An Army veteran who was granted a presidential pardon in 2020 is now actively working to secure the release of a fellow soldier, convinced that the life sentence imposed on him is unwarranted.

Nicholas Slatten, a former Army sergeant and Blackwater contractor, was a member of Raven 23, a tactical support team assigned to protect a U.S. diplomat in Baghdad, Iraq. Following the tragic Nisour Square incident on Sept. 16, 2007, numerous false allegations by the U.S. government against Slatten and his fellow team members emerged.

With a warning that America’s First Amendment actually could be at risk because of one state’s ideological demands, a legal team at the American Center for Law and Justice is taking a fight against Massachusetts to the next level.

It is because of the state’s concerted campaign to attack pro-life Pregnancy Resource Centers, like Your Options Medical.

At least 31 universities are severing their partnerships with an organization that the Trump administration has accused of illegal racial discrimination in Ph.D. programs.

The Department of Education (ED) opened investigations into 45 universities in March 2025 over their partnership with ‘The Ph.D. Project,’ which ED said limits eligibility based on race. Now, Yale, New York University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Michigan and more than 25 other schools have signed the Department’s resolution agreeing to cut ties with the program. The investigation into the 14 remaining universities will continue, a Thursday press release states.

A man running to replace outgoing District of Columbia Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton faces a child pornography charge in the district.

Federal grand jurors indicted Angel Rios on Feb. 5 for allegedly distributing child pornography to a user on X, court documents show. Rios began messaging a male witness on the platform in December for a conversation about politics before turning it toward sexual topics, including how the two could be an “LGBT+ community leader power couple” while secretly raping children, the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges.

The opinion released by the Supreme Court that President Donald Trump cannot use the provisions of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on trade that other countries have with the United States appears to have had only a “ho-hum” impact on that agenda.

A plastic surgeon who trained at a New York hospital famous for its pro-transgender programs has apologized for not speaking up against the ideology, and the undue influences present there.

Those include, he said, financial incentives for medical centers to provide the injurious treatments to children.

Democratic Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick shelled out thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and affiliated groups, but the recipients are staying mum about the donations following a bombshell indictment alleging her campaign used stolen disaster relief funds.

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The Mike Huckabee interview, and the truth about America’s deeply unhealthy relationship with Israel.

(0:00) Why We Were Interrogated in Israel
(25:38) Why Did Huckabee Meet With American Traitor Jonathan Pollard?
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 20, 2026

As with many school districts across the United States in these days of “wokeness” and “diversity, equity and inclusion” agendas, officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, demanded that students be indoctrinated with transgender and other LGBT beliefs.

Last month, over 6,000 public employees broke free from mandatory union fees—a record-setting surge that signals a nationwide shift in teacher and public worker empowerment.

Leading the charge is the Teacher Freedom Alliance, which helps educators reclaim their paychecks from politically driven union agendas. This year, the group plans to help 60,000 workers leave unions and push legislation in multiple states to curb taxpayer funding for unions.

Republican Texas Rep. Brandon Gill said Thursday that Congress and federal law enforcement will wage a “two-front fight” against organizations that fund Antifa.

FBI Director Kash Patel said on “The Dan Bongino Show” that the FBI has uncovered significant funding streams tied to Antifa and is conducting a financial probe that could lead to new enforcement actions targeting those backing the group. Gill said on “The Evening Edit” that lawmakers plan to hold hearings to investigate whether nonprofit organizations are using tax-free status to funnel money into political violence linked to Antifa.