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More to Ramirez’ removal than ‘photogate,’ military watchdog says

1 day ago | afn.net | Chad Groening

A conservative military watchdog believes the firing of an Army Reserve commander is more than her failure to display photos of the chain of command. Recently Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez was relieved of duty at Fort McCoy Wisconsin after the post failed to install photos of President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a wall displaying their chain of command. (Vance is shown in Greenland above and in a file photo from the campaign below).
Rubio makes undiplomatic vow to cut 'bloated, bureaucratic' State Dept

2 days ago | afn.net | Parrish Alford

Pictured: An organizational chart of the U.S. State Department Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is making sweeping changes to downsize the State Department but that plan is sure to run into the bureaucratic behemoth being targeted. Rubio has announced a sweeping reorganization of the State Department with a plan of cutting more than 700 positions and eliminating 132 of 734 bureaus, which would reduce personnel by 15%, Town Hall reported.
Trump's controversial tariff gamble isolating CCP and its trade monopoly

2 days ago | afn.net | Parrish Alford

In the global trade war begun by President Trump, an expert on China says there is a reason the Communist-led trading giant is threatening its trading partners around the world. China's actions are a sign Trump’s tariffs are working, Gordon Chang, an expert on China and frequent critic of its communist party, said on Washington Watch Tuesday.
Fires flame up around Hegseth, but Trump stands strong behind his Defense Secretary

2 days ago | afn.net | Chad Groening

During the annual Easter egg hunt at the White House, Trump defended Pete Hegseth in the wake of reports by The New York Times and others in the leftwing media accusing him of sharing classified military attack plans in a group chat on the social media app Signal with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The report comes a month after a journalist was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat in which US cabinet officials, including Hegseth, discussed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Healey credited with leading creepy abortion obsession in Mass.

3 days ago | afn.net | Bronson Woodruff

Pictured: Gov. Maura Healey A pro-life leader says no one should be surprised the blue-state Massachusetts is promoting abortion to college-age students on a public campus. The University of Massachusetts-Amherst recently announced its campus health center, University Health Services, received an $80,000 grant from the state to improve student access to abortion.
Another win for students in Idaho

3 days ago | afn.net | Bronson Woodruff

In a state that has seen lawsuits against universities amid a larger trend of restricting speech based on viewpoint, Governor Brad Little (R) has signed free speech protections into law. Zack Pruitt, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, says the Protecting Campus Free Speech in Higher Education Act (HB 240) keeps colleges and universities from restricting certain viewpoints by clarifying definitions in state code with respect to harassment, students, and student groups.
Trump vs Harvard: Two opposing forces collide over country's culture

3 days ago | afn.net | Parrish Alford

Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, announced Tuesday, doesn’t address the fact the federal government wants to remove billions in public funding from a private university. This particular university, part of the elite Ivy League, is also the world’s richest with an endowment of more than $53 billion. That is more than the annual GDP of numerous countries such as Estonia, Jordan, and Tunisia.
ICE finds new 'force multiplier' in Florida

3 days ago | afn.net | Bronson Woodruff

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), says the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, the University of Central Florida in Orlando, the University of South Florida in Tampa, and Florida International University in Miami have reportedly signed agreements to assist the Trump administration in tackling illegal immigration.
Watching … waiting: Will conclave go more conservative with next pope?

4 days ago | afn.net | Parrish Alford

Within hours of the death of Pope Francis on Monday, media outlets began churning out profiles of possible successors. Whoever that might be will determine the church’s policy on the rise of Islam in Western Europe, Memphis-based radio host and Newsmax contributor Todd Starnes said on American Family Radio Monday. Many faith leaders would like to see more conservative messaging and leadership from the Vatican with the next pope.
'Abortion pill drug cartel' thrives amid general 'stability'

4 days ago | afn.net | Chris Woodward |Bronson Woodruff

People are encouraged to view new abortion data with skepticism. Michael J. New, an assistant professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, says before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion numbers were going up a lot. Today, that is not the case.