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The Debt Disaster
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.—both of whom are career politicians—made a deal this week. They agreed to let the federal debt increase without any limit whatsoever until Jan. 1, 2025. For career politicians that date has special significance: It is after the 2024 elections, but before whomever wins those elections takes… -
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Liberal Media Predictably Fault Only GOP for Debt Limit Debacle
Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement to lift the debt ceiling, and nothing is going to change in the disturbing pattern of America’s national debt climbing by leaps and bounds. The best reason for pessimism? Our Democrat-messaging media. They can’t be bothered to offer the most basic facts in budget coverage. What is the budget… -
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Biden and Media Claim Sky Is Falling, Pressure Congress to Keep Growing Debt
“This is an urgent message! If you do not respond within 24 hours, we will be forced to terminate your account and foreclose on your assets!” You’ve probably received voicemails or emails like this that sound simultaneously threatening and vague. Chances are the messages came from scammers hoping to scare you enough that you’d be… -
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Athletic Org Tied to Legendary Dodgers Announcer Condemns Anti-Catholic Move
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: An athletic organization beloved by legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is condemning the Dodgers' decision to promote an anti-Catholic group posing as transgender and queer nuns. Catholic Athletes for Christ launched in 2006 to serve athletes in the practice of their faith and to help share the gospel… -
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Christian Professor Who Nearly Got Fired for Wrongthink on LGBT Issues Now Leads Campus Ministry
ORLANDO, Fla.—A Christian former professor who nearly got fired for ostensibly creating a “suicidal environment” for LGBT students in the classroom is now running an organization dedicated to helping college students maintain their faith in a hostile environment. “We’ve moved beyond, in this country and especially at universities, free speech,” Corey Miller, president and CEO… -
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What’s Wrong and What’s Right With Debt Ceiling Deal
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced a debt limit deal Saturday, with a vote expected Wednesday in the House of Representatives. Heritage Foundation experts scrutinized the text of the 99-page bill, including provisions related to spending, pro-growth policies, student loan cancellation, and work requirements for welfare. The following is their latest analysis… -
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Chick-fil-A’s Woke Turn Signals Larger Problem of DEI in Corporate America
Chick-fil-A apparently has joined the cultural revolution. Social media was buzzing on Tuesday about Chick-fil-A Inc. announcing the hiring of a vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The announcement made the rounds on Tuesday, though Erick McReynolds has been with the company for 16 years in another capacity and has been involved with DEI… -
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Work Requirements in Welfare Programs Take a Hit in Debt Ceiling Deal
As Congress considers the debt ceiling deal negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, here’s what you need to know about the work requirements in it. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families provisions are harmful and counterproductive. They actually weaken the existing work requirements, overturn the design of… -
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Debt Ceiling Deal Misses the Mark on Student Loan Debt
The current version of the federal debt ceiling deal does a bad job addressing student debt, despite the fact that the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation schemes will cost the taxpayer hundreds of billions of dollars. While the yearslong student loan “pause” will finally end, the biggest schemes are left untouched. The debt ceiling deal… -
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Trump Pledges to End Birthright Citizenship ‘on Day One’
The children born to illegal aliens living in America may no longer automatically become U.S. citizens if former President Donald Trump wins reelection in 2024. “As part of my plan to Secure the Border, on day one of my new term in office — I will sign an Executive Order ending automatic citizenship for the… -
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FBI’s Wray Fending Off Contempt Citation for Withholding Details of $5M Biden Bribery Allegation From Congress
The House is closer to holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for not producing a document said to detail a $5 million bribery allegation against President Joe Biden involving a foreign national. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed the FBI on May 3 for information about the alleged arrangement… -
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Ohio Bill Would Roll Back DEI in State’s Public Colleges and Universities
Ohio college students should thank Jerry Cirino. The Republican state senator has written a bill designed to spare those students instruction in the type of sordid thinking that sees all of life in terms of group power dynamics, cancels opposing views, preaches color consciousness, and discourages merit. In other words, Cirino wants to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion, or… -
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Kohl’s Indoctrinates Babies Into LGBTQ Culture With ‘Happy Pride’ Onesies
Like Target stores and the Bud Light beer brand before it, Kohl’s Corp. is on the defensive after the retailer began selling LGBTQ “Pride” clothing and accessories for infants. Since the Twitter account End Wokeness tweeted images of Kohl’s new Pride-themed line of infant clothing Sunday, the department store chain has come under fire on… -
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Biden Admin Tells Adults How to Discuss Sex With Teens Behind Parents’ Backs
As part of its monthlong focus on adolescent health, the Biden administration is promoting a document that tells Planned Parenthood and other taxpayer-funded family planning offices how to talk to minors about sex without their parents overhearing, and how to secretly deliver birth control to adolescents without parental knowledge or consent. Federally funded guidelines instruct… -
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Deal to Lift Debt Ceiling ‘Fails Completely,’ Head of House Conservatives Says
The debt ceiling deal brokered over Memorial Day weekend by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy “fails completely,” the chairman of the House’s most conservative caucus says. “We’re here to let you and the American people know that Speaker McCarthy had a mandate from the American people—negotiated with a powerful negotiation position of… -
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What Settlement of Vaccine Mandate Case Says About Corruption of Teachers Unions
Teachers unions across America have defended members from termination for virtually every imaginable kind of misconduct. The unions defended teachers for illegal marijuana use and intoxication on the job. They defended teachers who stole money, had excessive absences, or otherwise abused their position. They defended teachers who had pornographic materials in the classroom. They defended… -
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Baltimore Police Seek Assailant in Beating of 2 Elderly Pro-Life Activists Outside Abortion Clinic
Two elderly pro-life advocates were viciously assaulted outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, several witnesses confirmed to Baltimore police. Jay Walton, the head of Baltimore County Right to Life, said Tuesday morning that 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 80-year-old Dick Schaefer were "viciously attacked" while they were praying in front of a Planned… -
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Target Gets Burned by ‘Culture War’ Fire, but Wall Street Journal Blames Right
Some might claim that Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal is part of his “right-wing media machine,” but not when it comes to the news pages. The front page on May 25 included an article headlined “Target Is in Bull’s-Eye Of the Culture Wars.” Inside the paper, it’s “Culture Wars Snare Target.” One of the most… -
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The Left’s Redefinition of Words Leads to Totalitarianism, Homeschooling Leader Warns
ORLANDO, Fla.—The Left’s tendency to redefine words to silence dissent is a clear tactic of totalitarianism, and conservatives need to fight back, a prominent conservative leader warns. “They play with words. They played with the word ‘marriage.’ Now, they’re playing with the words ‘man’ and ‘woman,’” and that “ultimately leads to totalitarianism,” Michael Farris, founder… -
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The Fight to Prevent Veteran Suicide
The return to civilian life can be an extreme challenge for men and women who have served in the military, veteran Jim Lorraine says. “What you have to understand, when you move from the military back into the civilian world, you’re really not just changing a job, you’re changing a culture,” explains Lorraine, president of…