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    Some US Troops Departing Syria, Official Says
    REUTERS—Some U.S. troops are leaving Syria as part of a “deliberate and conditions-based transition,” a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal reported the United States was withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria. “U.S. forces remain poised to respond to any ISIS threats that arise in the region as we support partner-led…
    Steve Holland
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    Minnesota Pastor Breaks Silence on Don Lemon
    Former CNN host Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty to federal charges for his role in the invasion of a Minnesota church last month, claiming he was merely covering the “protest” as a journalist, but the church’s pastor says Lemon was “in on the terror.” Jonathan Parnell, the pastor of Cities Church in St. Paul,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Largest ‘Precinct’: Why Some Mail Ballots Travel Across State Lines Before Counting Begins
    The U.S. Postal Service system of handling and delivering mail ballots often leads to rejected or late ballots, election security advocates contend.   The Election Integrity Network issued two recent reports on the handling of mail ballots by postal employees and the use of regional mail processing centers across state lines. The reports claim that current practices could either…
    Fred Lucas
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    White House Responds to Pope Declining Peace Board Invitation
    President Donald Trump is set to announce Thursday how $5 billion from member countries of the Board of Peace will be spent to rebuild Gaza, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday.  The board’s first meeting is Thursday in Washington, D.C. Israel, Qatar, and Turkey are among major Middle Eastern countries with representatives on…
    Fred Lucas
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    Hakeem Jeffries Pushes for Maryland Redistricting
    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries fired another volley in the nationwide congressional redistricting battle Wednesday with an attempt to persuade Maryland lawmakers to draw out the state’s sole Republican member of Congress. “I had a wonderful meeting with Gov. Wes Moore, with Speaker [Joseline] Peña-Melnyk, and with the Democrats in the Maryland House of Delegates…
    George Caldwell
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    God Is Worth Everything: Why Ashes Matter
    Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” What are the things and people that we would make the ultimate sacrifice for? What or who resides at the center of our lives? On Feb. 18, Catholics across the globe will…
    Thomas Griffin
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    Trump Official Says US Did Not Censor Colbert Interview but Is Probing ABC’s ‘The View’
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Reuters)—The chair of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday denied the government had censored CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with a Democrat U.S. Senate candidate and confirmed that the FCC is investigating ABC’s “The View.” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said Colbert could have run his interview…
    David Shepardson
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    House Republicans Pressure Senate to Force Vote on SAVE America Act
    A group of House Republicans, accustomed to pressuring their own chamber’s leadership, is now publicly calling for the Senate to use a “talking filibuster” in order to pass voter identification legislation. “I don’t think the votes are there [in the Senate] to eliminate the filibuster, but they might be there to actually force the Democrats…
    George Caldwell
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    Investigators Look for DNA Match, Claim the Search for Nancy Guthrie Is ‘Not Cold’
    Eighteen days into the search for Nancy Guthrie, and hundreds of investigators are pursuing leads based off of tens of thousands of tips and are adamant that the case has not gone cold. “As long as we have the ability to chase a lead, it’s not cold,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News Tuesday.   Nancy Guthrie, 84-year-old mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    How Many More Trans Shootings Before the FBI Acts?
    On Monday, yet another person who identified as transgender carried out a mass shooting—this time during a high school hockey game—highlighting why federal law enforcement should consider designating the threat of transgender ideology as violent extremism. While most people who identify as transgender do not pose a threat to others, a growing number of them…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Texas AG Contest Includes Cruz-Backed Candidate vs. Paxton-Endorsed Contender
    Two former chiefs of staff for Sen. Ted Cruz, who also had senior roles under Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, sparred Tuesday evening over who would be the Lone Star State’s next top law enforcement official. Paxton is currently competing in a high-profile GOP Senate primary against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Wesley Hunt….
    Fred Lucas
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    Mamdani’s Homelessness Crisis: Urgent Course Correction Needed
    Allowing the homeless to languish on the streets is bad policy. Allowing the homeless to languish on the streets in severe winter weather can be a deadly policy. It took a tragic loss of life among New York City’s homeless during weeks of brutal cold for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to figure that…
    Rachel Sheffield
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    Unluckily Woke: Anti-Trump US Figure Skater Finishes 13th at Olympics
    Amber Glenn, a United States figure skater in the Winter Olympics who proclaimed herself a “woke b—-,” finished 13th place in the short program.  Sports Illustrated reported, “With a score of 67.39 … Glenn finished in 13th place in Tuesday’s competition.”  Sports Illustrated added, “Her mistake cost her seven technical points from her score. It’ll…
    Fred Lucas
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    Pope Rejects an Invitation From Trump
    The Vatican has turned down President Donald Trump’s invitation to Pope Leo XIV to join the Board of Peace. On the eve of Ash Wednesday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said the pope “will not participate in the Board of Peace due to its particular nature, which is clearly not that of…
    Virginia Allen
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    How Trump Just Saved Americans Over $1 Trillion
    President Donald Trump—determined to tackle America’s high cost of living left to him by Joe Biden—last Thursday stood up to the Washington Swamp and took an action that will save Americans more than a trillion dollars in the coming years. After almost a year of review, he and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the…
    Jenny Beth Martin
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    EXCLUSIVE: Drug Czar and Social Media Platforms Join Forces to Combat Illicit Drugs
    The White House is hosting a roundtable Wednesday with representatives of social media companies working to end the sale of illicit drugs on platforms like Meta, X, YouTube, and TikTok.   Sara Carter, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, will lead the discussion on ways to keep children and youth safe from drug traffickers who may target…
    Virginia Allen
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    FTC Probes American Academy of Pediatrics, WPATH Over Gender-Transition Procedures for Minors
    The Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection arm has launched official probes into the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health over their continued support for gender transition procedures for minors. “The @AmerAcadPeds and @WPATH have driven the biggest medical scandal of our time, pushing irreversible interventions on children without the evidence to…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Vance Rejects Fox Poll, Says America Still Recovering From Biden
    Vice President JD Vance took issue with a Fox News poll showing a majority of voters preferring Democrats to Republicans in the upcoming November 2026 midterms. “As much as we love Fox News, we always think Fox News has the worst polling, me and the president agree on that,” Vance told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Illegal Alien Flees ICE, Kills Teacher in Crash
    A Georgia teacher is dead after an illegal alien ran a red light while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and crashed his car into her vehicle.  The fatal crash occured in Savannah, Georgia. The Chatham County Police Department has charged Oscar Vasquez Lopez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, with first-degree homicide by vehicle, reckless…
    Virginia Allen
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    SOTU Boycott Urged by Gen Z Activist Group
    Young People Address the Nation, a campaign that “hosts actions in response to moments that lack perspectives from young people,” has called on members of Congress to boycott President Donald Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address. In a call to action obtained by The Daily Signal on Monday, Young People Address the Nation, which…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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