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DeSantis Wins Legal Round in Bid to Eject Pro-Palestinian Groups From Campuses
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, took a legal victory Wednesday after a federal judge refused to block his demand to oust pro-Palestinian student groups from Florida universities. Two chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, hailing from the University of Florida and the University of South Florida, had asked a federal court to stop… -
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19 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested After Blocking DC Roads
At least 19 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Thursday for disrupting traffic in the nation’s capital as they demanded a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. The pro-Palestinian protesters snarled traffic by blocking five major roads in Washington during morning rush hour, including outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The protesters’ shouts of “Free, free Palestine!” and… -
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Former Border Patrol, ICE Officials Refute Biden’s Claim He Doesn’t Have ‘Power’ to Secure Border
President Joe Biden claimed Tuesday that he doesn’t have the “power” to fix the crisis at the southern border, but four former federal border and immigration enforcement officials told the Daily Caller News Foundation that he in fact does have the power to fix it. Most of what Biden needs to do is reverse his… -
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A Libertarian President!
Argentina actually elected a libertarian president. Javier Milei campaigned with a chain saw, promising to cut the size of government. Argentina’s leftists had so clogged the country’s economic arteries with regulations that what once was one of the world’s richest countries is now one of the poorest. Inflation is more than 200%. People save their… -
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US Identifies Group Behind Deadly Attacks on Troops
The Biden administration confirmed that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organization consisting of multiple Iran-backed militant groups, is the group that conducted an attack in Jordan that killed 3 U.S. soldiers and injured at least 40 troops. The White House has signaled plans for a multitiered response to the deadly drone attack on Jordan’s Tower… -
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The Potential Environmental Benefits of a Second Trump Presidency
A second Trump administration would benefit the environment. There’s no better proof of that than Friday’s decision by the Biden administration to stop future exports of liquefied natural gas, pending a future study by the Department of Energy. As justification for the cutoff, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm described the importance of “protecting Americans against climate change and… -
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64 Million Americans Risk Losing Work Under Biden Admin
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million Americans performed some sort of independent work in 2023. These aren’t just accountants or Uber drivers. They’re IT consultants, makeup artists, musicians, interpreters, fitness instructors, copy editors, and truck drivers…. -
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Unforeseen Consequences of ‘Defund the Police’: High Crime, Low Morale, Hiring Woes
Having served as the chief of police for three suburban law enforcement agencies just outside of Washington, D.C., I have watched with concern—though not surprise—as crime in the nation’s capital has skyrocketed over the past year, even as the number of police officers serving with the city’s Metropolitan Police Department has dropped to a half-century… -
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Cruz: Biden ‘Deployed Attack Dogs’ Against Parental Rights Groups
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservatives in Congress condemned the Biden administration in the wake of the revelation that a high-ranking Department of Education official met with the Southern Poverty Law Center one year before the SPLC added parental rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, to its “hate map” that includes conservatives along with KKK groups…. -
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How to Survive a Leftist University as a Conservative Woman
Surviving college at a big leftist university as a conservative woman is no task for the faint of heart. Even years ago at the University of Virginia, Karin Lips says, she found herself frustrated by the “liberal bias” in the women’s programs and groups on campus. The message Lips said she got was that anyone… -
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Ohio Pastor Fights Back After City Attempts to Shut Down Church’s 24/7 Outreach to Poor, Homeless
After seeing the needs in his community, Pastor Chris Avell made the decision to keep the doors of his church open 24/7. “We’re called to reach the lost, 24/7,” Avell says, adding that that includes the “the hurting, the broken, the least of these.” Avell’s church, Dad’s Place, in Bryan, Ohio, is “a place they… -
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Legal Issues Cloud Missouri School District’s Race-Based Hiring
A Missouri school district intends to double its percentage of minority teachers even as the state’s attorney general has warned that private companies that racially discriminate in hiring face legal action. Webster Groves School District’s teaching and administrative staff should match the racial demographics of its student body, according to the Missouri school system’s strategic… -
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‘White House Is Exactly Like the Movies’: Former Official Tells How to Be Part of Next Conservative Administration
A former White House official and now senior adviser with The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 joined “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast to discuss his time working with President Donald Trump and how other conservatives can get their foot in the door to work for the next conservative administration. John McEntee was the director of the… -
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How Big Tech CEOs Respond in Senate Hot Seats: 6 Big Takeaways
Two Big Tech CEOs apologized to grieving parents Wednesday while others insisted to senators that they are working to prevent exploitation of teens and children on their social media platforms. The CEOs testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” included Jason Citron of Discord Inc.;… -
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Massive Trucker Convoys Heading South for ‘Take Our Border Back’ Rallies
Trucker convoys that could total as many as 700,000 vehicles are headed south to demand a secure border this weekend. “We have a trucker convoy coming down to the border,” Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, said in an interview with Fox Business Network, adding: “The American people have had enough. We’re demanding that the Biden administration do… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Mom Sues School District For Socially Transitioning 12-Year-Old Girl Without Parental Consent
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A New York school district socially transitioned a girl without her mother’s consent, repeatedly lying to the mother about the child’s mental health and social struggles, according to a new lawsuit. Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, Jennifer Vitsaxaki of New York filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Skaneateles Central School District… -
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New Jersey Dad Sues School Over Daughter’s Secret Gender Transition
A father is suing a Garden State school district after his daughter’s gender transition was allegedly kept a secret from him. The father, who is remaining anonymous to protect his daughter’s identity, found that New Jersey’s Delaware Valley Regional High School had been calling his daughter by a male name and male pronouns for at least two… -
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Graham to Social Media Execs: ‘You Have Blood on Your Hands’
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday told Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other social media executives to their faces, “You have blood on your hands” and that their product “is killing people.” The CEOs of the largest social media companies testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about online child exploitation. The CEOs in the committee hot… -
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Weakness Breeds Aggression
This week, three American soldiers died at the hands of an Iranian proxy group that used a drone to strike an American base in Jordan. The Biden administration immediately leapt into action by issuing a strongly worded statement, while simultaneously proclaiming that it wanted to avoid escalation. Which, of course, is precisely the wrong thing… -
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New Research on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Turns LGBTQ Narrative on Its Head
Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C., have banned efforts to change sexual orientation, commonly but mistakenly referred to as “conversion therapy,” for minors on the premise that therapies seeking to mitigate or resolve unwanted same-sex attraction are inherently harmful and increase the risk of suicide. Father Paul Sullins, a Roman Catholic priest, senior research associate at…