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If you watched CNN this week, you’ve probably seen clips of host Kaitlan Collins “fact-checking” Republican lawmakers on the government shutdown.These exchanges follow the same pattern. The Republican says that Democrats shut the government down because they want to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants. Collins tells them that federal Medicaid funding can’t go to illegals. They start talking about Obamacare, and she says that illegal immigrants have never been eligible for Obamacare subsidies.In all these clips, Collins seems confident while Republicans seem like they’re trying to talk their way out of the exchange. They’re making wild accusations, while she’s simply stating facts.I questioned Speaker Mike Johnson tonight on the claim being made by Republicans that Democrats want to give free health care to “illegal aliens” in the government shutdown fight. pic.twitter.com/sjvnQwxTKN— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 1, 2025Here’s the problem: Collins is wrong.Republicans

WASHINGTON—The Education Department is partnering with a coalition of private organizations to revive civics education in American public schools and on college campuses, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced today.The America 250 Civics Education Coalition “is dedicated to renewing patriotism, strengthening civic knowledge, and advancing a shared understanding of America’s founding principles in schools across the nation,” the coalition said in a press release.McMahon officially launched the coalition at an event in the nation’s capital on Wednesday — Constitution Day — alongside coalition partners from the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more.“Civic knowledge, engagement, and constitutional literacy among our youth — I’m going to say it’s in decline, but I could almost say it is absent,” McMahon said at the event, adding that she’s been “dismayed” by “the lack of enthusiasm for our country”

Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and one of the nation’s most prominent conservative voices, was shot dead on Wednesday while giving a speech at Utah Valley University.Turning Point USA Chief Operating Officer Justin Streiff confirmed Kirk’s death in an email to TPUSA staff.“It is with a heavy heart that we, the Turning Point USA leadership team, write to notify you that earlier this afternoon Charlie went to his eternal reward with Jesus Christ in Heaven.”President Donald Trump also confirmed Kirk’s death, calling him a “Legendary” figure.“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” Trump wrote. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”Kirk, 31, was answering audience questions at the Uta

On Saturday, veteran football commentator Lee Corso made his 430th and final “headgear pick” on ESPN’s College GameDay.It’s been 38 years since Corso helped launch the flagship college football broadcast, and 29 years since he first donned a mascot head to lock in a pick — picks that were right more often than not.His first-ever headgear pick was for THE Ohio State, so it was only fitting that, for his last prediction, he donned the head of Brutus Buckeye one final time.“Give me my first love!”Lee Corso’s first-ever headgear pick belonged to Brutus and the Buckeyes and it’s only fitting that his last one is the same ❤️ pic.twitter.com/A8Fgj8b3TR— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) August 30, 2025Standing in the way of Corso’s pick were the Texas Longhorns, coming into Columbus behind Arch Manning  for the first road start of his career.It had been 2,084 days since Arch’s uncle, Eli, played his last game for the New York Giants, bringing to a temporary pause the

American alcohol exports to Canada have decreased by more than 60% due to the country’s boycott of American booze, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.Several Canadian provinces, which regulate the sale of liquor in Canada, initiated boycotts in response to President Donald Trump imposing a 25% tariff on Canadian goods in February. Liqueur stores stopped ordering new shipments and replaced American products on their shelves with Canadian ones.The Distilled Spirits Council, an alcohol industry group, estimated exports of American distilled spirits to Canada in the first six months of 2025 were down about 62% from the same period the year before, while exports of American wine were down 67%.The Wine Institute, a trade group representing California-based wineries, estimated that in six months this year, American wineries lost more than $173 million in export value. In 2024, Canada bought up 35% of American wine exports, making it the industry’s largest export destination.Robert Cullins, CEO of Balti

