Lion Staff Report

Our reporting covers a wide range of issues facing American families and culture, especially related to the education of children and youth.

Government
Watch: DeSantis shows Florida’s budget smaller, more effective than New York’s

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a state budget Wednesday that is less than New York City’s and less than half the size of New York state’s.  Despite Florida having about… Read More

December 12, 2025
Government
Watch: Senator says $79 billion in COVID-19 fraud included loan applicants who used doll-face photos for ID

Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican who has spent much of her Washington career fighting government waste, called out fraud examples Wednesday, including people who used pictures of dolls on… Read More

December 12, 2025
Government
Watch: Sen. Schmitt defends blowing up drug boats, no sympathy for ‘narco-terrorists’

When a reporter asked why the U.S. was blowing up “fishing boats” instead of seizing them “without killing anyone,” like when it seized an oil tanker this week, Sen. Eric… Read More

December 11, 2025
Government
Watch: Trump questions Fed appointments by autopen on eve of interest rate cut 

Before the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said at least two of the four board members appointed under Joe Biden may have had their appointments… Read More

December 11, 2025
Government
US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela

The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, a marked escalation in the conflict brewing between the two countries. Read More

December 10, 2025