For years, the pediatric cancer community fought to pass a single bill designed to help children with cancer access better drug treatments. The Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act empowered the FDA to push drug companies to study combination therapies that could save young lives. After countless setbacks, the bill finally appeared headed for success — unanimous passage in the Senate, a signature from the president, and long-overdue relief for families who had already waited too long. Then one senator stopped it: Bernie Sanders. On the night the bill reached the Senate floor, advocates, reporters, grieving siblings, and a cancer survivor filled the gallery expecting a rare moment of bipartisan decency. Instead, Sanders objected to unanimous consent, killing the bill’s momentum in a dramatic floor exchange that most Americans never saw coming. His objection was not to the bill’s purpose — he supports it, in theory — but to unrelated provisions attached to it and to his insistence that other health-care priorities be passed at the same time. “He is literally killing kids in front of us because of his political movement,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who forcefully supported the Give Kids a Chance Act, said. “It is ridiculous.” “A unanimous vote in the chamber would have allowed the bill to bypass several steps, which typically involve the committee process and rules for debate, to move it straight along,” the New York Post noted. “Given that the bill had already unanimously cleared the House, it only needed to get through the Senate before going straight to President Trump’s desk for his signature.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships The context makes Sanders’ move look even worse. The bill gained renewed momentum only because of Mikaela Naylon, a 16-year-old dying of osteosarcoma who had suffered below-knee amputation, multiple lung surgeries, radiation, and radioactive treatments. She spent her final weeks — after her doctors told her she had only weeks to live — lobbying Congress instead of resting. Even after she returned home to Colorado, she was meeting with legislators over Zoom. She became so weak that her parents ultimately had to speak for her while she listened. She spoke to Sen. John Hickenlooper on October 29, dying three hours later. After Mikaela’s death, the House passed the renamed bill unanimously. Every senator but one was ready to do the same. Sanders justified his blockade by arguing that savings in the bill should fund community health centers and that other bipartisan health provisions killed months earlier should be revived alongside it. By demanding everything or nothing, Sanders ensured that vulnerable children got nothing. In the end, the Senate left town for the holidays, and the bill died with the clock. Sanders may claim he was fighting for bigger goals, but history will record that when given the chance to deliver immediate help to sick children, he chose procedural purity and political leverage instead. Incremental progress was available. He alone decided it wasn’t good enough — and kids paid the price.

The Trump administration is increasing their cash payments to illegal immigrants opting to self-deport from the United States from $1,000 to $3,000, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Monday. In addition to footing the bill for flights, the Department of Homeland Security began offering payments of $1,000 for illegal immigrants choosing to leave the country rather than facing formal deportation in May. Now, they’re tripling the incentive to ensure that illegal immigrants “get home in time for Christmas,” Noem told Fox News. “Illegal aliens should take advantage of this gift and self-deport because if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will not return,” Noem wrote on X. Credit: Department of Homeland Security Roughly 1.9 million illegal immigrants have left the United States on their own, according to DHS. It’s not clear how many of those used the CBP Home app to depart and receive the cash payments. This Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is generously TRIPLING the incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily. Through the end of the year, illegal aliens who self-deport using the CBP Home App can receive a $3,000 exit bonus. Illegal aliens should take advantage of this… pic.twitter.com/AKQZChPYfZ — Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) December 22, 2025 The app ensures that illegal immigrants’ flights are paid for by the federal government. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships It also gives illegal immigrants the opportunity to potentially come back to the United States legally. “If you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you’re in the United States of America illegally, we will give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home,” Noem said. “If you wait until we interdict you and detain you and arrest you and have to deport you ourselves, you’ll never get the chance to come back,” she added. The CBP Home app was created after the Trump administration ended the Biden-era CBP One entry program that allowed more than one million illegal immigrants into the country.

