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October 30, 2025
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| States Go Head-to-Head to Redraw House Seats before Next Year's Competitive Midterms |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| If there's a breakthrough on the horizon of the government shutdown, you wouldn't know it from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries's (D-N.Y.) whereabouts. The Democratic leader left D.C. - and its partisan messaging wars - for a Monday jaunt in Illinois, where he hoped to make a dent in another nationwide clash: redistricting. The jaunt, which underscored the urgency both parties feel to redraw their congressional maps, is the latest push in a see-saw battle to shake up the House's slim majority. |
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| Dems Swivel Shutdown Strategy to Relieve Pressure Points Rather than Seek Solution |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| For the 14th time, Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a clean "continuing resolution" (CR) that would keep the government funded at the Biden-era spending levels they themselves re-approved earlier this year. Give them points for obstinacy if nothing else. But that obstinacy is beginning to exact a price, and the Democratic base is feeling the impacts the most. |
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| Poll Finds 70% of U.S. Voters Want Chemical Abortion to Have More Safeguards |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| In a time where safety protocols for the abortion drug have steadily dwindled, even to the point of the substance being shipped through the mail on a daily basis without a prescription, recent polling revealed a clear consensus: The majority of American voters - including 57% of liberal voters - want at least a doctor's visit to be required. |
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| Democratic Policies Result in Child Sex-Trafficking Crisis in Los Angeles |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| The City of Angels has long been the home to demons, but Democrat-backed legislation has empowered predators and turned one Los Angeles street into a breeding ground for child prostitution. The New York Times published a lengthy report this week on "the Blade, a roughly 50-block stretch of Figueroa Street that had become one of the most notorious sex-trafficking corridors in the United States." |
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| Top Hill Dems Won't Say If They Coordinated Shutdown Strategy with Health Care Insurer |
| by Mark Tapscott |
| None of the top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill responded when asked by The Washington Stand if they or any of their staff members have met with executives or lobbyists representing any of the 10 largest Obamacare health care insurance companies in 2025. |
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| SCOTUS Considering Challenge That Could Overturn Obergefell Ruling |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Ten years after deciding to implement federal protections for same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court could soon be poised to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges. According to SCOTUSblog, the Supreme Court's nine justices will convene November 7, the end of next week, to discuss whether or not to hear a challenge against the 2015 ruling brought by Kim Davis, a former clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky. |
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| U.S. Lawmakers Encourage Trump Admin. to Sanction CCP amid Church Crackdown |
| by Dan Hart |
| In the wake of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) latest widespread crackdown on a Christian house church and the imprisonment of almost two dozen pastors and church leaders, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are urging the Trump administration to address China's religious freedom violations by putting forward legislation to hold CCP officials accountable through a variety of economic sanctions. |
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| Israel Orders Airstrikes after Hamas Violates Ceasefire |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes in Gaza Tuesday in retaliation for multiple terrorist attacks on its forces. Both Israel and the U.S. affirm that the ceasefire still holds for now, but Hamas's repeated violations and ongoing presence in the strip raise questions about whether Trump's peace plan will ever proceed beyond Phase One. |
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| Report: Medical Systems Restricting Parental Access to Children's Medical Records Under the Guise of 'Privacy' |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| What do you do when "medical privacy" is used against you? A surprising number of parents are trying to find out. |
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| Standing for Truth in an Age of Lies: Why the Fight for Religious Liberty Matters |
| by Mat Staver |
| Christians nationwide face controversy when they confront lies with truth and have faced retaliation, lawsuits, and even termination from their jobs for standing for such convictions. Some of these individuals are presented with a choice: give in to a lie or lose your livelihood. |
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