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DOD Plans to Cover Fertility Treatments for Same-Sex and Unmarried Couples
The Pentagon plans to cover advanced fertility treatments for same-sex and unmarried couples, Military.com reported, citing court documents unsealed recently as part of an ongoing lawsuit. Certain military hospitals offer donor gametes and in vitro fertilization to married troops at a cost, or free to those whose infertility can be connected to a service-related injury, according to… -
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UN Agency Fires Staffers for Participating in Hamas Attacks on Israel
A major United Nations agency responsible for humanitarian services for Palestinians fired staff members for reportedly participating in Hamas’ terrorist attacks Oct. 7 in Israel. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East fired the employees for their alleged involvement in Hamas’ slaughter in southern Israel that left 1,200 civilians… -
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Social Security: A Broken Socialist Dinosaur
It seems many still harbor, or want to perpetuate, the illusion that our Social Security system is not in trouble. Let me quote here from a press release from the Social Security Administration released March 31, 2023: The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial status of the Social… -
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Other Governors Back Texas on Border as Trump Calls on Them to Send ‘Guards’ There
Former President Donald Trump is calling on state governors to help Texas “repel the invasion” of illegal immigrants along America’s southern border. “We encourage all willing states to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Illegals, and to remove them back across the border,” Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social, his… -
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Let’s Not Hand China a Victory in Pacific
It has been about 80 years since the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, a bloody struggle against Japan during World War II that cost thousands of Americans their lives. Today, Congress is poised to squander their sacrifice for freedom by granting China a generational opportunity to severely undermine America’s security position in the Pacific. At issue are three long-standing,… -
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Republican Senators Hold Listening Session With Parents Fighting Indoctrination in Schools
Republican senators met Wednesday with a group of parents to discuss the state of education in the U.S. and school systems affected by woke ideology and critical race theory. Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt of Alabama joined Sens. Ted Budd of North Carolina, Eric Schmitt of Missouri, and Roger Marshall of Kansas at the listening… -
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America’s Families Would Be Slammed by House Panel’s Expansion of Welfare
A major feature of the House Ways and Means Committee’s “tax bill” is an expansion of the child tax credit. This expansion was necessary to secure Democrats’ support for the corporate tax provisions in the bill, but the trade isn’t worth the cost. The welfare-related child tax credit provisions aren’t a minor extension of the… -
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Missouri Trans Clinic Whistleblower Has a Message for the Left
Jamie Reed, the former clinician who blew the whistle last year on a gender clinic in St. Louis, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” that there are more whistleblowers out there, and she raises the alarm about the “totalitarian” mentality of large LGBTQ organizations that seek to silence those who disagree with them. She also warns… -
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Florida University System Removes ‘Left-Wing’ Sociology Course From Core Requirements
The 17-member board of governors of the Florida University System decided Wednesday to eliminate a sociology course from the core requirements to graduate and to replace it with an American history class, according to a press release. The new class, Introductory Survey to 1877, will introduce students to America’s founding, slavery, the Civil War, and… -
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BREAKING: Maine Bill That Protects Kidnappers Who Take ‘Transgender Kids’ for ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Fails in Committee
UPDATE Jan. 25, 2024 5:45 p.m.: A joint standing legislative committee between the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate voted that the transgender custody bill LD 1735 “ought not to pass” Thursday. According to footage of the committee posted online, the motion that the bill “ought not to pass” passed 12-0. Rep. Katrina… -
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New School Choice Program Launches in South Carolina. Parents are Winning.
Despite the most well-funded efforts to stop education reform, the school choice movement still clearly has momentum. The fruits of those efforts can be seen during this year’s National School Choice Week (Jan. 21-27), which saw a new program just launched in South Carolina. School choice programs got a huge boost during the COVID-19 lockdowns…. -
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If You Ran Your Family Budget Like the Government, You’d Be Broke: ‘Tax Cut’ Edition
The bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act might sound good on the surface. A closer look, however, reveals that the legislation is gimmicky, fiscally irresponsible, and misses a chance to fix work requirements for welfare. And its business tax cuts include retroactive relief alongside pro-growth tax cuts. To understand the gimmicky nature… -
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A Tax Policy Trojan Horse for Welfare Expansion and Inflationary Deficits
If you think congressional deadlocks are concerning, just wait until you see what Congress does when it’s in a blinding rush. The House Ways and Means Committee is ready to go from introducing its latest tax bill to House passage in under a week and a half. Though branded as full of middle-class tax cuts… -
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Biden Election Denialism or Just a ‘Joke’?: McAuliffe Is Virginia’s ‘Real Governor’
“Today, I make this sacred pledge to you. The defense, protection, and preservation of American democracy will remain, as it has been, the central cause of my presidency.” So said President Joe Biden during a Jan. 5 speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. That “sacred pledge” lasted about two-and-a-half weeks. At an abortion rally in Manassas, Virginia,… -
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Charter School Authorizers Need a New Association Focused More on Students, Innovation
Charter schools, which are public schools authorized by state laws, differ from traditional public schools, primarily because they enjoy exemptions from most of the state’s educational bureaucracy and regulations in exchange for accountability to parents and authorizers. The authorizers negotiate the charter contract, under which the school promises to operate in certain ways, and those… -
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What’s China Hiding? New Report Exposes Truth About China’s Deceptions
From covering up the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to using dangerous apps like TikTok to compromise Americans’ personal information, the Chinese Communist Party has long cloaked its nefarious activities in secrecy. As a new report from The Heritage Foundation assesses, China’s lack of transparency is part of a larger strategy to deceive its adversaries…. -
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Just How Many ‘Extremists’ Have Infiltrated the US Military? The Media Doesn’t Want You to Know
President Joe Biden loves to warn the country about the threat of white supremacy, and his own administration has launched a soft inqusition into the most patriotic members of society, the men and women who volunteer to put their lives on the line for the rest of us. Nearly three years into the Biden administration,… -
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Biden Lights Up Social Media With Pro-Abortion Posts, but Is Mum on Navy SEALs’ Deaths
It’s not necessarily what President Joe Biden said on social media this week; it’s what he didn’t say that is telling. On Monday, the American people were informed that two Navy SEALs lost their lives in service to our country. Photos of Navy SEALs Christopher J. Chambers and Nathan Gage Ingram were shared hundreds of… -
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In Israel, Sounds of War Mingle With Songs of Life
Bullet holes and toppled furniture bear witness to what happened in the home of one young couple living in Israel close to the border with Gaza on Oct. 7. Their home still partially stands, but they—and about 100 other members of their small community—are dead. Walking through the streets of the small village, Joel Griffith… -
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Collusion Between Feds, Banks Reveals Bias Against Conservatives
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, “urged large financial institutions to comb through the private transactions of their customers for suspicious charges on the basis of protected political and religious expression,” according to a letter from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in his capacity as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of…