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Sen. Hawley Tears Congress Apart for ‘Refusal’ to Address Immigration Crisis, Child Smuggling Rings
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley vehemently criticized lawmakers for failing to address one of the darkest results to emerge from the current immigration crisis: child smuggling rings. “It seems to me that the exploitation of children by cartels, human smugglers on the scale that you’re describing is absolutely unbelievable, and quite frankly, the refusal of… -
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Maine Will Allow Non-Doctors to Perform Abortions
Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill Monday permitting non-doctors to perform abortions in Maine. The law will allow physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to perform abortions, according to a press release from Mills’ office. “Allowing qualified and licensed medical professionals to perform abortions will ensure that Maine women, especially those in rural areas,… -
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Mass Homelessness Exposes California’s Political Dysfunction
California’s great wealth only masks its increasing dysfunction. Nothing highlights this quite like the explosion of homelessness in the Golden State. By any measure, California’s homelessness crisis is reaching epic proportions. There are now nearly 60,000 homeless people living in Los Angeles County, a 12% increase from the previous year, according to the Los Angeles… -
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Washington State May Have Triggered the Next Major Religious Liberty Case
One year ago last week, in a major religious liberty case, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Christian cake artist Jack Phillips. Yet just one year later, a floral artist in Washington state now finds herself in similar circumstances to Jack. Her case could prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the matter. In… -
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A Win for the Rule of Law Over Fake Racist Narratives
For those who despair that the rule of law in America is being crushed by liberal fake news, we have encouraging news out of Ohio. A jury has ruled that Oberlin College, one of the nation’s most left-wing institutions of higher learning, must pay the proprietors of Gibson’s Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio, $11.2 million in… -
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How Big Government Destroys Friendships
We are living in a time of increasing domestic tension. Some of it stems from the presidency of Donald Trump. Another part of it is various advocacy groups on both sides of the political spectrum demanding one cause or another. But nearly totally ignored is how growing government control over our lives, along with the… -
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This Congressman Just Went to the Border. Here’s What He Learned.
Visiting the Texas-Mexico border, Rep. Michael Cloud saw what it was really like on the ground for Border Patrol agents, what the drug cartels were taking advantage of, and how secure the border actually is. The Texas Republican also visited an unaccompanied minors facility—and found out that around 40% of the girls there had been… -
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Homeland Security Chief Tells Congress the Border Crisis Is ‘Unlike Anything We’ve Seen’
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan appeared before a Senate committee Tuesday and reiterated his requests for Congress to help fix the border crisis. “It’s been over 18 months since the administration asked for the legislative fixes that would’ve prevented the current crisis, and 40 days since we asked for the emergency funding necessary to… -
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Dozens of Business Leaders Advocate Abortion Access: ‘Don’t Ban Equality’
More than 180 business owners, including Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, signed a letter protesting restrictive abortion legislation and published a full-page ad in The New York Times. Business owners banded together to “stand up for reproductive health care” by posting the ad in Monday’s print edition titled “Don’t Ban Equality,” which says abortion bans are “bad for… -
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Christian Cake Baker’s Attorney: 3rd Lawsuit Is ‘Rehash’ of ‘Old Claims’
A Colorado baker is being sued for a third time for refusing to design custom cakes that he says run contrary to his religious beliefs. Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado—first sued in 2012 for declining to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding because of his traditional Christian beliefs—is… -
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How Trump’s Women’s Initiative Advances ‘America First’ Agenda
You may not hear much in the media about it, but the Trump administration just announced a new initiative to support efforts to empower women worldwide. It’s yet another example of how “America First” means advancing what matters to America. In this case, it means “protecting the United States and promoting global peace and stability… -
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How Anti-Semitism Became a Staple of ‘Woke’ Activism on Campus
Recent events in higher education have led many to conclude that college campuses are hubs of anti-Semitism. Stanford University student and resident assistant Hamzeh Daoud declared in July 2018 his intent to “physically fight Zionists on campus.” Oberlin College professor Joy Karega asserted in November 2016 that U.S. intelligence agencies conspired with Israel to commit… -
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Leftism Makes People Meaner: Reflections on the Torture of Paul Manafort
The sadistic treatment of Paul Manafort illustrates something I have believed since I attended graduate school in the 1970s and saw the behavior of left-wing students: Leftism makes people meaner. There are kind and mean conservatives and kind and mean liberals. Neither liberalism nor conservatism makes people kinder or meaner. But this is not the… -
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House Democrats Appeal Court Ruling That Rejected Their Bid to Stop Trump’s Wall
House Democrats asked the D.C. Court of Appeals on Monday to review a judge’s decision rejecting their request to block Defense Department funding for wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border. “The House respectfully disagrees with the Court’s standing decision, but the parties are in agreement that there is no need for any further proceedings or… -
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Bill to Ban Flamethrowers Is a Solution in Search of a Problem
For the third Congress in a row, Rep. Eliot Engel has reintroduced his Flamethrowers? Really? Act, which serves no purpose other than to highlight Congress’ overcriminalization problem. The bill would make it a crime to own or transfer a flamethrower. When the New York Democrat last introduced the bill in 2018, it attracted attention because… -
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Gave Every Freshman Congressman Anti-Trump Welcome Gift
Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib revealed on Tuesday that she gave every freshman member of Congress a book on impeaching President Donald Trump when she arrived in Washington, D.C., for orientation week in November. “It was such a great gift,” Tlaib told interviewer John Nichols on The Nation’s “Next Left” podcast. The episode was titled… -
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Trump’s Negotiations With Mexico Delivered a Big Win
President Donald Trump is claiming a big win with Mexico after the country agreed to send 6,000 troops to block migrants from crossing through. In return, Trump dropped his tariff threat. Ana Quintana of The Heritage Foundation joins us to analyze what happened. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We also… -
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China’s Power Grab in Hong Kong
The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Mike Gonzalez, which appeared in The Daily Signal’s June 11 podcast episode. Daniel Davis: That’s the sound of protesters in Hong Kong clashing with police over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest what’s called the extradition bill,… -
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Pray for the President Even If You Didn’t Vote for Him
Only the most partisan person would begrudge prayers for the president of the United States, but a recent visit by President Donald Trump to the mega McLean Bible Church in Virginia has rubbed some congregants the wrong way. The White House informed the church with only a few minutes notice that the president would be… -
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Why Bans on Plastic Bags and Straws Are Annoying and Overrated
Canada, following precedent set by the European Union, is poised to join a growing list of places where single-use plastic items have been banned. Though the government hasn’t specified which items will actually be outlawed in 2021, according to The Guardian, “bottles, plastic bags, and straws” are being considered. First, they came for the bags….