The legislation seeks to educate American youth on the dangers of communist and totalitarian ideologies by allowing survivors to tell their stories firsthand. WASHINGTON—The House on Dec. 6 passed the Crucial Communism Teaching Act with a vote of 327–62. The bill, introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and cosponsored by 33 members of the
Influential climate groups bankrolled by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss have emerged as some of the loudest voices opposing President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Gov. Doug Burgum (R., N.D.) to lead the Department of the Interior. “The threat speaks for itself,” Climate Power said immediately after Burgum’s nomination was announced last month, characterizing the North Dakota
The U.S. Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions policies can remain in place, a federal judge ruled on Friday, arguing that racial diversity in the military “has enhanced national security.” The 175-page ruling by Senior District Judge Richard Bennett rejected arguments from Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), the same group that swayed the Supreme Court in 2023
Federal law enforcement exploited the Suspicious Activity Report system to access and surveil Americans’ private financial data without warrants or probable cause, according to a report from the House Judiciary Committee. The FBI “manipulated” the SAR filing process by pressuring banks to file reports on individuals the FBI deems “suspicious,” making financial institutions “de facto
Barron Trump ‘knew exactly who his father needs to contact and to talk to,’ she told Fox News on Friday. Melania Trump said on Friday in her first interview since the election that President-elect Donald Trump is receiving advice from their 18-year-old son, Barron Trump, crediting the younger Trump with helping his father win the
Sen. Joni Ernst also says she’s not interested in becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary. A key Republican senator says she’s not ready to commit to approving President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, but that she’s also not working to derail the nomination. “I don’t have a campaign against Pete,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
A federal appeals court denied TikTok’s request to overturn an April law requiring the social media platform to sever ties with its China-based parent company or face a ban in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday TikTok must divest from CCP-controlled ByteDance by Jan. 19