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Biden Claims Congress ‘Passed’ His Student Loan Forgiveness Plan. It Didn’t.
President Joe Biden recently said Congress approved his plan to “forgive” student loan debt. While talking with a group of young people at the White House during an on-camera interview published Sunday by NowThis News, Biden said he had “just signed a law” that would forgive $20,000 in student debt for Pell Grant recipients and $10,000… -
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For the Larger Navy US Needs, American Shipping and Shipbuilding Must Be Revived
With the Navy’s eyes set on achieving a goal well above Congress’ mandated 355 manned warships, the American shipbuilding industry has a lot of work to do. Unfortunately, the industry’s current state doesn’t offer much hope for meeting those goals, let alone sustaining a modestly larger fleet. In a 2021 report on U.S. defense supply… -
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Why Fentanyl Is Killing So Many Americans
Two milligrams. That’s all the fentanyl it takes to be potentially lethal to the average adult in America, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It’s killing thousands of Americans, and it’s flooding into the country. More than 107,000 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in 2021, according to… -
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Better Late Than Never: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Unaccountable Funding Scheme Ruled Unconstitutional
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is “completely off the separation of powers books.” So wrote the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in a decision last week holding that the bureau’s independent funding mechanism was unconstitutional because it violated Congress’ exclusive power to appropriate federal funds. The decision heralds trouble ahead for this… -
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Judge Quashes Sweeping DOJ Subpoena Against Conservative Group
A federal judge quashed a Justice Department subpoena going after the communications of a private conservative group in Alabama. The Justice Department sued the state of Alabama opposing the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, and in the course of discovery sought all information from Eagle Forum Alabama regarding its advocacy for the bill going… -
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New York Supreme Court Reinstates Unvaccinated Employees With Back Pay: ‘It Was About Compliance’
A New York judge ordered Monday that Department of Sanitation employees terminated for refusing to get vaccinated be reinstated to their full employment status, writing that the vaccination mandate for city employees was "not just about safety and public health; it was about compliance." Judge Ralph J. Porzio wrote in his ruling that if the… -
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‘Bolder and More Confident’: What to Expect for Xi Jinping’s Third Term
Asia experts are sounding the alarm over what the world can expect during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s next five years in office after the Communist Party’s leader secured a third term in Beijing on Sunday. “We can expect the trajectory of the past 10 years to continue, except that Xi will be even bolder and… -
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‘Every State Needs to Pass a Law’ Like This, Detransitioner Says of Arkansas SAFE Act
Two men and one woman who underwent experimental medical interventions in pursuit of a transgender identity told The Daily Signal that they support Arkansas’ Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, arguing that it is necessary to protect children from the horrors they themselves experienced. The SAFE Act prohibits anyone from performing controversial transgender medical interventions on… -
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Here’s Why Xi Jinping Is Considered the ‘Most Powerful Chinese Dictator Since Mao’
The 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party wrapped up its weeklong, twice-a-decade meeting over the weekend with Chinese President Xi Jinping securing his third five-year term. “The third term was not a surprise at all [but] the extent to which he consolidated his power was,” Michael Cunningham, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation,… -
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Now Mired in Crime, City That Kick-Started ‘Defund the Police’ Movement Struggles to Recruit New Officers
Minneapolis is having a tough time restaffing its police force amid a crime wave after officers left en masse following the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to The Associated Press. Then-Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department lost almost 300 officers by October 2021 to causes including retirement, resignation, and disability leave… -
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Whatever CDC Says About COVID-19 Vaccinations for Kids, It’s Up to States
Parents, pay close attention. An advisory committee has recommended unanimously that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include COVID-19 vaccines in its childhood immunization schedule for next year. The CDC is expected to adopt the recommendation. The CDC’s immunization schedule is the standard list of vaccines used by pediatricians for childhood vaccines, including shots… -
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Fighting Woke Agenda, Tampon-Maker Says ‘Only Women Can Have Periods’
When Macy Maxson began using her tampon-subscription company Garnuu as a platform to say that “only women can have periods,” some called her a liar. “A lot of people were saying that I was spreading lies to people,” Maxson told The Daily Signal on the “Problematic Women” podcast. Maxson said she received emails from… -
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UK’s National Health Service Finds Most Youths ‘Identifying’ as Trans Are Going Through ‘Transient Phase’
England’s National Health Service is reportedly warning doctors not to encourage children to change their name and pronouns after finding that most kids who think that they are transgender are merely going through a “phase.” The National Health Service plans to restrict the treatment of young people under the age of 18 who are questioning… -
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Marco Rubio Canvasser Brutally Assaulted and Hospitalized, Senator Says
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., says that multiple assailants attacked and seriously injured a canvasser backing the senator Sunday night. “Last night, one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a DeSantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida,” Rubio posted Monday on Twitter. “He suffered… -
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My University Forced Me to Take ‘AUx1,’ ‘AUx2’—aka Leftism 101, 102
As I accepted an offer to enroll at American University in the spring of 2020, I knew what I was getting into. With American University currently ranked by Niche, a large college-information aggregator and review platform, as the single most liberal university in the country, you’d think I’d be a fool for even considering going there…. -
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Liz Truss Lesson for Conservatives: Never Surrender to Left
On an Oct. 10, a British prime minister made it clear: “To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the ‘U-turn,’ I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to: The Lady’s not for turning.” Those were the resolute words of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was speaking… -
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Cruz Talks Jan. 6, Antifa Riots, Trump, and More on ‘The View’ Appearance
Protesters interrupted a Republican senator during a television appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Monday. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was discussing the economy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections next month when protesters in the audience began yelling about climate change. “Excuse me. Excuse me. Ladies. Ladies. Excuse us. Let us do our job. Let… -
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New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster. Blame Teachers Unions.
In a predictable, yet nonetheless shocking outcome, the latest scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress record the biggest decline in math in three decades. In mathematics, eighth grade students’ NAEP scores dropped eight points from 2019 to 2022, according to results released Monday. Just 26% of eighth graders now perform math proficiently, down… -
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UK Newspaper Takes Pro-Abortion Deception to Next Level
The pro-abortion industrial complex is at it again. The Guardian, a U.K.-based newspaper that reaches an estimated 8.8 million readers each day across all platforms, on Wednesday published an article suggesting that until 10 weeks of pregnancy, the unborn baby is only white tissue material. The Guardian article, “What a pregnancy actually looks like before… -
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Phoenix, Atlanta, and Miami Metros See Fastest Inflation
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the consumer price index rose 8.2% in September compared with the year before, but that national average hides the fact that prices are rising faster and higher in certain parts of the nation. Breaking the country into the same subregions used by the Census Bureau, the…