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    Libations of Liberty: The Top 10 Historic Drinking Sites in the US
    As America approaches its 250th birthday, there may be no better way to experience our nation’s story than by visiting the places where it was written. The Heritage Guide to Historic Sites pinpoints and evaluates places like battlefields, presidential houses, and museums. Use it before, during, and after trips with your family! Benjamin Franklin once…
    Gillian Richards | Landon Reffitt
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    ‘Seditious’ Islamist Threat Exposed by Muslim Reformer
    After multiple shooters who reportedly supported the Islamic State attacked Americans amid the Iran war, a Muslim reformer warns that a “seditious” form of his faith poses a grave threat to America, and warns his fellow Republicans need to correctly identify the threat. Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy, both Republicans from Texas, established a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: Campaign Calls Out Waste Concerns at Cleveland Clinic
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—While the Trump administration looks to crack down on waste and fraud across the country, a conservative watchdog group is looking to fight waste in Vice President JD Vance’s own background by highlighting concerns at one of the nation’s top hospitals. Save Our States, a group dedicated to defending the Electoral…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Biden Judge Blocks RFK’s Vaccine Policy—Prompting Call for Impeachment
    A Biden-appointed judge, previously admonished by the Supreme Court, imposed an injunction against the Trump administration’s move to stop recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for children. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in the District of Massachusetts issued the ruling on Monday.  Last May, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the removal of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Therapist Exposes the ‘Pathological’ Mentality Behind the Transgender Mutilation Pipeline
    Transgender surgeries and cross-sex hormones represent downstream effects of a basic failure in therapy that sets patients up for long-term harm, warns a former trauma clinician who now crafts policy to protect people from these experimental “treatments.” Therapists who try to treat people with gender dysphoria—the painful and persistent identification with the gender opposite one’s…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Reveals Fate of Senators Who Oppose SAVE America Act
    President Donald Trump said he will “NEVER” endorse any senator who votes against his SAVE America Act. “Get your Senators, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, to VOTE ‘YES’ ON ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,’” Trump said. “I WILL NEVER (EVER!) ENDORSE ANYONE WHO VOTES AGAINST ‘SAVE AMERICA!!!’” If passed and signed into law, the SAVE America Act, which…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Senate to Be Put on Record on Voter ID Legislation
    This week, the Senate will vote on the SAVE America Act—a bill requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections—but only after a grueling, multiday debate. Conservative backers in Washington are cautiously applauding the move by Senate Republican leadership to hold a lengthy debate followed by a vote, forcing Democrats to publicly stand…
    George Caldwell
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    SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Trump Bid to Rein in Temporary Protected Status
    The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear the Trump administration’s appeal to end Temporary Protected Status for certain immigrants, including those from Syria and Haiti.  Immigration groups have argued that people can’t return to the two countries due to unsafe conditions. However, the Trump Justice Department has argued that the Department of Homeland Security…
    Fred Lucas
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    Jessie Buckley’s Oscars Speech Celebrates Motherhood, Family, and Irish Roots 
    “I want to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart,” Jessie Buckley said as she concluded her acceptance speech for Best Actress at the 98th Academy Awards, drawing warm applause from the audience.  In an era when many awards show speeches lean heavily into politics, Buckley’s remarks stood out for a different reason. The Irish actress used…
    Katherine Matt
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    Media Is in a Tizzy Because We Give Troops Good Food Sometimes
    In World War II, the U.S. Navy operated “ice cream” barges behind ships to make sure our sailors had a few comforts in the most terrible war in human history. That we were able to operate such a fleet is a testament to American logistical magnificence, but if it were in operation today under President Donald Trump, the…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘It’s a Very Surreal War’
    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. We’re in the second week, just completing it, of the so-called Iran war. This effort of the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Democrats Push DOJ to Prosecute Kristi Noem After Trump Ousts Her From DHS
    For top Democrats, it’s not enough that Kristi Noem is out as homeland security secretary; they want the Trump Justice Department to prosecute her.  Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and his House counterpart, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, made a criminal referral alleging that Noem lied under…
    Fred Lucas
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    Union Suit Claims Trump-Airport Security Rule Ousted Immigrant Workers
    The Service Employees International Union has sued the Trump administration over a new security clearance policy for immigrants working at airports.  The lawsuit against Customs and Border Protection is the second filed by the powerful union against the Trump administration in the same week.  The SEIU is joined by four former employees of Logan International…
    Fred Lucas
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    Cuba’s National Electric Grid Collapses, Leaving Millions Without Power
    HAVANA, March 16 (Reuters)—Cuba’s national electric grid collapsed on Monday, the country’s grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island’s already obsolete generation system. Grid operator UNE said on social media it is investigating the causes of the blackout, the latest in a…
    Dave Sherwood
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    Celebrating the Real Saint Patrick
    St. Patrick is one of the best-known Catholic saints among Americans. Most people know his name, but they don’t know the details that made him a hero in the faith. It has nothing to do with a pint of Guinness nor the famous corned beef. The life of St. Patrick was defined by perseverance and…
    Thomas Griffin
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    US Allies Rebuff Trump’s Request for Support in Strait of Hormuz
    BERLIN/BRUSSELS/LONDON, March 16 (Reuters)—Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump for military support to keep the vital waterway open. Trump called on nations to help police the strait after Iran responded to U.S.-Israeli attacks by…
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    White House Responds to Don Lemon on the First Amendment
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House has responded to former CNN host Don Lemon’s suggestion that President Donald Trump opposes the First Amendment and should be disinvited to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “President Trump is the most transparent and accessible President in American history to the media and his return to the White…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Echoes of Ezra: ‘America Reads the Bible’ Event to Gather Leaders to Rededicate Nation to God
    “Then Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. And he read from it before the public square … ” (Nehemiah 8:2-3)  Of the many activities planned in conjunction with America’s 250th birthday, none can be expected to be as…
    Al Perrotta
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    How to Pass the SAVE America Act? Voting Documents for All!
    Can Democrats take “Yes” for an answer? As the Senate weighs the SAVE America Act, Republicans should help Democrats overcome their objections to this bill. Racist Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., complain that black folks lack photo ID. Democrats insist that expecting supposedly witless or listless blacks to show poll workers photo ID is “Jim Crow…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Trump Says Chief of Staff Has Cancer  
    White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, President Donald Trump announced Monday.   “Susie Wiles is an incredible Chief of Staff, a great person, and one of the strongest people I know but, unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, and has decided to take on this challenge,…
    Virginia Allen
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