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EXCLUSIVE: House Conservative Leader Vows ‘Not Another Dollar’ to Ukraine Until America’s Southern Border Secure
A prominent House conservative is calling for a major shift in foreign policy that would end U.S. aid to Ukraine until America’s southern border is secure. “No more money to secure Ukraine’s border until we secure our own,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, said in a keynote speech at the Indiana Republican Party’s recent 2023 State… -
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In Hawaii, Lahaina Baptist Church ‘Untouched’ by Fires Amid Surrounding Ashes
LAHAINA, Hawaii—After the devastation left by the wildfires that wrecked the western side of the island of Maui, over a thousand people near here are left unaccounted for as the death toll, now at 114, continues to climb. Pastor Barry Campbell of Lahaina Baptist Church, his wife Marcy, and Bryant Wright of Send Relief joined… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy Says Biden Is ‘Not Really the Person Running the Country,’ and He’s Taking on the People Who Are
ATLANTA—Entrepreneur and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that President Joe Biden is "not really the person running the country," and that he's running against the real culprits: the managerial class. "The deeper problem with Joe Biden is, he’s not really the person running the country," Ramaswamy, founder of the biotech company Roivant Sciences,… -
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Former Prosecutor Running for President Calls for RICO Probe into Antifa Rioters
ATLANTA—Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 primaries, called for a federal RICO prosecution of Antifa rioters who have violently attacked the construction of a police training facility in Atlanta. “We need to be more aggressive about this,” Christie, who also served as the U.S. attorney for the district… -
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Nikki Haley Sounds the Alarm on China’s Infiltration of the United States
ATLANTA—Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley laid out her plan Friday to combat the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of the United States. “Our number one national security threat at this time is China, and literally, nothing is being done,” Haley, a candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, said at The Gathering, an event at… -
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Confessions of a Rich Man North of Richmond
The headline in Christianity Today’s analysis of the hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond” blares: “Oliver Anthony’s Viral Hit Doesn’t Love Its Neighbors.” The sort of people who read Christianity Today, however, should be asking themselves if they love Virginia resident Oliver Anthony, who wrote and sang it. In one of the most stunning… -
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Court Slaps Down FDA Again for Illegally Dropping Abortion Pill Rules
On Wednesday, for the second time, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit concluded that the Food and Drug Administration violated federal law when it removed safety restrictions for mifepristone, the drug used for a majority of abortions in the United States. But despite the intense focus on the FDA’s decision to remove… -
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Paraguay’s New President Presents Strategic Cooperation Opportunities for US
Paraguay merits Washington’s elevated attention as the country just inaugurated a new president interested in promoting economic freedom, combating corruption, and building alliances with democratic nations. Paraguay is an important U.S. ally in a South America where many nations are turning away from the U.S. toward China and toward increasingly socialist governance. Santiago Peña, the… -
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Sending Public Officials Who Censor to Free Speech School
With no opportunity to mount a defense, Maggie DeJong was banned by her university from speaking to three classmates because she expressed views those classmates opposed. With no defense of its own to mount when DeJong sued the school for violating her free speech rights, Southern Illinois University agreed to settle, paying her $80,000. The… -
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California Democrat Wants DeSantis Investigated for ‘Trafficking’ Illegal Aliens
A California state lawmaker is calling for an investigation of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the “illegal trafficking of migrants.” DeSantis “illegally trafficked vulnerable migrants across state lines” and transported illegal aliens “unknowingly” to California to score “cheap political points,” California Assemblyman Evan Low, a Democrat, said Tuesday in a written statement. DeSantis, a Republican,… -
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Pence Pledges to ‘Clean House’ at the Justice Department
ATLANTA—Former Vice President Mike Pence pledged that, if elected president in 2024, he would fire the senior leaders at the Department of Justice in the wake of the Russia collusion hoax and the FBI’s targeting “radical-traditional Catholics.” “If I become president of the United States, we’re going to clean house on the entire top floor of the… -
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‘It’s an Illusion’: Tim Scott Unmasks the Failure of ‘Bidenomics’
ATLANTA—Sen. Tim Scott exposed President Joe Biden’s economic record Friday, explaining why the president’s celebration of “Bidenomics” is an illusion. “The average American family has lost $10,000 of spending power because of Bidenomics,” the South Carolina Republican, a candidate for the 2024 presidential nomination, said at The Gathering, an event at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta… -
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Florida Becomes First State to Sanction Medicaid Providers for Covering Minor Transitions
Florida has become the first state to sanction Medicaid providers for covering the attempted gender transitions of minors. The state is fining five Medicaid health care insurers for violating Florida's new rule banning taxpayer funds from going to transgender treatments, such as performing a double mastectomy or administering puberty blockers, Jason Weida, secretary of the… -
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Fentanyl, Viruses, Spying: Why Do We Let China Get Away With Attacks on America?
Imagine if the United States treated China in the same way it does us. What if American companies simply ignored Chinese copyrights and patents and stole Chinese ideas, inventions, and intellectual property as they pleased and with impunity? What if the American government targeted Chinese industries by dumping competing American export products at below the… -
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Hawaii’s Green Agenda—and Questionable Decisions—Primed the State for One of the Deadliest Wildfires in History
While climate hawks were quick to blame the tragic Hawaiian fires on climate change, some of the state’s green policies and questionable decision-making before and during the tragedy helped set the stage for a disaster that has so far claimed over 100 lives. Along with other Democrats and some members of the media, Democratic Gov. Josh… -
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San Francisco Swirls Drain: Federal Agency Tells Employees to Stay Safe at Home
It’s getting so lawless in San Francisco that government agencies are telling their employees to work from home. The Bay Area’s reputation for and encouragement of open-air drug use has turned this once pristine region of the Golden State into a distinct shade of brown. Literally. We are certainly witnessing the rapid disintegration of San… -
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‘IDENTICAL TO JOE BIDEN’: Mike Pence Slams Trump on Key Economic Issue
ATLANTA— Former Vice President Mike Pence warned that President Joe Biden, and some of Pence’s Republican competitors in the 2024 GOP nomination race, have failed to address a central issue contributing to inflation and America’s weakness on the world stage. “We have a debt today the size of our nation’s economy,” Pence declared Friday at… -
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Biden Admin’s Revolving Door Into Media Spins Heavily
No one among the media elites today is alarmed at a revolving door between the “objective media” and partisan politics. Politics seems more like a qualification than a disqualification. NBC News announced on air that legal correspondent Laura Jarrett was going to be a co-host of the “Today” news program on Saturdays. She is the… -
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Leftists’ Wealth Tax Proposal Means Poorer Standard of Living for All
A group of far-left lawmakers has introduced yet another bill to soak the rich. The new bill is called the Oppose Limitless Inequality Growth and Reverse Community Harms Act—the OLIGARCH Act. Get it? It would introduce an entirely new tax on wealth above $120 million, starting at 2% and climbing to 8%. This new tax… -
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California Is Trying to Use Its ‘Market Power to Change How We Farm,’ Iowa AG Says
Iowa is calling on Congress to prevent California from overregulating the agricultural sector. "California [is] trying to use their market power to change how we farm [and] I think that violates the Constitution," Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says. California's Proposition 12 regulations, implemented in 2022, "require veal calves, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens to…