Easter reveals the true cost of discipleship

Holiday 'is a declaration that should actually shape the way we live and has the power to transform lives'

Trump hails ‘Easter miracle’ after second F-15 pilot rescued from Iran

President Donald Trump celebrated the United States’s rescue of the second and final fighter pilot downed over Iran as an “Easter miracle” on Sunday. “The rescue was an Easter Miracle. The enemy was large and violent. The rescuers were brilliant, strong, decisive, and as cool as anyone can be. The Iranians thought they had him, […]

Trump tells Iran ‘open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy b——ds,’ — as he warns of new strikes and says ‘praise Allah’

President Trump kicked off Easter Sunday with a foul-mouthed tirade against Iran and praising Allah — warning the regime to "open the f—in'" Strait of Hormuz or else he will ensure the Islamic Republic's leaders end up in hell.

City of Houston Deletes Tweet Referring to Easter as the ‘Spring Holiday’

Renaming Good Friday wasn't such a good idea. The post City of Houston Deletes Tweet Referring to Easter as the ‘Spring Holiday’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Private schools thrive as public schools try to undermine parents

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Why do parents spend tens of thousands of dollars a […]

'Whiff of 2008': Nobel laureate pinpoints overlooked economic problem brewing

An economic issue which has so far gone unnoticed could be the makings of a 2008-level crisis, a Nobel Prize winner has warned. Paul Krugman believes that, while there is no immediate danger of an economic collapse, there is an issue present that has not yet been addressed by Donald Trump's administration. In his latest Substack, where he noted a "whiff of 2008 in the air," the economist highlighted private credit loans as a future problem for the United States. He wrote, "What happens with private credit is that investors entrust their money to managers who promise to lend it out in smart ways — typically loans to private businesses, that is, businesses that aren’t listed on the stock market."Such lending is effectively hidden from public view. Unlike banks, private credit companies don’t have to disclose their loans. Unlike listed companies, privately owned firms don’t have to disclose their finances. And unlike bonds, private loans don’t have to be disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission."In effect, private loans are treated as interactions between consenting adults. The rest of us have no legal right, and, presumably, no need to know what took place."Indeed, there are no official numbers on the size of private credit, although industry sources put it at something like $1.5 trillion. What’s clear is that it has grown explosively in recent years."The trouble with private credit companies, Krugman says, is where said companies get their money from. Though the collapse of private credit alone would not be enough to cause a crash, compounded with other economic issues, it could be enough to trigger a crash, the veteran economist suggested."...private credit companies have in fact borrowed large sums from banks, mostly in the form of revolving credit lines," he wrote. "This means that banks might suffer losses if private credit companies fail. "But these loans are generally senior to credit companies’ other obligations, so bank losses will be minor unless private credit suffers very badly."For those who remember 2008, arguments like the one I just made — that private credit may be troubled, but it’s not big enough to cause an overall financial crisis — sound a bit like famous last words. After all, similar arguments were made in 2007 about why we shouldn’t worry about the effects of the subprime crisis."While it’s important to get a handle on what is happening with private credit, it will only be truly destructive if problems with private credit are part of a broader story involving complacency and over-extension across financial markets. The question is, how big is the overall story of overreach? Or to put it another way, how many cockroaches are there?"

Federal judge blocks Trump push to collect race-based admissions data

A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the Trump administration from forcing public colleges in 17 Democrat-led states to submit race data.

The US military needs Trump’s defense budget

Before and after the United States began its current action against Iran, commentators claimed that the operation would overstretch the U.S. military. They raised concerns about weakening deterrence and readiness against China. But deterrence rests on credibility. If the U.S. lacks the munitions required to sustain even a lower-grade conflict, its warnings carry less weight. […]

Power of parental rights agenda: Moms for Liberty go from school boards to White House

Supporters say the group's trajectory speaks to the power of its "parental rights" agenda, which has become a plank of conservative politics.

Today in Supreme Court History: April 5, 1982

4/5/1982: Justice Abe Fortas dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 5, 1982 appeared first on Reason.com.

Why the Iran War Negotiations Need the Gulf States

The countries most affected by the Iran War need a seat at the table to create a durable agreement.

