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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Ben & Jerry’s founders are trying to take their brand back after parent company Unilever allegedly barred them from criticizing President Donald Trump in the lead-up to his return to the White House. Co-founder Ben Cohen is now publicly lobbying to buy Ben & Jerry’s back as Unilever prepares to spin off…
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on dozens of foreign trading partners have unleashed a rapid response abroad, as Europeans leaders urged negotiations while pondering retaliatory measures Thursday. Trump spoke of such negotiation requests in his Wednesday speech as he previewed the tariffs, saying, “To all of the foreign presidents, prime ministers, kings, queens, ambassadors, and…
Some college administrators have “repurposed DEI under a different banner” and “think they can get away with it” despite anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion laws Florida passed in May 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday. “We’re making sure, yes, we don’t have DEI, but you can’t just rename it and do it,” DeSantis told Fox News’…
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that his promised tariffs will “kind reciprocal.” At what he called a “Liberation Day” event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Trump said the tariffs that he announced will be “not full reciprocal,” but “approximately half” of what foreign countries levy on American imports. “This is kind…
Conservative members of the House of Representatives are contemplating attempting to ban marijuana in the District of Columbia by amending a funding bill in Congress. The District relies on some federal funding to pay for part of its budget. Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are discussing tying the funding to conservative priorities in…
The Trump administration is following through on its promise to withhold funding from abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Nine Planned Parenthood regional affiliates received notice Monday that the federal funding they were receiving through the law known as Title X is being temporarily withheld, according to a report from Politico. The administration is looking into possible…
Praise and worship music clashed with shouts of “Abortion is health care” as pro-life protesters and abortion supporters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that could decide whether states can disqualify Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster disqualified Planned Parenthood from…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called out newly elected Rep. Randy Fine for “an underperformance by more than 50%” despite Florida Republicans winning two key special elections for the U.S. House Tuesday. During a Wednesday interview on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” DeSantis said he thinks Fine “was in dire straits a few weeks ago” due to…
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on Wednesday, members of Congress offered sharply contrasting views of the benefits and drawbacks of applying tariffs on imported goods. “Liberation day” was eventful, but not just on Capitol Hill: Israel canceled all tariffs on American products, just a day after Canadian trade representatives indicated no retaliatory…
Former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday that he’s running for governor of California in 2026 to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fellow Democrat. During his four years at HHS, Becerra drew criticism from within the Biden White House for his handling of both the COVID-19 pandemic response…
WASHINGTON—Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act on April 1, a bill aimed at giving military parents more control over their children’s education. The legislation, which amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, would allow eligible military families to opt into Military Education…
“The Alaska State Medical Board opposes hormonal and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria in minors due to insufficient evidence of long-term benefits and risks of irreversible harm,” the board told the state Legislature on March 21, reporting a resolution it unanimously adopted at its March 20 meeting. “The Board urges members of the legislature to consider statutory…
California under Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom has funneled around $18 million to the Tides Center, a dark money nonprofit that directs donor cash to various leftist projects, The Washington Free Beacon reported. The San Francisco-based Tides Center and its sister nonprofits, the Tides Foundation and Tides Advocacy, direct money to in-house projects known as “fiscal…
The California man who planned to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will plead guilty in federal court, his lawyers said in a Wednesday filing. Nicholas Roske, 29, who staked out near Kavanaugh’s home with weapons in 2022 before turning himself in to authorities, was set to face trial in June. The attempted assassination charge…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A U.S. electric vehicle battery manufacturer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party has suspended its permit application to build a plant near a Michigan National Guard base following fierce opposition. Chuck Thelen, CEO of Gotion Inc.—a “wholly owned and controlled” subsidiary of Chinese company Hefei Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co. Ltd….
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan joined the Border Patrol in 1984 and can’t recall illegal crossings ever being as low as they are right now. In March, Border Patrol encountered 7,181 illegal aliens at the southwest border, “a far cry from the more than 11,000 a day that we saw for a time…
Americans took to the streets Saturday for the latest round of protests targeting Tesla and condemning Elon Musk for his work with President Donald Trump, but these protests trace back to a larger movement with funding from the Left’s dark money network. Some of the organizations that encouraged and helped organize the protests have raked…
Wisconsin residents voted on Tuesday to elect Susan Crawford as the next member of their state supreme court, according to the Associated Press, which declared Crawford the winner. The vote will put the liberals in charge of the state’s highest court during a time when the court’s decisions on congressional redistricting in the state could…
There is only one way to reclaim Western civilization, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday night: exhibiting the courage to speak the truth. “We’re not going to rebuild prosperity and opportunity,” Vance said. “We’re not going to rebuild the kind of society where we teach children the important virtues and skills to thrive, as opposed…
Republican Randy Fine emerged triumphant Tuesday in a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, The Associated Press projects, putting an end to speculation that the district could flip and hand Democrats a seat in Congress. The race received national attention and millions from Democrat donors who sought to send a message about their party’s…