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March 5, 2025
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| Trump Tells American Children: 'You Are Perfect Exactly the Way God Made You' |
| by Ben Johnson |
| During a speech to Congress celebrating a growing list of accomplishments during his whirlwind 43-day administration, President Donald Trump spoke out forcefully against the "big lie" of transgender ideology, which he called a "form of child abuse" victimizing impressionable minors. |
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| Johnson Stares Down another Shutdown: 'How Many Times Can the Speaker Pull a Rabbit out of a Hat?' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| Relief isn't a feeling that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) experiences all that often. Those rare moments when he can step back and savor a win are fleeting, replaced by the next big thing he'll need almost near-unanimity to pass. Hours after last week's miracle - passing a budget resolution that most considered impossible - the young speaker was back in the congressional pressure cooker, dealing with the latest emergency at his door: a government shutdown. |
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| Trump Tariffs Will Inflate Cost of Consumer Goods, Say Experts |
| by Dan Hart |
| President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration will implement 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada starting Tuesday, in an effort to force the two countries to take a stronger stance in fighting narcotics trafficking and illegal immigration. Economic experts say that the tariffs will have devastating consequences for American consumers, including raising the price of goods, slowing the growth of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), negatively impacting job growth, and causing stock market losses. |
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| Israel Still Faces Existential Iranian Threats |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| "You cannot see anything happening in the Middle East without Iran's fingerprints on it almost," exclaimed Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, who recently received "briefings by various governmental officials" who are "uncovering more advanced weaponry that's coming into Judea and Samaria from Iran." |
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| Gender Transition Surgery Associated with Heightened Mental Health Issues: Study |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Americans who struggle with gender identity are "at significantly higher risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorders" if they undergo gender transition surgery, according to a study published in the Oxford Academic Journal of Sexual Medicine on February 25. Yet the study, conducted by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Medical Branch, and the University of Texas Health Houston, failed to draw the most straightforward conclusion due to ideological blinders. |
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| Federal Court Rules 'Parental Rights Are Not Unlimited,' Schools Can Hide Children's Gender Transitions |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| The U.S. appellate court system has largely avoided debating the contentious issue of parental rights as it relates to children's gender transition efforts in schools - until now. |
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| Study Finds Gen Z Has More Traditional Views of Marriage amid Declining Marriage, Birth Rates |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| A recent study found that members of Generation Z are more traditionalist and conservative when it comes to marriage - more so than their Millennial parents. According to The Times Generation Z study, "only a fifth of 18 to 27-year-olds believed that marriage was 'irrelevant,' while a third thought it better for a couple to be married before having children." |
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| Chained and Starving: Mother of Hamas Hostage Pleads for Son's Freedom |
| by Samantha Kamman |
| Since Hamas kidnapped her son over 500 days ago, Idit Ohel has been unable to think about anything else aside from seeing him brought home. The mother of an Israeli hostage being starved in chains inside a Hamas tunnel with shrapnel injuries blinding his left eye is tirelessly fighting for her son's freedom amid reports from hostages recently released by the terror group that he is still alive. |
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