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FDA’s Procedure for Approving Abortion Pill Was Unlawful, Lawsuit Claims
Abortion rights advocates and the Biden administration are sounding the alarm after the filing of a Texas lawsuit that challenges the decades-old Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone, the first step of the FDA’s two-pill abortion process responsible for nearly 50% of all abortions in the U.S. In the first-of-its-kind lawsuit, four national medical… -
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Over 30,000 Petition in Defense of Former Police Officer’s Free Speech Rights
In a massive show of public support for former police officer Jacob Kersey, petitions containing over 30,000 signatures will be delivered Friday to the mayor and city council of Port Wentworth, Georgia, calling on city officials to apologize for infringing his First Amendment rights. Kersey, a 19-year-old police rookie, was pulled from duty and pressured… -
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6 Takeaways as House COVID-19 Panel Investigates Chinese Lab Leak
The House on Wednesday held its first hearing investigating the origins of COVID-19 after two federal agencies suggested the pandemic likely began when a new coronavirus escaped China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Energy Department recently assessed, albeit with “low confidence,” that the virus originated in the Wuhan lab, while FBI Director Christopher Wray also… -
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America Is Less Safe Under Biden Administration
It’s clear that America is increasingly less secure under President Joe Biden based on the jaw-dropping testimony of senior U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials Wednesday during a hearing on “Worldwide Threats” before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Here are just a few frightening highlights—and an analysis—of the unclassified testimony from the director of… -
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Americans Aren’t Nearly Worried Enough About China, This Expert Says
China has an enormous influence on Americans today, punishing those who oppose the communist regime and rewarding those who support it, author and China expert Michael Pillsbury says on the latest episode of “The Kevin Roberts Show.” “This is the Chinese influence strategy toward the United States,” Pillsbury tells the show’s host, Heritage Foundation President… -
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The ‘Sainted Junior Senator From New York’ Turns 100
James L. Buckley turns 100 Thursday. America’s oldest living former senator and older brother of the late William F. Buckley Jr., Jim Buckley achieved the first third-party victory to the Senate in 40 years when he won in 1970 as the candidate of the Conservative Party in New York. A veteran of World War II,… -
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‘American Studios Shouldn’t Be Creating CCP Propaganda’: House Homeland Security Panel Chairman
A Republican congressman is once again working to counter how the Chinese Communist Party attempts to influence Hollywood and its filmmaking decisions. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., reintroduced the Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act, or SCREEN Act, on Wednesday. “Since I introduced the SCREEN Act in [February 2022], the Communist Chinese Party escalated… -
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A Year After Russia Invaded Ukraine, What Does This War Teach Us?
After the one-year anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine—and what a horrible “anniversary” to mark—it would be irresponsible not to take stock of what this war has to say about America’s preparedness, resiliency, awareness, and willingness to defend the things we say are important. In the most basic sense, the war in Ukraine is… -
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National Effort Thwarted, DHS Funds ‘Mary Poppins’-Style ‘Ministry of Truth’ in Rhode Island
Not to be deterred by its embarrassing failure to carry out its 2022 national “Disinformation Governance Board” plan, the federal Department of Homeland Security has now resorted to funding a grassroots surrogate operation in Rhode Island. A grant of more than $700,000 was provided by the DHS to the University of Rhode Island, which in… -
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FDA’s Answer to Lawsuit Contesting Its Authority to OK Sale of Abortion Drugs Is Specious
When then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, he told the crowd at that party’s convention, “Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.” That was in July. The following January—two days after his inauguration—Clinton made promoting abortion a central focus of his new administration. “Mr. Clinton signed five abortion-related memorandums on… -
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Parents and Children Are the GOP Future
The Republican Party’s slow transformation from the Bordeaux-sipping party of Acela Corridor suburbanites into the beer-drinking party of working-class Rust Belt-ers and Sun Belt-ers has been picking up some steam lately. And as the GOP’s divorce from the Chamber of Commerce over irreconcilable cultural differences accelerates, a golden opportunity has emerged to recast the GOP… -
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3 Things the Left Doesn’t Want You to Say About Southern Border
A recent House hearing aimed to shed light on America’s border fiasco, but made only one thing clear. Rather than acknowledge the problem, let alone pursue real solutions, the Left cares only what words are used and labels anything it dislikes as racist—ignoring the fact that the drug cartels don’t discriminate. American citizens are being… -
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Biden Supports Republicans in Blocking DC Crime Bill
President Joe Biden announced he will not veto a resolution passed by the Republican-controlled House that overturns a new District of Columbia crime reform law, assuming the resolution passes in the Senate. The district is under federal jurisdiction, so Congress can overturn D.C. legislation. But this is the first time in 30 years that it… -
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Former ICE Chief Explains Why Women Illegally Crossing Border Carry These Pills
OXON HILL, Md.—Many young women and girls cross the southern border carrying “morning after” pills, also known as Plan B, because “they know they’re going to be raped,” Tom Homan says. “Some young ladies are being raped as you and I are talking,” Homan, who was acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under… -
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Tech Group Executive Involved in $2M Election Grant to County Where She Previously Worked
Sophie Lehman departed her job as Contra Costa County’s manager of elections operations last June. Several months later, Lehman was the point of contact for what eventually would be a $2 million election grant for the California county going into the 2024 election cycle. Today, Lehman is associate director of the Center for Tech and… -
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Biden’s 2023 Medicare Proposal Doubles Down on Failed Policies of Past
President Joe Biden’s Medicare budget proposals are a tiresome combination of misrepresentations and focus-grouped scare tactics, plus old-fashioned tax increases and Medicare payment cuts. Indeed, Biden’s remarks have simply reaffirmed Washington’s Medicare policy for most of the program’s history. It’s the policy strategy that has worsened the program’s financial problems while threatening seniors’ access to… -
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Judge Forces USA Powerlifting to Let Biological Men Compete Against Women
A state court judge has ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a biological male athlete who identifies as a woman when it banned him from competing in its women’s division. USA Powerlifting must now let JayCee Cooper and other male athletes who identify as “transgender” compete in the division, regardless of whether they have been… -
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DC’s Radical Criminal Code ‘Reform’ Would Make City Even Less Safe. Congress Is Right to Rebuke It.
For many years, the District of Columbia “enjoyed” the dubious distinction of being the “Murder Capital of America.” Who can forget President George H.W. Bush appearing on national television in 1989 holding a bag of crack cocaine purchased steps from the White House? It was a dramatic way to highlight just how crime-ridden D.C.—and many other… -
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Former Planned Parenthood Manager Shows Others They Can Leave, Heal From Abortion
OXON HILL, Md.—The best way to support women in unplanned pregnancies is to show them such support is available, Abby Johnson, a Planned Parenthood manager-turned-pro-life advocate, told The Daily Signal. “A lot of times women choose abortion out of fear,” Johnson said. “There’s so many unknowns out there for women who are impoverished, women who… -
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Biden ‘Weaponizes’ Feds to Boost Democratic Voter Turnout, Ohio Secretary of State Says
OXON HILL, Md.—Top Republican state election officials are opposing President Joe Biden’s executive order putting the power of the federal government behind voter turnout efforts. “As a group, the Republican secretaries of state have been vocally opposing this,” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, vice chairman of the Republican Secretaries of State Committee, told The…