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    Free Health Exams Offered to Special Olympics Athletes at Summer Games
    Last week, 6,500 athletes from 165 nations traveled to Los Angeles to compete in the 2015 Special Olympic World Summer Games. “These Games change the lives of people around the world who are mistreated and excluded because they’re ‘different,’” Patrick McClenahan, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Games Organizing Committee, said in a statement….
    Leah Jessen
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    22 Moments From the 2015 Special Olympics
    The first International Special Olympics was held in 1968 in Chicago, thanks to the work of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, in order to highlight the talents and abilities of those with intellectual or physical disabilities. Forty-seven years later, the Special Olympics boasts 6,500 athletes hailing from 165 countries to compete in numerous sports and events. This year, there…
    Samantha Reinis
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    Planned Parenthood Official Suggests ‘We Alter Our Process’ to Harvest Tissue
    A fifth undercover video released this morning shows Planned Parenthood officials allegedly discussing the harvesting of organs from aborted babies, adding to growing allegations that the organization illegally profits off the sale of this tissue. The video, which is graphic, also raises questions as to whether Planned Parenthood doctors alter their abortion methods to harvest…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    The Social Cost of Carbon: It’s Not What You Think
    The social cost of carbon (SCC) is a metric that the Obama administration uses to justify increased regulations across the energy sector of the economy. It is derived using various statistical models that try to measure the extent and impact of climate change. Any statistical model, however, is based on assumptions and must be critically…
    Kirby Lawrence
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    D.C. Politicians Have Promised Seniors Trillions in Unpaid Benefits
    Medicare is still in trouble. The Medicare Trustees just issued their 2015 report. Like last year’s report, it says that the Hospital Insurance trust fund will enjoy a few years of surpluses, followed by deficits, ending in insolvency in 2030. The trustees’ report is a bracing corrective to the complacency and demagoguery that often mar…
    Robert Moffit
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    On the Trail in Iowa, Mike Huckabee Prioritizes Economy, National Security
    ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa—Shaping his message around the economy and national security, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee spoke in small-town Iowa at the library and community center Thursday evening. “Jobs are the single most important thing we have to get underway for people to see an economic recovery,” he said. “There’s nothing that we need more…
    Leah Jessen
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    DNC Chair Won’t State Difference Between Democrats and Socialists
    DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz can’t tell the difference between a Democrat and a Socialist. WATCH! Posted by Fox & Friends on Friday, July 31, 2015 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is the chairwoman of the Democrat National Committee, refused to answer the difference between Democrats and Socialists when appearing on MSNBC program Thursday. “The more…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Experts Agree: Islamist Terrorism Has Officially “Gone Viral”
    The threat posed by Islamist terrorism continues to grow both at home and abroad, according to a panel of experts that met at The Heritage Foundation on July 22. The rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) has resulted in a surge in terrorist activity across the Middle East. Just as strikingly, it has also prompted…
    Ryan Spaude
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    5 Takeaways from Obama Officials on the Iran Deal
    Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the (deeply flawed) Iran deal with Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew. In preparation for the hearing, The Heritage Foundation published 15 questions the administration needs to clarify. A majority of senators’ questions touched upon…
    Michaela Dodge
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    The Different Social Visions of Liberals and Conservatives
    The index before you is more than a book of sta­tistics—more even than a diagnosis of America’s economy and culture. It is first and foremost a cor­rective to a misguided way of thinking about society that too often holds sway in American politics. >>> Read The Heritage Foundation’s 2015 Index of Culture and Opportunity, which…
    Yuval Levin
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    How a Transportation Bill Could Revive the Export-Import Bank and Tackle Planned Parenthood
    As the Senate prepares to debate legislation addressing the financial future of the Highway Trust Fund, several senators are looking to the bill as a vehicle to address controversial issues, including Obamacare and Planned Parenthood’s federal funding. The Senate voted Wednesday night on a procedural measure to advance the highway funding bill, which has been dubbed…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Scott Walker ‘Absolutely’ Supports First Amendment Defense Act
    CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—GOP presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker says he supports the First Amendment Defense Act, a bill that would prevent the federal government from taking action against individuals or businesses because of their religiously held beliefs on traditional marriage. “Absolutely. To me, protecting our constitutional rights shouldn’t just take a piece of legislation,” Walker…
    David Brody
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    The Deal’s Financial Lifeline: How Much Iran Will Pocket
    One of the most troubling elements of the Iranian nuclear deal is the financial lifeline it throws to Tehran by lifting the punitive economic sanctions slapped on it because of bad behavior on atomic affairs. While estimates vary, we’re talking about Tehran pocketing well north of $100 billion—as a start—on “implementation day,” the point at…
    Peter Brookes
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    As Congress Finalizes Defense Bill, John McCain Calls for Repeal of Sequestration
    Sen. John McCain is calling for the end of sequestration. McCain, R-Ariz, was joined by military experts at The Heritage Foundation Wednesday to discuss the future of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which outlines the budget expenditures for the Department of Defense. The NDAA for fiscal year 2016 is being negotiated between the…
    Diana Stancy
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    Will Tennessee’s Courts Force Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide? One Man’s Quest
    A battle for hearts and minds has been waged across America this year on the issue of physician-assisted suicide, the taking of deadly drugs to prematurely end one’s life. While euthanasia is currently illegal in all but five states, half of our nation’s state legislatures have proposed legalizing it in the current 2015 legislative session. Thus far, Americans’…
    Susan Allen
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    Here’s Why the Recent Proposals to Fix Social Security Disability Won’t Solve the Shortfall
    The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing last week on “Promoting Opportunity for Disability Insurance Beneficiaries” to discuss, among other measures, a benefit-offset policy for Social Security disability payments. A benefit-offset policy is expected to increase the earnings and disposable income of disability program beneficiaries, while increasing program costs as the disability…
    Romina Boccia
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    “Enormous” Cyber Hack Threatens Federal Employees and National Security
    Things went from bad to worse at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday with the announcement that hackers stole the Social Security numbers and personal information of 21 million people in a massive cyber hack. This news comes on top of last month’s revelation that 4.2 million current and former federal employees had…
    Jocelyn Lamb | Ryan Spaude
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    Highway Trust Fund ‘Patch’ Uses TSA Fees to Fund Roads (Yes, Seriously)
    Today the House will take up a short-term “patch” measure to shore up the Highway Trust Fund, which is set to dip below critical levels at the end of the month. The patch would keep the fund afloat through December by transferring $8.1 billion from the Treasury into the Highway Trust Fund. The measure is…
    Michael Sargent
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    Scott Walker: Those Born After 1967 Are ‘Ready for Reform’ on Social Security, Medicare
    Before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker became an official candidate for president, he told reporters that he would give detailed plans on entitlement reform once he started his official run. While we wait for that speech, Walker did provide a solid hint during an interview with The Daily Signal conducted in Iowa back in April. “I…
    David Brody
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    Pentagon to Lift Ban on Transgender Military Service
    Pentagon officials are in the final stages of preparing to lift the ban on transgender individuals serving in the United States Military, the Associated Press reported Monday. Senior U.S. officials told AP that when the ban is lifted, they will be formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service. A…
    Chelsea Scism
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