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It’s Not What You Think: Hannity Explores Hamas Tunnel Into Israel
Want a look inside the secret tunnels that terrorist group Hamas has used to infiltrate Israel? Take a tour with Sean Hannity. The Fox News host traveled 40 feet underground with an Israel Defense Forces guide to explore one of the sophisticated passages. Among facts viewers learn: At a cost likely exceeding $2 million apiece, the… -
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Katy Perry Is Wrong: Dads Aren’t So Last Century
“I don’t need a dude… It’s 2014!” Such is the wisdom from pop star Katy Perry on motherhood in a recent Rolling Stone interview. “We are living in the future,” says Perry. “I’m not anti-men. I love men. But there is an option if someone doesn’t present himself.” The option Perry is referring to is… -
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Why Are Fewer People Using Food Stamps?
Food stamp use is on the decline. Finally. In recent years, the number of food stamp recipients has skyrocketed, growing by about 26.39 million people from 2003 to 2013, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Index of Culture and Opportunity. In 2013, about 47 million people received food stamps. But now there’s a downtick in… -
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Juan Williams Rebuked for Making ‘Ridiculous’ Claim About Conservatives
A discussion on “Fox News Sunday” about why congressional Republicans want to sue President Obama for abuse of executive power turned heated when commentator Juan Williams told Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham that conservatives across the country have “demonized” President Obama. Needham defended conservatives as “good people” worried about a “lawless president.” Needham, head of… -
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‘Hang Your Heads in Shame’: Angelina Jolie’s Dad Calls Fellow Stars ‘Ignorant’ on Israel
Jon Voight, the Oscar-winning actor and father of actress Angelina Jolie, says he is “heartsick” about two fellow Academy Award winners who denounce Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide.” “I am more than angry,” Voight writes in a guest column published in The Hollywood Reporter. “I am heartsick that people like Penelope Cruz and Javiar Bardem… -
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EPA Ozone Regulation Could Be Most Expensive in U.S. History
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expected ozone standard, expected to come in December, could be the most expensive regulation in U.S. history, according to a new study by NERA Economic Consulting for the National Association of Manufacturers. The EPA sets standards for six major pollutants including ground-level ozone, a primary component of smog. Every five… -
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At Pro-Palestinian Protest, Cornel West Calls Obama a ‘War Criminal’
Civil rights activist Cornel West condemned President Obama over the weekend at a pro-Palestinian rally that brought thousands to the White House. “Barack Obama is a war criminal … because his drones have killed 233 innocent children and because he facilitates the killing of innocent Palestinians in Gaza,” West said. Protesters called for an end… -
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Michael Bloomberg Fires Back at TV Anchor: Can You Imagine If a Country Fired Rockets on America?
When CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell asked Michael Bloomberg if Israel had gone too far in its fight against Hamas, the former New York City mayor turned the tables, asking O’Donnell to consider what the American response would be in the same situation. If rockets rained down on the United States, Bloomberg said, “the same… -
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Should the U.S. (Sort of) Legalize Prostitution?
Should the U.S. copy a Swedish law that bans “johns” and “pimps” but allows women to sell their bodies? Daily Signal senior contributor Genevieve Wood weighs in. -
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Tax Reform: Dynamic Analysis Is Vital
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a hearing recently about the importance of dynamic scoring of tax reform. Tax reform is necessary to improve the potential of the economy and increase incomes and opportunities for American families. Earlier this year, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp… -
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Unions Lose and the Public Wins Big in Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin had quite a good day on July 31 when the state supreme court upheld not only Wisconsin’s voter ID law, but also the 2011 budget legislation that severely curtailed the power of public unions to control the lives and salaries of state and municipal government employees. In Madison Teachers, Inc. v…. -
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How Medicare’s Home Health Cuts Disproportionately Affect Women
The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, authorized the Department of Health and Human Services to cut or increase categories of Medicare spending. Last year, then-HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced home health care funding would be slashed by 3.5 percent annually until 2017. Industry analysts say these cuts disproportionately affect women—who make up the… -
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These Four Women Faced Unexpected Pregnancies. Where They Turned for Help Changed Their Lives.
“I’m in labor; pardon me,” Courtney says cheerfully, planting herself cross-legged in the armchair next to me. She’s already been to the hospital, but it won’t admit her until she’s further along. A thin blonde, she is one of four young mothers living together in Borromeo House. The house, surrounded by a white picket fence… -
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By Casting Churches as Movie Theaters, Santorum Hopes to Engage the Culture
Don’t look for Rick Santorum to go Hollywood. Sure, a little over a year ago, the former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 Republican presidential candidate took on the role of CEO of EchoLight Studios, which describes itself as a producer and distributor of “high-quality movies for families of faith.” His first project for EchoLight, the feature-length… -
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The Islamic State’s Destabilization of Iraq Marks a ‘Disastrous Setback’ for U.S. Counterterrorism
Al Qaeda may have been seriously degraded in recent years, but the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, is rising to take its place as the top terror organization in the Middle East. The group is sweeping through Iraq in a terrorizing campaign to reestablish the Muslim caliphate. Its rapid defeat of Iraqi military troops… -
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Could You Soon Lose Your Job to a Robot?
Is the increasing automation of our economy a threat to American wages and jobs? Should the American worker fear the rise of the robots? No, not really. Eighty years ago, John Maynard Keynes warned that society faced “a new disease” of “technological unemployment” in which the “means of economizing the use of labor [were] outrunning… -
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Did George W. Bush Cause the Current Border Crisis?
On Dec. 23, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act into law. White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto called the bill “a priority issue for the administration in preventing the trafficking of persons around the world,” adding, “So this is a piece of legislation we’re very proud… -
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Uncle Sam Is Trying to Control Your Diet
Like many Americans, you probably think it’s up to you to determine how healthy your diet is. Well, the Food and Drug Administration has a different idea. You see, the FDA is gunning for the trans fats in your diet. Last year, the agency tentatively decided to revoke the status of partially hydrogenated oils as…