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The Department of Defense has given multimillion-dollar grants in recent years to a health organization that promotes “safe abortions” and “reproductive health” abroad. The DOD’s stated goal for the money is to mitigate the spread of HIV and AIDS in the military forces of U.S. allies. The organization, Washington, D.C.-based Population Services International, supports “safe…
Will Vice President JD Vance succeed President Donald Trump as leader of the “Make America Great Again” movement? Secretary of State Marco Rubio thinks so, and Trump himself weighed in on Tuesday. At a White House event where Trump signed an executive order creating a 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics task force, the president was…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—It was a warm summer night in New Jersey, and Maria Santos Pleitez was driving her 11-year-old daughter and her daughter’s friend to get milkshakes when a drunken driver slammed into Pleitez’s vehicle, killing her and her daughter. The other girl was injured, but survived the July 26 crash. The man…
Last November, now Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, defeated incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, helping Republicans regain control of the chamber. With Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, who was appointed to replace Vice President JD Vance in the Senate, up for election in 2026, Brown may be running once more. Axios last week reported that Brown…
Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican running for governor, is calling for congressional redistricting to flip the Palmetto State’s sole Democrat district. Flipping the seat, currently held by Democrat veteran and former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, would be nothing short of a sucker punch to the Democratic Party. “We have Republican supermajorities in…
There’s something funny in scandal politics when people accuse each other of pushing a “distraction.” So if President Donald Trump tries to change the subject to Russia collusion-hoaxing, it’s a “distraction” from the media’s energetic Jeffrey Epstein obsession. All this really proves is that the liberal media elites get unhappy whenever anyone tries to offer…
New FBI data shows crime rates fell in 2024, with violent crime as a whole falling by 4.5% compared with 2023. The FBI estimates a violent crime occurred about every 26 seconds in the U.S. last year. “We are not letting up. We have multiple operations going on nationwide to clear violent criminal trash…
Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn announced her run to be governor in her home state Wednesday, making her the third senator this Congress to announce a departure from Washington for gubernatorial ambitions. “I love Tennessee, I believe in Tennesseans, and I’m ready to deliver the kind of conservative leadership that will ensure our state is…
President Donald Trump has named his vice president, JD Vance, as the favored Republican nominee for 2028. Trump was asked at the signing of an executive order establishing an Olympics task force whether Vance was his natural successor to the “Make America Great Again” brand. “Well, I think most likely,” he said. “In all fairness,…
THE CENTER SQUARE—Despite a popular Texas phrase, “Don’t California my Texas,” and a song about the phenomenon, Californians are increasingly relocating to Texas. Roughly 100,000 Californians are moving to Texas a year—the equivalent of the population of Santa Barbara, according to a new study by StorageCafe. “This makes California the largest source of newly-minted Texans, accounting for…
Sophia Institute for Teachers, a Catholic publishing house, is developing resource kits to help Catholic schools and parishes reinvigorate patriotism by exploring the Declaration of Independence ahead of America’s 250th anniversary. The kits are designed for all grade levels, from elementary through high school. The nonprofit won a $50,000 America’s 250th Innovation Prize from The…
Chinese authorities are strategically placing students at Stanford University and requiring them to report on academic research, student journalists said Tuesday at a Heritage Foundation panel discussion of foreign influence in academia. The revelation came from an investigation that began when a man, claiming to be a Stanford student, contacted China researchers last summer. Stanford…
A new illegal-alien detention center is opening in Indiana, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday. “Coming soon to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer,” Noem wrote on the social media platform X. “Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds. Thanks to [Gov. Mike…
The same doctor who invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination told former President Joe Biden’s inner circle that a cognitive test would be “meaningless,” a member of the 46th president’s inner circle told House investigators Tuesday. Bruce Reed, former deputy chief of staff for policy in the Biden White House, sat for a transcribed…
President Donald Trump said he would select a new Federal Reserve governor before the end of the week. At a White House event Tuesday in which Trump signed an executive order about preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a reporter asked Trump whether he had chosen a replacement for a vacant seat on the…
“This seems to be a story more fitting for a horror movie than a congressional hearing, frankly,” said Florida Rep. Neal Dunn at a congressional hearing last month, The Washington Post reported. In late July, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed an investigation had discovered “that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process…
On Monday, in the aftermath of an assault in Cincinnati that’s drawn national attention, businessman and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy returned to his hometown for a town hall. He was joined by Chris Smitherman, former vice mayor and former head of the Cincinnati NAACP chapter. Ramaswamy made clear that he was “not trying to rejudicate”…
By the end of July, the Energy Department accrued more than $950 million in contract savings with assistance from the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency. In some cases, the terminated contracts were tied to regulations. In other cases, the contracts were about “environmental justice” or related to energy “justice.” One example was a $259…
China’s birth rate is falling below replacement levels, raising questions over the Asian giant’s economic future. China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024 as the older generation passes away and fewer babies are being born, despite China having ended its one-child policy in 2016. Now, Fortune reports that by 2050, China’s…
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order cracking down on “debanking,” a term used to describe financial institutions that selectively close customer accounts or deny services based on political or ideological beliefs. The order directs bank regulators to investigate whether any financial institutions might have violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, antitrust laws,…