Banned Books: Jail Time for School Librarians?
Several states have passed laws allowing criminal prosecution and steep fines of school and library personnel for providing sexually explicit, obscene, or harmful books to children. ...
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Senate Republicans Remind Fed and SEC to Leave Climate Policy to Congress
The senators criticized the Fed's and SEC's climate agenda, and emphasized that both are putting Americans' investments at risk. ...
Federal Judge Blocks Most of New Jersey Gun Law
New Jersey’s revised gun permit law, Chapter 131, suffered another defeat in federal court on Tuesday as a judge granted a preliminary injunction ordering state officials not to enforce strict measures of the...
Crossings Drop, Border Still Overwhelmed
Since the expiration last Friday of the Title 42 pandemic-era immigration policy, reported illegal border crossings have dropped significantly from just a week ago. This is after the Biden administration had estimated there...
Biden Claims “White Supremacy” Greatest Threat to America
The president’s speech to the graduating class should have been full of hope and encouragement, but instead was a fictional tale of hate in America. ...
The New Global Information Cartel: Censorship-industrial Complex
The report of the House committee that heard testimony on the censorship-industrial complex portrays a government out of control, with “government-funded censors” who “invoke the prevention of real-world harm to justify...
Biden and McCarthy: Debt Ceiling Standoff Continues
Both Biden and McCarthy held their ground, with the president asking Congress to raise the limit without conditions, and McCarthy demanding spending cuts and limiting future government spending. ...
Biden Threatens to Veto Republican Border-security Bill
Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2) last week as part of their Commitment to America plan that focuses on illegal immigration,...
EPA Plans for a Zero-emissions Shipping Future
Notably absent from the White House's lofty zero-emissions goals is any mention of the country's overburdened and failing electric grid, which will take decades to restructure. ...
“Public Debt Clause” Could End Debt Ceiling Crisis
Whatever happens in the next several weeks to end this crisis, the only true long-term solution is to cut all unconstitutional spending and limit the federal government to its proper function....
Proposed “Conservation” Rule Will Further Restrict Public Access to Federal Lands
Sen. John Barrasso claimed that the proposed rule allows leasing of federal lands for "non-use ... giving radicals a new tool to shut out the public." ...
Oregon Bill Would Decriminalize Homeless Camps
The legislation would "redirect resources from local law enforcement" and give homeless people the right to sue if they are "harassed." ...
El Paso Declares State of Emergency to Prepare for End of Title 42
The city already has hundreds of illegal immigrants camped out and sleeping along city streets, and is expecting thousands more each day once Title 42 ends. ...
Biden Risks National Default With Refusal of Republican Budget Plan
The White House called the Republicans' plan "extreme MAGA" and refuses to discuss the debt limit. ...
Colorado Is Now a “Right to Repair” State
New legislation requires agricultural equipment manufacturers to share their intellectual property and trade secrets, and is clearly an intrusion in the free market. ...