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Report: US ‘More Aggressive and Radical’ Than Europe on Experimental Transgender Hormones and Surgery for Children
Although the United States may be more conservative than many European countries on some social issues, doctors, activists, and politicians in the U.S. have pushed experimental transgender interventions for children far beyond many European countries, which have stronger protections for kids, according to a new report. "Europe is becoming ever more conservative while the United… -
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New Biden Rule Permits Money Managers to Play Politics With Trillions in Retirement Savings
President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement savings. The administration is pushing environmental, social, and governance investing, which allows retirement fund managers to select stocks of companies based on their positions on social and environmental issues. Put… -
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EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce Bill to Nullify FDA Rule Change on Abortion Pills
A group of House Republicans have introduced a bill to place restrictions on chemical abortion pills. If enacted, access to abortion pills would be limited to in-person distribution. The legislation would nullify recent rule changes from President Joe Biden’s Food and Drug Administration that allows the abortion drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol to be prescribed to… -
opinion
On Classified Documents, Biden Is Out of Excuses
Every president probably stashes away classified documents. The chances of any president being successfully prosecuted for pilfering them are infinitesimal. Nevertheless, Joe Biden has engaged in the same behavior as Donald Trump—perhaps worse, since vice presidents are unable to declassify documents—and precedent and transparency, our very democracy, demanded that Attorney General Merrick Garland name a… -
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Blake Masters Slams Tucson School District for SPLC Curriculum, Warns About ‘Left-Wing Power Grabs’ in Education
Blake Masters, the former Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona, slammed his Tucson school district for its curriculum's reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center, a leftist activist group known for branding conservative organizations "hate groups" on a map with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. "The SPLC is as extreme as it is dishonest…. -
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Election Fraud Database Tops 1,400 Cases
The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database now includes 1,412 proven instances of election fraud, and our legal center is monitoring many other ongoing prosecutions. The database, which provides a sampling of recent election fraud cases, demonstrates the vulnerabilities within the electoral process and the need for reforms to secure free and fair elections for the… -
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In Her Own Words: How Janice Dean Became ‘the Storm’ Leading to Andrew Cuomo’s Demise
Not long into the pandemic in 2020, Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean lost both her mother-in-law and father-in-law to COVID-19. They had been staying in nursing homes in New York. Months later, Dean would discover that it was likely the actions of then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that led to the deaths of her in-laws. … -
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FBI Had Investigative Interest in Protests at Justices’ Homes, but Apparently Took No Action, Document Reveals
The FBI indicated its investigative interest in pro-abortion protests last summer outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, although the bureau apparently didn’t act, according to a document obtained by The Daily Signal. After someone leaked the court’s draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on May 2, protesters demonstrated for… -
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Tax Dollars Pay for Universities’ Gender Hormone ‘Care,’ Though Side Effects Include Cancer and Death
Tax dollars from citizens of Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin are funneling into state university health programs that openly provide unproven hormonal injections shown to be exceptionally risky—including possible side effects of infertility, cancer, and death. Indiana University’s Student Health Center, the University Health Services for University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Illinois’ McKinley Center… -
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Why I Think of Clarence Thomas and the Nuns Who Inspired Him Each MLK Day
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is hailed by many for his inspiring life. But through it all, good or bad, Thomas stays focused on the important things in life. He never has forgotten those who helped him along the way. For many years on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the justice would visit his eighth-grade… -
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‘Shameful Form of Indoctrination’: SPLC Promotes Teaching Kids About Black Lives Matter on MLK Day—in First Grade
The Southern Poverty Law Center‘s education arm, Learning for Justice, promoted a former teacher’s article about using Martin Luther King Jr. Day to teach first graders about the Black Lives Matter movement and the “need for continued protest and action in the face of ongoing systemic injustice.” Critics slammed the lesson as “child abuse” and… -
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Pride in America Has Collapsed for Gen Z. Here’s What We Should Do About It.
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that the accurate statistic is a net 16% of Gen Zers are “proud” to live in the United States. Only a net 16% of Gen Zers are “proud” to live in the United States. That finding comes from a recent Morning Consult poll, which assessed generational… -
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A Legal Immigrant’s Lament: Biden’s ‘Parole’ Scheme Makes ‘Patsies’ of Those Who Abide by Law
One thing I have in common with journalist Andrew Sullivan is that we both chose to go through the lengthy process to become American citizens. As he recently told Washington Post reporter Nick Miroff, the current insanity at the border makes legal immigrants like us “look like patsies.” When a staunch liberal, a reporter from… -
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House GOP Eyes Investigation of Big Tech-Aligned Election Grants
A new round of private grants to local election offices not only should be investigated but be grounds for legislation, congressional Republicans say. As reported previously by The Daily Signal, the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence provided grants to 10 jurisdictions ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million. A total of 24 states banned or restricted… -
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House Republicans Ramp Up Probe of Biden Classified Documents
Two House committees on Friday cranked up inquiries into President Joe Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified material, one day after the attorney general named a special counsel to investigate the matter. Oversight and Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., made a follow-up inquiry to the White House, while Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sought answers from… -
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Experts Explain Real Reason Biden Administration Suggested Banning Gas Stoves
“Someone cooked this up,” says one expert of the Biden administration’s claims that gas stoves pose a health hazard. Steven Milloy, author of multiple books including “Green Hell” and “Scare Pollution,” is one of several experts in energy, the environment, and public health who are calling the administration’s bluff on the danger of gas stoves…. -
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Privatization Could Rescue South Africa’s Politically Corrupt Power Sector
Despite vast reserves of coal, Eskom, the largest government-run utility in South Africa and on the continent, fails to provide reliable power and operates at only 50% of capacity. South Africa used to have a well-functioning energy sector that was the envy of all Africa, but because of ongoing government corruption and incompetent management, its… -
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Biden’s Misguided Cuba Policy, Havana’s Master Spy, and the Danger of Wishful Thinking
The Biden administration’s Cuba policy—a return to that of the Obama administration, based on a misreading of history and misinformation spread by agents of influence in Washington—does not bode well for U.S. interests. The reality is that Cuba’s dictatorship is a criminal enterprise that has spent more than six decades destabilizing democracies in the Americas and succeeded in ending them in… -
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Female Athletes Threaten Legal Action If NCAA Continues to Let Males Compete in Women’s Sports
An organization of female athletes sent a letter Thursday to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, demanding that the NCAA reverse its policy of allowing male athletes who identify as women to compete on women’s teams, or face legal action. A group of current and former collegiate and professional female athletes also protested Thursday outside the… -
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Biden Education Department Targets Texas Superintendent for Removing Explicit Books From School Libraries
A Texas superintendent is under investigation for trying to protect students from sexually explicit books in public school libraries. The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation based on the American Civil Liberties Union’s complaint against the Granbury Independent School District and Superintendent Jeremy Glenn, which centers on the removal of controversial books, as well as related comments…