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A war on children?

NEW YORK — Before Robby Starbuck became a problem for leftist companies, alerting consumers to stupid woke indoctrination policies, he directed music videos. He worked with some big names, like Snoop Dogg and Natalie Portman. In my new video, I remind him that his Snoop Dogg video ...

Poll: Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools

WASHINGTON (AP) — Few U.S. adults support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools, but a majority favors allowing religious chaplains to provide support services for public school students, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for ...

The coming police state

WASHINGTON — We have seen this before. A foreign entity attacks American persons or property and the government warns that its sleeper cells have infiltrated the United States and it is somehow necessary to expand the powers of the government and shrink protections for civil liberties -- ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, June 26, the 177th day of 2025. There are 188 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin. Also on ...

Almanac

Today's Highlight in History: In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin. Also on this date: In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War I ...

Campbell Keeps Capitol history fires burning

WASHINGTON — In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell's focus is far from skirmishes but rather on the forces and figures that filled the halls of Congress, keeping memory ...