America’s murder rate has experienced the largest drop on record. According to the Real-Time Crime Index, which compiles data from 570 law enforcement agencies, the national murder rate has fallen by nearly 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024. The FBI will not release official 2025 violent crime data until sometime next year, though RTCI estimates have historically tracked closely with federal figures. Other major crime categories measured by the index were also down nationwide and across locations of all population sizes, including motor vehicle thefts (23.2%), aggravated assaults (7.5%) and robbery (18.3%). Since taking office in January, President Trump has made tackling violent crime a central political priority. “Here at DHS we’ve been operating by this radical idea that removing murderers from our country would bring down the murder rate,” they wrote on the X platform. “Who could have guessed it would work?” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/u-s-murder-rate-experiences-largest-drop-record/ On Christmas night, President Donald Trump announced: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” Trump wrote: I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. The strike follows weeks of intensifying reports of religiously targeted attacks against Christians in Nigeria, which experts and human rights advocates have consistently described as genocidal in nature. According to Breitbart News reports, Islamist groups such as Boko Haram and Fulani jihadist militias have carried out coordinated attacks across the Middle Belt and northern Nigeria for over a decade, focusing on the systematic eradication of Christian communities. These assaults have historically spiked around Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter. The situation has been exacerbated by continued denials from Nigerian government officials, including President Bola Tinubu, who has dismissed the religious nature of the violence, attributing it instead to “bandits” or climate-related conflict. Flanagan, of course, is not Muslim. This comes amid growing backlash against Somali-linked fraud scandals in her state, which drained billions in taxpayer dollars. Flanagan wore the ridiculous costume during an appearance at the Somali Carmel Market. This is the same Flanagan who, just months ago in August, proudly wore a T-shirt featuring a large knife alongside the slogan “Protect Trans Kids.” How does Flanagan square her radical pro-trans advocacy with cozying up to a conservative Muslim community, where views on LGBT issues often clash sharply? Flanagan panders to whoever is in the room for votes, while ignoring the cultural contradictions and the real problems, like crime and fraud, plaguing her state. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/watch-minnesota-lt-governor-peggy-flanagan-wears-hijab/ Many states have matched the federal policy of ‘No Tax on Tips’ in order to let service workers who rely on income from tips keep more of their money, but not New York. The amount of revenue that New York receives because of this is likely negligible, making it seem like Governor Kathy Hochul is doing this purely out of political spite. Imagine being one of these workers and knowing that you are being denied a benefit that people in other states are enjoying and being told that you are not going to get it just because of where you live. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/governor-kathy-hochul-slammed-not-matching-new-york/ New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed former chief of emergency medical services Lillian Bonsignore to serve in his incoming administration as commissioner of the New York City Fire Department. She will be the second woman and the first openly gay Fire Commissioner in New York City’s history. During a news conference on Tuesday, announcing the appointment, Mamdani described Bonsignore as “a leader who cares about their work because she did it herself.”
U.S. Murder Rate Experiences Largest Drop on Record — Nearly 20 Percent Decline in Last Year:
Trump Hits ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas, Citing Mass Christian Killings: ‘Our Country Will Not Allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to Prosper’
Minnesota Lt Governor Peggy Flanagan Wears Hijab to Pander to Somalis:
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan appeared in a video wearing a hijab while addressing members of the Somali community, gushing about how they’re woven into the “fabric” of the state.
Governor Kathy Hochul Slammed for Not Matching New York State Policy to Federal ‘No Tax on Tips’ Policy:
Zohran Mamdani Appoints First Lesbian New York City Fire Commissioner with ZERO Firefighting Experience: