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Chicago Public Schools Offer ‘Family Planning,’ Condoms, Abortion Information to Students
The Chicago public school system is offering “family planning” services and condoms to students as young as 12. Under school system policy, schools teaching fifth grade and up must make condoms “freely accessible” to all students 12 and older, according to The Daily Signal’s review of the district’s website. The system also requires schools to… -
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Comey Charges Reportedly Looming Days After Prosecutor With Family Ties to Ex-FBI Chief Resigns
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former FBI Director James Comey could be indicted in the coming days, according to multiple reports. President Donald Trump appointed Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide and his former personal attorney, on Monday to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia, which is running the investigation. Erik Siebert, who, public reports… -
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Reflecting on Our Own Relationships After the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce Engagement
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announced their engagement a month ago. This news can be a cause for true reflection on the nature and purpose of love. The most famous couple on the face of the earth announced their engagement via social media on August 26. The public nature of their love story has captivated… -
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Heritage Foundation Offers a ‘New Blueprint’ to Revive the Black Family
The Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington-Wednesday September 17 -
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More than $3 Million Raised for Charlie Kirk’s Family in Less Than 24 Hours
Donors gave more than $3 million for the family of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk in less than 24 hours through a GiveSendGo campaign. ALP Pouches, a nicotine pouch company, launched the campaign, with a goal of $5 million. The company contributed $1 million. Neil Patel, co-founder of both the Daily Caller and the Tucker… -
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Vance to Visit Family, Friends of Charlie Kirk After Assassination
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, will meet with Charlie Kirk’s family and a number of his close friends in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Signal. Air Force Two will then fly Kirk’s casket, along with his family and friends, to Phoenix,… -
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From Cake Breaks to Cowardice: Masculinity Crisis Tied to Charlotte Train Tragedy
The feminization of men that society has praised is the common denominator of every issue the U.S. currently faces. The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett, host of the nationally syndicated “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” joined “Timcast IRL,” a podcast hosted by political commentator Tim Pool, on Tuesday, where Kinnett discussed both the rural and urban parts… -
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Rebuilding Society Begins at Home
A fact of the human condition is that we are flawed and broken. We can often hurt those we love the most. We can often focus on things that don’t mean as much as family. In order to break ourselves out of this cycle, we must move from selfishness to sacrifice—as individuals and as families…. -
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Speak Up: Share How Gender Ideology Has Harmed Your Family
One of the better ways for ordinary Americans to keep our vast, federal bureaucracies in check is to submit public comments about their rulemaking. Federal agencies open rules up for “notice and comment,” a process by which citizens have a chance to weigh in on regulatory rules and policies. It’s a way to not just… -
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Protecting the Unborn Means Restoring Marriage and Family
On July 28, an Obama-era judge blocked a key provision of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act: the one-year ban on taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. This latest ruling is just one of many setbacks the pro-life movement has faced since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. But that’s not… -
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When Online Dating Gives You a Wild Story and Your Friend a Husband!
Dating is hard, and a bit complex in the modern era. There’s a reason so many women love Hallmark movies where the guy sees a girl struggling to carry her groceries to her car and rushes to help her, only to strike up a conversation that ends with an invitation to get dinner later that… -
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America’s ‘Happiest’ Golfer Has a Timeless Message: Family First
Every recreational golfer of my generation shares at least two things in common: We grew up revering Tiger Woods, and we know “Happy Gilmore,” the 1996 Adam Sandler golf comedy, like the back of our hands. Which millennial, while lining up a putt on the green, hasn’t told himself at some point to just “tap… -
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Families Are Ditching ‘Digital Fentanyl’ for Smartphone-Free Living
Smartphones are “digital fentanyl,” says Clare Morell, author of “The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones.” Studies show that a child’s phone or tablet usage directly affects his or her brain development and “hinders their ability to self-regulate their own emotions, to develop self-control, and impulse control,” Morell says. … -
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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…