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Culture
‘These positions are insane’: Sen. Hawley blasts Biden judicial nominee on First Amendment

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri called out a Biden administration judicial nominee about a 2017 article that criticized “bathroom bills.” Hawley questioned Noel Wise… Read More

July 10, 2024
Public Education
Congress probes federal funds for antisemitic indoctrination, terrorism

(The Center Square) – Congress’ probe into rising antisemitism on college campuses includes letters to the leaders of 10 prominent universities, with signatures led by a North Carolina congresswoman and… Read More

June 5, 2024
Culture
7 highlights as Fauci testifies under oath on COVID-19

(The Daily Signal) – Dr. Anthony Fauci testified Monday before the House panel investigating the origins of COVID-19, defending pandemic-era restrictions and again sharply denying financial support for gain-of-function research with… Read More

June 4, 2024
Culture
Sen. John Fetterman to receive top honor from Jewish university after supporting Israel

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, received the highest honor for global leadership from the leading Jewish university in the United States. Last week, Yeshiva University announced it would award the lawmaker the Presidential… Read More

May 31, 2024
Public Education
‘Do as I say, not as I do’: What do public school teachers know that parents don’t? 

On their face, public school teachers and members of Congress don’t have much in common. But they share at least one surprising characteristic.  Both send their children to private schools… Read More

May 24, 2024
Culture
Pentagon says it can’t calculate diversity training costs because Congress defunded DEI offices

(The Daily Signal) – The Pentagon told Congress it could not provide a required accounting of diversity training to Congress because it didn’t have enough people working in diversity, equity,… Read More

May 3, 2024
Culture
Report: China is fueling US fentanyl crisis and U.S. isn’t stopping it

(The Center Square) – The People’s Republic of China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party “is the ultimate geographic source of the fentanyl crisis in the U.S.,” a… Read More

April 22, 2024
Culture
House Democrats vow to codify ‘rights’ to trans surgeries, hormones, puberty blockers

(The Daily Signal) – House Democrats released an agenda Thursday that includes a vow to codify a right to so-called gender-affirming care—transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers. The promise came… Read More

April 19, 2024
Culture
‘Insult to Americans’: Senate majority ‘nuked’ Constitution’s impeachment process in holding no trial for Mayorkas, Schmitt argues

Democrats “diminished the institution of the Senate today and set ablaze the Constitution,” Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt said in a statement Wednesday after the chamber’s majority summarily dismissed impeachment charges… Read More

April 18, 2024
Opinion
Missouri, Kansas lawsuits remind Biden that student loans remain Congress’ prerogative

(The Daily Signal) – In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Missouri invites the federal courts to recognize that President Joe Biden’s preoccupation with canceling student loans is part of a pattern. Read More

April 12, 2024
Public Education
Lawmakers blast Bidenbucks in letter to Education Department leader

(The Center Square) – Using Federal Work-Study funds to support the campaign of President Joe Biden is called Bidenbucks and unfair by four members of Congress from North Carolina, Wisconsin,… Read More

March 14, 2024
Government
TikTok spying on Americans while trying to ‘buy Congress’ to prevent national ban, Hawley alleges

TikTok is little more than a “spy app” for the Chinese Communist Party and should be banned to protect Americans’ most intimate information, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Hawley has… Read More

March 13, 2024
Government
Conservative leaders call on Jordan, Johnson to repeal ‘weaponized’ FACE Act

(The Daily Signal) – Conservative leaders are calling on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to pass the FACE Act Repeal… Read More

February 7, 2024
Culture
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley drags apology out of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for company’s harm to teens, would like to drag him into court

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley took Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a Capitol-sized woodshed Wednesday for the harm his social media sites reportedly cause to teenagers, challenging the Facebook founder in… Read More

February 1, 2024
Public Education
House passes bill to restore whole milk to school lunches after Michelle Obama-inspired law banned it

The U.S. House has passed a bill that would give students the choice to select whole milk with their school lunch after it was banned thanks in part to a… Read More

December 15, 2023
Government
Plan to research smartphones in the classroom clears Senate education committee

(The Center Square) – U.S. Senator Mitt Romney, R-Utah, offered two amendments to help better understand the impact smartphones have in the classroom to the Advancing Research in Education Act… Read More

December 14, 2023
Culture
The National Association of Scholars urges Harvard to oust Claudine Gay

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) is calling for the removal of Harvard President Claudine Gay following her congressional testimony in which she failed to directly condemn antisemitic speech at… Read More

December 14, 2023
Public Education
Penn president under fire after alum withdraws $100 million donation over antisemitism

The president of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is under fire after a prominent alumnus decided to withdraw a $100 million donation to the school. The loss is directly related… Read More

December 8, 2023
Culture
‘Your opening monologue makes you a misogynist,’ says Riley Gaines to Dem lawmaker accusing others of transphobia in hearing

(The Center Square) – At a Congressional hearing Tuesday, critics of the growth of transgender athletes in women’s sports raised questions of fairness, safety, and privacy for female athletes in… Read More

December 6, 2023
Homeschools
Congressional Award Gold Medal winner: ‘Homeschool fit my specific needs’

One of the latest recipients of the Congressional Award Gold Medal credits her success to homeschooling. “I absolutely wouldn’t be where I am today without homeschool,” Addison Mouser, of Dallas,… Read More

December 5, 2023