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    As States Hint Resistance to SCOTUS Ruling on Gender Counseling, What’s Next for Free Speech?
    Even after a decisive Supreme Court ruling on free speech in gender counseling, more such cases could be on the way as state and local governments across the country have bans of some sort on reparative therapy. The Supreme Court recently ruled 8-1 against Colorado’s law that required counseling to conform to gender ideology. Some…
    Fred Lucas
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    Gas Prices Are Better Than They Might Seem
    Throughout recorded human history, military power has been a universal value regardless of civilization, culture, or epoch. Sadly, individual freedom and democracy have not been (and still are not) recognized as universal values. The recent U.S. military success in Venezuela has been the source of considerable benefits to the U.S. and its citizens. To wit,…
    Sanjai Bhagat
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    GOP Announces a Historic Investment to Save the Senate Majority
    The Senate Leadership Fund, a conservative super PAC, announced it is investing $342 million across eight different 2026 Senate races. The massive advertisement buy, announced Monday, is the largest investment SLF has ever made in an election cycle, and it represents a different approach. “[The] Senate Leadership Fund is better positioned than ever to execute…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    GOP Wins Race to Replace MTG—But District Shifts Double-Digits Toward Dems
    Clayton Fuller won a Georgia special election to replace retired Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday night, growing the House Republican majority by one. However, Republicans won by a slimmer margin than in years past, an ominous sign with just over half a year to go until the midterm elections. Fuller, a District Attorney,…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: American Medical Association Should Lose Tax-Exempt Status, Watchdog Group Says
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The IRS should investigate and potentially revoke the tax-exempt status of the American Medical Association’s philanthropic arm, according to a new complaint filed Tuesday. “Based on the evidence in our complaint, we believe the IRS should revoke the AMA Foundation’s tax-exempt status for operating a racially discriminatory program,” Dr. Kurt Miceli,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    What Really Matters: Faith, Family, and Freedom 
    Over the past several years, I have had the honor to write a series of columns on issues dear to my heart: faith, family, and freedom. Each of these affects what we are experiencing today as we conclude the first quarter of the 21st century.  These columns have now been released in a new book, What Really Matters:…
    Timothy Goeglein
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    New York’s Racial Equity Plan Shows Democrats Haven’t Learned a Thing
    Remember when New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on the campaign trail that he wanted to increase taxes on richer, “whiter” residents? It seems he meant what he said. That much should be obvious following New York Mamdani’s announcement on Monday that he’s going forward with a so-called Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan. The plan released by…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    EXCLUSIVE: ICE Announces Arrests of Several Violent Criminals and Sex Offenders
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested another round of violent criminals in the country illegally who have been convicted of heinous crimes in the United States.  Among those ICE arrested are five men from Mexico or Guatemala, some with sexual crime convictions, including crimes committed against children.  Erik Eusevio Cortez-Leyva, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was convicted of…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Is the End of the American Federation of Teachers in Sight? 
    A recent poll found that a clear majority of Americans favor limiting politics in the classroom. This is bad news for teachers’ unions, who often advocate against that very thing.  Consider the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). With 1.8 million members, the AFT is one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country. It has gained prominence less for advancing classroom outcomes and more for engaging in political activism far removed from instruction. This political activism has been evident recently, as illustrated…
    Madison Marino Doan | Emily White
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    Accused Fraudster Could Be Replaced by Politician Whose Daughters Committed Covid Fraud
    Daughters of a candidate seeking to replace alleged fraudster Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick have pleaded guilty to COVID-19 fraud. In 2024, Richelle Holness, the oldest daughter of former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness, pleaded guilty to defrauding Florida’s federally funded unemployment program of $30,000. As part of her plea deal, however, Richelle Holness was spared from pleading…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Democrats Have Devolved Into the Party of Cruelty and Sadism
    As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown slouches through its seventh week, this outrage should convince voters that the Democrats have devolved into a delivery system for pain. Yet again, the so-called “Party of the Little Guy” relishes in making regular Americans writhe in agony so Democrats can score political points and weaponize whatever partisan…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Spanberger Polls Below Majority Support as Virginia Holds Redistricting Vote 
    As Virginia voters take part in a closely contested redistricting referendum, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is heading toward the final tally with historically low approval numbers. For the first time since the 1990s, a sitting Virginia governor is polling below historical norms. According to Washington Post polling, Spanberger’s approval rating stands at 47%—13 points lower than…
    Reagan Campbell
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    ‘PATRIARCHY’: Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Head-Scratching Response to Ousters of Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi
    Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, suggested that the “patriarchy” was behind the recent ousters of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi. She described President Donald Trump’s administration as engaged in a “war on all women,” and presented the former Cabinet secretaries as casualties in that conflict,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Research Sheds Light on the Promise and Peril of AI
    A new study finds some popular artificial intelligence chatbots tell us what we want to hear—even if we need to hear something different. Such sycophancy can cause people to make irresponsible decisions, a troubling research finding for everyone, but especially for educators using AI in classrooms with young children. Stanford researchers hypothesized that AI chatbots,…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Trump’s Election Integrity Order Faces Wave of Lawsuits Before Dem-Appointed Judges
    Opposition from the left is mounting against President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order, with two potential 2028 Democrat presidential candidates filing legal challenges before Democrat-appointed federal judges. At least five lawsuits, all filed in federal district courts for the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, aim to block the executive order that directs the Department…
    Fred Lucas
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    When Schools Overreach: HB 355 and the Threat to Parents and Students in Virginia
    As Virginia’s public schools fail at their core mission—educating children—state legislators are expanding their role in ways that encroach on parental rights. Debra Gardner, a former social worker who was first elected to Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2023, introduced HB 355 in January. Beginning in the 2028–2029 school year, the bill would require Virginia’s…
    Stephanie Lundquist-Arora
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    EXCLUSIVE: As NFL Embraces Streaming, Poll Finds Overwhelming Push Back
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Americans overwhelmingly oppose moving live sports viewing to paid streaming platforms, according to a poll by the Internet Accountability Project released Tuesday. The poll found that 93% of likely voters—across party, gender, and age demographics—said it’s important for live sporting events to be available on broadcast television so they can be…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Why Largest Protestant Denomination Opposes Trump’s Surgeon General Pick
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm opposes President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Signal. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the SBC, wrote a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee expressing “deep…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Inside the Massive Advocacy Blitz to Set AI Regulations
    Now that the White House has passed the baton to Congress to codify a National Framework on Artificial Intelligence, an advocacy blitz is underway to shape the future of American tech policy.  President Donald Trump previously directed Michael Kratsios, his science and technology adviser, and David Sacks, former AI czar, to recommend federal AI legislation…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    NIH Faces Blowback Over Controversial Dog Research
    Two advocacy groups are calling for the cancellation of taxpayer-funded medical research on dogs at a Michigan lab, claiming that the “experiments” have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of dogs. Representatives from the two groups—the Wilberforce Institute, a conservative animal rights group, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which opposes animal experiments—are set…
    Fred Lucas
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