The Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy group that was involved in the development of the Republican agenda for the second Trump presidency, Project 2025, published a report on Jan. 8 aimed at reshaping U.S. family policy.
"As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war against the people in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran, repels more liberal Americans, many Democrats who consider themselves strong supporters of Israel have felt out of sync and uncomfortable."
Democrats Finally Waking Up to AIPAC
A new study of esports gamers has found that sparkling water could be better than still water if you want to maintain concentration and alertness over long sessions at a desk.
The conflict with Iran rages on for the United States, and now people across the country are beginning to sound off about wanting regime change in the Islamic Republic. On Sunday, rallies were held in New York City by advocacy groups calling for freedom for the Iranian people and the release of political prisoners. Organizers say the gatherings were intended not only to support Iranians fighting for basic rights and liberties, but also to show backing for the American and Israeli military actions against Iran that began more than two weeks ago.
President Donald Trump said Iran is ready to make a deal to end the war but the US wants better terms, signaling no letup in a conflict that's brought shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill and upended energy markets.
Taiwan saw a surge of Chinese military planes near the island, its defense ministry said Sunday, after a sharp drop in flights over the past two weeks had sparked discussions among observers. The ministry detected 26 Chinese military aircraft around the island on Saturday, with 16 of them entering its northern, central and southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone. Seven naval ships were spotted around the island, it reported.
The Senate has passed a sweeping piece of housing legislation that seeks to bolster the U.S. housing supply and lower costs for home-buyers in an overwhelming bipartisan vote.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who coauthored the Senate housing bill, celebrated its passage in the upper chamber on Thursday.
"The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act will boost housing supply and bring down costs," said Warren in a statement.
European allies broadly support building closer ties to China -- and believe America's role as a global superpower is fading.
In a significant victory for the government, jurors convicted eight defendants on material support for terrorism charges for wearing black clothes to the late-night demonstration.
That use of "black bloc" clothing was an antifa tactic that assisted in the shooting of the officer, prosecutors said during their closing arguments Read more
An Afghan man who fought with U.S. forces and was legally evacuated to the U.S. after the fall of Kabul died this week within a day of being arrested by federal immigration officers in Texas, according to his family. The reported death would be at least the 24th in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this fiscal year, which began in October. The administration is on track for the deadliest year in ICE detention in more than two decades. Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, was preparing to drive his kids to school in the Dallas area on Friday when agents in unmarked vehicles allegedly surrounded him and arrested him in front of his children. Later that day, the former Afghan special forces soldier contacted family members from ICE custody to say he wasn't feeling well, they said. Around 11:45pm on Friday night, he was allegedly admitted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Around noon the following day, family members said they were informed he had died.
Iranians have been helping Israel target street level security forces Read more
Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack. Read more
"Florida lawmakers this week approved legislation to prohibit local governments from funding or promoting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis Locally elected officials who violate the bill may be removed from office, and local governments found in violation could face lawsuits from any resident who chooses to sue"
Right-wing media commentator Tucker Carlson claims President Donald Trump's Department of Justice could be building a criminal case against him.
In a clip shared Saturday evening on X, Carlson said the CIA is "preparing some kind of criminal referral" against him to the Justice Department "on the basis of a supposed crime."
The former Fox News host claimed investigators had read his text messages and that the supposed probe relates to "talking to people in Iran before the war."
"The crime under consideration, apparently, would be the foreign agent act or something like that, acting as an agent of a foreign power," he said.
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At the annual Spring Center for Bible Study Lecture at Jessup University, N. T. Wright explores the sweeping biblical narrative behind his new book, God's Homecoming.
Wright argues that the Bible tells one grand story " the story of God's return in Jesus Messiah and the ultimate vision of a renewed creation. Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed "the genetics" of assailants in a string of recent attacks across the country. He made the comments after attacks at a university in Virginia and a synagogue in Michigan and nearly a week after an improvised explosive was thrown outside Gracie Mansion in New York City.
