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DeSantis Signs Bill Outlawing ‘Mutilation’ of Minors Through Transgender Surgeries
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday banning the “mutilation” of minors via sex-reassignment surgeries, according to remarks made at a press conference. SB 245 passed the Sunshine State Legislature earlier this month with significant majorities in both the House and the Senate. DeSantis, a Republican, announced during a press conference Wednesday that he had signed into… -
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White House ‘Weaponized’ ESG Movement, State Financial Officers Foundation CEO Says
The chief executive officer of the State Financial Officers Foundation says “we never really saw the [environmental, social, and governance] movement weaponized in a way that this White House and administration [have] weaponized it.” “Certainly, fund managers like BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard have weaponized it, and so it’s really just been in the last two… -
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Fact-Checking Biden Admin’s Claim That Illegal Immigration Drops With End of Title 42
President Joe Biden and administration officials say that fewer illegal immigrants have crossed the southern border into the U.S. since the end of Title 42. Title 42, a public health measure allowing quick removal of illegal aliens, was lifted late Thursday night with the official end of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, border and immigration experts… -
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House to Investigate IRS Retaliation, Removal of Team Probing Hunter Biden
House Republicans will expose any cover-up by the Internal Revenue Service after a whistleblower’s lawyers announced that their client is being retaliated against because of the investigation into presidential son Hunter Biden’s finances, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said. “The repeated weaponization of the federal government to attack one political party and protect the other is… -
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Conservatives Lose Round on Alleged Viewpoint Discrimination at JPMorgan Chase
Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co. rejected a proposed inquiry into “debanking” by the financial giant that may be targeting account holders based on politics or religion. Among those saying they lost their accounts is a nonprofit group to advance religious freedom run by Sam Brownback, a former Republican governor and U.S. senator from Kansas. … -
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‘It Is Possible to Get Deal by End of Week,’ McCarthy Says of Debt Limit Talks
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss raising the debt ceiling as the U.S. inches closer to a potential default on the national debt in the coming weeks. “It is possible to get a deal by the end of the week. It’s… -
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DeSantis Slams Trump for Failing to Position on Heartbeat Abortion Ban
In response to Donald Trump’s suggestion that pro-life Americans think Florida’s new heartbeat abortion ban is “too harsh,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the former president on Tuesday for failing to definitively specify whether he supports banning abortion after a baby has a heartbeat. “He signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life… -
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GOP Highlights Attacks on Pregnancy Centers, Pro-Lifers Under Biden Admin
WASHINGTON—Republican lawmakers on a House Judiciary subcommittee spent Tuesday morning highlighting President Joe Biden’s administration’s apparently selective use of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. During the “Revisiting the Implications of the FACE Act” hearing, the lawmakers brought forward Mark Houck as a witness. Houck is the father of seven children who… -
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‘Long Guns Pointed at Me and My 7 Children’: Pro-Life Dad Tells Lawmakers About Arrest
Here’s a lightly edited transcript of what Mark Houck, a pro-life dad who was arrested last year at gunpoint and then later acquitted by a jury, told House lawmakers during a hearing Tuesday. The hearing, “Revisiting the Implications of the FACE Act,” was held by the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and limited government:… -
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Soros-Backed Prosecutor Dropped Previous Assault Charges Against Man Arrested for Attacking Dem Staffers With a Bat
Xuan Kha Tran Pham, the 49-year-old man being investigated for the Monday assault of two congressional staffers with a metal bat, was previously charged with assaulting a police officer, but the local Soros-backed prosecutor declined to pursue the charges, court records show. The office of Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, whose campaign was backed by far-left billionaire George… -
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School Choice Chalking Up More Wins Across Country
The momentum for school choice is continuing to build nationwide. Eight states have enacted new education choice policies or have expanded existing ones so far this year, including Indiana, Montana, and South Carolina earlier this month alone. Of the eight, four states—Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, and Utah—enacted school choice policies that will be available to all… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 3,000 Military Veterans Reject Pentagon’s ‘Left-Wing Social Agenda,’ Support Tuberville’s Fight
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The cavalry is coming to help Sen. Tommy Tuberville. For months, the Alabama Republican has waged a fight against the Defense Department’s woke agenda by blocking the Senate’s approval of nearly 200 promotions for military generals and flag officers. The military establishment, Senate Democrats, and the Biden administration have resorted to… -
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Blackburn Bill Offers Parents ‘Toolbox’ Needed ‘to Help Monitor’ What Kids See Online
A bipartisan bill “would give parents that toolbox that they need to help monitor what their children are seeing in the virtual space,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn says. “Kids are being exposed to things in the virtual space that we would never expose them to in the physical space, so it’s important for parents to have… -
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7 Takeaways From Release of Durham Report on Origin of Trump-Russia Probe
Special counsel John Durham, in a widely anticipated report Monday, condemned the Justice Department and FBI for their conduct in the “Russian collusion” investigation of Donald Trump. Durham’s investigation looked at the origins of Crossfire Hurricane, the name of the FBI probe of whether Trump or his 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russians to win the… -
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Netflix’s ‘Cleopatra’ Is a Historical Revisionist Queen of Denial
In what is undoubtedly a far better contribution to the historical record than the program itself, Netflix’s new four-part Cleopatra documentary miniseries has achieved the dubious honor of receiving what is quite likely the lowest audience approval ratings in TV history. “Queen Cleopatra” currently sits at a dismal 2% audience approval on the popular review… -
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Pornographic Books Found in Texas School Libraries Result in Bipartisan Action to Remove Them
Warning: This report contains sexually graphic images from commonly available books in school libraries, which The Daily Signal has obscured in part. A bill that has passed the Texas House with bipartisan support could become the model for ensuring public school libraries don’t provide sexual content to children. HB 900, sponsored by four Republicans and… -
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Special Counsel Finds FBI, DOJ Abandoned ‘Strict Fidelity to Law’ in Trump Probe
Special counsel John Durham, in a report released Monday, condemned the conduct of the Justice Department and FBI in investigating Donald Trump for alleged collusion with Russia to win the 2016 election. “Based on the review of [FBI operation] Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the [Justice] Department and the FBI failed to… -
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You Will Be Poorer and Like It!
People have to accept that inflation has made them poorer. At least that’s what an economist for the Bank of England recently said. Central bankers and politicians in America won’t articulate this, but it’s true, nevertheless. Inflation has robbed Americans of their earnings and savings, but that wealth didn’t just disappear. No, it was transferred… -
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Pro-Life Groups Challenge Trump’s Suggestion That Florida’s Heartbeat Ban Is ‘Too Harsh’
Pro-life groups are pushing back against former President Donald Trump’s claim that the movement against abortion finds Florida’s new pro-life legislation “too harsh.” “The pro-life movement demands a presidential candidate who will boldly advocate for the human rights of all people,” Noah Brandt, vice president of communications at Live Action, told The Daily Signal. “It… -
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Latest Appliance Energy-Efficiency Mandate Equals Fewer Consumer Choices, Dirtier Dishes
How many energy-efficiency mandates are too many? The correct answer is zero. But for the Biden administration, it might be infinity, because the Department of Energy just announced yet another round of efficiency mandates for consumer appliances. The move is just one in a string of similar regulations targeting everything from gas stoves to vending…