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May 20, 2026
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| It's Trump's World, Republicans Are Just Campaigning in It |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump still holds tremendous sway over the Republican Party, as Tuesday night primary elections in Alabama, Georgia, and Kentucky demonstrated. In Republican races, Trump-backed candidates either won their primaries or advanced to run-off elections, in some cases ousting longtime incumbents with a national profile. Here are the top takeaways. |
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| At the East Wing Construction Site, Trump Builds a Case for Security |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| On Monday, Congress hit the 500th day of the Senate's Republican majority. The chamber has taken almost 800 votes in that span - and very few of them have been easy, Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) would probably say. Unfortunately for him, that isn't about to change anytime soon. With a second reconciliation bill barreling down the track, Democrats are doing everything they can to stop this locomotive, even if it means leaving assassination-sized gaps in the administration's security. |
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| FDA Shakes Up Leadership as Pro-Lifers Hope for Progress on Abortion Pill Review |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Leadership changes continue at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with more high-level departures after FDA Commissioner Marty Makary's exit. The effect of these changes remains to be seen, but pro-life advocates hope the personnel shake-up will also shake loose the stalled review of a Biden-era policy that removed critical safeguards around the use of mifepristone, the chemical abortion drug. |
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| HHS Reinstitutes Trump-Era Religious Liberty Protection Office |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump and his administration are restoring a religious liberty office dismantled under former President Joe Biden. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that it is reorganizing its Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and establishing three divisions: the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, the Civil Rights Division, and the Health Information Privacy, Data, and Cybersecurity Division. The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division was originally established by Trump in 2018, during his first term. Under Biden and his Health Secretary, new California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra (D), the division was eliminated. |
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| When the Machines Move Next Door: A Christian Response to America's AI Data Center Boom |
| by Robert Maginnis |
| Last June, Lee D'Amore spent his evenings planting red "No Data Center" yard signs across his Chesapeake, Virginia neighborhood. A resident living just blocks from a proposed massive server facility, D'Amore wasn't prepared to wait quietly while the decision was made without him. When the city council convened its public hearing, he and his neighbors showed up and held the floor for more than two hours, one voice after another against the project. "Once they're built, there's nothing you can do," he told the council. "If they violate the decibels, what are you going to do? Fine them $1,000? That'd be like me asking you for a penny. Seriously, once this thing is built, it's all over but the crying." |
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| Senate Approves 49 Civilian Trump Appointees in Batch Vote |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Senate Republicans voted to approve 49 Trump nominees in a single vote on Monday, clearing out a backlog that builds up from persistent Democratic obstruction. Monday's vote marks the fourth time the Senate has approved civilian presidential appointments in batches, after Senate Republicans changed a rule to allow the procedure last year. |
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| Trump Admin. Establishes Controversial Fund to Compensate Victims of Weaponized Government |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump is dropping a lawsuit he had filed against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and instead devoting funds to victims of weaponized government agencies. The president had initially filed the lawsuit against the IRS in January, seeking $10 billion in damages after it was revealed that former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn had illegally leaked nearly two decades' worth of Trump's tax returns to left-wing media outlets, in addition to leaking the private tax information of thousands of other Americans. |
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| 'Trump, Mete Mano (Step In)!': Cuba Suffers Blackouts, Repression, and Failing Basic Services |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| Cuba has been under an oil embargo by the United States since last January. However, President Donald Trump's administration allowed - on humanitarian grounds - a Russian oil tanker to enter the island in late March. This May, the White House tightened economic pressure against the mining industry, which the regime operated jointly with a Canadian company. Yet, it stated its willingness to provide direct assistance to the Cuban people - valued at $100 million - should the Cuban regime permit it. |
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| New Mexico, West Virginia Top Truth-In-Accounting's 2026 State Spending Transparency Scorecard |
| by Mark Tapscott |
| In a year in which the collective score for financial transparency among the 50 states declined, New Mexico and West Virginia topped the scorecard for state governments providing residents with timely, credible public disclosure of all key aspects of their budget and spending practices. |
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