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    School Choice Breaks Government’s Grip on Education

    Some school choice critics argue that allowing taxpayer dollars to follow students to private schools or homeschooling will inevitably lead to more state control over independent education. They claim that “with government shekels come government shackles.”   But such fearmongering ignores reality—there are states where families get the shekels without the shackles, and others where families get the shackles without the shekels.   State…
    Corey DeAngelis
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    • Opinion

    COVID-19 Vaccines: RFK Jr. and the International Policy Consensus

    The COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the vaccine controversy is not. Concerning the jab, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ignited a firestorm with his vaccine policy, with critics condemning his changes as “irresponsible” and worse.  Kennedy’s team has reversed the Biden administration’s failing policy of promoting universal COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters….
    Robert Moffit
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    • Analysis

    Nuclear Weapon or Fentanyl—Both Accomplish Same Goal, Congressman Warns  

    Adversaries of the U.S. could launch a nuclear weapon at America, or they can achieve the same goal by flooding the nation with fentanyl, says a congressman who has introduced a bill cracking down on fentanyl imports.   “If you’re one of our adversaries, you have the option: You can either launch a nuclear weapon that would kill half…
    Virginia Allen
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    • Opinion

    Dems Slam Trump for Family Separation … and Family Preservation

    President Donald Trump is the most powerful man on Earth. World powers bow down before him. But the one thing that he cannot do is make his Democrat-Left critics happy. If Trump wakes up tomorrow at 6:00 a.m., they will complain that he is hyperactive and endangers his own health by not getting enough sleep….
    Deroy Murdock
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    • News

    Big Legal Win for Trump, ICE—and a Setback for Agitators

    Amid escalating tensions in Minnesota, Immigration and Customs Enforcement scored a court win on Monday in staving off agitators.  A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a stay on a lower court ruling that restricted ICE agents from arresting, detaining, or pepper-spraying agitators without probable cause, Fox News reported.  “We…
    Fred Lucas
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    • Opinion

    The Unhinged Rage of White Liberal Women, Explained

    Agatha Christie never spun a mystery as perplexing as that of white liberal women going all in on protecting criminal illegal immigrants. Screaming, screeching, blowing whistles, cursing like sailors with Tourette’s who just hit their thumb with a hot hammer. The other day, a poor Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to explain to horn-honking…
    Al Perrotta
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    • Opinion

    Democrat Governors Ignore Global Realities, Cling to ‘Green’ Policies

    As global corporations and governments increasingly shed ideologically driven policies that raise energy prices and undermine supply, governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic cling to counterproductive agendas of contradiction and equivocation.  Programs that prioritize dubious environmental goals over economic growth and basic human needs have been losing support. In the U.S., the Trump administration promotes…
    Gordon Tomb
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    • Opinion

    Protest Culture Is Annoying and Un-American

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., likes to argue that the “whole point” of protesting is to make people “uncomfortable.” Debate. Dissent. Running highly misleading political ads on TV. These are all part of our great tradition of political discourse. In this, as in so much else, the Democrat darling is incorrect. Taking to the streets to…
    David Harsanyi
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    Can the Vances Make It Cool to Have Kids?

    Vice President JD Vance is putting his own spin on MAGA—Make America Grow Again. Vance and second lady Usha Vance recently announced that she is pregnant. Their fourth child, a boy, is due in June. Usha isn’t the only woman connected to the White House who is expecting. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller,…
    Victor Joecks
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    • News

    Dead People Got Student Loans in Minnesota—How Linda McMahon Aims to Fix It

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration is fixing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid program after uncovering around $1 billion in fraud, according to Education Secretary Linda McMahon. “We have identified and saved about a billion dollars for FAFSA loans that would’ve been fraudulent,” McMahon told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview….
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    • News

    Pro-Palestinian Agitators Score Win Against Trump in Court

    Noncitizens demonstrating against the United States and Israel at U.S. campuses scored a legal victory over the Trump administration last week, as a Massachusetts federal judge halted the deportation of international students and faculty. The case of American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the lead plaintiff, concerns…
    Fred Lucas
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    • News

    EXCLUSIVE: ICE Arrests Foreign Terrorists Living in US

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Homeland Security in the past year has arrested multiple illegal aliens it says have known ties to terrorist organizations, including ISIS and al-Qaeda. According to the agency, the illegal aliens include members of al-Qaeda, ISIS, the Islamic Republic Guard Corps of Iran, and MS-13, which President Donald Trump designated a foreign terrorist organization when he returned to office.   “Just…
    Virginia Allen
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    • News

    Pardoned Insider Trader Jumps in Congested House Race

    Former New York Rep. Chris Collins, who pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2019, will now face off against former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn in the GOP primary to replace Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. Donalds’ gubernatorial run has left the safe GOP seat of Florida’s 19th Congressional District open, and two former members of…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    • Analysis

    If Illegal Aliens Don’t Vote in Virginia Elections, Then Why Are Democrats Trying to Ban ICE From Polling Places?

    With Democrats pushing a number of progressive policies now that they are in control of Virginia, a Virginia state Democrat is working to ban immigration agents from operating near polling places. Democrat Virginia Del. Alfonso H. Lopez introduced the bill, which has been described as a “safeguard.” The bill, HB 1442, would amend the Code of Virginia to prohibit law enforcement from…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    • News

    What Karoline Leavitt Says the Press Is Missing About ICE Shooting

    Multiple Trump administration agencies are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minnesota, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “I would just remind all of you in the media, because I’ve seen the lack of reporting on this fact,” Leavitt said at a White House press briefing…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    • News

    Scott Calls for Standing Filibuster on Voter ID Bill

    Sen. Rick Scott has called for a standing filibuster to force a vote on legislation requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.  “We’ve got to secure our election. This cannot be another election where we’re worried about whether there’s gonna be fraud in the election,” Scott said Saturday during an interview on Fox News. On…
    Fred Lucas
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    • News

    Senate Dems Could Freeze ICE Funding, Trigger Shutdown

    Amid debate over Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, it appears Congress is frozen in a standoff that could lead to another government shutdown. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed on Saturday to “vote no” on an upcoming funding package if a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security…
    George Caldwell
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    • Opinion

    Be Not Afraid: School Choice Is a Winning Issue

    There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the claim that any school choice proposal will spell doom for public schools. With each new legislative proposal, the Chicken Littles arrive like clockwork, squawking that the sky is falling. Case in point: Mississippi, where the state Legislature is considering the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a…
    Jason Bedrick
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    • News

    Judge Weighs Whether to Block ICE Surge in Minnesota

    U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez pressed attorneys for Minnesota and the Justice Department on Monday about the state’s claims that the federal government violated the 10th Amendment by surging Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to Minneapolis. Lindsey Middlecamp, a special counsel at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, reportedly described ICE’s deployment as an “unlawful occupation”…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    • Opinion

    All Eyes on Trump, Congress as Americans March for Life

    On Friday, tens of thousands of Americans once again gathered for the 53rd annual March for Life in the District of Columbia. This year’s theme, “Life is a Gift,” points to the heart of why people young and old, from all walks of life and across the political spectrum, brave the cold every year. Until…
    Melanie Israel
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