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January 13, 2026
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| Hundreds Dead, Regime Status Uncertain after Violent Weekend of Protests in Iran |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Iranian regime this weekend expanded its nationwide internet crackdown to outer space, as military-grade jamming signals disrupted the connection of contraband equipment to Starlink satellites. Experts familiar with the history of protests against the Iranian regime feared that the internet blackout signaled an imminent intensification of the government crackdown, and they were right. The all-important, unanswered question is whether this crackdown proves fatal for the protests, or for the regime. |
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| Polling Swings Trump's Way on Venezuela as Dems' Old Maduro Statements Come Back to Bite |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| The shock finally seems to be wearing off on the biggest story of Donald Trump's 2026: the capture of Venezuelan despot Nicolas Maduro. And while it took some time for Americans to understand the justification behind the stunning operation that put the dictator in U.S. custody, Republicans have certainly warmed up to the idea. |
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| 'Follow the Money': Treasury Dept. Tackles Minnesota Fraud Schemes with Eye on More Blue States |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Rampant fraud committed by immigrants in Minnesota has captured headlines for weeks, but President Donald Trump's "America First" Treasury secretary has a plan for addressing the issue. Already, the Trump administration has swarmed the state with immigration law enforcement agents and instituted a new Justice Department task force to quash fraudsters in Minnesota and across the nation. |
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| Dems Battle Trump Admin. over Anti-ICE Rhetoric as Riots Spread Nationwide |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Over the course of 2025, President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda sparked fierce backlash, including mass protests and even riots. This year is following suit, with demonstrations targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis now spreading across the nation in the wake of a fatal incident. |
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| U.S. Strikes ISIS Targets in Syria amid Government Clashes with the Kurds |
| by Dan Hart |
| Over the weekend, U.S. forces unleashed an extensive strike on the Islamic State terrorist group (widely known as ISIS) in Syria, which was a part of a larger retaliatory strike on the group that began in December in order to avenge the deaths of two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter. The strikes came amid wider instability in the country as Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters withdrew from the city of Aleppo on Sunday after days of fighting with government forces. |
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| California School Secrecy Challenge Appealed to Supreme Court after 9th Circuit Blocks |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Parents and teachers challenging California's student gender secrecy policy have filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit placed their district court victory on hold. "When the lower courts get the law so egregiously wrong, this Court has not hesitated to intervene," argued the Thomas More Society, which represents the challengers. |
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| Gender Ideologues, Pontius Pilate, and the Craving for Power |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Why is it so hard to debate with adherents of transgender ideology? Rational arguments are disparaged as hateful. Biological realities are denied. Even definitions seem impossible to pin down. Is this a side effect of a broken society, or a feature of the ideology itself? I propose it is a feature of transgender ideology to deflect debate because it builds on a worldview that reveres power and rejects truth. |
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| Federal Judge Rules the SPLC's 'Hate Map' Can Continue |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has dodged another legal bullet, with a federal judge dismissing a high-profile defamation challenge to its controversial "Hate Map." |
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| Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua: How 'Expert' Regimes in Violating Religious Freedom Learn from One Another (Part 2) |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| The recent military operation that removed dictator Nicolas Maduro from Caracas and brought him before U.S. courts has focused the world's attention on Venezuela. But lawyer Teresa Flores's attention has been on that country and its allies for years, as has her interest in defending religious freedom. |
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