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August 15, 2025
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| Hope for the Hostages Falters as Israel Warns There's 'No Going Back' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| There aren't a lot of Israeli fathers left who understand the horror Ofir Braslavski is going through. While hundreds of sets of parents have buried their children - or wait in agony for the bodies to return so they can - his son, Rom, is one of the less than two dozen hostages believed to be alive in Gaza. But only barely. In the last video released by his Hamas captors, Rom was clinging to life, starved, tortured, and crying. As tears streamed down Rom's face in the footage, Ofir could only stare, pain etched on his face. "This is not the boy I raised. This is a boy who has been broken." |
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| Study: 84% of Mail-Order Abortion Pills Sent to Pro-Life States |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| An eye-popping 84% of chemical abortion pills shipped through the mail are sent into states with strong protections for unborn babies, according to a peer-reviewed study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). "This is circumventing and breaking the law," protested FRC Senior Fellow and former U.S. Congressman Jody Hice. "I can't help but think this is a strategic plan." Now that abortion activists have found a successful counter to post-Dobbs state laws protecting unborn lives, it is up to the Trump administration to stop them. |
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| The Cost of Conformity: Study Reveals 88% of Students Feel Compelled to Adopt Progressive Facade |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| In today's hyper-polarized academic landscape, college students face an unspoken ultimatum: conform or be cast out. New research by Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman, conducted between 2023 and 2025 at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, reveals a chilling reality: students are hiding their true beliefs to navigate the social and academic minefield of ideological conformity. |
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| Court Rules against Little Sisters of the Poor... Again |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| After 14 years and two Supreme Court victories, the Little Sisters of the Poor are still in court, resisting an attempt by states to force the organization's health insurance to cover contraceptive services, including abortifacient methods, despite its religious objection. Despite previous rulings in their favor, on Wednesday a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled against the Catholic charity by throwing out a 2018 federal rule designed to protect them. |
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| As Trump Teases Marijuana Reclassification, Experts Warn of Health Threats |
| by Dan Hart |
| During a press conference Monday, President Trump confirmed that his administration is considering rescheduling marijuana as a less potent drug under federal law, which could open the door for a vast economic expansion of the drug's distribution through interstate commerce. The announcement comes despite extensive evidence of the serious medical harms that cannabis causes to the human body. |
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| OPM Refutes Warren Claim that DOGE Politicos Are 'Embedding' in Career Jobs |
| by Mark Tapscott |
| Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and two Democratic congressional colleagues are demanding an explanation from U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor for "the alarming extent to which Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees are embedding themselves in the federal government in key agency positions." |
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| Federal Appeals Court Upholds Arkansas SAFE Act |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Arkansas became the first state in the nation to pass a Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act in 2021, shielding children from harmful gender transition procedures. The law was challenged almost immediately and struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This week, however, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the lower court's ruling, upholding the law and allowing the state's attorney general to enforce it. |
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| Kroger Faces Backlash for Long History of Embracing LGBT Agenda |
| by Casey Harper |
| A group of 80 pastors - Baptists, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and more - are taking a stand against Kroger. The coalition of clergy sent a letter to interim Kroger CEO Ronald Sargent with an ultimatum: Drop the LGBT agenda or face a boycott. |
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| Va. Governor Launches Investigation into Abortion Scandal at Fairfax County School |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| School officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, have been accused of orchestrating and bankrolling students' abortions without parental consent, and Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) is demanding accountability. |
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| Trump Seeks to Extend Federal D.C. Takeover as 'Sanctuary City' Policies Put on Ice |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| In an effort to eradicate violent crime, President Donald Trump is preparing to ask Congress to extend the 30-day limit on his federal takeover of Washington, D.C. When asked by a reporter Thursday if he intends to seek congressional approval to prolong his federalization of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the president replied, "If it's a national emergency, we can do it without Congress. But we expect to be before Congress very quickly." He added that "Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously," noting that his administration will request a crime bill to extend its control over D.C. law enforcement. |
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| Armenia at a Crossroads: From Ancient Faith to a New Chapter in History |
| by Charmaine Hedding |
| When I landed in Yerevan in the early hours of July 28, I could not have imagined how significant the days ahead would be for me personally and the nation of Armenia. That same week, as I returned home, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) agreement ending 35 years of intermittent war and unlocking new possibilities for peace, stability, and renewal in the South Caucasus. |
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