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Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., claimed he offered Republicans a chance to spare the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the ongoing government shutdown that’s poised to hit the one-month mark on Saturday after another failed DHS vote on Thursday.Republicans believe the offer was little more than political theater that ignored the core of the funding gridlock as concerns about Iranian sleeper cell threats and airport chaos rise. “I just offered a UC to fund FEMA and Republicans shot it down,” Schiff said, referring to the Senate process to pass legislation on the spot, known as “unanimous consent.”Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., a lawmaker who has blocked UCs on the shutdown in the past, blasted Democrats for, in her view, trying to punt the negotiations on larger DHS disagreements.SENATE TO TAKE TEST VOTE TO END 27-DAY DHS SHUTDOWN”We would like that opportunity to continue funding the Department of Homeland Security in its entirety. Look, the people who sent us here expect more,” Britt said in remarks on the Senate floor.”They expect us to have tough conversations. They expect us to figure out a pathway forward. And that’s exactly what we’re trying to do today.”A fired-up Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., accused Senate Democrats of trying to rip the agency apart at a moment it was designed for, as the war in Iran has spurred threats of retaliation in the U.S. by sleeper cells.”And that’s at a time when our homeland is under attack, all warning lights are flashing red, and they want to peel apart, piece by piece, the Department of Homeland Security, the comprehensive department of our government to protect the American people, because they want to stand with illegal immigrant criminals,” Barrasso said.Schumer declared that Senate Democrats would continue to provide piecemeal funding bills to reopen certain portions of the agency, like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), while negotiations continued.Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on February 14 over gridlock of a set of demands Democrats made regarding operational reforms for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — reforms Republicans believe will handcuff President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.FEMA was slated to receive $32 billion in 2026, according to the Senate Appropriations Committee.Among other items, Democrats have demanded a no-mask policy, an end to roaming patrols, stiffer warrant requirements for detentions and clearly visible identification for ICE agents.DHS SHUTDOWN DRAGS INTO WEEK TWO AS IRAN THREAT, SOTU CLASH COMPLICATE HILL TALKSAlthough talks are ongoing, lawmakers have said critical disagreements remain.Like ICE, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operates under DHS alongside other agencies like the Coast Guard, the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced concern that the unrelated reforms to ICE that Democrats have demanded are threatening the country’s readiness to respond to natural disasters.Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., hinted that Democrats would like to eliminate that possibility.”We just asked for a UC to get it done… so,” Cantwell said on the DHS funding dispute.TSA WORKERS BRACE FOR MISSED PAYCHECKS AS DEMOCRATS HOLD FIRM ON DHS FUNDINGAccording to Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., DHS employees missed their first full paycheck this week. Additionally, FEMA reserve funding has dropped to $4 billion, the primary account used to coordinate disaster response and recovery efforts.Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.

