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Solution to Birth Rate Decline: Defund Federal ‘Family Planning’—It’s Population Control
As the White House looks at policy options to reverse the U.S. birth rate decline and incentivize more couples to have children, nobody seems to be talking about the fact that the U.S. has been funding domestic population control programs for decades now. These programs have been disguised under the name of “family planning” and… -
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‘By the Grace of God’: Virginia Governor’s Family Survives Texas Floods
Flooding over the Independence Day weekend in Texas’ Hill Country caused devastation throughout the state and even affected the Virginia governor’s family. Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Tuesday that his wife, Virginia first lady Suzanne Youngkin, and other family members were vacationing at the Youngkins’ property along the Guadalupe River in Hunt when the flood occurred… -
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When It Comes to Marriage, Faith Matters
Focus on the Family recently surveyed more than 3,800 Americans on how faith impacts personal decisions about marriage and recorded married respondents’ self-assessments of their unions. The good news is that 74% of all married couples described their marriages as “healthy.” But even more encouraging is that convictional Christians—those who actively live out and practice their… -
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Enduring Evil: Getting Put on a ‘Hate Map’ With the KKK Is Just One More Cancel Culture Attack for Focus on the Family
When the Southern Poverty Law Center put Focus on the Family on its “hate map,” listing the conservative Christian nonprofit alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, it made life a bit tougher, but the Christian group had already faced so many “cancel culture” attacks, it was ready for the blowback. “We are Christians, we’re… -
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Why We Need Fathers to Make the Family Name Great Again
Conservatives in politics and culture are wise to make fatherlessness a focal point of their family policy priorities. Children who grow up with both parents are more likely to attend college and less likely to go to prison. Conversely, father absence is linked to poverty, teen pregnancy, youth crime, worse academic outcomes, and substance abuse…. -
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New York Times Deplores Sean Duffy’s Large-Family Conspiracy
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is apparently the leader of a menacing conspiracy. The New York Times put this on its June 24 front page: “Under [President Donald] Trump, Ex-MTV Star Pitches Big Families.” But he used to be a bad boy on MTV, so the headline underneath was “From a Racy Past to a Key… -
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‘Four Seasons’ Shows What’s Wrong With Straight Marriage
Wonder what’s wrong with straight marriage in the United States today? Just watch the wildly popular new Netflix series “The Four Seasons.” The show, which chronicles four vacations taken by a longtime group of friends (two straight couples, one gay couple) over a year, takes a searing look at what romance remains—or doesn’t—after many years… -
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WATCH: Biden Judge Blocks Deportation of Family of Egyptian Held in Colorado Terrorism Case
U.S. District Court Judge Gordon Gallagher on Wednesday issued a temporary block on the planned deportation of the family of the illegal immigrant charged in the terrorist attack on pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. Gallagher is an appointee of former President Joe Biden. Daily Signal White House correspondent Elizabeth Mitchell joins us for… -
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WATCH: DHS to Deport Family of Man Charged in Colorado Terrorist Attack
Immigration and Customs Enforcement concludes a new operation in South Carolina as protests among leftists break out over arrests of illegal immigrants in New England, California, and Oregon. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announces that the family of the man charged in connection with a Colorado terrorist attack Sunday will be deported. House, Senate,… -
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The West’s Assault on the African Family
In 1900, there were an estimated 9.6 million Christians in Africa. As of 2025, there are more than 754 million. That alone is a staggering figure. But it’s even more significant as we examine it in relation to Christianity in other regions of the globe. With just under 552 million Christians in Europe, just under 417 million… -
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Family of US Journalist Long Missing in Syria Still Holds Out Hope
A body discovered in Syria is not the remains of kidnapped American journalist Austin Tice, his family confirms. Tice, a freelance reporter who received accolades for his early coverage of the Syrian civil war, has been missing since Aug. 14, 2012. According to a family spokesman, "[A]n initial and erroneous report that Austin Tice was… -
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How Family Structure Leads to Academic Success
In 1965, the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote: “The role of the family in shaping character and ability is so pervasive as to be easily overlooked. The family is the basic social unit of American life; it is the basic socializing unit. By and large, adult conduct in society is learned as a child.” Sixty… -
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Hogg Not Backing Down in DNC Family Feud Over Primarying Incumbents
Just a few months into the job, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg is already on the rocks with party leaders, who are sharply critical of his efforts to unseat longtime incumbent Democrats. Hogg, who was elected one of five vice chairs on Feb. 1, first came to prominence in 2018 for his gun… -
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Fertility Rates Inch Up, but Marriage and Family Formation Trends Worry Experts
The U.S. birth rate has been on a downward slide since the Great Recession. In 2024, the total fertility rate went up slightly though, but still by less than 1 percent. The total projected number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime is now 1.63, which is slightly above the 2023… -
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Former Hunter Biden Business Partner Says President’s Son Leveraged Family Name
Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, said in a new interview what he told Congress last year: Hunter’s business role when they worked together was to be a “lobbyist” who “leveraged a very powerful name.” Hunter’s “role was to, you know, pave a path for success of Burisma by having kind of… -
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Support for the Natural Family in Africa Is Rooted in ‘White Supremacy,’ SPLC Claims
It takes a special kind of insanity to find a Klan hood beneath an African movement to protect the natural family from abortion and LGBTQ+ ideology, but that’s exactly what the Southern Poverty Law Center is claiming. The SPLC—which trades on its history of suing KKK groups into bankruptcy to smear conservative and Christian nonprofits… -
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Want to Fix the Birth Dearth? Make Marriage Matter
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about birth data for 2023 is out. For everyone concerned about the long-term decline in America’s birth rate, the report doesn’t show strong signs that much has changed. Why should we care about declining birth rates, and what’s driving the trend? As a recent… -
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Check Out the Family Ties of House Dem Championing Status Quo at NIH
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Democratic member of Congress has emerged as a vocal defender of the status quo at the National Institutes of Health and is the son of scientists connected to the embattled government agency. Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts expressed opposition to the Trump administration’s cuts at the NIH at a House Energy and… -
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Study: Gen Z Has More Traditional Views of Marriage Than Their Parents
A recent study found that members of Generation Z are more traditionalist and conservative when it comes to marriage—more so than their Millennial parents. According to The Times Generation Z study, “only a fifth of 18 to 27-year-olds believed that marriage was ‘irrelevant,’ while a third thought it better for a couple to be married before… -
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How the Trump Administration Can Support Healthy Marriage
In his remarks at the March for Life in January, Vice President JD Vance declared his support for children and families. “I want more babies in the United States of America,” he said. “I want more happy children in our country. And I want beautiful young men and women who are eager to welcome them into…