Stand strong: President Trump must stand against the highly organized lawlessness in Minneapolis that’s fueled by far-left politicians. 

• “Every American deserves law and order, not chaos, unrest, and criminal disorder,” wrote Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts in a series of posts on X. 
• "It’s important that the administration not be giving the Left scalps or victories here. It’s no time to go wobbly in terms of immigration enforcement,” said Lora Ries, director of Heritage’s Border Security and Immigration Center on the Heritage Explains podcast.  

Read Roberts’ X thread here. And listen to the full interview with Ries here. 

Smarter, not harder: The Left will keep creating new martyrs for its cause—and win over Americans disgusted by violence—unless ICE implements new strategies.

• “The Trump administration must show that [it] will not be intimidated by mobs, nor threatened by grandstanding local politicians. But once that point is made, DHS and ICE need to change gears,” writes Heritage Senior Research Fellow Simon Hankinson.

Read more here.

Radical mobs are flooding the streets of Minnesota — and the left is exploiting the chaos to dismantle ICE. Should federal agents be allowed to defend themselves while enforcing the law, or should radicals win? Take the official Heritage ICE survey and make your voice heard.

 

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Across the sea: President Duda will work with Heritage leadership on policy recommendations for the conservative movement in Europe.

• “I saw firsthand how deterrence, defense investment, strong democratic alliances, and national resolve preserve freedom. I look forward to contributing that experience to Heritage’s long-standing work advancing conservative policy solutions for Europe,” said Duda.

Read more here.

Adios: The Trump administration finalized its decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO)—an organization that has failed the U.S., and the whole world, since COVID-19.

• “Given the WHO’s multiple failures during the COVID-19 crisis, the time is ripe for a new international effort to respond to pandemics more effectively,” writes Bob Moffit, senior research fellow in Heritage’s DeVos Center for Human Flourishing.

Read more here.

For the kids: Waving goodbye to the Department of Education signals a fresh start for students, parents, and states, according to a new Heritage Backgrounder.

 

Also: States are already taking action to put students first—and education freedom is a winning issue. Jason Bedrick has the details here in The Daily Signal.

 

And: Check out this new Heritage Issue Brief on disentangling the federal government from higher ed.

 

Calling all innovators: Each year, Heritage awards $1 million in prizes to conservative organizations focused on policy solutions. The 2026 Innovation Prizes round is open for applications, but the window is closing fast.

• The prizes serve the movement and unite conservatives “to provide creative solutions to the most pressing problems facing the country,” says Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts.

Learn more about the prizes on The Daily Signal.

 

Apply here by 11:59 p.m., Feb. 2.

All parents want their children to be safe at school. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Commissioner Stephen Gilchrist describes how his son experienced a bullying incident that threatened his civil rights. Hear Gilchrist’s account and learn how the public school system failed to protect his son. An expert panel will then explore strategies and policy solutions to help families advocate for their children when public schools won’t.

 

Feb. 5, 11 a.m. Register here.

• No Marriage. No Babies. No Future. America’s Going from Birth to Death—Kevin D. Roberts, Ph.D.
• End the American Bar Association’s Grip on Law Schools—Allen Mendenhall, Ph.D.
• A Congressional New Year’s Resolution: Fix Medicare Physician Payment—Caleb Keng and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
• COVID-19 Vaccines: RFK Jr. and the International Policy Consensus—Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., and Liana Graham
• Mamdani’s Millionaire Tax Would Zap NYC’s Dynamism—Nicole Huyer and Miles Pollard
• Billionaire Tax: The California Dream Becomes a Nightmare—EJ Antoni, Ph.D.
• Meta Revolutionizes Commercial Nuclear Energy—Jack Spencer
• The U.S. and Energy Dom­in­ance—Nicole Huyer
• Mark Carney’s Dangerous Electric Car Bargain with Beijing—Diana Furchtgott-Roth
• Extending New START Treaty Not in National Interest—Robert Peters
• 1 Year In: How the China-Cook Islands Partnership Agreement Is Shaping Up—Allen Zhang

• Report: Limited Nuclear War Over Taiwan: An Initial Exercise—Leo Keay and Robert Peters

Heritage Chief Economist EJ Antoni, Ph.D., appeared on Fox News to discuss the “Trump Accounts” for kids, which he said will be so successful that they could become the model for rescuing Social Security from insolvency. Watch the clip here.