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Where Does House Freedom Caucus Go From Here?
The newly minted chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Andy Harris joins “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss the conservative cohort’s priorities heading into the elections and the 119th Congress. The House Freedom Caucus is no stranger to putting pressure on House GOP leadership. The concessions secured by the caucus and other conservatives… -
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The Culture of Moral Relativism Is Destroying Our Kids’ Education
What issue could be more important to a nation’s future than education? A country is about people. How Americans act, work, think, choose—and live—reflects their values. K-12 education, of course, is about learning to read and do math. This is what we measure in test scores. But education is a lot more than acquisition of… -
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How Kids Are Paying the Price for an ‘Adult-Centric Policy’ Agenda
Kids are not running for public office, enacting laws, litigating policy, or even voting, and yet children often bear the weightiest consequences for the bad policies adults implement. “I get angry when kids are victimized because adults refuse to do the right thing,” says Katy Faust, the founder and president of the pro-children advocacy organization… -
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4 Takeaways From Kamala Harris’ Fox News Interview With Bret Baier
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, repeatedly dodged questions from Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday. Baier pressed her on immigration, taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries, and President Joe Biden’s mental acuity, among other key issues. Here are four key takeaways. 1. Immigration Baier began the interview by asking Harris about immigration policy…. -
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Trump’s Unexpected Allies: Are Black and Hispanic Voters Really Ditching Democrats?
Recent polling suggests that some traditionally Democrat-leaning voters, particularly black and Hispanic men, appear to be reconsidering their political allegiances. Their concerns about the high cost of living and rising crime have them trending toward former President Donald Trump, which could make them the deciding factor in the 2024 presidential election. Gabriel Nadales, national director… -
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The Washington Post Claims Republicans Wage War on Fact-Checkers
Liberal journalists love to paint the Republicans as opposed to facts—which implies that liberal journalists own the facts and determine who is using them properly. The Washington Post put this aggressive headline on the front of its Oct. 15 edition: “Campaign takes stand against fact checks: In live settings, Trump aims to let his falsehoods… -
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Inflation Rising Is Awkward for Powell, Nightmare for Harris
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Inflation is rising again, and even Federal Reserve cheerleader Bloomberg is worried the Fed is losing the plot. Inflation rising is awkward for the Fed, given Chairman Jerome Powell already cut rates for the looming recession. In fact,… -
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NASA Spent Millions on ‘Environmental Justice’ and ‘Equity’ Grants Despite Budget Woes
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has shelled out millions in awards to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as “environmental justice,” despite recently laying off staff and shuttering space programs due to budgetary shortfalls. NASA has allocated roughly $10 million to pay out dozens of grants and contracts aimed at… -
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Harris Campaign’s Frantically Flailing Freakout
The latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast” is all about the frantic flailing attacks and overused platitudes thrown out from the Harris-Walz campaign just weeks away from the election. From criticizing the music the Trump campaign plays at rallies to repeating the same Disney musical phrases over and over, the Harris campaign seems desperate… -
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Floridians Challenge Radical Abortion Amendment After Report Reveals Fraud in Petition Process
Florida pro-lifers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a pro-abortion group found to have engaged in fraudulent practices to put on the ballot a radical amendment legalizing abortion up to birth. Alan Lawson, a lawyer who is a former Florida Supreme Court justice, filed the lawsuit against the group Floridians Protecting Freedom on behalf of four state… -
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Biden-Harris DOJ Attack on Youngkin, Virginia Voters Threatens Democracy and Ballot Sanctity
A standard progressive claim is that the Left truly cares about democracy but the other side, not so much. Yet the Biden-Harris White House is now suing my home state, Virginia, and our Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, for simply following and appropriately enforcing a 2006 law meant to protect our voting rights. That measure was… -
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How the Harris Boomlet Went Bust
When Kamala Harris first jumped into the 2024 race, the joy was palpable. Every major Democrat leaped to celebrate. The legacy media uncorked the Champagne. Rank-and-file Democratic voters had a pep in their step. After all, the Democratic Party had pulled off an unprecedented feat: After rigging the Democratic primaries to avoid any serious opposition… -
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Deceitful Campaign Promises—on Both Sides
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris keep making new promises. Trump fans applauded when he said he’ll eliminate taxes on tips. Then Harris proposed that, too. Her audience applauded. Trump then proposed not taxing overtime. More applause. But narrow tax exemptions are bad policy. In my new video, economist Allison Schrager explains how they create nasty,… -
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Who’s Bankrolling Ballot Initiative to Move Ohio Blue?
The institutional Left is dumping millions into what has become the most expensive redistricting ballot initiative in history—to change how a red-leaning state elects members of Congress and the state Legislature. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a client of Arabella Advisors, is the largest donor to the Ohio ballot question, dubbed Issue 1. If voters approve… -
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FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Data, Now Showing Surge Instead of Reported Decrease
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Federal Bureau of Investigation quietly revised its national crime data for 2022, showing that violent crime actually increased instead of decreased, as was initially reported, according to RealClearInvestigations. The FBI Uniform Crime Report initially showed a slight 2.1% decrease in violent crime from 2021 to 2022, however, the revision, which was… -
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Complaint Alleges Michigan’s Top Election Official Misrepresented Facts to Keep RFK Jr. on Ballot
Michigan’s top election official, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, is the subject of a bar complaint over her department’s actions to keep independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name on the ballot. State Sen. Ruth Johnson, a Republican who immediately preceded Benson as secretary of state, filed the bar complaint alleging that… -
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Who Wants to Increase the National Debt? Both Trump and Harris
It’s been a little over a week since the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sent a letter to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump suggesting the two presidential candidates get serious about “skyrocketing” national debt, which now exceeds $35 trillion. Washington is spending $1.8 trillion more than it collects annually. “Our publicly held debt will… -
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US Boots Hit Ground in Israel as Threat From Iran Looms
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—U.S. service members arrived in Israel on Monday amid the country’s chaotic multifront war with various actors in the region, and more troops will arrive soon, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The Pentagon previously announced on Sunday that the troops would be deployed to the Middle East along with a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense… -
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Why Veterans Are Voting for Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris has a problem with veterans. They overwhelmingly support her opponent—favoring former President Donald Trump by a lopsided 61%-37%, according to the latest Pew Research Center survey. For years, civilians have been sold a narrative that just isn’t true. Democrats and liberals in the media invested heavily in trying to portray Trump… -
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Where’s the ‘Foreign Aid’ for Hurricane-Ravaged Florida and North Carolina?
Hurricanes Helene and Milton may be gone, but they won’t be forgotten, certainly not by the hard-hit residents and businesses of the Southeast. The immense economic devastation and loss of life wrought by those hurricanes—and, in the case of Milton, the tornadoes it spawned—will be felt for years to come in Florida and Western North…