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.

Culture
Watch: Best actress winner Jessie Buckley praises motherhood in emotional Oscar speech 

Best actress winner Jessie Buckley exalted “the chaos of a mother’s heart” in her Oscar speech Sunday. Buckley, who won the Academy Award for portraying Agnes, Shakespeare’s wife, in the movie Hamnet,… Read More

March 16, 2026
Culture
Watch: ‘USA,’ ‘Trump’ chants erupt as president visits Miami arepa shop

A Miami gas station restaurant serving Venezuelan food broke into chants of “USA” and “Trump, Trump, Trump” during an impromptu visit by President Donald Trump on Monday. The president stopped… Read More

March 10, 2026
Politics
Watch: Trump’s 2nd-term approval among Republicans higher than Bush, Obama

President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is higher than George W. Bush’s or Barack Obama’s at the same point in their second terms. Republican approval of Trump stands at… Read More

March 5, 2026
Government
Watch: Wyoming ‘Truck around and find out’ operation arrests 32 illegal immigrant drivers

A three-day operation by the Laramie County, Wyoming, Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of 32 truck drivers in the country illegally. The late-February operation, dubbed “Truck around and find… Read More

March 3, 2026
World
Watch: Iranians in U.S., Iran celebrate attack on Islamic government

Iranians in New York and Los Angeles paraded in the streets Sunday to celebrate the reported elimination of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Celebrants danced and waved Iranian… Read More

March 2, 2026