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opinion
Oakland Crime Map Paints Troubling Picture
The crime map for Oakland, California, provides a telling glimpse into the reality that locals there live with on a daily basis. The colored dots indicate incidents of car thefts, assaults, drug-related crimes, robberies, and so on that have taken place in and around Oakland the previous week. The map is an indicator of what… -
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The Job Ahead for Next House Speaker
The removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday was historic, but now it’s time to talk about the future, one knowledgeable Capitol Hill watcher says. “We are at a critical juncture in this country,” says Ryan Walker, executive vice president of Heritage Action for America, an independent, nonprofit… -
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Biden Admin Teams With Conservative Critic as Maine Defends Blocking Access to Voter Data
Maine heads to court Thursday to defend its policy of shielding voter registration records from public disclosure against unlikely allies—a conservative election integrity watchdog and the Biden administration’s Justice Department. The case could have far-reaching consequences for government transparency, press freedom, the First Amendment, and clean elections well beyond Maine, said J. Christian Adams, president… -
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State Abortion Laws Being Reversed as State Courts’ Ideological Compositions Change
For 50 years, the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which invented a fictional “right to abortion,” prevented most efforts to protect human lives before birth. Last year’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization corrected that egregious error, lifting that impediment to pro-life efforts in state legislatures and Congress. Pro-abortion forces,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Nominee to Protect Son Hunter From Whistleblowers, Oversight Chair Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Joe Biden has nominated a former colleague of his son Hunter Biden—they worked together at a law firm representing Ukrainian energy company Burisma—to run an internal watchdog agency in his administration. Biden tapped lawyer Hampton Dellinger on Tuesday to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, an agency that primarily… -
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Even Starbucks Is Failing in Crime-Ridden San Francisco
First, Whole Foods closed and now Starbucks is shuttering a slew of locations in San Francisco. The Seattle coffee giant announced Tuesday that it would close seven of its 59 locations in the city, effective Oct. 22. The city’s “doom loop” is speeding up. Starbucks didn’t mention crime in its official reason for leaving the… -
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What K-12 Schools Could Learn About Transparency for Families From Early-Childhood Education
Does anything compare with having the peace of mind of knowing that your child is safe, happy, and learning during the school day? While a parent is working, knowing that your child is getting the care and attention he or she needs while apart from the family is invaluable. Many early-childhood education and care providers… -
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Stop Sanitizing Education: ‘If It’s Not Offensive to Anyone, It’s Probably Not Important Either’
The American education system used to be the envy of the world, and we need to return to the tried and true ways of traditional classical education, according to the founder of a standardized test for classical education that’s an alternative to the College Board’s SAT. “The mainstream education system is at fault in a… -
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Supreme Court Sends Mixed Signals on Constitutionality of CFPB Funding in Oral Arguments
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services, argued Tuesday before the Supreme Court, is nominally an industry challenge to the bureau’s payday-lending rule. But the challengers’ effort to invalidate that rule has called into doubt the constitutionality of the bureau’s independent funding scheme. Thus, the issues the court must decide are: (1) whether the… -
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Leader of 5th Largest School District in the Nation Signs Pledge From Group Demonizing Moms for Liberty
As Moms for Liberty galvanized concerned parents across the country, a left-leaning group called Defense of Democracy sprouted up to oppose the growing parental rights movement. Now, a Nevada superintendent has become the first top school district leader to sign this new organization’s pledge to put “education professionals” ahead of parents when it comes to… -
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Scalise Announces Speaker Bid, While Hern Privately Gauges Support for Bid
Update: Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has officially announced he's running to be the next House speaker. Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern of Oklahoma are privately gauging support for potential speakership bids after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ousting Tuesday, a person familiar with their actions… -
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Energy Department’s National Lab Logs Over $160 Million in Questioned Costs
A Department of Energy lab in Illinois logged over $160 million in questioned costs due to lost invoices, excessive reimbursements, and holiday pay, according to a recent audit by the agency’s inspector general. The audit examined costs incurred in 2018 by Fermi Research Alliance LLC, the contractor that operates the Fermi National Accelerator Lab near Batavia,… -
opinion
Go Ahead, Shut It Down!
This week, Republicans and Democrats got together to avert a government shutdown. Too bad. There’s so much that ought to be shut down. Useless Cabinet departments, for example, like Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Agriculture. Agriculture employs almost 100,000 people. Why? Independent farmers grow our food. They don’t need a giant department. Let’s get… -
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Florida Law Allowing Death Penalty for Child Rapists Goes Into Effect
Florida’s new law permitting the death penalty for pedophiles went into effect this week, the state’s governor announced Tuesday evening. “Florida’s law allowing the death penalty for child rapists is now in effect,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a post on social media. “The minimum sentence is life in prison without parole. In Florida, anyone… -
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Is America Nearing Fall of Rome Status?
America’s financial mismanagement has gotten so bad that some say our country’s decline is now inevitable, drawing parallels to the Roman Empire’s collapse. That comparison is unfair for two reasons. First, Rome had good roads that lasted over a millennium. Second, and more seriously, America has changed course before and hopefully still has time to do so… -
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Jim Jordan Announces Bid for Speakership
Congressman Jim Jordan is officially running for speaker of the House of Representatives, the congressman’s office confirmed to The Daily Signal Wednesday. The Ohio Republican’s confirmation comes just one day after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. Eight Republicans and all Democrats present voted to remove McCarthy, who has said that he will not run again for speaker…. -
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Opposition to Biden’s Handling of Ukraine War Reaches All-Time High
A majority of American voters oppose Congress continuing to provide funding and weapons for Ukraine’s war with Russia, according to polling data released Monday and shared with The Daily Signal. By a 44% to 36% margin, Americans want their dollars out of this conflict. Of those who identify as Democrats, 52% want continued funding for… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Vance Bill Would Require Actual Gender on US Passports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Sen. J.D. Vance is introducing legislation requiring a person's actual, biological gender on their United States passports. The Ohio Republican's Passport Sanity Act would require the secretary of state to ensure that all applications for passports, passport cards, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad documentation include only the gender designations… -
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EXCLUSIVE: School Districts With DEI Officers See Worse Black, Hispanic Learning Loss and Secretive Transgender Policies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Administrators focused on diversity, equity and inclusion have ballooned in public school districts across the country, but their presence doesn’t translate to educational improvement for black and Hispanic students, nor to the inclusion of parents in decisions about their kids’ health and well-being. According to a new report from The Heritage… -
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How Project 2025 Is Gearing Up for Next Conservative Presidential Administration
New leadership is needed in America, says Spencer Chretien, associate director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025. “We see every day the effects of the current administration, whether it’s the open southern border, rampant inflation, a woke and weaponized government, foreign policy disaster,” he says. “And we need new leadership…