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January 26, 2026
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| Led by Johnson, House Completes Improbable Budgeting Sweep |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| Greenland, Venezuela, and the president's spat with Canada may have stolen the world's attention, but the real revelation may be what's happening here at home. With the snow on its way and no time to spare, House Republicans accomplished what hasn't been done since America's top movie was "Titanic" and dial-up AOL was still cutting-edge technology: they finished a federal budget - just like House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) promised they would. |
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| NIH Discontinues Fetal Tissue Research Funding |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The day before the 2026 March for Life, the Trump administration announced a pro-life policy change that advocates have pursued for more than two decades. "Effective the date of this Notice," announced the National Institutes of Health (NIH), "NIH funds will not be permitted for research using HFT [human fetal tissue] from elective abortions." In response to the announcement, Science Alliance for Life and Technology President Dr. David Prentice cheered, "This is a win not just for human dignity, but also for science - and the promotion of ethical science that respects every human life." |
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| 'Life Is a Gift': Unity, Joy, and Hope at the 53rd Annual March for Life |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| On a chilly but beautiful January day in Washington, D.C., thousands gathered on the National Mall for the 53rd National March for Life. Participants came from across the United States and beyond - families from coast to coast, international groups from Korea and Ireland, students, children, grandparents, clergy, and activists - united under the event's simple theme: "Life is a Gift." Winter's crisp air contrasted with the crowd's warmth, hope, and resolve. |
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| Federal Agents Fatally Shoot Armed Man in Minneapolis |
| by Reuters Report |
| A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, local and federal officials said, the second such incident this month during a surge in immigration enforcement in the northern U.S. city that residents and local politicians have fiercely protested. |
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| House Passes Bills Bolstering Pregnancy Resource Centers and Protecting Pregnant Students |
| by Dan Hart |
| As the annual March for Life descended on the nation's capital Friday, two pro-life pieces of legislation were passed by the House of Representatives, one safeguarding federal funding for pregnancy resource centers and another ensuring that pregnant college students are fully informed of their rights to give birth and take care of their babies while receiving an education. |
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| Virginia's Proposed Abortion Amendment Meets Pro-Life Opposition |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Pro-life groups are stepping up to sound the alarm over Virginia's radical new abortion amendment proposal. Old Dominion's Democrat-dominated General Assembly voted last week to advance a proposed amendment to the state constitution, declaring a legal "right" to abortion. |
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| Defense Watchdog's Audit Finds 245% Increase in Remote DOD Workers after Biden Ordered Their Return to Offices |
| by Mark Tapscott |
| There was a 245% increase in the number of Department of Defense (DOD) employees working remotely after then-President Joe Biden ordered all federal workers to return to their official duty stations, according to an audit by the Pentagon's Inspector General (IG). |
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| Religious Freedom in Northeast Syria Threatened by Regime Campaign |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| As Syrian government forces rapidly occupy territory long autonomously administered in the country's northeast, religious freedom experts warn that their presence poses a danger to religious minorities. "It is important to understand: these Kurdish majority areas are rich with religious minorities: Christians, Yazidis, Zoroastrians, Circassians. We have Alawites, and Druze, and a wide range of different ethnicities as well," explained Nadine Maenza, chair of the international religious freedom roundtable and former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), on "Washington Watch." |
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| Artificial Intelligence as an Exercise in Imagination under a Socialist Tyranny |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| In the early hours of January 3, 2026, when President Donald Trump announced that socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro had been captured, Venezuelans in exile celebrated as if it were a second New Year's Eve. But the joy was not limited to that community, it also extended to the Cuban community. With the jubilation came a feeling almost banished for those who suffer under tyrannies: hope. The hope for change in Cuba has surged, with the fall of the Chavista dictator whose continuous oil shipments kept Havana afloat. |
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| Faith over Fear: Are You Falling Apart or Is He Holding You Together? |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Fear doesn't just stir emotion; it distorts perception. When we're anxious, our vision is blurred like fog on a windshield, making it near impossible to see reality clearly. We peer through trembling lenses, and the world - or our lives - looks darker, more threatening, and more hopeless than it truly is. The Psalmist knew this intimately: "My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes" (Psalm 6:7). David wasn't merely tired. His prolonged sorrow and fear had physically and spiritually worn him down. Grief consumed his sight, turning his gaze inward to pain and outward to enemies, until he could scarcely see God's mercy anymore. |
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