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    What to Know About Connecticut’s Push to Limit Homeschooling
    Connecticut lawmakers are concerned about child abuse. Good, that issue should be a priority for parents and policymakers alike. But stripping rights away from all parents in the hope that the state will do a better job raising children is wishful thinking. State lawmakers are considering a proposal that would severely constrict the state’s homeschool…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Reversing Biden’s Child Care Fraud Loopholes
    Many news reports are swirling around asking whether Congress may consider another reconciliation package and what may be in it. Regardless of whether Congress chooses to advance such a package, one area that needs immediate attention is stopping fraud in the welfare system. The fraud the country has witnessed in Minnesota recently shows how vulnerable…
    Rachel Sheffield
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    Are Transgender Activists Holding Democrats Hostage?
    Have all Democrats gone insane? I can’t help but wonder as James Talarico says God’s “gender identity” is “nonbinary,” as 106 Democrats oppose the Trump administration’s commonsense limits on Medicaid funding for sex-rejecting procedures, and as 104 Democrats co-sponsor a “Transgender Bill of Rights.” All this happens while Americans increasingly want to prevent men who…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    First Grader’s ‘Any Life’ Message Sparks Major First Amendment Ruling
    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an elementary school student’s First Amendment rights after she was punished for adding the words “any life” to a picture of “Black Lives Matter.” The student, with the initials B.B., said she added the message while in first grade in 2021, inspired by a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Georgia’s Runoff Leaves GOP Seat Open
    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat remains open after a special election to fill the vacancy moved to a runoff on Tuesday.  The GOP has a razor-thin House majority of just four seats, and the Democrats could narrow that further by flipping this typically Republican seat.   The crowded Tuesday night ballot featured 17 candidates, with 12 Republicans and five Democrats. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote outright, the two top candidates will…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Put Patients First and Fix Medicare Advantage
    Medicare Advantage—a popular system of competitive private health plans—can be greatly improved. Congress can do so by expanding benefit options for patients and enhancing the quality of patient care. Working closely with the White House and foregoing partisan bickering, bipartisan cooperation can make that happen. Most Medicare patients are enrolled in Medicare Advantage for obvious…
    Robert Moffit
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    ‘SHOW VOTE’: Conservatives Outraged at Thune’s Decision to Vote on SAVE America Act Without Talking Filibuster
    A source familiar with the matter has confirmed to The Daily Signal that Senate Majority Leader John Thune will bring the SAVE America Act to a vote next week without moving forward with a talking filibuster. The suspected vote was previously reported by Politico and the Washington Examiner.  “I can confirm, it looks like Thune…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon | Pedro Rodriguez | Bradley Devlin
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    Why Chinese Communist Media Is Touting the US Constitution
    The Chinese Communist Party oddly found a reason to promote the U.S. Constitution, or at least an interpretation of it, journalist and author Peter Schweizer noted before a Senate panel Tuesday.  At a hearing on birthright citizenship, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., asked Schweizer if the Chinese government promotes exploiting the concept.  “They have run articles…
    Fred Lucas
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    Leavitt Responds to Thune’s Hesitancy to Prioritize SAVE America Act
    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reacted to Senate Majority Leader John Thune saying the math doesn’t add up to pass President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act. “I think the urgency behind his need to pass the SAVE America Act and his desire to get this country- saving legislation passed have been made quite clear,”…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Ignore Democrat Lies; Birth Certificates Are Easy to Attain
    While battling the SAVE America Act, Democrats’ go-to grenade has exploded in their faces. “Photo ID = Jim Crow 2.0!” has proven to be patently prejudiced. It is downright bigoted to claim that blacks and other voters of color are too dazed and confused to acquire photo ID, especially when 50 states already have issued licenses to an estimated 31 million black…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Could SCOTUS Rule to Hold Those Who Hire Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers Accountable?
    As President Donald Trump and Congress look to hold illegal immigrant truckers accountable, a future United States Supreme Court decision could modify a federal law that could allow victims of commercial vehicle crashes to hold those responsible for hiring the driver behind the crash accountable. The ruling, which is expected before June, could overturn a…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    US Economic Freedom Jumps to Highest Level in Years, Heritage Index Finds
    For the first time in a quarter century, the United States posted its largest increase in economic freedom, a jump of nearly three points that The Heritage Foundation attributes to policies implemented by the Trump administration. Since 1995, Heritage has published the Index of Economic Freedom, an annual report evaluating 184 countries. Heritage defines economic…
    Reagan Campbell
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    Senate Faces SAVE America Act Pressure From Trump, House
    President Donald Trump and the House’s conservative hardliners say the Senate needs to pass voter identification legislation before anything else. But is the Senate listening? On Sunday, Trump declared on social media that the SAVE America Act, which would require photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections, “MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF…
    George Caldwell
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    Online Pharmacies Hawk Trans Drugs to Vulnerable Kids Without Requiring Prescription, Watchdog Warns
    A medical watchdog is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate companies that allow Americans to purchase sex-rejecting drugs without a prescription, in pursuit of transgender identity. Do No Harm released a report titled “The Lack of Barriers to Minors Ordering Cross-Sex Hormones Online” Tuesday. It highlights certain websites that may enable minors…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Will Markwayne Mullin End the DHS Shutdown?
    The future of the immigration issue could now rest on one man’s shoulders—Sen. Markwayne Mullin. After President Donald Trump picked the Oklahoma Republican to replace Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, senators are speculating on whether the move will create momentum for reopening the department. For over 24 days, Senate Democrats have almost unanimously refused…
    George Caldwell
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    The Scientific Shift Toward God
    Recent advanced scientific evidence points to the existence of God. This is the provocative thesis of Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies’ book, “God, the Science, the Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution.” The book was originally published in French and was recently translated into English. Its authors claim there is little proof for the age-old…
    Thomas Griffin
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    Jim Banks Tells ‘Tony Kinnett Cast’ About ‘National Crisis’ Democrats Do Not Want to Talk About
    Sen. Jim Banks joined “The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Tuesday night to discuss his legislation to save American lives by cracking down on illegal immigrants in the truck driving industry. “This is a national crisis,” Banks, R-Ind., told The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett. Banks’ legislation, known as “Dalilah’s Law,” would crack down on illegal immigrant…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Shots Fired at US Consulate in Toronto, Ottawa Says Incident Unacceptable
    REUTERS—Shots were fired at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto early on Tuesday, but no one was injured, police said, in what Canada’s public safety minister described as an unacceptable incident. Toronto police said on X that they responded to reports of shots at 5:29 a.m. EDT and found evidence of a discharged firearm. In another post, police…
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    Virginia Moves Closer to Sweeping Gun Control Measure
    The Virginia Legislature sent a bill banning the sale of certain guns and ammunition to Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat who campaigned last year as a moderate.  The bill specifically bans the sale, manufacturing, and import of guns with magazines that hold more than 15 rounds, according to CBS 6 Richmond. It would take effect…
    Fred Lucas
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    ADAM’S APPLE SHAVE? LGBTQ Mafia Demands Companies Cover New Forms of Transgender ‘Health Care’
    Even as transgender “health care” is losing steam in the medical industry, a powerful LGBTQ+ activist group is expanding its demands for the kind of “gender-affirming care” that companies provide—including cosmetic interventions like an Adam’s apple shave and liposuction. The Human Rights Campaign, which bills itself as America’s “largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization,” has long…
    Tyler O’Neil
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