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May 8, 2025
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| Republicans Face a Come-to-Jesus Moment on Reconciliation |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| It was only a matter of time before House Republicans stepped on the big landmines buried under the landscape of reconciliation. For months, GOP leaders had been tiptoeing around the tripwires, desperately trying to keep the fragile peace. But this week, with the clock ticking down to House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, there was nowhere else to step but smack-dab onto the most explosive debate of the president's "big, beautiful bill." |
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| 'Act of War': India, Pakistan Open Fire on Each Other |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| India and Pakistan began shelling one another on Wednesday, marking a dangerous escalation of hostilities between two adjacent nuclear powers. The hostilities commenced after India launched missile strikes at nine sites in Pakistan that it called "terrorist infrastructure." In response, Pakistani military forces said they shot down five Indian jets and one Indian drone in "self-defense." |
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| The Same Transgender Procedures That Failed Children Failed Adults First: HHS Report |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The explosive growth of carrying out transgender medical procedures on children came only after researchers found the same medical interventions had failed to improve the lives of adults. Even after full surgery, "'improvement' in their actual life situation is not always observed," noted a transgender psychologist. While adults who underwent transgender procedures described their subjective feelings as improving, "objective measures told a different story," reports a new 409-page report, titled "Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices," released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 1. |
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| 'A National Security Issue': Berkeley, Other U.S. Universities Receiving Millions from China |
| by Dan Hart |
| As millions of dollars in foreign donations to American research institutions from countries like China continue to be uncovered, lawmakers say the practice endangers national security and are pushing for legislation that would require universities to disclose donations from adversarial countries that pose a threat to the U.S. |
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| Explainer: How Trump 's Proposed 2026 Budget Impacts Transgenderism, Abortion, Education, Immigration, and More |
| by Ben Johnson |
| President Donald Trump won the 2024 election with a promise to end divisive, taxpayer-funded programs, and his proposed budget for the next fiscal year proves he is willing to save your money where his mouth is. The president's budget specifically asks Congress to cut billions of dollars from government programs promoting "radical transgender ideology," "LGBTQIA+" programs, and government "targeting [of] peaceful pro-life protesters" while transferring power back to the states and increasing federal funding for national defense, border security, and public safety. |
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| Report Damns FBI Spin of 2017 Congressional Baseball Game Shooting |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The FBI employed "false statements and manipulation of known facts" to downplay the significance of a 2017 assassination attempt on Republican congressmen, according to a 27-page report released Tuesday by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. "This demonstrates why it was important to get the Deep State out of control of DOJ and FBI," said Chris Gacek, Family Research Council senior fellow, in a statement to The Washington Stand. |
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| Activist Judge Orders Trump to Accept 12,000 'Refugees' |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Seemingly every day, headlines report that another federal judge has imposed some injunction or restraining order on President Donald Trump and his administration. This time, a Biden-appointed judge has demanded that the Trump administration welcome over 10,000 supposed refugees into the U.S. |
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| Industry Insiders: Trump May Need a Bigger Boat to Make Hollywood Great Again |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump promised to "Make America Great Again" - and that includes making Hollywood, California great again. The president announced Sunday that he would be imposing a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films, in an effort to revive the American film industry. |
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| Columbia University Lays off 180 in Wake of Federal Funding Cuts Over Anti-Semitism |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Columbia University, once a symbol of academic excellence, now finds itself at the heart of a national debate over campus anti-Semitism. |
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