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Kamala Harris Gains Americans’ Confidence on Economy, Poll Shows
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Americans trust Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump to handle the economy despite most having a poor view of the Biden-Harris administration’s economic policies, a new August poll finds. By a slim margin, Democratic presidential nominee Harris leads Republican nominee Trump at 42% compared to 41%, despite nearly half of… -
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‘ANTI-SCIENCE’: Former Health Officials Slam FDA Duplicity on ‘Puberty Blockers’ in Light of New Evidence
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former officials in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration condemned what they described as the FDA’s duplicity in allowing off-label use of so-called puberty blockers while loudly condemning the use of far safer drugs to treat COVID-19. “During the Trump administration, the media… -
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Dissension, ‘Toxicity’ Plagued Trump’s Secret Service Detail Before Assassination Attempt
Rancor, recriminations, and serious formal misconduct complaints have plagued all levels of the Secret Service detail assigned to protect former President Donald Trump over the past year, distracting the team from its core mission of securing Trump from physical harm and preventing an assassination. Trump’s regular detail team, a force of 60 employees—special agents and… -
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The Woke 2024 Olympics: Where Men Were Allowed to Punch Women
This past weekend, two biologically male boxers won gold medals in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. On Friday, Imane Khelif of Algeria won the gold medal in the women’s welterweight division. On Saturday, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won the gold medal in the women’s featherweight division. As reported by Boxing News, the oldest boxing… -
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Gen Z’s Mental Health Is Being Impacted by ‘Decaying Culture’
The family unit, social interaction, and politics are a few of the many variables that impact a developing adolescent. When a child’s family unit is broken, social life is in shambles, or the political public square becomes unavoidable, it can have consequences on who they become as their worldview takes shape. As evidenced by previous… -
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Judges, Not Bureaucrats, Interpret the Law
To hear Vice President Kamala Harris tell it, the Supreme Court’s decision this summer to curb the federal bureaucracy’s authority to interpret vague laws so as to favor giving itself more power threatens everything from clean water and air, accessible health care, and sound financial markets to safe products and worker safety. Well, don’t believe… -
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Modi’s Miracle: Indian Populism Wins Wide Support
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. As anti-elite populism rises worldwide, from the U.S. and Europe to Latin America, the socialists are fighting tooth and nail, using everything from cynical election coalitions in France to outright censorship and jailing dissenters in Britain. But there’s… -
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‘Clearly a Radical Socialist’: Sen. Rick Scott Challenges Tim Walz’s Military Record
Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate shows how radical she is, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., tells The Daily Signal. Scott spoke at Erick Erickson’s The Gathering conference in Atlanta on Saturday. He joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss Walz’s military record, expectations for the 2024 election… -
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EXCLUSIVE: California District Allows 12-Year-Olds to Transition Without Parental Involvement, Denies It
A California high school disputed The Daily Signal’s recent report that it allows kids to transition gender without parental involvement, yet internal documents say parents are optional for ages 12 and up. The Daily Signal reported on July 28 that the Newport-Mesa Unified School District allows students to complete so-called gender support plans, which lay… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers’ ‘Make Voting Great Again’ Report Highlights Fights Against Election Interference
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Election Intergrity Caucus advanced the fight against foreign nationals voting in U.S. elections, outside money (“Zuckerbucks”) to run elections, and the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to take over elections, a new report says. The new House report, titled “Make Voting Great Again” and first provided Monday to The Daily Signal,… -
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‘Thank God for Elon Musk Taking on the Labour Government,’ Expert Declares
Elon Musk is standing up for free speech in the U.K. following last month’s elections that resulted in huge wins for the far-left Labour Party. Since its rise to power in July, Labour Party leaders have begun cracking down on social media, even arresting individuals for posts they claim incite violence. Now, Musk is using… -
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7 Takeaways From Trump’s ‘Conversation’ With Elon Musk
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk had a long “conversation” Monday night with Donald Trump on his social media platform X, offering at one point to help the former president rein in federal spending should he be elected to a second term. In an exchange with Musk that stretched to two hours, Trump addressed illegal immigration and… -
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OVERDUE: Nearly 40% of Us Can’t Pay Our Bills
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. A new poll finds that nearly 40% of Americans worry about paying the bills “most or all of the time”—which is even higher than during the 2008 financial crisis. The poll—from CNN, of all places—found that 39% of… -
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Defense Secretary Orders Warships Heading Toward Middle East to Sail Faster as Iran Threats Intensify
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—U.S. military forces are shoring up in the Middle East in anticipation of an Iranian-led attack against Israel, the Pentagon confirmed on Sunday evening. Iran and Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terror group in Lebanon, have been adamant that they intend to soon launch an attack against Israel, although the timing or nature of the possible… -
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Make-Believe Moderates: Here’s Why Harris, Walz Makeovers Won’t Fly
You can fool some of the people—for about two weeks. Since Kacklin’ Kamala Harris pried the Anti-Democratic Party’s nomination from Sleepy Joe Biden in a bloodless coup d’etat on July 21, the vice president slithered between two rocks, shed her far-left skin, and emerged as Kamala the neo-moderate. The fracking-ban supporter? Gone! The Green New Deal’s… -
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America Can’t Afford Ongoing Border Crisis, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Says
ATLANTA—The only rational explanation for the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policy is that Democrats think illegal immigrants will help them in the Nov. 5 election, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says. “It just doesn’t make sense, unless you think you can turn those [illegal aliens] into voters, and it’s going to help you in your next… -
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Glimpse Into Work of Task Force Investigating Trump Assassination Attempt
THE CENTER SQUARE—The chairman of a congressional task force assembled last month to probe former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt gave a glimpse into its work during an interview with a local radio station Wednesday. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., told The Daily Focus the bipartisan 13-member panel wants to know why the federal agents chose… -
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‘Stop Illegals From Voting’: House Freedom Caucus Urges Amendment to Omnibus Spending Bill
The conservative House Freedom Caucus is calling for Republican leadership in Congress to tie appropriations to fund the government next year to a recently passed House bill to prevent foreign nationals from voting in U.S. elections. In July, the House passed the SAVE Act—short for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. If enacted and signed… -
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Now Even Viewpoint Diversity Is ‘White Supremacy’
Do you want a perspective other than the stifling woke orthodoxy being imposed on society through classrooms, TV shows, and corporate boardrooms? Tired of seeing “LGBTQ” this and “BIPOC” or “AAPI” that? Do you want a discussion of ideas without constant identity politics? You just might be a white supremacist. That’s essentially the message of… -
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‘Slightly Less Bad Version of Democrats’: Chip Roy Rips House Republicans for Enabling Big Government Spending
ATLANTA—For too long, Republicans have caused the things they campaign against, like big government spending, Rep. Chip Roy said Saturday. “Republicans give lip service to wanting to … shrink the size of government,” the Texas Republican said at Erick Erickson’s The Gathering conference in Atlanta, “and they won’t do it.” Many Republican members of the…