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DC-Area Local Governments to Federal Employees: Get Back to Work
Amid reports that COVID-19 is rising again, and additional lockdowns could be returning, local governments in the heavily blue-leaning cities and counties surrounding Washington, D.C., chided federal agencies for allowing employees to ditch the office. Local government employees for the District of Columbia, as well as suburbs in Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland, have mostly… -
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Team Youngkin Addresses Future COVID-19 Restrictions: ‘In Virginia You Get to Choose’
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin won’t be mandating that Americans mask up or lock down to fight the COVID-19 pandemic any time soon, The Daily Signal has learned. Some schools, hospitals, and businesses have begun encouraging Americans to wear masks again amid a rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the country, sparking fears that lawmakers will once… -
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Is a Worker Revolt Brewing After Michigan Repeals Its Right-to-Work Law?
This Labor Day, Michigan union bosses have much to celebrate. Rank-and-file employees? Not as much. Earlier this year, Michigan became a pioneer in regressivity by becoming the first state in 58 years to repeal a right-to-work law, forcing employees in union workplaces to join the unions as a condition of keeping their jobs. The impending… -
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Trump Isn’t Disqualified From Holding Office Under the 14th Amendment
Recently some people have started making the argument that former President Donald Trump is barred from running for president by the 14th Amendment, one of the Reconstruction Amendments ratified in 1868 three years after the end of the Civil War. These Trump critics rely on the first sentence of Section 3 of that amendment, which… -
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How Bidenomics Wrecked America’s Housing Market
All around the nation can be found the detritus of “Bidenomics,” especially in America’s broken housing market. Countless families are struggling just to find somewhere affordable to live, with the American dream of homeownership all but snuffed out for much of the middle class. The only way to solve this problem is to reverse the… -
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Violent Criminals Continue to Pose as Migrant Children to Enter US; Congress Must Act Now
Despite all the “victory laps” Biden administration officials have taken as they brag that their unlawful policies and processing programs have reduced illegal immigration, recent border data shows the opposite. On top of that, there is an undeniable link between the increase in illegal entrants being welcomed into the country and an increase in violent… -
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Our Homeland Security Chief Rolls Out Red Carpet for Chinese Infiltration
President Joe Biden’s mass release of illegal aliens at the southern border—which takes the Department of Homeland Security’s eye off “gotaways” who avoid detection—is a huge national security risk. The latest examples are the 12 Uzbeks who apparently paid an Islamic State trafficker to bring them to the U.S. so they could claim asylum and… -
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‘No Lockdown Ever Again’: 2024 Candidates Push Back Against Future COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mandates
Amid growing fears that Americans could face more COVID-19 lockdowns or mandates, Republican candidates vying for the 2024 presidential nomination say they are firmly against such restrictive measures. “No mask mandates,” candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “No vaccine mandates. No lockdown ever again.” Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas reminded The Daily… -
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The Crisis in Liberal Cities: The Tug of War Between Ideals and Realities
America’s cities have always been the melting pots of change and progress. Historically, they have welcomed migrants and refugees with open arms, offering them a chance at the American dream. However, as recent events have unfolded, there’s a palpable tension in some of the country’s most liberal cities caused by the very policies that made… -
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Control Versus Choice
COVID-19 cases are up. Hospitalizations climbed 24% last week. But the media make everything seem scarier than it is. The headline “Up 24%!” comes after dramatic lows in COVID-19 cases. Hospitalizations are still less than half what they were when President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is over.” Yet the shallow media keep pounding… -
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Confessions of a Conservative Harvard Graduate
It did not take long after Anna Low arrived at Harvard University before she became aware of the fact that she was the only conservative in her program. “We actually had to fill out a political ideology survey—it was, of course, anonymous—and the intention behind that, I think, was to show that this program is… -
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Thousands of Bills, Back Rooms, Spending Debates: How Congress Really Works
Many Americans have seen a “Schoolhouse Rock” video explaining how Congress operates, or they may have taken political science classes in school. But neither paints the full picture of how Congress “actually works,” Clint Brown says. Take the introduction of bills in Congress as an example, says Brown, vice president of government relations at The… -
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Why Young Americans Are Not Taught About Evil
Most of our schools teach almost nothing of importance, and nothing is more important than the study of good and evil. In the United States today, nearly all schools, from elementary through graduate, concentrate on teaching about racism, sexism, preferred pronouns, homophobia, transphobia, LGBTQIA+, climate change, diversity, equity, inclusiveness and white guilt. In other words,… -
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‘Golfing on the Taxpayer’s Dime’: GOP Senator Calls on Federal Employees to Return to Office
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa questioned the Biden administration over its telework policy, citing instances where employees working from home took bubble baths and played golf while on the clock. In a letter sent to all government agencies, Ernst cited a media account of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee who attended a staff meeting while… -
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‘We Will Not Comply,’ Trump Says of COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mandates
In a video released Wednesday, former President Donald Trump denounced the left’s push to “restart the COVID hysteria” and pledged that the United States would not return to lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccine mandates. “To every COVID tyrant who wants to take away our freedom, hear these words: We will not comply, so don’t even… -
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Georgia Officials Didn’t Follow Ethical, Legal Rules in Trump Indictment
A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, failed to properly follow the precedent set by the state Supreme Court in allowing the county’s top prosecutor to go forward with a grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump after disquaifying the prosecutor from part of the probe for misbehavior. In a legal analysis Aug. 15 in… -
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Our Sad Departure From Dr. King’s ‘Dream’
This past week, the nation noted the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The speech is without question a historic landmark, both in terms of recalling the unique stress of the time and in terms of King’s eloquence in capturing the situation. But beyond being interesting, why… -
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The Law of Unintended Consequences Can’t Be Repealed
This week, the Biden administration announced that Medicare would name some 10 prescription drugs it would subject to direct price negotiations. The drugs include Jardiance (diabetes), Entresto (heart failure), Imbruvica (blood cancer), and Stelara (psoriasis). If the companies that created the drugs refuse to kowtow to Medicare, they will be forced to withdraw from Medicare… -
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Pentagon Spokesman Makes Misleading Claim About Sen. Tuberville
Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder misled reporters at Monday’s briefing when he claimed Defense Department legislative staff were in contact with Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s office, a spokesman for the Alabama Republican told The Daily Signal. Tuberville is currently blocking the promotions of more than 300 flag officers and military generals over objections to… -
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Mitch McConnell Freezes Up Again at Press Conference
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., apparently experienced another health episode Wednesday during a press event in his home state. McConnell, 81, appeared to be briefly unable to respond to a question from a reporter about running for reelection after he spoke to the North Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in Covington, Kentucky. After a pause,…