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Biden to Highlight Police Accountability 2 Years After George Floyd’s Death
President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order Wednesday to limit the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants by police as a way to mark the two-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Biden’s executive order also will restrict the Defense Department from providing surplus military equipment… -
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Pennsylvania’s Drawn-Out Senate Primary Underlines Need to Reform Mail-In Voting, House Republican Says
Pennsylvania’s second prolonged election in two years demonstrates a need to reform both the mail-in voting process and ballot counting, the co-chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Election Integrity Caucus says. “This mail-in-ballot voting is really an issue,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Tuesday. “And it’s an… -
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Indiana Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto of Ban on Biological Males in Girls Sports
Indiana on Tuesday became the 17th state to bar transgender females—biological males—from competing in girls K-12 sports when the Legislature overrode Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of the ban. Lawmakers in the Indiana General Assembly needed only simple majorities to override Holcomb’s March 21 veto, but the House voted to override it 67-28, and the state Senate did likewise 32-15. The… -
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Summer Flights Will Be Delayed, Thanks to Government
Planning to fly this summer? Good luck. Delays are up. Cancellations, too. Why? Because of the pilot shortage. A pilot shortage? How can this be? Flying is a popular job. Some people fly small planes just for fun. Why aren’t there enough commercial pilots? Because the government passed another dumb law. In 2009, after a… -
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‘Pools of Blood’: Authorities Shut Down Abortion Clinic for Endangering Patients
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration shut down an abortion clinic Friday with an emergency order for allegedly failing to follow safety protocols after two women were hospitalized following their second-trimester abortions. The Agency for Health Care Administration shut down the American Family Planning Abortion Clinic following an investigation triggered by complaints from anti-abortion… -
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Biden’s Buffalo Speech Was Speech of Indecent Man
If an American president has ever given as mendacious, anti-American, and hate-filled a speech as President Joe Biden did in Buffalo, New York, last week, I am not familiar with it. Nor are you. Biden used the terrible mass shooting of black people in a Buffalo grocery store to smear America, divide Americans, and foment… -
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Why Are Nominally Christian Politicians Supporting Abortion?
The archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, has announced he will no longer allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her refusal to adhere to Catholic doctrine on unborn human life. This continues a battle between Catholic politicians who claim fealty to their church—but not to one of its central tenets—and some… -
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Arizona Sends Kids as Young as 10 to Gender and Sexuality Chatrooms
The Arizona Department of Education directs students to LGBT-themed chatrooms for children as young as 10 to discuss gender and sexuality as part of its student resources. The chatrooms are part of the department’s effort to support LGBT youths, and they were put together with the help of “members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community,” according to the… -
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Record Voter Turnout in Georgia Primary Elections Debunks ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Nonsense
What the left calls “voter suppression” apparently leads to record-high voter turnout. According to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as of May 20, 857,401 Georgians had voted during the state’s three-week early voting period for the Georgia primary elections. This number is up substantially from just a few years ago. It’s the first election… -
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One Woman’s Journey to Pro-Life: Surviving Abortion Attempt, Having 2 Abortions Herself
Priscilla Hurley was first exposed to abortion while she was still in her mother's womb. She survived an abortion when her mother was four months pregnant. As a young woman, Hurley had two abortions herself before she began working at an abortion clinic. “[I]n a really twisted way, I was trying to help women,” Hurley… -
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With Beijing Breathing Down Taiwan’s Neck, What Signal Did Biden Just Send?
In Japan on Monday, President Joe Biden seemingly departed from previous American policy regarding Taiwan, announcing that the U.S. would militarily defend the tiny island nation if China were to invade. Walter Lohman, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, says Biden’s statement was a huge mistake. “We want to keep the Chinese guessing… -
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Youngkin Wants to Close Wide ‘Honesty Gap’ in Virginia Schools
Virginia is home to the largest education “honesty gap” in the country, according to a new report released by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 4-month-old administration. The report, “Our Commitment to Virginians: High Expectations and Excellence for All Students,” details what it calls “a clear and sobering lesson on the consequences for students when state leaders lower… -
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Is Monkeypox Next COVID-19? What One Physician Thinks
Americans should be aware and vigilant about monkeypox, but shouldn’t anticipate another deadly pandemic, a former federal health official says. “This is completely unlike COVID. Now, what we ought to be doing clearly is not ignore it,” Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Daily Signal… -
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Domestic Terrorism Bill Is More Partisan Politics, Bureaucracy in Pursuit of Phantom Menace
The House of Representatives last week passed HR 350, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022, to create domestic terrorism offices within the departments of Homeland Security and Justice, as well as at the FBI. That would set up more needless and redundant offices within the bloated federal bureaucracy, taking resources away from already underresourced… -
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Pro-Abortion Activists Pledge ‘Summer of Rage’
Missing the days of 2020, when angry mobs were fixtures on America’s streets? If you’re nostalgic for the arson, destruction, and looting, abortion activists are promising more of it. Back by unpopular demand, the left’s riots are set to return once the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade is handed down. “This will be a… -
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4 Keys to Understanding Prosecution of Russians for War Crimes in Ukraine
Ukraine used its own justice system to secure the nation’s first conviction of a Russian soldier Monday for committing a war crime, but officials are interested in taking other cases to the International Criminal Court. Sgt. Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, a captured tank commander, pleaded guilty in a Ukrainian criminal court to shooting an unarmed 62-year-old… -
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Homeland Security’s Rebooted Disinformation Plan Is No Better Than the First
Constitutionalists, free-speech lovers, and sane people alike cheered upon hearing the announcements that the Department of Homeland Security was disbanding its nascent Disinformation Governance Board and the board’s designated head, Nina Jankowicz, was resigning. The reasons why are obvious: The federal government has no business determining what is truth, it is nowhere near the mission… -
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Cookin’ With Gas: 2 Good Bills Move Energy Policy in Right Direction
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., introduced two energy bills last week that are worth paying attention to. But first, consider a few statistics for some context, and why it’s good to see the senator, and those with him, step up. Americans get 70% of all their energy from oil and natural gas, and 94% of Americans’… -
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2020’s Nightmare Election Process Comes Back to Haunt Pennsylvania. What Needs to Change.
Once again, the nation is waiting on Pennsylvania to count the votes in a close election. Roughly 1,100 votes separate GOP Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick, with fewer than 10,000 mail-in votes remaining as of Friday. Like 2020, Pennsylvania’s notoriously slow counters are leaving two candidates and millions of voters in limbo. One major cause: Unlike Florida… -
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Proposed Amendment to ‘China Bill’ Would Wrongly Reward Unprofitable Investments
If someone can’t manage his or her own financial affairs, it’s a good bet they’d manage other people’s finances badly, too. Given that the federal government has racked up an enormous $30 trillion of debt—$6 trillion in just the past two years—nobody should trust that federal legislators know the first thing about sound investing. Case…