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Supreme Court likely to side with parents in letting them opt out of LGBTQ storybooks, expert says

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Supreme Court likely to side with parents in letting them opt out of LGBTQ storybooks, expert says

Several Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy Tuesday toward Maryland parents who are seeking to opt their children out of LGBTQ-themed classroom materials. One education expert said the case could lead to a ruling that expands parental rights in public schools nationwide. "This looks pretty promising for the parent petitioners in this case," said Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and legal fellow of the grassroots organization Defending Education. "I heard a lot […]

todayApril 23, 2025 5

Venezuelan government uses Tren de Aragua as proxies to undermine US public safety, FBI assessment finds

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Venezuelan government uses Tren de Aragua as proxies to undermine US public safety, FBI assessment finds

EXCLUSIVE: The FBI assesses that some Venezuelan government officials "likely facilitate" the migration of members of the violent gang Tren de Aragua from Venezuela to the United States to advance the Maduro regime’s objective of undermining public safety in the U.S., Fox News Digital has learned. A senior administration official exclusively shared with Fox News Digital Wednesday unclassified portions of the FBI’s classified intelligence assessment of the Venezuelan government’s relationship with […]

todayApril 23, 2025 4

Trump says ‘inflammatory’ Zelenskyy statement on Crimea prolongs war with Russia

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Trump says ‘inflammatory’ Zelenskyy statement on Crimea prolongs war with Russia

President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement on Crimea, saying it was "very harmful" to peacemaking efforts."It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that make it so difficult to settle this war," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "He has nothing to boast about! The situation for Ukraine is dire — He can have peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country."Trump […]

todayApril 23, 2025 5

Top Trump officials file charges against illegal immigrant after Fox News exposes early release plans

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Top Trump officials file charges against illegal immigrant after Fox News exposes early release plans

The Trump administration is filing federal charges after hearing that an illegal immigrant convicted of manslaughter is set to be released over six years early by the California state government. Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was driving drunk, high, and speeding at nearly 100mph on the 405 freeway in Orange County in November 2021, when he crashed into a car being driven by a young couple, 19-year-old's Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, which […]

todayApril 23, 2025 6

Trump unfurls plans for double 100-foot flagpoles during White House lawn walk

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Trump unfurls plans for double 100-foot flagpoles during White House lawn walk

President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed plans to install two "beautiful" 100-foot flagpoles on the White House lawns that will each fly an American flag.Trump told reporters about the plans after he was spotted touring the North Lawn of the White House with Dale Haney, head White House groundskeeper."We're putting up a beautiful, almost 100-foot-tall American flag," Trump said, adding that the two flagpoles will be "top of the line.""And […]

todayApril 23, 2025 5

President Trump blasts courts for getting in the way of deportation agenda

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President Trump blasts courts for getting in the way of deportation agenda

Speaking at the White House Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump blasted courts standing in the way of his administration’s immigration agenda of deporting "some very bad people," who he said include "killers, murderers, drug dealers."The president touted his administration’s progress in shutting down the border and cracking down on illegal immigration, saying, "Honestly, it's one of the great successes; we have virtually nobody coming in illegally."He noted, however, that certain […]

todayApril 22, 2025 3

As REAL ID rollout approaches, congressional privacy hawks largely silent on concerns

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As REAL ID rollout approaches, congressional privacy hawks largely silent on concerns

With President Donald Trump back in the White House and the final rollout of federal REAL ID requirements set to take effect in May, many of the loudest privacy advocates in Washington have been largely silent.While privacy-minded lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have spent years blasting voter-ID laws and TSA facial recognition tools, among other measures, few are raising alarms over the Trump administration's looming implementation of the […]

todayApril 22, 2025 3

Trump admin will seize wages, pensions, tax refunds to repay student loans: ‘Debt cannot be wiped away’

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Trump admin will seize wages, pensions, tax refunds to repay student loans: ‘Debt cannot be wiped away’

Those who default or refuse to pay their federal student loans could have their wages, federal pensions and tax refunds garnished, the White House said Tuesday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in her weekly briefing that the Trump administration will go after those who don't repay the loans instead of placing the burden on taxpayers. "The government can and will collect defaulted federal student loan debt by withholding money […]

todayApril 22, 2025 4

‘Growing heat’: Sotomayor spars with Alito during LGBTQ classroom books case

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‘Growing heat’: Sotomayor spars with Alito during LGBTQ classroom books case

Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor snapped at each other during Tuesday's arguments over parental rights in LGBTQ curriculum after the liberal justice attempted to jump back into the questioning as Alito was speaking. The short quarrel happened as the high court listened to arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which a coalition of parents sought to solidify the right to be informed about and opt their children out of reading […]

todayApril 22, 2025 2