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Voters Reject Single-Payer Health Insurance and Socialism, Heritage Action Polls Find
Americans don’t want socialism and the policies pushed by the left, such as government-run health care, a series of polls commissioned by Heritage Action for America has found. “Our goal was simple: To find out what issues currently motivate the coalition that elected Donald Trump and Republican congressional majorities in 2016, so that we can keep… -
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Wall Street Journal Corrects ‘Bombshell’ Report on North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons
The Wall Street Journal quietly added a massive correction to a story that, if accurate, would have had significant implications for nuclear talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. On Thursday, the newspaper reported that analysts with the Defense Intelligence Agency believe that North Korea may have developed as many as 12… -
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Views of Rep. John Ratcliffe Under Microscope After Trump Picks Him as Intelligence Chief
Hours before President Donald Trump tapped him Sunday as director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, urged investigations into potential wrongdoing during the Obama administration, including illegal leaks to the media. “What I do know as a former federal prosecutor is it does appear that there were crimes committed during the Obama administration,” Ratcliffe… -
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Our Adversaries Are Using Cyberwarfare. We Must Be Prepared.
The recent incidents between U.S. and Iranian forces demonstrate the importance of cyberwarfare for national security and reinforce the importance of funding and developing the cyber capabilities of the United States. Following the June attacks by Iran on oil tankers and then the downing of a U.S. unmanned drone, President Donald Trump chose not to… -
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Prize-Winning Student Film Shows What It Means to Be American
What does it mean to be American? That was the question over 6,000 students attempted to answer through a short film in the 2019 C-SPAN StudentCam competition. The Daily Signal spoke with Eli Scott and Mason Daugherty, the grand-prize winners of the competition, to find out how they defined what it means to be American,… -
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‘National Conservatives’ Set Out to Define Future of Politics on Right
What is the future of conservatism in America? That was the subject of consideration last week as scholars, thinkers, and attendees gathered at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. Speakers gave special focus to the future of America and conservatism in the age of Trump. The conference featured an eclectic group of speakers, from… -
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After Defeat of ISIS, Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis Adjust to Uneasy Peace
ST. MATTHEW’S MONASTERY, Iraq—Some 20 miles from Mosul in northern Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, this Christian monastery has stood high on the slopes of Mount Alfaf since the year 363. Once home to about 7,000 monks in the ninth century, it’s among the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. Over the centuries, St. Matthew’s Monastery has… -
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Use Pentagon Funds to Build Border Wall
The Supreme Court, in an order late Friday, allowed President Donald Trump to reprogram $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to start construction on 100 miles of border wall. Chief Justice John Roberts and the four other conservative justices–Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas–voted with the government in full. Liberal Justices Ruth Bader… -
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Ukraine Takes Another Step Toward Freedom From Russia
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians have taken another step in their long struggle to free themselves from the shadow of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, holding elections that were orderly, free, and fair. In a country in the midst of a shooting war with soldiers sent by the Kremlin, the exercise in democracy July 21 was a peaceful way to… -
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Native of Scandinavia Debunks Myth of Nordic Countries as Socialist
Liberals like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., frequently hold up Scandinavian countries as successful experiments in “democratic socialism.” A historian and native Swede, however, is speaking out against their failure to observe the clear capitalistic traits of Scandinavian markets. “Whatever you think about Sweden and what we did, you have to… -
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Military Parents Want ‘Choice-Driven’ Policy in K-12, Report Finds
Active-duty service members and their spouses show strong support for “choice-driven education policies and programs” for their children, according to a survey on military families and K-12 education. “It is a national security issue. … We need to not hurt our families by limiting their education,” said report co-author Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for… -
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Fact Check: Does Trump Have the Most Successful Judicial Nomination Record Since George Washington?
President Donald Trump has had what many would consider a successful record on judicial appointments—and has repeatedly cast that success in historical terms. “We have many appeals court judges—many—that we’ll have appointed. The courts are a whole different thing,” Trump told a largely teenage audience gathered Tuesday in Washington, before giving them a quiz. “I… -
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Countering China, Trump Seeks to Increase Domestic Production of Rare Earths
President Donald Trump recently invoked a provision of the Defense Production Act to ensure the timely delivery of rare earth materials to the nation’s industrial base. Having made the determination rare earths are “essential to national defense,” Trump authorized a wave of potential investment in the industry. Although rare earths are not actually “rare” in… -
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Civil Rights Panel Wants to Bring Back Obama’s Race-Based School Discipline Policies. Bad Idea.
Washington late last year reversed a policy that was micromanaging the way teachers and principals kept order in classrooms. Now, a federal commission wants to limit local educators’ control again. Teachers should be feeling whiplash. In December, the U.S. Department of Education and the Justice Department rescinded federal directives that said Washington would investigate schools… -
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CNN Photo Editor Resigns Over Anti-Semitic Tweets
A CNN photo editor resigned Thursday after anti-Semitic tweets surfaced from 2011, CNN told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Mohammed Elshamy, a photo editor for CNN, was hired by the news outlet in 2019, according to an announcement on his Twitter. Elshamy was found to have anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and anti-police tweets from 2011 on his official Twitter… -
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Mueller’s Testimony: A Complete Disaster for Liberals
If Democrats believed that Robert Mueller would provide them with additional ammunition for an impeachment inquiry, they made an extraordinary miscalculation. Not only was Mueller often flustered and unprepared to talk about his own report—we now have to wonder to what extent he was even involved in the day-to-day work of the investigation—but he was… -
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This Lawsuit Over ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender Identity’ Will Have Sweeping Implications
“I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I was just gasping for air.” That’s how Nancy Rost recalls the moments after her husband, Tom, walked through the door of their home six years ago this month. In his hand, Tom held a letter from a longtime employee. On his face, the easy… -
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‘I Was in Fear of My Life’: Journalist Describes Antifa Attack, Group’s Goals
As the son of refugees from communism, Andy Ngo is no stranger to the dangers of that political ideology. The Portland-based journalist, known for covering Antifa—the term used to describe anti-facists who generally wear masks and often are associated with violence and destruction—was hospitalized last month after being physically attacked by masked agitators. Read his… -
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Japanese Upper House Election Puts Abe in a Strong Position
Japan held elections over the weekend for 124 of the 245 seats in the upper house of Japan’s legislature, the House of Councilors, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political party, the Liberal Democratic Party, maintained its majority and how holds 113 seats. Upper house elections in Japan are held every three years, which means Abe,…