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The federal Department of Education concluded an investigation into a Georgia school district Friday, arguing that the removal of several books containing pornographic material “created a hostile environment” for LGBTQ and nonwhite authors and readers, according to a letter. The DOE’s Office of Civil Rights launched an investigation into the Forsyth County School District after…
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, declared a state of emergency Monday because the state Legislature is expected to override his veto of a school choice bill. “I’m declaring the state of emergency because you need to know what’s happening,” Cooper said during an address in the state capital of Raleigh. “If you care…
Sen. Tim Scott is officially running for president in 2024. The South Carolina Republican made the announcement Monday to a crowd at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University. In his speech, the senator shared his personal story and how he was raised by a single mother. He talked about the challenges he and his family overcame,…
NAACP President Derrick Johnson doubled down on the organization’s travel warning about Florida during a Monday CNN appearance. “Well, the governor has perfected the art of doing stunts to gain campaign contributions. Unfortunately, this will impact people’s lives,” Johnson told “CNN This Morning” co-host Sara Sidner, citing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, as a…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fox News employees are allowed to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, rather than their biological sex, and permitted to dress in alignment with their preferred gender. They must also be addressed by their preferred name and pronouns in the workplace. These are just a few of the policies…
Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., are questioning the propriety of Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney to promote the beer company's Bud Light brand. The two Republican senators sent a letter Wednesday to Beer Institute chief Brendan Whitworth, who also is CEO of Anheuser-Busch Companies, demanding documents and requesting that the…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The rush by the Left to vilify former Marine Daniel Penny before Americans have all the facts of his case could have a negative effect on American males’ willingness to be heroes, Sen. Josh Hawley said Thursday. The Missouri Republican discussed Penny’s case during an interview with The Daily Signal about…
Some Republican senators are expressing their support for Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s efforts to overturn the Pentagon’s policy of subsidizing abortions by holding up the promotions of high-ranking military officers. The first-term Republican senator from Alabama has spent months fighting against the Defense Department’s woke agenda by blocking the Senate’s approval of nearly 200 promotions for military generals…
As the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare “to host sports’ largest Pride Night of the year” on June 16, the team has faced severe pushback for its announcement of an annual “Community Hero Award” recipient. Among the list of honorees, the team included the controversial Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a “queer and trans nuns” activist group that claims to…
Palo Alto, California, administrators have exempted a celebrity chef’s restaurant from the city’s sweeping gas stove ban. Jose Andres’ newly planned restaurant, Zaytinya, is one of the latest Simon Property Group buildings that received project approval in 2019, including for a a gas line, which the restaurant relies on, according to Palo Alto Online. The plan, however,…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Drag performances took place on board the USS Ronald Reagan under the command of a Navy captain whose promotion to rear admiral is currently being blocked by Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Capt. Michael Donnelly served as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagan from April 2016 to…
Three FBI whistleblowers testified to a congressional panel Thursday about punishments, revoked security clearances, and firings they endured after telling supervisors things they didn’t want to hear. “To be blunt, the leadership of the FBI and the DOJ are corrupt,” Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., said after listening to the FBI whistleblowers’ testimony. “I will name…
The State Department has added pronouns to employees’ email address lines, The Daily Signal has learned. One signature viewed by The Daily Signal inaccurately identified a man with “She/Her/Hers” pronouns. It is unclear exactly when or why the policy was enacted. Associated Press reporter Matt Lee flagged the occurrence during a Thursday briefing with deputy…
Republican senators are sounding the alarm over the Biden administration’s apparent failure to follow requirements of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act. The law is part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on Dec. 23. Among other things, the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act requires Secretary of State Antony…
PENDLETON, Ind.—An Indiana school district violated a guidance counselor’s right to free speech by retaliating against and ultimately firing her for saying parents should know about their teenage children’s interest in “transitioning” to the opposite sex, the former counselor argues in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Alliance Defending Freedom, a law firm that protects religious liberty…
New Jersey’s attorney general filed a civil rights complaint Wednesday against Hanover Township Board of Education challenging a policy that advises educators to notify parents if their child is transitioning genders at school. The Hanover Township Board of Education adopted a “Parental Notice of Material Circumstances” policy on Tuesday that requires educators to “say something to the…
President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “have finally backed off their idea that they won’t negotiate” on the debt ceiling, according to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “They finally backed off the insane, un-rational, un-sensible idea that you just raise the debt ceiling,” McCarthy said at a joint press conference on Wednesday with…
Warning: This report includes graphic language and references to such language, which some readers may find offensive. A Virginia school district is using a teacher’s guide for middle school sex education, co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood, that promotes student “role-plays,” urges normalizing of certain behavior, and refers to sterilization as “permanent birth control.” The teachers guide…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Two agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation visited the childhood home of a pro-life activist and told the woman's mother that they wanted to speak with her, according to footage obtained by The Daily Signal. Elise Ketch is a member of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, a group of mostly…
Cultural crises and crumbling Western institutions can only be remedied by a broader conservative movement that remains focused on the renewal of national identity and the ultimate ends of its policy means, the president of The Heritage Foundation told a London audience Tuesday. Heritage President Kevin Roberts spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in London…