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Ed chief seeks to ease concerns over Trump’s call to admit more Chinese students to U.S. colleges

Education Secretary Linda McMahon sought Sunday to ease concerns about President Trump's call for dramatically increasing the number of Chinese students admitted to U.S. colleges.

September 7, 2025

‘Absolutely’: Homan says to expect federal action soon in ‘most sanctuary cities,’ including Chicago

Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that the Trump administration plans to take action in "most sanctuary cities" in the following week, including Chicago.

September 7, 2025

Florida surgeon general defends plan to end vaccine mandates

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defended Sunday his plan to eliminate all state vaccination requirements, casting it as an "issue of right and wrong," despite pushback from public-health experts and President Trump.

September 7, 2025

‘Religion clearly a factor’: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting comes with rise in church attacks

Those searching for the motivation behind the Minneapolis school shooting may be missing the obvious, as those who track violence against churches can attest.

September 7, 2025

‘Good riddance’: Republicans cheer Northwestern President Michael Schill’s resignation

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will step down after a rocky three-year tenure marked by anti-Israel protests, a federal funding freeze, and recent austerity measures that include faculty layoffs.

September 4, 2025

Judge reverses Trump admin’s freeze of more than $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard

A federal judge nullified Wednesday the Trump administration's orders freezing more than $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard University, ruling that the government violated the First Amendment and federal law in withholding research funding over the school's handling of campus antisemitism.

September 3, 2025

Republicans warn about spread of European online censorship to U.S. after Irish writer’s arrest

Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan didn't attend Wednesday's House hearing on European online censorship, but his arrest by British police for anti-transgender social media posts encapsulated GOP concerns about the growing regulatory regime abroad and its threat to free speech at home.

September 3, 2025

Denver schools defy White House on transgender restroom access

Add the Denver Public Schools to the list of educational institutions fighting the Trump administration's blitz against girls sharing bathrooms with boys.

September 2, 2025

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif files appeal to compete in women’s event without taking sex test

Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif wants to keep competing in women's boxing, but doesn't want to take the now-mandatory sex test.

September 1, 2025

Rowling lashes out at ‘Potter’ director after he says reunion ‘impossible’ in light of her politics

Author J.K. Rowling didn't mince words after Chris Columbus, who directed the first two "Harry Potter" movies, took issue with her outspoken condemnation of gender ideology.

September 1, 2025

Gorka accuses CNN anchor of ‘distorting the facts’ about transgender shooters

White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka accused a CNN anchor of pushing a political agenda after she sought to downplay the number of gender-divergent mass shooters following the Minneapolis Catholic school attack.

August 31, 2025

The joke’s on Newsom: Court sides with Babylon Bee in striking down anti-deepfake law

A federal judge tossed a California law intended to prevent fake political ads from influencing elections, finding that the measure violated the First Amendment in response to a legal challenge filed by internet personalities and the Babylon Bee.

August 30, 2025

Democratic lawmakers rebuked for scorning prayer after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

Democrats reacting to the deadly Minneapolis school shooting by belittling prayer may want to ask the Almighty for help with their messaging.

August 29, 2025

‘Full of hate’: Minneapolis shooter motivated by desire to kill defenseless children

Robin Westman scoffed at religion, idolized the nation's most notorious mass shooters and fantasized about carrying out a public massacre where children would be at their most vulnerable.

August 28, 2025

Minneapolis mayor decries anti-trans ‘hate’ after Catholic school shooter ID’d as transgender

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey warned the public against succumbing to anti-transgender "hate" after the suspect in Wednesday's deadly school shooting was identified by authorities as transgender.

August 27, 2025

‘Let my people go’: Republicans bring bill to split California into two states

California Assembly Republicans unveiled Wednesday a legislative proposal to divide the state in two, invoking the nuclear option in response to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's campaign to gut GOP representation in Congress.

August 27, 2025

Prospect of Melania Trump appearing on Vanity Fair cover spurs staff outrage

First lady Melania Trump has been shunned for years by fashion magazines, and some industry insiders want to keep it that way.

August 27, 2025

Cracker Barrel scraps logo rebrand, to bring back ‘Old Timer’ after backlash

Cracker Barrel abandoned its much-maligned logo rebrand Tuesday, saying that it will bring back its traditional logo after customer outcry sent its stock price plummeting.

August 26, 2025

Trump’s business advice to Cracker Barrel: Bring back old logo, make company ‘a winner again’

President Trump joined the growing calls for Cracker Barrel to ditch its rebrand and bring back the traditional folksy logo, saying there could be a "great opportunity" for the company amid the torrent of bad publicity.

August 26, 2025

Map shows where biological males are playing girls sports, using girls’ facilities

Parents and others wondering whether their local schools have biological males playing girls sports, take note: There's a map for that.

August 26, 2025