This Easter, praise Jesus and thank a farmer

This Easter, my heart overflows with hope as I think of families gathered in churches across rural America — from the Texas hills where I was raised, to the prairies and valleys that feed our nation.   Easter is a celebration of the greatest story ever told. The stone rolled away from an empty tomb and […]

Trump claims Jesus led him to this horrifically racist plot

Donald Trump asked Republicans to pass the SAVE Act “for Jesus.” He’d have been better calling out George Wallace and Strom Thurmond. The debate has focused on the bill’s many dangerous aspects. But the SAVE Act builds on voter suppression that Republicans have been carrying out for the past 25 years. The Democrats need to talk about this history, because whether or not this bill passes, there will be others like it to come.The bill attacks voting rights in multiple ways:It requires a passport, birth certificate, or a handful of other documents to register and vote, excluding student IDs, most driver’s licenses, and tribal IDs lacking an expiration date. More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to these documents, with Black, Latino, and Asian citizens three times more likely to not have them. It eliminates most in-person voter registration drives, since election officials would need original proof of citizenship and groups can’t submit proof on people’s behalf. It also severely disrupts or limits online and mail registration.It mandates voter purges every 30 days, allowing people to be mistakenly thrown off the voter rolls right before elections.It gives access to state voter files to an administration eager to manipulate or evade laws to consolidate power. The SAVE Act didn’t just emerge, but builds on a long and problematic history. In the 2000 presidential election, Florida, under governor Jeb Bush, threw 12,000 largely African American voters off the rolls by falsely charging them with being former felons, who Jim Crow-era laws prohibited from voting. This set the stage for a Republican-appointed Supreme Court to tip the state to Jeb’s brother, George W. Bush, by 537 votes. Over 960,000 Florida former felons remain without a vote, including 12% of all African American potential voters, because the governor and legislature undermined a successful 2018 initiative that was supposed to give them back their rights. President Bush benefitted from disenfranchisement again in 2004. Ohio Secretary of State and Bush campaign co-chair Kenneth Blackwell purged 300,000 largely African American voters from the rolls in cities like Cleveland and Columbus, including one in four Cleveland voters, without which, he probably would have lost the state and therefore the Presidency. Blackwell also tried to reject thousands of registrations because they were on the wrong weight of paper and allowed each county, whatever its size, just a single early-voting station, leaving the state’s major cities with five-hour lines. In 2013, a Republican-appointed Supreme Court overturned major sections of the Voting Rights Act that made it harder for states with histories of discrimination to limit voting rights. Immediately afterward, Southern states began passing newly restrictive laws. North Carolina, for instance, passed a new voter ID law invalidating student IDs, public employee IDs, and photo IDs issued by public assistance agencies (while allowing gun permits); shortened the early voting window; banned same-day registration during early voting; and prohibited paid voter registration drives. It also prohibited extending voting hours in the event of long lines, eliminated the right to cast a provisional ballot if you end up at the wrong precinct, and ended a highly successful high school registration program. Local election officials also began removing on-campus voting stations, relocating them sometimes miles away. A federal Appeals Court overturned much of the law, saying it had targeted African Americans with "almost surgical precision." Other states once deterred by the Voting Rights Act including Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama passed similar laws to limit acceptable ID. Alabama’s excluded Social Security cards, birth certificates, Medicaid or Medicare cards, and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. More than half a million voters were removed from Georgia's rolls in 2017, including over 100,000 who simply hadn't voted in recent elections or responded to a mailed notice. These laws and others similar created voting rate gaps of up to 24 points between white voters and voters of color, ones that didn’t exist before the new laws. The rationale was to prevent voter fraud. But a five-year Bush administration crackdown convicted just eighty-six people of voter fraud nationwide, most of whom had simply made mistakes regarding their eligibility. The Save Act focuses on non-citizens voting, but even Project 2025 creator The Heritage Foundation found just 68 proven cases going back as far as the 1980s. While the most dedicated voters will find ways to register and vote, voter suppression laws are like adding hurdles to a running track. Top athletes can still surmount them. If you’re just a bit less skilled or dedicated, you’re likely to give up. So yes, let’s warn of the SAVE Act’s specific destructive consequences.

China has an advantage on Iran — Trump must push back

China weighed in on the Iran war recently, urging Tehran and Washington to negotiate and stating that “a ceasefire and dialogue remain the only way out.” The comments on their own won’t have much impact. But they’re emblematic of how China has handled the war in Iran so far: cautiously, from the sidelines, encouraging diplomacy […]

U.S. Forces Rescue Crewman Shot Down Over Iran

Heroes, zeros from Michigan’s Final Four win over Arizona: Aday Mara was an absolute force

Heroes and zeros of Michigan's 91-73 win over Arizona to head to the NCAA championship.

‘It’s all fear and headlines’: energy traders race to keep pace with volatile oil markets

Market volatility caused by Middle East conflict exposes energy traders to heavy losses and rumours of insider trading at the highest levelOn the weekend that US-Israeli drones first began to rain down on Tehran, energy traders across the world’s major financial centres began to redraw their strategies.When they returned to their trading desks on that March Monday morning, they found oil and gas prices spiking amid a market nightmare made real: the unprecedented shutdown of the vital trade route through the strait of Hormuz. Continue reading...

