Cornyn Sides With Talarico on Border Barrier

Senator John Cornyn has come out in opposition to border security efforts within Big Bend National Park, a position similarly held by Democrat State Representative James Talarico, who is currently involved in a Senatorial campaign.

Pelosi Says She ‘Didn’t Know’ About Biden’s Mental Decline, Says Those Who Did ‘Should Have Acted’

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview published Wednesday that she was unaware of the extent of President Biden's cognitive decline before he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, insisting that responsibility instead falls on those closer to him who allegedly did know.

Spotify to Start Labeling AI-Generated Musical Artists Next Month

Spotify announced Tuesday that it will begin flagging artist profiles built around artificial intelligence-generated identities starting in mid-September, a move aimed at giving listeners clearer information about who — or what — is actually behind the music they stream.

Israel Draws a Line in the Sand: No Lebanon Withdrawal Until Hezbollah Disarms

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Thursday that Israeli forces have no plans to withdraw from a security zone inside southern Lebanon, directly rebuffing recent criticism from Washington and tying any pullback to the complete disarmament of Hezbollah.

Carrier USS George Washington Steaming Toward Middle East

The Navy is sending the aircraft carrier USS George Washington toward the Arabian Sea to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose crew has endured one of the longest and most grueling carrier deployments in recent memory amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.

California’s Sanctuary Policies Face Scrutiny After Jail Release Turns Deadly

A Venezuelan national who was released from a Northern California jail just one day before allegedly stabbing a 68-year-old retiree to death is reigniting criticism of the state's sanctuary policies, after federal officials confirmed the suspect had an active immigration detainer at the time of his release.

Vance Calls for Criminal Probe Into Gender-Care Billing

Vice President JD Vance has referred doctors and medical entities to the Department of Justice following a major report that exposed practices allowing providers to benefit from gender-affirming care.

Trump Admin Purges DEI from Foreign Service

The State Department has put an end to the radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda within the Foreign Service.

Financial Firms Clear the Air on Firearm Banking

Financial entities have declared that they did not discriminate against firearm companies in letters to Republican West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey.

A Christian School Just Called Tennessee’s Bluff on Religious Discrimination

A federal judge in Knoxville handed down a ruling in May that state officials would rather ignore. Wilberforce Academy, a Christian nonprofit seeking to open a public charter school in Knox County, does not have to file a doomed application before it can sue over a law that bars it from even trying. U.S. District Judge Charles E. Atchley Jr. found that Wilberforce faced an "allegedly unconstitutional barrier" to applying in the first place, which means the school does not have to waste time on paperwork the state has already signaled it will reject.

South Carolina’s Parental Rights Act Passed 116 to 1—Why Is the Senate Sitting on It?

In February, the South Carolina House passed a sweeping parental rights bill by a vote of 116 to 1, with the lone no vote coming from a Republican who thought it did not go far enough. Six months later, the bill remains parked in the Senate Education Committee, and the families it is meant to protect are still waiting on a body that has not even scheduled a floor vote.

Europe Just Showed America What ‘Online Safety’ Really Means

In March, Finland's Supreme Court convicted a sitting member of parliament of a hate crime over a church pamphlet she co-wrote in 2004, more than two decades before the verdict came down. In December, European regulators fined Elon Musk's X platform 120 million euros, roughly 140 million dollars, under the Digital Services Act. Together, the two rulings preview where America's own trust and safety regulatory impulse leads if conservatives let it go unchallenged.

God Rested on the Seventh Day—Germany Can No Longer Afford To and Why this Matters for the U.S.

The oldest labor law in human history is not a labor law at all. It is a creation account. Genesis says God worked six days and rested the seventh, and Exodus 20 turns that rest into a commandment binding on every household, servant, and animal under it. Rest was not a productivity concession. It was built into the order of things before the first economy ever existed. Germany is now debating whether it can still afford to keep that commandment on the books, and losing.
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Trump Admin Pulls Medicaid Dollars from Gender Procedures

The Trump administration released a final rule prohibiting the use of federal Medicaid dollars for so-called gender-affirming care for minors.

Iran to Join BRICS Bank

Iran is expected to soon join the New Development Bank, the lender established by the BRICS nations.

Cybercriminals Face New Trump Crackdown

President Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that empowers federal law enforcement to use cyber tools against criminal organizations operating overseas.

DFW Airport to Install Islamic Foot Wash Stations

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is planning to install Islamic foot wash stations inside bathrooms, according to a project detail from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

CNN: Former SPLC Executive Heidi Beirich Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges

Heidi Beirich, a former senior executive at the Southern Poverty Law Center, was arrested in California on Tuesday and charged with federal fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from her time overseeing the organization's intelligence-gathering operations, according to the Department of Justice and a CNN report that first disclosed the arrest.

WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham Finds Ally in Hollywood Amidst Women’s Sports Debate

Actor Hugh Laurie waded into the ongoing national debate over transgender athletes in women's sports this week, publicly voicing agreement with WNBA guard Sophie Cunningham, who has drawn national attention for arguing that men should not compete in women's athletic categories.

Fighter Jets Scramble to Intercept Civilian Aircraft Near Trump’s Ohio Event

Two F-16 fighter jets scrambled Tuesday evening to intercept a civilian aircraft that had strayed into restricted airspace over northeast Ohio while President Donald Trump was on the ground attending a youth sporting event, according to defense and aviation officials.

ICE Plans Up to $20 Million Purchase of Electric-Shock Gloves

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to acquire thousands of specialized gloves capable of delivering an electrical stimulus during close-contact encounters. The proposed purchase, valued between $10 million and $20 million, would give ICE officers another less-lethal option for dealing with individuals who physically resist, while manufacturer guidelines place specific restrictions on when the technology should be used.

FDA Says Lettuce Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak Is Off Market

Federal food-safety officials say iceberg lettuce linked through epidemiological and traceback evidence to a major Cyclospora outbreak has been removed from the U.S. market.

California’s Classroom Collapse Signals a Bigger Family Crisis

California’s shrinking classrooms are becoming evidence of a much larger demographic problem. New state data show public school enrollment has fallen again, while projections indicate hundreds of thousands more students could disappear from the system over the next decade as births decline and residents continue moving elsewhere.