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Cruz, Scalise Lead Supreme Court Brief to Keep Trump on 2024 Colorado Ballot
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., led a brief Thursday to the Supreme Court arguing for keeping former President Donald Trump on the Colorado ballot for 2024. The brief had a total of 177 House and Senate Republicans including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,… -
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New Biden Labor Dept. Rule Likely to Hurt Millions of Small Businesses, Independent Contractors
Some 99% of American companies are small businesses, and 100% of businesses started out small, but a recently finalized rule from the Biden administration’s Labor Department will make it harder for small businesses to start, grow and succeed. As of last May 1, a White House news release pointed out, “Young firms, which often start… -
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Americans Should Be Alert to Biden Admin’s Smearing School Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Again
President Joe Biden’s White House notoriously helped craft the National School Boards Association’s letter comparing concerned parents to domestic terrorists back in October 2021. That letter, later retracted, led to an FBI memo, also later retracted. But last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center carried on this theme by adding parental rights groups to its “hate map,” which… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Applauds March for Life in Video Message Ahead of Demonstration: ‘This Is A Noble Cause’
FIRST IN THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thanked the leaders of the March for Life for their ongoing fight against abortion in a message sent ahead of the 51st March for Life on Thursday. “Today is the 51st March for Life,” the presidential candidate said in a short video message shared with… -
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GOP Lawmakers Call for Mayorkas Impeachment After Mother Claims His Border Policies ‘Partially Responsible’ for Daughter’s Death
All 18 Republicans on a key House committee support the impeachment and removal of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, an announcement that directly followed a hearing Thursday in which two mothers laid the blame for the deaths of their daughters at the feet of President Joe Biden’s appointee. “In my humble opinion, Mr. Mayorkas’… -
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How Trump Legal Team Makes the Case He Never Engaged in Insurrection
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a brief with the Supreme Court Thursday, arguing that a Colorado Supreme Court ruling to keep him off the ballot would “disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.” The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump was not eligible to be a presidential candidate because he had violated… -
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What Heritage President Tells Global Elites at Davos Conference
Officials in a future Republican presidential administration in the U.S. must reject a left-leaning global agenda, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told a crowd Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I will be candid and say the agenda that every single member of the administration needs to have is to compile a… -
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Connecticut’s Democrat AG Shuns Ranked Choice Voting
The election process known as ranked choice voting isn’t compatible with one of the oldest state constitutions in America, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, says. Tong released an 11-page legal opinion Tuesday stating that the system of voting, which allows voters to rank their choices of candidates, violates at least two standing provisions… -
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Big Law’s Troubling Sway at the Supreme Court
There’s a big-money influence operation going on behind the scenes at the Supreme Court—just not the one you’ve heard about. Motivated partisans keen to discredit the Supreme Court’s conservative justices pound the table and rail on about a “dark money” conspiracy that uses gifts and front groups to reshape the law to the benefit of… -
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Since Dobbs Ruling, Pro-Life Laws Are Reducing Number of Abortions, Data Shows
Pro-life advocates from across the country will descend upon the nation’s capital to once again memorialize the more than 65 million lives lost because of the legal-abortion regime ushered in by Roe v. Wade. Now, more than a year and a half after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe, states are… -
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I Live in New York. Here’s How I See the City’s Escalating Illegal Immigration Crisis.
NEW YORK—This city is buckling under the self-inflicted illegal immigration crisis it’s been handed by our derelict president. City and state leaders in New York seemingly have no answers to the influx of illegal immigrants—nearly 100,000 in 2023—besides throwing money at the problem and cannibalizing other state-funded services. This isn’t just an abstract number. The… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Bill Would Require Abortionists to Show Pregnant Women Ultrasound of Unborn Baby
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Andy Biggs is introducing legislation this week that would require a woman to be shown an ultrasound of her unborn baby before she obtains an abortion. The Arizona Republican’s Ultrasound Informed Consent Act stipulates that abortionists or “an agent under the supervision of the” abortionist must perform an obstetric ultrasound… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pence Organization Releases ‘Future of Freedom’ Pro-Life Agenda
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An organization headed by former Vice President Mike Pence will release its “Future of Freedom” agenda on Friday morning ahead of the 51st annual March for Life. Advancing American Freedom’s agenda, first obtained by The Daily Signal, outlines 16 pieces of pro-life legislation for lawmakers to support, bills intended to go… -
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‘Cascading Failures’: DOJ Finds Police Botched Response to Uvalde Shooting
The Department of Justice released a highly-anticipated report that sharply criticized the law enforcement response to the May 2022 school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday. The report detailed “cascading failures of leadership” in the police response to the situation as it unfolded, establishing that officers did not breach the classroom where the… -
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3 Reasons Congress Can’t Seem to Dismount From Government Shutdown Merry-Go-Round
We’re in a new year, but the headlines from Capitol Hill feel old. Once again, Congress has been debating its annual spending bills. And once again, a fiscal deadline looms: There will be a partial government shutdown on Friday unless Congress passes something in time. Considering that the gross national debt is now more than $100,000 for… -
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How More Than 200 Employees Have Been Forced Into a Union Only 8 of Them Voted For
Desperate for members and knowing the importance of getting in on the ground floor, the Association of Flight Attendants-Communication Workers of America (AFA-CWA) saw an opportunity with startup airline Avelo. The AFA-CWA recruited flight attendants to its cause almost before the airline got off the ground. The union filed an application for an election when… -
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Judge NFL Coaches on Their Record, Not Their Race
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stormed out of Monday’s post-game news conference when a reporter began to ask about his soon-to-expire contract. Tomlin’s team had just lost to the Buffalo Bills, marking another early exit from the NFL playoffs. The episode elicited plenty of commentary from pundits, including Sports Illustrated’s Michael Rosenberg, who urged readers… -
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After Pro-Life Movement Suffers Ballot Losses, Its Strategy, Tactics Need to Change
Thousands of members of the pro-life movement will gather in Washington, D.C., on Friday for the 51st annual March for Life. While there is plenty for marchers to celebrate in light of 50 years of hard work that resulted in Roe v. Wade being overturned in 2022, the movement has suffered big losses over the… -
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Back From Israel: Morgan Ortagus Recounts Meeting With Netanyahu, Horror Stories of Traumatized Nation
Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “look like shells of their former selves,” commentator Morgan Ortagus says, following meetings in Israel earlier this month. But Ortagus, who was State Department spokesperson under President Donald Trump, says the weariness extends to the people of Israel, many of whom remain “traumatized” from the Hamas terrorist… -
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Supreme Court Must Answer Whether Judges or Bureaucrats Have Final Word on Federal Law
Will the Supreme Court uphold the Chevron doctrine, under which courts defer to contested interpretations of law by agencies in the executive branch? Or will the high court instruct lower courts to determine the best reading of the law, as they do in virtually every non-agency case? Those are the questions the Supreme Court must…