SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — A petition campaign demanding a halt to the LDS Church's practice of closed-door, one-on-one interviews by bishops with children -- sometimes including inquiries about sexual matters -- had collected 11,493 signatures as of Thursday. At a news conference, organizer Sam Young, a former Mormon bishop, said the petition will be presented March 30 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' downtown Salt Lake City headquarters.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump will become the first sitting president to address the March for Life in Washington in a live address Friday, the White House said. Mr. Trump will speak to the marchers via video link from the White House Rose Garden. "We are most grateful to announce that President Donald Trump will address the 45th annual March for Life. Since his first day in office, President Trump has remained steadfast on his campaign promises to the pro-life cause and has actively worked to protect the unborn," said Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life.... (more)

DAILY WIRE — President Donald Trump and the GOP recognized the worst the media had to offer in 2017 on Wednesday with the Fake News Awards. The press release highlighted reports from Harvard, the Media Research Center, and Pew Research Center that show the media has given the president overwhelming negative coverage through their highly-biased coverage.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday that the continued focus on President Trump's harsh comments at a meeting last week are doing a disservice to her department's law enforcement personnel. Ms. Nielsen also fired back at a Democratic senator who said she lied under oath by having a different recollection about last week's controversial comments, saying they're actually trying to make her lie.... (more)

KSL.COM — When a 17-year-old girl jumped out a window from the house where her parents allegedly starved and tortured their 13 children, she broke a silence that had likely lasted years. It's not clear why the teenager waited so long to act, but psychiatrists say such behavior is not uncommon even in cases of extreme deprivation.... (more)

THE EPOCH TIMES — An Amish family must connect to a municipal sewer even though doing so would go against their beliefs, a Pennsylvania court ruled. The five-year legal battle started because the Yoder family wanted to continue using an outhouse that, in line with their traditional Amish beliefs, did not include any electricity.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — It's not clear exactly when the Southern Poverty Law Center, which years ago famously battled the KKK, turned against Christians and conservatives, but the evidence that it has is overwhelming. After all, the group that holds hundreds of millions of dollars in its bank accounts, many of them overseas, once labeled famed surgeon and conservative Dr. Ben Carson, now HUD secretary, as a "hater" because of his Christian worldview.... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — Friday's March for Life, 45 years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand, demonstrates how difficult it is to reverse the effects of evil decisions and policies. The fact that complete victory is not immediately at hand does not cause true believers to give up the fight. That's why thousands will turn out for the 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified under oath Tuesday that she did not hear President Trump call Haiti, El Salvador and other developing nations "sh--hole" countries in a controversial meeting last week -- though she did say he used "tough language."... (more)

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Donald Trump continues to baffle. Never Trump Republicans still struggle to square the circle of quietly agreeing so far with most of his policies, as they loudly insist that his record is already nullified by its supposedly odious author. Or surely it soon will be discredited by the next Trumpian outrage.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — After teasing the press for more than a week, President Trump is expected to hand out his "Fake News Awards" on Wednesday, but it was still unclear as of Tuesday night what the mock ceremony will entail, including whether Trump will hand out any awards himself.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Some lawmakers would like to see the Justice Department prosecute former spy chief James Clapper for inaccurate testimony to Congress about domestic surveillance before it's too late.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Iran's rulers have inflicted death by torture and gunfire on citizen protesters in a crackdown since the Dec. 28 street uprising erupted, the main opposition group said Tuesday. The Europe-based National Council of Resistance of Iran says the Islamic republic's ubiquitous security apparatus has arrested more than 8,000 citizens and killed at least 50, all while the West has remained mostly silent. The council attributes at least five deaths to torture.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Conservatives have griped for years about being undermined by Twitter, but after listening to the Silicon Valley giant's staffers admit on hidden camera to political bias, the right wants answers. Calls for Twitter to come clean are rising in the wake of the latest Project Veritas undercover video, which revealed current and former employees admitting to anti-Trump bias and discussing how to shadow-ban and otherwise limit the reach of unfavored accounts.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — Internet giants such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube may have, albeit quietly, declared war on conservatives, with new efforts to shut down their ability to get their message out. And talk-radio icon Rush Limbaugh has identified what he believes is the ideology behind it.... (more)

JOHN STOSSEL — Who will warn Americans about hate groups? The media know: the Southern Poverty Law Center. SPLC, based in Alabama, calls itself "the premier" group monitoring hate. Give us money, they say, and they will "fight the hate that thrives in our country."... (more)

NBC NEWS — A former CIA officer who was charged Tuesday with unlawful possession of secrets is suspected of a much worse crime: betraying U.S. informants in China, sources familiar with the case told NBC News.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — NBC plans to televise any players who refuse to stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl, but there may be nothing to show. It appears that NFL players are no longer taking a knee during the national anthem, namely because none of the teams with still-active protesters has qualified for the postseason.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — I think my positions are going to be what the people in this room come up with," Trump said. "If they come to me with things I'm not in love with, I'm going to do it. Because I respect them." Conservatives who were prominent in the effort to elect Donald Trump to the presidency reacted with foreboding to the impression of impending compromise created by last Tuesday's meeting between President Trump and key Democratic and Republican leaders focused on immigration.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — I started watching Miss America and Miss Universe competitions when I was a little girl, mostly because I loved the gowns. To this day, I still tune in, especially toward the end, when all the gowns are on display. A couple of years ago, I saw my all-time favorite! As the expression goes: TDF -- to die for!... (more)

NEWSMAX — Sixty-one percent of Republicans say they are satisfied with the direction of the U.S., according to a new Gallup poll. It marks the highest level of Republican satisfaction since February 2007, according to Gallup.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Radio host Rush Limbaugh came out swinging on Monday against "phony" media outrage over President Trump's language behind closed doors. The man behind "the golden EIB microphone" says last week's "sh--hole" remarks attributed to the president during policy negotiations have spotlighted media bias yet again. Mr. Limbaugh told millions of listeners that racism claims and concerns over presidential rhetoric are all part of an act.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The White House called out CNN after anchor Chris Cuomo referred to White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah as "Raj whatever-his-name-is."... (more)

FOX NEWS INSIDER — An early member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast returned Saturday to join in the lampooning of "Joe & Mika," Steve Bannon and author Michael Wolff. The show opened with Alex Moffat and Kate McKinnon playing engaged MSNBC couple Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.... (more)

THE GUARDIAN — For many non-believers, it is an instinctive response to a crisis: "Please, God." So perhaps it should not be surprising that a new survey has found that one in five adults pray despite saying they are not religious.... (more)