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Can Biden Not Tell a Boy From a Girl?
“She is the first woman in history to win the 100 and 200 meters in back-to-back Olympics.” That is how USA Today summarized the performance of Elaine Thompson-Herah, the Jamaican sprinter who dominated women’s track events in the COVID-delayed 2021 Olympics. Thompson-Herah won a third gold medal in Tokyo that year as the first runner… -
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Mike Lee Slaps Prince Harry for Lectures on US Democracy
OXON HILL, Md.—Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, used Prince Harry’s remarks on American politics to tear into the bureaucracy that has turned the once-limited U.S. federal government into a ravenous behemoth. Speaking at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit, Lee began by praising the “limited government, free markets, [and] individual liberty,” which he called “absolutely… -
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Win for the Patriarchy: Not 1 Democrat Votes to Protect Girls’ Sports
Not a single Democrat in the House of Representatives voted to protect women’s sports. Talk about being on the wrong side of history. “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” introduced by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., passed the House Thursday in a 219-203 vote. The legislation would require that “school athletics comply with… -
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‘Rising With Courage and Vigor’: Kevin Roberts Lays Out Plan to Win Culture War
OXON HILL, Md.—The 2024 presidential election may be conservatives’ last chance to save America, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Thursday. Roberts opened The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit. He discussed the Left’s attack against America’s founding principles and how the Right can fight back and win the culture war. (The Daily Signal is… -
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Bias by Omission: What Washington Post Editorial Left Out of Attack on DeSantis
Liberal media bias comes in two often-concomitant forms: Acts of omission and acts of commission. An April 13 editorial in The Washington Post, “Freedom is under assault in Ron DeSantis’s Florida,” serves up some of both, but most egregiously the former. The bias by omission begins with the editorial failing to mention the fact that… -
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Ralph Yarl Case Highlights the Left’s Favorite Lie
This week, a 16-year-old boy named Ralph Yarl—black—accidentally rang the doorbell of an 84-year-old white man, Andrew Lester. According to reports, Lester then shot Yarl twice through the door, wounding him in the head and the arm. According to Clay County prosecutor Zachary Thompson, “I can tell you there was a racial component.” This fact… -
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Overturning Roe Has Made the Battle to Protect Life Harder, Sidewalk Counselor Says
The fight to protect life is, in some ways, even more challenging today than it was a year ago, Brian Westbrook says. The Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, was a major victory for life, according to Westbrook, founder and executive director of the… -
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Trusting God While Running Small Businesses, Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories
Being a business owner is not always as glamorous as it looks, but it is highly rewarding, say entrepreneurs Hope Harvard and Macy Maxson. Harvard, founder of the makeup company Hope Beauty, was eager to find a new purpose after working in the Trump administration. The South Carolina native says the idea for a makeup… -
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Opposing Porn in School Makes You Part of New ‘Uptown Klan,’ SPLC Researcher Says
Do you think parents should have a say in their children's education, that kids shouldn't be judged according to the color of their skin, that parents should know if their children say they identify as transgender, or that books with explicit sexual images should be removed from school libraries? If so, you represent a threat… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Next President Must Prioritize Competing With China in Reforming Intel Agencies, Project 2025 Urges
The next president must press the intelligence community to modernize to meet the threat of China and keep politics out of the spy agencies, conservative leaders say in an extensive new report laying out the framework for every federal agency. “Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise,” the work of The Heritage Foundation and conservative… -
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‘Leading the Way’: Mississippi Governor Signs 8 Pro-Life Measures Into Law
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed bills on Wednesday strengthening the state’s adoption system, increasing support for pregnancy resource centers, and protecting foster children. “Mississippi led the way to overturn Roe. Now, we’ll lead the way in supporting moms and babies,” the Republican governor told The Daily Signal, referring to Roe v. Wade, the 1973… -
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Here’s the Problem With Biden’s Wanting to Ban Cars That Don’t Run on Batteries
President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency has announced an aggressive new auto tailpipe emissions rule that would ban most new cars and trucks that don’t run on batteries. In exchange for reductions in CO2 and other tailpipe emissions, the EPA plans to take away Americans’ freedom to choose our cars. It also touts the benefits… -
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Democrat Blocks Sen. Mike Lee’s Resolution Honoring Heritage Foundation at 50
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., objected Wednesday evening to a Senate resolution honoring The Heritage Foundation on the leading think tank’s 50th anniversary. The commemorative resolution brought to the Senate floor by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, violates a committee policy, Durbin argued in blocking immediate adoption of the measure as part of a procedural courtesy called… -
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Failing to Create Brotherhood of Man, UN Promotes Sex With Children
“Sexual conduct involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact, if not in law.” So says a March report released by the United Nations. In simpler terms, the U.N. is saying that minors can consent to sex, and that this is a human right. This tweet… -
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‘They Should Be Worried:’ Teachers Union Attempts to Fight Moms Over Parental Rights Advocacy
A Pennsylvania teachers union conference featured a session on fighting parental rights advocacy. The Pennsylvania State Education Association’s southern region conference last week featured a session on “Combatting Moms for Liberty Attacks on our Teachers and our Schools.” Moms for Liberty is a grassroots nonprofit organization formed by moms who were former school board members… -
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Emissions-Free Electric Vehicles Are a Fantasy
Come 2032, if President Joe Biden has his way, most Americans who want new cars may have to buy electric vehicles. While the administration insists that such a mandate will reduce climate change, the fact is, when adding up the emissions required to produce and power the batteries of electric vehicles, EVs can create more… -
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Projections Show Christian Minority in America by 2070, Leading to Rise of Moral Relativism
A Pew Research Center study shows that since the 1990s, many Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in particular.” Pew predicts that if current trends of religious disaffiliation continue, Christians will make up less than half of the U.S. population… -
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UN Population Panel Meeting Implodes Over Push for Radical Sexuality Education for Kids
A major United Nations meeting has collapsed because of its promotion of radical sexuality education for children. The 56th session of the Commission on Population and Development concluded April 14 with no negotiated outcome between governments, resulting in the failure of yet another multimillion-dollar U.N. session as a result of vociferous opposition to extreme ideological… -
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Soros Lieutenant Leaving Foundation Post, Claims Credit for Advancing Biden Agenda
The chief of the George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations, viewed as key to advancing the Biden administration agenda, is leaving his post in July. Tom Perriello, a former Democratic U.S. House member from Virginia, has been executive director of the foundations for five years. He is leaving the job and turning it over to the… -
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Medical Schools Look for Activists, Not Healers
What qualities should medical schools look for in future doctors? Probably academic excellence, experience in the medical sector, loyalty to medical ethics, and good interpersonal skills. These are all characteristics that future doctors should have, but they’re not what medical schools now emphasize. Medical schools are looking for social justice zealots to advance the diversity,…