Singer Gwen Stefani grew up in a Catholic household but drifted away from the Church as an adult — until an unexpected prayer brought her closer to God than she ever thought possible. The No Doubt co-founder and multi-platinum solo artist recently opened up about her newfound faith with Jeff Cavins from Christian prayer and meditation app Hallow.’Please, God, let my mom have a baby.’Stefani said her shift came 12 years ago, after talking to an acquaintance who had converted to Judaism despite a non-religious upbringing in Israel.Wake-up call”He was studying the Torah, and he had this big epiphany, … and he starts talking to me about the Torah. And I was desperate at this point, too, during all this. I really wanted to have another baby,” Stefani told Cavins. “I really did. And I couldn’t.”After describing the teachings of the Torah as “waking me up,” she recalled talking to her then-8-year-old son about why he was unlikely to get his wish for a younger sibling.”I’m sorry, your mommy’s too old,” she told him.He then shocked her with a spontaneous prayer: “Please, God, let my mom have a baby.””I never taught him that,” Stefani marveled as she remembered the moment. RELATED: Country star Blake Shelton says he found God in 2019: ‘I had one of those moments that you hear people talk about’ Running to GodTo Stefani’s surprise, she learned she was pregnant just four weeks later.”I was pregnant with Apollo, who I had at 44 years old naturally, totally a full-on gift. And that was the first miracle,” she explained.”You can run from God, or you can run to God,” Cavins responded, with Stefani noting that she was always taught to run toward him.The 56-year-old also revealed during her interview that the closest she feels to God is when she is doing music.”Honestly, it’s ’cause I’m desperate for him because I’m like, I’m about ready to go on stage, and I’m not nervous, but I just want God to use me. I just want people to see God’s light through me,” she explained.RELATED: ‘I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it’: Singer Gwen Stefani defends fascination with the Asian country, faces questions about cultural appropriation December 2000. Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Daily practiceStefani went on to say that she discovered the Hallow app during the COVID-19 lockdown and became so attached to the idea of daily prayer, she would have fears that one day the app would shut down and she wouldn’t be able to use it.Now, she is doing work with the Christian prayer app, recently releasing videos like a 40-day Lent prayer challenge in which she encourages users of the app to pray every day leading up to Easter.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro excoriated a federal judge for blocking subpoenas served by the Justice Department against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.James Boasberg, U.S. District Court chief judge for Washington, D.C., ruled Friday that the Dept. of Justice had no legal basis to issue the subpoenas in the investigation into renovation of the aged offices of the Federal Reserve.’Jerome Powell today is now bathed in immunity, preventing my office from investigating the Federal Reserve.’President Donald Trump has accused Powell of mismanaging the renovation and tried unsuccessfully to pressure Powell to step down from his office. Boasberg, who has been accused of bias by the Trump administration, accused the president of seeking the investigation in order to force Powell out.”A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning,” the judge said in his ruling.Pirro vehemently criticized the judgment in comments to the media.”The American public is fed up with public moneys that seem to go into a black hole, especially in D.C. where no one is held accountable,” Pirro said.”One of the age-old tools that all prosecutors have to investigate any crime, including cost overruns, is a grand jury subpoena. Today, however, in Washington, an activist judge has taken that tool away from us,” she added. “As a result, Jerome Powell today is now bathed in immunity, preventing my office from investigating the Federal Reserve. This is wrong, and it is without legal authority,” she continued.She indicated that the Justice Dept. intended to appeal the order from Boasberg.The judge added that Pirro did not provide enough evidence for the accusation in his opinion.”On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual,” Boasberg wrote.RELATED: Pam Bondi slaps Judge Boasberg with misconduct allegations Powell also accused the administration of seeking the investigation to influence him.”No one — certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve — is above the law,” Powell said in January. “But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration’s threats and ongoing pressure.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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School Branded 1st Grader ‘Racist’ Over ‘Any Life Matters Drawing; Court Slams Principal

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

When a 7-year-old’s heartfelt sketch promoting equality gets twisted into “racism” by leftist school officials, it’s a chilling sign of how far indoctrination has gone—now finally overturned in a resounding First Amendment victory.

This case exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of progressive education: punishing a child for daring to change “Black Lives Matter” into a message of universal value, all while claiming to champion inclusion.

In 2021, at Viejo Elementary School in California, a first grader identified as BB created a simple drawing after her class learned about Martin Luther King Jr. and “Black Lives Matter.” The artwork showed four oval shapes in shades from orange to brown, representing friends holding hands, with the words “Black Lives Mater” above and “any life” below.

A 7-year-old California girl drew four oval figures in colors ranging from orange to brown — her friends holding hands — and wrote “any life” above them. Her school principal called it racist. Now a federal appeals court has ruled she had a First… https://t.co/Bo88Q46X9U
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) March 11, 2026
BB gifted it to a black classmate in a show of friendship. The child thanked her and showed no signs of offense. But the child’s mother complained to Principal Jesus Becerra, writing, “My husband and I will not tolerate any more messages given to our daughter because of her skin color. As the administrator we trust you know the actions that need to be taken to address this issue.”

Becerra confronted BB, telling her the drawing was “not appropriate” and “racist,” according to her account. He allegedly forced an apology, banned her from recess for two weeks, and prohibited her from giving drawings to classmates—without notifying her parents.

BB didn’t even fully understand “Black Lives Matter,” but added “any life” because she believed “all lives matter.” This innocent twist on the slogan clashed with the school’s apparent BLM doctrine, turning a gesture of friendship into a so called ‘microaggression’.

The family eventually sued the Capistrano Unified School District in 2023, but a lower court dismissed the case, with U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruling that BB’s drawing “trampled on her classmate’s right to be left alone in school” and, remarkably, that First Amendment protections didn’t apply to such young students.

2/ B.B. was in first grade when she drew this picture after a classroom lesson on MLK. The principal called it “racist” and “inappropriate,” banned her from giving out drawings, and made her sit out of recess for two weeks. The family challenged these unfair punishments. pic.twitter.com/H3uyNgwyr9
— Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️ (@PacificLegal) March 10, 2026

More about the 9th circuit decision: https://t.co/5pnd0v9kCL
— Pacific Legal 🗡⚖️ (@PacificLegal) March 10, 2026
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that nonsense on March 10 of this year, affirming that constitutional rights don’t vanish at the school door—even for first graders. “In sum, elementary students’ speech is protected by the First Amendment,” the three-judge panel stated in an unsigned opinion.

