Biden administration
Biden’s press secretary ducks questions on White House cocaine(The Center Square) – White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre largely referred questions Wednesday about cocaine found in the White House over the weekend to the U.S. Secret Service, which… Read More
DEI
Air Force embraces DEI as recruitment falters(The Center Square) – The U.S. Air Force has become increasingly focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, and critics say it is hurting recruitment.Chief of Staff of the Air… Read More
Congress
Lawmakers: FDA delaying investigation, accountability over baby formula shortage(The Center Square) – U.S. House oversight lawmakers reviewing the FDA’s role in the baby formula shortage say the federal agency is dodging oversight and delaying providing answers. Subcommittee on… Read More
Biden administration
Injunction preventing Biden censorship collusion with Big Tech is ‘first brick in a wall between tech and state’: Missouri AGMissouri and its co-plaintiffs suing the Biden administration are “erecting a wall of separation between tech and state to protect Americans’ rights to free speech on Big Tech social media… Read More
Social Media
Social media protection bill for minors, their parents, sits idle in Senate(The Center Square) – Social media age verification legislation introduced more than two months ago remains in a U.S. Senate committee. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, on April 26 introduced Protecting… Read More
Culture
As ‘Pride Month’ ends, taxpayer spending on LGBT projects piles up(The Center Square) – As LGBT Pride Month ends, a close look at federal spending trends shows that the U.S. government is increasingly doling out billions of dollars for a… Read More
America
Confidence in U.S. government plummets(The Center Square) – The percentage of Americans who have confidence in the U.S. government has plummeted in recent years, a new poll shows. Gallup released the poll that found… Read More
Crime, St. Louis
Holiday weekend violence stuns St. Louis with half a dozen shootings, including murder-suicide killing woman, two childrenA woman and three of her children were shot by her boyfriend Monday night in a murder-suicide barrage in suburban St. Louis that left only a 9-year-old girl wounded and… Read More
Missouri
Missouri has one of the nation’s lowest beer taxes(The Center Square) – Missouri's 6-cent beer tax is among the lowest beer taxes in the country, according to a recent report. The Show Me State’s beer tax is the second-lowest… Read More
Faith, Sports
Fellowship of Christian Athletes camps are booming this summer as the ministry shares the truth of the GospelFellowship of Christian Athletes is expecting over 100,000 attendees for its camps this summer, smashing former records. In 2022, FCA recorded in its annual ministry report that attendance reached 83,421… Read More
Missouri
Second invasive snakehead ‘Frankenfish’ captured in Missouri watersMISSOURI – The invasive northern snakehead fish has been captured in Missouri waters once again. The toothy 13-inch fish, also called the “Frankenfish,” was snagged in a net by state… Read More
Free Speech, Missouri
Judge blocks Biden administration from colluding with Big Tech social media, in staggering injunction sought by Missouri, LouisianaA federal judge Tuesday blocked the Biden administration from content-related contact with social media firms, as part of Missouri’s lawsuit alleging the government colluded with the companies to impede and… Read More
Gender, Kansas
ACLU, teachers’ union tell schools to ignore Women’s Bill of Rights law(The Sentinel) — Just days before the “Women’s Bill of Rights” law goes into effect on July 1, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA)… Read More
AM radio
Attorneys general coalition asks EV manufacturers to continue installing AM radios(The Center Square) – Sixteen states attorneys have asked members of two manufacturers groups to continue to include AM radios in new electric vehicles. In a letter led by Florida… Read More
National Debt
National debt will be nearly twice as large as U.S. economy in 30 years(The Center Square) – The national debt will be nearly twice as large as the U.S. economy in 30 years, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects. That figure assumes no… Read More
Missouri, Sports
Missouri State University-West Plains adds baseball program, will host youth campsWEST PLAINS, Mo. – Missouri State University-West Plains will be adding baseball to its athletic program in fall 2024. The team has been approved to join the National Junior College… Read More
Biden administration
Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan cancellation(The Center Square) – Cancelling hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt cannot be done by President Joe Biden and his administration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday. In… Read More
Free Speech, Opinion
Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling protecting a Christian web designer from government-imposed speech is crucial – but also alarmingOnce again the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a landmark First Amendment ruling, protecting a Christian web designer from being forced to create sites that violate her religious views. It’s… Read More
China
Lawmakers: U.S. helped China research weather balloons before balloon spying incident(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are raising the alarm that ongoing U.S. and Chinese research partnerships are developing technology that could be used against the U.S. Members of the Select Committee on… Read More
COVID-19, Schools
Inquiry into teachers unions’ influence over school COVID closures ramps up(The Center Square) – The U.S. House Committee tasked with reviewing the federal pandemic response is ramping up its investigation into what influence teachers unions had over federal rules that… Read More