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April 3, 2025
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| The Senate Filibuster and Our Age of Performative Politics |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) stood up for a speech on Monday evening that wrapped up on Tuesday evening, 25 hours and five minutes later. The speech literally made the record books, surpassing the previous record for the longest speech on the Senate floor (set by the late Strom Thurmond in 1957) by 48 minutes. But, beyond setting a new record, Booker's speech meant little and achieved less. |
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| Violations of Religious Liberty in Europe 'a Disgrace': FRC Expert |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Perhaps no words in recent political history have so rapidly proven correct than Vice President J.D. Vance's warning that European religious liberty faces a toxic and growing "threat from within," according to a new expert analysis of government infringements on Christians. |
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| Lankford: Pastors Should Have Free Speech Too |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Free Speech Fairness Act, introduced Monday by Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Rep. Mark Harris (R-N.C.), would neutralize the 1954 Johnson Amendment and "clarify" that "pastors have the same free speech rights as everyone else," Lankford announced on "Washington Watch." "We need to make sure this is very clear: the IRS doesn't have the authority to go monitor the speech of pastors and of church leaders. Let's have them do tax collection. That's what their job is, not monitoring free speech." |
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| Trump Admin. Breaks Own Record for Lowest Number of Illegal Border Crossings |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| After bringing illegal border crossings to an all-time low a month ago, President Donald Trump has done it again. Over the course of February, U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) arrested 8,326 illegal immigrants attempting to enter the U.S., marking a record low in attempted illegal border crossings in one month. |
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| State Dept. Sanctions CCP Officials for Hong Kong, Transnational Human Rights Violations |
| by Dan Hart |
| The Trump administration announced Monday that it has imposed sanctions on six Chinese and Hong Kong officials for undermining the autonomy of Hong Kong, violating the freedoms of Hong Kong's citizens, and engaging in the transnational repression of freedom advocates in the U.S. and across the globe. |
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| Elections in Florida and Wisconsin Yield 'Mixed' Results for GOP |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| In the first electoral test of President Donald Trump's and the Republican Party's "Make America Great Again" agenda since November, Republicans have bolstered their narrow majority in the House of Representatives but failed to secure a crucial seat on a state supreme court. Tuesday night, Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis won special elections in Florida to represent the Sunshine State in the House, but the Trump-aligned Brad Schimel lost his bid for a spot on Wisconsin's supreme court. |
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| Grassley Introduces Bill to 'Put an End to Judicial Activism' |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Federal judges seem to be playing a high-stakes game of "who's really in charge?" - and Congress is charging in to put a stop to it. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has faced more injunctions against his administration than any other president in U.S. history. This has sparked a fierce debate over the scope of judicial power. |
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| New Bill Would Define Male and Female Based on Biology and the 'Perfection of God' |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Members of Congress have introduced a bill that would state the U.S. government legally recognizes only two genders, male and female, based on biology - an action one of its sponsors says establishes reality and recognizes "the perfection of God." |
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| 2 Calif. Girls' Sports Bills Killed by Democrats Despite 'Large Numbers of Supporters' |
| by Zachary Gohl |
| California Democrats have struck down another attempt to protect females from transgender-identifying men. Two bills authored by Assemblyman Bill Essayli and Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez failed to pass through the Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism on Tuesday with both receiving a vote down party lines. |
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| 'Insanity': Colo. Bill Seeks to Classify 'Misgendering' as Child Abuse |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| A proposed bill in Colorado could transform a simple slip of the tongue - or even a deeply held personal belief - into a legal nightmare for parents, schools, and businesses. |
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