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Nearly 400 Colleges and Universities Refuse to Close DEI Offices

4 days ago | dailysignal.com | S.a. McCarthy

Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government. The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government. In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.
Tolkien’s Eucatastrophe and Easter

4 days ago | spectator.org | S.a. McCarthy

Many years ago, during a late-night walk through Oxford’s beautiful Botanical Gardens, two men discussed whether the life and death of Christ was a fairy story. Both men agreed that indeed it was: one man, an atheist literature professor, averred that the life and death of Christ was no more than a fairy story, but the other, a Catholic philologist, argued that it was the one true fairy story, of which all other fairy stories were but pale shadows.
The Harrowing of Hell and the Goodness of God

6 days ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

The story of Jesus Christ’s life, passion, death, and resurrection is unequivocally the most consequential story in the whole of human history, literally defining the course of the world over the past 2,000 years. To many Christians, the story is intimately familiar, repeated time and time again — especially in the days leading up to Easter Sunday — and recounted and analyzed in countless sermons and homilies, theology and philosophy books, and even documentaries and podcasts.
‘Why Are We Not Protecting Our Children?’ Mother of Slain Illegal Immigrant Victim Speaks at White House

6 days ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

Maryland mother-of-five Rachel Morin was brutally raped and murdered in 2023 by an illegal immigrant ushered into the country under the Biden administration. After her killer, El Salvador national Victor Martinez-Hernandez, was convicted this week, the victim’s mother spoke at the White House, urging journalists who cover subjects such as illegal immigration to “tell the truth” about the damage done to the nation by noncitizens.
Trump and RFK Jr. Direct NIH to Study Detransitioning and Trans ‘Regret’

1 week ago | theiowastandard.com | S.a. McCarthy

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Nearly 400 Colleges and Universities Refuse to Close DEI Offices

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

A recent report from an education watchdog has found that colleges and universities across the nation are still operating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding an end to DEI initiatives among any organizations that receive federal funding.
UK Supreme Court Defines ‘Man,’ ‘Woman,’ and ‘Sex’ as Biological

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

While President Donald Trump is combating the transgender agenda from the White House, across the pond, Britain’s highest court just issued a landmark ruling on the definition of “man” and “woman.” In 2018, Scottish legislators broadened the definition of “woman” as used in the Equality Act of 2010 (EA 2010) to include biological males who identify as women, even those who have not yet undergone gender transition procedures, provided that the males have gender recognition certificates (GRC)...
Controversy Escalates over Sanctuary Cities and Trump Deportations

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

Ever since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has stirred outrage and controversy amongst progressive Americans, escalating to a series of conflicts in federal courts. Nearly three months later, the controversy is unabated and may actually be escalating. Here are three updates on how the president’s immigration and deportation plans are progressing — or being impeded.
Trump and RFK Jr. Direct NIH to Study Detransitioning and Trans ‘Regret’

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

While campaigning, President Donald Trump pledged to address the “gender ideology” targeting children in the U.S. Now that he’s back in the White House, he is seemingly making good on that promise. According to several reports, the president and his Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have directed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research on the long-term effects of gender transition procedures, especially on children.
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Again, Allowing 500K Illegal Immigrants to Remain in U.S.

1 week ago | washingtonstand.com | S.a. McCarthy

President Donald Trump’s White House has been feuding for months now with a series of district court judges who have been hampering the president’s agenda through sweeping preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders.