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‘ABSOLUTELY’: Tennessee AG Promises Legal Action If Biden Admin Finalizes Transgender Foster Care Rule
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says he "absolutely" will sue President Joe Biden's administration if the Department of Health and Human Services finalizes a rule imposing gender ideology on foster parents. "I'll absolutely sue here if they go forward with this rule," Skrmetti, a Republican, told The Daily Signal in an… -
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Tennessee Governor Calls for Expanded School Choice Programs
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was set to announce new legislation Tuesday to expand school choice in his state to 20,000 more students next year—with plans to make a pilot program’s scholarships available statewide in 2025. In a statement to The Daily Signal before making his scheduled announcement at 3 p.m. EST about offering more education… -
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Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Trump’s 2024 Ballot Access in Rhode Island
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday tossed another challenge to former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot. U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr., an Obama appointee, dismissed a 14th Amendment challenge to listing Trump on the Rhode Island ballot. John Anthony Castro, a little-known 2024 Republican presidential candidate, filed the lawsuit,… -
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Cowardice Fuels Violent Mobs: How ‘Social Justice’ Brings Anti-Jewish Pogroms to New York City
A mob of pro-Palestine students at a Queens high school who screamed for retribution against a Jewish teacher with the gall to attend a pro-Israel rally is another warning siren that America is devolving quickly into chaos reminiscent of the French Revolution. The response so far to this disturbing incident from New York City Mayor… -
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How University of Michigan Failed to Protect My Right to Free Speech
I arrived at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Nov. 16, to deliver a speech on Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. The talk’s blunt title, selected by the local Young Americans for Freedom chapter, reflected my own unambiguous approach to the conflict: “Israel’s Righteous Fight Against Jihadism.” Given the nature of… -
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Jordan Subpoenas Delaware Prosecutor Who Allegedly Covered for Hunter Biden as Impeachment Inquiry Heats Up
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued the 60th subpoena of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Tuesday, demanding that a Delaware prosecutor notorious for allegedly covering for first son Hunter Biden testify before the committee. Jordan subpoenaed Lesley Wolf, assistant U.S. attorney for Delaware, demanding that she testify on Dec. 7 at… -
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Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next.
There’s a price to be paid for bad policies divorced from human nature. The Associated Press reported Sunday that Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law to decriminalize hard drugs is finally facing serious backlash. This may come as a surprise, but according to AP, the state has seen an “explosion of public drug use fueled by the proliferation… -
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What Iowa Voters Have to Say About 2024 Election
DES MOINES, IOWA—The United States could collapse if it can’t control the border, says Jay Hayward, 68, of Grinnell, Iowa. “Illegal immigration, this is serious,” Hayward told The Daily Signal on Saturday while standing in line to attend a Donald Trump rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa. “This is a great nation. If it doesn’t turn… -
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On Ohio’s Issue 1, OB-GYN Debunks Deceptive Abortion Narrative
Exit polls in Ohio clearly showed that most voters oppose unlimited abortion on demand, yet that’s what 57% of the Ohioans voted for with the passage of Issue 1 on Nov. 7. Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and its allies persuaded a lot of people who believe in limits on induced abortion to vote in… -
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‘Outrageous Attempt at Disenfranchising’: 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Iowa Rally
FORT DODGE, IOWA – Near sprawling miles of farmland and even a few wind farms, former President Donald Trump delivered a fiery speech Saturday about China, election integrity and a big recent court victory. Ahead of the rally, Fort Dodge High School was adorned with Trump flags and signs. Ultimately, the fire marshal had to… -
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25 Years of Healthy Marriage in Utah: State Commission Strengthens Institution
Utah just celebrated the 25th anniversary of its healthy marriages initiative, a statewide effort to help people build and maintain strong marriages. There’s a great need to strengthen marriage in the U.S., given its decades-long decline and the many consequences of family breakdown, particularly among lower-income communities. Utah’s initiative is an example other states’ leaders… -
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Wake Up, Washington: America’s Credit Outlook Now ‘Negative’
The credit rating agency Moody’s last week downgraded its assessment of the federal government’s debt outlook to “negative.” The move Friday followed the Fitch agency’s August downgrade of the overall federal credit rating. These developments shouldn’t come as a surprise to Washington. The gross national debt has climbed to $33.7 trillion, while the Social Security… -
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‘Most Improved’: Iowa Governor Explains How Hawkeye State Won School Choice Revolution
“I truly believe that school choice will make the most consequential change for our education system in decades,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says. The Heritage Foundation feted the state of Iowa in Des Moines on Thursday for the state’s dramatic rise on Heritage’s Education Freedom Report Card after a flurry of reforms. In January, Reynolds,… -
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Daily Signal Partners With Leading Iowa Pro-Family Group to Livestream Thanksgiving Forum With Presidential Candidates
The Daily Signal is partnering with a leading pro-family group in Iowa to livestream a Republican presidential candidate forum on Friday. "Nowhere else do you get to see the candidates gathered around a Thanksgiving table talking about their hearts, their worldviews, and the issues that go beyond the news headlines, and nowhere else will you… -
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Iowa Leads Way on Education Freedom
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, families bear the twin burdens of inflation and indoctrination. Parents continue to witness their children being taught divisive, radical ideologies that portray their country as intrinsically racist, place social justice above fundamental subjects such as reading and math, and even divide children by race. All this while academic proficiency drops off a cliff…. -
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3 Changes to School Choice Bill Could Skyrocket Texas From No. 30 to No. 4 in the Nation
Gov. Greg Abbott called the Texas Legislature into a fourth special session on Tuesday with the aim of expanding K-12 options for families. Over the past few years, lawmakers from across the country have empowered families to find the best school for their children. Abbott, a Republican, seems resolved to create similar opportunities for Texas… -
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Florida Again Earns Top Spot on Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card
Florida has once again been ranked No. 1 among the states on The Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card, which was released at an event Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. “They have universal education choice in that state. Any child who wants it can exercise school choice,” says Lindsey Burke, director of The Heritage Foundation’s… -
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Oregon Training Teachers to Dismantle Racial ‘Systemic Inequities’ in Math Classes
The Oregon Department of Education is instructing teachers on the keys to dismantling “systemic inequities” in the math classroom. High school math teachers should “support equitable discourse and foster positive mathematical identities,” according to a series of teacher training slideshows from the Department of Education reviewed by The Daily Signal. The Department of Education’s Math… -
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Mass Pro-Israel Rally to Take Place in Washington
Major Jewish organizations in the United States are organizing a pro-Israel rally to take place in Washington, D.C., next week to condemn the Hamas terror attacks on Israel and to call for the release of the hostages. Organized by the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,… -
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Fake ‘Emergency’ Spending in Washington Winds Up Costing Us All
It’s bad enough that Congress and the White House are making no serious effort to cut spending these days—something we all wind up paying for, whether we realize it or not. But to keep adding to the deficit? That’s worse. In recent weeks, the Biden administration has submitted two supplemental spending requests to Congress. The…