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Latinx Engineers and ‘Systemic Racism’: Government Grants Inject Race Into Science, Tech
The federal government is pouring large sums of taxpayer dollars into pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives—known as DEI—on academic science, technology, engineering, and math programs, or STEM. The National Science Foundation, a government agency, is funding a slate of programs aimed at addressing alleged racism in environmental and civil engineering, making the field of… -
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Global Trade Falls as Traffic Through the Red Sea Plummets After Attacks
Global trade fell 1.3% in December month-over-month as attacks on transport ships through the Red Sea continue to cause delays and losses, according to German research institute IFW Kiel. The drop in global trade follows a decline in the number of container ships using the Red Sea in their route, falling from 500,000 containers per… -
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Guatemala’s Pleas for Help to Curb Migration Falling on Deaf Ears in Biden Admin
The last conversation the Guatemalan president had with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss immigration was in June, and the Central American country says its calls for help with border security have largely fallen on deaf ears, Kevin Lopez Oliva, the spokesman for Guatemala’s president, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration tasked Harris with… -
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‘Breach of Trust’: Senate Republicans Demand Briefing From Pentagon on Defense Secretary’s Unknown Hospitalization
Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee demanded a formal briefing from Department of Defense officials on the circumstances surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s unexplained absence in a letter sent Wednesday. Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the panel, led 11 of his GOP colleagues in requiring a briefing from all relevant… -
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Unforgivable Sin: On the Exploitation of Innocence
Children are not property to be exploited; they are gifts from God—and what do you do with a gift? You cherish it, grow it, and protect it. Yet, in a world marred by moral decay and power imbalances, the most vulnerable among us, children, often fall prey to the darkest desires of influential figures. The… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Overnight School Program Accused of Assigning Boys to Sleep With Girls
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Joe and Serena Wailes revealed last month that their 11-year-old daughter was assigned to share a bed with a boy who identifies as a transgender girl on an overnight school trip. Their story has led to more parents coming forward with similar allegations, according to a new demand letter first obtained… -
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More Gen Z Women Embracing ‘Tradwife’ Influencers
Hannah Neeleman, a Utah-based cattle farmer and mother of eight, is perhaps the most popular Instagram “tradwife”—a growing category of social media influencers who reject the not-so-traditional 9-to-5 workforce in favor of homeschooling their children, homemaking, or running a family business. Though her content is entirely wholesome, she (and other tradwife accounts) are not without controversy. In… -
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Voter Fraud More Widespread Than Some Think
The 2020 election involved a criminal voter fraud scheme with mass absentee ballots and phony voter registrations, according to the Justice Department and the New Jersey attorney general. This verdict and indictment happened in 2023. Prosecutors in Massachusetts and New York brought election fraud charges in the closing weeks of December. The Justice Department secured… -
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Janet Yellen Wants You to Believe Bidenomics Has Been a Smashing Success. The Opposite Is True.
Few academics have fallen as far from grace as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Instead of composing lectures from her Ivy League ivory tower, she’s been reduced to penning editorials defending the indefensible: Bidenomics. Her latest screed plays a shell game with the facts, telling the American people to disbelieve their lying eyes and empty wallets. The truth… -
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‘GESTAPO’: Canadian Reporter Arrested for Questioning Deputy Prime Minister
Canadian police have arrested a reporter for asking a question. David Menzies of Rebel News approached Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday to ask her why Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is not classified as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government. Freeland was leaving a vigil honoring the memory of 55 Canadians who were killed in 2020… -
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With Over 9 Billion Video Views, PragerU’s CEO Is ‘Dreaming Big’ for Future
Fifteen years ago, Allen Estrin and Dennis Prager founded an organization called PragerU with the goal of providing easily digestible commonsense ideas to young people. Estrin, producer of “The Dennis Prager Show,” and the namesake Prager struck gold. Today, PragerU produces five-minute videos and other content that have more than 9 billion views since its… -
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How the Iowa Caucuses Work
All eyes are on Iowa. On Monday, Iowans will travel to individual precinct locations in each of the state’s 99 counties. The caucuses take place beginning at 7 p.m. local time, and individuals must be Iowa residents to participate. The leading Republican candidates to be voted on are former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina… -
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6 Top Takeaways From Trump’s Debate-Skipping Town Hall
Donald Trump again counterprogrammed a Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, skipping another opportunity as the front-runner to take on his GOP challengers. “Remember this: Our ultimate retribution is success,” Trump said during one memorable moment as he appeared live on Fox News Channel for town hall-style questions from an audience while CNN aired a fifth… -
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DeSantis vs. Haley: 9 Takeaways From Final GOP Debate Before Iowa Caucuses
Republican presidential hopefuls Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley were back on the debate stage Wednesday night to appeal to voters just five days before the Iowa caucuses. Former President Donald Trump was the only other primary candidate to meet the 10% polling benchmark to qualify for the debate, but… -
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Self-Defense Stories Debunk Anti-Gun Activists’ Claims
As 2023 drew to a close, millions of peaceable Americans geared up for a new year that will bring with it many new limitations on their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. In California, for example, Jan. 1 was the date to ring in the state’s plethora of new restrictions on carrying concealed firearms… -
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GOP Lawmakers Insist on Closing Border or Shutting Down Government
Republican lawmakers insisted Wednesday that continuing to fund the government without securing the southern border in effect subsidizes modern-day slavery and a national security threat. “Law enforcement officials down on the southern border no longer call this an immigration problem. They call it a slave trade problem,” Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said at a Capitol… -
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Hunter Biden Makes Surprise Appearance Before Oversight Committee Advances Contempt Resolution
In a chaotic day of political theater on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee advanced a contempt of Congress resolution against the president’s son, Hunter Biden. The House Judiciary Committee advanced its own contempt resolution earlier the same day. The two committees are involved with the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,… -
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If You Build a Beach House, Uncle Sam Shouldn’t Have Your Back
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., is upset because Sen. Rand Paul wants to limit federal flood insurance. But Paul, R-Ky., is right. In my new video, Paul says it “shouldn’t be for rich people.” That should be obvious. Actually, federal flood insurance shouldn’t be for anyone. Government has no business offering it. That’s a job for… -
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Election Year Brings Fresh Criteria for Election Integrity, Improvements by States
The primary election season is about to start, and the country is just 10 months away from the general election, which will determine control of the White House, Congress, and state and local offices. With the increased use of mail-in ballots and early voting, voters will be returning their ballots weeks, if not months, before… -
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Congress Has to ‘Go to War’ With President Over Border, Says Lawmaker at Mayorkas Impeachment Hearing
House Republicans conducted a hearing Wednesday to press the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for allowing millions of illegal aliens to enter the United States. During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing chaired by Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., lawmakers discussed the need to impeach and remove Mayorkas from office in the wake of…