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Every State Is a Border State: How the Migrant Crisis Impacts Wisconsin, Alabama, Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Republicans in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass HR 2, a massive border bill. Many of them who represent states far removed geographically from the border told The Daily Signal how the crisis is impacting their states. “We have had a rash of fentanyl overdoses in the 3rd Congressional District in the… -
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WATCH: Border Patrol Blocks Media From Documenting Illegal Immigrants’ Entry Into US
EL PASO, Texas— At midnight on Thursday evening, the pandemic-era rule allowing authorities to expel illegal immigrants at the southern border expired. A large group of migrants waited outside Gate 42 in El Paso, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico. As reporters at the border in El Paso sought to document the illegal… -
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The Great Left-Wing Disinformation Operation Against the Supreme Court
The past five weeks has seen a flurry of media activity, clearly coordinated, against the right-of-center U.S. Supreme Court. First, the outlet ProPublica began publishing a series of pieces “exposing” the well-known fact of Justice Clarence Thomas’ long-running friendship with billionaire real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, and alleging ethical improprieties pertaining to the justice’s purported… -
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Democrats’ Debt Ceiling Position Makes Zero Sense
“If you buy a car,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explained the other day, “you are expected to pay the monthly payment. … It’s that simple.” Is it? Now, obviously, those who argue that the president can cancel millions of student loans by decree aren’t in a position to offer lessons on personal responsibility…. -
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11 Defensive Gun Uses Show How Lawful Gun Owners ‘Get It Right’
Often lost in conversations about gun violence is the reality of who is responsible for the bulk of that violence. Most gun crimes aren’t committed by lawful gun owners but by a small subset of repeat violent offenders who already are prohibited from legally possessing firearms. At the same time, the vast majority of the nation’s… -
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Republicans to Hold Hearing on DOJ Targeting Pro-Lifers
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republican lawmakers will hold a hearing next week focusing on the Department of Justice’s targeting of pro-life activists like Mark Houck through the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, The Daily Signal has learned. On Tuesday morning, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution and limited government will revisit the… -
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‘Woke’ Pentagon Unites House Conservatives, Tuberville in Standoff Over Military Promotions
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A group of House conservatives made their way across the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night for a rare appearance on the Senate floor. They were there to show solidarity with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican crusading against the Pentagon’s woke leadership. At least 10 conservatives were on hand to witness… -
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Co-Author of GOP Border Bill Explains Why It Passed the House While the 2014 Version Didn’t
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Reps. John Rutherford, R-Fla., and Tom McClintock, R-Calif., celebrated the passage of a Republican bill to secure the U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42 was set to expire on Thursday, explaining how the bill addresses the border crisis and warning that if the crisis isn’t solved, “This is going to get more people murdered.” The… -
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New NC Supreme Court Majority Overturns Prior Majority’s Unconstitutional Interference in Redistricting
In a detailed, 146-page opinion by Chief Justice Paul Newby, the newly composed North Carolina state Supreme Court vacated and overturned a prior decision by the same court that was a prime example of political interference by activist judges, who were fully prepared to ignore the law and the constitutional limitations on their authority. This… -
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House Passes Border Bill as Illegal Alien Encounters Surge on Southern Border
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday aimed at securing the United States’ southern border and stopping the flood of illegal aliens entering the country. “I was pleased to see provisions to restart construction of the border wall, end catch and release, and reinstate the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy included in this… -
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How to Introduce Others to the God of the Bible
There are four primary reasons that fewer and fewer people in America and the West take God, the Bible, or religion seriously: 1. The belief that science disproves religion. 2. The belief that reason and feelings supplant God and the Bible as the only necessary vehicles to morality. 3. The “progressive” ideologies of at least… -
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Biden Can’t Ignore Constitution and Give Himself Unilateral Power to Raise Debt Ceiling
The U.S. government has long been a spendthrift. It spends more than it takes in—now more than ever. The national debt has ballooned to a mind-boggling $31.46 trillion. To put that into perspective, the federal government has burdened each citizen with about $94,000 of this debt, but because many (most) citizens do not directly pay… -
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‘Horror Story That Is Joe Biden’s America’: Senators Expect Border Catastrophe as Title 42 Ends
Senate Republicans predict more chaos to roil an existing humanitarian and national security crisis at the southern border and blame President Joe Biden’s inaction for allowing Title 42 to expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. The Biden administration “can’t even say the words ‘illegal immigration,’” and instead reword it as “irregular migration,” Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.,… -
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Recognizing Risks of Opening a Pandora’s Box on Reparations
In the quest for recompense for historical injustices, the California Reparations Task Force has taken a bold and controversial step. Recommending payments of up to $1.2 million to every qualifying black resident, the nine-member panel aims to address the long-standing racial disparities and inequalities in the state. But as the nation witnesses this unfolding drama,… -
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Texas on the Verge of Allowing Chaplains in Public Schools
A bill allowing chaplains in schools passed the Texas Legislature Tuesday evening after the state’s House of Representatives voted largely along party lines, according to Religion News Service. House Bill 3614 was introduced by Republican state Rep. Cole Hefner in March and if signed into law would allow schools to “employ or accept as volunteers chaplains,” according… -
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In Our Nation’s Capital, Chinese Students Seek Freedom From Communist Oppression
A group of Chinese students in Washington, D.C., is taking a stand against the Chinese Communist Party’s interference in U.S. academia. This small but determined group of students at George Washington University released a statement April 25 announcing the establishment of an Independent Chinese Student Union to give young local Chinese a platform to organize… -
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Weaponizing Death
Recently, there has been a spate of horrific homicides. The killers, whether committing mass shootings or single killings, are hard to stereotype. They can be clearly either mentally ill or simply innately evil. They can kill for revenge, for ideological purposes, out of hatred, for notoriety—or for no known reason at all. They are probably… -
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Are School Libraries Banning Thousands of Books? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Left’s Narrative
“What we’re seeing here is a resurgence of widespread censorship in America,” Nadine Farid Johnson recently told The Wall Street Journal. Johnson is the Washington director of PEN America and co-author of its report claiming to identify 2,532 books banned in public schools during the 2021-2022 school year. PEN America advocates on behalf of poets,… -
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Alabama Senator Blasts Lloyd Austin: ‘Most Political Secretary of Defense We’ve Ever Seen’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., once again stymied his Democrat colleagues from approving nearly 200 promotions for military generals and flag officers—while also picking up an ally in his ongoing dispute with the Pentagon over its new abortion policy. The latest standoff took place Wednesday evening when Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., asked for unanimous consent to… -
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Did Tucker Carlson Just Kill Cable News?
Tucker Carlson is back, or about to be back, but not on cable news. The ex-Fox News prime-time host will host a show on Twitter. “You can’t have a free society if people aren’t allowed to say what they think is true,” Carlson said in a video shared on his Twitter Tuesday. “Speech is the…