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A state judge ruled on Wednesday that Texas can remove Planned Parenthood and its affiliates from its Medicaid program. Texas had previously given Medicaid recipients using Planned Parenthood a Feb. 3 deadline to find new health care providers. Planned Parenthood challenged that in its recent lawsuit, which argued that the state didn’t follow the law when it issued a 30-day notice of … Continued

While two pieces of legislation passed in the House this week that made owning a gun harder for everyday Americans, Democrats “REJECTED an amendment that would have required ICE to be notified if an illegal immigrant tries to buy a gun,” according to House Whip Steve Scalise. So, in essence, Congress was making gun ownership … Continued

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More Democrats are admitting that there’s wasteful spending in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill passed by the Senate over the weekend. As we’ve reported, only 9 percent of the legislation appears to be directed toward actual COVID health spending. The rest, as GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy demonstrated, is saved for progressive special interests. . . … Continued

The pandemic was supposed to be a catastrophe for state government tax revenues. As it turns out, for many states it was a non-event. State government revenues declined by just four-tenths of a percentage point in the aggregate, according to data from the Urban Institute compiled by the Wall Street Journal. . . . The state with the … Continued

Did you miss this powerful prayer call with Pastor Rob McCoy who is standing up for the Church in the face of Covid restrictions in California? You will be challenged and encouraged.  As Pastor McCoy shared, “Where prayer is concentrated, power falls.” Join us in concentrating prayer for a courageous Church who will fight unconstitutional … Continued

Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a very dangerous piece of legislation—the Equality Act—and now it’s headed to the Senate. The Biden Administration has said they want to pass this within their first 100 days. Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a very dangerous piece of legislation—the Equality Act—and … Continued

Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is one of the officers who has been accused of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last Memorial Day. On one level, the trial is a local crime story, one of many unfolding right now. But of course, it’s also incalculably more than that. The death of George Floyd changed the United States, … Continued

CNN was widely lampooned Monday after tweeting that the release of new coronavirus guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was “giving limited freedoms” to vaccinated people, with many pointing out that the CDC does not have the authority to give “freedoms” to anyone. “The CDC releases guidelines giving limited freedoms to people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Here are the rules to … Continued

Recently, I had a conversation with Pastor Andrew Brunson for a special Religious Freedom Day edition of Washington Watch. When Andrew was wrongfully charged and sentenced to life behind bars, he admits it broke him. Nothing, he said, equipped him for the kind of persecution he experienced. Wasting away in a Turkish prison wasn’t how Pastor Brunson … Continued

The Democrat-controlled House on Wednesday passed a $1.9 trillion COVID relief measure, sending it to President Biden who intends to sign the measure into law. The 682-page bill passed on the strength of Democrats’ majority in the House, in an effort to bring economic relief to American families and businesses struggling through the deadly, now year-long pandemic. The … Continued

While many Americans worry about ever-increasing censorship, those responsible for it have managed to amplify its effects by creating a climate of self-censorship. Due to the psychological mechanisms of self-censorship, a single account blocked, a single video deleted, or a book banned can result in a broad chilling of speech. Important policy debates don’t occur, news story … Continued