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JD Vance reveals why Christian values are key to America’s future during TPUSA tribute to Charlie Kirk
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Vice President JD Vance spoke at length during a large Turning Point USA gathering at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in honor of Charlie Kirk, during which he shared the slain conservative activist’s impact on his faith and told students that «a properly rooted Christian moral order» is key to the future of the country.
After the audience heard from Kirk’s widow, Erika, Vance took the stage and spoke for a brief time before taking questions from the audience on a range of issues from immigration to National Guard deployments and the Second Amendment. But several of the questions revolved around Vance’s faith and the impact it has had on how he governs as Vice President. Some asked about his views on religious liberty while another questioned how he was raising his family in a dual-religion household where his wife is Hindu.
«I make no apologies for thinking that Christian values are an important foundation of this country,» Vance said when responding to a question about the separation of church and state. «Anybody who’s telling you their view is neutral likely has an agenda to sell you. And I’m at least honest about the fact that I think the Christian foundation of this country is a good thing.»
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Vice President JD Vance speaks during a «This Is the Turning Point» campus tour event at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Meanwhile, Vance railed against contemporary liberalism in his comments about faith Wednesday night, calling it a «perverted version of Christianity.»
«There’s nothing wrong, of course, with focusing on people who are disenfranchised, for example. That’s the focus of liberalism. But if you completely separate it from any religious duty or any civic virtue, then that can actually become, for example, an inducement to lawlessness,» Vance said while responding to a questioner. «You can’t just have compassion for the criminal. You also have to have justice too. Which is why I think that a properly rooted Christian moral order is such an important part of the future of our country.»
Vance went on to say that he does not think God must be kicked out of the public square, adding he did not believe that is what the founders intended.
«Anybody who tells you it’s required by the Constitution is lying to you,» Vance argued. «What happened, is, the Supreme Court interpreted ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion’ to effectively throw the church out of every public place at the federal, state and local level. I think it was a terrible mistake, and we’re still paying for the consequences of it today.»
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In addition to taking tough policy-oriented questions about faith and religion, Vance was also asked at one point about living in an interfaith household. Vance’s wife is Hindu.
Attendees listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a «This Is the Turning Point» campus tour event at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Vance noted how when the pair met he was not a Christian, but over time he and his wife, Usha, decided to raise their boys Christian. Vance said open communication and respect for each other’s beliefs played a part in his marriage and his family’s decision to raise their kids Christian.
«Most Sundays she will come with me to church. As I’ve told her, and I’ve said publicly, and I’ll say now in front of 10,000 of my closest friends, ‘Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in by church? Yeah, I honestly, I do wish that.’ Because I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way. But if she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, and so that doesn’t cause a problem for me.»
Vance also spoke about the impact Kirk has had on his faith during the Wednesday night event honoring the slain activist. Vance said that, at least in part, Kirk moved him to be more vocal about his faith.
Signs with a photo of Charlie Kirk are seen before Vice President JD Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA event at the Pavilion at Ole Miss at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
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«This is another way in which Charlie has affected my life – I would say that I grew up again in a generation where even if people had very deep personal faith, they didn’t talk about their faith a whole lot,» Vance told the crowd while remembering his late friend.
«But the reason why I try to be the best husband I can be, the best father I can be, the reason why I care so much about all the issues that we’re going to talk about, is because I believe I’ve been placed in this position for a brief period of time to do the most amount of good for God and for the country that I love so much. And that’s the most important way that my faith influences me.»
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American flag raised, flies over US Embassy in Venezuela building for first time in 7 years
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The American flag flew again over the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela on Saturday, marking the first time it has been raised in the South American country in seven years.
The embassy compound in Caracas is still undergoing renovations, and officials have not announced when the building will fully reopen, The Associated Press reported.
The flag’s return comes months after former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in January.
