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    Trump Has a New Plan to Solve Homeland Security, Voter ID Disputes
    President Donald Trump is demanding that any deal with Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security include an agreement on requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections. The demand merges two battles that Congress has failed to resolve. “I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying,…
    George Caldwell
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    Battered Christopher Columbus Statue Blessed With New Home From Trump
    The White House installed a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus early Sunday, constructed from the remains of a monument that was destroyed in a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest. The new statue is located outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. The original statue was located in Columbus Piazza in…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Obamacare at 16: An Unhappy Birthday
    March 23, 2010. Sixteen years ago, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, thus locking into statutory concrete the dysfunctional status quo that burdens us today. Recall this was Obama’s “signature” legislative achievement. Of course, Obama’s congressional allies knew exactly what they were doing. They conscientiously read and fully grasped the 2,700-page…
    Robert Moffit
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    Tom Homan Knows Why Democrats Want to Keep DHS Shut Down
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—White House border czar Tom Homan told CNN on Sunday he thinks Democrats’ apparent decision to prolong the partial government shutdown is not due to differences in immigration policy but instead “execution.” Homan appeared on “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash” on the 37th day of the Department…
    Anthony Iafrate
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    ‘I Made a Promise to God’: Christian Nonprofit Supports TSA Agents During Shutdown
    When Tonja Myles was struggling with addiction and childhood trauma, she promised to dedicate her life to serving God when she recovered. Now, she and her husband are providing food, toiletries, and financial assistance to Transportation Security Administration agents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who are working without pay during a partial government shutdown. “We’re encouraging…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Deploys ICE Agents to Assist TSA at Airports
    March 22 (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s border czar said on Sunday that having immigration agents bolster short-staffed Transportation Security Administration teams will speed up airport lines, but the union for TSA workers said that doesn’t solve what they see as the underlying problem of pay.  In appearances on Sunday news shows, border czar Tom…
    Reuters
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    Madness on the Hill: Lawmakers Share March Madness Brackets
    As if Capitol Hill needed any more madness, the NCAA backetball tournament is upon us. While lawmakers consider the SAVE America Act, seek an end to the Department of Homeland Security shut down, and consider more war funding, they’re keeping one eye on March Madness. Possibly the most notable win so far in the tournament was…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Pennsylvania Is Losing Businesses and Workers
    RealClearWire—Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its fulfillment center in Foster, laying off 435 employees as an unfortunate aftermath. This follows on other recent closures and layoffs by Saks in Bala Cynwyd and Wilkes-Barre, which also resulted in the loss of another 200 jobs. Business…
    Megan Martin
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    America Didn’t Lose Its Village—We Stopped Building One 
    They say it takes a village—but what does that really mean? In the past few decades, it’s taken really anything but a village to raise a child. iPads, Ms. Rachel, and Bluey—yes. A village—not so much.  This idea is essentially what social scientists call “social capital”: the value we gain from our relationships with other people. That value translates into…
    Reagan Campbell
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    No, Following the Money Behind Antifa Is Not an Attack on the First Amendment
    For years, the Left tried to gaslight Americans into thinking that Antifa was a fake threat, even though we could see the political violence before our own eyes. Now, the Trump administration isn’t just bringing charges against Antifa rioters, it’s taking aim at the potential funding networks behind the violence. When Antifa agitators set cars…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Over Political Campaigns
    Artificial intelligence is dominating the 2026 midterms—and not just as a political issue. Major congressional campaigns are increasingly using “deepfake” AI technology in videos that slam their opponents and amplify endorsements from allies. ‘Love Shack’ Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is seeking to fend off a primary challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and…
    George Caldwell
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    Abortion Is the Worst Way to Celebrate America 250
    Planned Parenthood just can’t wait until July 4, 2026. That’s the day taxpayers will have to start subsidizing the abortion industry all over again.   How did this happen? Answer: The defunding of abortion providers has an expiration date. The reason? Weak negotiating by Senate Republicans. The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law by President…
    Joshua Mercer
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    ‘STRIKING’ PARALLELS: What Can an Ancient Roman Cult Reveal About the Transgender Movement?
    Ecclesiastes says there is nothing new under the sun, and while the transgender movement may feel new and modern, it echoes a cult from ancient Rome—during a “culture war” not dissimilar from our own, according to the detransitioner Forrest Smith. The cult of Cybele or the Magna Mater, an ancient Roman “mystery religion,” highlighted effeminate…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How Trump Is Protecting Parents’ Rights to Reject Children’s Transgender Identity
    The Department of Health and Human Services is protecting parents’ rights to keep their children under their care, according to Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brian Christine. “If you have a set of parents and their child has gender dysphoria and there are threats to remove that child from your care, that’s absolutely wrong,” Christine…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    American Hieroglyphics
    In the year 1204, Arab scholar Abd Al-Latif Al-Baghdadi visited Egypt. Al-Baghdadi marveled at ancient monuments, including the Sphinx (then buried in sand up to the neck and nicknamed “Old Father Dread”) and of course the pyramids, which he described as “awe inspiring.” However, Al-Baghdadi found it disturbing that none of the Egyptians of his…
    Matthew Ladner
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    Alysa Liu’s Olympic Spotlight Draws Attention to the Dangerous Practice of Surrogacy
    During the recent Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, it came to light that one of the most prominent and celebrated athletes—Alysa Liu—was born via surrogacy and an anonymous egg donor. Surrogacy is an assisted reproductive technology whereby a woman (the surrogate mother) is impregnated and carries a child for so-called “commissioning” or “intended” parent(s). It…
    Rachana Chhin
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    Speaker Johnson and Michael Knowles Say Anti-Catholic Bias Is Not Being ‘One Nation Under God’
    During the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and conservative commentator Micheal Knowles spoke out against anti-Catholic bias and how it undermines America as “one nation under God.” In his keynote address, Knowles argued that while American Catholics are no strangers to bigotry, he sees troubling clouds gathering…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • opinion

    Evil Meat
    Do you eat steak? You’re killing the planet! So say climate activists. Silly media agree: Vox warns that beef is the “worst thing we eat when it comes to global warming.” The World Economic Forum, which says it’s “committed to improving the state of the world,” released a video promoting a future where “you’ll own…
    John Stossel
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  • opinion

    What Shannon Bream’s Bestselling Book Reveals About America
    For years, Americans have been told that faith out of fashion. Others have rendered God an outdated thing of the past. But the success of Shannon Bream’s latest book, “Nothing Is Impossible With God,” suggests a different reality.  Debuting at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, the book’s rapid rise reflects a continued, and perhaps even growing, hunger for spiritual truth in an increasingly uncertain culture.  Published by Fox News…
    Katherine Matt
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  • opinion

    Girl Boss vs. Trad Wife: Forced to Choose?
    Are you a “girl boss” or a “trad wife”? Maybe somewhere in between? Seems like society is pressuring women to pick a side instead of learning to “Lead Like Jael.” Emma Waters, a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Technology and the Human Person, joins “Problematic Women” us to discuss “seven timeless principles…
    Morgonn McMichael
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