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Donald Trump is selling $60 ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles ahead of Easter

Former President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he is partnering with country musician Lee Greenwood to sell “God Bless the USA” Bibles ahead of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. “Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to Read More

Republicans largely quiet as Democrats hammer SCOTUS abortion pill challenge

Republicans remained relatively quiet on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) actions to make the abortion pill Mifeprisone easier to access over the course of several years.  Democratic lawmakers sounded off in apparent unison, contrasting with their partisan counterparts and bashing the arguments Read More

Alaska set to increase grants for download speeds at rural schools

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to sign legislation passed days ahead of a funding application deadline that aims to increase internet download speeds for rural schools. Under the bill, HB193, schools would be able to get grants to increase download speeds to 100 megabits per second, a four-fold increase over what is currently available in Read More

California capital to vote on ‘sanctuary city’ status for transgender people

Sacramento City Council members are poised to vote on a resolution Tuesday evening that would declare it a sanctuary city for transgender people — including minors. The legislation has received the stamp of approval from a major Democrat-Socialist organization.  Sacramento City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, a Democrat, spearheaded the resolution, which would protect medical professionals who Read More

Virginia governor vetoes dozens of gun control bills thwarting Democrat legislators

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed more than two dozen gun control bills Tuesday that had sailed through the state’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly before landing on the Republican governor’s desk.  “I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia and today, I’ve done exactly that,” Read More

Pentagon releases data on controversial abortion travel policy for service members

The Department of Defense has released partial data for its policy that covered travel expenses for service members seeking an abortion.  The policy authorized administrative absences as well as travel and transportation allowances that gave service members and their dependents access to “non-covered reproductive healthcare.” That includes non-covered abortion and assisted reproductive technology like in Read More