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A Brief Look at Presidents Who Met the Queen
As part of his trip to the United Kingdom, President Donald Trump traveled to Windsor Castle on Friday to enjoy afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth II. Trump is the 11th U.S. president that Queen Elizabeth has met in her 66-year reign as the British monarch. She also met Presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman prior…Daniel Kochis -
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Capital Gazette Employee: Fellow Reporter Who Charged Shooter With Trash Can ‘Saved My Life’
Capital Gazette employees reflected on a colleague Saturday who they said charged the shooter, buying others time with her sacrifice. Reporter Wendi Winters charged shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos with a recycling bin and trash can during the June 28 attack, The Capital Gazette reported. She had learned at an active shooter training hosted by her church…Rob Shimshock -
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Government Employee Who Beat Unions at Supreme Court Sees End to Their ‘Free Ride’
Labor unions no longer get a free ride on the backs of government employees who are forced to pay for political activism they disagree with, the man who successfully challenged the practice at the Supreme Court told The Daily Signal in an interview. For decades, Illinois state government worker Mark Janus said, union leaders had…Kevin Mooney -
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Meet the Man Who Will Be Advising Trump on Kennedy’s Replacement
The man who will be serving as an outside adviser to the President Donald Trump for judicial nominations says that he thinks Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement will be like Justice Neil Gorsuch. “President Trump’s list of potential nominees for this vacancy includes many of the very best judges in America, judges who have records of…Rachel del Guidice -
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Podcast: New Hope for Washington Florist Who Refused to Make Arrangements for Same-Sex Wedding
Thanks to the Supreme Court today, florist Barronelle Stutzman’s case will be taken up again by the Washington state Supreme Court, in light of the Jack Phillips ruling. The Heritage Foundation’s Monica Burke joins us to discuss. Plus: Liberals are kicking White House officials out of restaurants and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., says that’s not…Katrina Trinko -
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Supreme Court Tells State’s Highest Court to Reconsider Case of Florist Who Declined Order for Gay Wedding
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent the case of a florist who declined to provide flower arrangements for a same-sex wedding back to the highest court in Washington state. The Supreme Court asked the Washington Supreme Court to reconsider the case of Barronelle Stutzman, owner of a flower shop in Richland, Washington state, in…Rachel del Guidice -
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Who’s Responsible for Separating Alien Kids From Their Parents? Many People, but Not Trump
Who truly is responsible for the 2,000 alien kids who, according to the Associated Press, recently have been separated from their detained illegal alien parents? There is a lot of blame to share. That includes President Bill Clinton and the alien parents themselves, as well as the courts and immigration policies foolishly created by the…Hans von Spakovsky -
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World Health Organization: Transgender Individuals Aren’t Mentally Ill
The World Health Organization announced Monday that it will not classify being transgender as a mental disorder in its upcoming 11th edition of its International Classification of Diseases. “Gender incongruence, meanwhile, has also been moved out of the mental disorders in the ICD, into sexual health conditions,” the WHO said in a report. The WHO cited “clear”…Andrew Kerr -
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Canadian Supreme Court Approves Discrimination Against Those Who Attended Christian College
This September, I am sending my son from the Arizona desert to the rolling green hills and snowcapped mountains of the Pacific Northwest in Langley, British Columbia, to attend Trinity Western University. It’s the same university that was just informed by the Supreme Court of Canada that the government may deny a license to its…Brett Harvey -
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1 Year Later, Lawmakers Who Were There Reflect on Ballfield Shooting and How It Changed Their Outlook
“I can still taste the dirt in my mouth when I hit the ground, that parched dirt,” Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., recalls. “It's just a sensation that you will never forget,” Bishop says in an interview with The Daily Signal. “And it was both eerily quiet and then, just wildly beyond my explanation, the loudness…Rachel del Guidice -
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Paul Ryan Honors Nurse Who Refused to Perform Abortions
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan honored nurse Cathy DeCarlo on Thursday as a role model of American virtue for her refusal to perform abortions. Ryan spoke of DeCarlo at the 2018 Road to Majority conference hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, who presented him with the Friend of the Family Award. Ryan extolled…Joshua Gill -
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The Diplomat Who Took US-Swiss Relations to New Heights
Faith Ryan Whittlesey, a top aide to President Ronald Reagan and a two-time ambassador to Switzerland, died May 21 at age 79. As Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James reminded us, Whittlesey “leaves with us an incredible legacy of service, strength, and grace—a wonderful role model for conservatives coming up in the movement.” No one shaped the relationship between the U.S. and Switzerland in recent…Anthony B. Kim -
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Remembering the Men Who Fought and Bled on D-Day
June 6 marks the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy, Operation Overlord, D-Day. As new generations begin to emerge and the honorable men and women of the Greatest Generation continue to enter history, the memory of D-Day threatens to be lost to time. Preserving its place in history is important for honoring those who…Matthew Ahlquist -
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Michelle Obama Is ‘Concerned’ for Women Who Voted for Trump
Still struggling to come to terms with the results of the 2016 election, former first lady Michelle Obama said she’s concerned for women and “how we think.” “In light of this last election, I’m concerned about us as women and how we think,” she said at the United State of Women Summit in Los Angeles…Kelsey Bolar -
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Secretive Commissions Determine Who Violated Anti-Discrimination Laws. Now Republicans in 1 State Are Fighting for Reform.
The nation has been transfixed with the story of Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado, and how the Supreme Court will hold in his landmark First Amendment case. But his story didn’t begin at the Supreme Court. It never does. As the highest appellate court, the Supreme Court reviews the facts and…Jenna Ellis -
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University Rules Professor Who Called Barbara Bush ‘Racist’ Didn’t Violate Policies
California State University, Fresno closed its investigation Tuesday into the professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” and said she is “happy the witch is dead.” Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro asserted that English professor Randa Jarrar did not violate any of the school’s policies with her remarks, reported the Foundation for Individual Rights in…Rob Shimshock -
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LGBT Megadonor Who Wants to ‘Punish the Wicked’ Pushes Pennsylvania Bill
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for political and religious diversity. Now, a Pennsylvania bill poses an existential threat to that history of freedom and tolerance by reinforcing a disturbing trend already happening at the local level. Last year, the state Senate introduced Senate Bill 613, an act that would amend the Pennsylvania…Monica Burke -
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Conservatives Want a House Speaker Who Will Deliver on Promised Reforms
Conservative lawmakers say they want the next speaker of the House to be committed to issues Republicans ran on, and to making important procedural reforms. “More important than who the speaker is next year is what Republicans do this year,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told The Daily Signal. “And if we don’t get focused on…Rachel del Guidice -
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Mueller Investigates $150K Donation to Trump From Ukrainian Who Gave Clintons $13 Million
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating a $150,000 donation from a Ukrainian businessman to President Donald Trump’s charity in 2015, according to a new report. The donation from steel magnate Victor Pinchuk pales in comparison to contributions he gave to the charity set up by Bill and Hillary Clinton. The billionaire has contributed $13 million…Chuck Ross -
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Meet the Republican Who Broke the Glass Ceiling for All Women
She was the first woman candidate from a major political party to run for president. She regularly faced the mockery and scorn that comes from serving in a male-dominated profession. At the pinnacle of her career, she found herself confronting a man who many Americans considered crude, obnoxious, divisive, and bigoted. As you read the…Richard Lim