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April 15, 2021

DeWine: Use Stimulus Money to Repay $1.5 Billion Federal Unemployment Loan

Believing the state’s economy continues to move in a positive direction, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine thinks it’s time for payback. DeWine recently recommended the General Assembly use nearly a quarter of the expected $5 billion in federal stimulus money on...

April 15, 2021

Commentary: Daunte Wright’s Death Is a Tragedy for Us All

We will never hear the last of these names. Eric Garner. Alton Sterling. Michael Brown. George Floyd. Rashad Brooks. And now Daunte Wright.

April 15, 2021

Pro-Life Groups Accuse FDA of ‘Ignoring the Science’ on at-Home Abortion Drugs

Pro-life groups are accusing the Food and Drug Administration of “ignoring the science” by removing restrictions that prevented abortion drugs from being delivered by mail. The national pro-life Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) and its research and education arm,...

April 15, 2021

CDC Recommends Halt in J&J Vaccinations After Six Young Women Develop Dangerous Blood Clots

The FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that they are recommending that the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine be halted after six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot were...

April 15, 2021

Commentary: America’s Managerial Class Runs the Country, Not You

Ralph Nader made the chief executive officers of America’s largest corporations a proposition in 1996. Considering they had built their fortunes on generous tax benefits and subsidies—valued at an estimated $65 billion a year back then and footed by everyday...

April 15, 2021

Newt Gingrich Commentary: The Crisis of American Civilization

We are now in a crisis of American civilization fully as dangerous and real as the crisis of the US Civil War or World War II. During both those crises, if America had lost, it would have ceased to be...

April 15, 2021

BLM’s ‘Marxist’ Co-Founder Raked in $20,000 a Month as Chairwoman of Jail Reform Group

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation co-founder and executive director Patrisse Cullors, a self-identified “trained Marxist,” raked in upwards of $20,000 a month serving as the chairwoman of a Los Angeles jail reform group in 2019, according to campaign finance...

April 15, 2021

Officer Involved in Daunte Wright Shooting Charged with Second Degree Manslaughter

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced Wednesday that the police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center will be charged with second degree manslaughter. Kimberly Potter resigned from her post Tuesday after she shot and killed Wright...

April 15, 2021

Gas, Other Consumer Prices Spike in First Quarter of 2021

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data Tuesday showing a sharp increase in consumer prices, especially gasoline, as many Americans struggle to make ends meet. March saw a 0.6% increase in consumer prices, the largest spike in nearly a decade. That increase...

April 15, 2021

As Capitol Defendants Rot in DC Jail, Portland Rioters Get Leniency

While more than three dozen people charged with various offenses related to the January 6 protest on Capitol Hill now rot in solitary confinement in a D.C. jail, Joe Biden’s Justice Department is letting off the hook violent protestors involved...

April 15, 2021

Eight Ohio Vaccine Centers Suspend Vaccine Distribution over Johnson & Johnson Pause

Eight Ohio vaccine clinics will be suspending distribution after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.

April 14, 2021

Appeals Court Upholds Law Barring Doctors from Performing Abortions Motivated by Down Syndrome Diagnosis

A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Ohio law barring doctors from performing abortions they know are motivated by a Down syndrome diagnosis.

April 14, 2021

Commentary: The GOP’s Trump Solution

The Wall Street Journal on Friday published an editorial headlined “The GOP’s Trump Problem.” It gets things terribly wrong. The GOP is Trump’s party and it is the Wall Street Journal that has the Trump problem. Having been commendably supportive of the former president...

April 14, 2021

NCAA Signals That It May Pull Championships from States That Protect Women’s Sports

The NCAA signaled that it may pull championship games from places that stop biological males from competing in women’s sports. The collegiate sports league released a statement on Monday reaffirming that it supports “the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college...

April 14, 2021

CNN Tech Director Caught on Video Admitting Network Engaged in Propaganda to Get Trump Voted Out

CNN’s technical director was caught on video admitting that the cable “news” network traffics in propaganda under the guise of journalism in order achieve a desired political outcome. The director, Charlie Chester, described in Part One of Project Veritas’ “CNN Exposed” series...

April 14, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns California’s Restrictions on In-Home Religious Activities

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled late Friday that California's COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings, limiting worship to families from a maximum of three households, could not continue. In the 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit Court...

