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A Phoenix-area high school found itself at the center of a first amendment debate this spring after administrators decided to move a planned appearance by Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk off school grounds — following a swift and vocal backlash from parents and students. Kirk had been invited by Club America, the TPUSA-affiliated student […]
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Idaho has become the only state in America where the firing squad is the primary execution method, signed specifically to punish child sex offenders. Governor Brad Little's new laws take effect July 2025 and directly challenge a 2008 Supreme Court precedent.
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Florida became one of the first states in decades to authorize the death penalty for the sexual assault of a child under 12 — even when the victim survives — directly challenging the Supreme Court's 2008 Kennedy v. Louisiana ruling.
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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are both publicly demanding ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel after a joke implying Melania hoped her husband would be killed. Comedian Rob Schneider escalated with an open letter to Disney's CEO. ABC has not responded.
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The U.S. Army has suspended its most elite combat training programs mid-fiscal year due to a $4–6 billion budget shortfall — driven by Iran war costs, border deployments, and surging fuel prices. Congress has been briefed but no emergency funding has been approved.
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Federal agents detained 27 cruise ship workers — including 10 Disney staff — after boarding 8 ships in San Diego. CBP found all 27 possessed child sexual exploitation material. Most were deported without U.S. charges.
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It has been thirteen years since 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead inside a rolled-up wrestling mat at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Authorities ruled it an accident — they said Kendrick had reached into the mat for a sneaker and suffocated. His parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, never believed it. They still don’t. […]
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Missouri's legislature passed Bentley and Mason's Law, requiring courts to order child support from any drunk driver convicted of a DWI crash that kills a parent. The bill now heads to the governor.
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Comedian Rob Schneider published a scathing open letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro demanding ABC fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — escalating a feud that began with a controversial joke about Melania Trump.
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The U.S. Army has quietly begun canceling some of its most demanding training programs — not because of a change in strategy, but because it has run out of money. With months still remaining in the fiscal year, the military is staring down a budget shortfall estimated between $4 and $6 billion, and the cuts […]
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The U.S. Army has suspended the Sapper Course, paused artillery training at Fort Campbell, and cut pilot flight hours as a $4–6 billion budget shortfall forces cuts across the force with months left in the fiscal year.
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Festus, Missouri made history when voters ousted every council member who approved a $6 billion AI data center — with turnout surging 129% in one of the most stunning local election results in recent memory.
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