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Alabama Congressman Announces Bid for Elevation to Senate

Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., announced his bid Tuesday to become the GOP nominee to fill the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville,... Read...

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DC Federalization Fallout: Democrats Spar With Trump

When President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would be federalizing the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and sending in the...

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Heritage Founder Feulner Recalled as ‘a Man of Intellect, Conviction, Immense Public Influence’

Heritage Founder Feulner Recalled as ‘a Man of Intellect, Conviction, Immense Public Influence’

Heritage Foundation founder and former President Ed Feulner was remembered Monday at a memorial service for his commitment to moral seriousness....

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Vatican Grapples With New Accusation on Finances

Vatican Grapples With New Accusation on Finances

The Vatican is facing yet another potential financial scandal this week with allegations surfacing that its payroll agency was able to change the...

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Sanders Slams Harris Over Failed Campaign

Sanders Slams Harris Over Failed Campaign

In a CNN interview that aired on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris for what he said was her...

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Who Holds Political Keys to the Keystone State?

Who Holds Political Keys to the Keystone State?

The 2026 election year is set to be a big one for Pennsylvania with significant races at the gubernatorial and congressional level, and two years......

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Nuclear Reactor on the Moon? NASA Chief Says It’s Needed to Power Lunar Base

Nuclear Reactor on the Moon? NASA Chief Says It’s Needed to Power Lunar Base

The Trump administration is prioritizing getting a nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the decade in a bid to beat Russia and... Read More The...

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After Gang Attack on Ex-DOGE Staffer, Trump and Musk See Need to ‘Federalize’ DC

After Gang Attack on Ex-DOGE Staffer, Trump and Musk See Need to ‘Federalize’ DC

President Donald Trump is threatening to take back federal control over the District of Columbia after a member of the president’s Department of...

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Musk Wins California Free Speech Court Ruling on Digitally Altered Videos

Musk Wins California Free Speech Court Ruling on Digitally Altered Videos

Tech mogul Elon Musk notched an important victory for free speech this week after a federal judge on Tuesday invalidated a California law that...

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Hoosier Representative? Indiana GOP Wants It to Be Another Republican Via Redistricting

Hoosier Representative? Indiana GOP Wants It to Be Another Republican Via Redistricting

Indiana Republicans are looking to alter the boundaries of the Hoosier State’s congressional districts to help Republicans in the 2026 midterms, and...

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Exclusive: Iowa Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Give Green Cards to Afghan War Allies

Exclusive: Iowa Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Give Green Cards to Afghan War Allies

A bipartisan coalition of members of Congress are seeking to provide green cards to Afghans who assisted the United States in the war in...

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Pope Encourages the Faithful to Aspire to Greatness

Pope Encourages the Faithful to Aspire to Greatness

Pope Leo XIV drew the attention of the world in a bold homily Sunday that sought to inspire and comfort the more than 1 million... Read More The post...

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Mace in the Race: South Carolina Lawmaker Seeking GOP Nod for Governor

Mace in the Race: South Carolina Lawmaker Seeking GOP Nod for Governor

Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday announced her candidacy in an already crowded field for the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina.  “I’m...

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Missouri Latest State to Weigh House District Gerrymandering Ahead of Midterms

Missouri Latest State to Weigh House District Gerrymandering Ahead of Midterms

Red and blue states alike are gerrymandering their congressional districts in bids to create a path to a House majority for their respective political...

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Trump Admin to Revoke Biden’s Veterans Affairs Abortion Rule

Trump Admin to Revoke Biden’s Veterans Affairs Abortion Rule

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is applauding the Trump administration‘s reversal of a Biden-era rule that permitted the Department of Veterans...

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St. John Henry Newman to Be Elevated by Pope to Doctor of the Church

St. John Henry Newman to Be Elevated by Pope to Doctor of the Church

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday confirmed that St. John Henry Newman will soon be recognized as a Doctor of the Church. The move is the... Read More The post...

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Nixon Foundation Honors Arkansas’ Sanders

Nixon Foundation Honors Arkansas’ Sanders

The leadership of the state of Arkansas is a model for the rest of the country. That’s what the Richard Nixon Foundation concluded this year... Read...

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Florida Lawmaker Pushes for House Vote on Stock Trading Ban for Members of Congress

Florida Lawmaker Pushes for House Vote on Stock Trading Ban for Members of Congress

A Florida Republican congresswoman is seeking to force members of the House of Representatives to go on record as to where they stand regarding...

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‘Blue Slip’ Brouhaha: Trump, Grassley Spar Over Judicial Nominee Confirmation Procedure

‘Blue Slip’ Brouhaha: Trump, Grassley Spar Over Judicial Nominee Confirmation Procedure

President Donald Trump is seeking to end the long-standing “blue slip” tradition of giving senators veto power over some judicial nominees from...

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Ex-Navy Pilot Congresswoman Could Face Ex-Marine Lt. Colonel Challenger in Virginia

Ex-Navy Pilot Congresswoman Could Face Ex-Marine Lt. Colonel Challenger in Virginia

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Mike Williamson on Tuesday announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in a bid to unseat a retired Navy...

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Rare Unanimity on Senate Panel Advances Housing Affordability Bill

Rare Unanimity on Senate Panel Advances Housing Affordability Bill

Can Congress make housing more affordable? That’s the question that a new, bipartisan bill seeks to answer. The legislation was passed unanimously...

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Senate Faces Dilemma With Slow Rate of Confirmations

Senate Faces Dilemma With Slow Rate of Confirmations

Republicans are contemplating new measures to increase the rate of confirmations for President Donald Trump’s nominees. Last week, the Senate...

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Georgia Rep. Mike Collins Announces Bid for Senate

Georgia Rep. Mike Collins Announces Bid for Senate

Republican Rep. Mike Collins launched his campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes Republican primary in Georgia with the...

