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President Trump Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana — But the Grass Isn’t Greener on the Other Side
December 19, 2025 | CulturePresident Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday directing the Department of Justice to start...
President Trump Expands Christmas to 3 Day Federal Holiday
December 19, 2025 | Culture, Winter Reads
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Pentagon Reviewing Discharges of 8,700 Servicemembers Who Declined COVID-19 Vaccines
December 19, 2025 | Government UpdatesThis week, the U.S. Department of War (DOW) announced it is reevaluating the discharge status...
House Passes Bill Banning Sex-Rejecting Procedures for Minors
December 18, 2025 | Government Updates
Our Adoption Story
Our journey to Jenny began on March 1, 2015. That was the day our biological daughter, Vivien, was born. Until then,...
Out of the Orphanage
For decades, we’ve seen the heart- touching pictures and heard the gut-wrenching stories—from Africa to Asia, from Latin America to...
Young, Single and Adopting
Courtnay Phillips will never forget the day she made two elderly men cry at the grocery store—on two separate aisles....
Abandoning the Faith
From churches that meet in steepled buildings with stained-glass windows to those located in former Walmarts, (churches) vary more today...
Why Care About Marriage?
“Why should we care about marriage?” That’s the question Jim Daly, Focus on the Family President, asks in the prologue of...
Traffic Stop
Earlier this year, Citizen brought you a pair of stories about the sex trafficking of minors (“Shut Down” and “Turning the Page,” March). Those stories...