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Heritage Foundation Honors 5 Leaders in Educating About the American Founding
The Heritage Foundation presented five special Innovation Prizes on Tuesday to organizations dedicated to educating audiences about America’s founding ideals. The awards were given to honor the upcoming 250th anniversary of America’s founding. They come as Heritage—which has been around for about one-fifth of the nation’s existence, having been founded in 1973—also launches its new… -
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Southern Baptists Get Sports Betting Right
The Southern Baptist Convention—the largest Protestant denomination in the world—had its annual meeting this month in Dallas. The most internally controversial issues involved a potential amendment on female pastors, abolishing the convention’s public policy arm, and a push for total financial transparency for SBC entities. All these initiatives were voted down, but one successful resolution… -
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Democrats Stage ‘Guerrilla Theater’ Pride Show Inside Kennedy Center in Protest of Trump
Five Senate Democrats staged a Pride-themed night of “guerrilla theater” Monday at the Kennedy Center to protest changes to the institution under President Donald Trump. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., booked a space at the venue earlier this month under the pretense of a “talent show,” failing to disclose the event’s true nature. Sens. Elizabeth Warren,… -
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House Freedom Caucus Members Angered by Senate Changes to ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
As Republican congressional leadership prepares to pass its One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the main legislative vehicle for President Donald Trump’s campaign promises—a number of fiscal hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are indicating they will vote it down if the Senate’s rumored changes are included. Specifically, caucus members say the Senate’s work on the bill… -
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DOJ ‘Digging and Looking’ Into Anti-Parent School Board Activity Under Biden Admin
The U.S. Department of Justice is “digging and looking” into the Biden administration’s weaponization of school boards against parents, DOJ official Ed Martin said. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland sent a memo in 2021 directing the DOJ and the FBI to “launch a series of additional efforts in the coming days designed to address the… -
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ICE Arrests 11 Iranian Nationals, Including One Who ‘Reportedly Served as Iranian Army Sniper’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 11 Iranian nationals over two days, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday. Among those in custody is Ribvar Karimi, who “reportedly served as an Iranian army sniper from 2018 to 2021,” according to the DHS. An Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card was in Karimi’s possession when… -
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Thune Confident Budget Bill Remains on Track for Senate Passage
Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared determined on Tuesday to keep the budget reconciliation bill on track to be passed in the Senate by July 4, even as he acknowledged that some Senate Republicans might in the end vote against the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill. “Could be,” Thune, R-S.D., said at the weekly Senate Republican… -
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National Security Expert Anticipates President Trump’s Next Move
President Donald Trump shared early Tuesday his disappointment with Israel for launching missiles at Iran, hours after reaching a temporary ceasefire with Iran. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” Trump said before heading to the Netherlands for the… -
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‘This Isn’t Just Crime. It’s Terror,’ Senate Panel’s Hearing on Mexican Cartels Is Told
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on international drug cartels emphasized that the organizations are effectively engaged in sophisticated terrorism. The hearing, “The Thin Blue Line Protecting America from the Cartels,” featured three witnesses from law enforcement: Matthew Allen, special agent in charge of the Los Angeles Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration in… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Bill Would Aim to Brand Major Muslim Group a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A member of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday asking the secretary of state to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a foreign terrorist organization. The Council on American-Islamic Relations brands itself as a 501(c)(3) Muslim civil rights and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., but according to Rep. Randy Fine,… -
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Judicial Insurrection Breaks New Ground as Judge Defies Supreme Court Itself
District court judges aren’t just striking down President Donald Trump’s orders, arguably taking presidential power on themselves. In at least one case, a district judge appears to have openly defied the Supreme Court itself. The Supreme Court Monday issued a stay on an April 18 injunction in the case D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security…. -
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Republicans Press for ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Shield
In the wake of Israel’s and the United States’ successful interception of Iranian missile strikes, Senate Republicans are renewing their push for a “Golden Dome” that would shield the United States from ballistic missiles. The Golden Dome Act, inspired by Israel’s “Iron Dome” system, would authorize more than $23 billion “to begin developing a modernized,… -
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Johnson Warns Lawmakers Action on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Could Push Back Start of July 4 Recess
House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a plain message at his weekly press conference Tuesday: Congress must pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by Independence Day, July 4. Johnson, R-La., has labored over the legislation since before President Donald Trump’s election in November, and it would fulfill major campaign promises, such as extending the president’s… -
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Medicare Needs Major Reform—Sooner Rather Than Later
Medicare’s financial condition is worsening—and it’s time for our ever-reluctant Congress to start the arduous legislative task of making much-needed changes to the program. In its 2025 report, the Medicare Board of Trustees is unambiguous: “The sooner solutions are enacted, the more flexible and gradual they can be. Introducing reforms early would give affected individuals… -
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Duo Still Pressing for House War Powers Resolution on Iran, but Speaker Says It’s Not ‘Necessary’
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are spearheading a war powers resolution that would direct President Donald Trump to cease using the military against Iran without congressional approval. But it might not get a vote in the House, if House Speaker Mike Johnson has anything to say about it. The resolution “directs the… -
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Contempt Authority: The Key to Empowering Immigration Judges
For nearly three decades, it has been an uphill battle to give immigration judges their fair share of judicial tools to do their ever-increasingly difficult job. A big step in the right direction happened this April, when the acting director the Executive Officer for Immigration Review issued guidance to all immigration judges that stresses their… -
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HHS Pitches Prior Authorization Reform as Way to Improve Patient Experience for Millions
Millions of Americans will benefit from the Trump administration’s plans for prior authorization reform, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced that major insurers have promised to ease “prior authorization” by creating a common standard for submitting electronic requests by… -
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Administration Green Light to Deport Illegal Aliens to Third-Party Countries
In a win for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court issued a brief order Monday allowing the Trump administration to restart deportation flights of illegal aliens to nations other than their own. The high court’s order lifts, for now, a lower court’s order allowing illegal immigrants to challenge their deportation order before their removal. … -
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Trump’s Words for Israel After It Struck Iran Post-Ceasefire
President Donald Trump is “not happy” that Israel fired rockets at Iran shortly after the nation’s ceasefire with Iran took effect. “Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped the load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before,” Trump told reporters before flying to the Netherlands… -
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The States Leading America’s Drive Toward Secure Elections
There is a new co-leader in The Heritage Foundation’s Election Integrity Scorecard. Since 2021, Heritage has been tracking the laws of every state (and the District of Columbia) governing the conduct of local, state, and federal elections. And for most of those years, Tennessee has stood alone at the top of the state rankings. An…
