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    Education Budget Reversal Ignores Decades of Failure

    Rep. Rosa DeLauro criticized House Republicans last fall for passing a downsized education budget, accusing them of attempting to “eliminate public education” and “decimate support for children in K-12 schools.” The charge was overdramatized and incorrect. Federal education funding accounts for roughly 10% of total K-12 spending nationwide. Despite decades of increasing federal investment, student…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    Can President Remove Fed Official for Pre-Office Conduct? Court Weighs In.

    Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook. This case came to the court on an expedited basis because in August of last year, President Donald Trump posted on social media a letter addressed to Lisa Cook, telling her, “Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the…
    Zack Smith
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    Alex Pretti Reportedly Had Previous Run-in With Federal Agents

    Alex Pretti reportedly had at least one previous encounter with federal immigration officials before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on Saturday.   About a week before his death, federal officers tackled Pretti, breaking one of his ribs as he was shouting and blowing a whistle while agents were attempting to make arrests in Minneapolis, CNN first reported.  Anti-Immigration and…
    Virginia Allen
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    What Trump Says Really Happened at Omar Town Hall

    President Donald Trump said that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., “probably had herself sprayed” after the congresswoman was attacked by a man with a syringe at a town hall. The firebrand member of the House who has been the subject of a federal fraud probe was sprayed by an unknown substance during a town hall meeting…
    Fred Lucas
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    Canada Should Warm to Trump’s Arctic Plans

    President Donald Trump’s Arctic strategy has been 500 years in the making. When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic in 1492, he intended to find a direct path from Europe to Asia. He didn’t, of course—but the first transatlantic explorer to sail under an English flag, John Cabot, tried again a few years later…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    EXCLUSIVE: Conservatives Mobilize to Overturn Obergefell

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of 47 conservative organizations is launching a campaign to challenge the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which the groups claim redefined marriage to emphasize the desires of adults over the needs of children. The “Greater Than” campaign focuses on one message, which a handful of conservative…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    In Homan’s Hands, Could Minneapolis Become Model for How Trump Deals With Sanctuary Jurisdictions?

    Border czar Tom Homan has arrived in Minnesota to oversee the immigration enforcement operation there and “hopefully” pioneer a model that the Trump administration could use in other sanctuary states, an immigration expert explains.   Minnesota is a “sanctuary state,” according to the Department of Justice, meaning state and local law enforcement do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Homan arrived in Minnesota…
    Virginia Allen
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    Caviar and Health Care

    You’re seated at the restaurant, given a menu, and notice something missing: no prices. What’s going on? It’s sure to be an expensive place, but even most nicer establishments list their prices. A menu without prices suggests “money is no object.” It heightens a sense of conspicuous consumption for customers kept in the dark—at least…
    Trent England
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    Court Blocks Virginia Democrat Redistricting Plan

    A Virginia judge on Tuesday blocked a Democrat redistricting plan designed to give the party more seats in Congress. Judge Jack Hurley Jr., a judge on the Tazewell County circuit court, ruled that the Democrat-controlled state Legislature did not follow procedure to approve a state constitutional amendment on redistricting. Democrat Speaker Don Scott of the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Why America Needs One Rulebook for AI

    In the years ahead, artificial intelligence has the potential to transform how we work, learn, communicate, travel, and live. In Tennessee and across America, we are already seeing what this emerging technology can accomplish.  In Nashville, health care companies are developing new AI-powered tools to improve diagnostics, monitoring, patient scheduling, and task management. Across the…
    Sen. Marsha Blackburn
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    Venezuelan Illegal Immigrant Sentenced for Shocking Crime in Ohio Town

    A 24-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant has been sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by a three-year supervised release, after pleading guilty to a shocking crime last September in Perrysburg, Ohio. The 24-year-old, Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra, pled guilty to possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States, making false statements during…
    Rebecca Downs
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    A ‘Jailbreak of RINOs’?

    Following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, some Republicans are questioning the Trump administration’s methods to follow through on President Donald Trump’s chief campaign promise of mass deportations. The break in party ranks comes ahead of the Senate’s Friday deadline to fund the government. The funding contains appropriations for the Department of…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Watchdog Alleges Netflix Coordinated With FBI to Promote Left-Wing Narratives

    A new report alleges that the streaming giant Netflix has worked closely with federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in ways that amount to government-assisted propaganda. The report released Tuesday by the Oversight Project, a government watchdog group, contends that the FBI, the CIA, and the Defense Department (now the War Department) exercised influence over…
    Fred Lucas
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    Selective Justice Is Not Rule of Law

    The Constitution is more than just parchment; it sets clear guidelines to limit the power of government so that citizens will be treated equally under law, regardless of their political or religious beliefs.  When the government violates the Constitution, every citizen who values life and liberty should be very alarmed, not just conservatives. That is…
    John Shu
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    Why Is Peggy Flanagan Backing Organizers of Resistance to ICE?

    Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has urged Minnesotans to take trainings to monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and to support groups that organize opposition to ICE on the ground. Her support came after the death of Renee Good at the hands of ICE while she appeared to have been using her car to interfere with…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Mamdani’s Millionaire Tax Would Zap NYC’s Dynamism

    Zohran Mamdani’s policy and funding proposals could precipitate an economic and political crisis in New York City reminiscent of the movements that led to Communist China, the Soviet Union, or Socialist Venezuela.   To finance this red vision, New York’s mayor proposes an additional 2% income tax on New York City’s noncorporate businesses and residents making over $1 million annually.   He claims that this revenue will address residents’ affordability concerns by allowing the government to provide discounted or free services. These socialist…
    Nicole Huyer
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    Trump Is Making the Right Call in Leaving the WHO

    On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order initiating the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the United Nation’s agency charged with supporting global health. Last week, he finalized that action, ending all funding, personnel support, and formal engagements.   Trump’s action is hardly precipitous. In fact, when…
    Robert Moffit
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    Graham’s Demands to Be Committee Chairman Raise Questions

    Sen. Lindsey Graham’s, R-S.C., announcement on Saturday that he “fully” expects to be the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2027 swiftly triggered debate among conservatives. “I fully expect to be Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2027 after Republicans retain control of the U.S. Senate,” Graham wrote. “As Chairman, my top priority…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Walz Silent Following Criticism Over Comparing Illegal Alien Children to Anne Frank

    The office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has not responded to condemnations of his comparing illegal alien children to Holocaust victim Anne Frank. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Monday issued a statement rebuking “leaders” for using Frank’s tragic story for “political purposes,” but did not mention Walz by name. Walz had made the reference at a press conference…
    Virginia Allen
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    ICE Chief Ordered to Appear in Federal Court

    The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, has been ordered to appear in court after a federal judge said the agency has failed to comply with dozens of court orders. The chief judge of Minnesota’s federal court, Patrick Schiltz, threatened Lyons with contempt after his agency missed a deadline to provide a…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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