Illegal Immigration
Rep. Comer blasts sanctuary city mayors over immigration at congressional hearing(The Heartlander) — Republican lawmakers grilled four Democratic “sanctuary city” mayors during a congressional hearing on Wednesday – vowing to hold them accountable for a “public safety nightmare.” Sanctuary cities,… Read More
Josh Hawley
Trump’s ‘perfect the way God made you’ remark a dagger in heart of radical gender ideology, Hawley arguesPresident Trump’s message Tuesday “to every child in America … that you are perfect exactly the way God made you” was “perhaps the most important line of the night,”… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school board member wins approval for monthly student achievement report(The Sentinel) — Lansing USD 469 school board members and taxpayers will get a monthly update on the progress in student achievement thanks to Board Member Amy Cawvey who proposed,… Read More
Culture
‘Dads on Duty’ event sparks conversation about essential role of fathers, husbands, as ‘boys and men across America are faltering’(The Heartlander) — Fathers should not be reduced to a mere “appendix” of the family, but rather should serve as a “backbone” or “beating heart” of the family, said Heritage… Read More
President Donald Trump
Made in America: Trump racks up $3 trillion of investments in US economy(The Daily Signal) – For President Donald Trump, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s $100 billion investment in U.S. chip manufacturing represented “a tremendous leap—like, a leap that nobody would have… Read More
Missouri
Study shows how Missouri taxpayers are subsidizing teachers’ unions(The Heartlander) — Since the pandemic, teachers’ unions have been widely criticized for having liberal agendas that undermine public education. What’s worse, according to one union watchdog, is how taxpayers… Read More
Federal government
Trump-style tax relief: IRS could cut up to half its workforce(The Heartlander) — The IRS may cut up to half of its workforce, offering Americans a different kind of “tax relief.” The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s plan… Read More
Politics
Hate is not a strategy: Democrats took a Trump-loathing blowtorch to the ruins of their own party this dayDemocrats self-immolated on live television Tuesday night. In the process they left the party in charred remains. In sometimes childish, churlish but mostly silent, coldhearted protest during President Trump’s speech… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Sanctuary city mayors to testify before Congress on Wednesday(The Center Square) – Four Democratic mayors are set to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday. Many are expecting fireworks as the Republican-led… Read More
Gender Transition
KU launches $1 million ‘Trans Studies Initiative’(The Heartlander) — Studying “questions of trans life,” a transgender journal and hosting new LGBTQ events is on the docket at the University of Kansas thanks to a $1 million… Read More
Gender Identity
Girl athlete seriously injured by ‘trans’ boy to be guest of President Trump at Joint Session(The Center Square) – Payton McNabb, the North Carolina high school athlete with a career-ending injury caused by a boy saying he was a girl so he could play, is… Read More
President Donald Trump
Zelenskyy sings new song, thanks America, says he’s ready for peace(The Heartlander) — Ukraine President Voldomyer Zelenskyy appears to have changed his tune.Just four days after he was embarrassed on TV with both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD… Read More
Opinion
OP-ED: Our children must learn how to read; failure is not an optionMy entire career has been in locally owned businesses. Except for a brief stint with a regional bank, I’ve toiled 47 years in the community. I have loved St. Joseph.Still,… Read More
Politics
We know so little about Barack Obama; what might they put in his presidential library?Endless books with limitless details have been written about most U.S. presidents. Even our earliest leaders have been the subject of modern video biopics. We know where George Washington slept… Read More
DEI, Kansas
Kansas schools with DEI programs appear unconcerned as federal funding cut deadline looms(The Sentinel) – The seven Kansas school districts currently known to include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in their curriculum don’t appear to be in a rush… Read More
Education
Colorado Teacher of the Year finalist arrested for allegedly kidnapping underage student(The Heartlander) — A 2025 Colorado Teacher of the Year award finalist has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.The Douglas County Sheriff’s… Read More
Gender Identity
Maine Legislature has bipartisan support for trans athlete ban among rank-and-file, says Dem rep(The Heartlander) — A majority of Maine’s state legislators likely oppose transgender-identifying males competing in women’s sports, according to one Democratic lawmaker. Freshman state Rep. Dave Rollins, D-Augusta, whose daughter… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump to address Congress, the nation in pivotal speech(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump is set to address Congress Tuesday evening after nearly six weeks of breakneck pace in the White House. Trump seemed to signal he… Read More
Opinion
The coming firehose: Emerging revelations of Obama, Biden scandals will test republic like nothing since Civil WarBuck up and buckle up, folks. It’s quite possible human history has never seen either the amount or depth of government scandals now being unearthed in Washington, D.C.The astonishing scandals… Read More
Gender
US Senate to vote on transgender sports bill Monday(The Heartlander) — The U.S. Senate will hold a procedural vote on a much-anticipated bill Monday, meant to indicate where Republicans and Democrats stand on keeping men out of women’s… Read More