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Lawsuit against Biden’s Keystone cancellation grows as Alaska, Florida join effort

Two more states, Alaska and Florida, have joined the federal lawsuit challenging President Biden's decision to revoke the Keystone XL pipeline permit, bringing the number of states seeking to reinstate the project to 23.

June 3, 2021

‘They whacked us’: YouTube cancels Christian author Eric Metaxas

Christian author Eric Metaxas has had his show kicked off YouTube for violating its content restrictions in what the program's producer described as a "hatchetjob."

June 2, 2021

Denver school board member accused of sexually assaulting multiple students

Tay Anderson, a Denver school board member and rising Democratic Party star, is under investigation after being accused by a parent of sexually assaulting more than 60 students in a case that has rocked Colorado's largest school system.

June 2, 2021

Trump shuts down ‘desk’ blog, will join another platform: Aide

Former President Donald Trump has shut down his blog after less than a month as he moves toward what a senior aide described as his plan to join another social media platform.

June 2, 2021

Biden suspends oil leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Interior Department announced Tuesday the suspension of all Arctic National Wildlife Refuge leases pending an environmental analysis, shutting down one of the Trump administration's landmark energy initiatives.

June 1, 2021

Mass pipeline protest over Line 3 looms in Minnesota

The biggest pipeline protest since Dakota Access is taking shape in northern Minnesota, where opponents are seeking to mobilize thousands of protesters to disrupt construction on the Alberta-to-Wisconsin project known as Line 3.

June 1, 2021

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill barring transgender athletes from women’s, girls’ sports

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports, joining seven other states in what he described as an effort to protect female sports.

June 1, 2021

Lawsuit demands MLB move All-Star Game back to Atlanta or pay $100 million

A small-business advocacy group has sued Major League Baseball over its decision to relocate the All-Star Game to Denver, seeking an order requiring the league to return the game to Atlanta or pay local companies $100 million in damages.

June 1, 2021

Rashad Turner, Black Lives Matter St. Paul founder, says he quit over ‘ugly truth’

A founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in St. Paul says he resigned over what he described as the organization's lack of interest in supporting Black families and opposition to school choice, calling it "the ugly truth."

May 31, 2021

Kamala Harris bashed for ‘long weekend’ tweet that fails to mention Memorial Day

It was a long weekend for Vice President Kamala D. Harris on social media after she posted a holiday tweet that neglected to mention Memorial Day. "Enjoy your long weekend," Ms. Harris tweeted Saturday. Among those commenting was Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, who tweeted: "Care to mention WHY we're having a long weekend, Kamala?"

May 30, 2021

‘Devout Catholic’ Biden runs afoul of Catholic church again by dropping Hyde Amendment

President Biden drew a rebuke from U.S. bishops for omitting from his proposed $6 trillion budget the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortion, breaking with a budgetary precedent in place since 1976.

May 29, 2021

Facebook whistleblower who exposed ‘vaccine hesitancy’ crackdown fired

Morgan Kahmann, a Facebook whistleblower who leaked documents to Project Veritas exposing the tech giant's policy on suppressing "vaccine hesitancy," has been fired by the Big Tech giant.

May 29, 2021

NCAA ripped for holding events in states with bans on transgender athletes in female sports

The NCAA snubbed North Carolina over its 2016 "bathroom bill," but boycotting red states over their transgender laws may be tougher when multiple states are involved.

May 28, 2021

Montana AG bans critical-race theory programs, joins red-state backlash

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen declared Thursday that many critical race theory programs violate state and federal anti-discrimination laws, joining red states battling the woke race-focused movement sweeping the nation.

May 27, 2021

White farmers, ranchers fight Biden administration’s race-based loan program

Like many ranchers who struggled during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Liesl Carpenter would love to have her hefty agricultural loans forgiven by the federal government, but there's just one problem: She's the wrong race.

May 27, 2021

‘60 Minutes’ hit with backlash from LGBTQ advocates for detransition report

"60 Minutes" is hardly regarded as a bastion of conservative advocacy, but the long-running CBS news program has come under fire from the left for its segment on transgender health care that included those seeking to reverse the transition process.

May 26, 2021

Rand Paul accuses Richard Marx of ‘advocating violence’ in praising attacker

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, lashed out Tuesday at the "violence coming from the left," linking a recent death threat to a celebrity tweet praising the neighbor who attacked and seriously injured the senator.

May 25, 2021

One-third of Americans unwilling to spend $1 to fight climate change

President Biden wants to spend in excess of $1 trillion to combat climate change, but more than one-third of Americans are unwilling to chip in a single buck.

May 25, 2021

1619 Project faces backlash from conservative Black intellectuals

The backlash against what Robert L. Woodson calls the "race-grievance industry" is surging, and leading the revolt are right-tilting Black intellectuals like himself.

May 25, 2021

Senate Republicans pressure divided Democrats with antisemitism resolution

Senate Republicans introduced Tuesday a resolution condemning recent violence against Jews and linking it to a surge in "poisonous anti-Israel rhetoric," putting Senate Democrats on the spot as they wrestle with rising sentiment against Israel on the left.

May 25, 2021