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Trump Threatens Jail for Illinois Democrats Amid Crime Crisis
President Donald Trump said Illinois’ Democrat leaders deserve to be in jail for letting crime run rampant in the city. “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have vocally opposed Trump’s deployment… -
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Supreme Court Skeptical of Colorado’s ‘Conversion Therapy’ Law
On just its second day of the 2025-26 term, the Supreme Court heard arguments in one of its most important cases. Chiles v. Salazar involves a challenge to a Colorado law that allows licensed counselors to address issues of sexuality and gender only from the state’s approved ideological perspective. The Supreme Court’s decision will have… -
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Helping Parents and Students Choose a College With Confidence
How do we know which are the best colleges? Traditional ratings rank schools based on the average GPA or test scores of entering students. But the ability to attract bright students does not mean those colleges provide a quality education once they enroll. That’s why The Heritage Foundation partnered with College Pulse, a research and… -
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Jason Miyares’ Race for Virginia Attorney General Just Got More Compelling
WINCHESTER, Virginia—The one thing that has been consistent in covering Virginia’s off-year statewide elections since as far back as the year Republicans George Allen and Jim Gilmore ran for governor and attorney general, respectively, in 1993 is that the races really don’t start moving until September. And when they do, they move fast. Allen began… -
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What to Know About Biden Judge Who Gave Lenient Sentence to Kavanaugh Assassination Plotter
The federal judge who gave a lighter-than-expected sentence to the would-be assassin of Justice Brett Kavanaugh has built up a record for controversial left-leaning rulings during her short time on the bench. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman of the District of Maryland on Friday sentenced Nicholas Roske to eight years in prison, substantially below the… -
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Strengthening the Family a Key Theme of Heritage-Sponsored Annual Essential Summit
If one theme emerged from the second annual Essential Summit in Columbus, Ohio, it’s that it’s as important as ever to stand up for the family. In fact, this year’s event, put on by the Center for Christian Virtue, was titled “Reviving the Roots—Restoring the Family.” The Heritage Foundation and The Daily Signal were key… -
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Families of Hostages Hopeful, ‘Sense a Shift’ on 2nd Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
It’s been two years since Hamas attacked Israel, killing Ronen Neutra’s son and taking his body captive. Since then, numerous hostage deals have fallen through, but now the father says, “We sense a shift.” “For the first time, there’s a real alignment, recognition that the moral center of the war is not territory or… -
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Bondi Derides Durbin in Fiery Testimony
Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on law enforcement issues at a fiery Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. Durbin, the ranking member of the committee, questioned Bondi about the legal justification for President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to restore law and order in Chicago. “You voted to… -
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Kavanaugh Would-Be Assassin’s Light Sentence Sends Message That Violent Left Faces Different Standard
It seems in the wake of increasing political violence, assassinations, and left-wing terrorism, you can count on left-leaning judges to go easy on perpetrators. That’s the takeaway from the lenient sentencing of Nicholas Roske, a man—who now identifies as a woman—convicted of attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Roske received a sentence on Friday… -
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FBI Says Jack Smith Monitored Private Calls of Nearly a Dozen GOP Senators During Jan. 6 Probe
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former special counsel Jack Smith allegedly monitored the phone calls and personal messages of multiple Republican members of Congress during his probe of President Donald Trump’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, Fox News reported. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Josh Hawley… -
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‘A Lot of Those Jobs Will Never Come Back’: Trump Extends Deadline for Firing Federal Workers
President Donald Trump has extended the decision on when to fire federal workers as a result of the Democrat government shutdown. Trump on Tuesday told reporters he will know which permanent jobs are being eliminated “in four or five days,” if the shutdown continues. “It’ll be substantial,” he said, “and a lot of those jobs… -
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Texas Ends ABA’s Accreditation Monopoly in the Lone Star State
In the little over 100 years since its founding, the American Bar Association has transformed from an organization designed to promote best practices in the legal profession to one promoting partisan political positions that are immoral, illegal, and unethical. But despite its woke commitments, the ABA has remained the nation’s only nationally recognized law school… -
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‘RADICAL COMPANY’: Republicans Slam Spanberger’s History Teaching at School Tied to Hamas
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans are again condemning Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger for her history teaching at an Islamic school funded by Saudi Arabia and tied to Hamas, which graduated students who went on to commit acts of terror. “Abigail Spanberger can’t be trusted,” Peyton Vogel, press secretary for Spanberger’s Republican opponent Lt…. -
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Americans Want COVID-19-Era Policies to Sunset, Poll Finds
A week into the federal government shutdown, Senate Democrats are demanding the extension of expiring enhanced health care premium tax credits, claiming the credits, enhanced by Democrats during President Joe Biden’s administration, are resoundingly popular among the American people. “Even a majority of Trump supporters by nearly 60% support an extension,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck… -
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Prayer: The Most Powerful Weapon
Many of us find ourselves drawn away from prayer. Why? My personal take is that the temptation to abandon prayer largely comes from our subconscious belief that if we are doing good for God we have a good excuse not to pray. There are many temptations that can lure us away from prayer, even in… -
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Jay Jones Pummeled in Ad by Opponent in Virginia AG Race
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares swiftly launched a new ad showing Virginians the threatening text messages sent by Jay Jones, his Democrat opponent in the race for attorney general. The texts, which became public on Friday afternoon, included messages in which Jones wished death upon former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his family. The… -
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Court Debates Whether Therapy Is Speech or Conduct
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over a Colorado law that bans so-called conversion therapy for minors who are confused about their sexuality or gender. Colorado says its law regulates a “treatment” that is harmful and that violates the state’s standard of care. But in Chiles v. Salazar, Kaley Chiles, a Colorado-based counselor, argues the law violates her right to free speech by… -
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Trump Likens Government Shutdown by Democrats to ‘Kamikaze Attack’
President Donald Trump said the Democrats’ shutdown of the federal government is “like a kamikaze attack.” “They’re the ones that started it. They’re the ones that have it, and it’s almost like a kamikaze attack by them,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. “You want to know the truth, this is like a kamikaze attack.” “They have nothing to lose,” Trump added…. -
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Johnson Calls on Democrats to ‘Do the Right Thing’ on Shutdown
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, at a press conference on Tuesday, decried Senate Democrats’ refusal to vote to end the government shutdown. “We only have 53 Republicans, and so we have to have a handful of Democrats who will wake up and do the right thing and stop inflicting pain on the American people… -
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Funding Crunch Threatens to Derail Dem Shutdown Strategy
Nearly a week into the federal government shutdown, Senate Democrats are still withholding their support for a short-term funding extension, but pressure to reopen the government could soon intensify as the government runs out of money to fund certain programs and paychecks. On Monday, Republicans gained no ground in their latest attempt to reopen the…
