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2,500 Orthodox Jewish Rabbis, Israeli Ambassador Demand UN Secretary-General Resign Over Hamas Comments
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect the fact Guterres’ speech does appear on the U.N. website. The U.N. changed the link after publication so the old link appeared broken. The Coalition for Jewish Values joined Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in calling for the U.N. secretary-general to resign Tuesday. Secretary-General António… -
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Here’s an App That Predicts Consumer Backlashes Over Woke Business Moves
Brands and companies such as Bud Light and Target wrestled with boycotts in the past year after embracing what consumers consider extreme woke ideology. Now, an app is available to measure a company’s risk of backlash from a political or social controversy. The Goods Unite Us app calculates the risk of backlash, what its designers… -
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Controversial House Speaker Nominee Drops Out After Trump Attack
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out of the speaker race on Tuesday after former President Donald Trump warned Republicans not to support Emmer, saying he is “totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters.” Emmer had won the Republican speaker nomination on Tuesday morning, but around 26 House Republicans voted against Emmer during the closed-door roll call vote, according to… -
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Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: Oregon Joins List of States Dumbing Down Education
The Oregon Board of Education on Thursday voted unanimously to remove requirements for students to be proficient in reading and writing in order to graduate—joining the long line of ill-advised moves to cut academic expectations for American students. The Oregon Department of Education released a statement calling the reading and writing proficiency standards “burdensome to… -
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Biden Admin Releases 96% of Inadmissible Aliens Who Use Its ‘CBP One’ App
The Biden administration has released into the country nearly all the inadmissible aliens who scheduled appointments through its CBP One mobile application so far this year, according to new information obtained by the House Homeland Security Committee. Between Jan. 12 and Sept. 30, fully 95.8% of the illegal aliens who scheduled appointments to claim asylum through… -
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Conservative Satirist’s Federal Prison Sentence Assailed as DOJ ‘Weaponization’ of Politics
On Wednesday, Douglass Mackey—who mainstream media outlets have characterized as a “far-right influencer”—was sentenced to seven months in federal prison for engaging in “election interference” by posting fake Hillary Clinton campaign advertisements on Twitter before the 2016 election. Legal experts are decrying the Brooklyn, New York, court decision as an example of the “weaponization” of the Biden… -
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The Hamas Slaughter Confirmed Everything I Have Believed
With one exception, nothing about Oct. 7 surprised me. The one exception was Israel’s unpreparedness. That also surprised nearly every Israeli. My guess is that a combination of Iranian technology and Israeli complacency and incompetence led to the greatest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. Nothing else surprised me. Not the butchery; not the sadism;… -
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Oklahoma Governor Slams AG’s Lawsuit Fighting Funds for Nation’s First Religious Charter School
Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is criticizing a lawsuit filed by his state’s attorney general against the nation’s first religious charter school as a “political stunt.” “Nobody is forcing kids to go to any religious charter school,” Stitt said in a phone interview Monday with The Daily Signal. “A charter school is just another option…. -
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Election Integrity Wins in Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, but Trouble Brews in Pennsylvania
With many eyes focused on the 2024 presidential election, issues of election integrity are again coming to the forefront of the national conversation, as they should. Without fair, honest, and secure elections, we can’t sustain our democratic republic. Because the Framers of our Constitution placed primary responsibility on the states to administer and set out the… -
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Republicans Choose a Speaker of the House Nominee
After several rounds of voting on Tuesday, Republicans have selected a candidate for speaker of the House of Representatives. Those initially on the ballot were Jack Bergman of Michigan, Byron Donalds of Florida, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Austin Scott of Georgia, and Pete Sessions of Texas. Emmer… -
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‘Grave Error’: Vance Strongly Cautions Against Linking Ukraine and Israel Aid
Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance strongly cautioned against linking funding to Ukraine with funding to Israel, warning in a Monday memo that this is a "grave error that betrays a lack of strategic focus." "Each conflict is distinct and represents a different claim on U.S. interests," he warned in a memo circulated to Senate Republicans… -
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This State Has Suffered ‘Highest Fentanyl Death Rate in America’
West Virginia is feeling the worst effects of illicit fentanyl flowing across America’s southern border, according to state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. Fentanyl is “ravaging our state,” Morrisey says, noting that is “in part because West Virginia for many decades really has had the highest drug-overdose death rate in the nation.” And now, the Mountain… -
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‘The One Thing Iran Fears Is Peace,’ Sen. Joni Ernst Says of Regime’s Link to Hamas Terrorist Attack
Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel is a reminder of the threat Iran poses, Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday at an event on Capitol Hill. Ernst, R-Iowa, speaking at a Heritage Foundation event called “Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance at 75,” said the Biden administration’s appeasement of Iran led to the Oct. 7 surprise attack on… -
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Rep. Chip Roy Says It’s Time to Stop Funding Anti-Americanism
Taxpayers have been funding radicals who hate Israel and America for a generation, thanks to Congress, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Monday. Roy spoke as part of a panel during a Heritage Foundation event, “Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance at 75,” where he talked about Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the steps… -
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Why Is Google Protecting Harvard Defenders of Hamas Terrorism?
Google has once again shown its true colors in its efforts to suppress the readership of news about the radical students at Harvard University who have voiced their support—very publicly—for Hamas. Hamas, of course, is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, but that didn’t stop Harvard students from quickly rushing to… -
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University of Michigan Law School Exposed as Rotten to Core
If you want to spend almost $100,000 a year to turn your son or daughter into a radical, America-hating extremist whose goal is to bring down our republic, particularly our supposedly white supremacist legal system, then the University of Michigan Law School is the place to go. This is the last article of a 10-part… -
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House Speaker Race: Nine Republicans Vie for Leadership
After over 20 days without a speaker of the House of Representatives, the GOP hopes this week to finally fill the vacancy. Nine Republicans are currently running for the position. On Monday evening at 6:30 p.m., Republicans will hold a closed-door meeting in the Longworth House Office Building where they will listen to two-minute speeches… -
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Will Supreme Court Take Down ‘Biden’s Vast Censorship Enterprise’?
A hugely important case about government censorship of Americans’ speech online is going to the Supreme Court. “We look forward to dismantling Joe Biden’s vast censorship enterprise at the nation’s highest court,” said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Missouri and Louisiana, along with a handful of individuals, are plaintiffs in the case, which revolves around… -
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Why Navy’s Submarine Tender Program Is Vital to Pacific Strategy
As China continues to flagrantly and aggressively assert its influence in the Pacific, the need to maintain a strong naval presence is paramount for deterring a potential conflict—or for winning one, if necessary. Key to that are U.S. Navy submarines. To support those submarines while deployed, the Navy recently released an updated solicitation on a… -
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House Republicans Urge Biden Not to Take in Palestinian Refugees
Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., are trying to discourage the Biden administration from taking in Palestinian refugees and resettling them in the U.S., according to a letter dated Monday and obtained first by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., had requested that the U.S. take in Palestinian refugees after Hamas terrorists…