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opinion
House Won’t Fund Smithsonian’s New Latino Museum Painting Hispanics as America’s Victims
A congressional debate over funding a new Smithsonian American Latino Museum carried on for most of Wednesday afternoon, sometimes passionately, epitomizing a much larger national cleavage over whether America is to be viewed as the land of opportunity or through the lens of oppression, race, and gender ideology. Behind this important national war of ideas… -
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Philanthropist Halts Higher Ed Donations After ‘Radicalized’ Faculty Protest Kirk-Prager Event
Tom Lewis is among America’s most generous philanthropists. Over more than 20 years, his T.W. Lewis Foundation has funded causes helping children and families, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations like The Heritage Foundation. But he’s now taking a different approach with colleges and universities after a controversy at Arizona State University. Lewis pulled his funding… -
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Secret Service Refuses to Hand Over ‘Known Pool of Individuals’ List in White House Cocaine Incident
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Secret Service has refused to turn over the list of individuals who may have accessed the area of the White House where authorities discovered cocaine over the Fourth of July weekend, saying that the record of such a list does not fall under the Freedom of Information Act. This suggests… -
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Bureaucrats ‘Don’t Give a Damn’: Ted Cruz EVISCERATES Chevron Deference in New Supreme Court Filing
Sen. Ted Cruz took aim Thursday at a Supreme Court precedent that empowers the administrative state at the expense of the people's will and the Framers' vision in the Constitution. This Supreme Court doctrine has "played an enormous role in the expansion of the administrative state," Cruz, a Texas Republican, told The Daily Signal in… -
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Lawmaker’s Bill Would Clean Up 30-Year ‘Motor Voter’ Registration Roll Mess
More than 30 years after the federal “motor voter law” passed, foreign nationals and noncitizens have managed to register and vote in U.S. elections across the country, while many states and counties have more registered voters than residents. Now, a House election-reform bill would allow states to require proof of citizenship—which the Supreme Court previously… -
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There Is No Constitutional Right to ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Thursday on “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children” and exposed how children are being coerced by adults in positions of authority into life-altering and medically questionable “gender transition” drugs and procedures without anyone having a full understanding of their impact, including the… -
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Kamala Harris’ Smear of Florida’s Black History Curriculum Implodes
A shamefully bogus story promoted by Vice President Kamala Harris has taken an amusing turn. You might call it a “self-own.” First, a little backstory. In January, the Florida Department of Education rejected the Advanced Placement standards for African American history produced by College Board. The department cited a lack of educational value and historical… -
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More Oversight for Ukraine Aid on the Way?
The push for greater oversight of U.S. aid to Ukraine is making progress. Wednesday night, a bipartisan majority of senators—including nearly every Republican—voted to create a lead inspector general for Ukraine assistance. In June, the House of Representatives agreed to a similar measure, establishing a special inspector general for Ukraine assistance as part of its… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘Unapologetically Pro-Life,’ But Likely Won’t Sign a Federal Abortion Ban
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said last week that he isn't supportive of a federal ban on abortion, and he touted the difference between himself and his fellow Republican candidates on this point. The Daily Signal has learned that the presidential candidate is reportedly discussing with scholars whether federal protections for the unborn would be constitutional…. -
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Are the ‘Walls Closing in’ on Bidens?
Everyone paying attention to the latest revelations about Hunter Biden and his energetically supportive father knows that journalists and Republican officials have opened a vein, or “the walls are closing in.” Even so, the leftist media are trying to report as little of this damaging scandal material as they possibly can. We can scarcely imagine… -
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Irony at Tex-Mex Border
The Department of Justice has announced it is suing Texas’ Republican governor, Greg Abbott, for using floating barriers in the Rio Grande river to stop migrants who are breaking U.S. law by illegally crossing the southern border. For this the word “irony” was created. Defined, it means “the use of words to convey a meaning… -
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Will Hollywood Learn From Disappointing ‘Barbie’ Payoff for Pandering to China?
Last weekend, the highly anticipated film “Barbie” made a killing at the global box office. One country where it didn’t do so well, however, was China. That’s unfortunate for the producers, who worked so hard to please Beijing, only to watch the film come in sixth place in opening-day ticket sales in China. Though viewership… -
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VA Grants Religious Exemption to Employees Against Abortion After Lawsuit
A Texas nurse has won religious exemptions for Department of Veterans Affairs employees nationwide opposed to participating in performing abortions, the First Liberty Institute says. Stephanie Carter filed a lawsuit against the VA in December after seeking a religious exemption from taking part in abortions, and finding no such exemption existed, contrary to a VA… -
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Detransitioner Pleads With Lawmakers: ‘Please Let Me Be Your Final Warning’
Detransitioner Chloe Cole pleaded with lawmakers Thursday on Capitol Hill to pay heed to the traumatic struggles she has already endured as a young person who sought to transition to become another gender. Cole spoke before the a House Judiciary subcommittee on the “Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children,” a hearing pushed by… -
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Sexual Assault Survivor Describes Trauma of Sharing Locker Room With Lia Thomas
Paula Scanlan, who swam on the University of Pennsylvania’s women swimming team with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee on the “Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children,” Thursday about her experience. Watch the video above or read a lightly edited transcript of her remarks below: Good morning, Chairman [Mike]… -
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70 Years After Korean War Armistice, Are Americans Still Willing and Able to Fight Today’s Threats?
Now more than ever, the U.S. military needs young Americans to step up and serve: While the nation faces ever-increasing threats from China, Russia, and Iran, the Army has missed its recruitment goals for the second year in a row, and the other branches are struggling, too. On Thursday, the United States observes National Korean… -
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Likely Voters Weigh in on Whether Biden Should Acknowledge ‘Illegitimate’ Grandchild
A supermajority of respondents in a new poll say President Joe Biden should acknowledge the existence of his seventh grandchild and nearly as large a majority opposes the idea of the federal government using tax dollars for slavery reparations. In a poll released Wednesday and conducted from July 18 to July 22 by WPA Intelligence… -
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The Radical Left’s Playbook, Exposed
Chris Rufo is at the forefront of exposing critical race theory, DEI, and the radical Left’s agenda to undermine traditional American values. His new book, “America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything,” is a history of the Left’s key figures and its playbook for infiltrating America’s institutions and indoctrinating our children. The book,… -
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Surprisingly, ‘Barbie’ Offers Empowering Message for Women
Many of us walked into Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” expecting another major brand to go woke. Much to our surprise, Gerwig’s interpretation leans back into Barbie’s origins—empowering women. She ignores some, though not all, of the political trends. Hari Nef, a biological male, is playing a transgender doctor version of Barbie in the movie, but the… -
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The Collapse of Hunter Biden’s Sweetheart Plea Deal
There were clearly some bizarre twists and turns in federal court Wednesday in Delaware, as Hunter Biden’s anticipated sweetheart plea deal collapsed. So, what happened? That is hard to say for sure, as a transcript of the colloquy between the lawyers and the judge has not been released. Basically, it seems that there was a…