Busted: Despite their best efforts to convince you otherwise, Democrats in Congress brought about the government shutdown in large part to return funds for illegal aliens that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act removed. 

• “Such welfare and other benefits given to illegal aliens facilitate and prolong illegal immigration in the U.S. at great cost to the American taxpayer,” a Heritage Foundation report noted. 
• “The OBBBA properly limited the health benefit eligibility to those who are here lawfully and more permanently.” 
• The White House shared a post on X about the report. 

Read the report here. 

Stonewalled: After Heritage Chief Economist EJ Antoni’s nomination as the next commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics was withdrawn by the White House, he shared his experience with The Daily Signal. 

• “[T]here are many, many Republicans in Congress who, again, they got the ‘R’ behind their name, but they’re not on board with the president’s agenda,” Antoni said. 

Read more here at The Daily Signal. 

Back to the beginning: Heritage just released the third edition of its “Guide to the Constitution,” which explains every clause of the Constitution as envisioned by the Framers and as applied in contemporary law.

• At the launch event, Heritage Vice President Derrick Morgan said he hopes the new edition will “rekindle in our fellow citizens and in each of us a deepening love of our constitution.”

Order your copy of the Guide here.

Get real: Heritage Research Fellow Delano Squires took to C-SPAN to talk about his breakthrough report on the black family in America. 

• “Family structure actually matters,” Squires stated. “Not just for black families, but all families.”  
• Squires also had a great response to a listener who called him a Heritage “DEI hire.”  

Watch the full interview on C-SPAN here.  

Warsaw: During the Warsaw Security Forum, Rob Greenway, director of the Allison Center, brought common sense to a panel on the Israel-Hamas war.

• “If October 6 was an untenable position, the solution was not October 7,” stated Greenway, following other panelists’ (incorrect) claims of an Israeli occupation in Gaza prior to the attack.
• The panel featured scholars on both sides of the issue, even including a representative of Qatar.

Read more here.

The United States is at the dawn of a new golden age. Making it a reality will require strong policies like securing our borders and supporting American families—and patriotic citizens to stand up for America. 

• Your voice matters. Share your ideas on how patriotic citizens can revitalize the American dream. 

Take our official Survey on America’s Future to help The Heritage Foundation promote the values that matter most. Please click here to start your survey. 

Insurgence: The recent spree of political violence is not coincidental. Law enforcement and Congress are investigating the problem of left-wing violence and how domestic and foreign communists are offering training to leftist radicals.

• “What they will find is that much of this support....comes from overseas, from countries that loathe the American way,” writes Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at Heritage.

Read more here.

Calling for backup: The federal government has been throwing subsidies at renewable energy sources, allowing them to undercut competition.

• But “the vast deployment of subsidized solar and wind in America’s power sector today imposes hidden costs and undermines investment in reliable power sources,” writes Heritage Senior Fellow Mario Loyola.

Read Loyola’s full piece in The Wall Street Journal here. 

America’s Founding Fathers are endlessly fascinating figures, and we all have a duty to learn about them.

• That’s why we published American Founders: Leaders at the Creation of the Republic.
• In this free eBook, you’ll learn how the Founders created the greatest nation in the world, and delve deep into the lives of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others.

Click here to get your free copy today!

We are honored that Judge Andrew S. Oldham of the Fifth Circuit will deliver the 18th Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture. The lecture series honors Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, who made a significant mark on American law in his 33 years on the bench, and whose renowned Commentaries on the Constitution in the 1800s set forth a philosophy of judicial restraint.  

 

Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m. Register here. 

• The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal of 2050: A Proposal for American Survival—Robert Peters
• In the Wake of Charlie Kirk's Murder, Canadians Should Reject Liberal Censorship—Liana Graham
• Linda McMahon Shows How to Take on the Deep State—Jonathan Butcher
• Zoe and Gender-Affirming Care—Jonathan Butcher
• The Social Cost of Inflation—Allen Mendenhall, Ph.D.
• Report: Geographic Analysis of the Reconciliation Bill’s Individual Tax Savings—Preston Brashers and Brian O’Quinn, Ph.D.
• How to Judge the U.S. Navy’s Next Force Design Plan—Brent Sadler
• Mikie Sherrill’s Muddy Response to Resurrected Navy Cheating Scandal a Bad Look—Brent Sadler
• Press Release: Philadelphia’s ‘Bizarre Celebration’ of CCP Insults American Values—Victoria Coates

Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, appeared on Fox News to discuss President Trump’s Middle East peace deal, which would bring the October 7 hostages home, guarantee Israel’s security, and end the war in Gaza. Watch the clip on X here.