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Five people have been arrested in connection to an alleged New Year’s Eve bombing plot by a far-left extremist group. The fifth is a transgender veteran who wanted to “recreate Waco” on immigration officers, according to a criminal complaint.

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro revealed that the Democrat-run D.C. police manipulated data to make the city seem safer than it was. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith, the top cop in the nation’s capital, said on Monday that she will step down at the end of the month, as her department faces continued pressure to address violent crime. Smith has acknowledged her final day will be on December 31. The Justice Department is also investigating the police department over allegations that it has been manipulating crime data to hide how dangerous the city has become under Democratic leadership. “I think there was certainly an effort to misclassify, mischaracterize certain categories of crime,” Pirro told Dana Perino of Fox News. “It was an attempt to make crime look lower than it was. The investigation that we conducted over a period of several months based upon the report of the deflation of numbers was very thorough … over 6,000 reports were looked at; over 50 witnesses.” “And those witnesses were ranked and filed from the top down,” she stated. “The bottom line here is this: Now we’re in a situation with President Trump and the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, where every case is being looked at. Every case is being reviewed by my office. So if it appears that the arrest is lower than what the facts show, we’re going to upgrade that crime.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “You know, what’s amazing to me is that the U.S. attorney before me in the Biden administration did not go forward with more than 65% of the arrests,” she noted. “That means that even if police made arrests, they weren’t being prosecuted.” “In my office, we go forward with over 90 percent of the arrests,” she asserted. “We review them. We look at them. We see if… the law and the evidence support the charging, and we go forward. And this really is a testament to the determination and the focus of the president in making sure that crime is down in our nation’s capital, because when crime is underreported, then police resources are not put in certain areas, and then as a result of that, people don’t think that they are being protected; they then don’t report crime.” “Now, everything has changed,” she declared. “In the period since we had the surge, homicides are down 65% compared to the year before, carjackings are down 68%, and robberies are down 49%. We’re making a difference, but it is a focus on law and order, and it’s the federal partners coming in, and the people of the district deserve it.” Zach Jewell contributed to this article.

The city council in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the home of the University of Michigan, voted unanimously earlier this week to remove hundreds of neighborhood crime watch signs, arguing that the crime watch program promotes “race-based hyper-vigilance.” The Ann Arbor City Council voted 10-0 to direct city employees to begin removing all neighborhood crime watch signs by July 15 in an effort to become more “welcoming and inclusive,” according to MLive. Neighborhood crime watch programs have been commonplace in American towns for decades, organizing residents to be on constant alert, and warning potential criminals that any suspicious activity will be reported to the police. According to the all-Democrat Ann Arbor city council, however, the signs reinforce “race-based hyper-vigilance and suspicion particularly toward Black, Brown, and other marginalized residents and visitors.” “These programs were often rooted in assumptions about who did and did not ‘belong’ in a neighborhood,” the city council stated, adding, “This dynamic encouraged informal surveillance practices that disproportionately targeted people of color and contributed to patterns of exclusion under the guise of public safety.” Overall, the city’s crime rate has dropped in 2025 compared to last year, but in downtown Ann Arbor, authorities have seen a 9% increase in total crime in 2025 and an 11% jump in violent crime. City officials said that the neighborhood watch programs in Ann Arbor are already defunct, arguing that removing the 600-plus signs throughout the city is the next logical step. “The neighborhood watch signs that still stand across Ann Arbor really come from a different era,” said Councilwoman Jen Eyer. “They’ve become furniture, just part of the background. I drive past one every day entering my neighborhood and barely registered it until this issue was raised to me.” But Eyer argued that a major reason for removing is that “evidence suggests that signs and practices rooted in constant vigilance can actually reinforce fear and erode neighborly trust, promoting a myth of safety rather than safety itself.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Councilwoman Cynthia Harrison criticized the “culture” of neighborhood watch programs, bringing up the case of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was shot and killed in Florida in 2012 by George Zimmerman, who was a volunteer for his neighborhood watch program. “Many of us could not talk about this culture without remembering Trayvon Martin, a young black teenager walking through a neighborhood he had every right to be in, yet perceived as a threat simply for being there,” said Harrison. Zimmerman confronted Martin and accused him of suspicious activity in the neighborhood before Martin attacked him. Following a trial that gained national attention, Zimmerman was acquitted by a Florida jury on all charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter. Harrison argued that Martin was killed because neighborhood watch programs focus on surveillance over building relationships, according to MLive. “Neighborhood watch was built on an old idea that heterogeneous neighborhoods create danger,” she said. “Ann Arbor is built on the understanding that diversity creates strength.” Ann Arbor and the surrounding Washtenaw County are one of the most liberal places in Michigan. Recently, the Trump administration accused Ann Arbor authorities of obstructing federal immigration operations. Ann Arbor leaders rejected the Trump administration’s labeling of Ann Arbor as a sanctuary city. “While Ann Arbor is not a sanctuary city, we are proud to be an inclusive and welcoming city,” Mayor Pro Tem Travis Radina said earlier this year. “We know diversity is a strength and believe in protecting the constitutionally granted rights of all our residents.” Washtenaw County also elected a new sheriff last year who wants to focus on “environmental justice.” In a phone interview with The Daily Wire earlier this year, Sheriff Alyshia Dyer, a Democrat, said that she wanted to drastically change the department’s outlook on environmental issues. She also discussed her plans to implement an “Environmental Crimes Unit” in her first term, which would focus on looking into “air pollution, water contamination, and hazardous waste management.” “The sheriff’s office historically hasn’t been necessarily a strong champion in this work, but there’s no reason we can’t be,” Dyer added.

