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    Justices Hear Arguments on Concealed Carry in Stores

    The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over Hawaii’s ban on carrying a handgun in public accommodations—such as stores, restaurants, and gas stations—without the property owner’s permission. Alan Beck, lawyer for the plaintiffs, said that entering such spaces is an “implied right,” unless the property owner opposes. He said Hawaii’s law flips that presumption and requires…
    Fred Lucas
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    45 Years Later, President Trump Is Delivering on Reagan’s Promise

    One year ago today—Jan. 20, 2025—President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Freezing winds and biting cold forced the ceremony indoors, echoing President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985, when temperatures plunged to 7 degrees Fahrenheit and the event moved to the same…
    Rep. Keith Self
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    Justice Department Subpoenas Walz, Frey, Other Leaders Amid Opposition to ICE

    The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota’s Democrat leaders amid claims of conspiracy to impede federal law enforcement, sources say. The Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, and the attorneys for Ramsey County…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    FACT CHECK: Does the FACE Act Protect Churches?

    After anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement agitators invaded a church in the middle of a service, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison suggested that they were protected by the First Amendment and did not violate the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, commonly known as the FACE Act. “People have a right to lift up their…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Johnson Looks to ‘Calm the Waters’ in UK as Tensions in Transatlantic Alliance Rise

    House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed the United Kingdom Parliament Tuesday morning as President Donald Trump challenges Britain’s policies toward Greenland and the Chagos Islands. “I spoke to President Trump at length yesterday,” Johnson began. “I told the president that I felt that my mission here today was to encourage our friends and help to calm the waters, so…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    We Want an Independent Fed, Not One With Trump Derangement Syndrome or Foreign Influence

    Global central bankers issued a statement last Tuesday defending U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the launch of a criminal investigation into the central bank chief. Powell is being investigated over the $2.5 billion he spent renovating the Fed building and potentially lying to Congress about the project. The headline tells you everything you…
    Tom Carter
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    Congress Reaches Deal on ICE Funding With Spending Package

    Bipartisan funding negotiators in Congress say they have a deal on a trillion-dollar package to cover major priorities such as deportations, health, transportation, and the military. The deal between Republican and Democrat appropriators comes after speculation about whether Democrats would allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to advance. The $1.2 trillion funding deal…
    George Caldwell
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    In Trump’s First Year He’s Delivering on His Signature Promise

    What a difference a year makes. For the first time in half a century, the United States experienced net negative migration, according to a recent report by the Brookings Institution. The reason, the report concluded, was President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies. “The report attributed the shift to a combination of the large drop in entries…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Elon Musk Weighs in on Minnesota ICE Operation

    Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk appeared to support a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that made international news. “It is pure evil for people to stop the arrest of child predators,” Musk wrote on X, responding to reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a U.S. citizen who wouldn’t cooperate with agents during an…
    Virginia Allen
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    4 Ways Trump Has Dismantled the ‘Deep State’ Since Inauguration

    On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s second term inauguration, here are four ways he has dismantled the deep state in Washington. 1. Reinstating ‘Schedule F’ On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order to reinstate Schedule F, which makes it easier for the president to fire bureaucrats. This reclassified about 50,000…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    California’s ‘Billionaire Tax’ Is a Trojan Horse

    California’s biggest union is once again up to no good. Dissatisfied with the piles of cash they’ve already stolen from California high-earning taxpayers, who are subject to a 14.4% income tax rate (the nation’s highest), double-digit sales taxes, and the second-highest tax burden in the country, the SEIU is now clamoring for a “one-time” 5%…
    Dennis Hull
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    Dem/Left Shields Worst of Worst Illegal-Alien Rapists, Killers

    The Democrat Left wants Americans to believe that excessively armed ICE agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere are kidnapping law-abiding immigrants en route to church or heading home from work. New Jersey congressional candidate Analilia Mejia moaned that “grandmothers and gardeners are being targeted by federal enforcement agencies with no accountability.” Attorney General Keith Ellison, D-Minn., called the people…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Foreign Aid Bill: Bridge Financing for the Radical Left?

    On Thursday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2026. The bill provides the foreign aid industry $50 billion in taxpayer funding, $20 billion over the president’s budget request. The foreign aid industry praised it “as a long-awaited break for a beleaguered development community.”…
    Max Primorac
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    What’s the Matter With Minnesota?

    Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud? To understand what’s going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic culture. Minnesota was settled largely by people of Scandinavian and German ancestry. In survey after survey, Minnesota has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 among states, often just behind neighboring and much smaller…
    Michael Barone
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    Is the Climate Scare Narrative Headed for Bankruptcy?

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Writing at Axios, energy writer Amy Harder says, “The climate agenda’s fall from grace over the past year has been stunning—in speed, scale and scope.” Harder quotes oil historian and S&P Global vice-chairman Dan Yergin as saying, “There’s no handwaving about how ‘We want to cooperate on climate.’ It’s, ‘We’re slamming the door…
    David Blackmon
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    Ohio AG Explains How Major Women’s Sports SCOTUS Case Could Impact Ohio

    State laws protecting women’s sports in half the country could stand to be affected depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in two cases that the justices recently heard. Ohio is among them, with the state having passed such a law in January 2024. At a Jan. 15 press conference, Ohio Attorney General Dave…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Can the Senate Keep the Government Open and Fund ICE?

    When the Senate returns from a weeklong recess, it will have just days to avoid a partial government shutdown. The funding deal that ended the last government shutdown, the longest shutdown in American history, is set to expire on Jan. 30. The Senate has passed six of the 12 spending bills to fund the government…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Who’s Responsible for Demonizing ICE So Much That Agitators Invaded a Church Service?

    On Sunday, anti-ICE agitators invaded a church sanctuary in the middle of service, a shocking escalation arguably inspired by the Left’s extreme rhetoric against immigration enforcement. “Justice for Renee Good!” shouted agitators as they walked directly into the middle of the sanctuary, surrounding worshippers in Cities Church, a non-denominational Christian church in St. Paul, Minnesota….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Inside ‘the Most Brutal Fight in Washington’

    As the Right works to refine its stance on artificial intelligence, several coalitions are competing for the president’s attention, artificial intelligence experts tell The Daily Signal.  “Right now, behind the scenes, this is by far the most brutal fight in Washington,” former Chief White House Strategist Steve Bannon told The Daily Signal. Because the stakes…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Katie Pavlich Gets Her Own Prime-Time Show—and Exclusive Interview With Trump

    Katie Pavlich became a household name for conservatives during her 16 years at Townhall and past decade appearing on Fox News. Monday night, she anchors her own primetime show on NewsNation, “Katie Pavlich Tonight.” Tuesday night, she’ll broadcast her exclusive one-on-one interview with President Donald Trump—one year after his second inauguration. As her friend, I’m…
    Rob Bluey
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