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The House Freedom Caucus has for years been a major force on Capitol Hill, with its members picking frequent policy fights in their push for more fiscally and socially conservative legislation. But as almost a half dozen of its most prominent members seek office back home and away from Congress, those departures will alter the lineup of the caucus, which fought for additional spending cuts in the “big, beautiful bill” and has been the fiscal conservative vanguard for a decade in the House of Representatives. Here’s how the caucus will change as some of its biggest names return to their home states. Who’s Leaving? So far, three Freedom Caucus members are running for governor back home: Reps. Andy Biggs in Arizona, Byron Donalds in Florida, and Ralph Norman in South Carolina. Last week, Rep. Chip Roy of Texas announced his bid for state attorney general, and Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., recently launched a run for elevation to the Senate. House Freedom Caucus spokeswoman Anna Adamian told The Daily Signal that the caucus intends to continue with business as usual after the departures. “For a decade, HFC has led the charge for limited government, fiscal sanity, and constitutional conservatism. That legacy continues,” she said in a statement. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., is running for governor in his home state. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Adamian additionally characterized the departures as a boon for the conservative faction, saying, “Our departing members have done tremendous work advancing conservative priorities on Capitol Hill—and now, they’ll carry that fight into leadership roles across the country, strengthening the movement in new arenas.” Adamian also said that there are “many rising stars within the HFC ready to take up the mantle and continue driving the conservative agenda forward.” In the 2024 elections, the caucus added Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina and Brandon Gill of Texas to its ranks. She continued, “While faces may change, our principles remain the same and will continue to echo through each legislative battle and every hard-won victory on Capitol Hill.” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, announced his run for attorney general of the Lone Star State last week. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) However, the departing members are some of the most prominent media figures for the House Freedom Caucus, and their absence is sure to be felt. Both Norman and Roy serve on the House Rules Committee, the last stop before a bill comes to the floor and a source of influence for the caucus.  Additionally, Roy and Donalds are two of the Republican conference’s most well-known and media-savvy members. Biggs, another of the most recognizable faces in the caucus, formerly chaired it and has been a force to reckon with in the House, picking up dozens of votes in a bid to become speaker of the House in 2023. Of course, the departures are not without precedent. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus and left his seat in Congress in 2018 to run for governor of the Sunshine State. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who was chairman of the caucus and a founding member, left Congress to become White House chief of staff in 2020. Both have gone on to become major figures on the national stage outside of Congress, and Meadows is currently in a leadership role at the Conservative Partnership Institute, a prominent Washington conservative education and advocacy group. Who Will Fill Their Shoes? If the caucus wants to pick up some new members after it loses almost a half dozen of its star players, the 2026 midterm cycle could provide ample opportunities to do so. In Texas, a redistricting bill is poised potentially to flip five seats red in the House of Representatives. In Indiana and Missouri, similar redistricting efforts appear to be in the works in their Republican-dominated state legislatures. Additionally, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has expressed openness to redistricting, and Ohio is required by law to redraw its districts this year.  These efforts, in addition to other possible pickups in the midterms, could produce new Freedom Caucus members. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The caucus will retain its chairman, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., and has a number of relatively new members who have become prominent voices, such as Reps. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., and Keith Self, R-Texas. The post How Will House Freedom Caucus Adapt to Several Members Departing Capitol Hill? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Parents are outraged after a Massachusetts school district allegedly forced children to take a survey their parents had recused them from, and now the Trump administration is investigating some of the complaints. Burlington Public Schools is under fire from the feds for allegedly forcing students to participate in surveys that were graphic and sexual in nature. The Boston Herald reported that students as young as 11 years old were required to take the survey.According to the Boston Herald, the school district required students to take the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which included questions concerning "sexual intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identity, sexting, experiences with sexual assault, alcohol use, and more." Even students whose parents had supposedly opted them out of participating in the survey allegedly took it, which, the Trump administration argues, may be a violation of the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, given the nature of the questions. RELATED: Trump's Education Department stops Clinton-era giveaway for illegal aliens One of the survey questions reportedly read: "Sexual intercourse includes vaginal sex which is when a penis goes inside of a vagina, oral sex which is contact between the mouth and genitals, anal sex which is when the penis goes inside an anus (butt), and use of toys or props (vaginal or anal). Have you ever had sexual intercourse?"A document on the Department of Education website explains that the PPRA protects the right of parents to consent to surveys and data collection of their students related to "eight protected areas," including "sex behavior and attitudes." Parents also have the right to "receive notice and an opportunity to opt out of ... any protected information survey administered or distributed to a student by [a] local educational agency that is a recipient of funds under an applicable program," among a few other conditions. Since the Department of Education states that parents must give "consent before students are required to submit" to such DOE-funded protected information surveys, the incident may have been a violation of the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, as is being alleged in the investigation."Entities which are found to be in violation of PPRA and fail to take corrective action may lose federal funding," a source familiar with the investigation at the Department of Education told Blaze News. Notably, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey is produced and collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. While the CDC's website says that the YRBS is given only to students in grades 9-12, the Boston Herald reported that students as young as 11 years old were required to take the survey. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

It’s election season, and Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) wants voters to believe that he’s an America First candidate and a close ally of President Donald Trump — but BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales knows that couldn’t be further from the truth.“Actions speak louder than words,” Gonzales says on “Come and Take It.” “And so instead of just taking John at his word right now in 2025 when he is just trying to win an election, which, by the way, the polls show he’s probably not going to win. ... Let’s look at actions.”Conservative Review assigns federal officeholders a grade based on their “Liberty Score,” which is based on the top 50 votes that officeholder has taken in the duration of a rolling six-year window.And Gonzales has Cornyn’s Liberty Score.“Let’s give reasonable perspective. So, our other Texas senator, Ted Cruz, let’s look at his Liberty Score. He has a respectable 88%. Not perfect. I would expect an A from any senator from the state of Texas,” Gonzales explains.“John Cornyn is coming in at [an] abysmal 54%,” she says, disturbed. “Now, I’m not great at math, but I believe that that’s an F. That is a failing Liberty grade. John Cornyn is failing in liberty, and this is coming from a Texas senator. That is embarrassing.”Gonzales points to several things that could have contributed to Cornyn’s failing score.“Did you know that John Cornyn was one of Joe Biden’s biggest cheerleaders on, well, many things, but one of which was his gun control legislation? Did you know that?” she explains. “Yeah, under Joe Biden, John Cornyn was pretty instrumental in the negotiation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.”“It increased federal grant money to states who enacted red flag laws. So it’s giving an incentive,” she adds.And President Trump agrees with Gonzales.“The deal on ‘Gun Control’ currently being structured and pushed in the Senate by the Radical Left Democrats, with the help of Mitch McConnell, RINO Senator John Cornyn of Texas, and others, will go down in history as the first step in the movement to TAKE YOUR GUNS AWAY. Republicans, be careful what you wish for!!!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.“John Cornyn is the one that is being paired together, lumped in with Mitch McConnell, for good reason, because birds of a feather flock together, and the two of them were doing Joe Biden’s bidding with his gun control legislation,” Gonzales says.“John Cornyn was as anti-MAGA as it gets,” she adds.Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.