DEI, Missouri
Missouri AG probing Columbia DEI policies for possible racist violations of lawThe Missouri attorney general is investigating the city of Columbia for illegal race-based policies in hiring, funding and access to public programs under the auspices of its diversity, equity and… Read More
Taxes
Canada rescinds tax after Trump pulls plug on trade talks(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Canada announced Sunday that it is rescinding its digital services tax (DST) in an attempt to restart trade negotiations with the U.S. government. Canada’s finance… Read More
Crime
Former county treasurer in Arizona sentenced to 10 years for embezzling over $38M(AZ Free News) – A former longtime public servant in Santa Cruz County has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing tens of millions… Read More
Education
Faith group provides tools for parents to opt out of LGBT curriculum after SCOTUS ruling(The Center Square) – A nonprofit religious freedom organization is providing tools for parents to help them opt out of public-school LGBTQ+ instruction, curriculum and materials after the Supreme Court’s… Read More
Illegal Immigration
DOJ sues Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies(The Center Square) — The U.S. Department of Justice Monday filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles’ sanctuary city policies, citing the supremacy clause regarding the preemption of federal statutes… Read More
Fentanyl
Hawley torches Snapchat fentanyl sales; grieving parent calls platform ‘largest open-air drug market’Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley reduced Snapchat to smoldering embers at a Senate hearing last week on kids’ startling access to deadly fentanyl on the social media platform. “This is on… Read More
Kansas
Kansas AG tells state board to remove ‘gender identity’ language from school lunch contracts(The Sentinel) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is warning the Kansas State Board of Education in a Wednesday letter that gender identity language in the school lunch contract… Read More
Abortion
Over 7,000 lives saved through Abortion Pill Rescue Network, pro-life group says(The Heartlander) — Heartbeat International’s Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN) has recorded over 7,000 lives saved since 2012 – a milestone the organization celebrates for women who regret beginning a… Read More
Congress
‘Swamp bureaucrat’: Republicans rail as Senate parliamentarian butchers Big Beautiful Bill(The Center Square) – Republicans are facing setback after setback as the Senate parliamentarian continues to slash major provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, jeopardizing the megabill’s… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court upholds Texas porn age verification law(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, upheld a law requiring age verification in Texas for online pornography.House Bill 1181 required online websites where more… Read More
Courts
Trump administration celebrates Supreme Court ruling against nationwide injunctions(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against nationwide injunctions from federal courts at a joint news conference… Read More
Opinion, Parenting
Government schools no longer ‘co-parents’ with America’s moms and dads, Supreme Court rulesAbsolutely no one won at the U.S. Supreme Court this term more than America’s parents and children. Parents, not public schools, can direct the upbringing of their children especially in… Read More
Gender Identity
Cancer, blood clots, death: Study exposes health risks for males who take estrogen to ‘affirm’ transgender identity(The Daily Signal) – Biological males who identify as transgender and take estrogen in order to appear female face myriad health risks, from infertility to diabetes, to testicular and breast cancer,… Read More
Gender
Colorado Christian camp can retain single-sex spaces after state settlement(The Heartlander) — A Colorado Christian camp has settled its lawsuit against the state over new rules that could have required it to shut down rather than open its facilities… Read More
Federal government
GOP subpoenas Jill Biden ‘work husband’ to testify on Biden’s fitness(The Center Square) – The Republican-led House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to a man described as former First Lady Jill Biden's "work husband" to determine how sharp former President Joe Biden… Read More
Gender Identity
Censure of Maine lawmaker Laurel Libby reversed(The Center Square) — A four-month legislative censure against a Maine Republican representative came to an end this week.The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday night to fully restore Rep. Read More
Military
WATCH: Hegseth, Caine tout Iran strike success, criticize leaks(The Center Square) – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine touted the United States' early success against Iranian nuclear sites… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Media, Democrats don’t know how to take a win by US, Schmitt says after their odd opposition to Iran raidThe world just saw a daring, long-deferred U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, cheered on by Israelis and Iranians alike. Yet, it’s been pooh-poohed by our own media and the… Read More
Uncategorized, World
Media, Democrats don’t know how to take a win by US, Schmitt says after odd opposition to Iran raidThe world just saw a daring, long-deferred U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, cheered on by Israelis and Iranians alike. Yet, it’s been pooh-poohed by our own media and the… Read More
Biden administration
DOJ ‘digging and looking’ into anti-parent school board activity under Biden admin(The Daily Signal) – The U.S. Department of Justice is “digging and looking” into the Biden administration’s weaponization of school boards against parents, DOJ official Ed Martin said.Former… Read More