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March 13, 2025
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| 'To Remain Silent Is to Die Twice': House Panel Urges Trump to Pressure Nigeria to Confront Christian Persecution |
| by Dan Hart |
| As Nigeria continues to experience unparalleled levels of murder, kidnappings, and rape at the hands of radical Islamist terrorists targeting Christians and other religious minorities, a House subcommittee hearing held Wednesday concluded that the most populous country in Africa must be redesignated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) by the U.S. Department of State in order to pressure the Nigerian government to take more forceful action to quell the violence. |
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![As Russia Weighs Next Steps, Experts Wonder, 'Should We [Even] Trust Putin'?](https://www.frc.org/img/domain/frc/item/NA25C42_NORMAL.jpg) |
| As Russia Weighs Next Steps, Experts Wonder, 'Should We [Even] Trust Putin'? |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| Headlines lit up about a possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine Tuesday - only to be interrupted by a massive air strike on Kyiv and Kharkiv. As more bombs rained down on Volodymyr Zelensky's country, negotiators could only shake their heads. It was just the latest illustration of the problem facing any peace talks, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted quite candidly: "We don't know how far apart they truly are." |
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| N.E. Syria Integration Deal Looks Positive - for Now |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Syria's new government signed an agreement on Monday with the autonomous government in northeast Syria, in a deal that may finally unite the country after nearly 15 years of civil war. The deal would establish cooperation between the new government in Damascus, led by figures from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). SDF leader Mazloum Abdi called it a "real opportunity to build a new Syria." |
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| Trump Cuts Off Student Loan Forgiveness to LGBTQ Activists, Open Borders Groups, and Terrorists |
| by Ben Johnson |
| As part of his ongoing efforts to root out federal programs that underwrite left-wing programs at taxpayer expense, President Donald Trump has curbed a program that forgives student loans for those who work for groups that promote illegal immigration, terrorism, anti-American policies, or facilitate "child mutilation" through transgender surgeries. |
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| Senators Urge Investigation of Planned Parenthood for Pandemic-Era Fraud |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| A pair of Republican senators are asking the Trump administration to investigate Planned Parenthood for potential financial fraud stemming from the COVID era, as Congress moves to allow continued prosecutions for COVID-related fraud. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) recently sent a letter to Kelly Loeffler, head of the Small Business Administration (SBA), asking her to look into Planned Parenthood's "unlawful" collection of over $100 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and to provide Congress with related documents which the Biden administration previously withheld. |
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| Dispute over Proper Title for Trans-Identifying Congressman Ends Hearing Early |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| A congressional subcommittee hearing ended early on Tuesday after Ranking Member Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.) raised his voice at Rep Keith Self (R-Texas) for correctly introducing trans-identifying Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) as a man. This marks the second controversy in as many months over Republicans referring to McBride as "Mister." |
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| Trump Administration Cracks Down on Campus Anti-Semitism |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| President Donald Trump sent a clear message to public universities on Monday: Stamp out anti-Semitic behavior on campus or kiss federal funding goodbye. As a result, at least 60 universities now find themselves in the hot waters of federal investigation for "antisemitic discrimination and harassment." |
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| A Broken Brand: Poll Suggests Democrats Lack Trust from Their Own Base |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| The research speaks loud and clear: with a lack of unity and disjointed priorities, the Democratic Party's trustworthiness is reeling. Internal polling conducted by Navigator Research, a Democratic organization, found that a majority of their voters in battleground states believe their party is in peril. As pollster Molly Murphy put it, "The Democratic brand is still not where it needs to be in terms of core trust and understanding people's challenges." And the numbers speak for themselves. |
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| Maine Schools Stripped of Federal Funding as 'War on Women's Sports' Rages On |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump has halted federal funding for schools in Maine after the state's governor refused to comply with an executive order barring biological boys from competing in girls' sports. On Monday, University of Maine System (UMS) officials were informed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had paused all funding to UMS while conducting a review of the school system's Title VI and Title IX compliance. According to Maine Public, UMS received at least $30 million in funding from USDA last year alone. |
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| Silencing Counselors, Harming Kids: Experts Discuss SCOTUS Cases over Transing Minors |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Gender ideology, specifically that of transgenderism and its impact on minors, has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court - again. |
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| The Truth of America's Founding: We Are a Christian Nation |
| by Zachary Gohl |
| In recent decades, a myth has been propagated that America wasn't founded as a Christian nation. Countless articles have been published by websites like The History News Network, Americans United, and CNN attesting to this claim. Nevertheless, Americans don't agree with that opinion. According to a Pew Research Poll conducted in 2022, 60% of participants believed the "founders of America originally intended for the U.S. to be a Christian nation." |
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| Should 'Hate Speech' Be a Crime? The Limits of Government and the Role of Community |
| by Katelyn Rafferty |
| As Americans, the right to free speech is ingrained in us from an early age. It is deeply rooted in our culture and beliefs about who we are as Americans and the broader western culture. Stories of police knocking at the door over something you said belong in a dystopian novel, not the morning newspaper. But in the country of Germany, free speech is under attack in the name of protecting people from unkind or rude words. |
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