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Indiana School Places Counselor Who Leaked Secret Transgender Policy on Leave
Following the exposure of a hidden “Gender Support Plan” and policy to conceal student transgender procedures from parents, the whistleblower, counselor Kathy McCord, has been placed on immediate and indefinite leave, and could be facing termination. McCord, a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School in the South Madison Community School Corporation in Indiana, confirmed documents… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Files Key School Choice Bill That Would Be ‘Most Significant Reform’ Since GI Bill
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, commemorated National School Choice Week by filing two bills to advance school choice, one of which his staff said would be the most significant educational reform since the GI bill. “We need to provide students with a variety of educational options to fit their needs,” Cruz told… -
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American History Crisis: Most High Schoolers Flunked US Citizenship Test. They’re Now Adults.
Americans’ lack of historical knowledge is crippling the nation, says Timothy Goeglein, a senior official with the Christian group Focus on the Family. In his new book “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story,” Goeglein discusses a survey conducted among public high school students that revealed… -
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6 Failures of Biden’s Presidency in Year 2
Are you better off than you were two years ago? A number of reports on Saturday suggested that White House chief of staff Ron Klain will step down after the State of the Union address next month. So, it’s a good time to look back on the Biden presidency so far. Last year, just before… -
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Christian Facing Prosecution for Giving Testimony Warns: Authorities Target ‘ANY DISSENTING OPINION’ on LGBT Issues
A Christian charity worker in Malta faces prosecution for sharing his personal testimony about rejecting homosexual activity on the radio. Matthew Grech, 33, a trustee of the Christian nonprofit Core Issues Trust, will face trial on Feb. 3, 2023, at the Court of Magistrates in Valetta, along with the presenters of a media outlet, PMnews… -
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Joint Ford-China Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Contrary to American Interests
When Gov. Glenn Youngkin decided to remove the commonwealth of Virginia from competing with Michigan for an electric vehicle battery plant owned by Ford Motor Co. but operated by a Chinese industrial giant, he acted both in Virginia’s and America’s best interests. His decision displays strategic insight, choosing American interests over the Chinese game plan…. -
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DeSantis Exposes Marxist Slant of African American History Course, Demands Rewrite
It turns out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was once again right to take a stand against woke ideology when he banned a course ostensibly devoted to African American studies. The White House—and NPR liberals shilling for it on the public dime—slammed him for it, but the course was indeed more Marxism masquerading as ethnic… -
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Students Share Why They March for Life Post-Roe
Students from colleges and universities across the country revealed the reasons they traveled to Washington, D.C., for the 50th annual March for Life on Friday. “It’s so important to have representation at the elite universities of our country,” a male Princeton student told The Daily Signal. Thousands of students walked a 2-mile route to the… -
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‘Making a Mockery of the Military’: 13 GOP Senators Vote to Confirm Green Activist for Energy Post in Defense Department
Update: The U.S. Senate confirmed Brendan Owens to the position of assistant secretary for energy, installations, and environment in the Defense Department on Monday night. Owens received 60 "yea" and 35 "nay" votes. The following Republicans voted to confirm Owens: Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Joni Ernst of Iowa,… -
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DEI Hasn’t Just Infected the Left
Diversity, equity, and inclusion seems to have entered the bloodstream of U.S. politics, and it’s not just one party with it in its veins. Sure, the Biden administration and its allies have sworn a loyalty oath to this bizarre ideology, but Republicans pledging to fight it are at times indistinguishable from the radical Left. So,… -
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Iowa and Utah Lead States on School Choice Progress in the New Year
As America celebrates National School Choice Week, two states—Iowa and Utah—have made the first moves this year to empower families with a greater say in how their children are educated. Additionally, the evidence from states with robust school choice policies is debunking opponents’ charges that choice harms rural students and homeschoolers. Last week, the education… -
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Kamala Harris Omits ‘Right to Life’ Referencing Declaration of Independence, Swipes at DeSantis
Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have purposefully avoided mentioning the right to life Sunday in an abortion speech as she referenced the Declaration of Independence. Harris spoke in Tallahassee, Florida, on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the monumental Supreme Court case overturned in June 2022. “America is a promise,” Harris said. “It… -
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Archives Silent on Biden Docs After Public Complaints of ‘Torn-Up’ Trump Docs and ‘False’ Reports on Obama-era Docs
The federal agency responsible for making government records available to the public has gone dark with both Congress and the media when it comes to the classified documents stored at the Penn Biden Center, and at the homes of President Joe Biden. The National Archives and Records Administration declined to answer whether anyone told the… -
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Most Americans Oppose Debt Ceiling Hike Except With One Key Concession
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Most Americans oppose raising the federal debt ceiling without accompanying cuts to federal spending, a new RMG Research poll finds. Sixty-one percent of 1,000 registered voters in the survey said Congress should either raise the debt ceiling with spending cuts (45%) or refuse to raise the ceiling at all (16%)…. -
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‘This Is a Crisis’: Why Americans Should Care About China’s Shrinking Population
For the first time in six decades, the most populous country in the world has a shrinking population. Michael Cunningham, a research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, says “this is a crisis that’s been decades in the making” and it will likely shock the global economy. (The Daily Signal is… -
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‘Cut His Time Short’: Far-Left Activists Continue Demonstrations at Kavanaugh’s Home
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — Leftist activists demonstrated unimpeded at the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday evening, the 50th anniversary of the monumental Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Icy rain drizzled down on the wealthy Maryland neighborhood as about 20 activists, organized by the protest group Our Rights DC, marched up… -
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If a Pro-Abortion Activist Went to the March for Life
The Daily Signal went to the 50th March for Life in Washington, D.C. and asked pro-life advocates the questions pro-abortion activists would like to ask. We asked, why do you want to control women’s bodies, because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has said that pro-life lawmakers are really advocating for “controlling women’s bodies.” And why do… -
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‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Is Role Model for Young Women on Remaining Grounded in Woke World
While America tells young women they need to blend in with the secularized culture, reality TV star and author Sadie Robertson Huff teaches them how to remain tethered to their purpose and stay confident in their beliefs when the culture says otherwise. And her example of living for God through her own fame gives her… -
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Biden’s ‘Busy’ Border Visit Brings Back a Whole Lot of Nothing
For a few days last week, President Joe Biden belatedly and halfheartedly turned his attention to the southern border. He announced a magical new “legal pathway” to enter the country without a visa, visited an eerily empty El Paso, Texas, and attended a summit in Mexico City with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts. All America… -
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Study Shows Government’s Family Leave Mandates Have Thwarted Women’s Wage Gains
Men and women alike should be able to take time off from work for family and medical needs without the risk of losing their jobs. Unfortunately, when policymakers turn something that should be voluntarily offered by employers into a rigid legal mandate, unintended consequences ensue. In the case of family and medical leave laws in…