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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Sued Over Far-Left Protesting at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project is suing the Justice Department for communications related to the department's failure to apply federal law against far-left protests at the Supreme Court Justices' homes. The suit follows Attorney General Merrick Garland's admission that it is a federal crime (under 18 U.S.C. § 1507) to… -
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6 Highlights of TikTok CEO’s Testimony Before House Panel
The chief executive officer of TikTok says that "ByteDance is not owned or controlled by the Chinese government" even as a bipartisan group of lawmakers push to ban the popular app. TikTok faces bipartisan scrutiny at both the state and federal level. More than 30 states, led by Democratic and Republican governors alike, have taken… -
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Libs of TikTok Creator Chaya Raichik Calls for National Ban on App
“TikTok is a weapon being used to groom our kids,” says Chaya Raichik, creator of the popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok. Raichik joined lawmakers, policy experts, and parents Thursday outside the U.S. Capitol for a rally calling for Chinese-owned TikTok to be banned in America. “Every single day in America, our children are under… -
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Heritage Foundation Requests Records on How Drug User Prince Harry Acquired US Visa
A leading American think tank is trying to determine how Britain’s Prince Harry acquired a U.S. visa after revealing his affinity for drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, “magic mushrooms” and other psychedelics. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act to find out if the Duke of Sussex admitted his once-heavy… -
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Parents’ Bill of Rights Is How Congress Can Help State School Reformers
The stunning success of conservative education reform across the country in the past few years is the result a moral fact: Parents are children’s primary educators. Until very recently, this was not disputed, let alone controversial. But lately, it has become clear that progressive elites who run teachers unions and school boards, the Democratic Party,… -
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Why Students, Alumni of King’s College Fear Closure of Christian Outpost in New York
No student, professor, or alumnus of The King’s College wants May to mark the financial ruin of the respected Christian liberal arts school in New York City. But the 85-year-old school will need a miracle to keep its doors open after several years of New York’s COVID-19 restrictions, decreased enrollment, and questionable business calls. … -
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Nagging Unanswered Questions About War in Ukraine
Ukrainians—and many Europeans and Americans—are defining an envisioned Ukrainian victory as the complete expulsion of all Russians from its 2013 borders. Or, as a Ukrainian national security chief put it, the war ends with Ukrainian tanks in Red Square. But mysteries remain about such ambitious agendas. What would that goal entail? Giving Ukraine American F-16s… -
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Arrest That Man (Donald Trump). Crime to Follow.
Former President Donald Trump, citing “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, posted the following on social media: ” … WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED… -
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In Texas, Democrats Struggle to Fight School Choice Bill as Support Booms
A Texas bill that would offer families an education savings account of $8,000 per child caused an extraordinary stir Wednesday at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. For the bill’s first hearing by a Texas Senate committee, advocates and critics flooded the hearing room to argue about the effects on students, families, and schools of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Bill Would Make Abortionists Report Victims of Trafficking
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd is leading lawmakers in introducing the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act. The legislation, co-sponsored by Republican senators Josh Hawley of Missouri, Roger Marshall of Kansas, and Rick Scott of Florida, would require abortionists and abortion providers to file reports with the National Human… -
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US Patent System Needs to Be Fixed, Inventor Rights Activist Says
An American inventor is speaking out about a law he says has significantly affected the country’s ability “to lead the world in innovation and stay ahead of our adversaries.” “We’re a 501(c)(4) [tax-exempt organization], and our mission is to restore to America something that has been actually just totally destroyed by Big Tech,” Randy Landreneau,… -
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Lawsuit Challenges Wyoming’s First-in-Nation Ban on Abortion Pill
The most utilized abortion procedure in America is now the abortion pill, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research organization spun off from Planned Parenthood. More than half of all abortions in America are carried out using the abortion pill, but Wyoming just became the first state to ban the pill entirely. Wyoming Gov…. -
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Federal Agency Contradicts Biden, Says Student Loan Debt Cancellation Not in Effect
Another wrinkle has been introduced into the short, tortured existence of President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. On Friday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued an opinion stating that the Biden administration’s student loan cancellation is not in effect because it’s a rule that “substantially impact[s] the rights and obligations” of private parties, and… -
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TikTok Threatens America’s Social Fabric, Tech Policy Expert Says
The American public needs to know how egregious of a threat the Chinese-owned TikTok app poses to our nation’s social fabric, the director of the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation says. In a conversation Tuesday with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast, Kara Frederick discussed what TikTok’s… -
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‘No Legitimate Basis’ for DOJ Targeting of Protesting Parents, House Panel’s Report Concludes
A House committee has found that there was “no legitimate basis” for the Biden administration to use Justice Department resources to target supposed “threats” to school boards across the country. “From the initial set of material produced in response to the subpoenas, it is apparent that the Biden administration misused federal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resources… -
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40 Years After Reagan, Neglected US Missile Defense Is Dangerously Obsolete
Forty years ago Thursday, President Ronald Reagan addressed the American people to announce his plan for a national ballistic missile defense system. This new program, known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI, was envisioned to eventually protect the United States from any Soviet nuclear attack. However, years of force degradation and confusing policies from… -
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Uyghur Muslims ‘Systematically Exterminated,’ Head of China Select Committee Says
The ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region “should serve as a warning” about the threat of the communist regime there, the chairman of the House’s select committee on China says. “The Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing Uyghur genocide reveals the party’s true nature,” Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., told The Daily Signal in an… -
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‘People Urinating in Our Field’: A Border Farmer’s Plight Under Biden Administration Policies
After Joe Biden became president, farmers in Yuma County, Arizona, watched as illegal aliens soiled large sections of their crops. “When the United States Border Patrol lost operational control of the border here in Yuma, we had a lot of people that were making it into the production areas,” farmer Cory Mellon told The Daily… -
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Facebook, Google, Amazon Share ‘Revolving Door’ With Justice Department
The Justice Department and Big Tech seem to have a revolving-door relationship, one watchdog group contends after doing an analysis covering over 20 years. Corporate brands such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon have hired former Justice Department senior officials while also serving as a farm team for the government agency. Big Tech firms hired about… -
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Diversity Training Disaster
All big American companies now require DEI training: diversity, equity, and inclusion. All big companies! Really. It sounds responsible. But it turns out DEI courses are often useless and sometimes racist. First comes groveling. My new video about DEI shows a conference that begins with a “land acknowledgement.” A Microsoft employee apologizes for taking land…