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The Tax Code Hasn’t Gotten More Pro-Family

Tax benefits for kids are at roughly the level President Obama left them.

Questions for Kevin Warsh

Senators considering his confirmation as chairman of the Federal Reserve should ask him about...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—February 5

1937    Unhappy with the Supreme Court’s rulings against New Deal legislation, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces a...

One Battle for the Virginia Military Institute After Another

VMI doesn’t want to be a political football on the culture wars’ scrimmage field.

Where Ice and ICE Meet

On the south side of Minneapolis, getting rid of the ice has a different...

Judge seems skeptical of Pentagon’s bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

A federal judge seems skeptical of the Pentagon’s bid to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders.   U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, heard arguments Tuesday in Kelly’s lawsuit seeking to block the effort led by Defense Secretary Pete...

Texas primary between Crockett, Talarico turns ugly

The Senate Democratic primary in Texas has taken an ugly turn, with the increased infighting threatening to complicate the party’s chances of flipping the seat in November. The most notable incident came this week when former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), the Democratic nominee for Senate last cycle, ripped state Rep. James Talarico (D) for allegedly...

Trump weighs in on upcoming Clinton House depositions: ‘It’s a shame’

President Trump responded Tuesday to news of the deposition dates for former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of a House investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling it “a shame.”  “I think it’s a shame to be honest. I always liked him. Her? Yeah. She’s a very...

Illinois joins WHO’s global disease network

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) announced Tuesday that his state is joining the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the second state to do so since the U.S.’s withdrawal from the organization became official last month. Officials said Illinois’s participation means the state will now be “directly connected to timely...

Graham: US pressure on Putin ‘not working’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday urged President Trump to put more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting that the current U.S. strategy to deter attacks on Ukraine is “not working.” “Clearly the pressure we’re applying to Putin to come to the peace table and stop massive attacks against Ukraine is not working,” Graham...

Plastic surgeons organization recommends delaying gender-affirming surgery until 19; Trump admin applauds position

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) on Tuesday published a position statement recommending that surgeons delay "gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery" until a patient is 19 years old, drawing praise from the Trump administration for "protecting children from harmful sex-rejecting procedures." The ASPS, which represents more than 11,000 physicians globally, released its position...

DeSantis criticizes Pirro’s remarks on individuals bringing guns into DC

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed back Tuesday morning on comments from U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro threatening jail time for people who carry firearms in the nation’s capital.  “Second Amendment rights are not extinguished just because an American visits DC,” DeSantis wrote on social platform X. “American gun owners who...

Bill Gates needs to answer for Epstein allegations, ex-wife says

Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said Tuesday that he needs to answer for the allegations made against him in a newly released batch of documents related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. “Whatever questions remain there of what I don’t — can't even begin to know all of it,...

Renee Good’s brother in congressional testimony: ‘What a beautiful American we have lost’

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday listened to the testimonies of U.S. citizens who said they were assaulted, injured or shot by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, starting with the brothers of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer last month. "The most important thing is to understand...

Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown

President Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to end a partial government shutdown after the funding legislation was held up by lawmakers who have been agitated over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement efforts. The bill funds DHS for the next 10 days, with a new deadline set for that agency’s funding to...

House Democrat: DHS is ‘greatest threat to the homeland right now’

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the “greatest threat” to the homeland right now as Democrats fight to reform the agency and restrict the Trump administration's most controversial immigration enforcement practices. “Let me be very blunt, I'm gonna just say it: The greatest threat to the homeland...

Springsteen ICE protest ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ highest-selling song in US last week

Bruce Springsteen's protest song ripping what he calls the "state terror" tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is topping the music sales charts in the United States. "Streets of Minneapolis" was last week's highest-selling song in the United States, Billboard reported Monday. The tune took the top spot on Billboard's digital song sales chart...

Johnson says Democratic judicial warrant reform proposal ‘unworkable’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned against Democrats’ proposed reforms to immigration enforcement warrants, saying, “That is a road we cannot and should not go down.” Democrats in both chambers of Congress are pushing for tightened restrictions around immigration agents’ use of warrants in making arrests. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has listed warrant...

Elon Musk’s X offices raided in Paris

The French offices of Elon Musk’s X were raided Tuesday amid an investigation into the social platform, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor’s office said in a post on X that its cybercrime unit had executed a search warrant at the company’s offices as part of a probe launched last January. It also...

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