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A Pediatrician Explains How ‘Dangerous’ Equality Act Would Force Doctors to ‘Do Harm’
Doctors who are uncomfortable prescribing hormone treatments or doing gender reassignment surgeries could soon potentially be in violation of federal law, warns Dr. Michelle Cretella, a pediatrician and executive director of the American College of Pediatricians. And they’re not the only ones at risk: Parents, too, could find themselves unable to decide on their own… -
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New York Times May Have Broken Law by Publishing Trump’s Tax Returns
The New York Times no doubt considers it quite a coup to have obtained and published President Donald Trump’s tax return information from 1985 to 1994. But doing so violated Trump’s right under federal law to the confidentiality of his tax returns. The Times—which reported that Trump’s businesses lost $1.17 billion during the 10-year period—has no… -
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US Seizure of North Korean Vessel Seen as Unlikely to Affect Relationship
The United States’ seizure, announced Thursday, of a North Korean vessel in Indonesia likely won’t affect already stalled denuclearization negotiations. That’s the assessment of Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation. “The U.S. legally seized the ship that Indonesia seized last year. Indonesia seized the ship for violation of U.N…. -
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The Green New Deal Is a ‘Guise’ to Usher in Socialism, Lawmaker Warns
Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee say Democrats’ Green New Deal would be an economic wrecking ball. “This is something that should concern every single American, because it will impact their pocketbooks. It will impact their families. It would, in a literal sense, change the very nature of our country,” Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.,… -
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A Sign of Hope From Hollywood
This article contains spoilers for “Long Shot.” For most of its two hours, “Long Shot” follows the usual tropes for a movie centered on a political character. In the movie, which chronicles the love story between the elegant secretary of state and presidential contender Charlotte Fields (Charlize Theron) and the windbreaker-wearing, sloppy, stubborn journalist Fred… -
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Problematic Women: Leave Brett Kavanaugh Alone
Months after his confirmation, the left is still talking about Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Elizabeth Slattery, a legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins us to explain former President Bill Clinton’s accusations against him, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court’s ruling dismissing claims against the justice, and if there’s any end in sight to the continued character… -
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An Illegal Immigrant Killed Her Son, a Police Officer. Here’s How This Mom Fights to Save Others.
A mother whose son died after a car wreck caused by an illegal immigrant with a criminal record who was drunk and high on drugs says his death left a permanent scar on her life. “When he was taken from me, there was a huge part of my life that was taken,” Mary Ann Mendoza… -
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Pompeo Sends the Message Britain Needs to Hear
Speaking Wednesday in London at the Centre for Policy Studies—a distinguished think tank founded by Margaret Thatcher—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the annual Margaret Thatcher Lecture. And he said just what Britain needed to hear. The essence of Pompeo’s remarks was that Britain is a great and global power, with which the United States… -
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The Peculiar Case of Alaskan Senators’ Support for the Jones Act
Things cost more in Alaska. A very expensive reason why is the century-old law known as the Jones Act. Section 27 of the act—named for Sen. Wesley Jones, R-Wash., who served in the Senate in the early part of the 20th century—requires that ships transporting goods between U.S. ports must be at least 75% U.S.-owned,… -
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Why the Left Mocks the Bible
At PragerU, we have released about 400 videos on virtually every subject outside of the natural sciences and math. Along with 2 billion views, the videos have garnered tens of thousands of comments. So we have a pretty good handle on what people most love and most hate. For example, any video defending America or… -
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How Equality Act Would Promote Abortion
In the history of bad bills, there are a lot of doozies. Just in the last handful of months, we’ve had a Democratic grab bag of everything from abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Green New Deal. But nothing—not even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., crusade against airplanes and cows—compares to the one measure that out-radicals… -
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The Injustice of the Left’s Fury Against Barr
Democrats have grown infuriated by Attorney General William Barr’s indifference to their hysteria over the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. Barr recently released a brief summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusions that President Donald Trump did not collude with the Russians to warp the 2016 election. Barr added that Mueller had not found enough evidence to… -
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She Survived an Abortion Attempt. Now, She Defends Life.
It was just last month that the House failed to pass a bill protecting babies who survive an abortion attempt. Our executive editor, Rob Bluey, was able to sit down with a woman who survived just that—an abortion attempt, something few can imagine. Gianna Jessen is now a pro-life activist, and today, we bring you… -
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4 Reasons ‘Breakthrough’ Is Worth Your Time and Money at the Multiplex
When it comes to Christian movies, I’m always a bit skeptical entering the theater. But this past weekend, I decided to see “Breakthrough” and found it well worth the price of admission. Spoiler alert: Some minor spoilers ahead, but nothing you probably couldn’t deduce from watching the film’s trailer. “Breakthrough,” released April 17, has grossed… -
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Equality Act Is About Civil Tyranny, Not Civil Rights
The House Judiciary Committee has voted out the Equality Act of 2019. It now heads for a vote on the House floor with 240 co-sponsors, which means its passage is virtually certain. The legislation amends all major civil rights law, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act, to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” along with… -
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Keeping Fake Illegal Immigrant Families Together
Who remembers the hysterical sound and fury of open borders leftists last summer over President Donald Trump’s detention and enforcement policies at our besieged southern border? Remember the #FamiliesBelongTogether, #WhereAreTheChildren, #AbolishICE, and #MeltICE hashtags? Remember the “Trump Child Abuse,” “Free the Children,” “Save the Children,” and “AMERICANS DON’T USE CHILDREN AS PAWNS” posters wielded at… -
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David McCullough’s ‘The Pioneers’ Is a Rebuke to Our Entitlement Mentality
In a country preoccupied with presidential candidates preaching extreme liberalism and even unabashed socialism comes America’s greatest living historian, David McCullough, with a new and needed book. It’s called “The Pioneers,” and the subtitle is its theme: “The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West” (Simon & Schuster). Nowadays, while students… -
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Democrats Talk Impeachment as They Vote to Hold Attorney General in Contempt
Some House Democrats openly talked Wednesday about impeaching President Donald Trump because he did something after the special counsel’s Russia investigation that he never did during the probe—invoke executive privilege. The House Judiciary Committee later voted 24-16 along party lines to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not making the entire… -
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Senate Confirms 3 to Board of Export-Import Bank, Reviving Agency
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm three board members for the Export-Import Bank, reviving—over the objections of conservatives—a controversial federal agency that allows foreign countries to borrow taxpayer dollars. “The Export-Import Bank is corporate welfare, giving taxpayer subsidies to some of the largest, most politically connected companies in the U.S. and around the world,” Sen…. -
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Theresa May Bungled Brexit. Now, the Voters Will Have Their Say.
Prime Minister Theresa May and her government never liked Brexit. The compromise deal they devised would create more problems than it would solve, which is why it has been rejected three times in Parliament already. But they refuse to give it up. They gambled that they would finally be able to pass it through Parliament…