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Here Are the Details of Biden's New Executive Order on Guns

President Joe Biden issued an executive order that will expand background checks on gun sales, the White House said Tuesday. According to an fact sheet from the White House, Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, where a mass shooting occurred in January, to announce the order. “The Executive Order will also keep more guns out of dangerous hands by increasing the effective use of ‘red… → Read More

Trump Says He Will Cut Funding From Schools Teaching CRT and 'Transgender Insanity'

Former President Donald Trump said this week that if he becomes president again in 2024, he will cut funding from schools that are teaching children divisive curriculum such as Critical Race Theory (CRT) and transgender ideology. “What they’re teaching in schools today is insane,” Trump said in remarks in Iowa. "I will immediately sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school… → Read More

Girls Basketball Team That Refused to Play Against a Transgender Athlete Banned From Sporting Events

A private Christian school in Vermont that forfeited a girls’ basketball game against a team with a biological male “transgender” player has been banned from participating in upcoming sporting events. The Vermont Principals’ Association, which oversees school sporting events, announced on Monday that Mid Vermont Christian School would be ineligible to participate in sporting events and other… → Read More

New Bill Would Prohibit Schools From Forcing Teachers to Use Students' Preferred Pronouns

A new bill in Arkansas would prohibit schools from forcing teachers to address students by “preferred pronouns,” meaning pronouns that align with their “gender identity” instead of their biological sex. Under H.B. 1468, teachers would not be penalized for “misgendering” a student if they do not use their pronouns. “You cannot force a teacher or a state employee to use whatever somebody believes,… → Read More

NBC Host Claims DeSantis Is ‘Politicizing’ Education By Doing Something That Used to be Common

NBC News host Chuck Todd claimed on Sunday that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is “politicizing” schools after he approved curriculum to teach children about the evils of communism. Todd made the remarks on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” while discussing DeSantis' recent trip to Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, DeSantis spoke to attendees about how Nevada can take pointers from… → Read More

Friend of Americans Kidnapped in Mexico Narrowly Avoided the Same Fate

A friend of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico this month revealed that she almost traveled into the country with them, but was forced to stay behind in Texas because she forgot her identification to leave the United States. To recap, Julio covered this week how a group of four Americans were shot at and then taken away by armed gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, on March 3. The… → Read More

School Districts Across a Red State Have Switched to 4-Day Weeks

Nearly 60 school districts across Texas have implemented four-day school weeks in an effort to prevent teacher turnover. According to Austin-based outlet KXAN, at least seven other school districts offer a hybrid schedule with four-day weeks implemented for part of the school year. This trend among the school districts began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. An investigation by the outlet… → Read More

Former Student of ‘Woke’ NY Teacher at Center of Lawsuit Says She Called Students ‘Sexist’

A former student of a New York teacher who allegedly forced a female student to use a male name and pronouns said that the teacher once called his entire class “sexist little children.” According to the New York Post, the student said during a Comsewogue school board meeting this week that the teacher, Debra Rosenquist, made the remark when he was a fifth-grade student. “One time, I think there… → Read More

Kentucky Lawmakers Consider Bill Prohibiting Colleges From Banning Concealed Carry Firearms

A piece of legislation under consideration in Kentucky would prohibit public colleges and universities from banning anyone over 21 from carrying a concealed weapon on campus. Republican state Rep. Savannah Maddox, who sponsored the bill, told the House Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection that the legislation would allow Kentucky residents to exercise their Second… → Read More

Newsom AG Sued Over Law Declaring California a ‘Sanctuary State’ for Transgender Minors

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is being sued over a newly-enacted law that declared California a “sanctuary state” for minors who want to obtain irreversible “gender-affirming” health care. Our Watch, a California-based parental rights nonprofit, filed the lawsuit in federal court against California Attorney General Rob Bonta (via Fox News Digital): > The filing, to be… → Read More

