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For ‘Lactation Consultants,’ Georgia Now a Land of (Breast) Milk and Honey
In his 2018 book “51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law,” Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, begins by observing that throughout the 20th century, “the States and their constituent parts—legislatures, governors, courts, local governments—have been the policy villains in this or that… -
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Roberts Leads Supreme Court in Slapping Down Local Governments That Trample Property Rights
Chief Justice John Roberts has taken some lumps for certain decisions he has issued during his tenure on the Supreme Court, but he has again led the way in protecting the rights of property owners from a government often all too eager to take them away. Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion in Tyler v. Hennepin County, holding… -
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CAUGHT: Top Education Publisher Deletes ‘Woke’ Evidence After Release of Heritage Foundation Report
After Heritage Foundation scholar Jonathan Butcher began looking into the racially and sexually charged practices of publishing and education behemoth Pearson, links and videos started to disappear from the corporation's website and YouTube channel. Butcher’s new report for Heritage, released Wednesday, shows that the largest education corporation on the planet has made a considerable commitment… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Introduce Pro-Life Budget as 1-Year Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Reversal Approaches
The Republican Study Committee has introduced “the most pro-life congressional budget ever produced, with dozens of policies that support our fight to protect and uphold the sanctity of life,” Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told The Daily Signal. The budget’s release on Wednesday comes just 10 days before the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in… -
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California Mom Speaks Out Against Bill: ‘My Daughter Was Murdered by Gender Ideology’
Watch Abigail Martinez’s testimony at a California Judiciary Senate hearing Tuesday, above, or read the lightly edited transcript below: [My] name is Abigail Martinez. It has been three years and 164 days since I lost my daughter Yaeli. I miss her every single day. Let me tell you how she died. My daughter was murdered… -
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Archdiocese of Washington Tiptoes Around ‘Pride Mass’ at Biden’s Parish
An LGBTQ+ "Pride Mass" scheduled to take place Wednesday evening at President Joe Biden's preferred parish appears to have the support of the Archdiocese of Washington. Asked if the archdiocese supports the Mass, Paula Gwynn Grant, secretary of communications for the Archdiocese of Washington, pointed The Daily Signal to "our Holy Trinity parish website." She… -
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An Rx for the Persistent Problem of Prescription Drug Shortages
“FDA seeks to ease cancer drug shortage with China-made imports” was the headline on a USA Today article on June 5. Other media outlets covered the same story with similar headlines about the Food and Drug Administration’s move. While the China angle and the cancer angle were the most attention-grabbing elements, the bigger story is… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Cruz Bill Takes Aim at ‘Useless’ Federal Agency
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill Wednesday aiming to abolish a federal agency that arguably duplicates work that other agencies already do and that does not rely on Congress for its funding. Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., filed the bill to abolish the Office of Financial Research, an agency… -
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‘Make Hope Visible’: Massive UK Monument Aims to Celebrate 1 Million Answered Prayers
ORLANDO, Fla.—A giant infinity loop, constructed using 1 million white bricks, will serve as a monument to answered prayer in the United Kingdom. “Every single brick represents a story of answered prayer,” Richard Gamble, founder of the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, told The Daily Signal in an interview last month at the National Religious… -
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‘Fake and Fabricated Charges’: Trump Denounces Federal Indictment in Primetime Address
Former President Donald Trump denounced the federal case against him as “the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country” during a primetime speech from his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump called it a “sham indictment put forward by the Biden administration.” “This day will go… -
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State Senator Tells Parents to Flee His Own State Amid Bill That Would Take Kids Away From Non-’Affirming’ Parents
A California state senator told a gathered crowd of parents at the California Senate Judicial Committee to flee the state on June 13 during a hearing on a bill which would put parents who don’t affirm their child’s “gender transition” in danger of child abuse charges. Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is one of the… -
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Vance Places Holds on DOJ Nominees, Says Garland Targeting ‘Political Opponents’
Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance announced a new step Tuesday that will make it harder for judicial nominees to get confirmed, criticizing Attorney General Merrick Garland for “going after his political opponents.” “We have to grind this department to a halt until Merrick Garland promises to do his job and stop going after his political… -
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ANALYSIS: Just How Deceptive Is the SPLC’s ‘Hate Map’?
Is America a dangerous place for women and minorities? If so, why? A prominent leftist organization long has trumpeted the threat of "hate groups" with a scary red-and-black map pinpointing KKK chapters, militia groups, and scores of organizations you've never heard of. Who better to trust on the matter than that leftist group, the Southern… -
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Biden Health Secretary Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds to Be Masked During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy overseen by his department that required 2-year-olds to wear masks through the COVID-19 pandemic during a Tuesday House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing. Republican California Rep. Kevin Kiley asked Becerra what the benefits were of a mask mandate on 2-year-olds put in… -
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US Army and America: Together Accomplishing Big Things
On Wednesday, the U.S. Army turns 248 years old. It was born by congressional resolution even before America was a nation. The words “This we will defend,” emblazoned on the Army flag, encapsulate the ideals of the Army. They reflect the requirement that the primary mission of the Army is to defend America and its… -
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Major League Baseball Strikes All Pride Jerseys
In this Year of Consumer Backlash, it may go down as one of the biggest coups of 2023. While Americans bring the country’s mightiest brands to their knees, Major League Baseball has decided to dodge the flak, quietly ordering teams to ditch their Pride uniforms entirely. The directive, which was issued at the height of the NHL’s players’… -
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Republicans Have Second Chance to Strengthen Welfare Work Requirements With Farm Bill
The media has given outsized attention to minor modifications to work requirements for welfare recipients in the debt ceiling deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Such modifications will have a relatively modest impact despite the fact that Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike overwhelmingly support work requirements. That’s why reform-minded politicians should… -
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Watchdog: Trump Indictment Puts Pressure on Special Counsel Investigating Biden Classified Documents
The special counsel investigating the classified documents kept by President Joe Biden could face pressure to act after last week’s indictment of former President Donald Trump, according to a government watchdog group. Robert Hur, a former Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Maryland, was appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in January amid revelations that… -
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Elementary School Holds Pride Month Celebration For Little Kids
An elementary school in Charlottesville, Virginia, encouraged fourth graders to lead a pride month celebration of LGBTQ+ gender ideology during a schoolwide monthly meeting, video obtained by The Daily Signal shows. Video shows a little girl at Johnson Elementary School speaking into a microphone and telling a crowd of assembled children, who are all sitting… -
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A ‘Delusion’ Led to ‘Deindustrialization’ of America, Sen. Marco Rubio Says
Strong communities and families, well-paying jobs, and industrial power—those are three key foundations to America’s success, according to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. America was at its best when it had all three, but “all of them have been undermined,” the Florida Republican says. According to Rubio, after the Cold War, America’s leaders thought all nations…