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An American flag flies again at the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, seven years after it was lowered when Washington and Caracas cut diplomatic relations in 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
The U.S. Embassy highlighted the moment in a social media post, calling it the start of a new chapter in relations between Washington and Caracas.
«A new era for U.S.-Venezuela relations has begun,» the U.S. Embassy wrote on X.
Some residents expressed hope that the flag signals improved ties with the international community.
Caracas resident Alessandro Di Benedetto said the atmosphere among onlookers was optimistic, according to The Associated Press.
The entrance sign of the U.S. Embassy is seen in Caracas, Venezuela. (Associated Press)
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«I found several people here surprised and happy because today they raised the U.S. flag at the embassy,» he said. «This is positive; this is another step.»
The embassy had been closed since March 12, 2019, when the U.S. and Venezuela cut diplomatic relations, according to the website for the U.S. Department of State.
Maduro was captured during a U.S. military operation in Caracas on Jan. 3 and flown to New York, where he is currently being held in a federal jail.
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Nicolás Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2026 in New York City. (XNY/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images)
He faces multiple charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess those weapons.
Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, is also facing federal charges related to drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
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Both pleaded not guilty during a federal court appearance in New York on Jan. 5.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Irán amenaza con más guerra, aumenta la represión a cualquier sospecha de disidencia y busca contener las fricciones internas bajo la figura de Mojtaba Jamenei.
La primera aparición pública del flamante líder supremo, herido en el bombardeo del 28 de febrero que mató a su padre y antecesor Alí Jamenei, fue un llamado a escalar el conflicto y estrechar filas en torno a su figura.
Nada cambió en el discurso oficial.
“Pido a todos los líderes políticos de Irán que hagan todo lo posible por mostrar unidad. Nunca nos rendiremos. Nuestros enemigos pagarán el precio, porque habrá venganza“, amenazó.
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No fue solo una retórica belicista en la que anunció que el estrecho de Ormuz seguirá cerrado. También llamó a la dirigencia a dejar de lado cualquier división. El discurso podría resumirse en dos palabras: unidad y venganza.
Represión y fricciones internas
A Trump no le será tan fácil declarar el fin del conflicto más allá de la contundente superioridad militar de la coalición estadounidense-israelí. Con un gobierno dispuesto a todo para garantizar su supervivencia y sin una invasión o un levantamiento popular interno, los ayatollah no dan un paso atrás.
En ese escenario, Mojtaba Jamenei quiere erradicar de cuajo las fricciones internas surgidas entre las distintas ramas de las Fuerzas Armadas, según la prensa opositora en el exilio.
Un motocilista pasa frente a un enorme cartel que muestra al nuevo líder supremo Mojtaba Jamenei con sus dos antecesores, Alí Jamenei y Ruhollah Jomeini. (Foto: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani)
El sitio Irán Internacional, con sede en Londres, denunció que las fuerzas armadas se enfrentan hoy a “una aguda escasez de suministro, el aumento de las deserciones y la profundización de las fricciones entre el ejército regular (Artesh) y la Guardia Revolucionaria”.
Esta unidad de elite “maneja todos los aparatos de seguridad. Sería una combinación entre el FBI, la CIA y la mafia. O sea, como tres organizaciones juntas. Controlan toda la inteligencia, los aparatos de represión y las policías. Además, es una fuerza muy descentralizada y es la que tiene más poder porque es la que controla las armas”, dijo a TN el analista Jairo Lugo Ocando, decano de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Sharjah en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
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Según el reporte, la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica negó asistencia a soldados heridos del ejército regular frente a una escasez de ambulancias y suministros de sangre.
“Los rechazos profundizaron la ira y el resentimiento entre el personal de las dos fuerzas, lo que se suma a las tensiones institucionales de larga data entre el ejército regular y la Guardia Revolucionaria”, indicó el informe.
