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Cuba’s government says international airlines can’t refuel on the island nation starting Monday. Cuban authorities issued an official Notice to Airmen over the weekend, warning that kerosene shortages are affecting all of Cuba’s international airports, the Spanish news agency EFE reports. The notice is good for one month, meaning international planes won’t be able to…
The news two weeks ago from the National Institutes of Health could be downplayed as a tidbit of politics by the Trump administration around the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court abortion decision. But that would be missing the larger import of the statement by NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya about the agency’s decision to end…
This year’s Super Bowl program features stories about the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, ads for major brands, and—thanks to The Heritage Foundation—a tribute to America’s founding. For the first time in its 53-year history, Heritage is advertising in the official Super Bowl LX program. The policy organization purchased an ad marking the 250th…
The media landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation that will reshape how Americans consume news over the next decade—and conservative outlets are leading the way. That’s the view of Rob Bluey, president and executive editor of The Daily Signal. In an appearance on PragerU’s “Real Talk” show with host Marissa Streit, Bluey outlined the challenges…
‘Melania’ sets the stage for the golden age of political storytelling. If “the medium is the message,” the documentary giving audiences an inside look at the first lady’s life in the 20 days leading up to the 47th presidential inauguration hits the mark on both. The film grossed over $7 million in it’s opening weekend, making it the highest grossing, non-music, documentary in a…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—CNN’s Dana Bash pointed out to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday that a partial government shutdown over Democrats’ demands for restrictions on enforcement by federal agents would primarily affect agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration. Despite Democrats’ new list…
2026 will be a decisive year for the balance of power in the House of Representatives, as voters go to the polls and decide whether Republicans hold on to their slim majority. But before November, voters will have an opportunity in primaries to decide who their party’s nominee will be. In some cases, the primary…
A few years ago, things looked pretty bleak for skeptics of transgenderism—those of us who have great compassion for those afflicted by what the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” long referred to as the “disorder” of gender dysphoria, but who refuse to accept the lie that a man can become a woman or…
Conservatives are calling on Senate Republicans to end the “zombie filibuster” to overcome Democrat opposition to the SAVE America Act, legislation that would mandate voter ID and proof of citizenship. President Donald Trump threw his full support behind the bill in recent days, arguing that America’s elections are “rigged, stolen, and a laughingstock.” “The SAVE…
Borrowing from novelist James Hilton, who coined the word “Shangri-La” to describe a Tibetan utopia in a 1933 novel, Franklin Roosevelt gave that name to the peaceful retreat we know as Camp David. For California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Democrats, Shangri-La hasn’t become synonymous with a place that connotes peace on earth. It…
The London Metropolitan Police restricted the “Walk with Jesus” procession, originally planned for Tower Hamlets, a predominantly Muslim area in East London. The Jan. 31 U.K. Independence Party-affiliated event was moved to Central London, where a few hundred people marched from Marble Arch to Trafalgar Square, led by Nick Tenconi. No major incidents were reported,…
In December of 2016, The Washington Post reported that Russian hackers had penetrated the U.S. electricity grid through a Vermont utility company, leaving millions without heat. This was serious stuff. President Barack Obama, the paper ominously noted, was concerned that Moscow might also “disrupt the counting of votes on Election Day, potentially leading to a…
The FBI raid of the election office in Georgia’s largest county may have surprised many Americans. But it was building for more than a year. It began as a state-county standoff regarding 2020 election data and escalated last fall to include the U.S. Justice Department. Here are three keys to understanding what led to the FBI raid. 1. What’s…
In December, bestselling author and humorist David Sedaris wrote a New Yorker magazine essay about a recent trip to Portland, Oregon. While on a walk to a donut shop, he “lost count of the strung-out addicts I passed on my way” before eventually encountering four homeless people huddled around an empty baby carriage and smoking drugs…
Am I sexist? I think there are differences between men and women—traits beyond obvious physical ones. But when I was young, feminist leaders said there were no differences. The only reason men ran most things was sexism. There was plenty of that. One example people forget: Until 1974, women couldn’t get a credit card without…
Recently, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about the validity of state laws banning boys from girls sports, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. The lawyers on the trans side bizarrely claimed that puberty blockers erase whatever athletic advantage men who say they are women may have. That’s crazy enough—as the…
The House passed new legislation to accelerate permitting and domestic hard rock mining on federal land as America looks to compete with China on mining critical minerals. The Critical Mineral Dominance Act passed on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate. “In order for our domestic mining industry to grow, the industry needs policy, regulatory, and permitting…
Prominent Ohio lawmakers have been reacting swiftly to a last-minute court ruling maintaining Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the United States. Springfield, Ohio, has been the epicenter of the effort to end TPS for Haitian migrants. The Ruling and Reactions On Monday night, Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Trump administration from ending TPS for…
Lawyers for former employees of the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will depose Elon Musk, the former aide to President Donald Trump who led efforts to shut down the agency and cut other wasteful spending. The Trump administration closed the agency after auditors with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found multiple examples of waste. …
If the United Nations launches an investigation in Minnesota, it should be into the plight of crime victims, a Department of Homeland Security official says. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union asked the United Nations to launch a probe into the Trump administration’s actions in the state, regarding immigration enforcement and response to agitators. This comes amid the…