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The Left Is ‘Coming for’ Country’s Heritage, Hawley Warns
Walking onstage with a Bible in hand, Sen. Josh Hawley spoke of the need to bring God back to the forefront in the life of the country in remarks to a Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering Friday. The Missouri Republican also called out members of the Biden administration at the coalition’s Road to Majority conference… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Criminal Referral Accuses DOJ’s Kristen Clarke of ‘Perjury,’ ‘False Statements’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Justice Department’s Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights, will be hit with three ethics complaints and a criminal referral Monday, The Daily Signal has learned. Article III Project is filing both the ethics complaints and criminal referral, which calls upon Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a criminal… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Women’s Group Calls Military Draft Proposal ‘Unacceptable’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of conservative activists and policy experts is urging Congress to reject a bill making women eligible to be drafted into the military. One group, Concerned Women for America, sent a letter with dozens of individual co-signers in response to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s approving an annual defense package… -
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Youngkin: America’s Foundations Crumbling Under Biden, Progressives
WASHINGTON—The Founders built America on a rock, but today, because of the Left, the rock is crumbling, and the country must assert moral clarity on several fronts to fix it, said Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who fired up the crowd at the Road to Majority Conference Saturday. “They built it on rock. They unleashed a… -
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Heritage President Kevin Roberts Schools MSNBC Hosts on Illegal Immigration, Project 2025
Kevin Roberts ventured into unfriendly territory Saturday morning to face hostile questions from MSNBC hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele. His masterful performance exposed their radical views on immigration and scaremongering about Project 2025. Five months after schooling the global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The Heritage Foundation president once again… -
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Trump Vows to Combat Agencies Weaponized Against Christians
WASHINGTON—Citing the federal arrests of pro-life activists, former President Donald Trump vowed to establish a task force to investigate anti-Christian bias if he is elected to another term. “Joe Biden has weaponized the Justice Department to viciously prosecute pro-life activists,” Trump said of the current president on Saturday during remarks at the Faith and Freedom… -
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For Caitlin Clark, Adversity Leads to Triumph
In 1947, legendary baseball star and Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, becoming the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before that, he and his fellow black athletes were relegated to the Negro leagues, lesser-known leagues at the time… -
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Parental Rights Leaders Highlight Threats to Kids
WASHINGTON—Leading women in the parental rights movement spoke out in defense of the family from cultural extremism at the Road to Majority Policy Conference on Friday. Alleigh Marré, executive director of the American Parents Coalition, and Michele Exner, senior adviser of Parents Defending Education, emphasized the importance of parents having conversations with their children about… -
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GOP Senators Demand Information From HHS on In Vitro Fertilization Clinics
As Congress considers legislation on in vitro fertilization, five U.S. senators are asking the Department of Health and Human Services to assess fertility clinic safety standards in an effort to ensure the clinics are adequately protecting the human embryos in their possession. Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, James Lankford and… -
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Manhattan DA Proves Left-Wing Activists Are Above the Law in New York
Nobody is above the law in America, we’ve been informed. That is, nobody is above the law unless he breaks the law on behalf of left-wing causes. Then it doesn’t count. That’s what was revealed Friday when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg dropped charges against 30 anti-Israel protesters who ransacked Hamilton Hall at Columbia University… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Migrants on Unregistered Mopeds in DC Use Food Delivery Apps—Violating Company Rules
Migrants in the District of Columbia are driving unregistered mopeds and motorcycles, making food deliveries on popular apps, such as Uber Eats and DoorDash—violating both companies’ terms of use in the process. In April, The Daily Signal launched an investigation into the unprecedented rise in motorcycle and moped traffic in Washington, D.C. The news outlet… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing Confiscation of Firearms. Why All Is Not Lost.
After a string of consecutive victories at the Supreme Court, Second Amendment advocates suffered their first major setback Friday, failing for the first time since 2008’s landmark decision in D.C. v. Heller to convince the nation’s highest court to strike down a gun control law as unconstitutional. In an 8-1 opinion written by Chief Justice… -
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Biden’s 5 Favorite Fudges on Immigration Law: The BorderLine
Earlier this week, I explained “parole in place,” President Joe Biden’s latest attempt to grant a back-door amnesty. Biden isn’t the first president to use flimsy pretexts and dodgy interpretations of law to force immigration policy in the absence of legal authority, but he is by far the most reckless. Here are my Five Favorite… -
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‘Something Going On in Our Country,’ Ben Carson Says at Road to Majority Confab
Dr. Ben Carson provided personal anecdotes Friday and encouraged faith in God at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 15th annual Road to Majority conference in Washington, D.C. “There’s something going on in our country, and it’s not an accident,” said Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who was secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development… -
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‘We’re Not Stupid’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams ‘Propaganda’ Media for Parroting White House ‘Cheap Fakes’ Rhetoric
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard accused corporate media outlets of parroting “propaganda” talking points from the White House regarding controversial videos of President Joe Biden. Gabbard, who ran as a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spoke with The Daily Signal on Friday at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, D.C., where she… -
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You Owe $100,000!
America is now almost $35 trillion in debt. That means every American owes $100,000. The Biden administration doesn’t care. It wants to spend more. Already it is spending so much that it’s increasing our debt by a trillion dollars every 100 days. President Donald Trump was no better. His administration increased our debt by almost… -
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America Needs a July Fourth Seder
Editor’s note: This piece from Dennis Prager was originally published in 2007. We at The Daily Signal thought Dennis’ idea was worth revisiting as we approach Independence Day 2024. Perhaps the major reason Jews have been able to keep their national identity alive for 3,000 years—the last 2,000 of which were nearly all spent dispersed… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senators Call for Renewal of Pro-Life Budget Amendments
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Protections for the unborn belong at the forefront of the federal budget, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., wrote in a letter sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday. “As the Senate Appropriations Committee continues to work on legislation for fiscal year 2025, we urge the committee to ensure that long-standing, bipartisan… -
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Inside BDS Left’s Sneaky Targeting of Israel Via Corporate Boardrooms
Hours after Hamas-backed fighters broke out of the fence surrounding Gaza and embarked on a crusade of rape, killing, and kidnapping throughout southern Israel, some American corporate activists began their crusade to legitimize all of it. Notably among their ranks were advocates of the boycott, divest, and sanctions movement. “Oppression is the root cause of… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning Gun Ownership by Those Under Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
The Supreme Court upheld the federal law banning gun ownership by those under domestic violence restraining orders on Friday morning. In its U.S. v. Rahimi ruling, the court rejected Zackey Rahimi’s claim that the statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders violates the Second Amendment. The court…