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Judge Allows Nick Sandmann’s Libel Lawsuit Against Washington Post to Advance
A federal judge reversed his ruling Monday and announced that the family of Kentucky teenager Nick Sandmann may sue The Washington Post for libel over its coverage of the teenager. Sandmann’s family sued the Post in February, writing that the publication allegedly “target and bullied” the teenager after an incident involving a Native American activist… -
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The Dangerous Lessons the Left Is Teaching Our Kids
Here are some of the messages the left has been giving America’s young people: —Your past is terrible, and your future is terrible. The American past is a story of genocide, slavery, racism, patriarchy, and colonialism. You should be ashamed of it. As regards your future, your very existence is in jeopardy. You may well… -
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Trump Challenges California’s Sanctuary Law at Supreme Court
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to quash California’s migrant sanctuary law, which broadly prohibits state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The dispute over the California Values Act, or SB 54, is ideologically scrambled, featuring President Donald Trump’s conservative administration arguing for strong federal power against California liberals… -
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Biological Male Wins Women’s Athlete of the Week Award
For some college students, it’s a parody that hits way to close to home. When The Babylon Bee ran a satirical news story about a motorcyclist identifying as a bicyclist to set a new record, a group of runners at the Big Sky Conference understood all too well. In their conference, boys don’t just compete as girls—they… -
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Window Closing for Nuke Talks With North Korea
North Korea and the United States gave strikingly different interpretations of the collapse of working-level denuclearization talks in Stockholm. Pyongyang characteristically took a maximalist approach, both in its rhetoric and its demands. Having commanded the United States to adopt a totally “new method of calculation,” the regime disparaged Washington’s new proposals. North Korean negotiator Kim… -
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The Future of ISIS After the Death of Baghdadi
The leader of the Islamic State, or ISIS, is dead. The man who directed so many brutal killings, tortures, and atrocities took his own life in a tunnel after being hunted down by U.S. forces. What does that mean for the fight against ISIS, both in Syria and abroad? Today we discuss that with Jim… -
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3 Things I Saw and Heard at This Year’s Politicon
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Can the left and right still learn from each other in America in 2019? Politicon, “the unconventional political convention” held this year in Nashville, brings in speakers from across the political spectrum to discuss and sometimes debate the issues facing the country. This year’s invitees ranged from conservative Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity… -
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In Chicago, Trump Fires Back at Police Chief Who Boycotted His Speech
Speaking before a gathering of police chiefs in Chicago, President Donald Trump on Monday sharply criticized the city’s police superintendent, who boycotted his speech, noting the high rates of violent crime there. “The courageous police officers of Chicago, and I know some of them, and they are the most incredible people, could solve this problem… -
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‘Medicare for All’ Actually Isn’t Medicare at All
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was recently on comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show to discuss, among other items on his agenda, his vision for health care in America. In one interesting statement, Sanders described the rollout of his plan: “I want to expand Medicare to include dental care, hearing aids, and eyeglasses, and then what… -
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Ben Carson Rejects Political Correctness as Fatal to the Nation
“This whole concept of political correctness … it’s going to destroy our nation.” That was the no-nonsense response of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson last week to Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va. Wexton was trying for a “gotcha” moment in a congressional hearing when she asked Carson if he would “apologize” for being quoted… -
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1 in 3 Millennials View Communism Favorably, Survey Finds
A growing number of millennials show support for communism and socialism, a new survey from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation found. The survey, conducted by the research and data firm YouGov, found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that 1 in 3 millennials perceive communism as “favorable.” The survey, part… -
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Why Millions Are Still Uninsured Despite Government Intervention
Last month’s Census Bureau report on the uninsured overlooked an important point: More than 99% of Americans have access to health coverage, regardless of their income or medical condition. The overwhelming majority of those lacking insurance could have obtained coverage but did not enroll. Many of those with lower incomes may not sign up for… -
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This Student Stood Up for Mike Pence Amid Leftist Protests
“I Like Mike” was the campaign that Taylor University freshman David Muselman created when a few progressive students tried to keep Vice President Mike Pence from visiting campus. The vice president had been invited to deliver the 2019 commencement address at the Christian college in Upland, Indiana. When the leftist students tried to block his… -
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Why Are the Legacy Media Afraid of Free Speech on Social Media?
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came to Capitol Hill last week for a House Financial Services Committee hearing where the primary focus was supposed to be to examine Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra. But the hearing quickly went far afield. Many of the representatives were eager to push the Facebook founder into getting into the business… -
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The False Hope of the Transgender Language Police
A friend of mine has an amusing tale of a heated fight she got in as a child with her then-teenage brothers that culminated in her accusing them of getting periods. Needless to say, my friend didn’t end up with the upper hand in that particular sibling squabble. But maybe she was just ahead of… -
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We Hear You: Notes on Our Schools From the ‘Belly of the Beast’
Editor's note: We’re back with a roundup of your emails, beginning with one on the state of public schools from a correspondent who recently moved from California to Virginia. Don’t forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: About your "Back to School Edition" roundup of reader comments: I served on a consultative… -
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Even Before Ukraine Uproar, 10 of 13 Democrats on Intel Panel Backed Trump Impeachment Probe
In July, Rep. Andre Carson, a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, voted for the then-most recent resolution calling for the ouster of President Donald Trump from office. “I think it represents a larger, more important conversation that we need to have about … what we’re willing to tolerate as a citizenry from… -
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In Win for Conscience Rights, Court Says Doctors Don’t Have to Perform Sex Changes
When the Obama administration issued a rule in 2016 requiring doctors to perform gender transition surgeries, many doctors balked. Those same doctors can breathe a sigh of relief now that three federal courts have ruled against the Obama mandate. Last week, a federal court in Texas ruled that the 2016 rule issued by the Department… -
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Trump Administration Is Right to Eye Free-Market Health Plan Finders
One lesson learned from the disastrous 2013 launch of the Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, is that the federal government isn’t much of a tech-savvy e-commerce innovator. Even so, six years later, the feds are still running and upgrading HealthCare.gov and its Medicare sister site, Medicare.gov. Will the Trump administration apply the lessons learned and get out… -
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They Butchered ‘Star Wars,’ and I’m Not Hopeful for ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
Who knows? Maybe “The Rise of Skywalker” will bind all the tedious storylines of the first two “Star Wars” sequels into a cohesive and rewarding coda. Then again, if the new trailer offers any clues—and as I understand it, this is the point of trailers—the movie looks like it will ratchet up the fan service…