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The House voted Wednesday evening to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and begin to curb government spending, despite resistance from conservatives following weeks of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats. The vote to pass the debt ceiling bill was 314-117, with some of the House’s most conservative Republicans opposing it as not going far enough to…
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is not backing down in his efforts to overturn the Pentagon’s policy of subsidizing abortions for members of the military by holding up the promotions of high-ranking military officers. “I’ve continued to reiterate my stance and my position over the last almost four months now about my opposition to this policy,”…
Former Vice President Mike Pence is accusing the Los Angeles Dodgers of “welcoming anti-Catholic bigots” to its stadium with “open arms.” “Having been raised in a Catholic family, the Dodgers’ decision to invite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a hateful group that blatantly mocks Catholicism, to their event next month is deeply offensive,” Pence said…
The Agriculture Department’s new Equity Commission is seeking the public’s comments after its interim report called for more diversity on related county boards as part of “closing the racial wealth gap and addressing longstanding inequities in agriculture.” Members of USDA’s 15-member Equity Commission, which was established in February 2022, include NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who…
Fox News host Harris Faulkner suggested Wednesday that otherwise conservative companies may have to change some of their policies in order to comply with woke state laws. Her remarks follow The Daily Signal’s late May report on Fox News’ gender transition policies. The company handbook states that Fox News employees are allowed to use bathrooms that…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The bishop of Pittsburgh is calling for a "Pride Mass" to be canceled, emphasizing that "independent sponsors" promoted the event to coincide with the secular Pride Month. The Mass was scheduled to take place on June 11, at 1 p.m. at Duquesne Holy Spirit Chapel, presided over by a Father Doug…
Blake Treinen is the latest Dodgers player to denounce the invitation, then disinvitation, then invitation again of prominent anti-Catholic hate group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at the team’s Pride Night. “The debacle with Bud Light and Target should be a warning to companies and professional sports to stay true to their brand and leave…
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will retire at the end of June. Ortiz made the announcement to his staff in an email Tuesday night. “After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on June 30th,” Ortiz wrote. “I…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: An athletic organization beloved by legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is condemning the Dodgers' decision to promote an anti-Catholic group posing as transgender and queer nuns. Catholic Athletes for Christ launched in 2006 to serve athletes in the practice of their faith and to help share the gospel…
The children born to illegal aliens living in America may no longer automatically become U.S. citizens if former President Donald Trump wins reelection in 2024. “As part of my plan to Secure the Border, on day one of my new term in office — I will sign an Executive Order ending automatic citizenship for the…
The House is closer to holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for not producing a document said to detail a $5 million bribery allegation against President Joe Biden involving a foreign national. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed the FBI on May 3 for information about the alleged arrangement…
Like Target stores and the Bud Light beer brand before it, Kohl’s Corp. is on the defensive after the retailer began selling LGBTQ “Pride” clothing and accessories for infants. Since the Twitter account End Wokeness tweeted images of Kohl’s new Pride-themed line of infant clothing Sunday, the department store chain has come under fire on…
As part of its monthlong focus on adolescent health, the Biden administration is promoting a document that tells Planned Parenthood and other taxpayer-funded family planning offices how to talk to minors about sex without their parents overhearing, and how to secretly deliver birth control to adolescents without parental knowledge or consent. Federally funded guidelines instruct…
The debt ceiling deal brokered over Memorial Day weekend by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy “fails completely,” the chairman of the House’s most conservative caucus says. “We’re here to let you and the American people know that Speaker McCarthy had a mandate from the American people—negotiated with a powerful negotiation position of…
Two elderly pro-life advocates were viciously assaulted outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, several witnesses confirmed to Baltimore police. Jay Walton, the head of Baltimore County Right to Life, said Tuesday morning that 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 80-year-old Dick Schaefer were "viciously attacked" while they were praying in front of a Planned…
ORLANDO, Fla.—Parents whose children have been rushed onto controversial transgender interventions have confirmed the whistleblower’s reports on the St. Louis gender clinic, Sen. Josh Hawley told The Daily Signal just before he gave a rousing speech urging conservatives to defend America’s “ancient faith.” “Listen, what that whistleblower said was that kids were given surgeries that,…
Inmate voting, noncitizen voting, and even mandatory voting have been among the initiatives pushed in Democrat-led jurisdictions this year to expand their voting base. “The Left wants to normalize voter classes that nobody took seriously a generation ago—criminals, foreigners—to help them win elections,” J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election…
A significant majority of Americans believe that the U.S. debt ceiling should only be raised if it’s paired with spending cuts, a CNN poll released on Tuesday found. Sixty percent of the poll’s 1,227 respondents answered that “Congress should only raise the debt ceiling if it cuts spending at the same time.” Twenty-four percent of…
A State Department agency with a mission of combating disinformation abroad has helped shape coverage by—and in some cases subsidized—U.S. news outlets, according to records obtained by a conservative legal organization. America First Legal says that over 600 pages of documents obtained in a public records lawsuit show the State Department’s Global Engagement Center worked…
A wave of criticism is greeting an LGBTQ+ “Youth Carnival” set to take place in Indianapolis in early June, largely because the event will bar parents from attending. The June 7 event organized by two LGBTQ+ organizations, Indiana Youth Group and Indy Pride, is advertised as providing food, fun, and unspecified entertainment for “youth,” although…