Day: April 23, 2025

Identifying national priorities through the ‘nation’s checkbook’

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Food, mortgage, and insurance are just a few of the priorities we’ll find in most people’s checkbooks. But what we see when we examine the national “checkbook” is something very different. As the saying goes, ‘If you want to know what is important to someone, look at their checkbook.’ If you want to understand why people do things, it helps to take the time to…

Trump Order Overhauls Higher Education Accreditation Process

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at improving outcomes in higher education by holding college and university accreditors more accountable.
"Accreditors – the gatekeepers that decide which colleges and universities can access over $100 billion in annual Federal student loans and Pell Grants – have routinely approved low-quality institutions, ultimately failing students, families, and American taxpayers," the order reads. "Accreditors have failed to ensure quality, with a national six-year undergraduate graduation rate of just 64% in 2020."

Another Medical Journal Says It Received Letter From US Prosecutor

U.S. Attorney Edward Martin Jr. has contacted medical journals over alleged bias.

Unredacted Hunter Biden Search Warrants Detail Payments Linked to Ukraine and China

Newly-unredacted IRS and FBI search warrants tied to the federal investigation into Hunter Biden provide new details on the information that investigators had in their possession about President Joe Biden’s son’s business deals linked to Ukraine, China and elsewhere.
The multiple search warrant applications were released, with only some redactions remaining, late Tuesday following an agreement between Hunter Biden’s legal team and the Justice Department. 

Supreme Court Case Could Spell The End For California’s EV Mandate

‘Cloud of California hanging over them’

Hawaii Supreme Court: “Spirit of Aloha” Trumps 2nd Amendment — and U.S. Supreme Court

The court also cited the alleged obsolescence of the “founding era’s … understanding of the Constitution” to justify its ruling. …

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Supreme Court Hears If Fuel Producers Can Sue EPA Over California’s Strict Emissions Rules

The Supreme Court hears a case to decide if fuel producers like Diamond Alternative Energy can sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over California’s stricter emissions standards, which they argue predictably harm them indirectly. The EPA contends that allowing such lawsuits would weaken the court’s requirement to resolve only real disputes and ensure that remedies […]