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January 25, 2025

New Bill Would End Federally Funded Transgender Surgeries, Hormones for Minors

Republican lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would block Medicaid from paying for gender transition drugs and surgeries for minors. U.S. Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced the bill, first obtained by The Center Square.

January 25, 2025

Existing Home Sales Slipped to Lowest Level Since 1995 as Prices Climb

Sales of existing homes declined to the lowest level annually since 1995 while the median price reached a record high of $407,500 last year. On a monthly basis, sales of existing homes climbed 2.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual...

January 25, 2025

Commentary: Republicans Must Throw Wrench in Dems’ Plan to Slow-Walk Trump’s Nominees

The Senate’s unanimous 99-0 confirmation of Marco Rubio as secretary of state was a rare moment of unity and bi-partisanship. For many Americans, it gave us hope that President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Senate confirmation appointments would receive a fair and balanced process. Sadly,...

January 24, 2025

Hunter Biden’s Name, Signature, and Shared Bank Account Showed Up in $60 Million Fraud Investigation

When a million-dollar securities fraud wrapped up two of Hunter Biden’s business partners at Burnham Asset Management, Hunter Biden escaped scrutiny. However, bank records and corporate document drafts now show one of the future first son’s shared bank accounts was...

January 24, 2025

Venezuelan Gangsters, Child Predators and One Suspected Terrorist: Trump Admin Announces Huge Illegal Migrant Round-Up

The Trump administration is removing hundreds of illegal migrants from the United States daily as it follows through on a campaign pledge to implement a hardline enforcement agenda. A total of 538 illegal migrant criminals were arrested on Thursday and...

January 24, 2025

Sen. Ricketts to Introduce Bill to Protect Dignity of Aborted Unborn Babies

Sen. Pete Ricketts will introduce a bill to require abortionists to treat deceased unborn babies with dignity. “A few years ago, the remains of over 2,200 aborted babies were discovered at an Indiana abortionists’ home,” Ricketts, R-Neb., told The Daily Signal. “It’s horrifying...

January 24, 2025

New Bill Would Codify Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Into Law

Rep. Brian Babin has introduced a bill that would end automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents of illegal aliens. Automatic birthright citizenship, regardless of parent’s legal status, is “one of the abused aspects of our immigration system,”...

January 24, 2025

Commentary: Trump Stands with the Founders on Trade

When President Donald Trump gave his inaugural address in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, he included an explanation of his trade policy. “I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and their families,” he said.

January 24, 2025

Doctor Headed to Trial For Exposing Child Sex Change Procedures Urges Trump DOJ to Drop Case

A doctor who exposed secret child transgender procedures at the nation’s largest children’s hospital hopes President Donald Trump will stop the Department of Justice (DOJ) from taking him to trial in February. Dr. Eithan Haim told the Daily Caller News...

January 24, 2025

Commentary: Trump Is Already Challenging the Public Health Industrial Complex

by Judson Phillips The beloved holiday classic Planes, Trains, and Automobiles features one of the funniest scenes in movie history. John Candy and Steve Martin drive the wrong way down a highway, oblivious to the danger. When concerned drivers warn them...

January 23, 2025

Promise Made; Promise Kept: Trump Orders Full Release of Government Documents on JFK, RFK, and MLK Assassinations

Completing the fulfillment of a campaign promise from his first run for office nearly a decade ago, President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an Executive Order to declassify the trove of long-held records and other documents pertaining to the assassinations...

January 23, 2025

Trump Declares ‘Golden Age of America’ in First International Address at Davos

In his first international address since taking office, President Donald Trump spoke on Thursday to an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, emphasizing a "revolution of common sense" and outlining a series of America-First policy initiatives aimed...

January 23, 2025

A.G. Dave Yost Kicks Off Ohio Governor Campaign, Promises to Defend Conservative Values

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost officially declared his candidacy on Thursday for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026.

January 23, 2025

Trump Aims to Dismantle Globalist Trade Policies

President Donald Trump unveiled his trade policy objectives this week and emphasized his plan to strengthen “the American economy, the American worker, and our national security” in his second term.

January 23, 2025

Senate Republican Reintroduces Bill to Finish Border Wall Construction

Republican U.S. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will reintroduce legislation Thursday to secure the southern border.

