Each November, National Adoption Month calls us to reflect on the countless children around the world who long for the love and security of a family. It’s a month meant for celebration and hope, yet we can’t overlook a sobering reality: international adoption has reached a record low. In 2023,...

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In an update to California’s fiscal 2026-2027 budget outlook Wednesday, a new report released by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office admitted it botched the deficit estimate by roughly $5 billion. LAO’s legislative analyst Gabriel Petek, who leads the office of budget and policy watchers for the state legislature, gave...

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Fox News’ Martha MacCallum got into a heated exchange with Democratic Colorado Rep. Jason Crow on Wednesday after he urged military service members to defy President Donald Trump’s alleged illegal orders. Crow was among the six Democratic lawmakers who once either served in the military or the intelligence community that...

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Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday that she would not swear on live television, but then immediately called House Speaker Mike Johnson “full of s***.” Johnson said some lawmakers fear having their names publicly exposed and argued that the discharge petition to release the files...

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Republican strategist Scott Jennings said Tuesday that Democrats may soon face political blowback as newly released records continue to expose previously unknown ties between high-profile party figures and disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Newly released Epstein files revealed deep Democratic ties to Epstein, including messages showing that Democratic Virgin Islands...

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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group that had worked with the Biden administration, as a “foreign terrorist” organization along with the Muslim Brotherhood. Abbott’s proclamation also designates both of the groups as “transnational criminal organizations.” The Texas governor’s designation...

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The future for Mississippi looks bright. In just the past five years, Mississippi has seen more economic growth than in the entire 15 years before that combined. We’re on track to phase out the state income tax entirely, allowing families to keep more of what they earn. Mississippi has attracted...

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Transgender cult leader Jack LaSota’s lawyer scolded the Department of Justice on Wednesday for using his “deadname” and “male pronouns” in his grand jury indictment. Attorney Gary Proctor raised the issue in a court motion demanding a speedy trial after the Justice Department charged LaSota in Maryland with possessing firearms...

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The largest mass kidnapping in Nigerian history took place Friday as more than 300 Christians were abducted. The kidnap of 303 students and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in Niger state came three weeks after President Donald Trump demanded the Nigerian government act to end the persecution of Christians....

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A three-judge federal panel ruled on Tuesday that Texas cannot use the Republican-drawn redistricting map designed to boost Republican chances in the 2026 midterm elections. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the new map into law in August, which would add up to five additional House seats for the Republican...

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The Christmas season officially opened in Chicago on Friday night with gunfire and death. One person was killed and eight others were wounded in two shootings that followed the official lighting of the city’s Christmas tree, according to WMAQ-TV. Seven teenagers were shot in a 9:50 p.m. incident. Police said...

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Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers holds a considerable lead over several Democratic candidates in Michigan’s open 2026 Senate race, according to new polling. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Republican group Sentinel Action Fund and first shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation, finds that voters would choose Rogers...

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Denouncing mass migration as “an existential threat to Western civilization,” the State Department on Friday said it will be blowing the whistle on nations that make catering to migrants more important than the welfare of their own citizens. The State Department will look into diversity, equity, and inclusion policies of...

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Americans in big cities do not see climate change as a top issue anymore, according to the Associated Press and a new American Communities Project (ACP)/Ipsos poll. The poll says that although Americans in major urban areas listed climate change as the fifth-highest policy issue in 2023, it has fallen...

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Court documents filed in a lawsuit against Meta allege that the company failed to inform anyone of risks to young users on the platform and had a cavalier attitude about adults preying on minors. The allegations add that Meta chose not to take steps to increase safety for young users,...

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Iran is experiencing such a severe drought that the nation's president is warning the capital city of Tehran may have to be evacuated. Some see the crisis as divine judgment on the Islamic Republic, which is the No. 1 sponsor of terrorism in the world, according to the U.S. State...

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Members of the Scottish Parliament, which is the latest Western legislative body to consider expanding assisted suicide, rejected efforts in committee to restrict the practice with young people, disabled people, and others. Liam McArthur, a member of the body, introduced a bill last year that would "allow terminally ill adults...

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A controversial Muslim building project in northern Texas is rebranding as the apparent attempt to build a town based on Islam draws national attention. Collin County Judge Chris Hill posted via Facebook on Nov. 8 that the project known as "EPIC City" is now called "The Meadow." Development Group Community...

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In decades past, it was customary to wear respectable dress clothes when traveling on airplanes. Now that we take air travel for granted, one is much more likely to see pajamas, yoga pants, khaki shorts, and disheveled hair in the terminal or waiting for TSA. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unexpectedly...

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani received questions about his plan to increase taxes on white neighborhoods during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House. Trump, a longtime resident of the Big Apple before his move to Florida in recent years, joined the dark horse democratic socialist...

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Former United Nations Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is known as a member of the neoconservative wing of the Republican Party. During her 2024 presidential primary campaign, she notably expressed interventionist instincts toward the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Israel. But Nalin Haley, her 24-year-old son,...

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