Today's Conservative News

Florida ditched affirmative action years ago; here’s how it worked out

Decades before the Supreme Court caused an uproar last week by rejecting affirmative action in higher education, the state of Florida unilaterally banned the use of race as a factor in college admissions, potentially providing an instructive forecast of what to expect in other parts of the country moving forward. The Supreme Court ended affirmative action in a landmark 6-3 decision last Thursday.

Pennsylvania’s Democrat governor caves on school choice program he staunchly backed to appease his own party

Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro made an unexpected move Wednesday when he gave into partisan squabbling in the state legislature over funding for school choice in order to appease members of his own party preventing the passage of a state budget. “Last Friday, the Senate passed a responsible budget that delivers critical funding to our shared priorities and sent it to the House for its consideration.

DeSantis jokes about White House cocaine discovery: ‘Been blowing it’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made sly comments about the recent cocaine discovery at the White House in an interview Wednesday. The Secret Service confirmed to Fox News Digital that cocaine was found Sunday at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A Secret Service agent uncovered the substance in the West Wing, prompting an evacuation of the building. Officials were initially unsure what the substance was, with a hazmat team arriving to the premises when the discovery was made.

Austin administers military oath of office to new recruits as US military faces continued recruiting crisis

To mark the 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Fort Meade, Maryland by Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday to administer the military oath of office to 85 brave young men and women. 67 of these new recruits shipped out to basic training just hours after the ceremony, leaving for bases all across the country, including Parris Island, South Carolina and Fort Moore, Georgia.

Lawmakers rattled by AI-launched nukes, demand ‘human control’ in defense policy bill

The possibility that an artificial intelligence system might launch a nuclear attack on its own has prompted House lawmakers to propose legislative language that would ensure America’s nuclear arsenal remains under human control. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., has proposed a bipartisan amendment to the 2024 defense policy bill that requires the Pentagon to put in place a system that ensures “meaningful human control is required to launch any nuclear weapon.