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14 Parents Sue a School District Over Secretive Transgender Policy
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia last week sued the Trump administration in federal court over the president’s rollback of transgender health care. The lawsuit, filed in New York, includes more traditionally “conservative” states such as Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That Wisconsin’s attorney general would participate in this lawsuit is surprising, given the controversy… -
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The Left’s Willingness to Tolerate Violence Should Frighten All Americans
“Mostly peaceful.” So goes the characterization of demonstrations that have routinely turned into looting and rioting for months on end, from Portland to Seattle to New York to Los Angeles. “Protesters in California set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified,” read one recent ABC News… -
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‘Severe, Fundamental Security Failures’ in This Federal Agency Need to Be Investigated
A strongly worded press release by Michael Pack, the new chief executive officer of the U.S. Global Media Agency, dropped quite a bombshell July 23. The Global Media Agency is a federal agency that operates various state-run media outlets, and Pack has headed it since June 4. In his press release, Pack said he plans… -
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Problematic Women: Transgender Movement Seduces Teenage Girls
A disturbing new trend has emerged among teenage girls. Abigail Shrier, author of “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” says some groups of young female friends are making the decision together that they’re transgender. The teenage girls begin taking hormones and some receive physically altering surgeries, often before they’re legally allowed to drive… -
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Even With Removing Margaret Sanger’s Name, Planned Parenthood Is Still Influenced by Racist Founder
One of Planned Parenthood’s largest abortion affiliates has finally disavowed Planned Parenthood’s founder for “her racist legacy” and her “connections to the eugenics movement.” However, this symbolic bowing to the far left’s “cancel culture” doesn’t change the fact that the organization is still influenced by her inhumane beliefs. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is… -
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4 Key Points as Big Tech CEOs Testify on Capitol Hill
Republicans and Democrats hammered Big Tech CEOs during a House hearing Wednesday, although for different reasons. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Sundar Pichai of Google testified via the internet on free speech concerns before the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on antitrust, commercial, and administrative law. “Prior to… -
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Second House ‘Minibus,’ With $1 Trillion Onboard, Careens Off Road Into a Fiscal, Policy Wreck
The House of Representatives will likely vote later this week on H.R. 7617, a 1,165-page behemoth that would spend more than $1 trillion in taxpayers’ money and put a raft of troubling policies into place. The bill is what’s called a “minibus,” one that would fund the majority of federal government activity, including the departments… -
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Senate GOP Coronavirus Bill Has Some Good Provisions but Needs Serious Work
Congress has already authorized more than $3.7 trillion of immediate coronavirus relief spending, going to individuals, businesses, and state governments. The response should continue to be targeted at the health crisis and provide necessary protections for the coming economic recovery. The Senate GOP coronavirus bill, entitled the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act,… -
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In COVID-19 Bill, Schools Need Funding Flexibility, Not Another Federal Bailout
Congress is considering spending an additional $105 billion on education as part of a Phase IV COVID-19 relief package called the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act. The Senate proposal would authorize $70 billion in additional bailout money to be spent on K-12 schools, two-thirds of which would be reserved for schools… -
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Trump Administration Shouldn’t Extend DACA Amnesty
The White House announced Tuesday that it will extend amnesty protections for at least another year for illegal aliens protected by the program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. In the interim, the Trump administration will conduct another review of the DACA program to address the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision on it…. -
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House, Senate Defense Authorization Votes Are Rare, Welcome Show of Bipartisanship
The House of Representatives and the Senate approved their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act last week. Both passed with strong bipartisan support. The House version passed 295 to 125, while the Senate bill was approved 86 to 14. The lopsided margins in favor show there are strong majorities in both parties and… -
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Barr Rightfully Defends Federal Response to Dangerous Rioting, as House Democrats Attack Him
In testimony Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr justifiably pushed back hard against confrontational and rude Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who appeared intent on scoring political points by shouting over him as he explained the Justice Department response to riots across the country. Committee members got something else as well from the attorney general: a much-needed… -
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Supreme Court Imperils Parents’ Right to Pass Their Values on to Children
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton, which ruled that the Title VII prohibition on sex discrimination in employment extends to discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status, is likely to have more widespread implications than many people realize. Many (including Justice Samuel Alito in his scathing dissent) warn that the ruling… -
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Exclusive: ‘We’re Now Spending Our Grandchildren’s Future,’ RSC Chief Warns
Some 100 House Republicans are warning of a national debt growing “exponentially in perpetuity” and how that represents a financial burden for generations to come. “We’re now spending our grandchildren’s future,” Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Tuesday, ahead of the planned release on Wednesday of an open letter… -
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Parents, School Board Members Divided on Teaching 1619 Project, Poll Finds
A recent survey conducted for The Heritage Foundation found that some parents and many school board members disagree with the historical perspective advanced by The New York Times’ 1619 Project. The project promotes the notions that the Revolutionary War was fought to preserve slavery and that America’s founding date should be 1619, the year the… -
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What’s Behind ‘The Plot to Change America’
How have identity politics, victimhood, and identitarian division contributed to the destruction of America? How can this ideology be rebuffed? Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss his new book, “The Plot to Change America.” We also… -
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Is Racism Responsible for Today’s Black Problems?
I doubt whether any American would defend the police treatment of George Floyd that led to his death. But many Americans are supporting some of the responses to Floyd’s death—rioting, looting, wanton property destruction, assaults on police, and other kinds of mayhem by both whites and blacks. The pretense is that police conduct stands as… -
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6 Big Takeaways From the Attorney General’s Capitol Hill Testimony
Attorney General William Barr announced a new investigation Tuesday while strongly defending the Justice Department’s actions in protecting the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Barr’s comments came in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, a hearing that not only was partisan as expected but characterized by rudeness by the panel’s Democrats. A Democrat would ask… -
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COVID-19 Has Led to an Increase in Human Trafficking, Experts Say
The sexual exploitation of women and children has likely increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say. Groups such as Polaris and International Justice Mission work to fight human trafficking and to free the estimated 40 million victims of modern-day slavery. Their work has not slowed down during the global pandemic. Sadly, experts say, the virus… -
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Are Lockdowns Necessary? What Data From 10 Countries Show
A new Heritage Foundation special report analyzes the COVID-19 responses of 10 countries, with varying levels of economic freedom, to better understand which policies might have been more effective than others. Here’s what the report found. The 10 countries we studied have taken vastly different approaches to handling COVID-19 with varying degrees of success. >>>…