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The Food Insecurity Lie
President Joe Biden says 24 million Americans “suffer from food insecurity!” News anchors were shocked that there is “food insecurity in the richest country in the world!” ABC hosts turned “insecurity” into “hunger.” But in my new video, Rachel Sheffield, who researches welfare policy at The Heritage Foundation, explains, “Food insecurity is not the same thing… -
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California Counties Making Mask Mandates Grate Again
Five counties in California implemented mask mandates for some areas on Wednesday as a precautionary measure ahead of flu season, Los Angeles' KABC-TV News reported. Staff members at hospitals and doctors' offices in Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties must now wear masks when interacting with patients, according to KABC Channel 7. Santa Clara County… -
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5 Democratic Mayors Plead With Biden for Help With ‘Asylum Seekers Being Brought to Our Cities’
Five Democratic mayors have asked President Joe Biden for a meeting to discuss the illegal alien crisis their cities are facing. The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City sent a letter to Biden on Saturday “requesting an urgent meeting with you to directly discuss ways we can work with your… -
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Only MLB Team Not to Bend Knee to ‘Pride’ Pressure Just Won World Series
The Texas Rangers, who won their first World Series in 63 seasons Wednesday night, is also the only team in Major League Baseball not to hold a “Pride Night”-style event celebrating LGBTQ individuals. The Rangers bested the Arizona Diamondbacks in four out of five games to take the series. Baseball fans who don’t think professional… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Bill Would Ban Taxpayer Funding for Gender Researchers ‘Who Prey on Children’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Rep. Josh Brecheen is introducing legislation that would ban gender researchers from receiving taxpayer funding if they lead studies facilitating transgender sex-change attempts for minors. The Oklahoma Republican's legislation follows data that his office obtained from the National Institutes of Health indicating that the NIH is currently providing more than… -
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Understand Evil or Perish by Its Hand
This week, the Metropolitan Police in London were videotaped removing posters with pictures of hostages taken by Hamas. The posters were being removed from Cullimore Chemist in Edgware. The chemist’s CEO, Hassan Khan, recently retweeted posts branding Israel and the Israel Defense Forces “filthy animals” and encouraging Iran and Hezbollah to attack Israel. This naturally… -
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‘I Will Object’: JD Vance to Continue Holding Up Biden DOJ Nominees Over Politicized Trump Indictments
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said Wednesday he would continue to hold up nominations in the Justice Department over the targeting by the Biden administration of former President Donald Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith secured a four-count indictment of Trump in August relating to the former president's efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election, months after… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Leave It to Biden to Blow an Opportunity’ to Send a Clear Message to Iran, Sen. Marshall Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Biden administration should act quickly to support an aid package for Israel, thus sending a clear message to Iran as the Jewish state seeks to root out Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Sen. Roger Marshall urges. “Leave it to President Biden to blow an opportunity to bring… -
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This Is Speaker Mike Johnson’s Favorite Bible Passage
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Critics of new House Speaker Mike Johnson have been quick to target his faith-infused rhetoric, attempting to paint the Louisiana Republican’s faith as “extreme” and “radical.” During an interview with The Daily Signal this week, Johnson discussed the importance of his faith and how it plays into his politics, emphasizing the… -
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Judges Have No Legal Authority to Bar Trump From 2024 Ballots
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump was not eligible to appear on the ballot in the Centennial State. The ruling was 4-3. House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: “We trust the U.S. Supreme Court will set aside this reckless decision… -
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Homeschooling Trend Is More Than Passing Fad
The spike in homeschooling was understandable during the COVID-19 pandemic. With many public schools closed in 2020 and 2021, what other choice did parents have? But even with schools open again, the number of families opting to homeschool has remained stable. According to analysis from The Washington Post, the homeschooling trend has defied predictions. The… -
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‘Fog of War’ Intensified by AI and Social Media, Tech Policy Expert Says
As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, Jake Denton, research associate for The Heritage Foundation’s Tech Policy Center, breaks down the role of artificial intelligence in the conflict. “I think the one that everyone jumps to is the AI-generated content, deepfakes, things of that nature,” Denton says on this episode of “The Daily… -
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BREAKING: GOP Senators Turn on Tuberville on Approval of Biden’s Military Promotions
Some Senate Republicans sided with Democrats in pushing to approve hundreds of President Joe Biden’s military promotions Wednesday night, even as the Defense Department continues to allow taxpayer-funded travel for service members or spouses to obtain an abortion. The bipartisan move was to break a “hold” placed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., on more than… -
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Abraham Accords Needed ‘More Than Ever’ as Israel-Hamas War Escalates
The escalating Israel-Hamas war means that the Abraham Accords between Israel and two former enemies in the Middle East “are needed now more than ever,” Jared Kushner said in a post last week on social media. Kushner should know. As a top White House aide as well as son-in-law to then-President Donald Trump, Kushner was… -
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Biden Sends Wrong Message on Genocide With a Handshake
After President Joe Biden met last week with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a statement and a photo on its website. The photo showed Biden shaking hands with Wang. “Biden asked Wang Yi to extend his greetings to President Xi Jinping and expounded on the position that the U.S…. -
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Speaker Johnson Slams FBI for Targeting Religious Americans
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the FBI for targeting people of faith, promising to "hold those responsible accountable for these actions." In an interview Tuesday with The Daily Signal, Johnson specifically addressed the Justice Department's interest in pro-life Americans and people of faith in light of revelations that the FBI… -
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$40,000 Check to Biden Linked to Chinese Energy Company
A key House committee on Wednesday released a copy of a $40,000 check it says was laundered through a China company to Joe Biden in 2017, about eight months after he left office as vice president. The check to Biden dated September 2017, a copy of which was released by the House Oversight and Accountability… -
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Dao Award Aims to Send Pulitzer Prize Packing
We’re finally getting an alternative to the Pulitzer Prize, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The Dao Prize, an annual award that aims to showcase and support investigative journalism, is the result of a partnership between two conservative organizations: the National Journalism Center, created by the Young America’s Foundation, and the Dao… -
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Docs Reveal FBI Questioned Obama DOJ in Hillary Email Probe
A presidential candidate faces an FBI probe surrounding alleged mishandling of classified information, amid questions about the independence of the Justice Department. Meanwhile, the candidate's supporters allege political interference and demand that the chief investigator be investigated. Such was the case in the closing days of the 2016 presidential election. Democrats and other supporters of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Slams Left’s Attacks on Leonard Leo as a ‘Full-on Assault on Our Constitution’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Ted Cruz blasted the Left’s attacks on Federalist Society Board Co-Chairman Leonard Leo and other conservative friends of Supreme Court justices as an attempt to undermine the Constitution itself. “From Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s court-packing scheme to the attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas, and from the smear tactics used to defame…