January 23, 2025

Ernst Introduces Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation in the Senate Wednesday to prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood after the organization received COVID relief funds. At least $120 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were provided to affiliates...

January 23, 2025

Commentary: Congressional Budget Office Lowers U.S. Population Projections

by Bill King This week, the Congressional Budget Office once again reduced its population projections for the U.S. for 2025-2055. Last year, in its 30-year forecast, the CBO had projected that the U.S. population would be about 383 million by 2054....

January 23, 2025

22 Democratic States Challenge Trump Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

At least 22 different states, all with Democratic control of their respective governments, have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship in the United States. ABC News reports that an initial lawsuit was filed on Monday...

January 22, 2025

Taxpayers and Students Are Funding $2 Billion in DEI Course Mandates at Public Universities, New Report Finds

The Goldwater Institute (GI) issued a report this month exposing how much DEI course mandates at public universities nationwide cost taxpayers and students. The report found that the cost is over $1.8 billion and could be as high as $3.8...

January 22, 2025

U.S. Universities Failed to Disclose Tens of Millions in Chinese Funding

American universities are failing to disclose millions of dollars in funding from China, a report released Wednesday found. The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has received $87.5 million from China since 2013 and another $59.4 million from Hong Kong,...

January 22, 2025

Trump Admin Just Turbocharged ICE’s Ability to Quickly Deport Illegal Immigrants

The Trump administration incredibly expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) ability to quickly deport illegal immigrants from the U.S. on Tuesday, removing yet another enforcement hurdle. “Expedited removal” is a policy that allows federal immigration officials within 100 miles of...

January 22, 2025

Ohio Bill Proposal Bans DEI in Higher Education

An Ohio state senator introduced a bill Wednesday that bans DEI in higher education in Ohio. Senate Bill (SB) 1 would eliminate DEI “courses, training, litmus tests, required statements, and spending for any DEI initiatives or programs with the same...

January 22, 2025

Episcopal Bishop Breaks with Tradition, Criticizes Trump in Washington National Cathedral Sermon

Mariann Edgar Budde, who holds one of the nation’s most prestigious clerical posts as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, curried controversy and drew pushback on Tuesday when she used a sermon to criticize President Donald Trump for some...

January 22, 2025

Community Colleges Expand Apprenticeships to Address Labor Shortages

Entering 2025, community colleges are expanding apprenticeships and other experienced-based learning programs to address America’s labor shortage crisis and meet a growing demand for alternative forms of higher education.

January 22, 2025

Commentary: Democrats Can’t Bully Their Way to a ‘Free Pass’

I believe in restraint, tradition, decorum, and the precepts of our system of criminal justice: deterrence, punishment, and retribution. Turning the other cheek accomplishes none of these. Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons for his family, and his unprecedented preemptive pardons for...

January 22, 2025

Trump Executive Order Signals Crackdown on Pro-Terrorist College Students

President Donald Trump’s executive order on foreigners who “support designated foreign terrorists” could be the start of a previously promised crackdown on radical pro-Palestinian students on American college campuses.

January 21, 2025

Net-Zero Investment Initiative Suspends Operations, as Progressive Left’s ESG Agenda Collapses

The Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative announced Monday it is suspending activities. The move comes after BlackRock, with $11.5 trillion in assets under management, joined an exodus of mega-firms leaving net-zero groups.

January 21, 2025

Trump Shuts Down CBP One App Use by Illegal Aliens to Enter Country, Cancels Remaining Appointments

Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump ended the use of the CBP One App used by illegal migrants to enter the U.S., and canceled all remaining appointments made through the software. "Effective January 20, 2025, the functionalities of CBP...

January 21, 2025

Commentary: ‘Liberation Day’: Eight Takeaways from Trump’s Second Inaugural Address

Delivering his second inaugural address indoors because of the frigid weather conditions in Washington, President Donald Trump vowed Monday to restore integrity and efficiency to government. Having won in November not only the popular vote, but also with a decisive Electoral College...

January 21, 2025

President Trump to Revoke Security Clearances for 51 Intelligence Officials Who Signed Hunter Biden Laptop Letter

As President Donald Trump starts his second term in office, one of the over 200 executive orders he is planning to sign will include a revocation of the security clearances for 51 former and current intelligence officials who claimed that...