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Senate Republicans’ Bill Would Make It Felony Murder to Distribute Deadly Fentanyl
Sen. Marco Rubio and 13 other GOP senators are proposing legislation that would make dealing fentanyl linked to a death a felony punishable by life in prison or a death sentence upon conviction. “Fentanyl is killing Americans at a record high,” Rubio, R-Fla., said in a prepared statement. “This deadly drug is widespread throughout… -
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Border Patrol Increasingly Encounters People on Terror Watchlist, Data Shows
U.S. Border Patrol has seen a massive spike in southern border encounters with people on the U.S. terror watchlist between ports of entry, according to Customs and Border Protection statistics. CBP personnel came across individuals on the watchlist 78 times in those areas between October and August, the data reveals. There have been more than 2… -
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Republicans Can Ensure Biden Follows Law and $130B in Spending Cuts Happen by Year-end
President Joe Biden has gone on a massive spending binge, racking up trillions in debt and flouting budgetary rules along the way. It has hit American families squarely in the wallet, spiking inflation to 8.3% in August, a rate not previously seen since 1982. Fortunately, as my new report from The Heritage Foundation describes, Congress… -
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Democrats Have Set Their Sights on Another Key State’s Voting Laws
Democrats on the North Carolina Supreme Court are once again showcasing the Left’s unusual brand of “democracy.” First, the court voted on party lines to seize power to redraw the state’s congressional maps to the advantage of Democrats. Then it concocted a mechanism to declare voter-passed constitutional amendments unconstitutional, putting a voter ID amendment in… -
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Under Fire After Videos Expose ‘Big Moneymaker’ Allegations About Transgender Surgeries on Kids
The governor of Tennessee is calling for an investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Pediatric Transgender Clinic following viral tweets exposing alarming attitudes toward transgender surgeries and procedures for children. Daily Wire host Matt Walsh shared Tuesday afternoon that his team has been investigating the transgender clinic, claiming that “Vanderbilt drugs, chemically castrates, and performs… -
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Democrats Use Abortion of 10-Year-Old to Slam GOP Candidate as She Goes Into Labor
Democrats combating Republican Ohio congressional candidate Madison Gesiotto Gilbert have not shied away from pro-abortion rhetoric and attacks—even as she gave birth to her first son this week. “Marcus and I are excited to announce that we welcomed our baby boy, Marcus Jr., into the world earlier this week,” Gilbert, the GOP nominee in Ohio’s… -
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He’s Fresh Back From Ukraine. Here’s What He Saw.
As Russia continues its unprovoked war against Ukraine, the situation on the ground becomes more dire. Ukraine has managed to push Russian troops back from many of its cities, but the mass graves and buildings reduced to rubble are indications that the conflict is far from over. How do the Ukrainian people feel? And what… -
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‘They Want You to Apologize Because They Want Dominion Over You,’ Says Adam Carolla
Performers censor themselves, fearing they might offend. Those who offend Hollywood lose work. Some lose friends. Adam Carolla doesn’t care. That’s why he’s the subject of my video this week. Carolla is one of the most successful performers in America. His books are bestsellers. His comedy shows sell out. He hosts one of America’s most… -
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Sanders, Warren Demonize Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Amid Post-Roe Rash of Violence
Vandals have targeted about 70 pro-life pregnancy resource centers since the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overruled Roe v. Wade, but Senate Democrats have unleashed their own attack on these pro-life centers, demonizing them as potential “surveillance infrastructure” to power “pregnancy- and abortion-related… -
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School Districts Are ‘Sabotaging Parent-Child Relationships.’ Sen. Tim Scott’s New Bill Fights Back.
One Republican lawmaker has introduced a measure to protect parental rights, which he warned are under attack by public schools teaching gender ideology without parents’ knowledge or consent. This Tuesday, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., introduced the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act. If passed, the bill would require that… -
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House Democrats Block Probe of Biden Family Business Deals, Ask: What About Trump?
House Democrats on Tuesday blocked an inquiry into 150 reports of suspicious financial activity surrounding the international business dealings of Hunter Biden and other Biden family members, which Republicans said could compromise President Joe Biden. Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee generally had a disciplined message in opposing oversight of potential conflicts of… -
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What Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Stole From Voters After I Argued This Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 5-2 last month that the state’s no-excuse, by-mail voting law is constitutional. But to do that, the state’s highest court had to ignore and overturn over 150 years of precedent holding that the Pennsylvania Constitution requires in-person voting. In 2019, Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, signed the voting law,… -
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We ‘Cannot Afford Another Washington Feeding Frenzy,’ Republican Senators Say
As midterms approach and a Republican victory in Congress hangs in the balance, Republican congressmen have pushed their colleagues to reject Democrats’ plans to increase government funding before the year is up. Forty-two Republicans in the House and 14 in the Senate have joined in opposing Democrats’ plans for a continuing resolution that would extend… -
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9 Key Cases Supreme Court Will Hear in 2022-23 Session
It will be tough—if not impossible—for the Supreme Court to top the 2021-22 term when it comes to both drama and results that pleased the conservative legal community (not to mention conservatives in general). As I wrote elsewhere in July at the end of the term, “[t]he three words that best describe the Supreme Court’s… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Accuse State Department of ‘Radical Gender Imperialism’
Republican lawmakers are accusing the State Department of “radical gender imperialism” and of seeking to push other nations to “normalize and encourage transgenderism among youth.” In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, members of the Republican Study Committee point to a leaked memo reportedly circulated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicating that… -
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There’s an Ideological Grooming Problem on America’s Military Bases
Educators and administrators running K-12 education on America’s military bases are indoctrinating the children of military personnel in radical gender ideology, critical race theory, and left-wing activism. In a new Claremont Institute investigative report, my colleague Scott Yenor and I document this latest evolution in America’s culture war. This development at military-run schools tracks broader trends… -
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‘My Blood Still Boils’: Father Recalls School’s Secret Attempt to Transition Daughter
At the beginning of this year, Wendell Perez got a call that no father ever wants to receive—his elementary-aged daughter had attempted to hang herself in the school bathroom. Perez and his wife rushed to the school, where their daughter was whisked away by a police car to stay in a mental institution for a… -
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Should Society Tell 10-Year-Olds, ‘The World Is a Better Place With You in It’?
A couple of weeks ago, The New York Times published a photo of what I had reason to believe was an elementary school classroom. I couldn’t help but notice a big, colorful sign in the classroom that read, “The World Is A Better Place With You In It.” Using an example of it being a… -
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7 Months Into Russia’s War on Ukraine, America Must Face Deeper National Security Issues
Many Americans are asking, after nearly seven months of Russia’s war on Ukraine, why the United States is involved at all. What are the hard interests of the U.S. in this conflict? The bottom line: Way more is at stake than standing up to a blatantly unlawful aggression or countering regional instability involving key allies. Those… -
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Uncool: Biden Pushes Senate to Ratify Treaty That Would Raise Cost of Air Conditioning
After a hot summer with utility bills rising, reasonable people would think that President Joe Biden would want to keep air conditioning costs low for Americans. But the Senate is poised to vote on a climate treaty that would raise those costs and put yet another notch in the belt of Biden’s whole-of-government, whole-of-the-economy climate…