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham still know how to make a scene.Earlier this month, the former lovers and Fleetwood Mac stars caused a stir when they posted complementary lyrics on their respective social media pages.“And if I go forward,” Nicks posted, just as Buckingham shared “I’ll meet you there.”LOVE IS REAL pic.twitter.com/VJwK2ATM5D— stevie nicks manager (@kajolswife) July 17, 2025The twin halves form the refrain of the couple’s song “Frozen Love,” from the album “Buckingham Nicks,” which they recorded before joining the band that would make them famous.Were they teasing that they would be releasing a remastered version of the album, as of yet not available on Spotify? Or were the famously on-again, off-again duo announcing that they were reuniting in their twilight years, as Nicks had once suggested they would do?The fact is, it doesn’t matter what they were teasing. The world perked up when they teased.Weirdly, today, that’s not entirely unsurprising.Buckingham and Ni

While the nation mourns the devastating floods that wreaked havoc in Texas, some are taking to TikTok to use the disaster as a jumping off point for shocking racial commentary.Sade Perkins, a former member of the Houston Food Insecurity Board, posted a video on TikTok pointing out the “double standard” between attitudes towards the girls at Camp Mystic and children of families being deported.“Camp Mystic is a Whites-only girls Christian camp. They don’t even have a token Asian, they don’t have a Token Black person, it is an all White, White-only conservative Christian camp,” Perkins claimed.“They want you to have sympathy for these people. Meanwhile, they are deporting your family members. And I need you all to keep that in mind before you all get out there and put on your rain boots and go find these little girls.”Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s office condemned Perkins’ comments: “The comments shared on social media are deeply inappropriate and have no pla

The Fourth of July must be very hard for the British.I mean, imagine fumbling a sizable chunk of your empire, watching it grow into the greatest country in the world, and then having them celebrate the breakup every year with pyrotechnics? Not even 250 years is long enough to get over that.So, I don’t begrudge our pals across the pond for finding ways to cope when Independence Day rolls around. Like the good chaps over at JL Partners, who commissioned a poll that found that one in five Americans want to replace the president with the British monarch. Or their fellow expatriate, POLITICO’s Jack Blanchard, who printed the poll results in this morning’s Playbook.“You heard me right,” Blanchard writes. “Polling and strategy firm JL Partners asked 1,000 U.S. voters if they support or oppose replacing the current president of the United States with the British monarch. The survey found 19% of Americans supported the idea.”This support was “even higher among certain groups,” JL Partners’ James Jo

Andrew Cuomo’s scandal-plagued political career came to an unceremonious end Tuesday when voters overwhelmingly ranked their former governor below a 33-year-old socialist who wants to abolish the police and establish city-run grocery stores.Zohran Mamdani, an Assemblyman from Queens, emerged from the first round of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary with around 44% of the vote. Cuomo — who resigned as governor in 2021 amid allegations that he sexually harassed female staffers — came in second, with around 36% of votes. He called to congratulate Mamdani on his victory late Tuesday night, and did not say if he still plans to appear on the ballot for the Fight And Deliver Party, which he formed for this race.“Tonight was not our night,” Cuomo said. “Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night.”New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a progressive stalwart who recently got himself arrested at an anti-ICE protest, secured 11% of votes, placing third. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who sidest

WASHINGTON—The Kennedy Center raised $10 million with Thursday evening’s premiere of “Les Misérables,” a star-studded event attended by President Donald Trump and several top government officials.“We’re going to make it incredible,” Trump said of the Kennedy Center as he walked the red carpet with First Lady Melania Trump. “We have all the funding. We raised a lot tonight, and we’ll put in a lot of money to bring it back to the highest level.” Trump also noted that he and the First Lady “love Les Mis,” telling The Daily Wire it was impossible for him to choose a favorite song.“I love Les Mis. We’ve seen it many times.”@MaryMargOlohan asks President Trump his thoughts on the iconic musical during the Kennedy Center’s production of ‘Les Misérables.’ pic.twitter.com/ijwkfeyOgA— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) June 12, 2025“We raised a little more than $10 million, which is pretty remarkable,” Kennedy C