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Former college football coach Derek Dooley entered the race for a Senate seat from Georgia on Monday, aiming to unseat Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff and marking the beginning of what he hopes will be his political career. In his announcement video, Dooley leans into the reputation of his father, Vince Dooley, who was head coach…
Last December, Imam Ayman Soliman, who had been living in Cincinnati and at one point served as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, saw his asylum status change. Last month, he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and faces possible deportation. Now, he’s suing over his status. Soliman came into the U.S. on…
“I can’t stand, and I can’t walk to the bathroom,” Rom Braslavski says through tears in a hostage propaganda video released over the weekend. Hamas took Braslavski hostage from the Nova Music Festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. His family gave permission Sunday for the video of the young man to be released…
Texas Republicans are weighing legal consequences for Democrats who have left Austin to stymie efforts to redraw the Lonestar State’s congressional districts. Ahead of the Texas House of Representative’s consideration of a newly-drawn congressional map which would favor Republicans, Democrats have fled the state in order to break quorum—the number of representatives required to be…
President Donald Trump revealed his stance on actress Sydney Sweeney following her controversial new American Eagle jeans ad. Last week, American Eagle released a campaign with the “Euphoria” actress titled “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.” Leftists complained that the play on “genes” versus “jeans” was racist with “Nazi” overtones, while others found it to be…
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary next year, the Herzog Foundation Institute has developed a project to reinvigorate patriotism and educate people on the nation’s founding principles and values. The foundation, a nonprofit focused on the development of Christian K-12 education, won a $50,000 Innovation Prize from The Heritage Foundation in June for its project called…
Cambodia announced Friday it will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he helped bring the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict to a ceasefire agreement. “He should get the Nobel, not only for his work on Cambodia but also elsewhere,” said Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol in an interview with The Wall Street…
Hamas released on Friday a horrifying propaganda video depicting a starving Israeli hostage digging his own grave. The images have sparking outrage around the world. In the five-minute video, the emaciated Evyatar David is seen inside a narrow, claustrophobic tunnel, digging his own grave while crossing off the days on a calendar. “I haven’t eaten…
When confronted with July’s unexpectedly small job gain, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett questioned the job report’s accuracy and called for “a fresh set of eyes” at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Friday’s report also included a sizable downgrade in the number of jobs created in May and June from original estimates. “The fact…
The Jaguar CEO recently resigned in the wake of a controversial ad campaign the luxury car company released months ago in an effort to rebrand as “woke.” After spending three years as CEO and three decades total with Jaguar Land Rover, Adrian Mardell will officially retire on Dec. 31, the company announced Thursday. This comes…
Two more senior aides who were longtime members of Joe Biden’s inner circle will take questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this coming week. On Tuesday, Bruce Reed, former deputy chief of staff for policy in the Biden White House will sit down for a transcribed interview with House investigators. Reed was…
President Donald Trump accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of demanding over $1 billion in order to approve some of his judicial nominations in a post on his social media platform Saturday evening. After long negotiations seeking to make a deal on Trump’s judicial nominees Saturday night, little progress was made, and now the…
Kentucky Republicans are seeking someone to fill the shoes of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell—a figure who has been a major face of the Republican Party for decades. But in the race to replace the longtime lawmaker, the leading candidates are in a competition to prove who’s the furthest from McConnell, who at times has had…
A creative studio in Austin, Texas, is launching a six-part video series to examine America’s founding principles in anticipation of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The series, called 250 Years in Pursuit, adds to the Emergent Order Foundation’s expansive content portfolio that promotes a civilized society based on values such as human dignity and freedom….
Red and blue states alike are gerrymandering their congressional districts in bids to create a path to a House majority for their respective political parties in the 2026 midterm elections. The fight to control Congress has opened up debates about partisan control over redistricting and has now put pressure on state lawmakers in Missouri, amid…
THE CENTER SQUARE—Charter captains, commercial fishermen and recreational fishing advocates launched a national campaign this week urging President Donald Trump to issue an executive order restricting foreign industrial fishing in U.S. waters. The campaign calls for new protections to defend American jobs, marine ecosystems and the future of coastal communities. The campaign, titled “Make America Fish…
Cana Academy is a Virginia-based nonprofit with a mission to train teachers and equip them with educational resources. With America’s 250th anniversary next year, the organization has embarked on an ambitious project to create 250 short American history documentaries. Last month, The Heritage Foundation awarded Cana Academy with a $50,000 Innovation Prize to support its…
The Trump administration announced the upcoming construction of a new 90,000 square-foot, $200 million ballroom on the White House property Thursday. The White House State Ballroom will be a large event space to hold over three times as many guests than the East Room currently fits, according to a White House statement. It will have room for…
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is applauding the Trump administration‘s reversal of a Biden-era rule that permitted the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to perform abortions. On Friday, the administration posted the proposed rule change in the Federal Register, which will be formally published on Monday, to prevent VA-run hospitals and other medical centers…
Americans for Prosperity has launched a campaign to “Spotlight the Real Benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The first stop, on Friday, involved participants of AFP-Ohio who had a message for Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat representing Ohio’s 9th Congressional District. The OBBB was signed into law by President Donald Trump last month,…