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Trump to Nominate Ginsburg Replacement From Short List of 5 After Funeral
President Donald Trump said Monday morning that he will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court either Friday or Saturday, and has narrowed the list of contenders to five. In an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Trump said the short delay was intended to allow time to pay respects to Justice Ruth… -
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Here’s a List of White Liberals Caught Pretending to Be Black
Three different white liberals in authority roles within universities and activist movements have apologized this month for pretending to be black—and they aren’t the only ones to get caught lying about their racial identities. Satchuel Cole, an Indianapolis racial justice activist, apologized on Wednesday for misrepresenting her racial identity. “Friends, I need to take accountability… -
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Antifa Wants to ‘Overthrow Our Government,’ Terrorism Expert Says
Antifa claims to be an anti-fascist organization that fights white supremacy and discrimination. But the group’s true aim is to overthrow the American government, says Martin Scott Catino, a Fulbright scholar and member of the nonprofit Anti-Communist Action Team, which exposes communism’s lies through research and personal stories. Catino, who has spent over 20 years… -
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7 Things to Know About Upcoming Supreme Court Process, Picks
With the unexpected death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday, Republicans face a tight timeline to get a new Supreme Court justice in place before the election. Even as the nation mourns the death of Ginsburg, who served on the court for twenty-seven years, lawmakers have begun to talk about next steps. Here’s what you… -
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Trump Reacts After Sen. Murkowski Opposes Pre-Election Supreme Court Nominee Vote
President Donald Trump Sunday tweeted about Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Sunday after she indicated that she would likely not support any Supreme Court nominee until after the election. Trump quoted a tweet from the Alaska Chamber of Commerce promoting a future event featuring Murkowski, retweeting it and saying “No thanks!” Murkowski commented in August on confirming… -
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Democrats Threaten to Pack Court If Republicans Vote on Ginsburg Replacement This Year
Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump’s court picks if Republicans vote on late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement this year. Left-wing activists have been pushing Democratic politicians to endorse court-packing since Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 2018 retirement cleared the way for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to join the high… -
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Ginsburg Leaves Liberal Legacy After Decades on Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of equal justice under the law who became only the second woman (and the first Jewish woman) to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday evening after a long battle with cancer. She was 87. During her 27 years on the high court, Ginsburg became a liberal cultural icon… -
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Lioness of the Law, Passes Away
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served for 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, has passed away. When her longtime friend and fellow opera fan, Justice Antonin Scalia, died in February 2016, Ginsburg lamented that the high court would be a “paler place” without her ideological opponent and debate partner. The court will be an… -
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DHS Puts US Companies on Notice: No More China Slave Labor
Federal agents seized a 13-ton shipment of human hair in July based on evidence the hair was taken from innocent people detained in Chinese internment camps. This was just the beginning of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to protect U.S. citizens from unknowingly funding China’s human rights abuses. Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli… -
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The News as We Once Knew It Is Dead—of Self-Inflicted Wounds
In 2017, the liberal Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University found that 93% of CNN’s coverage of the Trump administration was negative. The center found similarly negative Trump coverage at other major news outlets. The election year 2020 has only accelerated that asymmetrical bias—to the point that major newspapers and… -
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Securing the Border and Fixing Our Broken Immigration System
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. When the Trump administration took office in 2017 after publication of the last… -
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Rabbis Condemn Southern Poverty Law Center, Call on Amazon Smile to Drop It
Prominent Jewish rabbis—including leaders in the Rabbinical Alliance of America and Young Israel—are urging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to eject the Southern Poverty Law Center from the Amazon Smile program. The Southern Poverty Law Center ostensibly strives to expose hate groups. It rightly identifies numerous groups, such as the KKK and the Nation of Islam,… -
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How Trump Impeachment ‘Knocked Gun Control in the Head’
A little-noticed casualty of Democrats’ impeachment push against President Donald Trump last year was gun control, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., says. In an interview for my book “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” Massie noted that the president was ready to pull the trigger on a federal law allowing orders… -
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On 73rd Anniversary, Air Force Flies Higher Than Ever
Sept. 18 marks the birthday of the U.S. Air Force and, at the ripe old age of 73, it has enjoyed a journey like few others. Born out of the Army, the Air Force became a separate service in 1947 with a mission that looked just like the one it executed as the Army Air… -
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Black Lives Matter Linked to 91% of Riots Over 3 Months, Study Finds
The Black Lives Matter movement is linked to more than 9 in 10 riots across the country, according to a recent study. The U.S. experienced 637 riots between May 26 and Sept. 12, and 91% of those riots were linked to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to the US Crisis Monitor, a joint project of the Armed… -
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Why Trump’s Mideast Peace Deals Matter
After Israel’s resounding victory over the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian armies in 1967, the Jewish state again offered the Arab world peace in exchange for recognition. And it was again rebuffed. Instead, the Arab League convened in Khartoum to formulate a consensus response that became known as “The 3 Noes”—no recognition, no negotiations, and no… -
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Trump Brokers Middle East Peace and Prosperity
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman observed in a column he wrote in 1996 that “no two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” Some have looked into how ironclad this rule is. But, in general, the point is pretty powerful. The assumption is that countries that have… -
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The Facts About Climate Change and California Fires
Despite some progress made by heroic firefighters, wildfires continue to tear through the West. Tragically, the fires have taken more than 30 lives (with many more missing), destroyed thousands of structures, and burned millions of acres. Here are answers to some of the commonly asked questions on causes for the wildfires and obstacles that stand in… -
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What Mia Love Has to Say About Race, Riots, and Black Lives Matter
Mia Love, the first black Republican woman in Congress, represented her district in Utah from 2015 to 2019. She joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her perspective on the riots and violence over the summer, how the unrest has affected America, and her views of the Black Lives Matter organization. We also cover these… -
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History Starts With People
This week, I had the great honor and privilege of observing history. I was blessed to be a guest of the White House and witness the signing of the momentous peace agreement between Israel and two Arab nations: Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Watching as President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…