April 14, 2021

BLM Co-Founder’s Consulting Firm Goes Offline as Reports Expose Her Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Buying Spree

The website for a consulting firm owned and operated by Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founder and executive director Patrisse Khan-Cullors went offline recently amid reports that she’s in the midst of a multimillion-dollar real estate buying spree. The firm,...

April 14, 2021

Two White Translators Forced to Step Away from Translating Black-Authored Inauguration Poem

Several controversies have broken out in the past two months surrounding the foreign language translations of the poem read by Amanda Gorman at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Since February, two translators have been forced to step away from their position...

April 14, 2021

DeSantis and Doctors Accuse Media, Big Tech of Hiding Harm from COVID Restrictions

The media, academy and Big Tech are suppressing facts about the harms caused by COVID-19 lockdown policies, especially for younger generations, Gov. Ron DeSantis and public health experts said in a "roundtable discussion" on the novel coronavirus Monday. These powerful...

April 14, 2021

Commentary: ‘Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Just Totally Debunked the Argument for a $15 Minimum Wage

Mike Rowe knows the value of hard work. The former star of “Dirty Jobs” gained notoriety for the Discovery Channel program, which featured him going undercover at some of the toughest and grossest jobs imaginable. From cleaning bat poop to...

April 14, 2021

Senator Josh Hawley Introduces Antitrust Legislation Aimed at Big Tech

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a new bill on Monday that would break up several large companies in the United States, with a particular focus on the Big Tech companies, as reported by the Daily Caller. The bill is called the...

April 14, 2021

Biden’s Cyber Nominee Is on Board of Think Tank Founded by Spygate Professor Stefan Halper

President Joe Biden’s pick for national cyber director is on the advisory board of an intelligence think tank co-founded by Stefan Halper, the longtime political operative who worked as a confidential human source for the FBI during its investigation into...

April 14, 2021

16 States That Want to Ban Trans Surgeries for Minors

At least 16 states have taken action to ban doctors from performing transgender surgeries and procedures on minors. Arkansas became the first state to ban the surgeries and procedures for minors when the legislature over rode Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of...

April 14, 2021

Officer Identified, Looting Met with Heavy National Guard Presence in Brooklyn Center

The Brooklyn Center police officer responsible for shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright was identified Monday evening as agitators surrounded the local police station for a second straight night. According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, officer Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran...

April 14, 2021

Ohio Businessman Mike Gibbons Joins U.S. Senate Race

Cleveland businessman and 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Mike Gibbons has officially entered the 2022 Senate race. In his announcement, Gibbons stated that he can help others achieve their American Dream, because he did that for himself. He added that he's...

April 14, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Gibbons Tells The Ohio Star Why He’s the Best Candidate for the U.S. Senate Job

Mike Gibbons announced Tuesday that he will run for the Ohio seat in the U.S. Senate up for grabs in 2022. A Cleveland Republican, Gibbons is an investment banker, entrepreneur and real estate investor who made his first bid for...

April 13, 2021

Local Control, Business-Energy Efforts at Odds with Proposed Ohio Legislation

The decision over whether to build solar and wind turbine farms in Ohio could soon fall to local voters. Two separate bills – one in the House and one in the Senate – would allow local townships to decide for...

April 13, 2021

Commentary: Left is Using Supreme Court Commission to Change Court’s Decisions, Not to Improve It

Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. The White House announcement and the members chosen for this commission raise serious questions about its real purpose and concerns about its...

April 13, 2021

Conservative Clergy of Color ‘Correct Lies’ Biden, Abrams Telling About Georgia’s New Election Law

The Conservative Clergy of Color — a group of black pastors, priests and ministers — is running a full-page ad in the Atlanta Constitution Journal newspaper saying it's "correcting the lies" President Biden and Georgia Democratic politician Stacey Abrams have...

April 13, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Alliance Defending Freedom Files Motion to Intervene in ‘Radical’ Lawsuit Attacking Religious Schools

Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a motion to intervene in a “radical” lawsuit attacking the religious freedom of both religious colleges and students attending these schools, ADF senior counsel David Cortman told the Daily Caller News Foundation Monday. Former and...

