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An Illegal Immigrant Shot This Dad’s Son Dead. Now He Hopes to Spare Other Parents His Grief.
An Arizona man whose son was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant says he doesn’t want another parent to experience the loss he still feels nearly five years later. “It's devastating,” Steve Ronnebeck, who lives in Phoenix, says in an interview about the loss of his son Grant, who was killed at age 21… -
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2 Years After the Riot, Charlottesville Struggles to Move Forward
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia—Both hands holding shopping bags at the outdoor Historic Downtown Mall, Denzel Clark says he doesn’t want the city to get rid of Confederate statues. “I honestly don’t,” Clark, a 23-year-old African American, tells The Daily Signal, even as he remembers the violence exchanged by white supremacists and “anti-fascists” in the city two years… -
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Study: Humans Hold Racial Bias Against Robots
Americans perceive robots to have a human race corresponding to their physical features and color, according to a new study. The study “Robots And Racism” from the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in New Zealand indicates that a robot’s color will determine how it is racially perceived. This supposedly explains why so many robots happen to be… -
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Boeing’s Dropping Bid for Next-Generation ICBM Represents Shrinking Industrial Base
In late July, Boeing dropped out of the running for the new intercontinental ballistic missile competition. Boeing chose to remove itself with the expectation it will be unable to provide the system at a competitive price. Nuclear weapons and the missiles that carry them are key elements of the United States’ overall ability to… -
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Former Islamist Extremist Describes His Escape From the Ideology and How to Help the Most Vulnerable
What leads a person to become an Islamist extremist? For one immigrant, it was not fitting in with his American classmates. Mohammed Khalid, a former Islamist extremist, described what drew him to the radical ideology and why he left it at an event last month at The Heritage Foundation. Khalid, now a scholar in cybersecurity… -
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5 Years Later, This Organization Keeps Growing Conservative Leaders Beyond Its Borders
In a world that appears to be increasingly hostile to America’s founding principles, can conservatives have an impact without compromising their values? Five years ago, two 25-year-olds from Ohio started the Forge Leadership Network in their home state to answer that question. The Daily Signal sat down with Adam Josefczyk, president and co-founder of the… -
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Common Sense in Free Fall on College Campuses
Evidence is mounting that political ideology is corrupting the liberal arts. According to Campus Reform, in late July, Portland State University accused one of its professors, Peter Boghossian, of “‘questionable ethical behavior’ and banned him from conducting academic research.” What was the professor’s offense? He successfully convinced several prestigious, peer-reviewed journals to publish articles that… -
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Trump on Deterring More Massacres: ‘I Don’t Want Crazy People Having Guns’
President Donald Trump says he anticipates his strongest supporters will back stiffer background checks for buying a gun, and that the National Rifle Association either will come on board or stay neutral. “I think my base relies very much on common sense, and they rely on me in terms of telling them what’s happening,” Trump… -
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Top FBI Veteran Andrew McCabe Sues Over His Firing
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe sued the Justice Department and FBI on Thursday for his firing last year, which he says was politically-motivated retribution for failing to support President Donald Trump. In the complaint, McCabe accuses the Justice Department and FBI of “unlawful retaliation for his refusal to pledge allegiance to a single man,”… -
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House Panel Begins ‘Formal Impeachment Proceedings’ Against Trump
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said Thursday that his committee has begun “formal impeachments proceedings” against President Donald Trump. The House has been attempting to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment against Trump. Former special counsel Robert Mueller launched an 18-month investigation into alleged misconduct by the president. His investigation found that Russia had… -
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‘Medicare for All’ Will Further Lower Physician Morale
Last week, the administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, spoke at The Heritage Foundation on the effect “Medicare for All” would have on American health care Verma said many of current problems in the American health care system would only be exacerbated under Medicare for All, including access issues, payment… -
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America Needs to Lead the Way in Free Trade
The United States is not doing enough to promote free trade and the elimination of trade barriers around the world. In fact, it’s doing just the opposite and imposing barriers on billions of dollars’ worth of imports. As a result, new trade restrictions implemented by World Trade Organization member countries have reached historic highs. Over… -
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New Tariffs on China Will Translate to More Taxes on Americans
President Donald Trump last week announced he would place new tariffs—a 10% additional tax—on $300 billion worth of products Americans import from China. Starting Sept. 1, nearly every product from China will cost more because of those tariffs. Roughly 20% of U.S. imports come from China. The Trump administration started applying tariffs on imports from… -
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As With Trump, Ocasio-Cortez’s Bid to Block Twitter Users Likely to Lose in Court
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., laid out her defense Wednesday to a lawsuit aimed at stopping her from blocking unwanted followers from her personal Twitter account. The lawsuit arises out of a similar one that President Donald Trump lost last month. In the case against the president, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that… -
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Youngest Person in US Prosecuted for Terrorism Now Fights Islamist Extremism
On today’s show, our colleagues Kate Trinko and Daniel Davis interview Mohammed Khalid, who made the record books as the youngest person in the U.S. to be prosecuted for terrorism. Khalid now is an activist who fights Islamist extremism. Stay tuned for his story. We also cover these stories: A suspect armed with what police… -
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13 Photos of a Presidential Visit to Comfort Shooting Survivors
President Donald Trump's trip to visit survivors of the horrific shootings in Texas and Ohio, on which he was joined by first lady Melania Trump, yielded some powerful images. Here is a selection of photos provided by the White House. -
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Department of Education to Probe Athletic Program Allowing Transgender Females to Compete With Girls
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is opening an investigation into whether female high school athletes were discriminated against when the state of Connecticut allowed males who identify as females to compete with them. The three high school girls pursuing the complaint include Selina Soule, who earlier this year missed qualifying for the… -
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Voter ID Opponents Lose Again. This Time in North Dakota.
Opponents of election integrity lost the latest in a long string of cases recently when a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated North Dakota’s voter ID requirement and tossed out an injunction that had been issued by a lower court. In Brakebill v. Jaeger, Judge Steven Colloton, writing for the… -
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House Democrats Hope to Force Former White House Counsel to Testify
The House Judiciary Committee took a decisive step toward impeachment proceedings by filing a lawsuit in federal court to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before the panel. McGahn’s testimony is essential to an ongoing impeachment inquiry, congressional lawyers wrote in court filings Wednesday, since he is the primary witness to the president’s…