A federal appeals court has blocked an Iowa school district from enforcing a policy that threatens to punish students with expulsion if they failed to “respect” the gender pronouns of their classmates. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the policy was at odds with the First Amendment...

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The Democratic senator who held a stopgap budget bill hostage for several hours over aid to Ukraine said Wednesday that he would go a whole lot further if the next bill to run the federal government does not include aid to Ukraine. Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado last week...

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Former ESPN host Sage Steele recounted an experience interviewing President Joe Biden that highlighted for her his cognitive decline. Appearing Sunday on Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast, Steele shared the strange exchange she had with Biden during a March 2021 interview. The occasion was the beginning of the Major League...

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Two days after Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz joined with seven other Republicans and the entirety of the House Democratic caucus to remove California's Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, the leftists at The New Republic sounded almost giddy at the idea that they had possibly bitten off more than they could...

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Faced with a tidal wave of illegal immigrants flooding the country in unprecedented numbers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it is planning to begin deporting Venezuelans who have unlawfully entered the country. "In keeping with our commitment to enforce our immigration laws, and to continue strengthening the...

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A car belonging to the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was hit by protesters on Thursday. The incident took place outside a campaign event in Grinnell, Iowa, according to The Associated Press. Ramaswamy campaign representative Tricia McLaughlin said no one was in the vehicle when it was hit...

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They say you can judge people by the enemies they make, and in Rep. Jim Jordan's case two of them appear to be former Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. At least both are opposed to the Ohio representative becoming the next speaker of the House, and they had...

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The left is all about "safe spaces." Yet more and more schools and businesses around the country are allowing men to violate women's locker rooms and restrooms. Thankfully, at one school in Pennsylvania, the kids stood up and made themselves heard. In September, hundreds of students at Perkiomen Valley High...

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To paraphrase a historical quote, leftists believe they must destroy the environment to save it. At least, that's the logical takeaway after the Global Citizen Festival decimated a third of the Great Lawn in New York City's Central Park, forcing the city to close it until April, according to the...

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Will there be a House Speaker Donald Trump? The former president says that it might happen -- on one key condition, that is. On Thursday, the former president and current GOP front-runner told Fox News that he would take on the speakership, something that some Republicans have proposed, but only...

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Libertarian-minded populists, both leftist and conservative, have discovered that they have much in common. In recent years, for instance, they have united against censorship, medical authoritarianism, the deep state and a war-mongering establishment. At least one lingering disagreement, however, keeps the two groups of populists at odds with one another....

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Republican Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri said some of his congressional colleagues are so terrified of the runaway crime in the nation's capital that they sleep in their offices for fear of being attacked or murdered on the streets. Burlison made the shocking remarks Wednesday during an interview with radio...

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You've likely heard a quote attributed to former President Calvin Coolidge that went this way: "The business of America is business." This, while pithy, isn't quite accurate. As the Library of Congress notes, what Coolidge actually said was this: "After all, the chief business of the American people is business....

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Former President Donald Trump has given House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio his full support in the contest to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!” Trump posted early Friday on his Truth Social...

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Police in Indianapolis were able to capture a monkey who escaped from a private residence on Wednesday and spent the better part of a day evading them. The department said in a social media post Wednesday evening that the animal was on the lam and that its officers were helping...

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A Florida law that took effect this week sets its sights on both child rapists and a Supreme Court ruling that bars states from executing child rapists when the victim survives. The legislation, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May, allows the death sentence to be imposed when the victim...

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Survivalist and TV star Bear Grylls recently was baptized in the Jordan River, he revealed on social media, fulfilling what he called a lifelong dream for him. On Monday, the “Man vs. Wild” star, who has been open about his faith in the past, shared a photo of himself in...

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The cybersecurity attack at MGM Resorts last month is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million, the Las Vegas-based company said in a Thursday regulatory filing. The attack, which was detected on Sept. 10, led to MGM shutting down some casino and hotel computer systems at properties...

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The ladies of ABC’s “The View” had a near-meltdown Thursday at the thought of Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio becoming House speaker. Co-host Sunny Hostin, meanwhile, claimed Jordan once “terrorized” her in a congressional hearing. The Ohio congressman threw his hat into the ring for the speakership this week...

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Infighting among Democrats often helps outsiders distinguish between the radical true believers and the merely transactional opportunists. On Thursday, the administration of President Joe Biden announced that it would waive existing laws and regulations in order to construct "physical barriers" along the U.S.-Mexico border in Starr County, Texas. Radical Democratic...

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