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An online meltdown over a return to biological reality in Kansas

“It’s now illegal for trans people to drive in the state of Kansas.” That’s the bizarre, objectively false claim made by “non-binary” influencer Matt Bernstein, who goes by MattIV online, in a video that has since received 13 million views. He wasn’t alone. Across Instagram, TikTok, X, and other social media platforms, this doomsday rhetoric […]

Students thrive when families choose hope. Why states should follow West Virginia’s lead on school choice

It’s been nearly five years since West Virginia became the first state in the nation to adopt a universal education savings account, or ESA program.  When the application window for the state’s Hope Scholarship program opens in early March, it will be the first year that every student in the state is eligible for a fully funded account they can use to customize their K-12 […]

Don’t give Europe or Turkey a say in Iran’s reconstruction

Hand it to European leaders. They are akin to diplomatic poker players who have mastered the art of demanding a cut of the pot without ever offering up their ante in advance. In both Afghanistan and Iraq, many European states waited in the wings to see which way the war would go, but then demanded […]

Saudi Arabia condemns drone strike against US Embassy

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned Tehran's drone strikes against the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh as conflict in the Middle East heats up following U.S. strikes on Iran. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its rejection and condemnation in the strongest terms of the treacherous Iranian attack that targeted the building of the United States Embassy...

Trump’s 2-hour diatribe doesn’t address America’s true status 

The speech was too long, too garish, too exploitative, too vulgar and mostly uninformative.

Live updates: Trump to host German leader as US warns Americans to leave Mideast

President Trump on Tuesday will host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, as the U.S. military operation in Iran is ongoing and Europe is mixed in its support. The State Department has warned U.S. citizens in 14 Middle Eastern countries to leave immediately and has closed its embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia,...

OpenAI adds protections to Pentagon deal

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday that the company has added further protections to its agreement with the Pentagon to bring its AI models to the military’s classified network. The latest additions come as the ChatGPT maker faced pushback over the deal, which came on the heels of the Trump administration’s announcement Friday that it...

Trump: US has ‘unlimited’ munitions to fight wars ‘forever’

President Trump said late Monday that the U.S. has “virtually unlimited” munitions to fight wars “forever," just days after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes in Iran. “The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better — As was stated to me today, we have...

The Movement: Iran war confuses MAGA base, testing trust in Trump

President Trump’s attack on Iran is confusing the MAGA base that once bragged that he never started any wars, testing the limits of their trust in the president’s foreign policy judgement. There are, of course, many Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) who have long advocated for the U.S. to take decisive action in Iran and take out the...

Cubans are begging for the US to finish the job

Cuban prisoners are cheering the U.S. president. That tells you more about the state of U.S.-Cuba relations than a decade of think-tank white papers.

Watch live: Noem testifies before Senate on DHS oversight

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will face questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning on oversight of the department as its funding lapse nears the three-week mark. Democrats have largely maintained that they will not support a deal to reopen DHS without reforms to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics...

Trump’s war of choice in Iran

Early Saturday morning, wearing a white baseball cap, President Trump informed the American people, “A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.” That’s only part of the story. Trump did not tell the people that this war was unnecessary, was illegally begun without congressional authorization or even consultation and had...

GOP state lawmakers urge White House to halt efforts to block state AI laws

More than 50 Republican state lawmakers are calling on the White House to stop efforts to prevent the passage of state AI laws, as the Trump administration takes aim at a Utah measure. In a letter to President Trump on Tuesday, the lawmakers said they are “deeply concerned” by the push to pressure those in...

New satellite images show fires, naval base damage across Iran after US-Israeli strikes

Satellite images reveal extensive damage across Iran following the U.S.-Israeli strikes, showing burning facilities and destruction from Tehran to the Gulf.

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