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EXCLUSIVE: Case Could Make Unenforceable a Law That Prohibits Schools From Disclosing Gender Transitions to Parents
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A California mom's lawsuit against the school district that helped her daughter identify as a boy without her knowledge could block the enforcement of a new California law that mandates schools hide students' so-called gender identities from parents. The Center for American Liberty first filed a lawsuit against Chico Unified School… -
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Health Insurance Can Raise Prices of Care, These 2 Doctors Say
Health care can be more affordable when medical doctors don’t take health insurance, two doctors say. Dr. Josh Umbehr and Dr. Jules Madrigal join this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss health care reform opportunities that would give patients control over their experience. “We need to make health care more affordable in the first place so that… -
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3 Themes That Set the Tone for the DNC on Night One
Democrats gathered in Chicago, Illinois on Monday to kick off the first day of the Democratic National Convention with the ostensible theme “For the People.” Despite the theme, the stage was mostly dominated by political and cultural elites when compared to the Republican National Convention last month in Milwaukee. Rather, it was three other themes… -
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15 Things We Saw at the Democratic National Convention
CHICAGO—The Daily Signal is on the ground at the Democratic National Convention, where Democrats will formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for vice president. We saw crowds begin to form on Sunday and filmed anti-Israel protesters breaking through the security perimeter on Monday. Here’s a list of what… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Daily Signal on Scene as Protesters Break Through Secret Service Perimeter at Democratic Convention
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Anti-Israel protesters broke through the first fence in the Secret Service perimeter around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Monday evening. Daily Signal reporters Tim Kennedy and Tony Kinnett were on the scene live as it happened. The reporters captured footage of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protester cutting part of the perimeter… -
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Meet the Democrats Holding Out on Harris
When President Joe Biden was deposed from his perch atop the Democratic ticket nearly one month ago, fellow Democrats and the corporate media were swift to take up arms for his endorsed successor, Vice President Kamala Harris. Despite the rapid convergence behind Harris, though, some Democrats are not as keen on Kamala as former House… -
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$27 Million for Biden Family Detailed in House’s Impeachment Report
President Joe Biden engaged in a “conspiracy to monetize” his public office as vice president and enrich his family by at least $27 million, according to three Republican-led House committees that oversaw an impeachment inquiry. Hours before Biden was set to speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, the House committees released the impeachment… -
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Is This Year’s Democratic Convention Going to Be a Repeat of 1968?
Editor's Note: Protests are building at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In May, The Daily Signal's Jarrett Stepman wrote a short history of the 1968 DNC where—just like today—a Democrat incumbent president stepped down for a vice president. The party was deeply divided over the Vietnam War and today is divided about the war… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Calls FBI Director’s Bluff, Demands Evidence of Investigations Into Pro-Abortion Violence
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy, chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution and limited government, is calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to explain discrepancies between his testimony to Congress and Justice Department prosecution data. Wray testified to Congress on July 24 that the FBI has focused more attention on pro-abortion violence against… -
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Is Kamala Harris Just as Bad as Joe Biden?
CHICAGO—As delegates and the media descend on the Windy City for the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris not only has to energize the base; she also has to convince the rest of America that she can mend a moribund economy and keep order as parts of the country seem hell-bent on chaos. That is, Harris has to convince voters… -
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‘Retaliation’: Nurse Who Blew the Whistle on Child Sex-Change Program Says Texas Children’s Fired Her
Former Texas Children’s Hospital nurse Vanessa Sivadge says that she has been terminated after blowing the whistle on the hospital’s alleged use of Texas Medicaid to cover attempted sex changes for children. Texas Children’s has denied that it used Texas Medicaid to cover cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors, as Sivadge has alleged. The… -
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DNC Protester Says Police ‘Wounded,’ ‘Tackled,’ ‘Choked’ Her ‘Peers’
A student protester outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago claimed police who “wounded, tackled, and choked” her “peers” are the same ones who “profit from the constant oppression of all people.” Anti-Israel, pro-abortion, and Marxist demonstrators joined forces to protest at the convention this weekend. “Police and the same people have profited off of… -
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Donald Trump Needs a Course Correction
It’s been a slog for the Trump campaign the past few weeks. Let’s face it: President Joe Biden was former President Donald Trump’s clearest path to victory. And the gift that kept on giving has laid its last golden egg. Biden is gone. It’s incredible how poor a candidate he was. And it took his… -
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Don’t Be Fooled by the ‘Propaganda Extravaganza’ Coming to Chicago This Week
The Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago on Monday, giving Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz an opportunity to present their vision for America. But don’t be fooled by the Democrats’ glitzy gala, says John Tillman, CEO of the American Culture Project and chairman of the Illinois Policy Institute. He offered a… -
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‘Where Do the Breasts Go After Top Surgery?’ Pro-Transgender Surgeon Flaunts Patients’ Amputated Breasts
A surgeon who specializes in performing attempted transgender transitions on people who think they were born in the wrong body posted a photo Friday of her patients' amputated breasts. "This is how breasts look after they have been removed (after 3 top surgeries in this case) they are carefully packed up and sent off to… -
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‘IF HE WANTS TO WIN…’ Victor Davis Hanson’s Advice for Trump
In the summer of 1988, Democrat presidential candidate Michael Dukakis held a 17-point lead over Republican George H.W. Bush, according to a Gallup poll. By the November election, however, it was a different story. Vice President Bush had erased Dukakis’ double-digit advantage, winning by 8 percentage points nationally and capturing 41 states. Renowned historian Victor… -
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Who Is Unionizing Alongside a ‘Hate-Filled, Anti-Israel, Antisemitic’ Activist Group? The List May Surprise You.
Legacy media outlets and left-leaning nonprofits may seek to distance themselves from the anti-Israel protests on college campuses and in Washington, D.C., many of which have devolved into outright antisemitism. Yet influential outlets and activist groups have at least one key tie to a notorious group supporting the anti-Israel protests, and an organization that represents… -
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Biden’s Disappearing Act Reveals the Real Power in Washington
Our increasingly imperial executive branch has become the center of American politics as the presidency itself shrinks into irrelevancy. It is a dangerous dynamic that threatens the future of our country, and it’s been exposed during our current president’s lamest of lame-duck final months in office. President Joe Biden—if we can still give him that… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Injunctions Blocking Biden-Harris Admin’s Transgender Title IX Rewrite
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld two lower courts' temporary injunctions blocking President Joe Biden's rule applying federal civil rights law to transgender issues in education, including school bathrooms and women's sports. The Department of Education under the Biden-Harris administration issued new rules reinterpreting Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a law that… -
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I’m a Palestinian American. Here’s Why I Can’t Support the Anti-Israel Protesters.
Walking past Union Station in the nation’s capital, I recently was met with a heartbreaking sight. Vandals had defaced the Columbus Memorial Fountain with spray paint, writing the words “Hamas is coming” in big red letters. Trash and signs discarded by anti-Israel protesters littered the ground. A burnt shopping cart stood off to one side with piles…