Category: Featured Articles

Shoppers in Vermont hoping to wander the aisles of their local big-box store in search of an exercise mat or a video game are out of luck. The state on Tuesday ordered Walmart Inc. and other big-box retailers to halt the sale of “non-essential” products in their brick-and-mortar locations to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus. … Continued

Forced increasingly to confront its own coronavirus emergency, Russia nonetheless has capitalized internationally on the COVID-19 pandemic, Kremlin-watchers tell Just the News. “The Russians are constantly looking for vulnerabilities within NATO and the European Union,” said Elisabeth Braw, who directs the Modern Deterrence project for the London-based Royal United Services Institute, a think tank. “They … Continued

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” That was what Rahm Emanuel, a former mayor of Chicago who also served as chief of staff for President Barack Obama, said about the 2007-2008 financial crash, viewing that moment as an opportunity to pass legislation that likely otherwise would not be seriously considered. “[W]hat I … Continued

Drug cartels, including those fueling the Maduro regime in Venezuela, are seeking to exploit the United States’ focus on eradicating the coronavirus epidemic, and the U.S. military is mobilizing to respond, President Trump said Wednesday. “We’re focused on so many other parts of the country and even parts of the world,” Trump said during the … Continued

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she would like to see “vote by mail” funding of up to $4 billion in Congress’ next coronavirus stimulus package for upcoming elections. Pelosi suggested on Wednesday that the funding would help states “expand” their vote-by-mail capabilities and allow voters to cast ballots by mail rather than show up … Continued

Idaho Governor Brad Little (R), facing a deadline to act upon bills passed by his state’s legislature this year’s session, signed two bills Monday to protect the integrity of classifications on the basis of biological sex. House Bill 500, the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, specifies that only biological females (as determined by reproductive anatomy, levels … Continued

Fox News host Tucker Carlson addressed the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and warned viewers to “remain skeptical” of remarks and findings of officials and scientists. Carlson discussed findings reported in early February by scientists from the South China University of Technology during a monologue on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Tuesday. Carlson noted that neither he nor … Continued

Federal agents discovered a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel running beneath the U.S.-Mexico border and connecting a building in Tijuana to a warehouse in Otay Mesa. Investigators uncovered the tunnel on Thursday, March 19, as part of an investigation by a variety of agencies including Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the … Continued

“President Trump on Wednesday said that Iran may be planning a “sneak attack” on American troops in Iraq. He warned that, should this come to pass, it will come with a “heavy price” for Iran. The president’s warning on Twitter comes amid continued tensions with Iran over military confrontations beginning in January – most recently the Soleimani birthday attack in which … Continued

Jeanne Mancini of March for Life (marchforlife.org or marchforlifeaction.org) joined our prayer call yesterday to thank YOU for your prayers. She shared such a long list of answered prayers for us to thank God for and give Him glory: The President of the United States wasn’t planning to come to the March even a week … Continued