April 19 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where the nation’s next conservative president will have the opportunity to undo the weaponization of health care policy. Our Tyler O’Neil reports. House Republicans advance legislation to secure the southern border, and Virginia Allen has that story as well as the highlights of a hearing on abandoned migrant children. On the podcast, get the lowdown on China’s “secret police” in New York City. Plus: the Senate is expected to vote on taxpayer-funded abortions for former service members; a House select panel defies China by probing how the pandemic began; and one state sides with parents amid the trans craze. 
 
 
 
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Biden Weaponized Health Care on Abortion, Transgenderism, COVID-19. Here’s How a Conservative President Can Reverse That.
By Tyler O'Neil

From the COVID-19 pandemic to abortion funding and transgender mandates, HHS has twisted federal law and the pursuit of public health to marginalize people of faith and promote leftist activism.
COMMENTARY
Memo to Bud Light Defenders: Choosing Woke Donors Over Americans Is Woefully Foolish
By Tony Kinnett

Bud Light defenders, take note: The moment we start selling our values to the highest bidder, especially on culture issues, we lose credibility entirely.
NEWS
Biden Administration Official Unable to Give Clear Answer on Whereabouts of 85,000 Migrant Children
By Virginia Allen

"The Biden Administration has faux compassion for these kids," tweets Rep. Andy Biggs.
ANALYSIS
What to Know About China’s ‘Illegal Overseas Police Station’ in NYC
By Samantha Aschieris

The Heritage Foundation’s Michael Cunningham discusses the significance of the FBI’s arrests, China’s dismissal of the allegations, and the leaked Pentagon documents relating to Taiwan.
NEWS
GOP Lawmakers Move Forward on Bill to Secure Border
By Virginia Allen

The legislation gives state attorneys general the right to sue the U.S. secretary of homeland security if he or she fails to adequately detain illegal aliens.
NEWS
Senate to Vote on Blocking ‘Illegal,’ ‘Wrong,’ Veterans Affairs Abortions, Tuberville Says
By Elizabeth Troutman

“Using our VA medical facilities to provide taxpayer-funded abortions is illegal and wrong,” says Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
NEWS
After China ‘Firmly Opposes’ This Hearing on COVID-19 Origins, Here Are 4 Takeaways
By Fred Lucas

The head of U.S. intelligence agencies under President Trump tells a panel that a leak from a laboratory is the only reasonable explanation for the rapid spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
COMMENTARY
Arkansas Enacts Given Name Act. Here’s What Parents of Schoolchildren There—and Elsewhere—Need to Know.
By Jonathan Butcher

The legislation says school officials cannot call a student by a name that does not match the name listed on the student’s birth certificate without a parent’s permission.
NEWS
ICYMI: California Church Faces $1.2M Fine for Defying COVID-19 Mandates, Says Not 1 Case Traces Back to Worship Services
By Tyler O'Neil

A California Superior Court judge orders a church to pay more than $1 million in fines for refusing to comply with COVID-19 mask mandates during the pandemic.
 
     
 
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