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More evidence of the weird times we live in. Democrats early on Saturday cheered the passage of a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine by waving Ukraine’s flags on the House floor. In response, Florida Rep. Kat Cammack said she would file a bill…
Read More Florida GOP Rep. Kat Cammack Moves To Ban Display Of Foreign Flags In Congress
The Biden administration’s program to expand access to broadband internet may run afoul of the law that created it, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the Department of Commerce, is responsible for allocating $42.5 billion in funds…
Read More Biden’s Multi-Billion Dollar Broadband Plan Defies Congressional Mandate, Experts Say
The House on Saturday overwhelmingly passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, with less than half of Republicans agreeing with Democrats to support the plan. But before that vote, Rep. Matt Gaetz tried to put that spending into context. At a House Armed Services…
Read More Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz: Funding For Ukraine Is More Than U.S. Spends On Marine Corps
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday vigorously defended his right to presidential immunity in a criminal case involving the alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump underscored it all by pointing out that he was stripped of immunity, then President Joe Biden also does not have…
Read More Trump Blasts Biden Over Classified Docs Case, Says If He Doesn’t Have Immunity, Biden Doesn’t Either
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley welcomed her husband home following his deployment with the South Carolina National Guard. In June 2023, Michael Haley was deployed to Djibouti for a year. “It’s so many mixed emotions,” Nikki told reporters after his deployment ceremony, There’s so…
Read More Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Welcomes Husband Home From Deployment
The Biden administration published a final regulation on Friday that adds “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Title IX protections. Any public school or institution that gets federal financing is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sex under Title IX. The administration released…
Read More Biden Admin Expands Title IX Rules But Doesnt Address Trans Athletes
Attorneys general from 25 states have mounted a legal challenge to the Biden administration’s push for new emissions regulations and an electric vehicle (EV) mandate. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the battleground for this legal dispute. The…
Read More 25 State Attorneys General Join Legal Battle Over EPA’s New Emissions Regulations, EV Mandate
Florida’s public school students of all ages are in line to get lessons about the history of communism and could get programs and services from volunteer chaplains, under bills signed by DeSantis this week. The change that will go into effect first will involve chaplains…
Read More Florida School Anti-Communist Education Backed And Signed By DeSantis
Following the approval of a $60 billion aid package for the nation on Saturday, Democrats in the House of Representatives waved Ukrainian flags and exclaimed, “Ukraine.” With just 101 Republicans supporting the aid package and 112 voting against it, the bill’s passage was not without…
Read More Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Colleagues Rip Democrats For Waving Ukrainian Flags On U.S. House Floor
Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove of California blasted her Democratic colleagues for weakening a bill that would make buying a child for sex a felony offense. The bill, which Grove introduced in February, would have made soliciting a minor for sex a felony charge with the…
Read More California Lawmaker Bashes Dems For Making It Easier To Get Away With Trafficking Minors