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Most Americans Say the US Should Only Continue to Spend Money on Ukraine Under Certain Conditions
As the Biden administration is requesting an additional $13.7 billion to help Ukraine between October and December, one YouGov/Stand Together poll found that most Americans would put conditions on further funding for Ukraine. Only 2% of Americans think President Joe Biden should prioritize Russia’s defeat in Ukraine, while a plurality (40%) said the president should… -
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Cruz Slams Senate Democrat for Blocking School Safety Bills
Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday called out a Senate Democrat for blocking passage of a pair of bills intended to provide schools with additional funding for safety and mental health services. The Texas Republican, in a statement, questioned how Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., could oppose the Securing Our Schools Act and the Protect Our Children’s Schools… -
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If ‘Politics Is Downstream From Culture,’ the Right Must Jump in to Redirect Cultural Tide
Time and time again, Democratic and Republican politicians shout that there’s an ideological battle for the heart and soul of the nation and hope to win the trust and support of disenchanted voters. A poll released in July by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics found that 73% of Republicans and 74% of Democrats… -
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Robbing Pavel to Pay Pedro: The Biden White House’s New Refugee Plan
The Biden administration recently sent Congress a proposal to admit a total of 125,000 refugees in the fiscal year that begins next month. If recent years are any guide, though, President Joe Biden won’t get anywhere near that target. In fiscal year 2021, the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program let in only 11,411 refugees out of… -
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Ukraine: With a Whimper or a Bang?
Russia started the war with Ukraine in late February with a shock-and-awe effort to grab Kyiv. It failed both to decapitate the government and absorb half the country in one fell swoop. Soon the conflict descended into a war of attrition in eastern Ukraine over the occupied majority-Russian-speaking borderlands. That deadlock was eventually going to… -
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Abortion Is a Lifesaving Procedure and Other Myths
A pro-life association released a backgrounder debunking several myths abortion advocates have pushed following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision this June. The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, founded the same year as the landmark abortion case in 1973, has ramped up its… -
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Why ‘Voter Suppression’ Is a Myth
When Georgia and other states began passing new election laws, the political left called it voter suppression. But is voter suppression actually taking place in America? Do safeguards such as voter ID requirements discourage voting? In his new book “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections,” Fred Lucas dives into the… -
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State Education Freedom Report Card Is In. Here’s Who Aced the Test and Who Failed.
Report card day. From elementary school to high school, the release of report cards still strikes fear, joy, and every emotion in between in the hearts of students. But The Heritage Foundation has just flipped the script on report cards by ranking states, not students, on education freedom. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of… -
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How Can You Befriend a ‘Semi-Fascist’?
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, at a recent event with a liberal audience, praised Justice Clarence Thomas, her ideological adversary. Sotomayor said, “He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution.” She added that while the two often disagree over judicial decisions, “We share a common understanding about people and kindness… -
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The ‘Secure Border’ of Kamala Harris
When Donald Trump was president, the Border Patrol in fiscal year 2019 did not encounter a single individual on the terrorist watchlist trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border between legal ports of entry. In the first 10 months of this fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol encountered 66… -
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Iranian Ayatollah’s Declining Health Complicates Nuclear Deal Negotiations
Rumors of the declining health of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have further complicated the cost-benefit calculus for U.S. policymakers on the Iran nuclear issue. Khamenei’s health problems would make another nuclear deal even more risky than the original agreement of 2015. As the ultimate decision-maker in Iran’s Islamic revolutionary regime, the supreme leader’s… -
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After Botched Census Counts in 14 States, House Democrats Push Less Accountability for Bureaucrats
As the Census Bureau faces questions about a botched population count in 2020, the White House expressed conditional support Tuesday for legislation that would loosen the agency’s accountability to taxpayers and elected lawmakers. The Office of Management and Budget released a statement of President Joe Biden’s administration policy in support of HR 8326, a bill dubbed… -
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‘Careless’: Federal Government May Have Accidentally Sent $1.3 Billion in COVID-19 Relief to People in Foreign Countries, Inspector General Says
The Small Business Administration may have inadvertently sent over $1 billion in COVID-19 relief to individuals in foreign countries, a government watchdog said in a Monday report. SBA handed struggling small businesses and nonprofits up to $2 million in loans each through the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans program as well as grants and advances. But the… -
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‘Ripe for Abuse’: Sen. Hawley Slams Credit Card Companies Over Gun-Related Purchase Change
A Republican senator is calling on three major credit companies to reverse course after announcing new policies that would distinguish firearm-related purchases from other retail purchases, according to a letter sent Tuesday. “I write to express serious concern with your decision to separately categorize gun-related purchases from other retail transactions made with your payment cards… -
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California Is Both Increasing Electrical Demand and Cutting Off Access to Electricity Sources
California may be a trendsetter or bellwether in many ways, but after 10 grid alerts and emergency declarations in as many days, let’s hope that’s not the case when it comes to energy and climate policy. Over the past two weeks, shortly after state bureaucrats finalized a regulation banning sales of gasoline-powered cars after 2035,… -
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Forgetting Some Lessons of 9/11
On the 21st anniversary of Sept. 11, President Joe Biden repeated the same tired nostrums we have heard for the past several years on the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in American history: “We will never forget. We will never give up. Our commitment to preventing another attack on the United States is without… -
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Ken Starr, Rest in Peace
Famed lawyer Ken Starr died unexpectedly Tuesday following complications from surgery after a long and previously undisclosed illness. He had a long and storied—and somewhat controversial—career. Starr, 76, was born in Vernon, Texas, and was a Texan through and through. A graduate of George Washington University and Duke Law School (with a master’s degree from… -
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What Europe’s Energy Crisis Means for America
While serving as a U.S. ambassador to Denmark during the Trump administration, my fellow ambassadors and I warned our European allies not to rely on Russian energy imports. We knew that Russia views energy as a commodity that can and has been weaponized, and we led diplomatic efforts with Copenhagen and other major European capitals… -
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Should Conservatives Fight Fire With Fire, Seek to Cancel the Left?
The radical left wields immense cultural power in America. When a conservative crosses them, intentionally or otherwise, he or she is met with a volley of vile, leftist hatred. The left ruthlessly tracks down any information about the conservatives, their jobs, friends, and family and attempts to cancel them. The left views the loss of… -
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Does Your Kid’s School Librarian Need Parental Supervision? ‘Banned Books Week’ May Tell You.
Banned Books Week is coming to K-12 schools and city libraries across the nation September 18-24. This is a time for librarians to promote books that have been challenged for offensive content, such as sexually explicit writing and images, the promotion of so-called transgender lifestyles, and child sexual abuse. Librarians get to tout their activism…