Kate Scanlon is a former news reporter for The Daily Signal and graduate of The Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.
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The 2015 March for Life will focus on a population at specific risk for abortion: those who receive a prenatal disability diagnosis. The March for… Read More
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Florida Republicans Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio – both potential presidential candidates – offered their reaction to their state’s recent decision to issue marriage licenses… Read More
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Historians have finally opened a post-revolutionary era time capsule that was unearthed in Boston last month. According to the Associated Press, the time capsule was… Read More
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As part of last month’s deal between Washington and Havana, Cuba agreed to release 53 political prisoners that had been detained for their criticism of… Read More
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Sharyl Attkisson is suing the U.S. Department of Justice for illegal surveillance. “The question is, will anybody ever be held responsible?” says @SharylAttkisson Attkisson, a… Read More
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How should the United States respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures? One group says we should hack them back. After the FBI said North… Read More
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An activist has decided to bring “The Interview” to the people of North Korea. Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and an activist against its… Read More
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Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions in 2013—all while accepting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds. The organization recently released its 2013-14 annual report,… Read More
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Who were 2014’s winners and losers? Charles Krauthammer counts “the Castro brothers” among the year’s biggest winners. “They had to wait through 10 presidencies to… Read More
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According to this sheriff, black lives matter—even the ones in the womb. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has been a vocal critic of anti-police demonstrations… Read More
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A recent study suggests there is a significant culprit in the decline of marriage rates among young adults—pornography. According to the Institute for the Study of Labor… Read More
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After former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s recent announcement that he is “actively exploring” the possibility of running for president, political pundits have been talking about… Read More
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Hamas barred a group of children from entering Israel on a goodwill trip earlier this week. Intended as a “postwar conciliatory trip meant to foster… Read More
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Fox News is still dark on Dish, but subscribers have been offered an alternative. Dish is broadcasting The Blaze in place of Fox News during… Read More
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This may not have been the year of the “Miss me yet?” billboard, but former President George W. Bush still made plenty of waves this… Read More
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Your member of Congress might get a nicer office for the next session, but you will foot the bill for his or her move. At… Read More
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As 2014 ends, we thought we’d share some of the times we laughed the hardest this year: When Jay Leno shared something he would miss… Read More
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Larry Schweikart recently spoke at the Heritage Foundation about the newly released 10th anniversary edition of the book he co-authored with Michael Allen, “A Patriot’s… Read More
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Here are some of our favorite TV moments from 2014: Jimmy Fallon noticed something fishy about the Obamacare enrollment numbers. Megyn Kelly interviewed Patricia Ireland,… Read More
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Seven Wyoming schools have said “no” to the federal school lunch guidelines — and the money that comes with them. According to Wyoming Public Media,… Read More
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Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced a limited release for the film “The Interview” amid widespread criticism for pulling it because of threats by North Korea…. Read More
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After weeks of controversy, Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced a Christmas Day release of “The Interview” in a small number of theaters. It was a… Read More
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in special company Sunday when he lit candles in celebration of the sixth day of the Jewish observation of Hanukkah… Read More
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What did you watch this weekend? If you have Dish, it wasn’t Fox News. After contract negotiations came to a halt between 21st Century Fox… Read More
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Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., was interviewed on Wednesday by Greta van Susteren about President Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba. Ros-Lehtinen said that the… Read More
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Mark Levin was less than thrilled to hear that Jeb Bush is running for president. On his radio show, Levin called “the ambition of a… Read More
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Is Detroit doomed to fail or on the brink of rebirth? One filmmaker is on a mission to find out. Ben Howe, founder and creative… Read More
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Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen met with several left-leaning groups last month to discuss monetary policy. Now, several conservative organizations are asking for the same… Read More
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Marijuana use is down among teens, according to a new study by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan. The study,… Read More
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Kami Cothrun was a frustrated public school teacher when she decided to open a school of her own. She “saw a need” and decided to… Read More
