Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited a girls' basketball game against a team with a self-proclaimed transgender player back in 2023. The school was then kicked out of the state's sports league. But the school won a $566,000 settlement after they and an impacted family filed suit, according to an April...

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is moving to overhaul how it handles a key question on federal gun forms. Buried within a broader slate of regulatory changes is a proposal that would require applicants to list their "biological sex" -- and not a gender with which they...

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French Bread Chocolates is recalling its bonbons sold across the nation due to a failure to disclose the presence of walnuts. A recall announced by the Food and Drug Administration on April 24 confirmed that the move was driven by "Undeclared Tree Nuts." "People who have an allergy or severe...

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The Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of Florida parents whose daughter was "socially transitioned" without their knowledge. The court released an orders list on Monday which showed they had declined to consider Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County. There was no comment accompanying the denial. As...

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President Donald Trump announced Sunday the launch of "Project Freedom," which will involved the U.S.-led facilitation of foreign ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. The strait, a key oil chokepoint in the Middle East that supplies much of the world's oil, has become a key point of focus in...

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized and is now in "critical condition" late Sunday. A statement released by a spokesman of Giuliani's, Ted Goodman, shared the announcement on X. Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in the hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition. Mayor...

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An ancient baptismal font was unearthed near the Sea of Galilee, providing new insights into how early Christians practiced baptism in the region. The marble block, found in an ancient baptismal hall, had a cross engraved on the side as well as three bowl-shaped basins, according to a report from...

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Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash last year, investigators say two of their “friends” conspired to break into the empty home and took cash, guns and financial information in an attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars....

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A team of researchers successfully pieced together 42 pages of a manuscript from a document containing copies of the apostle Paul's letters. Professor Garrick Allen from the University of Glasgow led a team of international academics to recovering the pages from Codex H, an anthology of Paul's letters dating to...

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The federal government spent a shocking $186 billion on "improper payments" in the last fiscal year, marking an increase in reported levels. The Government Accountability Office said in an April 27 release that the $186 billion was a result of "overpayments, fraud, or other causes." Overpayments accounted for $153 billion...

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Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz tensions, American drivers are still paying less than half what many Europeans and Asians endure at the pump. The reason is simple: America chose lower taxes and genuine energy security. Europe and California deliberately chose the opposite —...

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More than a dozen people were shot Sunday night when a party at an Oklahoma campground ended in violence. Police said 13 people were taken by ambulances to hospitals across the Oklahoma City metro region, according to KOCO-TV. The number of victims could increase, police said, because some victims were...

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The national debt exceeded the size of the entire U.S. economy -- marking the first time the grim milestone has been reached since World War II. The current national debt held by the public was $31.27 trillion on March 31, but nominal gross domestic product was $31.22 trillion for the...

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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is facing heated backlash for defending a $9 cup of coffee as a worthwhile, "premium" experience. Appearing this past Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal's "What's News AM" podcast, Niccol argued that Starbucks is faring well despite troubling economic conditions and rising income disparity. "What we're...

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A former Michigan State University student reportedly used the school's research labs to cook methamphetamine in a stunt that bears some similarity to the premise of the cult classic "Breaking Bad." The former student, 31-year-old Xin Tong, began visiting Wells Hall on April 10, continuing up to the day he was...

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The White House currently displays an incomplete construction site where the East Wing stood. This visible symbol of governmental dysfunction represents more than architectural debate — it represents institutional failure. America needs adult leadership to end the partisan squabbling and complete this project. The solution is straightforward: secure cross-party commitment...

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President Donald Trump unveiled a new retirement savings option for Americans who lack plans provided by their own employers. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday providing up to $1,000 in federal matching contributions for Americans who start Individual Retirement Accounts, also known as IRAs, through TrumpIRA.gov. The IRAs will...

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President Donald Trump's "Project Freedom" to end Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz began with success on Monday. “U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in support of Project Freedom,” U.S. Central Command posted on X. “American forces are...

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Iran has threatened to attack "any foreign armed force" that enters the Strait of Hormuz in response to President Donald Trump's unveiling of Project Freedom. The president announced Project Freedom in a Truth Social post published Sunday, writing that U.S. military ships will "guide" foreign-owned ships that are stuck in...

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One of the nastier nicknames for California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "Patrick Bateman." He's the thoroughly amoral yuppie protagonist of the novel and film "American Psycho." The reason is that Gavin bears more than a slight resemblance to him morally and a massive resemblance to the Christian Bale portrayal in...

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A vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike was struck by a United Airlines jet that was landing Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport The underside of the Boeing 76-400 struck a light pole and a tractor-trailer at about 2 p.m., according to Reuters. The Federal Aviation ⁠Administration said Flight 169...

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