• SCOTUS passes on free speech case: Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, the two longest-serving associate justices, were the only justices to stand up for a free speech case that the Supreme Court chose not to review. L.M. vs. Town of Middleborough is the case of a young man who wore a shirt to school that read, “There Are Only Two Genders.” That is a fact, but leftists contest it anyway. The school sent the boy home after he refused to change his shirt. Later, he was sent home again after altering the shirt to read, “There Are CENSORED Genders.” Schools have a right to enforce a dress code, but this is a case of viewpoint discrimination. Students at the school are encouraged to wear “Pride gear to celebrate Pride Month,” so clearly the issue is not the subject but the opinion.

• Embargo on student visas: On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued an order directing U.S. embassies to “not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F, M, and J) visa appointment capacity until further guidance is issued … which we anticipate in the coming days.” The ordered pause on all foreign student visa applications is the latest blow from the Trump administration against Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale, whose student bodies are composed of nearly 30% foreign students. Harvard, in particular, has resisted the Trump administration’s efforts to address anti-Semitism on its campus. The State Department explained that the pause was necessary to prepare for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ expanded foreign student vetting process, which will include screening their social media for anti-Semitism.

• FBI to reinvestigate WH cocaine, pipe bombs, and SCOTUS leak: Unsolved mysteries within Washington, DC, which dominated the headlines during the Biden administration, will get a fresh look by the FBI. These mysteries include the still-unidentified January 6 DC pipe bomber, the May 2022 leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and the bag of cocaine found inside the White House in July 2023. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino explained the decision via a post on X: “Shortly after swearing in, [FBI Director Kash Patel] and I evaluated a number of cases of potential public corruption that understandably have garnered public interest. We made the decision to either re-open or push additional resources and investigative attention to these cases.” He also asked the public to provide any information they may have.

• NPR sues Trump for “violating” its First Amendment rights: If you listen to CEO Katherine Maher, you’d believe that NPR is “a nonpartisan news organization” being suppressed by the Trump administration for nonpartisan reporting. Nothing could be further from the truth. NPR, as every conservative knows, is leftist propaganda and has been for a long time. “Seeking the truth … might not be the right place to start,” said Maher in a 2022 Ted Talk about NPR that she probably now regrets. Under Maher, NPR is now suing the Trump administration, insisting that his defunding executive order violates the outlet’s right to “private speech.” For the record, National PUBLIC Radio is publicly funded and has no claim to its speech being private.

• DOJ sues North Carolina to clean up voter rolls: The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit on Tuesday over North Carolina’s failure to ask for a partial Social Security Number or driver’s license number on its voter registration form. The state will be required to remove the names of voters who did not provide that information from their voter rolls. A “significant number” of people are alleged to be on the voter rolls without that information. Sam Hayes, the executive director of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections, says he is committed to “bringing North Carolina into compliance with federal law.”

• Israeli embassy staffers’ murderer was not just anti-Israel but anti-America: More is being learned of the perpetrator who murdered two young Israeli embassy staffers last week in Washington, DC. What has become increasingly clear is that his actions were ideologically motivated. The 31-year-old has a well-developed history, reflected in both his social media postings and his social engagements, of holding strong anti-Israel and anti-American views. In a manifesto he left following the murders, he says that he would have done this 11 years ago, but people would have thought him insane. Due to the conflict in Gaza, he now believes they won’t. The record shows an individual who is a Marxist with anti-West, pro-terrorist views. He celebrated Hamas’s October 7 terror attack with one post: “Love checking back in with the news every few hours like, ‘Hm I wonder if Israel still exists?’”

• Sen. Tuberville to run for AL governor: The rumors have now been confirmed — Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville has announced that he is forgoing a run for reelection in the Senate to run for governor. Current Governor Kay Ivey is term-limited and will exit office in 2026. Tuberville, who has been a supporter of Donald Trump as well as a staunch pro-life advocate, expressed his commitment to “conservative Alabama values” in his announcement. In 2024, Tuberville was one of 16 Republican senators to receive the CPAC “Conservative Excellence Award” for his voting record. Tuberville, the former head football coach at Auburn University, is the first high-profile candidate to enter Alabama’s Republican gubernatorial primary.

• Young men are quitting alcohol faster than young women: Young women, not young men, are now the leaders in binge drinking, according to a finding from the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study looked at two periods, 2017-19 and 2021-23, during which binge drinking declined across the board in young people. The decline was sharper among young men than women, 21% vs. 13%, meaning that young women now binge drink more often than young men. Some attribute the decrease to a lower social cost of not drinking; once it’s not the norm, it’s easier to quit the habit. The remaining question is: Why is there a disparate decline between the sexes? Perhaps young women are more emotionally dysregulated. Perhaps men are becoming more solitary, avoiding gatherings with friends at the bar. Or maybe young people are making a responsible choice to avoid an unhealthy coping mechanism.

Headlines

• Elon Musk “disappointed” by spending bill, says it undermines what DOGE is doing (Fox News)

• Judge hands DOGE major win over accessing sensitive Treasury data (Newsweek)

• Democrats to spend $20 million to figure out why young men hate them (Not the Bee)

• Trump admin no longer recommending COVID vaccine for healthy kids, healthy pregnant women (NY Post)

• Los Angeles hotels revolt as city approves $38 minimum wage (Hot Air)

• Netanyahu confirms death of Hamas Gaza chief Sinwar (Newsweek)

• Humor: French president Macron claims he fell down the stairs again (Babylon Bee)

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