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    Texas Lawmaker Reminds GOP of Madison’s Words About Power of the Purse

    For Rep. Chip Roy, it’s a frustrating conversation that happens all too often with fellow lawmakers on his side of the aisle.  “‘Chip, we have a razor-thin majority. We just have to win the White House; we just have to win the Senate,’” the Texas Republican recalled in a speech Tuesday.  When he hears colleagues…
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    DHS Finally Declares Year-Old Cyber Emergency for Aviation

    Only a quarter of the way through 2024, an undeniable reality has emerged: America’s critical infrastructure faces an unparalleled threat of cyberattack. As foreign adversaries, emboldened and armed with advanced tools, push the boundaries of our cybersecurity measures and prime themselves to launch attacks, Americans must ask: If the federal government is taking action, is…
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    EXCLUSIVE: CDC Must Provide Transparency on Troubling IVF Practices, Congressman Says

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide transparency on in vitro fertilization practices in the United States. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal and sent Tuesday, Brecheen points out that other Western countries prohibit clinics from “practicing…
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    Unraveling the Damage Done by Our Welfare System

    Education, employment, and family formation are “the building blocks for a flourishing life,” says the leader of the Georgia Center for Opportunity.  But, unfortunately, America’s welfare system includes penalties for both work and family formation, Randy Hicks says.  Although the safety net may not intend to punish work or the family, Hicks says, it does…
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    ‘NYPD KKK’: What I Saw at Columbia Encampment When the Deadline to Leave Struck

    Daily Signal columnist Jarrett Stepman was at Columbia University in New York City at 2 p.m. Eastern Monday. Columbia officials had told students in the encampment that they were violating university policies, and needed to leave or risk suspension. Here’s what happened: Pro-Israel supported got surrounded. She was followed by people shouting “free Palestine” and…
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    44 Signs and Chalk Messages Tell It All at GW’s Pro-Palestine Encampment

    Pro-Palestine protests continued Monday at George Washington University in the nation’s capital after erupting Thursday, over six months after Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 and slaughtered 1,200 people. Homemade signs opposing Israel and implicitly supporting the terrorist organization that rules Gaza could be seen across GW’s University Yard…
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    Leftist Reporters Pretend They’re Not Partisan News Squashers

    Eight years ago, the leftist media took great offense to being dismissed by Donald Trump as “fake news,” but they never seemed to grasp this is exactly how they painted the conservative media, as truth-defying propaganda outlets. When the Trump trial turned to the National Enquirer, we could find national unity that the Enquirer defines…
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    Pro-Palestine Protesters Deface Statue of George Washington

    Pro-Palestine protesters have defaced a statue of George Washington on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C.   The statue is draped in a Palestinian flag, while a black and white scarf is wrapped around the statue’s neck. Stickers reading “End the Genocide Free Palestine,” “The Students United Will Never Be Divided,” and “Anti-Fascist…
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    ‘Harassment’: Feds Impose Trans Agenda on Employers for Pronouns, Bathrooms

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Under new federal guidelines, an employer would be guilty of harassment for requiring someone to use a restroom that comports with his or her biological sex, or for referring to someone by a pronoun the person doesn’t want used. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published the guidance on Monday. The guidance…
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    Arabella Network’s Leftist ‘Dark Money’ Influence Expanding, Author Reveals

    The left-wing Arabella Advisors network has raked in more money than either of the two major political parties and affects almost every element of public policy and elections, argues Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, a Washington-based investigative think tank.  Walter’s new book “Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming…
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    Germany Allows Parents to Change Their Baby’s Gender

    When it comes to gender politics, many in opposition acknowledge that adults have the ability to choose for themselves whether they pursue hormone therapy or body-mutilating operations, because adults can better weigh the risks of their decisions. Children, on the other hand, are quite different from adults. Opponents of gender ideology are steadfast in the…
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    GOP Establishment’s Days Are Numbered

    The Republican establishment doesn’t know it yet, but last weekend was a watershed moment for their party. On April 20, House Republican leadership facilitated passage of a foreign-aid package that sends roughly $60 billion to Ukraine, $26 billion to Israel and Gaza, $8 billion to Taiwan, and exactly zero dollars to the southern border. The…
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    Let the Ivy Leagues Reap What They’ve Sown

    The Left’s winter of discontent appears to be transitioning into a summer of rage as college campus unrest heats up with the warmer weather. Well-funded and well-organized anti-Israel protests are spreading from one college campus to another. And they are becoming a feature in America’s Democrat-run cities as mobs of radicals have been able to…
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    Biden’s Latest Power Plant Power Grab

    Almost two years after a similar rule was rejected by the Supreme Court, the Biden administration on Thursday released another final rule for regulating America’s power plants. Under the rule, coal-fired power plants and most new natural gas-fired power plants would have to eliminate 90% of their carbon emissions by 2039 or close down in…
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    ‘Trial by Ambush’: Former Federal Prosecutors Call Alvin Bragg’s Strategy Unlike Anything They’ve Seen Before

    When defendants go on trial, the allegations against them are generally clear. Not so with former President Donald Trump and his “hush money” case. Prosecutors in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office offered new transparency not only to the public, but seemingly also to Trump’s defense attorneys on Tuesday when, one year after indicting the…
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  • opinion

    New Athletic Clothing Brand Gets It: XX and XY—Vive La Difference!

    Athletic clothing brands hold Women’s History Month promotional campaigns every March and claim to support women’s and girls sports, but haven’t spoken out against men competing as women—until now. “None of them is weighing in and taking a stand to protect female athletes and female sports and spaces from males entering into those spaces,” says…
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    DC Resident to Mayor: Since Homeless Encampments Are Permitted, Can Tourists Camp Too?

    If Washington, D.C., isn’t going to clean up homeless encampments, it should embrace equal opportunity for all and allow tourists to pitch a tent and save on hotel costs, one city resident says.   “If … it is your policy to continue to allow individuals and groups to sleep, cook, and live on city-controlled grassy…
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    Diverse Faith Groups Rally in Support of Bearded Atlantic City Fire Department Staffer

    For more than 20 years, Alex Smith has worked for the Atlantic City, New Jersey, Fire Department, dedicating his life to serving his hometown. In his current position as air mask technician, he fits masks and refills air tanks for firefighters engaged in fire suppression—an important role to ensure their safety while fires are raging. For…
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    Latest Job-Killing Policy Spells More Bad News for Californians

    California’s list of public policy failures was already long, but hiking its minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast-food workers may belong at the top. The predictable fallout in lost jobs and higher prices are already being felt, and the flood of residents fleeing the state is poised to accelerate. California is already home to…
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    Outmatched or Outsourced? Why Parents’ Values Fail to Transmit to Their Children

    Are left-leaning parents better at passing on their values to their children? The results of one recent study seem to indicate that they are, especially for their daughters. But there’s a better explanation, one articulated millennia ago by God’s Word. According to a 2023 poll by the Survey Center on American Life, 62% of U.S. adults raised…
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