Senator Bernie Sanders demands a federal moratorium on new data centers, threatening America’s AI leadership and handing the edge to China in a critical tech race. Sanders’ Moratorium Call Targets AI Boom Senator Bernie Sanders posted an Instagram video in mid-December 2025 urging a federal moratorium on new data center construction. He seeks time to evaluate AI and robotics impacts, warning of job losses in trucking and retail from automation. Sanders argues unchecked development enriches billionaires while harming workers, fitting his long push against Wall Street greed. This comes as U.S. data centers drive a $7 trillion global surge, with 40% stateside countering tariff strains and high borrowing costs. Conservative Backlash Frames It as Sabotage National Review’s December 18 headline dubbed it “The Bernie Sanders Plan to Sabotage the Future,” portraying the proposal as socialist resistance to AI progress. Reason.com criticized it on December 17 as an effort to pause growth amid economic reliance on tech infrastructure. The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council accused Sanders of fearmongering, ignoring facts about AI productivity gains. Americans for Prosperity warned a moratorium cedes ground to China, risking U.S. dominance in the global tech race. Historical Pattern of Anti-Growth Policies Sanders’ call aligns with decades of progressive agendas targeting innovation. His 2014 12-point plan pushed wage hikes, climate measures, and Social Security expansion. Precedents include the Fracking Ban Act prohibiting new permits by 2025 and the End Polluter Welfare Act slashing fossil fuel subsidies. Critics note this AI pause echoes speculation taxes and infrastructure halts, prioritizing worker protections over capitalist dynamism that President Trump’s policies unleashed through deregulation and tax cuts. Impacts and Unlikely Path Forward A moratorium would halt permits, delaying construction jobs in Virginia and Texas while chilling $7 trillion investments. Short-term, it exacerbates tariff pressures; long-term, it endangers the AI space race against China. Sanders claims it prevents inequality and funds transitions like the Just Transition Act, but experts dismiss automation fears as overstated since tech boosts productivity. No bill introduced as of December 21; bipartisan support for AI growth makes passage improbable, deepening divides while bolstering Sanders’ base. President Trump’s America-first approach contrasts sharply, securing over $1 trillion in AI investments and obliterating barriers to innovation that Sanders seeks to impose. Sources: Sanders Senate Issues Page Brookings: An Economic Agenda for America – Conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders Reason: Bernie Sanders Wants to Pause New Data Centers to Stop the Economy From Growing Too Much

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President Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior is pausing offshore wind project construction due to “national security risks.” “Due to national security concerns identified by the Department of War, Interior is PAUSING leases for 5 expensive, unreliable, heavily subsidized offshore wind farms!” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrote on X. “ONE natural gas pipeline supplies as much energy as these 5 projects COMBINED,” Burgum added. “POTUS is bringing common sense back to energy policy & putting security FIRST!” In a press release obtained by Fox Digital, Interior said the pause will “give the Department, along with the Department of War and other relevant government agencies, time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects.” Burgum aims to address risks like “the rapid evolution of the relevant adversary technologies, and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects with proximity near our east coast population centers.” Leases with Vineyard Wind1, Revolution Wind, CVOW, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind will be paused. Shortly after Trump’s inauguration, he issued a memorandum temporarily stopping offshore wind energy leasing on federal waters and halting approvals, permits, and loans for all wind projects pending a comprehensive review. During his campaign, Trump promised to end offshore wind energy projects “on day one.” “We are going to make sure that that ends on day one,” he said. “I’m going to write it out in an executive order. It’s going to end on day one.” The post Trump Administration Announces Change to Offshore Wind Construction appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Illegal aliens who choose to self-deport “home for the holidays” will be given $3,000.   “During the Christmas Season, the U.S. taxpayer is so generously TRIPLING the incentive to leave voluntarily for those in this country illegally, offering a $3,000 exit bonus, but just until the end of the year,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement Monday morning.  DHS has been offering illegal aliens $1,000 to self-deport through a Customs and Border Protection app, an offer many illegal aliens have accepted, according to Noem.   “Since January 2025, 1.9 million illegal aliens have voluntarily self-deported and tens of thousands have used the CBP Home program,” the secretary said.   In addition to the $3,000 stipend, illegal aliens who use the CBP Home app will also receive a free flight “home in time for Christmas.”   This Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is generously TRIPLING the incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily. Through the end of the year, illegal aliens who self-deport using the CBP Home App can receive a $3,000 exit bonus.Illegal aliens should take advantage of this… pic.twitter.com/AKQZChPYfZ— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) December 22, 2025 “Illegal aliens should take advantage of this gift and self-deport because if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will never return,” Noem said.  $3,000 TO LEAVE NOW.In addition to a free flight home, illegal aliens can sign up to self-deport through the CBP Home app by the end of the year to receive a $3,000 stipend once they return.If you do not self-deport, we will find you, we will arrest you, and you will never be… pic.twitter.com/aPouoh0Ouu— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) December 22, 2025 DHS is calling Christmastime self-deportation “the best gift that an illegal alien can give themselves and their families this holiday season. It’s a fast, free, and easy process: Just download the app, fill out your information, and DHS will take care of the rest—including arranging and paying for your travel back home.”   Illegal aliens who do not self-deport will be “arrested, deported, and they will never be able to return to the United States,” according to DHS.   The administration has deported over 600,000 illegal aliens since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January and plans to increase deportations efforts in 2026.   Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently in the process of hiring 10,000 new agents to conduct arrests and help with deportations.   The post DHS Announces Christmas Bonus for Illegal Aliens Who Self-Deport   appeared first on The Daily Signal.