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    EXCLUSIVE: At Least Half the States Will Adopt School Choice, McMahon Predicts
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Education Linda McMahon expects half of U.S. states to opt in to education freedom initiatives. “I think we’ll get at least to 25 and hopefully more,” she told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. McMahon said she is going to make a big announcement designating Jan. 25–31 as National…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • analysis

    Yearning for Truth: Why Young Americans March for Life
    Tens of thousands rallied in Washington, D.C. at the 53rd annual March for Life on Friday. This year’s theme: Life is a Gift. While some suggest that unborn life is a cause for parents and grandparents, thousands of young Americans joined the March for Life in a public display that defied the caricature of the pro-life movement. Some shared…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Civil Asset Forfeiture: How the Police Can Steal From You
    Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong? They don’t have to charge you with a crime. They don’t have to take you to court. They can just say they suspect you of a crime. Then they can grab your money, your car, and sometimes, even…
    John Stossel
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    ‘War Was Visited Upon These People’: Play About Oct. 7 Comes to DC
    After his first interview of a survivor of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, playwright Phelim McAleer says he knew he had to write a play telling the true story of that day. Following performances in New York City, the play “OCTOBER 7” will be performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28….
    Virginia Allen
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  • opinion

    What’s Behind Don Lemon Accusing a Minnesota Church of White Supremacy?
    Is your faith downstream from the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy? That’s what former CNN anchor Don Lemon and podcast host Jennifer Welch said of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Agitators who claim that one of the church’s pastors also works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement stormed the church last week, separating the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Why Children Under 13 Should Be Banned From Social Media
    The debate over children and social media is often framed as a question of parental control or technological inevitability. It should not be. At its core, this is a moral question about what kind of society we are shaping, what we choose to protect, and what we are willing to sacrifice in the name of…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Ivy League Prof: ‘Black Lives Matter Was Created From a Fabrication’
    “Black Lives Matter was created from a fabrication,” Bill Jacobson, founder of Legal Insurrection and professor of law at Cornell University, tells substitute host Jack Fowler on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” The two also unravel the shocking hostility Jewish students have faced since the Oct. 7 massacre. Subscribe to…
    Jack Fowler
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  • opinion

    Are Americans Being Radicalized Online and Converting to Islam?
    Simon Hankinson, a former U.S. diplomat, made a case Monday for what he deemed a rise in “lone wolf amateur terrorism.” Hankinson referred to the high-profile Bondi Beach, Australia, massacre. Within 10 minutes, on Dec. 14, 2025, a father and a son opened fire on hundreds during a festival, ultimately killing 15 people and injuring 40. Hankinson…
    Sarah Holliday
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    As America Turns 250, Volunteers Fight Cynicism With Constitution Education
    A Florida group seeking to boost youth knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is marking its 10th anniversary on the same year that America turns 250 years old.  The U.S. Constitution Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit educational and scholarship organization promoting understanding of the Constitution, was founded in 2016 to provide classes and offer scholarships and awards…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s Outrageous Threats Get Real Results
    Think about it. Heads of government do not normally reveal the texts of private communications from other heads of state. Yet that is what Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway did Sunday, on the first weekend of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the international press would have no difficulty finding…
    Michael Barone
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    In Real Life, There’s No New ‘CBS Newsmax’ Under Bari Weiss
    The leftists on social media have hilariously caricatured CBS News under new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss as “CBS Newsmax,” like it’s lurched dramatically to the right. But if you’re monitoring CBS in real life, there’s plenty of evidence that “classic CBS” is still operating. In recent days, CBS has proven to be worse than ABC and…
    Tim Graham
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    Bureaucrats’ Political Donations Hint Census Bureau Overcounting for Democrats May Not Be Coincidental
    Undercounting the population in red states like Texas and Florida in 2020 cost Republicans at least six seats in the House of Representatives, while overcounting in blue states like California and New York contributed to 18 new Democratic seats, according to Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas. “In 2020, the Census Bureau undercounted in primarily deep-red states…
    Mark Tapscott
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    Minnesota Has Most Proven Cases of Voter Fraud in Nation
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Minnesota’s election system stands as one of the worst in the nation, and its “vouching” policy is a prime example of why confidence in election security remains fragile. A new Fox News investigation reveals just how risky the vouching system is. Under the state’s rules, one registered voter can “vouch” for up to eight others, meaning…
    Jason Snead
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    Who’s Afraid of the Ten Commandments?
    On Tuesday, the full, 17-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard consolidated oral arguments in a crucial case that is all but guaranteed to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The predictable controversy surrounding the litigation, which involves similar but distinct mandatory Ten Commandments display laws arising out of Texas and…
    Josh Hammer
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  • opinion

    A Last Line of Defense Before Abortion
    The reasons why women seek abortion have not changed–but society and culture have, according to Emily Berning, president and co-founder of Let Them Live. Pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood use flashy, professional, and sometimes seductive social graphics and short-form videos to target young women across social media with a pro-abortion messages. If the pro-life movement…
    Virginia Allen
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  • opinion

    The Left’s Search for a New Cause
    Monday marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring a man best remembered for urging Americans to judge one another by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It is a legacy rooted in a specific historical struggle—one that culminated in the Civil Rights Act after years of…
    Ben Shapiro
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  • opinion

    Why ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ Is the Greatest Book of the 20th Century
    On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” David J. Mahoney explains to co-host Jack Fowler why he believes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago” is the greatest book of the 20th century. Mahoney, professor emeritus at Assumption University and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, also unpacks Thomas Sowell’s theory that…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Minnesota Leftists Double Down on Anti-Church Protest as Feds Prepare for Arrests
    Minnesota leftists showed no pangs of conscience after disrupting a Sunday worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul. The church was targeted because one of its lay elders works in federal law enforcement—specifically, serving as the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement director for St. Paul. But, despite sparking national outrage, the anti-ICE demonstrators are only doubling down….
    Joshua Arnold
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    EXCLUSIVE: Early Look at the House Anti-Sharia Law Caucus’ Priorities Ahead of First Press Conference
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Sharia Free America Caucus will present a suite of policies to prevent Sharia law from entering U.S. politics during its first press conference scheduled for Feb. 3, The Daily Signal has learned. During the press conference, the caucus, led by Republican Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy of Texas, will…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • opinion

    California’s ‘Futureland’ High-Speed Rail Is Still Stuck at the Station
    In 2008, California voters approved Proposition 1A, giving the green light to start planning a high-speed railway connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles, which would be built by 2020 and cost around $35 billion. Well, it’s 2026, and the Golden State’s “Futureland-esque” project is woefully over-schedule and over-budget, now projected to cost around $135 billion….
    Victor Davis Hanson
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