The former doctor who pleaded guilty to one charge in connection with the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to home detention, per multiple reports. Mark Chavez pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of conspiring to distribute ketamine to the “Friends” star. Chavez was sentenced to 8 months of home detention and 3 years of supervised release on Tuesday. He will also be required to complete 300 hours of community service, per ABC News. The sentence could have been up to 10 years in prison. Chavez’s attorney Zach Brooks described his client’s actions as “a lapse in judgment during a narrow and isolated time.” “[W]hat occurred in this case was a profound departure from the life he had lived up to that point. The consequences have been severe and permanent. Mr. Chavez has lost his career, his livelihood, and professional identity that he has worked for decades to develop.” “Looking forward, Mr. Chavez understands that accountability does not end with this sentence. He’s committed to using the rest of his life to contribute positively, to support others and to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again,” Brooks added. “While he cannot undo what occurred, he can choose how he lives his life from this moment.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Perry was found face down in his hot tub on October 28, 2023, at his home in Pacific Palisades, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office determined he had drowned, but attributed his death to ketamine, which Perry had been taking as part of a therapy. The levels of ketamine found in his system were so high that they were close to the range that would be used for general anesthesia during surgery. Chavez, formerly a licensed physician in San Diego operating a ketamine clinic, was one of five people charged in connection with Perry’s death. Prosecutors alleged that he provided Perry the drugs secondhand by way of another doctor, Salvador Plasencia, who was sentenced to 30 months in prison earlier this month. In the weeks after the “Friends” star died, it was revealed that Plasencia allegedly texted Chavez, saying, “I wonder how much this moron will pay.” Plasencia supplied Perry with 20 vials of ketamine, equal to 2,000 mg of the drug, along with ketamine lozenges and syringes in the month before his death, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