The court referenced the 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, emphasizing that schools must prove actions are necessary to prevent disruption. 

“Age is relevant as younger students are more vulnerable than students who are approaching adulthood. But, as all students, including elementary school students, have First Amendment rights, the school has the burden, under the Tinker balancing test, of showing that its actions were reasonably undertaken to protect the safety and well-being of its students,” the judges ruled.

This sends the case back to the lower court to examine if Becerra’s response was justified. He denies calling the drawing inappropriate or racist and claims no punishment occurred, but the appeals decision puts the onus on the school to back that up.

Pacific Legal Foundation, representing BB pro bono, celebrated the win. “The First Amendment requires schools to meet a demanding standard before punishing student speech,” said PLF attorney Caleb Trotter.

“The court made clear that schools cannot simply label a child’s message inappropriate and impose discipline without showing that punishment was necessary to prevent disruption,” Trotter added.

The drawing itself—a colorful symbol of unity—has become an icon in the fight against overreach.

This incident highlights how leftist dogma infiltrates classrooms, where straying from approved narratives like BLM invites backlash. Schools plastered with BLM posters and lessons pushed one viewpoint, then branded a child’s attempt at broader equality as offensive—exposing the intolerance beneath the surface.

Becerra’s actions smack of ideological enforcement, prioritizing political correctness over a 7-year-old’s pure intentions. It’s a reminder that radical leftist influences in education aim to stifle free thought early, molding kids into compliant echo chambers.

Yet this ruling pushes back, reinforcing that individual liberty trumps bureaucratic control. Parents now have stronger ground to challenge such abuses, ensuring schools teach facts, not force-fed propaganda.

BB’s story is a triumph of innocence over indoctrination. Her drawing wasn’t racist—it was the opposite, a child’s vision of true equality. The court victory safeguards that spirit, proving the Constitution protects even the youngest voices.

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A judge on Friday approved dropping multiple charges against the 18-year-old North Hall County High students who toilet-papered math teacher Jason Hughes Gainesville home when he slipped outside and was fatally run over on March 6, the Hall County Magistrate’s Office told ABC News.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
(The Center Square) – Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., plans to bring a Republican elections reform bill to the floor next week and kickstart a marathon debate that could potentially last days.
The move is an attempt to appease a vocal minority of Republicans who have called for Thune to revive the “talking filibuster,” which would require Democrats to hold the floor in order for the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to remain in force.
President Donald Trump endorsed the talking filibuster, but Thune has argued that there is not enough support in the Republican Caucus.
The marathon debate is unlikely to change the minds of enough Democrats to overcome the filibuster. But Thune and his supporters argue that it will at least force Senate Democrats to go on the record about why they oppose the House-passed SAVE America Act.
“I can’t guarantee an outcome on this legislation. But I can guarantee that we are going to put Democrats on the record,” Thune told lawmakers. “That they will be forced to defend their outrageous positions on these issues – and explain to the American people why common sense and the Democratic Party have parted ways.”
The SAVE America Act would mandate that Americans display a valid ID to vote in federal elections, require people to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote, and necessitate in-person voter registration for federal elections.
It also directs states to remove all noncitizens from their voter rolls.
Under the legislation, people would not be able to register to vote with only their driver’s license, since noncitizens can obtain that. They would instead need to present documents proving U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate or U.S. passport.
“Only American citizens should be able to vote in our elections. Period. This shouldn’t be controversial,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said on social media Friday. “If Democrats want to block something that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with – be my guest.”
Democrats have dubbed the bill “Jim Crow 2.0,” arguing it could make it harder for minorities, the disabled, and married women to register to vote.
Thune, however, called Democrats’ rhetoric “unforgivable” and “insulting.”
“Either Democrats are just reflexively opposing this proposal because it originated from Republicans, or Democrats believe that there are in fact people out there voting illegally and that it’s benefiting Democrats, and they want to keep it going,” Thune told lawmakers Thursday.
“I honestly cannot think of another reason to oppose something so eminently reasonable as requiring people to demonstrate that they’re eligible to vote – and that they are who they say they are when they go to the polls.”
This story originally appeared in The Center Square.

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