Government
USDA says it’s freezing some Maine funding over transgender athlete battleMaine is facing further consequences for allowing male transgender-identifying athletes to compete in women’s sports. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week it has frozen some… Read More
Public Education
A DOGE-like program could help Louisiana parents decide where to send their children to schoolAs Louisiana continues its push to improve education through school choice, it has introduced a new accountability tool granting an inside look at schools and how education dollars are… Read More
Culture
Female fencer takes knee instead of fighting male opponentA female fencer recently took her safety into her own hands instead of competing against a male transgender-identifying athlete. Stephanie Turner was disqualified from a fencing tournament in… Read More
Free Speech
US bureau monitors freedom of speech case in the UK(The Heartlander) — A bureau of the U.S. State Department announced Sunday it is monitoring the case of a British woman on trial for engaging in civil conversation with… Read More
China
Small packages shipped from China face new taxes under Trump tariff plan(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump rolled out his controversial array of reciprocal tariffs on nations around the world, but a lesser reported element of his new… Read More
Economy
Israel ends all tariffs on American goods(The Heartlander) — At least one Middle Eastern country wants freer trade with the United States. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed a directive Tuesday removing all tariffs… Read More
Free Speech
Media apathy makes Schmitt’s hearing on government censorship all the more vitalThe legacy media seem to have ho-hummed their way past a landmark Senate hearing on Biden administration censorship – what Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt calls “one of the… Read More
Faith
Christians must speak out against ‘out of touch’ notion their voices aren’t welcome in public square, Hawley arguesAmerica was founded on biblical principles, but today’s Christians must speak up and stand up for them against a culture that tells them to sit down and shut up,… Read More
Public Education
It’s the law: Idaho public schools will now teach prenatal developmentPro-lifers notched another victory last week when Idaho passed a bill requiring public schools to teach students about the development of human life from conception to birth. Starting… Read More
Courts
NC Supreme Court allows lawsuit against school that vaccinated child against parent’s will, testing federal PREP ActThe North Carolina Supreme Court is allowing the mother of a minor child who received a COVID-19 vaccination against her and the child’s will to sue the school that… Read More
Government
Nevada bars transgender athletes from girls’ sports; Georgia could be nextTwo more states are taking action to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) announced Tuesday it… Read More
Government
Musk plans to leave government service but continue to wield cost-cutting axeElon Musk plans to leave government service shortly when the end date on his temporary status as a government employee is reached, the White House confirmed Wednesday. Politico… Read More
Government
EPA chief shuts down Biden ‘environmental justice’ museum costing taxpayers $315 per visitorThe Biden administration’s Washington, D.C., museum devoted to “environmental justice” and “climate change” has been visited by fewer than 2,000 people yet costs American taxpayers $315 per visitor to… Read More
Public Education
Texas teen dead after being stabbed at track meet by another studentAn honor student and football team captain is dead after being stabbed by another student at a track meet near Dallas. Austin Metcalf, 17, was stabbed in the… Read More
Public Education
‘Worst’ to first: Louisiana readies new ESAs for fallIf at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the case in Louisiana. After enduring what state Superintendent Cade Brumley called “the worst” school… Read More
Opinion
Kansas education board’s proposal is designed to keep hiding bad student outcomes(The Sentinel) – Which of the following provides a clear understanding of student achievement in Kansas: 33% of Kansas students are below grade level in math, or 33% of… Read More
Culture
Climate buzzwords vanish from corporate earnings calls as Trump puts green energy ‘on its heels’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – America’s top corporations wasted no time in cutting green energy buzzwords out of their vocabularies during earnings calls, a shift experts say points to… Read More
Government
Trump admin withholds millions from Planned Parenthood over DEI, immigration policy violationsThe Trump administration is making good on another promise by issuing a temporary block on funding to Planned Parenthood and other Title X providers over possible civil rights and… Read More
Politics
Maine secretary of state who tried to keep Trump off the ballot running for governorA politician who attempted to remove President Donald Trump from the Maine 2024 Republican primary ballot wants to be governor of the blue state. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows… Read More
Government
Cruz, Banks seek to give school choice to military families in new bill(The Daily Signal) – Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act on April 1, a bill aimed at giving … Read More