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opinion
Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to School Choice?
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s voice still echoes loudly in Virginia and across the United States. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” But since 2019, the parents have been voting with their feet. According to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics, public K-12 enrollment peaked at 50.8 million… -
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There’s Still Plenty of Reasons to Celebrate OBBB’s Effect on Planned Parenthood
Ohio has been experiencing winning results thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law earlier this month by President Donald Trump. Planned Parenthood, not so much. Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio announced closures of Springfield and Hamilton locations, effective Aug. 1. The announcement was made in a July 17 press release and included… -
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Shake-Up on Earle-Sears Campaign for Virginia Governor
The danger of changing campaign staff during an election cycle is that the press immediately covers it as a campaign in peril, not as one that should be lauded for noticing there may be a problem. When the Washington Nationals’ promising season hit the skids as soon as the temperatures started to reach the 90s,… -
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Trump’s EPA Cuts Nearly 4,000 Jobs, Saves Taxpayers $750 Million
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday a reduction in force that will save taxpayers nearly $750 million. The workforce reorganization is part of the agency’s “comprehensive restructuring efforts,” and will affect the Office of Research and Development, the EPA’s scientific research arm. After the latest reduction, the EPA will have cut its workforce from 16,155… -
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Salena Zito Tops NYT Bestseller List With ‘Butler’ Book
A new book detailing the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ bestseller list this week. Salena Zito, a journalist and Daily Signal columnist who witnessed the shooting just feet from then-candidate Trump, wrote about the harrowing episode in “Butler: The Untold Story of the… -
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‘Shameful’: DHS Secretary Noem Bashes Nashville Mayor Over ‘Doxing’ ICE Agents
The mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, has “jeopardized” the safety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and their families, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. “Mayor Freddie O’Connell has gone after our ICE individuals and agents that work with [Homeland Security Investigations],” Noem said at a press conference in Nashville on Friday. O’Connell,… -
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Congress Enshrines New Name for Wildlife Refuge to Honor Slain Texas Girl
The House of Representatives approved a bill this week enshrining the name of a wildlife preserve to memorialize a young Texas girl killed more than a year ago, allegedly by a pair of illegal aliens. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who sponsored the legislation in the Senate, told The Daily Signal, “Jocelyn Nungaray was a 12-year-old… -
opinion
‘Gold Standard Science’ Should Start With the Climate
President Donald Trump seeks to restore America’s “gold standard science”—a science that’s rooted in transparency, peer review, reproducibility, and freedom from political pressure. It’s time to apply that sort of science to climate. “[W]here any type of ‘scientific evidence’ is used to support a government policy, a regulation, or legislation, the science behind it should… -
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Trump Will Fight Back Against the Big Bank Woke Agenda
President Donald Trump’s election victory was a wake-up call for many reasons. From the madness at the southern border to out-of-control inflation, Americans made it abundantly clear they were ready for a stop to the country’s downward spiral. Now the president is planning to do the same to the banking industry, restoring sanity to… -
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Gas Prices Plummet to New Lows Under Trump
Gas prices often increase in the summer as more motorists hit the road, but this year’s pump prices have dropped to match the summer of 2021, the last time seasonal gas prices were this low. The national average is down about 3 cents per gallon from last week, returning to the price from a month… -
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This ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Provision Will Be Trump’s Greatest Legacy, Ted Cruz Says
When Sen. Ted Cruz pitched the president on the most far-reaching federal school choice measure on the books, he encouraged Donald Trump to consider his legacy. “I made the argument to him that there was no provision in this bill that would have a greater legacy than the school choice provision,” Cruz told The Daily… -
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House Cuts Funding From NPR, PBS, and Foreign Aid
House Republicans passed a bill defunding foreign aid and public broadcasting shortly after midnight on Friday, in the first legislative codification of President Donald Trump’s cuts to discretionary spending. “This isn’t the end, it’s the beginning,” wrote Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., after passage. “We look forward to passing additional rescissions bills throughout the… -
opinion
Why American AI Could Die in Court Before It Ever Takes Off
“Uh oh—have you guys completed your income tax? Things kind of happened real fast down there, and I need an extension.”—Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert Even in space, Americans worry about taxes. That’s not a screenwriter’s joke. Hours before Apollo 13 almost ended in disaster, astronaut Jack Swigert, called in as a last-minute replacement, wasn’t… -
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‘I’m Not Going to Lie’: Louisiana Pastor Fired From Public Library over Trans Pronouns
Last week, a Christian pastor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, found himself fired from his job at the local public library after he refused to use the preferred pronouns of a co-worker who identified as the opposite sex. The firing occurred despite a growing legal precedent supporting the free speech rights of those who say they… -
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What Trump Knows About Superman
The new “Superman” movie isn’t an attack on President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, but it shows how alienated from America many liberals in Hollywood and politics now feel. Every kid used to know Superman fights for “truth, justice, and the American way.” That slogan has been around since the “Superman” radio show of the early… -
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Johnson, GOP Aim to Counter Dems’ Epstein Messaging
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is seeking to counter Democrats’ messaging on calling for the release of shielded files on the now-deceased convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—a surprise issue that is creating a messaging headache for Hill Republicans. “The House Republicans are for transparency, and they’re looking for a way to say… -
opinion
These Aren’t the Racists You’re Looking For
So, here we are again. A large public university in Virginia is, if you believe the headlines, rallying to defend itself against the Trump administration’s “ongoing assault on academia.” This seems like a replay of the University of Virginia trying to hide its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the Department of Education a couple… -
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Controversy-Plagued Penn Biden Center Now Buried by University
About a year after citizen Joe Biden was out of the vice presidency, his new endeavor was a Washington think tank called the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. That organization would end up becoming the focus of investigations for what federal sources said was hundreds of millions in foreign donations and for… -
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Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Smash Fundraising Records
With Virginia’s off-year elections for governor and attorney general in full swing, Republican and Democrat candidates are drawing major financial backing and energizing grassroots supporters in a high-stakes campaign season. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for governor, raised $5.9 million between April 1 and June 30, creating a quarterly record for any Republican… -
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NYC Socialist Mamdani Is ‘Where the Democrat Party Is Headed,’ Leavitt Warns
New York City socialist Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a preview of “where the Democrat Party is headed,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Daily Signal. “This is truly where the Democrat Party is headed,” Leavitt said at Thursday’s briefing. “Clearly, they learned nothing from November 5 in the president’s overwhelming victory.”…
