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    What’s the Beef in Britain Over Halal Meat?
    Since I last lived in London 30 years ago, Britain has seen the largest inward migration in its recorded history of more than 2,000 years, most of it from outside Europe. In 1996, the country was more than 90% indigenous English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. Today it is only 73%. One story that really captures…
    Simon Hankinson
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    In Illinois, Democrat Party’s Left Wing Gets Bittersweet Results
    In the Illinois Democrat House primaries on Tuesday, the party’s left wing got mixed results, while candidates less hostile to the Israeli government managed to triumph in multiple races. On Tuesday, Illinois Democrat voters selected their nominees in four U.S. House races.  Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss won the nomination in the 9th District, Melissa Bean…
    George Caldwell
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    US Investment in the Caribbean as a National Security Priority
    The Caribbean is one of the most strategically important waterways in the world and serves as the U.S.’ third border, with both the benefits and security concerns that entails. When the Caribbean is left unsecured, drugs, guns, people, and foreign influence find pathways into our country. Strengthening the security of the Caribbean is therefore a…
    Wilson Beaver | Emmett Geul
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    Iraq-Born Man Released From Jail After Bringing Gun to Texas Elementary School
    A naturalized citizen born in Iraq is free from jail after facing charges for entering a Texas elementary school with a gun and tactical gear. Kyle Najm Chris, also known as Muhi Mohanad Najm, 39, allegedly walked into the front office of Zwink Elementary School in Spring, Texas, last Tuesday, wearing a load-bearing vest, a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    US Resolution to Protect Women and Girls Faces Uphill Battle at the UN
    The U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is wrapping up this week amid historic disagreement between delegations over what it means to be a woman. You read that right. Diplomats at the annual international meeting focused on “women’s issues” are engaged in negotiations and backroom maneuvers to avoid clearly defining what they mean by…
    Grace Melton
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    How the Upcoming Moon Mission Transcends Anti-Scientific Climate Activism  
    The U.S. is poised to return to the moon this coming April as part of a reenergized manned space program that is emboldened rather than deterred by the risks and challenges irrevocably attached to the mission.   By pressing ahead, NASA and its many public and private sector partners are allowing scientific evidence rather than speculation to guide their decisions. They are also making a clean break with a concept known as the “precautionary principle” that has…
    Kevin Mooney
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    EXCLUSIVE: Can Mullin Help the GOP End the DHS Shutdown?
    As President Donald Trump’s new nominee for secretary of homeland security, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., prepares to appear before the Senate, Democrats continue to keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down. “It’s extremely disappointing that Democrats are once again putting petty politics over the safety and security of our nation,” Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ‘You Guys Need to Close Down’: Abortion Pill Survivor Has a Message for Planned Parenthood 
    A team of doctors entered Shanyce Thomas’ hospital room to explain what had happened and why she could no longer have children. She never imagined her trip to Planned Parenthood would lead to multiple surgeries and a medically induced coma. Looking back nearly six years later, Thomas says her “message to Planned Parenthood is that…
    Virginia Allen
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    Religious Liberty Commission Hears Testimony on Faith Conflicts in Health Care, Social Services 
    The Religious Liberty Commission held a hearing at the Museum of the Bible on March 16 to examine religious liberty issues in health care and social services. Across multiple panels, witnesses described professional and legal consequences they said followed decisions to practice their faith.  Testimony came from parents, physicians, counselors, and faith leaders who addressed topics including gender…
    Reagan Campbell
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    Christian Agency Calls on Trump Administration to Reinstate Adoption Visa Exception   
    Families pursuing international adoptions need clarity over a Trump administration policy that has left them uncertain of their ability to bring their children home, according to the head of a large Christian adoption agency. President Donald Trump has championed intercountry adoption, but recent actions from his administration send “a different message,” according to Herbie Newell,…
    Virginia Allen
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    The Con at the Heart of the Blue State Model
    The entire rotten structure of the Left’s modern governing model is being exposed. Several stories in the last few weeks have uncovered how much of the American political system, in Democrat-dominated cities and states in particular, has been twisted to serve the interests of the Left and its wards rather than the American people. The widespread…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    House Panel Subpoenas Attorney General Bondi in Epstein Probe
    REUTERS—A congressional committee said on Tuesday it has issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi faces accusations that the Justice Department has concealed the names of powerful associates of Epstein in its release of millions of documents related to the…
    Reuters
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Ungrateful Immigrant
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk about a very controversial topic. I call it the ungrateful immigrant. You know,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Senate Republicans ‘Putting the Democrats on Record’ on Voter ID
    As they begin debate on the SAVE America Act—a bill requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections—Republicans in the Senate are pursuing an unusual strategy which provides little assurance of the bill getting passed. “We look forward to putting the Democrats on record and showing just the lack of commonsense that they…
    George Caldwell
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    The Feminine Virtue of Discernment
    This is an adapted excerpt from Emma Waters’ new book “Lead Like Jael: 7 Timeless Principles for Today’s Women of Faith,” out March 24 from Regnery Faith. Growing up in the pine-shadowed backroads of rural South Georgia, the line between nature and the home was, at times, more of a suggestion than a boundary. Despite…
    Emma Waters
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    16 Blue States Sue HUD to Prevent Defunding of Gender Ideology, Abortion
    A group of 16 Democrat state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s policy on fair housing.  The coalition, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, filed the lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California,…
    Fred Lucas
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    IndyCars to Storm the National Mall in Historic Freedom 250 Grand Prix 
    This summer, the National Mall will host IndyCars for the first-ever Freedom 250 Grand Prix, with millions of visitors expected to pour into the nation’s capital to celebrate America’s birthday.   Officials held a press conference last week to unveil both the Freedom 250 IndyCar and the racecourse that will wind through Washington, D.C.  In attendance were Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Ambassador Monica Crowley, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Also present were…
    Reagan Campbell
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    Bill Targeting ‘Media Monitors’ Heads to the West Virginia Governor’s Desk
    A bill to stop what critics call a media blacklist is headed to the desk of West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, after the Legislature gave final passage to the measure.  This follows a national trend, as Congress, the Trump administration, and the state of Florida have taken measures to address “media monitoring” organizations that rate…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Congress Unleashes Report on How Colleges Have Become Antisemitic ‘Hotbeds’
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Education and Workforce Committee has released an investigative report that identifies how university administrators facilitated the historic rise of antisemitism after the Oct. 7 Islamic terror attacks. “Over the past several years, we’ve seen university leaders surrender to the radical demands of terror-supporting mobs targeting Jewish students and faculty,”…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    As Ireland Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day, New Signs Suggest a Slowing of Faith’s Decline
    For generations, St. Patrick has symbolized Ireland’s deep Christian roots. Ireland, an island once known around the world for its vibrant Catholic faith, has remembered the great saint’s feast for over 1,500 years. In recent decades, however, that legacy has appeared to be fading as church attendance declined and secularism spread across the country. But…
    Katherine Matt
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