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April 10, 2025
APP Research Cited in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
Terry discusses the importance of faith in modern political discourse with a special guest from the religious community.
April 10, 2025
APP Research Cited in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
Terry discusses the importance of faith in modern political discourse with a special guest from the religious community.
April 10, 2025
APP Research Cited in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
Terry discusses the importance of faith in modern political discourse with a special guest from the religious community.
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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APP Pays Tribute to Jeff Bell at Annual Gala (VIDEO)
APP Foundation’s 5th Annual Red, White and Blue Gala was held this year in honor of our late policy director Jeff Bell, a conservative movement pioneer who passed away last February. Among the many tributes to Jeff, APP produced a video summing up what he meant to the organization. You can watch the full video
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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Frank Cannon: Midterms Exposed Democrats’ Big Weakness
APP president Frank Cannon and communications director Paul Dupont write in an op-ed for The Hill: Another midterm election has come and gone, with no shortage of intriguing storylines. For opponents of President Trump, the much-touted “blue wave” did come to pass – sort of – with Democrats gaining a slight majority in the House that
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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APP Blasts Media’s Biased Coverage of Trump Admin Memo on ‘Sex’ Definition
WASHINGTON – On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services is leading an effort to establish a government-wide legal definition of sex under Title IX as an objective, biological reality, reversing direction from the previous administration’s embrace of subjective “gender identity.” The story spurred a cascade of strongly
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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APP Urges Trump Admin, Congress to Affirm Biological Definition of Sex in Law
WASHINGTON – On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services is leading an effort to establish a government-wide legal definition of sex under Title IX as an objective, biological reality, reversing direction from the previous administration’s embrace of subjective “gender identity.” Terry Schilling, executive director at American Principles
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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Ex-Fire Chief Wins $1.2 Million Settlement, Court Recognizes Right to Be Christian
WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, Kelvin Cochran – the Atlanta Fire Chief who was fired in 2014 for authoring a Christian devotional book that expressed traditionally Christian views on human sexuality – won a $1.2 million settlement from the City of Atlanta after a court determined that the City had unfairly discriminated against Cochran on the
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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Frank Cannon: Why Conservatives Should Be Grateful for Mitch McConnell
From APP president Frank Cannon’s op-ed in The Hill: It’s now official: with the successful confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has become the most consequential political figure of this decade. He has reached total cult hero status among conservatives. Moreover, his conference has never respected him more, and his president
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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Conservatives to WaPo: Jennifer Rubin Is Not a Conservative
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the American Principles Project sent a letter signed by 37 top conservative leaders to The Washington Post calling on the newspaper to stop promoting columnist Jennifer Rubin as a conservative and to instead hire a columnist who could “eloquently and effectively” defend the policies of President Trump and his party: “We,
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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Frank Cannon: Are the Left’s Attacks on Kavanaugh Backfiring?
From APP president Frank Cannon’s op-ed in The Hill: Thursday’s appearance by Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a watershed moment for contemporary American politics. But while many stories will, understandably, focus on the continuing escalation of political polarization and tribalism which the nationally televised hearing made painfully visible, there is another, perhaps
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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APP to U.S. Senate: Confirm Kavanaugh
Washington, D.C. – Following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, American Principles Project executive director Terry Schilling released the following statement: “After an exhausting week of hyperbole and vicious attacks, we applaud the Senate Judiciary Committee for advancing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. Now, it’s time for the full
April 1, 2025
The Washington Times
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Frank Cannon in NY Times on Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Battle
From The New York Times‘ Jeremy W. Peters and Elizabeth Dias: Worried their chance to cement a conservative majority on the Supreme Court could slip away, a growing number of evangelical and anti-abortion leaders are expressing frustration that Senate Republicans and the White House are not protecting Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh more forcefully from a sexual
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