Home State of Late-Term Abortionist to Push ‘Heartbeat’ Legislation

Lawmakers in Nebraska have put forward legislation that would take the state from its current second-trimester abortion limit to the earliest weeks of pregnancy. According to Nebraska’s state legislature, current law allows abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, L.B. 626, would prohibit abortions after fetal heartbeat detection, which occurs around six weeks of pregnancy. Other states,… → Read More

A U.S. High School Reportedly Collaborated With Chinese State Military-Affiliated Institution

One of the United State’s top public schools reportedly received hundreds of thousands of dollars from groups affiliated with China’s military, The Washington Examiner reported. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which is part of Fairfax County Public Schools, reportedly partnered with Tsinghua University High School (TUHS) in 2014 “to assist it and China generally… → Read More

USA Powerlifting Must Allow Transgender Athletes to Compete With Women, Court Rules

USA Powerlifting will allow male-bodied transgender athletes to compete in the women’s division after a transgender athlete won a discrimination lawsuit against the organization. The athlete, JayCee Cooper, filed a complaint against the organization in 2019 with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights for being banned from competing in the USA Powerlifting women’s category, Fox News reported.… → Read More

A New York Teacher Manipulated Student to Become Trans, Causing Her to Become Suicidal, Lawsuit Says

A “woke” teacher in New York allegedly “manipulated” a 5th grade girl into changing her gender without her parents’ knowledge or consent and caused her “suicidal ideation,” according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that teacher Debra Rosenquist at the Terryville Road Elementary School in Terryville, New York, singled out then-9-year-old “A.V.” throughout the 2021-2022 school year. Allegedly,… → Read More

Walgreens Says It Will Not Dispense Abortion Pills in Several States

Walgreens, one of the country’s largest pharmacy retail chains, said Thursday that it would not dispense abortion pills in many states where it remains legal. According to Politico, around two dozen state attorneys general wrote last month to Walgreens, threatening to pursue legal action against the company if it began distributing abortion pills. This week, the company confirmed to the outlet… → Read More

Hershey’s Women’s Day Campaign Faces Backlash for Including a Biological Male

Candy company Hershey’s faced backlash after it unveiled female-themed chocolate bars promoted by a biological male who identifies as a woman in honor of International Women’s Day. In the Women's Day ad, Fae Johnstone, a transgender “2SLGBTQUIA+ advocate,” can be seen posing with a limited edition Hershey bar that says “her for she.” “My name is Fae Johnstone, I’m the executive director of… → Read More

Girls High School Basketball Team Forfeits Game Against Team With Transgender Player

A girls high school basketball team in Vermont forfeited a tournament after refusing to compete against a team that included a transgender player. Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) was scheduled to compete against Long Trail School on Feb. 21, but the school pulled out of the tournament due to the male-bodied athlete on Long Trail’s team, CNN reported. “We withdrew from the tournament because… → Read More

GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect Parents’ Rights in Education

This week, Republican lawmakers introduced H.R. 5, known as the Parents Bill of Rights, to protect parental involvement in their children’s education. This comes as school districts across the country have been exposed for injecting sexual education and gender identity lessons into curriculum staff members hiding student’s gender transitions from parents. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other… → Read More

Massachusetts Democrats Decide the Fate of Leader Who Suggested Disabled Children Be Aborted

A Massachusetts Democrat who suggested that disabled children be aborted will not be removed from his position as chair of a local Democratic committee, according to Fox News. Reportedly, the Framingham Democratic Committee voted down a motion this week that included removing Michael Hugo as chair. The vote came down 11 in favor of his removal, 16 against, and one who abstained from voting. As… → Read More

GOP Senators Torch Garland for Targeting Pro-Life Activists in the Aftermath of Dobbs

On Wednesday, GOP Sen. Mike Lee (UT) questioned United States Attorney General Merrick Garland over the arrest of Mark Houck, a pro-life activist who was arrested for allegedly violating the FACE Act in an altercation with an abortion clinic escort, as well as several other pro-lifers who’ve been targeted by Biden’s DOJ. As Townhall covered, Houck, 48, was found not guilty this month of federal… → Read More