Kansas City
Olathe school district laments infamy of banning Charlie Kirk-style ‘FREEDOM’ shirts, but doesn’t explain decisionOlathe Public Schools has sent an email to staff and parents decrying the national attention it’s received for prohibiting staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style “FREEDOM” shirts. But as the… Read More
Education
Harvard’s latest visiting prof moonlights as drag queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Harvard University has recently hired a visiting professor in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality department whose alter ego is a drag queen who goes by the… Read More
Federal government
Trimming the fat: Trump touts shuttering government agencies amidst shutdown(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has condemned the shutdown and laid the blame squarely at the feet of the “Radical Left Democrats”— in the meantime, he appears to… Read More
Federal government
‘I don’t have anything to negotiate:’ House speaker holds firm on GOP shutdown strategy(The Center Square) – As the government shutdown enters its second day, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended Republican leaders’ refusal to concede to Democrats’ health care policy demands… Read More
Missouri Legislature
Op-Ed: Husband of Rep. Cecelie Williams rejects apology from Democrat colleague who sent her ‘vile text messages’DITTMER, Missouri – As the husband of State Rep. Cecelie Williams R-District 111, I want to speak out against the vile and degrading text messages sent to my wife… Read More
Faith
‘The Chosen’ sets Guinness World Record as most-translated streaming series(The Heartlander) — The world record for the most-translated streaming series doesn’t belong to Netflix, Disney Plus or any other Hollywood behemoth – instead, the title goes to a faith-based… Read More
Free Speech
NYU Law School cancels free speech event on October 7 with Jewish speaker(The Center Square) – New York University School of Law cancelled a Federalist Society event scheduled for Oct. 7 that concerned free speech and featured a conservative Jewish speaker,… Read More
Parenting
Survey shows broad support for Trump’s $1,000 baby savings accounts(The Center Square) – Nearly two-thirds of Americans support President Donald Trump’s new baby savings accounts, known as “Trump accounts,” a recent survey from BlackRock shows. The… Read More
Josh Hawley
Democrats shut down government over hatred of Trump – after Biden tormented conservatives for years, Hawley saysDemocrats are denying funds and needed services to Americans, notably veterans and active-duty military members, because they hate President Trump. That’s the considered opinion of Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who… Read More
Missouri
Op-Ed: Setting the record straight on ballot languageA recent column in the Kansas City Star suggested my office is taking a “second bite at the apple” in drafting ballot language for a constitutional amendment. That is… Read More
Charlie Kirk
One Missouri council honors Charlie Kirk, another passes so as not to offendThe Republican-led St. Charles County Council sent a clear message Monday, unanimously passing a resolution condemning political violence and honoring the life and legacy of the late Charlie Kirk. The… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Illegal immigrant superintendent nabbed by ICE helped pass policy allowing criminals to be hired in schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The illegal immigrant with a criminal record caught running Iowa’s largest school district championed and helped pass a policy that makes it easier for criminals to… Read More
Charlie Kirk
Arizona congressman proposes coin to honor Charlie Kirk(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, has introduced a bill creating a commemorative coin honoring Charlie Kirk. A native of Illinois, Kirk had a home in Arizona,… Read More
Military
Hegseth, Trump shift focus of military from ‘woke department’ to War Department(The Center Square) – In an unprecedented and historic gathering of the military’s top leaders at Virginia’s Quantico Marine Base, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump touted the… Read More
Kansas City
Olathe school prohibits staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style ‘FREEDOM’ shirtsA Kansas City-area elementary school has forbidden staff from wearing Charlie Kirk-style “FREEDOM” shirts. In an email exchange with a concerned citizen that has since been posted on the… Read More
Politics
Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayor’s race(The Daily Signal) – Mayor Eric Adams has dropped out of the race for New York City mayor, warning that the election of socialist Zohran Mamdani would sow “chaos.” Adams announced… Read More
Federal government
Soros-backed leftist group pushing Democrats toward government shutdown(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A left-wing activist group that received millions of dollars from the Soros family’s organization is spearheading a pressure campaign to push Democratic senators to vote… Read More
Congress
Lawmakers dump Tylenol stock before autism controversyEditor’s Note This investigative story is the first of an occasional series by The Center Square digging into House and Senate disclosures and finances. (The Center Square) — Before President… Read More
Gender Identity
Backlash from Catholic community after college tells employees to add preferred pronouns to email signatures(The Heartlander) — A Wisconsin Catholic university has instructed its faculty and staff to include their preferred pronouns in email signatures as part of its new branding and professionalism guidelines.Viterbo… Read More
Opinion
Democrats’ rabid attacks on immigration enforcement a sign of America at warThe uniforms are pinstripes, not camouflage, the battlefields being courtrooms not hillsides. But there’s a war on for control of this country. …It also happens to be the first war… Read More