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Why America Must Care About UK’s Deal With Mauritius in the Indian Ocean
China benefits over America in a recent agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, seven atolls comprising about 60 islands in the Indian Ocean. The agreement’s end result is a strategic loss for the U.S. that releases the U.K.’s sovereign control over the archipelago to Mauritius, including the…Matthew Lee -
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Poll: Most Americans Support Requiring Photo ID, Proof of Citizenship to Vote
THE CENTER SQUARE—Americans—Democrats, Republicans, and independents—support both early voting policies as well as photo ID and proof of citizenship requirements for elections, according to a new poll. Despite the ongoing divide between elected Republicans and Democrats over requiring photo ID to vote, a whopping 86% of Americans support it. The poll comes just days from the presidential…Casey Harper -
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Voters in 4 States Will Decide on Raising Minimum Wage
Voters in four states will decide the fate of ballot questions Nov. 5 proposing to raise the minimum wage, while voters in two other states will resolve related issues. Here is a breakdown of what’s happening where on the ballot. Arizona Arizona’s ballot proposition would require tipped workers to be paid 25% less than…Ann Moreno -
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Will Obamacare Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control? Yes, If Biden-Harris Proposal Goes Through
The Biden-Harris administration has proposed a rule implementing Obamacare’s controversial contraception mandate—again. Under the proposal announced Monday, certain health insurance plans would be required to cover over-the counter birth control. The text of the law creating Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, doesn’t explicitly require that plans cover contraceptives, so how did we get here? What’s…Melanie Israel -
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My Job Was Getting Countries to Take Back Their Criminal Illegal Aliens. Under Biden-Harris, I’d Be Unemployed—The BorderLine
In the United States today, there are over 660,000 illegal aliens with pending criminal charges for crimes other than just crossing the border illegally. By all law and logic, they should be behind bars. Instead, they are allowed to roam free throughout the country, putting all the risk of their future misbehavior on American communities…Simon Hankinson -
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‘Winning Issue’?: Michigan Dems Hope Abortion Will Help Harris Thwart Trump in Swing State
With the Kamala Harris campaign reportedly fearing it will lose Michigan, Democratic strategists in the key Midwestern swing state are placing their hopes on the issue of abortion to give the vice president an edge on Nov. 5. Democrats participated in a Monday webinar, co-hosted by midwestern lobbying firm Kelley Cawthorne and news service Gongwer…Christina Lewis -
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BOOMLET GONE BUST: ‘Vibes’ Turn Bad for Harris
Kamala Harris is running a campaign against herself. The vice president is a left-wing Democrat with an unsalable record in office. So, candidate Harris pretends to be something else—a newcomer with a happy message and a bevy of Republican supporters. The trick isn’t working, as recent polls favoring Donald Trump demonstrate. It’s almost as if…Daniel McCarthy -
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Child Services Dept Working With Biden-Harris Admin Tracked ‘Trans Kids’ on Secret Database
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—An Ohio child welfare agency created a “confidential spreadsheet” tracking the sexual orientation and transgender identity of children as young as 5, according to a document exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services created a database tracking the sexual orientation, transgender identity, and…Megan Brock -
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THE LAW IS CLEAR: Biden-Harris DOJ Can’t Stop States From Striking Aliens Off Voter Rolls
The Biden-Harris Justice Department is wrong in claiming that federal law bars Virginia and other states from removing aliens from their voter rolls. And if the law DOJ cites is misinterpreted by a court to agree with the agency’s erroneous claim, then the law likely would be unconstitutional. The Justice Department sued Virginia after it…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Why Trump at McDonald’s Matters
This week, Donald Trump set the political world afire with an appearance at a McDonald's in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There, he donned the famous McDonald's apron, cooked up some fries and served customers at a drive-thru window. All the while, he looked like he was enjoying himself thoroughly—which he certainly was. Trump has the momentum,…Ben Shapiro -
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CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’: Hardball for GOP Presidential Hopefuls, Wiffle Ball for Democrats
On Sunday, the “60 Minutes” squad put out a statement dismissing Donald Trump's accusations of manipulative editing in their Kamala Harris interview as “false.” But they offered no evidence in support of their claims. Everyone can see the divergence between the Harris word salad that appeared in a promo on CBS' “Face the Nation” and…Tim Graham -
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Minors – The Greatest Victims of America’s Border Crisis
Lying among the 16 or 17 dead bodies, Tom Homan spotted the corpse of a little boy, only 5 years old. The child died inside a sweltering truck trailer in Victoria, Texas, while being smuggled into the U.S. in May 2003. These are the memories that today’s images from the border evoke in Homan, a…Virginia Allen -
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Isabel Brown: Abortion Is Kamala Harris’ Only Strategy to Win Women
Kamala Harris’ campaign appears to have only one strategy to earn female votes, says author and conservative social media influencer Isabel Brown. “To the elected Left today, I think women equal votes for abortion,” Brown says, adding that too many Democrats see women as “a dollar sign associated with the abortion industry.” While Democrats’ strategy…Virginia Allen -
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‘What Better Way to Rig an Election’: The Media’s War for Your Mind
On this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown,” I’m joined by Vince Coglianese, host of WMAL’s “The Vince Coglianese Show.” As a radio host in the Washington, D.C., area, Coglianese intimately knows how Washington interacts with the media, and how the corporate media does the bidding of uniparty interests. The corporate media, Coglianese told me,…Bradley Devlin -
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6 False or Unproven Claims in the Kamala Harris CNN Town Hall
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, answered questions in a CNN town hall with anchor Anderson Cooper Wednesday night. Harris repeatedly condemned her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, in the harshest of terms, even saying that she thinks he is a fascist. The Daily Signal fact-checked many of her claims. ‘Terminate…Tyler O’Neil -
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Media Bias EXPOSED: The Stories They Won’t Tell You About Kamala Harris
Four years ago, news organizations and social media platforms deliberately suppressed or outright ignored the Hunter Biden laptop story—one of the biggest scandals of the 2020 election. This time around, those same media outlets are engaged in a different kind of censorship: hiding the radical policy ideas once advocated by Vice President Kamala Harris. A…Robert B. Bluey -
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Christians Will Help America End Biden-Harris ‘Horror Show,’ Trump Says at Georgia Faith Event
If more Christians and gun owners voted, Republicans never would lose an election, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a campaign event in battleground Georgia focused on faith and religious freedom. “I think we’ve really energized a lot of [Christians] this time because they’ve seen how bad it is,” Trump told the crowd at…Christina Lewis -
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Christians ‘Not Welcome’ in Harris’ America, Vance Says
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, has a level of contempt for American Christians who are trying to help their neighbors, Sen. JD Vance said at a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Wednesday. “Kamala Harris has this attitude, that if you’re a Christian, and you’re trying to do charitable work … well,…Ann Moreno -
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‘MAJOR REALIGNMENT’: Michigan Moves Toward Trump in Final Stretch Before Election
Bread crumbs in the polls may point to a likely victory by Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the swing state of Michigan, nationally known pollster Steve Mitchell says. "There's been a major realignment in Michigan and national politics, with former Democrats now becoming Republicans and former Republicans becoming Democrats," Mitchell, president of Mitchell Research &…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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New Book Explores Cultural Entropy Eroding Traditional Marriage, Family Norms
Center-left media outlets know they can gin up a couple of curiosity- or hate-based clicks by periodically profiling some new “trend” in the upper-middle-class mating scene. “Ethical nonmonogamy” has had its day, “polyamory memoirs” get respectful reviews, and major broadcast networks know they can pull in some rubberneckers curious about pairings that go from “Couple…Patrick Brown