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McFarland Explains How China Benefits From Russia-Ukraine War
OXON HILL, Md.—A leading national security expert is weighing in on how the Chinese Communist Party is exploiting the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. “It’s a good question, because who wins the war against Russia, Ukraine? Who wins the war against NATO, the West, and Russia? China wins this war, because they let us… -
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I Was Thrown Out of a School Board Meeting for Asking a Question
PENDLETON, Ind.—I was kicked out of a public school board meeting Thursday night in this Indiana town because I asked a board member to provide details concerning a claim he made about a source in my prior article. The board of the South Madison Community School Corporation held a public meeting to vote on the… -
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BREAKING: Indiana Student Counselor Fired for Condemning School District’s Hidden Transgender Policy
PENDLETON, Ind.—An Indiana school district fired a student counselor Thursday night for confirming and condemning the existence of a secret transgender policy that keeps parents in the dark about their children’s “gender transitions.” Kathy McCord worked as a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School for 25 years before the school board voted unanimously to terminate… -
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5 Highlights From House Intelligence Committee’s ‘Worldwide Threats’ Hearing
Leaders of the nation’s top intelligence agencies testified at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence “Worldwide Threats” hearing on Thursday. “It is my privilege to welcome a distinguished panel of leaders to our hearing today to discuss the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment,” said Mike Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee… -
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The Left Is Downplaying Reality of Fentanyl Crisis
The Left refuses to connect the dots between the fentanyl and border crises because it would require acknowledging that we have an open border. The truth of the matter is that the border crisis and fentanyl problem in America are directly related. Drug overdose or poisoning is the leading cause of death for Americans aged… -
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Arkansas’ Sanders Signs Ambitious Education Reform Agenda of School Choice, Anti-Indoctrination
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday signed into law what she called “the largest overhaul of the state’s education system in Arkansas history.” The “Arkansas LEARNS” initiative is an ambitious reform agenda that expands school choice, modernizes school transportation, restructures teacher compensation to pay more for performance, provides supplemental education for struggling students, and… -
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Archives Lawyer Won’t Say Who Blocked Statement on Biden Classified Documents
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wanted to know who blocked release of an official statement from the National Archives and Records Administration about classified documents discovered in a Washington office used by Joe Biden before he became president. “I’m not talking about communications outside NARA,” Jordan said during a newly disclosed interview with Gary Stern, general… -
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What They Experienced Turned Them Against Transgender Movement, Riley Gaines and Chloe Cole Say
The growth of transgender ideology puts young people at risk and will destroy private spaces for women, swimmer Riley Gaines and detransitioner Chloe Cole say. Gaines and Cole, who spoke to The Daily Signal at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, have become public opponents of the extreme demands of the transgender movement…. -
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Running Scared: Biden’s Desperate Move to Get Tough on Crime
The political landscape of America has been fraught with tension and division, but one issue that has transcended party lines and united citizens across the nation is the growing concern over crime. The recent announcement by President Joe Biden that he will take a firm stance against crime has come as a small glimmer of… -
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6 Charts Show Crucial Facts About Spending, Taxes, Deficits Missing From Biden’s Budget
The Biden administration on Thursday released an outline for its fiscal year 2024 budget. As expected, it promotes the same swampy, big-government agenda as last year, which the country desperately needs to avoid. Beneath the administration’s spin, the ultimate message is that it thinks the federal government doesn’t have enough power and control over our… -
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‘Incredibly Irresponsible,’ Tech Expert Says of Whitmer’s TikTok Use After Michigan’s Ban
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is still using the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok despite a ban in her state for state-owned devices that went into effect on March 1. “It is banned for state devices,” Jayson Cavendish, Michigan’s acting chief security officer, said in an interview with the MLive media group. The ban applies to state-owned devices except… -
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Texas Abortion Ban Viewed as Virtually Untouchable. A Lawsuit Aiming to Change That Has Problems.
In an era of increasing litigation over state abortion bans since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, one ban in Texas so far has avoided a post-Roe legal challenge. Texas’ Heartbeat Act, also known as SB 8, bans abortions performed after a fetal heartbeat can be detected (at around six weeks’ gestation). The… -
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Newsom Punishes Walgreens for Refusing to Illegally Sell Abortion Drugs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, announced Wednesday that California is pulling back from renewing its multimillion-dollar contract with Walgreens over the company’s decision not to sell abortion drugs in jurisdictions where state attorneys general have said it would be illegal. After the Food and Drug Administration changed regulations to permit women to obtain abortion drugs without… -
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Districts in California, Kansas, DC Area Push Black Lives Matter at School’s Left-Wing Agenda
Observances of Black Lives Matter at School Week across the country included lessons on unconscious racial bias, globalism, and so-called microaggressions developed by far-left groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Howard Zinn Education Project. D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice this week approvingly cited numerous examples in Hayward, California; Lawrence, Kansas; and… -
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Hawley Proposes Stock Trading Ban for Senior Government Officials
The president, vice president, and other senior officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government would be barred from holding and trading stocks under a bill introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Hawley’s proposed ban also would apply to the spouses of such senior officials. “Senior members of the executive branch—who have access to privileged information—shouldn’t… -
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Biden Wants to Increase DOJ Civil Rights Division Budget by $62 Million
President Joe Biden’s proposed 2024 budget calls for investing huge sums of money into the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division—the same division disproportionately targeting pro-life activists with Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act charges as a response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The proposed budget increase is framed as reinvigorating federal civil… -
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Climate Policies Will Shut Down Farmers
Belgian and Dutch farmers are protesting because they are losing their livelihoods in the name of fighting so-called climate change as European governments seek to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, necessary inputs of modern agriculture. Will American farmers and consumers soon face the same fate? European farmers are being told that because of… -
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‘Peak Parody’ and ‘Beyond Deplorable’: Jewish CPAC Attendees Slam ADL’s Attack on Orthodox Jewish Speaker
Orthodox and other right-leaning Jews who attended the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, near Washington, D.C., last weekend criticized the Anti-Defamation League for its article attacking "anti-transgender hate" at the conference and for singling out an Orthodox Jew, Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, for criticism. Raichik also returned fire at ADL in… -
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Former Trump Adviser Launches PAC Calling on Ron DeSantis to Run for President
A senior adviser in former President Donald Trump's administration launched a political action committee Thursday calling on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, to run for president in the 2024 election. Ken Cuccinelli served as the acting deputy secretary of homeland security in the Trump administration as well as Virginia attorney general and a Virginia… -
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‘The Transgender Movement Is Actually an Industry’ by Which Big Pharma Earns ‘Obscene Profits,’ Authors Warn
A new book exposes the “lie” of transgender identity, the damage it does to children and families, and the money trail propping it up, the authors say. “The transgender movement is actually an industry,” Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries and one of the book’s co-authors, told The Daily Signal in an interview Wednesday. Pharmaceutical…