter.com/gjA61vnQKo — STUDENT LOAN JUSTICE (@StudentLoanJus1) December 22, 2025 “Make the universities liable for student loans. Will see a change in behavior very quickly,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis commented. Make the universities liable for student loans. Will see a change in behavior very quickly. https://t.co/IrDfOFc0tN — Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 22, 2025 The Hill noted: The Trump administration in May ended the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments and began collecting on defaulted debt by withholding tax refunds and other federal payments to borrowers. Government officials said it would begin wage garnishment in the late summer, but the process was slowed, in part, by the government shutdown, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Education Department has said more than 5 million borrowers are in default, and only 38 percent of borrowers are current on their student loans.

This is a breaking news alert… There has been an explosion at Silverlake Nursing Home in Bristol, PA with many casualties reported and also several people believed to still be trapped inside. Here is what it looks like on the ground right now: BREAKING: Explosion at Silverlake Nursing Home in Bristol, Pennsylvania causes many casualties. – reports pic.twitter.com/CtnFYSUTZc — AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) December 23, 2025 Local ABC6 News shared these details: An explosion and fire have been reported at a nursing home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There are also multiple reports of people trapped, Action News has learned. It happened around 2:15 p.m. at the Silver Lake Nursing Home on the 900 block of Tower Road in Bristol Township. Video from the Action Cam showed flames erupting from the building. Debris could be seen scattered around the area. One woman who works at the facility said she has been trying to contact co-workers, but no one is answering their phones. A man who showed up at the scene said his wife works at the nursing home and he hasn’t yet heard from her. The public is being asked to avoid the area due to the large emergency response, with police calling this a ‘mass casualty incident.’ Rescuers have been called in from neighboring Montgomery County, the city of Philadelphia and New Jersey. There was no immediate word on any injuries. It’s not yet known what caused the reported explosion. “I saw smoke and I saw car after car after car was a fire truck or ambulance from all over the city, from all over,” State Rep. Tina Davis, whose district includes the center, told the Associated Press. She approached the scene in her car but did not want to interfere with response efforts.