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EXCLUSIVE: 7 Arizona School Districts Exposed for ‘Transitioning’ Kids Without Parental Consent
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Seven Arizona school districts have policies mandating staff hide students' “transgender” identity from their parents, according to documents newly obtained by Parents Defending Education and shared with The Daily Signal. Parents Defending Education, a parental rights organization, keeps a list of school districts across the country that openly instruct school districts… -
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Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict
By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in the annual Bancroft Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy on Oct. 10—the academy is violating Defense Department directives prohibiting the military from engaging in partisan political activity. In addition to… -
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‘Exposing the Abortion Pill Drug Cartel’
Violence, crime, and drug-related deaths in the U.S. have been on the rise for some time now, thanks to Mexican drug cartels, but a new report is revealing that a different kind of cartel is flooding the U.S. with a different kind of drug—namely, abortion pills. A new in-depth study, “Beneath the Surface: Exposing the… -
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MSNBC’s Maddow Distorts History, Vance’s Views at Same Time
The Democrats were distraught when Rachel Maddow negotiated with her Comcast paymasters to do her show only one night a week. What would the Left do with their Maddow magic cut by 80%? For media critics, Maddow has been tougher to analyze as a cable “news” host. She goes on long pseudo-intellectual benders of historical… -
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New Data on Migrant Crime Rates Raises Eyebrows, Alarms
The new data on all the criminal noncitizens coming into the U.S. is shocking. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement checks the background of illegal aliens it has in custody. But the ICE administration’s letter to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, shows that as of July 21, ICE let 435,719 convicted criminals and 226,847 people with pending criminal charges back in… -
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ESG Aims to ‘Push Politics Into Business,’ CEO Says
A leftist agenda known as ESG, or environmental, social, and governance, aims to “push politics into business,” according to OJ Oleka, the new CEO of the State Financial Officers Foundation. State financial officers are under pressure from the Left to invest in businesses’ commitment to the ESG agenda at the risk of sacrificing their “fiduciary… -
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Naval Academy Allows Bancroft Lecture Series to Become Politicized
Anti-Trump historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat is scheduled to lecture midshipmen on “authoritarianism” next week at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, an event that is part of the Bancroft Lecture series but, in a break with tradition, will not be public. We know of Ben-Ghiat’s scheduled Oct. 10 speech only because she announced the… -
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Vance Delivers a Master Class in How to Deal With Biased Moderators
The traditional TV networks continue to offer obvious home-field advantages to Democrats in this year’s election debates, as they have for as long as I’ve observed politics. But Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, delivered a master class in how to deal with biased moderators in his vice-presidential showdown Tuesday night with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a… -
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A New Show to Expose Washington
If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s Washington, D.C. politicians not following the will of the people. That’s not the way, of course, the Founders hoped it would work—but as all of us know, it is what too often happens. But why? The Daily Signal’s politics editor, Bradley Devlin, is launching a new show, “The Signal Sitdown,”… -
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Fact-Checking Claims Made in Vance-Walz Debate
With only 34 days until the 2024 presidential election, vice presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrat, and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican, squared off Tuesday night on the debate stage. CBS News hosted the vice presidential debate in New York City, with “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the… -
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Hurricane Helene Response Highlights Biden and Harris’ Failure to Lead
In the wake of a catastrophic disaster, effective leadership and a rapid, coordinated response are critical to mitigating the impacts and restoring public confidence. That’s not what is happening. The aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm and caused catastrophic flooding in North Carolina, has revealed significant gaps in the… -
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WATCH: The Daily Signal’s Ultimate VP Debate Coverage
Join us for a special four+ hour LIVE broadcast of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” covering the day’s top news and pre-debate antics, a simulcast of the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, and follow-up postdebate analysis from Tony Kinnett, Bradley Devlin, and other special guests. In the run-up to Election Day, this final scheduled… -
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‘Profound Concern’: UN Refugee Agency Claims US Border Rules Are Too Tough
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A United Nations agency expressed “profound concern” on Monday over the Biden administration’s updated asylum restrictions along the U.S-Mexico border. President Joe Biden on Monday updated an executive order that will help keep in place asylum restrictions and control the number of unlawful crossings at the southern border. However, the United Nations… -
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End Woke Higher Education Act Is a Big Win for First Amendment
Rarely does a piece of education legislation deserve a grade of A+. But the End Woke Higher Education Act, which has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, has earned it. The policies in the bill—which passed 213-201 on Sept. 19—are right on point and are articulated well. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of… -
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Vance, Walz Prepared for All-Out Attacks in VP Debate
It’ll be a showdown between two Midwest men when Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, face off in the vice presidential debate Tuesday evening in New York City. The stakes are high in what likely will be the only debate between the vice presidential candidates as both Vance… -
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Dockworkers Strike at 14 Ports Just 5 Weeks Before Election Day
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Thousands of unionized dockworkers went on strike just after midnight Tuesday at 14 major ports along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast, setting the stage for possible supply chain disruptions with about a month to go until Election Day. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) announced in an early-morning Tuesday Facebook post that the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: School District Sued for Withholding Public Records About Gender Transition Plans for Children
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The nonprofit that has been exposing radical gender ideology in California filed a lawsuit Monday against the public school district in Lynwood, California, for failing to comply with state law by providing requested documents about its "gender transition" plans for schoolchildren. Lynwood Unified School District in Los Angeles County hasn’t responded… -
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Iran Fires Nearly 200 Ballistic Missiles at Israel
Sirens sounded all over Israel Tuesday night as ballistic missiles flared overhead. Millions of Israelis were directed to hide in bomb shelters while at least 180 Iranian projectiles entered Israeli airspace. Israel’s Iron Dome intercepted most of the missiles, but some managed to get through and hit locations in central and southern Israel, according to… -
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Mayorkas Subpoenaed by House Panel on Walz’s Purported Connection to Chinese Communist Party
THE CENTER SQUARE—U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information about Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz’s alleged connections to the Chinese Communist Party. Comer, R-Ky., on Monday subpoenaed Mayorkas after the committee received whistleblower disclosures, learning “of a nonclassified, Microsoft Teams group chat… -
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School Threatened to Arrest Parents for Wearing Pink Wristbands in ‘Protest’ of Boys in Girls Sports
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A coalition of parents sued the Bow School District in New Hampshire on Monday after being punished and threatened over a “silent protest” standing up for women’s sports. Multiple parents and one grandfather decided to wear pink wristbands during a soccer game to show support for protecting women’s sports, to which the…