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Families Left Heartbroken as China Ends International Adoptions
China recently ended most international adoptions, leaving hundreds of families devastated as all pending applications are suspended. As of Aug. 28, the Chinese government ceased foreign adoptions in order to be “in line” with international trends, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told Reuters. The ban affects all international adoptions except for cases where parents are… -
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Russian and Chinese Military Activity Near Alaska Is ‘Becoming More Frequent,’ Gov. Mike Dunleavy Warns
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The U.S. military is responding after Russia and China increased their military activity near Alaska. The U.S. military deployed 130 Army airborne soldiers with mobile rocket launchers earlier this month to the Aleutian Islands of western Alaska. The action comes after Russia and China conducted joint military exercises close to Alaska. “There’s been naval… -
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FACT CHECK: Did 2 Women Die Because of Georgia’s Abortion Law?
The pro-abortion lobby and legacy media are lying to you again. This week, shocking headlines portrayed the deaths of two women incorrectly, blaming a new Georgia law that had nothing to do with their tragic deaths. Here’s what really happened: Amber Nicole Thurman died after she took the abortion pill, deregulated by the FDA (with… -
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EXCLUSIVE: North Carolina School District Spends $3K for ‘Implicit Bias’ Training
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A school district in North Carolina spent more than $3,000 on two hours of training in “implicit bias” for its school board members last year, according to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education through a public records request and shared with The Daily Signal. The Wake County Public School System gave… -
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PolitiFact Throws Its 200th ‘Pants on Fire’ Tag at Donald Trump
Kamala Harris consented to a puffball panel discussion with the National Association of Black Journalists on Sept. 17, and it was announced that PolitiFact would engage in live “fact-checking.” Its Twitter feed then displayed 14 checks on Harris’ answers. The first one was labeled “False,” and all the rest of them were “True,” “Accurate,” or… -
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‘Classic Union-Busting Behavior’: Laid-Off SPLC Employees Reveal Internal Dissension at Far-Left Smear Factory
This summer, the Southern Poverty Law Center laid off about a quarter of its staff, and former SPLC employees revealed more information about those layoffs this week, accusing the organization of “classic union-busting behavior.” Former employees of the SPLC’s education arm, Learning for Justice, published an open letter Tuesday outlining their experiences in the lead-up… -
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WATCH: Harris Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we take a closer look at the fake high of the U.S. stock market after a slight rate reduction from the Federal Reserve. At last, we scrape the bottom of the barrel in this election cycle as both candidates pull out all of the stops for… -
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Did Elite Colleges Lie to the Supreme Court or Are They Breaking the Law Today?
When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its monumental decision in 2023 telling colleges and universities that “yes,” they did have to comply with the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in their admissions policies, the question immediately arose of whether they would comply or cheat. With the latest admission numbers from schools such as… -
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BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Speaker Johnson’s Next Move in Spending Fight
It’s back to the drawing board for House Speaker Mike Johnson. On Wednesday, the House failed to pass the continuing resolution spending bill, with the SAVE Act attached, that would have funded the federal government beyond the end of the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and through March. Wednesday evening’s vote failed 202-220. Three Democrats—Reps…. -
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Biden-Harris Price Controls Causing Senior Drug Prices to Skyrocket
If there’s one axiom, we all know about Washington, D.C., is that it’s full of well-intentioned policies and unintended (read: harmful) consequences. A recent reminder of unintended policy consequences is the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA was passed in August 2022, and according to its champions in Congress and the White House, it was… -
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ABC News May Have ‘Inappropriately Influenced’ Harris-Trump Debate, Senator Says
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., has accused ABC News of partiality and left-leaning bias during the recent presidential debate, saying that Kamala Harris’ campaign may have “inappropriately influenced the proceedings” against Donald Trump. In a letter Wednesday, the senator demanded that ABC release all pre-debate communication and coordination with the Harris campaign, saying the public… -
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Rep. Banks Demands Accountability for Military Training Branding Pro-Lifers as Terrorists
Rep. Jim Banks is demanding that the individual responsible for the military training that portrayed pro-life Americans as terrorists must be held accountable. Banks, R-Ind., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hosted a hearing Thursday, “Oversight of Extremism Policies in the Army.” The Indiana lawmaker, who is running for Senate,… -
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Attorney General Puts Himself in the Crossfire of a Partisan Political Campaign
Attorney General Merrick Garland broke precedent just weeks before the November election, delivering politically charged remarks at the U.S. Attorneys’ National Conference in Washington—pointedly speaking publicly rather than privately in a departure from his usual practice. “Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon,”… -
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5 Things You Need to Know About the Fed’s Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates marks a new chapter in the D.C. Cartel’s long march toward the bankruptcy of our nation. Although the Fed’s move to cut rates and expand the money supply may provide some relief from higher interest rates for consumers and businesses, it does so at the expense of… -
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UN Move Would ‘Sell Our Sovereignty to Globalists,’ GOP Lawmakers Warn
House Republicans are standing up to what they call a push by the United Nations and its World Health Organization to extinguish U.S. sovereignty and free speech. Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Bob Good, R-Va., led a press conference with fellow GOP congressmen on the first day of Constitution Week to oppose ongoing initiatives of… -
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What a Federal Appeals Court Gets—but the University of Louisville Doesn’t—on Transgender Issues
It’s genuinely amazing how quickly one’s whole life can change. Seven years ago, I was in my 14th year as chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. I’d worked with many dedicated colleagues to build a strong and respected program. My prior three annual… -
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Teamsters Decline to Endorse for President Despite Members’ Overwhelming Support for Trump
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Teamsters union has declined to make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election just hours after releasing internal polling data showing that workers it represents strongly favor former President Donald Trump. Among rank-and-file members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 59.6% surveyed said they believe the Teamsters should endorse Trump, compared… -
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Stopgap Spending Bill Disproportionately Hampers Military Funding
With less than two weeks until the end of the fiscal year, a long-term continuing resolution is currently the best and most realistic option to constrain out-of-control government spending and avoid another lame-duck omnibus appropriations bill. However, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin recently sent a “parade of horribles” letter to Congress outlining the dangers of… -
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President Biden’s Incredible Vanishing Act Reveals Who’s Really in Charge of the Government
The president of the United States, often referred to as the “leader of the free world” and the “commander in chief,” seems not to be his own man. President Joe Biden, who ostensibly wields the awesome power of the Oval Office, yielded to a loud pressure campaign demanding that he step aside in the 11th… -
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‘Stumbling Toward Utopia’: How the 1960s Took a Wrecking Ball to American Family
Up until the 1960s, the traditional nuclear family—one man, one woman, and at least one child—was seen as the societal ideal. But in the 1960s, the American family came under withering attack and has never been the same since—resulting in myriad societal problems that seem to spiral increasingly downward with each passing year. The Great…