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35 Years After Tiananmen Square, Beijing Still Tries to Erase Memories
In recent days, Chinese internet users have found themselves unable to edit their social media profiles. The seemingly inexplicable phenomenon happens every year in China in the days leading up to June 4, to the consternation of the young and uninitiated. “They’re so strict during the university entrance exam period,” wrote one Chinese user, referring… -
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Biden’s Edict on Southern Border Is an Election Year Stunt, Republicans Say
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday giving himself the authority to close the border when the seven-day average of daily border crossings between ports of entry exceeds 2,500. The order is set to take effect immediately, since the daily threshold has already been met. The border will only reopen if crossings between ports… -
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‘Total Vindication’ for FBI Whistleblower Who Questioned Wray’s Narrative on Jan. 6
The FBI has reinstated the security clearance of a whistleblower who questioned the narrative about confidential informants and the Capitol riot, and who said that Director Christopher Wray was not truthful. Marcus Allen, an FBI staff operations specialist who was suspended without pay for two years, dropped his retaliation complaint against the FBI in a… -
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‘Gender Inclusion’ Policy in Minneapolis Schools Allows Boys in Girls’ Restrooms, Locker Rooms
Minneapolis Public Schools passed a new “Gender Inclusion” policy allowing boys who identify as girls to share restrooms, locker rooms, and overnight-trip hotel rooms with females. The School Board unanimously adopted a policy stating that “gender-expansive” students can use facilities and participate in programs consistent with their “gender identity” at an April 23 meeting reviewed… -
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MASK OFF: Vermont Foster Care Rule Reveals the Left’s Terrifying New State Religion
Imagine opening your home and your heart to orphans and other children who need shelter, only to find the government demanding that you stop, not because you’d be a threat to the kids, but because you don’t believe the state religion. That’s not a hypothetical—it actually happened in Vermont, to two Christian families who foster… -
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FBI Agents March, Wave LGBTQ Flags at California ‘Pride’ Parade
The FBI isn’t commenting after several of the law enforcement agency’s employees participated in an LGBTQ Pride parade in West Hollywood, California. At least a dozen uniformed FBI agents, some carrying handguns, marched Sunday in the city’s annual Pride parade, according to video posted on X. The FBI employees waved LGBTQ rainbow flags or the… -
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‘INSULTING’: Senate Republicans Say Biden Won’t Enforce Border Security Order
President Joe Biden’s upcoming executive order on the border is a political ploy to get more votes in the 2024 presidential election, Republican senators said at a press conference Tuesday morning. Biden is expected to announce executive actions on Tuesday to address the southern border crisis, though his previous orders have promoted open borders and allowed… -
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The Many Reasons You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Question Election Results
It’s been said that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist. Most of us remember the national election of 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic, sudden changes to election procedures, mysterious mail-in ballots, allegedly hacked voting systems, and legions of lawyers filing scores of lawsuits. I think we all… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Vermont Blocked Christian Families From Fostering Over Gender Ideology, Lawsuit Alleges
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A new lawsuit alleges that Vermont blocked two families from fostering children, despite the state’s foster care system crisis, because the families held traditional, religious views on gender and sexuality. Brian and Kaitlyn Wuoti and Michael and Rebecca Gantt accused the Vermont Department for Children and Families of mandating an “ideological… -
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Harvard’s Largest Faculty Department Ditches Hiring Mandate Compelling Applicants to Pledge Allegiance to Diversity
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced to staff Monday that it was changing hiring requirements so they no longer include a diversity, inclusion, and belonging statement, according to The Boston Globe. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the university’s largest department, has required diversity statements for new hires for the past five years, according to the… -
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: What Future Holds for The Daily Signal
The Heritage Foundation founded The Daily Signal 10 years ago this week, seeking to fill a void in media at a time when few conservative news outlets existed. A decade later, the Washington, D.C.-based news outlet is entering a new chapter and aiming to expand its influence. “We are so excited that with the blessing… -
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Trump Convicted: So What Happens Now?
Former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts when the jury rendered its verdict Thursday, the first time a former president (also the presumptive Republican presidential nominee) has been convicted of a crime. The Rubicon has been crossed, and many people have weighed in with reactions, including The Heritage Foundation. Trump will appeal,… -
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7 Highlights as Fauci Testifies Under Oath on COVID-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci testified Monday before the House panel investigating the origins of COVID-19, defending pandemic-era restrictions and again sharply denying financial support for gain-of-function research with coronaviruses. Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, took questions under oath before the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the… -
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EV Mandates and Copper Mining Bans Are Mutually Exclusive
As global governments push for a rapid transition to electric vehicles and to wind and solar power, they are creating a demand for copper that threatens to undermine the very goals they seek to achieve. According to a recent International Energy Forum report, electrifying the global vehicle fleet would require the opening of 55% more… -
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Jury Selected in Hunter Biden’s Drug-Related Gun Trial
A jury was selected Monday afternoon in the trial of presidential son Hunter Biden, after prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed on a dozen jurors from a pool that reportedly exceeded 200 potential members. The Delaware trial of President Joe Biden’s son is based on three charges related to lying on a form regarding a gun… -
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America Is Under Attack
The United States of America, a few years short of its 250th birthday, is at war. This is not a war with Russia or China. It is not an amorphous war on terror or a war on drugs. This is a war from within. It is an unconventional war. It is a systems-level attack on… -
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America Was Built on Cooperation, Not Oppression
Offer a random person anywhere in the world a thousand dollars, a ticket to America, and a green card, but with the catch that the offer is only good for 24 hours. How many takers would there be? Now, rerun the experiment for every other country. Does any country get more takers than America? Doubtful. The fact… -
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Dozens of Energy Groups Ask Congress to Overturn Biden’s Green Power Plant Rules
Dozens of energy policy and advocacy groups are pushing Congress to repeal one of President Joe Biden’s signature climate policies. A coalition of more than 40 organizations signed on to a letter being circulated Thursday to lawmakers, taking aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized emissions-reduction regulations for coal-fired and new natural gas power plants. The letter urges… -
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SEIU Brings Progressive Union Politics to Philly
The Service Employees International Union’s 2024 convention might have provided the infamously progressive union with an opportunity to refocus its efforts on workplace representation over divisive, ideologically driven politics. No such luck: The election of April Verrett as SEIU president, a set of resolutions addressing numerous hot-button issues, and a campaign appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris… -
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Independent and Ambitious: A New Era for The Daily Signal
Traditional media outlets are failing—badly. Whether it’s the lack of public trust in their ability to report the news accurately and fairly or their reactionary approach to world events, the American people deserve something better. Ten years ago today, we launched The Daily Signal as an alternative to the establishment press. We believed then that…