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Gender Ideology is Losing; The ERA Should, Too
(Emma Waters, RealClear Wire) Medical professionals and the public are pushing back against radical gender ideologies that have claimed the minds, bodies, and lives of too many children. Those at war against biological sex are losing — but only if the ERA is defeated, too.
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Department of Defense Comes Up Short On Audit
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Defense has been unable to get a clean audit for decades, which limits the effectiveness of the U.S. military, according to a government report.
That means the most complex federal agency also remains the only one that has been unable to fairly...
GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell Hospitalized after Fall
(Headline USA) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping at a local hotel on Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the senator said.
The Kentucky senator, 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said.
McConnell’s...
Federal Judge Rules Biden’s Border Policies Illegal
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A federal judge in Florida ruled Wednesday that the Biden administration's “catch-and-release” border policy, in which foreign nationals in the country illegally are released into the U.S. instead of being deported, is unlawful.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has argued since she filed a lawsuit challenging the...
Architect of the Capitol Fired Over Scandals, Made $187K
(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) In a rare moment of bipartisanship in Washington, Congressional leaders from both parties strongly criticized the former Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton, for scandals that came to light in a recent Inspector General’s report. He earned an annual salary of $187,000 for years.
The Architect of...
HHS Takes Fire for Proposing to Roll Back Trump-Era Conscience Protections
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) U.S. Health and Human Services has proposed a controversial rule change that would roll back Trump-era conscience protections for healthcare workers.
Congress already has laws on the books to "protect the rights of individuals, entities, and health care entities to refuse to perform, assist in the...
The True Lesson of Mask Mandates Goes Far Beyond the Fact That They Didn’t Work
(Jon Miltimore, FEE) Writing in the New York Times, columnist Bret Stephens highlighted new research from an Oxford University epidemiologist who found that masks—and mask mandates—did nothing to slow the spread of COVID-19 or protect people from the virus:
The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies conducted on the...
More Aggressive Interest Rate Hikes May Be on Horizon
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Congress that more aggressive interest rate hikes may be on the horizon.
Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday where he cited the stronger economy, saying bigger hikes could be necessary to address inflation. The Fed has been...
U.S Treasury Sanctions Cartel-Run Timeshare Fraud Network Targeting Americans
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned eight Mexican companies and three members of the violent Mexican cartel, Cartel de Jaslisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), for targeting Americans and others in a timeshare fraud scam in and near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
Scam proceeds...
D.C. Dems Back Down from Crime Bill after Pushback
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Washington D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announced he is withdrawing a controversial crime law from Congressional consideration Monday that would have lessened certain criminal penalties even as crime spikes in the nation's capital.
Mendelson said that the changes would be reworked. The U.S. Senate was expected...
Judge Declares Illinois’ Gun Ban Unconstitutional
(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) A Macon County judge has declared Illinois’ gun ban and registry unconstitutional, setting up a direct appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court.
The move means the law is not enforceable statewide pending appeal, according to attorney Jerry Stocks, who represents state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, in...
‘Geofence’ Warrants Threaten Every Phone User’s Privacy
(Reilly Stephens, RealClear Wire) The last time your phone asked you to allow this or that app access to your location data, you may have had some trepidation about how much Apple or Google know about you. You may have worried about what might come of that, or read about...
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