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Trump cuts more than $400 million in grants to Columbia over antisemitism concerns, potentially more to come
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Trump cuts more than $400 million in grants to Columbia over antisemitism concerns, potentially more to come

By Alec Schemmel  | Fox News The Trump administration announced on Friday that it will rescind more than $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, citing concerns over rising antisemitism on campus and the school's failure to address it. Earlier this week, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Education (DoED) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the initiation of a "comprehensive review" of more than $5 billion in federal grant money that goes to Columbia, "in light of ongoing investigations for potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act" related to antisemitism on campus.  It has only been four days since the Trump administration's announcement of this review, but the agencies have already begun slas...
President Trump to implement travel ban on Afghanistan, Pakistan over ‘deficient’ screening
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President Trump to implement travel ban on Afghanistan, Pakistan over ‘deficient’ screening

By Thomas Stevenson | The Post Millennial President Donald Trump is set to implement a new travel ban that would bar individuals from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the United States, according to a new report from Reuters. This comes after Trump drafted an executive order that directed cabinet members to recommend a list of countries for bans where their "vetting and screening information is so deficient." The ban would add to a list of “red” countries whose people are barred from coming to the US. The list of countries that Trump had on the list when he implemented a travel ban in his first term included Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Afghanistan would then be added to the list as a result of a draft proposal...
Inside VP J.D. Vance’s tone-setting trip to the U.S.-Mexico border
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Inside VP J.D. Vance’s tone-setting trip to the U.S.-Mexico border

By Reagan Reese | The Daily Caller As the vice president’s motorcade zipped by a long stretch of border wall Tuesday, the barrier quickly turned from solid structure to a patchwork of old train cars and razor wire. The motorcade turned into Shelby Park, an area Gov. Greg Abbott seized so officials could put up razor wire and barriers to help deter crossings coming from the Rio Grande. Standing in the middle of the park at a podium, the location quickly became symbolic of how the administration is addressing the border crisis. “I think the president’s hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall. And, of course, that’s the physical structure, the border wall itself,” the vice president said in response to the Daily Caller’s question about how much of the bor...
Trump Admin finds Maine in violation of Civil Rights Law for allowing men in women’s sports
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Trump Admin finds Maine in violation of Civil Rights Law for allowing men in women’s sports

By  Breccan F. Thies | The Federalist The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified the state of Maine that it is violating Title IX civil rights law by persisting in allowing males in female sports. The letter sent to the office of Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, as well as the state’s attorney general office, states that Maine violated the law by continuing to allow sex-based discrimination in school programs and activities that receive federal dollars. “Maine Democrats continue to play chicken with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding and the future of girls’ sports in Maine is at stake,” Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby told The Federalist. “Nearly 70% of Democrats agree that biological males should not be allowed to compete against girls. As a result of...
Legacy media scrambles amid shifting political dynamics
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Legacy media scrambles amid shifting political dynamics

By MIG Reports Key Takeaways: Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC and Jeff Bezos giving the Washington Post a new directive stirs discussion of a dying legacy media apparatus. Viewership and subscriptions are down for traditional media outlets as the Trump White House embraces new media and independent journalists. American trust in legacy media is extremely low and many believe the industry is quickly sinking and may be unrecoverable. Legacy media continues to collapse as Americans reaffirm their distrust. Institutions like CNN, MSNBC, and The Washington Post have been deteriorating for years, and recent events are deepening fault lines in the industry. Recent events like Lester Holt leaving NBC, Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC, new directives for the Washington Post fuel di...
Walsh: Sanity is making a comeback
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Walsh: Sanity is making a comeback

By Matt Walsh | Daily Wire, Commentary Just a few days after BLM and Antifa set fire to a church outside the White House in the summer of 2020, the mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser, issued an emergency order. This wasn’t an order about restoring law and order to the streets of the nation’s capital, or punishing the vandals who had just destroyed property and assaulted Secret Service agents, or anything like that. Instead, Bowser made the decision to hire an elite team of eight artists — yes, eight artists — to meet up at around 3:30 a.m. in the morning. These artists’ mission, if they chose to accept it, was to paint the words “BLACK LIVES MATTER” on two blocks of road, in giant fifty-foot-tall letters, just a few blocks from the White House. This street painting would be referre...
The law firm that laundered the Russia Hoax has been stripped of security clearances
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The law firm that laundered the Russia Hoax has been stripped of security clearances

By Katie Pavlich | Townhall.com The law firm that produced the Steele dossier on behalf of the Clinton campaign and laundered the Russia hoax against President Donald Trump during his first term no longer has access to classified or sensitive U.S. government information.  "This is an absolute honor to sign. What they've done is just terrible. It's a weaponization, you could say weaponization against a political opponent, and it should never be allowed to happen again," Trump said before signing an executive order stripping the firm of security clearances.  READ THE FULL STORY AT TOWNHALL.COM
Among 10 Dems who defect to censure cane-waving, Trump shouting congressman, none were from Colorado
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Among 10 Dems who defect to censure cane-waving, Trump shouting congressman, none were from Colorado

By Mychael Schnell | The Hill Ten House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Thursday, rebuking the 11-term congressman for his disruptive protest during President Trump’s speech to Congress. The chamber adopted the censure resolution in a 224-198-2 vote, less than 48 hours after Green stood up, waved his cane in the air and yelled at Trump during his speech, prompting his eventual removal from the chamber. The vote made him the 28th member of the House to be censured. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
Newsom, in move possibly angled at 2028 bid, breaks with Dems on transgender athletes: ‘Deeply unfair’
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Newsom, in move possibly angled at 2028 bid, breaks with Dems on transgender athletes: ‘Deeply unfair’

By Valerie Richardson  | The Washington Times California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that allowing male-born athletes in female sports is “deeply unfair,” breaking ranks with his fellow Democrats on an issue bedeviling the party ahead of his expected presidential run. Mr. Newsom agreed that the issue of male-born athletes competing against girls and women boils down to “an issue of fairness,” saying so in an interview posted Thursday on his newly launched podcast with conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Asked by Mr. Kirk if he would “say ‘no men in women’s sports,’” Mr. Newsom agreed with the Turning Point USA founder. READ TEH FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Trump to order Sec. McMahon to begin dissolving Education Department
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President Trump to order Sec. McMahon to begin dissolving Education Department

By Sarah Fortinsky | The Hill President Trump  is expected to issue an executive order directing Education SecretaryLinda McMahon to begin taking the necessary steps to shutter the department. An administration official told NewsNation White House correspondent Libbey Dean early Thursday that Trump would sign an executive order Thursday afternoon that directs McMahon to begin dissolving the Education Department. READ TEH FULL STORY AT THE HILL