Leesa K. Donner

The war on fraud has expanded this week with new allegations backed up by evidence, according to the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF). A new report, completed in conjunction with Open the Books, a federal spending watchdog, unearthed disturbing, widespread education fraud across the nation. What this comes down to is that money set for the education of American students is being stolen by bad actors in many states.

The left can't seem to leave Melania Trump alone. However, this isn't Mrs. Trump's first time in the glass cage of the White House, and she's been signaling that anything defamatory will be challenged. Well, if that is true – and there's no reason to doubt her – two women spouting off on a radical left podcast better lawyer up, as it's likely that the first lady will come after them. What have they said that will get them into hot water? A lot.

Anyone who has ever been in financial trouble knows that a debtor's last resort is putting up his or her home as collateral. And that's exactly what the Democrat Party has done. Several news outlets yesterday (July 27) maintained the party is strapped for cash and delaying payments to vendors until the midterms are over. This was splashed on the pages of

The US Supreme Court is about to step in. It sounds ludicrous, but the legality of holding religious meetings in your home has made it all the way to the US Supreme Court.

In the category of “there's nothing new under the sun,” the case of two Dan Sullivans – one an incumbent senator and the other just an ordinary bloke – is causing heartburn for Republicans in Alaska. One thing is for sure: Residents of the 49th state better do a little studying before they go to the polls for the primary election on August 18.

Abortion on demand is coming to a state near you. To those who believe abortion should be allowed up until the day of birth, it's a boon.

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) filed an impeachment resolution in the House on Monday, Aug. 24. This is the fifth time the Lone Star State representative has filed impeachment resolutions against President Donald Trump. Two formal efforts initiated by Democrats in Trump's first term died in the US Senate.

America lost an icon this week with the passing of singer and songwriter Dolly Parton. She was the buxom blonde everyone loved. Her schtick of big hair and a big chest was matched by enormous talent, placing her in the top tier of the world's wealthiest entertainers. The value of her estate is estimated to be in the vicinity of $450 million to $650 million, and that is remarkable considering she was born into poverty. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say Dolly lived the quintessential American Dream.

The strains of “School's Out” by Alice Cooper have died down as millions of US students head back to school this week. The day after Labor Day has long been the traditional first day of classes, though more districts are pushing start dates to August – a communist plot, no doubt. All joking aside, some strange things are happening in American schools; we'll cover three of them.

by asserting, “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." Now that the 9/11 attacks on the United States are just a couple days away from being 25 years old, a growing number of Americans have not experienced what can be considered the most defining day of the last half-century. To these people, 9/11 is not a reality but becomes the “foreign country” that Hartley spoke of in the opening lines of his book. And it's vital to recognize that more and more of those who lived through that horrible day will be dying off, and only memories of 9/11 will remain.