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After years of stagnant church attendance, a surprising shift is underway. Millennials and Generation Z are emerging as the new “backbone of church attendance,” driving a resurgence in spiritual engagement, according to recent findings from Barna Group’s ongoing State of the Church initiative with Gloo. The research highlighted a notable uptick in spiritual interest, faith activity, and even signs…
Congress is weighing whether to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist seeking to legitimize himself on the world stage. Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is making clear he’s not eager to lift those sanctions on the newly minted leader, given the killings and clashes involving ethnic minorities that have occurred during his…
A Barack Obama-appointed judge delivered a blow to the Laken Riley Act, a law that passed with bipartisan support and that prioritizes the arrest of illegal aliens with certain criminal records. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts is the same judge who in July ruled to secure federal taxpayer funding for…
The Department of Justice filed an emergency appeal Monday asking the Supreme Court to pause a lower court demand that the Trump administration continue funding Biden-era foreign aid programs. The lower court order, issued Sept. 3 by Judge Amir Ali in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, requires the Trump administration to…
The Department of Homeland Security has accused National Public Radio of “race-baiting smears” against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. “Baseless accusations of ‘racial profiling’ by NPR and other outlets are contributing to a 1,000% increase in assaults against ICE law enforcement,” DHS said in a statement Monday evening. The response from DHS follows…
The Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump could fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, marking a victory for Trump as he seeks to exert more control over so-called independent agencies. The order, issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, temporarily halted a lower court demand that the Trump administration reinstate the fired…
The Trump administration will be cracking down on companies that discriminate against American citizens by hiring less costly foreign workers for highly skilled jobs, a situation happening frequently in the tech industry. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said the Justice Department is focusing on H-1B visas. H-1B visas are given…
Democrats are expected to hold a safe blue seat in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington in Tuesday’s special congressional election. The open seat is in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, formerly held by longtime Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who died in May after a battle with esophageal cancer. The Northern Virginia congressional district, one of…
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., has written to President Donald Trump expressing support for awarding Pat Buchanan the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Schmitt joins other conservative movement leaders asking Trump to honor Buchanan with the nation’s highest civilian honor awarded by the president. Public advocates for Buchanan have included Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and Rep….
A career bureaucrat who celebrated how the State Department would “empower” “LGBTI activists” in other countries remains in a senior leadership role at State under President Donald Trump. At a 2016 Atlantic Council event, State bureaucrat Kerri Hannan celebrated “all of the people-to-people engagement that the State Department has taken on in order to reach…
THE CENTER SQUARE—The Biden administration spent more than $10 million over three years on a security detail and related expenses for former first son Hunter Biden after denying similar protections to other high-profile political figures, documents obtained by the Center to Advance Security in America and shared exclusively with The Center Square show. The security detail…
Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina will have to leave Capitol Hill behind to run for governor in his home state, but he says the work he would do in the state capital, Columbia, would build off his conservative record in Congress. “I see the challenges coming to South Carolina … . We need to…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Republicans are on the verge of breaking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s stranglehold over the confirmation process, ending seven months of unprecedented obstruction that has sought to prevent President Donald Trump from staffing his administration. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is expected to invoke the rarely used “nuclear option” to reform…
Popular media personality and chart-topping podcast host Megyn Kelly is launching her first nationwide speaking tour this fall, bringing “The Megyn Kelly Show” to live audiences in 10 cities starting next month. Kelly shared the complete schedule with The Daily Signal, which is partnering with her “Megyn Kelly LIVE” team to provide our subscribers with exclusive early…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Panelists on ABC’s “This Week” erupted Sunday after former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus defended Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s attempt to “balance the benefits” of COVID-19 vaccines against their “admitted risks.” Tensions flared Thursday during a Senate Finance Committee hearing as Democrats hammered Kennedy for criticizing agencies…
Prominent California Democrat strategists are eyeing Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., for a bid to be the next governor of California. The longtime California politician is seen as a reliable and known quantity in the state’s uber-left politics at a time when Democrats face historic unpopularity. “This is an uncertain time for California, and Alex Padilla…
President Donald Trump announced that the Department of Education will issue new guidance protecting the right to prayer in public schools. “To have a great nation, you have to have religion,” Trump said at the second meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible Monday morning. Trump honored students whose religious…
A graphic video of a man stabbing a woman to death on a light-rail car in Charlotte, North Carolina, went viral over the weekend. The video shows a young woman wearing a baseball cap sitting down in front of a young man in a red hoodie. Moments later, the man rises and without provocation…
As Congress rushes to meet an end-of-September funding deadline to avoid a government shutdown, members of the fiscally conservative House Freedom Caucus are open to a surprising measure to reduce spending—extending spending from former President Joe Biden’s administration into the long term. Although they have not finalized a proposal, multiple Freedom Caucus members told The…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education is taking its next steps in transferring its workforce development program to the Labor Department. The Department of Education and the Labor Department are integrating the federal government’s education and workforce portfolio by “launching a new, integrated state plan portal that will streamline several federal workforce programs…