April 13, 2021

Multiple Shooting Victims Reported at Knoxville, Tennessee High School, Police Say

by Andrew Trunsky Multiple shooting victims were reported at a Knoxville, Tennessee, high school Monday, the city’s police department said. One person was confirmed dead at the scene, and a police officer was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening...

April 13, 2021

Commentary: Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan is Loaded with Corporate Welfare

President Biden has just unveiled a new $2.3 trillion “infrastructure” plan, but a shockingly large portion of this bill is actually unrelated to infrastructure. The plan includes massive subsidies for corporations as well as state and local governments, and comes right...

April 13, 2021

Top BLM Activist Demands Investigation Following Co-Founder’s Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Buying Spree

A top Black Lives Matter activist called for an “independent investigation” into the group’s finances following a report that the group’s co-founder is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar real estate buying spree. BLM Global Network Foundation co-founder and executive...

April 13, 2021

Poll: Support for School Choice Increases After COVID Shutdowns

After states shut down schools and forced families into virtual learning, parents and families found new ways to provide K-12 education to their children. While doing so, support for school choice options soared, a new poll from Real Clear Opinion Research found....

April 13, 2021

More Riots Erupt After Police Shooting of Driver in Minnesota

More violent riots have broken out in a city in Minnesota just outside Minneapolis, following a police-involved shooting of a driver during a traffic stop, according to ABC News. Although the full details of the incident have not yet been revealed,...

April 13, 2021

Biden Picks Top Immigration Officials as Migrants Continue to Arrive at Southern Border

President Joe Biden announced two key immigration official nominations Monday as migrants continue to arrive at the southern border in record numbers. Police Chief Chris Magnus of Tucson, Arizona, will be nominated to head Customs and Border Protection and immigrant...

April 13, 2021

Commentary: The Rise of Antifa in an Increasingly Toxic University Environment

Editor's note: The views in this opinion editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Campus Reform or of its parent organization, the Leadership Institute. Despite the many contributions of the academic community to developing...

April 13, 2021

Biden Admin Won’t Say How Much ‘Emergency’ Funding for Colleges Remains Unspent, Proposes Another $12 Billion Anyway

Disclosure: The writer of this piece served as the U.S. Department of Education's Press Secretary from summer 2019 through the end of the Trump administration and was involved in the announcement of the creation of the Education Stabilization Fund transparency...

April 13, 2021

Ohio DNR Recommends 10 State Projects for More than $3.5 Million in Funding

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has recommended 10 state projects for more than $3.5 million in grant funding,the department announced last week.

April 12, 2021

Officer in Minneapolis-Area Shooting Fired Fatal Shot after Mistaking Gun for Taser, Police Say

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the officer involved shooting that led to the death of Daunte Wright as an “accidental discharge” during a Monday press conference. Gannon played partial body-camera video from the Sunday incident, which shows a...

April 12, 2021

Zuckerberg Group Gave Detroit $7.4 Million to ‘Dramatically’ Expand Vote in City Key to Biden Win

The Center for Tech and Civil Life (CTCL), a voter advocacy group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, donated $7.4 million last year to Detroit to, among other things, "dramatically expand strategic voter education and outreach" in a blue city...

April 12, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Attorneys General Plan to Create Legal Roadblocks for Biden Agenda

Republican attorneys general are determined to mount numerous legal challenges against President Joe Biden, creating a formidable roadblock to the president’s agenda. In less than three months since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, Republican states have waged war...

April 12, 2021

Commentary: Behold DeSantis, Destroyer of Narratives

Those who are looking for someone who could be a post-Trump bearer of the MAGA standard within the Republican Party have had a keen eye on Ron DeSantis for a while now. And this week it’s becoming perfectly clear why....

April 12, 2021

Biden’s ‘American Jobs’ Plan Could Cost Taxpayers about $666,000 per Job Created

President Joe Biden's proposed $2 trillion American Jobs Plan could end up costing taxpayers more than $666,666 per job created. The Washington Post gave Biden "two Pinocchios" for saying the American Jobs Plan, his infrastructure and jobs proposal, will create...

April 12, 2021

Liberal Activists Pressure Justice Breyer to Retire Because He’s Against Court-Packing

Liberal activists increased calls for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to step down Friday after he spoke out against packing the court. Breyer spoke with Harvard Law School Students earlier this week and warned them that packing the court could...