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January 17, 2025

Arizona House Republican Majority Issues Conservative Blueprint for 2025

The Arizona House Republicans issued a “2025 Majority Plan” this week, laying out their plans for this year’s legislative session. The conservative blueprint contains sections on securing elections, securing the border, protecting individual rights and liberties, economic prosperity, improving education,...

January 17, 2025

Biden’s Green Loan Office Offers Up a Staggering $22 Billion in Admin’s Final Hours

The Biden administration’s green loan office is shelling out nearly $23 billion to utility companies for green energy development and other projects in its final days. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced its conditional commitment to provide a combined $22.9...

January 17, 2025

Virginia Democrats Shelve Bill to Protect Girls’ Sports Despite Support from Youngkin, Earle-Sears, Athlete Riley Gaines

A Virginia State Senate subcommittee on Thursday shelved legislation that would have prohibited biological men who identify as transgender women from competing on sports teams with biological women, despite the bill receiving support from Governor Glenn Youngkin, Lieutenant Governor Winsome...

January 17, 2025

Virginia Hospitals Provide $3.7 Billion in Community Support and Generate $62.2 Billion in Economic Impact, New Report Shows

Virginia hospitals and health systems were found to have provided $3.7 billion in economic impact and generated $62.2 billion in positive economic impact across the commonwealth in 2023, a new report shows.

January 17, 2025

Commentary: Time to Ask Tough Questions About These Student Loan Bailouts

Even as the Trump inauguration nears, Biden continues to cause controversy, including with student loan cancellations. On January 13, his Education Department announced yet another round of student loan forgiveness—this time, for more than 150,000 borrowers—bringing the Administration’s total number of individuals with student...

January 17, 2025

Review: Norm Grant’s ‘Tales of Young Patriots’

P. Norman Grant has written “Tales of Young Patriots,” a delightful collection of 12 short stories of historical fiction celebrating the story of America, and the virtues that made our people great, through the eyes and ears of young participants...

January 17, 2025

Tom Zawistowski ‘Frustrated’ Ohio Governor Stalling in Announcing U.S. Senate Appointment to Fill JD Vance’s Seat

Tom Zawistowski, president of the Ohio-based We the People Convention, said he is “frustrated” that Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has yet to announce the individual he is appointing to the U.S. Senate to fill Vice President-elect JD Vance’s seat.

January 17, 2025

Arizona Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee Passes Bill to Speed up Election Tabulation Modeled After Florida Law

The Arizona Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee passed election integrity bill SB 1011 with a 4-3 vote along party lines on Wednesday. Sponsored by Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Mesa), the bill is modeled after Florida election law, in order...

January 17, 2025

Lee Zeldin Tells Senator He ‘Doesn’t Believe’ in ‘Armed Bureaucracy’ When Asked About ‘Outrageous’ EPA Raid

Former Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York said Thursday he believed the Environmental Protection Agency should not be an “armed bureaucracy.” The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carried out a raid with dozens of armed agents on a mine near...

January 16, 2025

Joe Biden Will Not Enforce TikTok Ban on Final Day in Office: Report

President Joe Biden will not enforce a potential federal ban on the app TikTok if the Supreme Court fails to block or delay the law by Sunday, an unnamed U.S. official told the Associated Press on Thursday.

January 16, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court Signals it May Rule on TikTok Ban Friday

The U.S. Supreme Court may issue a ruling in the case TikTok, Inc. v. Garland on Friday, the nation’s highest court signaled through a message on its website.

January 16, 2025

Tennessee Legislation Would Ban Controversial Red 40 Food Dye Targeted by RFK Jr. from Schools

Legislation filed this week in Tennessee would prohibit the controversial Red Number 40 artificial food dye from being offered to children in any public or charter school in the state. The legislative summary for House Bill 134 by Representative Elaine...

January 16, 2025

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Catches Descending Rocket Booster Using ‘Mechazilla’ for Second Time

SpaceX and Elon Musk on Thursday confirmed Mechazilla, the company's massive, 460-foot tall rocket launch and catch tower, successfully caught a descending rocket booster for the second time. "Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster," the SpaceX account confirmed in...

January 16, 2025

Biden DOJ Sues Tennessee County over Alleged Election Discrimination as Trump’s A.G. Nominee Awaits Confirmation

The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland launched a federal lawsuit against Fayette County, Tennessee, alleging its county redistricting plan for the Fayette County Board of Commissioners were gerrymandered to diminish the importance...