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April 10, 2025
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| 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' Sputters, Sending House Leaders Scrambling for a Solution |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| When House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) challenged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to a one-on-one debate over the budget plan, he meant it as a dare. But after weeks of arguing with his own party, a conversation with Democrats might be a pleasant change of pace for the Republican. |
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| Pro-Life, Pro-Biology Forces Hold Strong in Congress Despite GOP Platform Walkback |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| After the "inexcusable" gutting of pro-life language from the Republican Party Platform last year, many conservative Americans wondered whether this was a signal that their values were on the decline in Washington. However, a strong showing on FRC Action's Vote Scorecard for 2024 helps to allay those fears. A total of 171 members of Congress voted 100% in line with pro-life, pro-biology values over 16 votes in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, many of whom visited an FRC Action reception Wednesday morning to receive their 100% award. |
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| As Trump Prepares for Iran Talks, Experts Say Chances of U.S. Strike on Regime Very Real |
| by Dan Hart |
| On Monday, President Trump announced that his administration would engage in direct negotiations with Iran in an attempt to scale back the Islamist regime's nuclear capabilities, while simultaneously sending at least two aircraft carriers and other military assets to the Middle East region. Experts say that Iran's pattern of aggression and bad faith behavior makes it unlikely that the U.S. would be able to peaceably negotiate a dismantling of the regime's nuclear program. |
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| New Australian Law Makes Certain Prayers 'Unlawful' |
| by Ben Johnson |
| As Vice President J.D. Vance warns about the suppression of Christians' free speech rights, a new law in a Western nation makes "praying with or over a person" in some circumstances "unlawful even if that person has asked you to pray for them." Making the wrong kind of intercession for someone in this U.S. ally could land a believer up to five years in prison. |
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| White House Must Restore AP Access, Rules Trump-Appointed Judge |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The White House must restore to the Associated Press (AP) its former access to the Oval Office and Air Force One, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The AP lost its access in February when the White House objected to its decision to describe the body of water to America's southeast as the Gulf of Mexico, instead of the Gulf of America. |
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| PEPFAR's Advocacy for Abortion Bursts into House Debate |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Pro-life legislators made reference to the use of U.S. programs intended to combat AIDS being used to carry out abortion in a recent congressional debate. |
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| Trump Admin. Putting Financial Pressure on Illegal Immigrants to Leave |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Under President Donald Trump, two federal agencies are teaming up to tackle illegal immigration. According to The Washington Post, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem have signed an agreement allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to access Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data in order to identify, track, and locate illegal immigrants within the U.S. Under the terms of the inter-agency agreement, Noem or other senior ICE officials can submit requests to the IRS for personal tax data on individuals suspected of being illegal immigrants. Based on evidence and reasoning provided by ICE, the IRS can then choose to release the information to ICE. |
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| Between Marxists and Cannibals: The Cuban Exiles Who Fought against Socialism in Africa |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| While the Havana regime sought to expand the revolutionary struggle to Africa in the 1960s, a group of Cuban exiles involved in the U.S. military contributed to operations that halted the socialist advance on the continent, as explored in a new film. |
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