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1 week ago | heartlandernews.com | Mariane Angela

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin condemned American universities on Fox Business Thursday for what she called their “complicity” in Chinese Communist Party espionage. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday the State Department will begin aggressively revoking visas held by Chinese students, citing national security concerns.

1 week ago | heartlandernews.com | John Ransom

(The Lion) — A Pennsylvania school district’s refusal to release a report about an attack by a 13-year-old transgender student has sparked community backlash. Citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the district withheld the full report involving last year’s attack on a 12-year-old victim, frustrating those seeking transparency and accountability.

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | John Ransom

(The Lion) — President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Tuesday for a missile defense system to protect the U.S. from overseas, sea- and space-based missile attacks. The announcement helped fulfill a Trump-Vance campaign promise to bolster national security by creating a “Golden Dome” missile defense technology. Trump described the initiative as a realization of President Ronald Reagan’s vision from four decades prior, then called “Star Wars” or SDI, now made possible by advances in technology.

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Mariane Angela

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Federal prosecutors have charged Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver on Monday with assaulting law enforcement officers during a political stunt at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Newark, N.J., earlier in May. U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the charges, saying McIver “assaulted, impeded, and interfered with law enforcement” in violation of federal law during a confrontation at Delaney Hall Detention Facility.

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Tom Joyce

(The Lion) — Pro golfer Scottie Scheffler dominated the field on Sunday to win the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow by five strokes. But it’s his Christian faith, not his accolades that define him, he says. “I feel like I’ve been given a gift to play golf, but at the end of the day, the golf tournament is over,” Scheffler said in a post-round press conference. “You take your hat off, shake hands, and you move on.