En unidades de misiles, prosiguió el documento, se reportaron fallas en los equipos de comunicaciones y escasez de alimentos y otros suministros básicos. “Los relatos sugieren que los comandantes se enfocan en mantener la capacidad de armas estratégicas mientras las tropas se enfrentan a condiciones de vida deterioradas”, señaló el informe.
Aumenta la represión interna
En este panorama de crecientes suspicacias internas, la Agencia de Noticias de Activistas de Derechos Humanos (HRANA) denunció que, desde el comienzo de la guerra, fueron detenidas 200 personas en todo el país.
Los cargos incluyen actividad en redes sociales, envío de contenido a medios de comunicación extranjeros, espionaje y alteración del orden público.
El jefe de la policía nacional, Ahmad Reza Radan, dijo que cualquier manifestante será tratado como un enemigo y abatido a tiros. “Todas nuestras fuerzas tienen los dedos en el gatillo y están listas”, alertó. Manifestantes progubernamentales salieron a las calles en Teherán (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)
Las amenazas contra cualquier señal de disidencia también partieron desde la televisión estatal. “Cuando el polvo de la sedición se asiente, te agarraremos del cuello”, amenazó el martes el presentador del Canal 3, Reza Molaei, citado por Irán Internacional.
Bahar Ghandehari, directora del Centro para los Derechos Humanos en Irán (CHRI), con sede en Estados Unidos, dijo que “la república islámica tiene antecedentes de aprovechar la sombra de la guerra y los momentos de crisis para intensificar la represión interna”.
Pero el temor no solo viene de la posibilidad de nuevas manifestaciones como las que sacudieron el país durante varias semanas y que causaron miles de muertos. La mayor preocupación llega de un eventual levantamiento de grupos armados de minorías como los kurdos, bombardeados recientemente por Irán en sus bases del Kurdistán iraquí.
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“Mientras la Guardia Nacional todavía parece estar atacando Israel, disparando misiles y drones hacia países de la región, amenazando con cerrar el Estrecho de Ormuz y llevando a cabo otras medidas disruptivas, reservó sus capacidades más importantes para reprimir a los opositores armados“, dijo una fuente iraní citada por The Media Line, un medio especializado en temas de Medio Oriente.
Se trata de un momento clave para la supervivencia del gobierno en medio de la guerra.
“En un momento en que las autoridades se enfrentan al peligro inmediato de que los manifestantes regresen a las calles, los grupos armados de la oposición son vistos por el régimen como una grave amenaza”, concluyó la fuente.
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The State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several senior officials linked to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Officials said the reward, part of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, is an effort to gather intelligence on the IRGC and its leadership, which Washington accuses of orchestrating attacks against Americans and supporting terrorism.
The reward targets Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several key figures inside Iran’s ruling security apparatus.
The department said it is also seeking information about Ali Asghar Hejazi, deputy chief of staff for the Supreme Leader’s Office, and Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
The program also lists several senior figures linked to Iran’s security and intelligence structure, including Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the supreme leader, Esmail Khatib, Iran’s minister of intelligence, and Eskandar Momeni, the country’s interior minister.
«The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), part of Iran’s official military, plays a central role in Iran’s use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft,» the State Department said.
«In addition, the IRGC has created, supported, and directed other terrorist groups. The IRGC is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and U.S. facilities, including those that have killed U.S. citizens,» the department added.
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A State Department Rewards for Justice poster offers up to $10 million for information on key leaders tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (State Department / Rewards for Justice)
The agency said the IRGC has also expanded its influence far beyond military operations since its founding after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, becoming deeply embedded in the country’s political and economic system.
«Since its founding in 1979, the IRGC has gained a substantial role in executing Iran’s foreign policy,» the department said. «The group now wields control over vast segments of Iran’s economy and is influential in Iranian domestic politics.»
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The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, on Feb. 25, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Rewards for Justice program allows the U.S. government to offer financial rewards for information that helps disrupt terrorist networks or identify individuals involved in attacks against Americans.
The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million.
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