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Biden’s Proposed 5.2% Pay Hike for Bureaucrats Outstrips Average Raise in Private Sector
President Joe Biden’s $7 trillion tax-and-spending plan would boost pay for federal bureaucrats by 5.2%, their highest raise in decades and more than private sector employees have gotten. The proposed 5.2% hike for government…
A Chance for Real Change
When the history books look back on 2023, the biggest American news story may be something that’s getting little attention right now: the school choice revolution. This year, Iowa, Utah, and Arkansas have passed massive…
The Most Important Founding Father You May Not Remember
Thursday is the birthday of the most important Founding Father Americans may not even remember. He doesn’t have a musical written about him. He doesn’t have an HBO series. But he is one of the most significant Founders in the…
Police Lt. Explains How Cartels Are Taking Advantage of Biden’s Open Border Policies
PINAL COUNTY, Ariz.—Worms crawled out of a small hole in the front of a carpet shoe that was used by a cartel member likely only weeks before. Dropping the piece of camouflage fabric the cartels use to make their tracks less…
‘Restorative Justice’ Is Killing American Classrooms
As record numbers of fistfights are erupting amid a behavior crisis in the American public education system, more schools are attempting to use restorative justice—even though that process often makes behavioral problems…
Forget Statehood: Congress’ Quashing of DC’s Pro-Crime Bill Shows City Incapable of Self-Governance
What do you do when carjackings are surging in your city? For local leaders in Washington, D.C., the answer is clear: Reduce the penalties for carjackings, of course. It’s pure genius. In November, the D.C. Council passed the…
Russia Helping China Speed Up Its Nuclear Buildup. US Unprepared to Counter It.
Policymakers are increasingly concerned about evidence of increasing cooperation between the United States’ two greatest adversaries, Russia and China. While recent discussion has focused on China providing Russia with lethal…
These 12 Defensive Uses of Guns Support Student’s Plea for Armed Self-Defense
After a gunman killed three students last month at Michigan State University, the campus was quickly awash in cries for more gun control. It wasn’t long before the Rock, a campus monument long used by students as a free…
Treasury Secretary: US ‘Banking System Is Sound’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. “banking system is sound” just days after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. “This week the government took decisive and forceful actions to stabilize and…
Girls High School Basketball Team Banned From Future Tournaments for Refusing to Compete Against Team With Male Player
A Christian school’s girls basketball team has been banned from competing in future tournaments after forfeiting a game against a team with a male student who claims to be transgender. In February, the Mid Vermont Christian…