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A dozen Kentucky legislators are calling for a complete overhaul in state education after a transportation nightmare on the first day of school stranded hundreds of Louisville students on buses until almost 10 p.m. Wednesday. Relying on the controversial computer program AlphaRoute to remap already lengthy bus routes for the school district’s short-staffed bus team,…
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named David Weiss—the same prosecutor who made a court-rejected plea agreement with first son Hunter Biden—as the special counsel in the tax probe. Garland said on Tuesday that Weiss, the U.S. attorney for the district of Delaware, asked him to be special counsel in the case. “Upon considering his…
As catastrophic wildfires engulf the Hawaiian island of Maui, some media outlets and politicians quickly jumped at the opportunity to blame the disaster on the man-made phenomenon of climate change. The Associated Press distributed an article quoting Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University, as saying that “climate…
After a long first day of school Wednesday, hundreds of students in Louisville, Kentucky, were stuck on school buses until almost 10 p.m. The school system announced a complete closure of schools Thursday, including canceling all extracurricular activities on the second day of school, because of what it called “transportation issues.” Parents are outraged over…
California already has undermined the rights of parents from out of state when it comes to experimental transgender "health care," but the Legislature also is considering a bill that would criminalize causing "substantial disorder" at school board meetings—an attempt to "chill parents from speaking out," critics warn. SB 596, which the California State Senate passed…
Jury selection began Wednesday in Washington, D.C., in the trials of the first five of 10 pro-life activists indicted under the FACE Act. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services,” according to the Department of Justice. The activists,…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office settled a public records lawsuit over voter records with a think tank, paying out a $22,000 settlement after initially denying access to voting information. The Southwest Public Policy Institute announced first to The Daily Signal that it reached the settlement in its…
An economist says "[a]s long as the Treasury continues borrowing trillions of dollars, we'll continue to see elevated inflation" after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday that inflation was 0.2% in July with a year-over-year rate of 3.2% "Inflation has not been trending towards 3%, but 2%. Now that we've arrived there, there's no indication we're…
The White House, on average, pays female employees less than male employees, even as President Joe Biden calls for equal pay in the wider American economy, according to data analyzed by Mark Perry, an economist and senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute. The White House’s median salary for men in 2023 was $105,000,…
Congressionally approved aid for Ukraine has cost each U.S. household hundreds of dollars, Heritage Foundation budget expert Richard Stern says. “The formal aid packages alone amount to a staggering $113 billion—roughly $900 per American household and almost 12 times the spending cuts promised by House leadership in the annual spending bills,” Stern, director of The…
GREENBELT, Md.—Muslim and Christian parents protested Wednesday outside the U.S. District Court of Maryland two hours before the court would hear arguments about the Montgomery County school district's refusal to allow them to opt their children out of the LGBTQ book curriculum “Pride Storybooks." Grace Morrison, a Catholic mother who has a daughter with Down…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Facebook staffers were leaking to the White House as the tech company and the Biden administration battled over COVID-19 vaccine content and whether Facebook should be censoring it, according to emails obtained by The Daily Signal. In an April 18, 2021, email that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, produced…
The tally of foreign money to the Biden family has hit at least $20 million, based on the third round of bank records the House Oversight and Accountability Committee released Wednesday—pointing to millions from oligarchs from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Foreign sources sent the money to Biden family members and business associates while Joe Biden…
A pop star is doubling down on comments blasting parents who allow their children to undergo gender-transition procedures. In a Saturday night interview on VladTV, singer-songwriter Ne-Yo addressed the transgender agenda, explaining, “I just personally come from an era where a man was a man and a woman was a woman, and there wasn’t but two…
FBI Director Christopher Wray may have lied under oath concerning the FBI Richmond office's Jan. 23 memo citing the Southern Poverty Law Center in urging investigation of "radical traditional Catholic hate groups," Rep. Jim Jordan suggested in a letter sent Wednesday. After publication of this story, the FBI told The Daily Signal that Wray's testimony…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: At a time when President Joe Biden’s administration is yanking more than 440 White House press passes, Republican candidates who want to replace him are not shying away from journalists—even in hostile settings. Since announcing his reelection campaign on April 25, Biden has given just five interviews, all with friendly…
A member of Finland's parliament will appear in court later this month, again facing "hate speech" charges for a tweet citing Bible verses, more than a year after a district court dismissed the charges against her. Prosecutors appealed the Helsinki District Court's unanimous March 2022 ruling clearing Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish parliament…
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a “notice of appeal” after a federal district court in Massachusetts ruled that a middle school in Middleborough, Massachusetts, has the right to prohibit a student from wearing a “There are only two genders” T-shirt to school. “We look forward to showing the court how this isn’t just about…
NASCAR driver Noah Gragson has been suspended indefinitely after he “liked” a meme on Instagram on Saturday that made light of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis while in police custody on Memorial Day 2020. Legacy Motor Club announced Tuesday that it would replace Gragson, 25, in the seat of its No. 42 race car…
After a seven-year legal battle that ended with a victory at the Supreme Court, Joe Kennedy will be back on the field Sept. 1 coaching football and taking a knee in prayer. “I have been looking forward to this since the 2015 season,” Kennedy told The Daily Signal Tuesday. “I am praying for a fantastic…