Author: Brittany Mays

Rep. Nancy Mace faces a formal ethics review after the Office of Congressional Conduct reported “substantial reason to believe” misconduct, triggering a House ethics committee review that raises questions about procedure, timing, and political consequences. The Office of Congressional Conduct’s finding that there is “substantial reason to believe” prompted the committee to open an investigation into Representative Nancy Mace. That phrase now anchors a process that will determine whether formal charges move forward and whether the House takes disciplinary action. Republicans and independents alike will watch how evidence and procedure are handled. From a Republican perspective, the first concern is…

President Donald Trump ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology, citing the company’s effort to limit how the military could deploy its systems. The move creates a six-month phase-out window for agencies already using Anthropic products and escalates a broader fight over who controls AI in national defense. Trump announced the directive on Truth Social, framing it as a response to Anthropic’s attempt to impose restrictive conditions on how the Department of War might use its models. The command landed as a clear executive action aimed at removing corporate constraints from military operations. “I am directing EVERY…

Former President Joe Biden held a small, tightly controlled event at an art museum in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, drawing mainly state Democratic operatives and anyone willing to pay $125 for a ticket, with organizers setting up a cordoned stage to create the appearance of a crowd. The setting was an art museum in downtown Columbia, where seating and access were clearly limited and curated. Attendees included a number of South Carolina Democratic Party members along with ticket buyers who could afford the $125 price. The arrangement felt less like an open public rally and more like a closed fundraising…

Kansas has taken the unprecedented step of retroactively voiding certain driver’s licenses and birth certificates, a move that upends records for transgender residents and raises legal and practical questions across the state. Kansas recently moved to void driver’s licenses and birth certificates that had been changed to reflect a gender different from the one listed at birth. That retroactive change makes the state the first to strip previously issued documents, creating immediate confusion for affected people and the agencies that must enforce the new rule. State officials say the action restores consistency in public records, while critics call it punitive…

The Supreme Court unanimously rebuked lower courts and sent a baby-food lawsuit back to Texas state court, ruling that Whole Foods was improperly removed from the case in a jurisdictional maneuver that denied the family their chosen forum. The Court’s 9-0 decision, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, affirmed the 5th Circuit and returned the dispute to the state court where the Palmquists first filed. This ruling restored Texas as the venue for claims tied to alleged heavy-metal harms to their child and reversed a maneuver that would have kept the case in federal court. Sarah and Grant Palmquist sued both…

Lipscomb Academy officials vehemently deny claims that the private school’s leadership has injected DEI into the Church of Christ school. School representatives insist the institution’s mission and religious identity remain central while community members continue to discuss what those terms mean for a faith-based campus. The situation has stirred local attention without clear evidence offered to prove the allegation. When people talk about DEI they mean diversity, equity and inclusion, a set of concepts that can cover hiring practices, student programming and campus culture. Those ideas are debated widely across education, and they often look different in a private or…

The new research from Vanderbilt and Wellesley finds that counties which narrowly elect Republican prosecutors show notably lower death rates among young people, challenging the idea that Democrat prosecutors’ softer policies are always safer. For years Americans were told that Democrat prosecutors were the compassionate choice, but a new study from Vanderbilt University economist Panka Bencsik and Wellesley College Professor Tyler Giles raises tough questions about the human cost of that approach. Their analysis compares counties where prosecutor races were decided by narrow margins and finds a consistent pattern: jurisdictions that narrowly elected Republican prosecutors experienced a significantly lower death…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 1, 2025, declaring English the official language of the United States, a first in American history, and the White House press release included the line: “From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s […] This move, made official by President Donald Trump on March 1, 2025, marks the first time the federal government has formally named English the nation’s official language. The announcement came with a White House press release that included the exact passage: “From the founding of our Republic, English has…

Notre Dame’s relationship with its Catholic mission has long been unsettled, and that tension shapes decisions, campus culture, and how the university presents itself to students and the public. The tension over Notre Dame’s Catholic identity isn’t new; it’s been present for decades and shows up in policy choices, public statements, and institutional priorities. That wavering reflects competing demands: academic reputation, donor expectations, student life, and the commitments of a religious foundation. Those forces push and pull the university in different directions, often leaving its core mission ambiguous. Faculty and administrators often describe a desire to balance rigorous scholarship with…

This piece argues that Democrats struggle to match kitchen-table populism because their instincts for social engineering get in the way, leaving room for President Trump’s MAGA coalition to retain broad appeal among voters. Democrats keep missing a basic political truth: voters care about pocketbook issues and everyday stability more than ideological purity. When a party prioritizes top-down social experiments, it loses touch with the kitchen-table conversations that decide elections. That gap explains why President Trump’s brand of populism still resonates with many Americans. On the surface, Democrats talk about helping families, but their policies often read like checklists for cultural…