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Huge Percentage of EV Owners Want to Go Back to Normal Cars, Study Finds
Nearly half of American electric vehicle owners want to buy an internal combustion engine model the next time they buy a car, according to a new study from McKinsey and Co., a leading consulting firm. Approximately 46% of Americans who own an EV want to go back to a standard vehicle for their next purchase,… -
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DOJ Lawsuit Over Banning Sex Changes for Kids Doesn’t ‘Hold Water,’ Legal Expert Says
The Constitution doesn’t protect sex-change procedures for minors, an expert in civil rights law told The Daily Signal as the Supreme Court announced it would weigh the issue after its next term begins in October. The highest court in the U.S. agreed Monday to hear a Justice Department lawsuit against a Tennessee law, passed last… -
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Judges Temporarily Block Parts of Biden’s Student Debt Plan
Obama-appointed federal judges blocked parts of the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan on Monday in response to Republican states’ lawsuits. Judge John A. Ross of Missouri and Judge Daniel Crabtree of Kansas blocked parts of the administration’s SAVE Plan, which was an income-driven repayment program intended to lower monthly costs for borrowers…. -
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What Today’s Conservatives Get Wrong About Ronald Reagan, According to His Speechwriter
A former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan says today’s conservatives have much to learn from the 40th president. Peter Robinson addressed what he sees as misconceptions about Reagan’s leadership in an interview with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts—beginning with the claim that Reagan supposedly supported open borders. Robinson recounted young conservatives as saying, “‘Well, Ronald Reagan… -
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Congresswoman’s Amendment Bars Pentagon Funding of Abortion
A Republican congresswoman from Texas succeeded in amending the annual National Defense Authorization Act to prevent the Pentagon from subsidizing abortions with taxpayer dollars. Rep. Beth Van Duyne’s amendment to the $883.7 billion fiscal 2025 NDAA would block President Joe Biden’s Defense Department from using federal funds to reimburse abortion-related expenses. The amendment passed the… -
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These 63 Companies Celebrate ‘Pride’ in LGBTQ Consumers
After transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney endorsed Bud Light last April, the beer brand lost about 25% of its sales in subsequent weeks. Bud Light’s website currently includes no sign of celebrating LGBTQ consumers. This Pride Month, however, as the list below reveals, many companies continued to signal support for and seek the business of LGBTQ… -
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Understanding the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Jeff Myers’ New Book Provides a Biblical Perspective
Long before Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the Jewish homeland was already a flash point of controversy on college campuses and among an increasingly anti-Israel segment of younger Americans who make up Gen Z. Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, had taken note of the troubling trend and embarked on a trip to… -
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Objections From Parental Rights Group Derails Vote on School District’s Trans Policy
A parental rights group successfully helped delay a Colorado school board’s vote on what parents call a radical transgender policy for students. The Colorado Parent Advocacy Network and its allies gathered 335 signatures in only six hours on its petition to delay the Douglas County Board of Education’s vote on the proposal to classify female-only… -
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Real Estate Agent Sues to Restore Her Good Name After Trans Activists Hounded Her Out of Business
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transgender activists tried to hound a Georgia real estate agent out of business because the realtor spoke in favor of moving a sexually explicit book from the children’s section to the adults’ section of the public library. Now, she is suing for defamation and violation of her rights under Georgia law…. -
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Bans on Foreign Funding for Ballot Measures Gain Momentum in Congress, States
Opponents of foreign funding of U.S. ballot measures expect momentum at both the federal level and in states. In May, the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to amend federal election law to prevent foreign nationals from contributing to ballot initiatives by closing a loophole, since federal law and most state laws prohibit foreign contributions… -
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What Is the ERA? Pro-Abortion Activists Answer
Pro-abortion activists rallied Monday outside the Supreme Court in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. “ERA now,” the pro-abortion rallygoers chanted as they held signs reading “Safe abortion is a human right” and “Keep abortion legal.” Competing pro-life and pro-abortion activists stood outside the court, chanting on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 2022… -
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After Another Ugly Antisemitic Incident in LA, the Left Has Few Words, No Answers
A violent antisemitic mob descended upon a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday and harassed the congregants, injuring several. Yet the response from the LA media and authorities has been pitiful. The initial protests were organized by Palestinian Youth Movement LA and Code Pink LA, the same coalition of people who’ve organized the protests on college… -
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Giving Teeth to a Finding of Contempt of Congress
The House of Representatives recently held Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for failing to turn over audio recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden. Garland, appointed by Biden, refused to provide the recordings. So the House adopted a resolution June 12 holding him in criminal contempt (making him only the… -
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San Francisco Schools Let Students Change Name, Pronouns Minus Parents’ Knowledge or Consent
The San Francisco public schools allow students to change their preferred name and pronouns at school without the knowledge or consent of their parents. San Francisco United School District’s LGBTQ Student Services department offers guidance on “Changing Your Name and/or Gender” in the district’s systems. The document offers a note “for students to think about,”… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Speaker Johnson, Advocates to Hold DC Panel on Protecting Women’s Sports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Speaker of the House Mike Johnson plans to hold an event Wednesday in honor of the 52nd anniversary of Title IX on protecting women’s sports and spaces. The Louisiana Republican will lead a panel discussion with NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the Independent Women’s Forum’s… -
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Biden DHS Paints Trump Supporters, Military, and Religious as Terror Risks, Docs Show
A Department of Homeland Security advisory board characterized supporters of former President Donald Trump, as well as those who are in the military and religious people, as posing potential domestic terrorism risks, according to internal documents obtained by America First Legal. The board, called the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, was created in September 2023 to provide DHS… -
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Battle Over DEI Is Far From Over
The struggle against ideologies that seek to divide America advances in fits and starts. This month, we saw great progress in the introduction of a bill in Congress to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates throughout the federal government. But it was a different story a week later, when lawmakers were lobbing rhetorical softballs at… -
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Scientific American: Homeschooling Parents Need to Undergo Background Checks
There’s a growing list of states adopting universal school choice, and Louisiana is the most recent addition. “The LA Gator Program puts parents in the driver’s seat and gives every child the opportunity for a great education,” said Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican. “When parents are committed to the value of their child’s education, government should never get… -
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Is This Unelected Panel Targeting Trump-Appointed Inspectors General?
In the past month, Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari’s office has issued reports citing problems with the Biden administration’s assessments for allowing high-risk individuals into the country, and another report calling for improved vetting of the claims of asylum-seekers. But while working as the top oversight official of DHS, Cuffari contends, he… -
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How California’s Paradise Became Our Purgatory
California has become a test case of the suicide of the West. Never before has such a state, so rich in natural resources and endowed with such a bountiful human inheritance, self-destructed so rapidly. How and why did California so utterly consume its unmatched natural and ancestral inheritance and end up as a warning to…