Family first: “The American family is on the brink,” said Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts. “We are dangerously close to being unable to reverse the decline. Our country will not survive if families continue to crumble at this rate.”

• Heritage is directly confronting this problem, with a landmark 164-page report that outlines bold proposals on how to save the American family—“Saving America by Saving the Family.”
• “Our report calls for new investment from private, non-profit, and government sectors to back the bedrock of flourishing societies—the traditional family,” said Roger Severino, vice president for economic and domestic policy.

Read the full report here, and follow Heritage’s X account here to get the latest on Heritage’s pro-family policy.

America first: Within hours of Nicolas Maduro’s capture, the media were calling Heritage for our expert analysis.

• Vice President Victoria Coates defended the legality of the actions on Fox News.
• Senior Research Fellow Steve Yates told Wake Up America that the UN Security Council’s rebuke doesn’t hold water.
• Senior Policy Analyst Andrés Martínez-Fernández told Fox News that Maduro was destabilizing the Western hemisphere.

Go to Heritage’s X account here for up-to-date expert analysis.

Influence: A new Department of Education portal provides greater transparency into foreign funding of universities. China is fourth on the list, but Qatar is by far the biggest funder.

• “China, Qatar, and Russia have exerted considerable influence through substantial financial contributions,” writes Senior Research Associate Madison Marino Doan.

Read the full story in The Daily Signal.

Heritage’s Young Leaders Program is hiring for the next class of talented young conservatives.

• Interns learn from the Boyce-Haller First Principles Lecture Series and some of the conservative movement’s brightest policy minds; they contribute to Heritage’s work on policy, communications, government relations, outreach, and operations. And more!
• Internships are based in Washington, D.C., and pay is $18/hour.
• The semester starts May 11 and ends Aug. 7.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and are due on Feb. 1.

Learn more and apply here!

Unforced error: The U.K. is about to hand communist China a massive victory, unless it can be quickly reversed.

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to transfer British territory in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, an ally of China, “is one of the most dangerous acts of self-harm by the United Kingdom in its post-war history,” write Nile Gardiner and Kevin Roberts.

Read their op-ed in the London Telegraph.

Power grab: Elon Musk’s X faces massive fines for violating Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA)—and the center-right is all for it.

• “The old guard clearly aims to use the DSA to stop the new parties from using the digital platforms, especially X, to circumvent the cordon sanitaire imposed on them by the old guard’s allies in the media,” writes Heritage Senior Fellow Mike Gonzalez.

Read Gonzalez’s commentary here.

Join Heritage’s Online Public Policy Fellowship This Spring!

• The Heritage Academy is an eight-week, online fellowship focused on America’s founding principles and the most pressing policy issues of our time.

Why join the Heritage Academy?

• Gain access to compelling policy lectures.
• Have conversations with leaders and experts in the conservative movement.
• Connect with conservatives from across America.

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America’s Founding Fathers are endlessly fascinating figures, and we all have a duty to learn about them.

• That’s why we published American Founders: Leaders at the Creation of the Republic.
• In this free eBook, you’ll learn how the Founders created the greatest nation in the world, and delve deep into the lives of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others.

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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, new analyses and insider accounts revealed major vulnerabilities in how the U.S. oversees high-risk biological research. Leading experts will explore the scientific and national security implications of gain-of-function research, highlight weaknesses in current oversight, and discuss realistic reforms to how the United States oversees such research.

 

Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m. Register here.

• Maduro and Mamdani: Two Collectivists Check into Public Housing—Mike Gonzalez
  
• Why Government, Not Greed, Is to Blame for NYC’s Child-Care Crisis—Nicole Huyer and William DuVall
  
• How Trump Is Making Life Affordable Again—Nicole Huyer
  
• Trump’s Christmas Present: 4 Percent Growth—EJ Antoni, Ph.D.
  
• Inflation Has Left Americans Holding the Bag—Paul Mullen
  
• If the Old Guard Destroys Bari Weiss, Legacy Media May Finally Die—Mike Gonzalez
  
• Frank Meyer, the Unlikely Conservative—Allen Mendenhall, Ph.D.
  
• The U.S. Navy Must Build the ‘Golden Fleet’—Brent Sadler
  
• Donald Trump Enters 2026 as the Real Leader of Europe—Nile Gardiner
  
• Why US Critical Mineral Security Depends on the South Pacific—Allan Zhang and Miles Pollard
  
• Report: The House of Terror: How Cuba Has Exported Death and Chaos for Six Decades—Mike Gonzalez

Heritage Chief Economist EJ Antoni appeared on Fox Business to discuss how Trump administration reforms to reduce energy prices will lead to lower prices across the board. Watch the clip here.