Culture
Experts sound alarm as assisted suicides for mental health surge 149% in Netherlands(The Heartlander) — Multiple media outlets are denouncing the Netherlands’ legalized euthanasia regime after a new report documented skyrocketing cases of assisted suicide, especially among those with mental illness. Experts… Read More
Taxes
Senate GOP poised to deliver on permanent tax relief in Trump-backed bill(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Senate Republicans are poised to deliver on a permanent tax relief for millions of Americans in a major bill Congress is currently negotiating that is… Read More
Faith, Free Speech
Congressional Republicans fight tax code for stifling free speech of churches, charities(The Heartlander) — Congressional Republicans are renewing efforts to restore free speech rights to churches and charities.The Free Speech Fairness Act was first introduced by Rep. Steve Scalise,… Read More
Culture
Advocacy group sues DOE for records related to Columbia antisemitism(The Center Square) – An advocacy group sued the U.S. Department of Education seeking records related to the Biden administration’s response to anti-Israel riots held on Columbia University’s campus after… Read More
Crime, Kansas
Cherished priest shot dead in Kansas small town; suspect in custody, no known motiveSENECA, Ks. – A beloved Catholic priest was shot and killed Thursday in this northern Kansas Nemaha County town of some 2,100 residents. Father Arul Carasala, a native of India,… Read More
Free Speech
US bureau monitors freedom of speech case in the UK(The Heartlander) — A bureau of the U.S. State Department announced Sunday it is monitoring the case of a British woman on trial for engaging in civil conversation with women… Read More
China
Small packages shipped from China face new taxes under Trump tariff plan(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump rolled out his controversial array of reciprocal tariffs on nations around the world, but a lesser reported element of his new trade… Read More
Economy
Israel ends all tariffs on American goods(The Heartlander) — At least one Middle Eastern country wants freer trade with the United States. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed a directive Tuesday removing all tariffs on American… Read More
Free Speech
Media apathy makes Schmitt’s hearing on government censorship all the more vitalThe legacy media seem to have ho-hummed their way past a landmark Senate hearing on Biden administration censorship – what Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt calls “one of the biggest… Read More
Faith
Christians must speak out against ‘out of touch’ notion their voices aren’t welcome in public square, Hawley arguesAmerica was founded on biblical principles, but today’s Christians must speak up and stand up for them against a culture that tells them to sit down and shut up, Missouri… Read More
Courts
‘No constitutional authority’: Legal experts denounce recent injunctions against Trump(The Center Square) – In response to multiple federal district judges temporarily halting President Donald Trump’s executive actions, Republicans are taking legislative steps to curtail or even eliminate the… Read More
Abortion
I worked at Planned Parenthood for 15 years. Here’s why it shouldn’t get taxpayer dollars(The Daily Signal) – Do states have the right to refuse to give taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities within their borders? As someone who worked at Planned… Read More
Economy
Trump proclaims ‘Liberation Day” for American trade(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day” in America ahead of Wednesday’s reciprocal tariffs. All three major U.S. markets were in the green by noon Wednesday, but… Read More
Crime
Nashville Christian school shooter wanted notoriety, meticulously planned attack for ‘years’, final police report says(The Heartlander) — The transgender shooter who took six lives during an attack at a Nashville Christian school was seeking fame and notoriety, the final police report on the incident… Read More
Military
Hegseth orders universal physical standards for combat troops to increase lethality(The Heartlander) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the secretaries of the military departments to review physical readiness standards for combat troops with the goal of increasing lethality and… Read More
Gender
Group equips parents to lobby lawmakers to follow Trump’s edict on girls’ sports(The Daily Signal) – A conservative organization for parents is equipping them to challenge their elected representatives who are defying President Donald Trump’s executive order protecting women’s sports. The American… Read More
Economy
Nearly half of Baby Boomers forgo financing when purchasing home(The Center Square) – While most home buyers still get a loan to buy a home, about half of Baby Boomers are forgoing financing altogether, often using home sale proceeds… Read More
School Choice
School choice touches all but eight states as legislators debate, pass bills from coast to coast(The Heartlander) — The school choice train is steaming ahead nationwide, and even blue states aren’t untouched.School choice has touched all but eight states this year, a review by The… Read More
Federal government
Trump executive order aims to increase business investments in US(The Center Square) – A new executive order from President Donald Trump seeks to establish a new government office to assist companies looking to invest more than $1 billion… Read More
St. Louis
Just in time? St. Louis rocked by half-dozen carjackings days after state assumes police leadershipAs if to prove the case for state leadership of its police department, St. Louis saw six different armed carjackings over the weekend.In the last of the incidents, which were… Read More