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Poll: 37% of Americans Think Trump Gives GOP Best Chance of Winning 2024 Election
Former President Donald Trump is the candidate who would give the Republican Party the best shot at winning the 2024 presidential election, 37% of Americans said in a new poll. Asked “which candidate would give Republicans the best chance of winning in 2024,” regardless of their own personal preference, 37% of respondents in a Scott… -
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Biden Admin Twists the Law to Force Abortion Policies on Employers. Here’s How You Can Fight Back.
Last year, Congress passed a law to protect pregnant women from employer discrimination, and Democrats insisted the law could not be used to force employers to provide leave for abortions. “Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act … the [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] could not—could not—issue any regulation that requires abortion leave, nor does the act… -
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This Is the Pro-Abortion Activist Newsom Chose to Replace Feinstein
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, a pro-abortion activist, Democratic strategist, and former labor union boss, to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. Butler is the president of Emily’s List, one of the top pro-abortion groups in the country seeking to elect pro-abortion females into office. She has expressed support for… -
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Big Government Created This Economic Mess. Why Would We Think It Could Fix It?
It has been no secret that America, Germany, Austria, and Europe in general are currently confronted with major economic problems. All are experiencing inflation and minimal economic growth. Purchasing power is decreasing, and the balances on accounts and savings books of average citizens are dwindling. The problems started long ago and are political in nature…. -
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WATCH: Inside Defamation Lawsuit That Could Blow Southern Poverty Law Center Wide Open
The Southern Poverty Law Center is notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian organizations, such as the Alliance Defending Freedom and Moms for Liberty “hate groups” or “antigovernment extremist groups,” placing them on a map alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. Many of the SPLC’s targets have sued for defamation, but almost every lawsuit… -
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Why Conservatives in Congress Voted Against the Spending Bill
The budget showdown on Capitol Hill has been put on pause. On Saturday, just hours before the government shutdown deadline, Congress by a bipartisan vote passed a continuing resolution. It passed by a tally of 335-91 in the House and 88-9 in the Senate. President Joe Biden signed the bill on Saturday night. The bill keeps agencies… -
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UAW, Automakers Should Fight Washington, Not Each Other
In October 2021, I warned that the inflationary fallout from Bidenomics would lead to an increase in labor unrest and strikes. Two years later, we have the biggest auto strike in history. That’s because inflation leaves both employers and employees poorer, and each wants the other side to make concessions. Instead of casting blame on each other, they… -
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4 Key Things You Need to Know About Government Shutdowns
With the nation’s capital fixated on tense negotiations over funding the federal government, apocalyptic warnings over a possible shutdown are filling headlines. Time is “running short,” we’re in “crisis mode,” and the House and Senate are on a “collision course,” to quote just a few prominent news outlets. But for the 99% of Americans who live far from… -
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Trump’s Economic and Foreign Policies Excite Michigan Crowd: What We Saw at His Detroit Rally
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.—“It’s one of the best speeches he’s ever given. He just kept listing everything he did for the auto industry. I want that back.” Those were the words of a 22-year tradesman in the automotive industry who spoke to The Daily Signal after Donald Trump’s packed rally here Wednesday night just outside Detroit…. -
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Tucker Carlson Declares Abortion a ‘Spiritual Battle’
Veteran reporter and cultural-cum-political commentator Tucker Carlson is declaring that the fight against abortion is in fact a matter of spiritual warfare. Speaking at a recent gala hosted by the Center for Christian Virtue in Cleveland, Carlson stated that abortion is not a “political debate” but a “spiritual battle.” The former Fox News host said that… -
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‘Schools Not Shelters’: Legislation Would Prohibit Conversion to Housing for Illegal Aliens
Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would prevent educational institutions from being turned into shelters for illegal immigrants. The border crisis has placed unprecedented demands on state resources, and the educational experience of taxpayers’ children should not be compromised to accommodate the migrants, according to Cruz’s bill. The legislation serves as the… -
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‘NORMALIZING INSANITY’: Elon Musk Decries Open Border in Visit to Eagle Pass, Texas
Elon Musk toured the U.S. southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday as illegal aliens continue to stream across the border. Musk, the tech mogul and CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, livestreamed portions of his trip, saying he wanted to show the “real story” of what is happening on the U.S…. -
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The Ukrainian Gordian Knot
Most Americans understandably favor the Ukrainian resistance against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s naked 2022 aggression. Yet for Ukraine to break the current deadlock—our generation’s Verdun, with perhaps 600,000 combined casualties so far—and “win” the war, it apparently must have the military wherewithal to hit targets inside Russia. Such strategically logical attacks might nevertheless provoke a… -
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Army Veteran, 95, Forced Out of Nursing Home to House Illegal Aliens
A 95-year-old veteran of the Korean War says he received less than two months’ notice that he had to move out of a nursing home in New York City after the city struck a deal to house illegal aliens there. “I thought my suitcases were going to be on the curb, because I’m not that… -
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US Must Act Quickly to Preserve National Security Interests, Block Spread of China’s Influence
With the clock ticking toward a Sept. 30 deadline, the U.S. is racing to preserve strategic national security interests in the Pacific that it could lose to China if Congress doesn’t act soon. The impending expiration of long-time agreements with two Pacific Islands nations presents not just a threat to American national security, but a… -
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Lawsuit of Physician’s Assistant Fired for Refusing Transgender Directives Gets Judge’s Go-Ahead
Gender ideology often pits parents and children against common sense, but it also all too often pits medical professionals against their religious conscience. In a ruling Sept. 20 from a federal judge in the Western District of Michigan Southern Division, the latter is playing out in real time in an important religious liberty case. In… -
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Pro Surfer Makes Different Kind of Waves as Brand Ambassador for Pro-Life Diaper Company
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Pro surfer Bethany Hamilton is teaming up with a new pro-life diaper company as a brand ambassador, The Daily Signal has learned. "Every baby is a miracle, and I couldn't be more excited to represent EveryLife as a brand ambassador," Hamilton said in a statement. "EveryLife’s dedication to cherishing and safeguarding… -
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Smithsonian’s Planned Latino Museum Is Woke Move Intended to Radicalize US Hispanics
The growing controversy over the Smithsonian Institution’s planned National Museum of the American Latino is making one thing perfectly clear: The once-august organization cannot now be trusted to refrain from “decolonizing” history. The recent revelation that it hired two radical professors to create a second forerunner to the museum, an exhibit aimed at making Hispanics question capitalism,… -
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Dianne Feinstein Is Dead. What Happens Next?
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has died at 90. Hospitalization for shingles and other health problems led to her prolonged absence from the Senate in early 2023 and an inconsistent voting record when she returned in May. California’s longest-serving senator announced that she planned to retire at the end of her term in 2024. The 17th Amendment sets… -
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WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? Heritage Sues After Biden Admin Refuses to Hand Over Docs on SPLC, Moms for Liberty
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Has the Biden administration acted against the parental rights group Moms for Liberty after the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center put it on a "hate map" with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan? The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project asked that question, demanding records from various agencies under the Freedom of Information…