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January 24, 2025
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| 'A Great Honor': Trump Keeps Promise to Pardon 23 Pro-Life Advocates |
| by Ben Johnson |
| President Donald Trump has kept his campaign promise to pardon nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life advocates prosecuted by the Biden-Harris administration. |
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| 6 Major Changes Coming to Rubio's State Department |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| U.S. foreign policy under the second Trump administration will be "centered on one thing," Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a speech to his agency personnel on Tuesday, "and that is the advancement of our national interest," defined as "anything that makes us stronger or safer or more prosperous." After four years of disastrous mismanagement by the Biden administration, this is welcome news, but it cannot happen without major changes. |
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| Trump, Johnson Defend Tying Wildfire Aid to Calif. Reforms: 'They've Made Terrible Decisions' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| "I don't want to panic, but what do you take?" Tens of thousands of Californians have asked themselves the same question as wildfires continue to eat their way through miles of brush and countryside in Hughes - the latest domino to fall in an already ravaged Los Angeles County. As ash rained down and the winds howled, residents tried to decide what to do. Another 2,700 miles away in Washington, D.C., leaders wondered the same thing. |
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| Outstanding - Ep. 170: Biden's Buzzer Beater Pardons |
| Podcast with Joseph Backholm, Chris Gacek and Jared Bridges |
| Pardon me, Joe Biden pardoned who? Family Research Council's Chris Gacek and The Washington Stand's Jared Bridges join host Joseph Backholm to take a deep dive into Biden's last-minute pardons for figures like Dr. Fauci, General Milley, and many family members. The three explore the motivations behind these pardons, whether they imply guilt and the broader issue of the weaponization of justice. |
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| Trump Team Moves Quickly to Address Immigration Crisis |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump has been in office less than a week and is already making good on his promise to secure the nation's borders. Here's how Trump is tackling America's immigration crisis. |
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| Trump Pressures Putin to End Ukraine War with Tougher Sanctions, Tariffs |
| by Dan Hart |
| President Donald Trump exerted public pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine Wednesday, writing on Truth Social that if Putin cannot make a peace deal he will impose "high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions" on Russian imports to the U.S. Experts say Trump's strategy could prove successful in light of Russia's weakened economy due to past economic sanctions and its massive military spending. |
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| How GOP State Platforms Honor the Role of Faith in American Public Life |
| by Chuck Donovan |
| Over the past couple of months, this column has carefully reviewed state Republican platforms for their contents on the key issues of the sanctity of human life, the definition of marriage, and education choice. The impetus for this analysis was the sharp shift last July from a national GOP platform that had featured detailed commitments on social policies to the truncated 2024 national platform that was framed in terms of 20 major concepts with few details. What follows is the final analysis in this series, as we take a look at the contents of the state platforms on matters of faith - an area where the 2024 election featured crude accusations from leading liberals that Republicans favor some form of theocracy or Christian nationalism. |
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| Laken Riley Act Clears Congress, ICE Already Rounding up Violent Illegal Immigrants |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) on Wednesday afternoon for the second time this year, agreeing to Senate amendments. On the final tally, 46 Democrats joined Republicans in passing the bill (263-156), similar to the earlier vote. The bill, which would enhance the operations of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now goes to President Donald Trump - the first bill of his second term - who has indicated he will sign it. |
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| Despite Dem Roadblocks, Republicans Continue Fighting for Babies Who Survive Failed Abortions |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| On Wednesday, Senate Democrats unanimously blocked a bill designed to protect babies that survive abortions. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is meant to penalize health care practitioners who fail to provide medical care for babies who survive failed abortion attempts. In other words, doctors would be required to treat babies born alive after unsuccessful abortions with the same care as any other newborn. The bill needed 60 votes to pass, but it failed with a final tally of 52-47. This bill, however, was not only barred by Democrats, but it has also been heavily criticized by them since Wednesday's vote. |
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| Hawley on the Pro-Lifers behind Bars: 'The Abuse of the Law ... Has Just Got to Stop' |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Under the Biden-Harris administration, 23 pro-life Americans were convicted for peacefully protesting against abortion under the Federal Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The pleas for their pardons have been strong and consistent. But now that President Donald Trump is back in the White House, the call for the pro-lifers' release has finally been heard. |
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