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Biden Bungles China Spy Balloon Challenge
In the wake of China admitting today that a large surveillance balloon flying over the U.S. was its own, critical questions arise. What is China surveilling? How invasive is this? Is this an act of aggression? Should we believe China when it says it was an accident? Everything Beijing does is with intention, and until…James Carafano -
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Antony Blinken Makes Major Announcement on China Trip After Mysterious Chinese Balloon Spotted
Lawmakers and policy experts are weighing in after a Chinese “spy balloon” appeared over the U.S. earlier this week. “America is under assault from Chinese spying and if the Biden Administration refuses [to] respond it will send a message to the Chinese military that they can send even more spy balloons. Inaction invites dangerous behavior,”…Samantha Aschieris -
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Fertility Doctors Using Donor Sperm From Someone Other Than Who the Client Chose
The Netflix documentary “Our Father” exposed a jarring truth about the fertility industry. Jacoba Ballard knew that her mother used a sperm donor to conceive her. Curious about the identity of her father, she took an at-home DNA test. What she found changed her life. Her biological father was Dr. Donald Cline—her mother’s fertility doctor….Emma Waters -
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Taiwanese Leader Denounces China’s ‘Assault on Religion’
Just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to China in an attempt to improve relations, Taiwan’s top legislative leader was in Washington thanking the U.S. for its support and denouncing Beijing’s “all-out assault on religion” amid a broader government effort to block the Chinese people from enjoying fundamental freedoms and human rights. You…Susan Crabtree -
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The Russians Aren’t Complying With the New START Nuclear Arms Control Treaty—Now What?
The State Department informed Congress this week in its New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, Implementation Report that it can’t certify that Russia is in compliance with the bilateral nuclear arms control agreement. According to the report, Russia has been preventing required inspections of its nuclear arsenal and has failed to convene a…Peter Brookes -
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Police Chief Who Placed Officer on Leave for Voicing Traditional Marriage Views Retires
Port Wentworth, Georgia, Police Chief Matt Libby announced his retirement Monday, less than a week after The Daily Signal reported that Police Officer Jacob Kersey had been placed on administrative leave after sharing his views on traditional marriage on Facebook. WTOC first broke the news of Libby’s retirement Monday afternoon, reporting that the police chief…Virginia Allen -
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Chinese Communist Party Targets American Kids by Infiltrating K-12 Schools
Congressional Republicans and Asia policy experts are sounding the alarm over the Chinese Communist Party’s influence on K-12 education as well as colleges in America through what are called Confucius Classrooms and Confucius Institutes. “Confucius Institutes and Classrooms allow the Chinese Communist Party to wield influence throughout the American education system, projecting the CCP’s preferred…Samantha Aschieris -
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Court Rules Against Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Who Refused to Bake Gender Transition Cake
A Colorado Court of Appeals judge ruled against Christian baker Jack Phillips Thursday after he appealed an earlier court decision requiring him to bake a cake for an individual’s gender transition. Phillips won a previous case at the Supreme Court in 2018 after he declined to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, but was sued again in…Kate Anderson -
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Cruz Bill Would Prohibit Sales of Reserve Oil to China
Legislation introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday aims to stop the flow of American oil into Communist China. Titled the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, Cruz’s bill would prohibit the sale of American crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to any company under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. It…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Who’s More Irrational, the Religious or the Irreligious?
There are very few things conservatives, liberals, and leftists agree on. But if they are irreligious, they all agree that religious Americans are more irrational than irreligious Americans. It is a secular axiom that secularism and secular people are rooted in reason, whereas religion and the religious are rooted in irrationality. This is what almost…Dennis Prager -
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College Board Concedes to DeSantis on Woke African American Studies Course
The College Board will revise its Advanced Placement African American Studies course for high school students after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, rejected it as “indoctrination,” according to a Tuesday afternoon announcement. “Thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ principled stand for education over identity politics, the College Board will be revising the course for the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Indiana School Places Counselor Who Leaked Secret Transgender Policy on Leave
Following the exposure of a hidden “Gender Support Plan” and policy to conceal student transgender procedures from parents, the whistleblower, counselor Kathy McCord, has been placed on immediate and indefinite leave, and could be facing termination. McCord, a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School in the South Madison Community School Corporation in Indiana, confirmed documents…Tony Kinnett -
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DeSantis Exposes Marxist Slant of African American History Course, Demands Rewrite
It turns out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was once again right to take a stand against woke ideology when he banned a course ostensibly devoted to African American studies. The White House—and NPR liberals shilling for it on the public dime—slammed him for it, but the course was indeed more Marxism masquerading as ethnic…Lindsey Burke -
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‘This Is a Crisis’: Why Americans Should Care About China’s Shrinking Population
For the first time in six decades, the most populous country in the world has a shrinking population. Michael Cunningham, a research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, says “this is a crisis that’s been decades in the making” and it will likely shock the global economy. (The Daily Signal is…Samantha Aschieris -
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Yes, Baby Girls Who Are ‘Unwanted’ Because of Their Sex Are Aborted in America
If an unborn baby in the United States is a girl, her chances of being born are much lower than if she were a boy. That’s because in America, only seven states ban sex-selective abortions. That’s why pro-life members of Congress have proposed the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act, or PRENDA, which bans such abortions “undertaken for…Emma Waters -
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Do Chinese Donations Explain Biden’s Energy Policies?
With reports that classified documents were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania, questions arise about the potential connection between the university’s receipt of $54 million in Chinese donations and President Joe Biden’s promotion of energy policies that are strengthening China’s economy at the expense of…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Privatization Could Rescue South Africa’s Politically Corrupt Power Sector
Despite vast reserves of coal, Eskom, the largest government-run utility in South Africa and on the continent, fails to provide reliable power and operates at only 50% of capacity. South Africa used to have a well-functioning energy sector that was the envy of all Africa, but because of ongoing government corruption and incompetent management, its…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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House Overwhelmingly Adopts Resolution to Establish China Select Committee
Across party lines, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted Tuesday in favor of creating a new select committee that will focus on investigating and countering the threat of the Chinese Communist Party. The resolution aimed at creating the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party—also known as the Select Committee…Samantha Aschieris -
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20 Republicans Who Voted Against Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
The next speaker of the House is still undecided after three rounds of voting Tuesday produced no clear winner. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the majority of votes in any of the three rounds. The Californian received 203 votes in rounds one and two, and 202 in the third round, The Associated…Samantha Aschieris -
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After Biden-Zelenskyy Meeting, Security Expert Outlines Role America Should Play in Ukraine War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Wednesday with President Joe Biden at the White House before delivering an impassioned address to a joint session of Congress. This was the first time Zelenskyy had left Ukraine since Russia launched its military invasion of Ukraine just over 300 days ago. The timing of the Ukrainian leader’s meeting with…Virginia Allen