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When Billy Jack and Sara Brawner found out they were pregnant in November 2013, they were overjoyed. Having previously endured a miscarriage, they found every moment of their pregnancy to be nothing short of a miracle. Then, last summer, when Sara was 34 weeks pregnant with a little girl to be named Willa Rose, the…
Rep. Richard Hanna was the only Republican candidate in 2014 to accept funds from Planned Parenthood. The third-term congressman from New York’s 22nd District—which runs from the Pennsylvania border to Lake Ontario—received $2,823 from Planned Parenthood during his last election. The Daily Signal recently published a list of candidates who took funds from the embattled organization,…
The viral cellphone video showing a police officer fatally shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in Sen. Tim Scott’s South Carolina hometown spurred the GOP’s sole black senator to introduce police body camera legislation Tuesday. Scott’s bill would send $100 million a year in federal funds to local and state police departments to outfit…
Rep. Mark Meadows, the conservative congressman pushing a motion to oust John Boehner as speaker, has insisted he does not like “being in the limelight.” However, his latest challenge to GOP leadership has catapulted his name across headlines, showing a defiant side to the man often described as the “friendliest guy in the House.” Here…
There is more to a movement than the slogan. Students for Life of America held a nationwide rally Tuesday that included 65 cities across the country filled with supporters with the desire to investigate and defund Planned Parenthood. “Women have been betrayed by Planned Parenthood. Tiny humans have become commodities as a part of Planned…
President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act exactly 57 years ago today, in 1958. This legislation created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with the mission of establishing an American presence on the final frontier. "[A]ctivities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind," the act…
Contrary to what has been accepted as conventional wisdom, America’s red counties have a higher percentage of stable families than those in blue counties. According to a study from the Institute for Family Studies, red counties tend to have more married adults, more children born within marriage and higher levels of children living with both…
Democrat Bill Patmon, a state representative in Ohio, has introduced a bill to end Ohio state funding to Planned Parenthood. “Five thousand, four hundred and ninety-nine abortions are in Cuyahoga County, which I happen to represent,” Patmon said in a speech Tuesday. “And 63 percent of them are black women, 63 percent of them are of a certain hue…
March of Dimes, an organization that seeks to end premature birth, is facing criticism from its supporters for donations local chapters made to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. The controversy comes amid the release of undercover videos about Planned Parenthood's alleged sale of aborted fetal body parts. Lawmakers in Washington have vowed to cut off…
After vowing to repeal and replace Obamacare during the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans officially took control of Congress in January. Republicans have several procedural tools at their disposal to roll back Obamacare. Many have called on leadership to use a budget tool known as reconciliation to do just that. Reconciliation gives the GOP the power…
For years, Kirk and Tanya White thought New Orleans public schools didn't work for their two sons. They got their eldest son, Geno, into a private school under a city education initiative, but his father says it turned out the new school also was failing by Louisiana's own standards. Then Geno hit a low point when he was…
HOPKINTON, N.H. – During a campaign stop in New Hampshire Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she has set “two big national goals” for her potential presidency. “I like national goals,” Clinton said. “I look out here, I see some people who remember when President Kennedy set the national goal that we would…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate will vote on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood before lawmakers leave Capitol Hill next week for August recess. Republican legislators have pushed heavily to strip federal funding from the group following the release of three undercover videos showing top Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale…
CONCORD, N.H. – Protests against Planned Parenthood took place nationwide today in light of three undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress showing senior Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of fetal organs. The third video, released today, shows Planned Parenthood staffers dissecting the remains of an aborted fetus and discussing the sale…
Days before the U.S. House is planning to adjourn for its month-long recess, Speaker John Boehner is facing yet another challenge from the right. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., today filed a motion to remove Boehner as speaker. “I couldn’t be silent any longer," says @RepMarkMeadows Meadows' "motion to vacate the chair" accuses Boehner of trying…
In a blunt rejection of the Senate’s attempt to enact a longer-term fix for the nation’s roads, rails and bridges, the House of Representatives plans to pass a patch extending the Highway Trust Fund for three months. The House then plans to quickly leave town for the month-long August recess, signaling that it has no…
A new documentary-style video was released today about Planned Parenthood’s alleged “black market” in harvesting and selling fetal body parts. The 12-minute video, titled “Human Capital,” features a woman who says she worked for a company that procured tissue and organs for Planned Parenthood clinics describing what she considers the profit motive involved in the harvesting of aborted…
Conservative Sen. Mike Lee struck a deal Monday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to repeal Obamacare through a budget tool known as reconciliation, which would allow the Senate to roll back the health care law with a simple majority (51 votes). The Utah Republican secured the commitment from McConnell in exchange for the…
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee believed that her country was the best on the planet. She believed that Americans were evil, South Koreans were starving to death and North Koreans were better off than everybody else. Every North Korean believes this. She discusses this at length in her new novel,…
In light of recent undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of donated fetal organs, conservative lawmakers are aiming to strip the organization of its taxpayer funding. So how much does Planned Parenthood receive in federal and state funding? How much of its funding is contributed by private donors? Watch the video above…