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The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Mexico's challenge to U.S. gun manufacturers, holding that they cannot be blamed for crime and cartel violence south of the border. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the unanimous opinion of the court. Justices Clarence Thomas and Kentanji Brown Jackson filed concurring opinions. Kagan ruled that because Mexico did not plausibly…
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld the claims of a woman who faced workplace discrimination because of her “majority group” identity—in this case, being a heterosexual. The decision upholds the rights of majority group individuals to be free from “reverse discrimination,” a right considered protected under Title VII of the Civil…
A bill on the normally bipartisan issue of combating America’s opioid epidemic faced some opposition from Democrats in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but still passed handily. Dubbed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, the legislation reauthorizes funding for the fiscal years 2026 to 2030 for grants and other programs…
The Heritage Foundation awarded a total of $1 million Wednesday morning to several organizations that are successfully putting conservative principles into action. Awards went to groups that advocate for children’s rights, promote the pro-life cause, fight against sexual exploitation, and more. “This year’s Innovation Prize winners are doing what the Left fears most: telling the…
In the wake of Elon Musk ending his short stint in government service, members of the House DOGE Subcommittee are weighing in on what he accomplished. Musk, who served as a senior adviser to the president, celebrated his departure with President Donald Trump on Friday in the Oval Office. The technology magnate was designated by…
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Wednesday that she’s leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent. In a video promoting her forthcoming biography, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines,” Jean-Pierre writes about her experience in the White House and her decision to “step beyond party lines to…
Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias moved this week to intervene in a Trump Justice Department lawsuit filed last week against North Carolina for the state’s alleged inaccurate voter registration rolls. The Justice Department’s lawsuit alleges North Carolina’s Board of Elections used a state voter registration form that failed to require voters to provide identifying information…
Former colleagues of one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees praise him as the “the most brilliant attorney” they’ve ever “had the opportunity to work with.” Trump nominated Joshua Divine to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri on May 6. Divine serves as Missouri’s solicitor general, but his resume…
The Congressional Budget Office, Congress’ scorekeeper on the fiscal impact of legislation, released a report Wednesday predicting a deficit increase if Republicans’ “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill is enacted. Republicans dispute that claim, contending that those predictions come from a misguided view of the economy. The report projects that the House bill would heap an…
More Americans hold a favorable opinion of House Speaker Mike Johnson after he secured passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” last month. The new poll from Napolitan News Service gave Johnson his highest favorability rating since being elected speaker in 2023. The poll, conducted in late May, revealed that 38% of voters view Johnson,…
Former Democrat Rep. Matthew Cartwright has reportedly decided not to run in 2026 to try to reclaim his congressional seat in Pennsylvania. Democrats had contemplated recruiting the six-term ex-congressman to try to unseat freshman Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., who ousted Cartwright in last November’s election. That race was decided by fewer than 7,000 votes. Bresnahan…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—New findings from the Democrats’ costly and widely panned Speaking with American Men (SAM) project found that many young men view the party as “weak” while seeing the Republicans as “strong,” Politico reported on Wednesday. An initial round of research from SAM—first reported by Politico—showed that many young men think that “neither party has…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene strongly disagree over a provision in the “big, beautiful bill” that he considers vital for national security, but that she views as a violation of states' rights. Greene, R-Ga., spoke out Tuesday against the bill's 10-year moratorium on states “limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley has fired back at Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after Wu called federal agents making immigration arrests “secret police.” Recently, “Wu made reckless statements and inflammatory statements regarding enforcement efforts made by federal immigration authorities across the commonwealth,” Foley said. In an interview at the…
Leaders in a handful of Middle Eastern countries are surprisingly sanguine about the prospect of Iran enriching its own uranium, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told reporters Tuesday. During a May 22-29 trip to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel, in which Lankford met with leaders of various countries, the senator said he was surprised to hear…
The Trump administration rescinded the guidance issued by the Biden administration to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions. In 1986, Congress passed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, to address the problem of hospitals that refuse to treat indigent patients in emergency rooms. The law requires hospital emergency departments that accept Medicaid funds…
Two Chinese nationals have been charged after smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S., according to the Justice Department. Scientific literature classifies the fungus “as a potential agroterrorism weapon.” Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, are citizens of China and have been charged with “with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the…
The FBI Richmond office's notorious anti-Catholic memo reached more staff at the bureau than previously suggested, and some FBI staff were aghast to see it, according to new documents released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Tuesday. The memo urged FBI agents to develop sources and surveil Catholic churches, citing the Southern Poverty Law Center's list…
As the Senate negotiates its version of the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” many of its key ideas, such as border security and Medicaid work requirements, received high levels of support, according to a recent poll from the Napolitan News Service. The poll, conducted in late May, found that a plurality of respondents want their senators to…
The White House’s delivery to the House of Representatives of a package that would codify some of the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts into law was greeted with enthusiasm by the fiscally hawkish House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday. The rescissions package, delivered by the White House Office of Management and Budget to Republican House leadership,…