The House will vote on a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies after 218 lawmakers – all Democrats and four Republicans – signed a discharge petition on Wednesday. The move comes after Speaker Mike Johnson said he would not personally allow a floor vote, saying, “In the end, there was not an agreement,” according to POLITICO. The subsidies are set to expire at the end of this year as a longer-term solution continues to be debated. Most Democrats have argued that the subsidies must continue to avoid insurance premiums from spiking. Many Republicans have argued that the dependency on subsidies to keep premiums low demonstrates that the Obama-era program is unsustainable. “This morning I signed the discharge for the clean 3-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credit. While I have been working for a bipartisan compromise with reforms, the failure of leadership to allow a vote on the floor left me with no choice but to sign the Democrats discharge petition,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) posted to X. “With [Brian Fitzpatrick], [Rob Bresnahan] and [Ryan Mackenzie] joining me in signing, it now has 218 signatures.” “The Speaker should immediately bring it to the floor for an up or down vote and let the House do the work of the American people,” Lawler continued. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships A vote following the petition could occur today if a specific procedural action is taken, but the vote is more likely to happen in January. “To get this done TODAY, we need to defeat the previous question on the House Floor. And we need them to vote with us to do it,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) posted to X. “To be clear, that vote on my amendment to the rule is the exact same language they already signed on to today.” “It’s our last chance before Congress goes out of session since the discharge petition they signed takes 7 legislative days to ripen,” the congressman added. If the House votes to extend the subsidies, it will then go to the Senate. “Obviously, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said amid news of the discharge petition, according to Semafor. “Even if they have a sufficient number of signatures, I doubt they would vote this week.” Trump has railed against the Affordable Care Act, suggesting during the government shutdown in November that “the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE.” “Somebody said I want to extend it for two years. I don’t want to extend it for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all,” Trump said in November, according to ABC News, adding that “some kind of an extension may be necessary to get something else done because the unaffordable care act has been a disaster. It’s a disaster.”

More than half of Americans aged 18-29 hold a favorable view of socialism, according to a Cato Institute survey, and 34% of people in that age group feel the same about communism. It’s not hard to see why. Student debt has increased dramatically over the last decade, climbing from $500 billion in the early 2000s to $1.7 trillion today. Feeling trapped in debt cycles, many young Americans are turning to the voting booth for relief. In New York, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won on a platform of taxing the wealthy and redistributing that wealth into free services like buses and childcare. But not every young American is convinced that socialism is the answer. One dissenter, 24-year-old entrepreneur Steven Wang, has an alternative path: participation in capital markets. “Rents have skyrocketed. People are feeling these things,” Wang says. “They want representation in the markets.” Wang believes that shared ownership — not bigger government — is the answer to questions of affordability. And with markets delivering consistent long-term returns, he’s working to make that opportunity accessible to those who feel excluded. “The solution is not free subsidized housing or grocery stores. It’s having them participate in a chunk of the American dream.” Wang’s company, Dub, has raised more than $30 million to make investing more attainable for Americans. His platform allows investors to pick not just stocks but financial influencers whose strategies they can follow and replicate. “It’s no longer thinking about budget screens and picking stocks,” Wang told The Daily Wire. “It’s really following ideas and individuals to drive our investing decisions.” “I think in many ways we’re building the platform for the future,” Wang said. “For too long, breaking into Wall Street was all about being part of the boys’ club, going to Harvard, getting an MBA,” Wang says. “That’s how you got introduced to hedge funds and that’s how you got a job. We want to break that wide open.” A Harvard dropout himself, Wang says he’s leveling the playing field for investors, but says his standards are rigorous. “It’s a pretty high bar to become a premium influencer,” Wang told the Daily Wire. “You need a verified track record, a full background check, multiple interviews, and approval by our investment committee. We also verify that creators are actually executing the strategies they claim. Even after approval, monetization runs through our fiduciary advisor entity, and we actively monitor participants on a day-to-day basis.” Once approved, Wang’s financial influencers can help everyday users make investments. A strong believer in AI, Wang warns Americans cannot afford to miss it. “It’s like the new internet boom,” he says. “People can’t afford to miss out on all the value that will be created from AI in the next five to ten years.” For Wang, the mission is personal. “I was born and raised in Detroit. We didn’t grow up with a lot of money, and investing has changed my life.” Just a month ago, legendary investor Ron Baron, who grew Baron Capital from $100 million $45 billion assets under management, stressed the importance of investing on CNBC. “The stock market and economy basically double every 10 or 12 years,” he said. “The value of money falls 4 or 5% a year and that’s inflation. Economic growth has been about 2% a year, so about 7% a year growth. That means everything doubles in ten years and the value of your money falls in half every fifteen years. So you have to make twice what you are making today to stay even.” Wang says if Americans don’t invest, “The wealth gap is only going to accelerate.” But he sees the generational wealth transfer currently underway as an opportunity for younger Americans. “There’s around $70 to $100 trillion of assets being passed down to new generations,” he said. “And everyone is going to need to make a decision of where that money is going to go.”

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