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First Grader’s ‘Any Life’ Message Sparks Major First Amendment Ruling
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an elementary school student’s First Amendment rights after she was punished for adding the words “any life” to a picture of “Black Lives Matter.” The student, with the initials B.B., said she added the message while in first grade in 2021, inspired by a… -
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Georgia’s Runoff Leaves GOP Seat Open
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat remains open after a special election to fill the vacancy moved to a runoff on Tuesday. The GOP has a razor-thin House majority of just four seats, and the Democrats could narrow that further by flipping this typically Republican seat. The crowded Tuesday night ballot featured 17 candidates, with 12 Republicans and five Democrats. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote outright, the two top candidates will… -
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Put Patients First and Fix Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage—a popular system of competitive private health plans—can be greatly improved. Congress can do so by expanding benefit options for patients and enhancing the quality of patient care. Working closely with the White House and foregoing partisan bickering, bipartisan cooperation can make that happen. Most Medicare patients are enrolled in Medicare Advantage for obvious… -
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‘SHOW VOTE’: Conservatives Outraged at Thune’s Decision to Vote on SAVE America Act Without Talking Filibuster
A source familiar with the matter has confirmed to The Daily Signal that Senate Majority Leader John Thune will bring the SAVE America Act to a vote next week without moving forward with a talking filibuster. The suspected vote was previously reported by Politico and the Washington Examiner. “I can confirm, it looks like Thune… -
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Why Chinese Communist Media Is Touting the US Constitution
The Chinese Communist Party oddly found a reason to promote the U.S. Constitution, or at least an interpretation of it, journalist and author Peter Schweizer noted before a Senate panel Tuesday. At a hearing on birthright citizenship, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., asked Schweizer if the Chinese government promotes exploiting the concept. “They have run articles… -
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Leavitt Responds to Thune’s Hesitancy to Prioritize SAVE America Act
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reacted to Senate Majority Leader John Thune saying the math doesn’t add up to pass President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act. “I think the urgency behind his need to pass the SAVE America Act and his desire to get this country- saving legislation passed have been made quite clear,”… -
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Ignore Democrat Lies; Birth Certificates Are Easy to Attain
While battling the SAVE America Act, Democrats’ go-to grenade has exploded in their faces. “Photo ID = Jim Crow 2.0!” has proven to be patently prejudiced. It is downright bigoted to claim that blacks and other voters of color are too dazed and confused to acquire photo ID, especially when 50 states already have issued licenses to an estimated 31 million black… -
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Could SCOTUS Rule to Hold Those Who Hire Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers Accountable?
As President Donald Trump and Congress look to hold illegal immigrant truckers accountable, a future United States Supreme Court decision could modify a federal law that could allow victims of commercial vehicle crashes to hold those responsible for hiring the driver behind the crash accountable. The ruling, which is expected before June, could overturn a… -
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US Economic Freedom Jumps to Highest Level in Years, Heritage Index Finds
For the first time in a quarter century, the United States posted its largest increase in economic freedom, a jump of nearly three points that The Heritage Foundation attributes to policies implemented by the Trump administration. Since 1995, Heritage has published the Index of Economic Freedom, an annual report evaluating 184 countries. Heritage defines economic… -
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Senate Faces SAVE America Act Pressure From Trump, House
President Donald Trump and the House’s conservative hardliners say the Senate needs to pass voter identification legislation before anything else. But is the Senate listening? On Sunday, Trump declared on social media that the SAVE America Act, which would require photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections, “MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF… -
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While Some Allies Hesitate, Israel Is Already in the Fight Against Iran
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s been a lot of talk in connection with the ongoing Iran war about our allies…. -
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China Receiving ‘Mixed Signals’ on US Operation in Iran
China is carefully watching the U.S. operation in Iran and is receiving “mixed signals,” according to Jeff Smith, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. Since operations began on Feb. 28, the United States has carried out more than 5,000 strikes on targets in Iran and has destroyed more than 50 Iranian vessels, according… -
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Reuters: As Many as 150 US Troops Wounded So Far in Iran War, Sources Say
REUTERS—As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The casualty figure has not been previously reported. Prior to Reuters’ publication of the figure, the Pentagon had only disclosed eight U.S. personnel seriously injured. In a statement after Reuters… -
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Online Pharmacies Hawk Trans Drugs to Vulnerable Kids Without Requiring Prescription, Watchdog Warns
A medical watchdog is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate companies that allow Americans to purchase sex-rejecting drugs without a prescription, in pursuit of transgender identity. Do No Harm released a report titled “The Lack of Barriers to Minors Ordering Cross-Sex Hormones Online” Tuesday. It highlights certain websites that may enable minors… -
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Free Speech Clash: Tech Coalition Challenges Trump Anti-Censorship Visa Policy
A tech group that has received funding from left-leaning nonprofits is suing the Trump administration over the threatened deportation or revocation of visas for noncitizens the State Department identified as trying to censor Americans. While the administration says the policy targets foreigners seeking to censor Americans, the plaintiff, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, alleges… -
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Adverse Events Skyrocketed After Biden Loosened Abortion Guardrails, New Report Shows
The rate of adverse events from the abortion pill grew significantly higher after the Biden administration removed the in-person dispensing requirement for the drug. The rate of serious adverse events was 10.15% when a requirement was in effect that women visit health clinics in person to obtain the pill. However, it jumped to 11.50% when… -
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Will Markwayne Mullin End the DHS Shutdown?
The future of the immigration issue could now rest on one man’s shoulders—Sen. Markwayne Mullin. After President Donald Trump picked the Oklahoma Republican to replace Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, senators are speculating on whether the move will create momentum for reopening the department. For over 24 days, Senate Democrats have almost unanimously refused… -
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The Scientific Shift Toward God
Recent advanced scientific evidence points to the existence of God. This is the provocative thesis of Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies’ book, “God, the Science, the Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution.” The book was originally published in French and was recently translated into English. Its authors claim there is little proof for the age-old… -
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Jim Banks Tells ‘Tony Kinnett Cast’ About ‘National Crisis’ Democrats Do Not Want to Talk About
Sen. Jim Banks joined “The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Tuesday night to discuss his legislation to save American lives by cracking down on illegal immigrants in the truck driving industry. “This is a national crisis,” Banks, R-Ind., told The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett. Banks’ legislation, known as “Dalilah’s Law,” would crack down on illegal immigrant… -
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Vance ‘Maybe Less Enthusiastic’ About Iran War, Trump Says
President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance was “maybe less enthusiastic” than he was about the start of the operation against Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump said at a press conference in Doral, Florida, on Monday. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little bit different than me,” Trump added. “I think…