US Forces have rescued missing crew member of F-15E jet downed by Iran in daring mission, intense fighting

US forces have successfully extracted a downed American airman from Iran, with the rescued crew member and the special operations team now “safely out of Iran,” according to reports.

How US used SEAL Team 6, a CIA ruse and death from above to rescue missing F-15 airman in Iran: ‘They’ve been schwackin’ dudes chasing him’

The US rescued a missing F-15E airman deep inside Iran with an incredibly complex and daring mission that involved SEAL Team 6, a CIA ruse, a hastily constructed forward air strip in hostile territory and patrols of friendly aircraft that gave the Air Force colonel cover.

“WE GOT HIM!” President Trump Releases Statement on Rescue of Fighter Pilot

President Trump late Saturday night into early Sunday morning released a statement on the rescue of the fighter pilot who went missing earlier this week after Iran shot down an F-15E fighter jet. The post “WE GOT HIM!” President Trump Releases Statement on Rescue of Fighter Pilot appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Pope Leo marks first Easter as pontiff with call for hope amid global conflicts

In his Easter homily, the pope singled out those who wage war, abuse the weak and prioritize profits.

Inside secret SoCal lives of niece, grandniece of Iranian Gen. Soleimani before they were arrested by ICE in dramatic raid

The stunned Los Angeles renter of the property owned by the niece of Iranian terror mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani said he now realizes the mom and her daughter had been on ICE’s radar for some time before agents swooped on the quiet Tujunga home and hauled the pair away. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and her...

Victor Reacts: Birthright Citizenship Is the Dumbest Idea Ever, This Story Proves It (VIDEO)

Apple pie, baseball, t*rrorism, it is the American dream right? The post Victor Reacts: Birthright Citizenship Is the Dumbest Idea Ever, This Story Proves It (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The return of Alcatraz? Good idea

Can President Trump make Alcatraz a prison again? It’s an intriguing idea. The president’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, sent to Congress on Friday, requested $152 million to restore the iconic lockup and return it to operation. The goal: to make Alcatraz a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” the budget plan said — a symbol of...

White House slaps down rumors Trump is at Walter Reed

The White House has denied rumors circulating over the weekend that President Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Unfounded speculation poured in from some X users that Trump was at the hospital after the White House called a press lid around 11 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, meaning Trump would not […]

Where Trump’s DC reconstruction projects stand in court

President Donald Trump entered his second term in the White House with the eye of a veteran real-estate developer and a vision to “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Again,” scoping out facilities and areas he thought needed improvement in Washington, D.C. The White House released on Friday its budget proposal for 2027, which included a […]

DHS slams Democrat Sen Chris Van Hollen claim, says illegal alien caused crash while fleeing ICE

DHS pushes back on Sen. Van Hollen's claims about an asylum seeker, saying the man allegedly evaded ICE officers and caused a crash in Baltimore.

Stacey Abrams: SAVE America Act ‘Oppresses’ Seniors, Rural, Disabled, Students, People of Color While Aiding ‘Republican Authoritarians’

Two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said the Save America Act could make it harder for several groups to participate in close elections, which she argued could benefit Republicans. The post Stacey Abrams: SAVE America Act ‘Oppresses’ Seniors, Rural, Disabled, Students, People of Color While Aiding ‘Republican Authoritarians’ appeared first on Breitbart.

California School Suspends Pro-ICE Student While Teachers Union Funds Anti-ICE Walkouts

'They can't stand it anymore': Stunning number of GOP state leaders quit over Trump chaos

More than a dozen Republican leaders in state legislatures across the country have headed for the exits over the past 14 months, in what analysts said could be yet another ominous sign of midterm trouble for a party already reeling from Donald Trump's cratering approval ratings.The departures, which come from battleground states including Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia and Iowa, mirror a parallel exodus happening in Congress, where 36 Republican House members and seven GOP senators have announced they won't seek reelection in November."I think he puts Republicans on the defensive with his actions," Colorado GOP consultant Dick Wadhams told Politico in a report published Saturday. "They can't stand it anymore."The most damaging losses have come in Wisconsin, where Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu both announced retirements in recent months, leaving the party defending razor-thin margins on redrawn maps that already cost them 10 Assembly seats in 2024."Democrats are salivating at the opportunity. Politico put it bluntly: 'Republicans are losing their bench.'" The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is spending $50 million — its largest investment ever — targeting 42 chambers this November, with party officials explicitly comparing 2026 to 2010, when Republicans flipped 22 chambers in a single wave election.A recent Marquette Law School poll found just 42 percent of Wisconsin voters approve of Trump's job performance, with majorities opposing the Iran war and supporting the Supreme Court's decision to overturn his tariffs.