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Catholics Are Becoming the New Mainline

Catholics Are Becoming the New Mainline

On my way back from Mass recently, I walked past Alex Padilla, the uber left-wing California senator, coming out of St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill.......

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Josh Hawley Finishes Interview After Protest Disruption

Josh Hawley Finishes Interview After Protest Disruption

In a dramatic moment, Axios reporter Stef Kight ushered Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., off stage on Wednesday after protests crashed his interview with her....

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Gov. Josh Shapiro Attacks Legislators Protecting Women’s Sports

Gov. Josh Shapiro Attacks Legislators Protecting Women’s Sports

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro criticized the proponents of a bill that would ban males from competing in women’s sports in public schools and...

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Lara Trump Opts Out of NC Senate Race, Clearing Way for RNC Chief

Lara Trump Opts Out of NC Senate Race, Clearing Way for RNC Chief

Presidential daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Thursday announced she had opted against running for an open Senate seat from her native North Carolina...

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‘Delaying at Every Turn’: Senate Republicans Rip Democrats’ ‘Obstructing’ of Trump Nominees

‘Delaying at Every Turn’: Senate Republicans Rip Democrats’ ‘Obstructing’ of Trump Nominees

Senate Republicans are sounding off on Democrats’ obstruction of the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s judicial and executive branch...

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Quashing Rumors, Vance Says Amnesty Deal Is Off the Table

Quashing Rumors, Vance Says Amnesty Deal Is Off the Table

“[W]e’re not going to do amnesty in this country,” Vice President JD Vance declared emphatically Wednesday. “We’re actually not going to...

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Lawmakers Applaud US Olympic Committee’s Ban on Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports

Lawmakers Applaud US Olympic Committee’s Ban on Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports

Members of Congress are hailing the decision by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee to update its policy to prohibit trans-identifying males from...

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6 Months Into Second Term, Trump Savors Legislative Wins

6 Months Into Second Term, Trump Savors Legislative Wins

Just over six months into his second four-year term, President Donald Trump has racked up an impressive list of legislative wins working with the...

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Hill Resolution Calls on President to ‘Prioritize Protection of Persecuted Christians’ in Foreign Policy

Hill Resolution Calls on President to ‘Prioritize Protection of Persecuted Christians’ in Foreign Policy

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va. are calling out attacks on Christians abroad and asking the Trump administration to prioritize...

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New Yorker to Succeed Green as Chairman of House Homeland Security Committee

New Yorker to Succeed Green as Chairman of House Homeland Security Committee

Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York was selected late Monday evening as the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee by the House...

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Attacks on ICE Officers Are Way Up, but Still Undercounted, Immigration Expert Says

Attacks on ICE Officers Are Way Up, but Still Undercounted, Immigration Expert Says

An immigration expert is sounding the alarm about the rise in violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.  There has been an...

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Scott Endorses School Choice Program

In a letter to the National Governors Association, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has called on the governors of every state to opt into the new... Read...

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TIEBREAKER IN CHIEF: Vance‘s Votes Prove Pivotal in Senate

Vice President JD Vance has emerged as an essential force in getting President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda across the finish line. To date,...

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Senator’s Hospitalization Casts Spotlight on Aging Congress

The sudden hospitalization this week of retiring Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., was a reminder of the stresses of politics on an aging Congress. Smith,...

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Congress Enshrines New Name for Wildlife Refuge to Honor Slain Texas Girl

The House of Representatives approved a bill this week enshrining the name of a wildlife preserve to memorialize a young Texas girl killed more...

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Newsom Muses on Gerrymandering of California Districts

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is contemplating scrapping the state’s independent redistricting commission even as his party struggles to...

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Justice Department Fires Daughter of Ex-FBI Chief Comey

The Department of Justice on Wednesday fired former FBI Director James Comey‘s daughter, Maurene Comey, from her job in the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

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Switzerland Copes With Jobless UN Bureaucrats Defunded by Trump

President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies are compelling the rest of the world to share the burden of dealing with displaced...

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‘Threat Multiplier’: Experts Warn of Downside of Artificial Intelligence

At a House panel’s hearing Wednesday, policy experts expressed a grim assessment of the growing criminal uses of artificial intelligence. Rep....

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David Hogg Backed Candidate Loses in Arizona

It wasn’t good news for the David Hogg-backed candidate Deja Foxx as the votes came in late last night in the race to be the... Read More The post...

16.07.2025 2

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‘Mob Violence’ and ‘Repression’: House Panel Hears About Persecution of Religion in Pakistan

Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission heard testimony Tuesday condemning the government of Pakistan over its treatment of Christians and...

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House Moves to Ban Digital Currency Tool With Potential for Authoritarian Abuse

The House of Representatives is set to vote Tuesday on a digital currency bill that its supporters say could prevent potential future abuse of...

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Florida Lawmaker Contrasts His State’s Growth to New York Exodus

A freshman congressman explains the Florida way as it relates to effectively stewarding taxpayer dollars to deal with quality-of-life issues in...

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Senate Republicans Pressed to Prioritize Trump Nominations

Senate Republican leadership is facing pressure to increase the pace of confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees now that the One Big, Beautiful...

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GOP’s Perry Faces Rematch in House Race in Pennsylvania

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., is facing a formidable return challenger in former TV news anchor Janelle Stelson for the 2026 midterm elections. Stelson, a...

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‘Big, Beautiful’ Law to Supercharge School Choice, Advocate Says

School choice advocates are celebrating the One Big, Beautiful Bill’s unprecedented creation of a federal school choice benefit that could empower...

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Iowa Senator Leads Charge to Bring Spending Transparency to Pentagon

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is leading the charge to bring renewed transparency to the Pentagon through the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act....

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