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Iran Escalates Shadow War With US, Israel in Latest Missile Attack
Iran launched at least a dozen ballistic missiles on Sunday that struck several buildings near a United States consulate compound being built outside the city of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish province in northern Iraq. According the Department of Defense, there were no casualties and no damage to any U.S. facilities. But the attack… -
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Republicans, Embrace the Culture War and Cruise to Victory
For conservatives and Republicans, the present flare-up in Ukraine has shone a spotlight on the extent to which there is profound foreign policy disagreement within the broader ranks. From the ultra-hawkish calls for a U.S.-imposed no-fly zone or even the assassination of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin from the likes of Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and… -
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America Should Launch a 21st-Century ‘Berlin Airlift’ for Ukrainian Civilians
Recently, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit Poland and travel to the Ukraine border where we witnessed the heartbreaking sight of women and children fleeing their homeland to escape the brutality of the Russian invasion. We traveled to Krakovets, Ukraine, just inside the border, with Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian charity working to… -
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Getting Squeezed at Pump? Blame Biden, Not Putin
All across the country, Americans are facing staggering gasoline prices, pinching their wallets even further as inflation runs rampant. But what’s causing gas prices to skyrocket? The Biden administration blames Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, as well as greedy U.S. business owners, for the sharp rise in prices. But that doesn’t pass the… -
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17 Months Late, Millions Short at NY Times on Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Michael Isikoff, once the top investigative reporter for Newsweek, tweeted something unintentionally humorous about a New York Times story. “In the category of — didn’t see this coming,” he wrote, “The @nytimes confirms the authenticity of Hunter Biden emails derived from his laptop that had been previously dismissed as Russian disinformation.” The obvious joke about… -
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Soft on Crime? Here’s Jackson’s Record on Sex Offenders and Other Criminals
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once expressed concern about a “climate of fear, hatred, and revenge” surrounding sex offenders. Jackson later opposed the confinement conditions of a Taliban leader suspected of running a terrorist cell. The judge also routinely ruled against the Trump administration on immigration enforcement cases, as detailed here. Now, as President Joe Biden’s… -
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Texas Lawmaker Blasts Biden’s Open Borders for Illegal Immigration, Fentanyl Crises
Americans in every state—not just those in the southwest—should be concerned about President Joe Biden’s lack of border security and the resulting drug crisis, a Texas congressman says. “Every state is a border state now,” said Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas. “I think the government has spent about $350 million this past year on transportation costs… -
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Biden Throttled US Energy Production When We Needed It Most
A capable presidential administration plans, anticipates, and implements strategies. An ineffective administration bounces haphazardly from crisis to crisis. It’s the difference between playing chess and playing pinball. President Joe Biden’s mismanagement of skyrocketing gas prices gives us a hint as to what game he’s playing. Gas prices, already high and rising due to supply chain… -
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Georgia’s ‘Mathematics Equity’ Program Told Educators to Teach CRT-Aligned Curriculum to Remove ‘Bias’ From Classrooms
Georgia’s Department of Education held math equity summits in 2019 and 2020 that instructed state educators to stop grouping students by ability and prioritize their work as educators around equity, according to materials provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation by Heritage Action for America. (Heritage Action for America is the grassroots partner organization of… -
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10 Realities of Ukraine
1. Reassuring an enemy what one will not do ensures that the enemy will do just that and more. Unpredictability and occasional enigmatic silence bolster deterrence. But President Joe Biden’s predictable reassurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will show restraint means Putin likely will not. 2. No-fly zones don’t work in a big-power,… -
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On Counterterrorism, Is Biden ‘Over the Horizon’ or in Over His Head?
On April 14, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that, in keeping with an agreement former President Donald Trump had made with the Taliban, he would be removing all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. “We went to Afghanistan in 2001 to root out al-Qaeda, to prevent future terrorist attacks against the United States planned from Afghanistan,”… -
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Like Constitutional Checks and Balances, Tax Competition Is a Bulwark Against Growth of Government
We live in a fallen world. Because man has a corruptible heart, when he is given a position of authority, he tends to amass more and more power for himself. The father of the U.S. Constitution, James Madison, summed it up, “The truth [is] that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” Because the… -
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‘Freedom Isn’t Free’: A Disturbing Generational Split on What’s Worth Fighting For
The line at the post office was long, so the woman in front of me decided to turn around and start a conversation. She was concerned about the current generation of young people and whether they would have enough inner strength to stand against an invading army as many Ukrainians are doing. She said she… -
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Leftists’ War on Kids
Why are leftists being so creepy lately? Planned Parenthood has an “ice cream truck” in Texas, but instead of frozen treats, it’s distributing condoms. Meanwhile, Florida lawmakers pass a bill prohibiting teachers from planned instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation to kindergartners through third graders … and liberals are mad about it. And over… -
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He Lost His Son to Opioids. Now This Father Addresses the Crisis in America.
Over 100,000 Americans die each year from opioid overdoses. One of them was 21-year-old Garrett Holman. His father, Don Holman, has worked ceaselessly to educate the public about the scourge of opioids and how they affected his family. “This tragedy ripped our family apart,” Holman says. “At this point in time, after losing my son,… -
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Should America Enact a No-Fly Zone in Ukraine?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a speech in front of Congress Wednesday. Zelenskyy urged America to continue supporting Ukraine as Russian forces march their way through the country. He also encouraged America to enact a no-fly zone around Ukraine to stop Russian terror in the skies. But what is a no-fly zone? And is it… -
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Facebook ‘Fact-Check’ Claims Video Citing Biden’s Own Words on Oil Drilling ‘Could Mislead’
Big Tech decides what’s correct or incorrect, truth or fiction, right or wrong. The most recent example: Facebook slapped a warning label on a Heritage Action for America video showing President Joe Biden talking about stopping oil drilling, asserting that “[i]ndependent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people.” Facebook then linked to an AFP piece… -
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She Was in Kyiv the Day Russia Invaded Ukraine. Here’s What She Saw.
Kateryna Shapovalenko woke up at 5 a.m. Feb. 24 to the sound of missiles slamming into buildings in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Confused and terrified, the 23-year-old woman began receiving calls from her friends and family confirming her worst fears: Russia was invading. “February 24th was a very terrible moment. I think it was… -
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Biden Encourages China by Lax Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Pompeo Says
The West’s slow response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the Chinese Communist Party eager to get its own “free bite at the apple” by taking Taiwan, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday during a speech at The Heritage Foundation. Pompeo noted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s remote address earlier in the day to… -
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‘Effects of Aggression’ Will Last, Nonprofits Aiding Ukraine Say
As Russian troops continue their onslaught against Ukraine, nonprofits on the ground are asking for support to aid both refugees and those suffering within the borders of their homeland. In a remote address to Congress on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked for more U.S. assistance as nearly 600 civilian deaths have been confirmed in…