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Biden Protects Deep State Bureaucrats With ‘Anti-Democratic’ Rule
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would further entrench unelected federal bureaucrats from accountability to President Joe Biden or his elected successors. Key to the new rule from the Office of Personnel Management is the effective “grandfathering” of federal employees into their current category of employment, making it harder for a future… -
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What We Know About Biden’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
President Joe Biden announced a new student loan forgiveness plan early Monday morning. But who qualifies for forgiveness? Will the president succeed with his efforts, or will the courts block this plan as they did with the last one? Madison Marino, a senior research associate, in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy, joins “The… -
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Vatican Warns: Surrogacy, Trans Surgeries, Gender Ideology Violate Human Dignity
The Vatican on Monday issued a declaration, “Dignitas Infinita,” on human dignity, warning that the practice of surrogacy, transgender surgeries, and gender theory are contrary to human dignity. “In the face of so many violations of human dignity that seriously threaten the future of the human family, the Church encourages the promotion of the dignity… -
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My Look Inside Biden’s Illegal Immigrant Catch-and-Release Craziness: The BorderLine
A mob of over 300 illegal aliens assaulted National Guard soldiers and stormed their way into Texas last month. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told us “everyone was apprehended by the Border Patrol agents.” Sure. But then nearly all of them were released. Perhaps the Department of Homeland Security held on to a few scapegoats… -
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PBS ‘News’ Hounds OK With Biden’s Inflammatory Rhetoric
They call themselves the “PBS NewsHour,” but if you watch them routinely, you might call them the “PBS Opposition Research Hour.” They often sound like a Democrat consulting firm as they analyze former President Donald Trump as a dangerously extreme figure. Then they can turn around and proclaim that President Joe Biden is very bipartisan… -
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Bike Lanes Are a Good Idea, but Not Where They Endanger Cyclists
America’s cities increasingly are acting to protect bicyclists as more of them are killed or injured in crashes with motorists. The number of bicyclists killed or hurt hit a peak in 2021, when 966 died and another 42,000 were injured, according to the latest data available. In light of such statistics, cities certainly should… -
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RIP: The Death Toll of Biden’s Illegal Alien Bloodbath
Former President Donald Trump used political jujitsu to grab a left-wing anti-Trump lie and turn it against his opponent, President Joe Biden. Trump told Ohio voters on March 16 that if he lost his comeback bid in the November election, Biden would welcome imports of Chinese-designed, Mexican-built electric vehicles. This, Trump said, would trigger an economic “bloodbath” in the auto sector. Biden and other leftists disinformed Americans… -
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Citing Pro-Life Views, Nebraska State Senator Switches Parties
A Nebraska state legislator is transitioning from blue to red after his own party censured him for having a pro-life stance. Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell officially left the Democratic Party last week after 40 years and became a Republican. In a written statement explaining his decision, McDonnell wrote: “I have asked the Democratic Party to… -
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French Priest Targeted by Government for ‘Homophobia’
The French government is targeting a Catholic priest for calling homosexuality a “weakness” and declaring that homosexual acts and relationships are sinful. Father Matthieu Raffray, a Catholic priest of the traditionalist society Institut du Bon Pasteur, posted a video to social media last month encouraging Christians to fight against their sins, which he says are forms of… -
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Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Shifts Singles’ Attitudes Toward Sex, Dating
An unintended but interesting consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade has been a significant decrease in America’s “hookup” culture. In the first year after the high court’s overturning of easy abortion access, 78% of surveyed singles indicated that the lack of federal abortion protections affected their sex and dating lives,… -
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Lawyer for Hunter Biden Met at White House With First Lady’s Top Aide Before Her Son Defied Subpoena
The attorney representing Hunter Biden in his ongoing legal battles met with first lady Jill Biden’s top aide in the East Wing of the White House days before the first son defied a congressional subpoena. Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, met Dec. 11 with Anthony Bernal, the first lady’s top staffer, visitor logs at the… -
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Trump Makes His Position on Abortion Clear: ‘States Will Determine’
Former President Donald Trump says each state should follow “the will of the people” and pass state-specific laws on abortion. “My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law… -
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Will the ‘Invisible Hand’ Finally Stop Doctors From Putting Kids on Experimental Gender Drugs?
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Doctors across the country have seemingly thrown caution to the wind, prescribing experimental drugs to block puberty and to chemically alter young people’s bodies in the name of a nebulous gender identity. Rising rates for medical malpractice insurance may cause them to think twice, however. “Clinics that are getting into this kind of work… -
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‘AVOID FALSE BALANCE’: AP Style Guide Aims to Silence Dissent From Climate Alarmist Narrative
Most news outlets rely on The Associated Press style guide—officially known as the AP Stylebook—as the arbiter for grammar, spelling, and terminology in news coverage. While AP puts forth its style guide as an impartial rubric for fair coverage, its rules often exclude conservative views from the outset. Take AP’s latest round of updates, released… -
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Left-Wing Election Group Still Rooted in These Areas With ‘Zuckerbuck’ Bans
Before voters approved a constitutional amendment to make their state the 28th in the nation to ban private funding of election administration, Wisconsin’s capital city, Madison, already had spent over $1 million in private grants. Madison, like jurisdictions in three other states that ban private dollars from paying for elections—Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri—is a member… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Porn Star Finds Faith, Says Her ‘Life Will Never Be the Same’
A former pornography star and “creator,” Bree Solstad, was initiated into the Catholic Church on Saturday. “I wept with abundant joy after I first received the body and blood of Jesus,” she told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “My life will never be the same.” Known on X, formerly Twitter, as “Miss B Converted,” Solstad… -
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Pregnancy Center Slams FBI For Failure to Arrest Pro-Abortion Firebombers
Staffers at a pro-life pregnancy resource center in Rochester, New York, are criticizing the FBI for failing to provide any kind of status update of investigations into pro-abortion vandals’ attacks on the pregnancy center. Nearly two years after the initial June 2022 attack, CompassCare pregnancy medical center says that the FBI has put up billboards… -
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School Busing of a Different Sort: Nonprofit Takes Students to Off-Campus Bible Studies
Once a week, an estimated 30,000 students across the country are picked up by what’s called “a big, red LifeWise bus” and leave public school grounds for a Bible lesson at a local church or other religious institution. It might surprise some, but it’s entirely legal in the United States, says LifeWise Academy founder and… -
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John Eastman and the Left’s War on the Legal Profession
John Eastman is a lawyer, a legal scholar, and a friend. I got to know John—a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, candidate for California attorney general, and dean of Chapman University School of Law—during my weeklong 2018 legal fellowship with the Claremont Institute, which he oversaw. We have stayed in touch and… -
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Why the ‘Math Equity’ Movement Is a Scam
The so-called math equity movement is a scam. That’s what’s starting to come to light after a series of reports about its leaders in California revealed that the math equity movement is based on flimsy research and the advocacy of con artists. The phenomenon of “math equity” swept the country in recent years, accelerating during…