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Maricopa County, Arizona, a lightning rod during recent elections, has removed 222 foreign nationals from the voter registration rolls over the past seven years, according to a new report from the Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election watchdog group. Nine of those 222 noncitizens cast 12 ballots across a total of four federal elections, the…
The “reservoir of freedom” that is the state of Florida should give Americans hope about the state of the nation, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says. “Florida really should be a source of hope for people, because as all these other problems mounted throughout our country, we were able to get the big things right,” DeSantis, a…
New Louisiana legislation would ban public school teachers and personnel from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity with students from kindergarten through the end of high school. That's not all. Republican Louisiana state Rep. Dodie Horton's HB 466 would also prevent teachers from discussing their own sexual orientation or gender identity with students or using…
The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has appealed a court ruling siding with the Environmental Protection Agency in its refusal to disclose information about the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The Feb. 3 train derailment gained significant national media coverage for the Ohio town of 4,700, as well as a visit from former President…
The American Library Association released a list Monday of the 13 most “challenged” books aimed at teens during 2022, blaming anti-LGBT prejudice for what it calls censorship even though each book contains sexually explicit content. The ALA encourages readers to “show your commitment to the freedom to read” by protecting the 13 books, all marketed to teenagers…
If elected president, Nikki Haley says she would strive to “find consensus” on the issue of abortion. “Pro-life political leaders and candidates must not put up with being demonized,” the former South Carolina governor said. “We should call out the extremism of the Left,” Haley said, adding: We don’t need a president who endangers lives…
President Joe Biden met Monday with three Tennessee state legislators at the White House, two of whom were temporarily expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives after staging a raucous protest in the chamber. Their colleagues expelled state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they interrupted a legislative session by shouting through a bullhorn….
Border security experts say Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that the Trump administration “dismantled” and “broke” America’s immigration system is nothing more than deflection. “This is an example of what is known in psychology is deflection—blaming others for what you yourself have done,” Andrew Arthur, resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for…
The following is a lightly edited transcript of a speech delivered Friday night at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala celebration at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, by now-former Fox News talk-show host Tucker Carlson. It’s followed by a short dialogue between Carlson and Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts….
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts expressed shock Monday at the news that Fox News had parted ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson earlier in the day, and reiterated his offer to give Carlson a job if he needs one. Roberts also noted that Carlson spoke at Heritage’s 50th anniversary gala Friday…
The U.S. military evacuated official personnel from the embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday as civil unrest, crime, terrorism, and armed conflict plague the country. However, State Department officials indicate that because of the violence, the U.S. government might not help to evacuate as many as 16,000 Americans who remain. “That the U.S. was unprepared and…
After more than 5 million illegal alien encounters along the southern border since President Joe Biden took office, “it is clear this administration does not have operational control,” the head of the House Homeland Security Committee says. Because of the ongoing crisis at the southern border, which Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., calls “one of…
Department of Justice officials appeared to minimize the threat of leftist violence as they prepared for the "Night of Rage" the night that Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to an email obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project. The email shows James Dunlap, former director of Security and Emergency Preparing Staff at the Department…
OXON HILL, Md.—The battle for America today is one between good and evil, popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Friday night in his keynote address at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala. “What you’re watching is not a political movement,” Carlson said. “It’s evil.” The side of evil is characterized by violence, hate, disorder, division, disorganization,…
OXON HILL, Md.—Politicians and policymakers didn’t realize until recently how much leftist groups work with American colleges and universities to encourage the suppression of academic freedom while the government does nothing, a House conservative said Friday during a Heritage Foundation event. “I think that we’re only lately understood the full scope of a host of…
OXON HILL, Md.—The Heritage Foundation and a small army of conservative allies on Friday launched the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025, calling for reining in federal agencies and curbing political weaponizaiton. “For the most powerful think tank in America, it would be very easy to go it alone,” said Ed Corrigan,…
OXON HILL, Md.—Woke ideology is a war on truth, so Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is waging a “war on woke” in education and other arenas, the Republican said at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit. In his keynote address on Friday, DeSantis said education in the Sunshine State will not impose political indoctrination on…
OXON HILL, Md.—The next conservative president must reform the Justice Department to restore constitutional government and deter rogue and politicized actions, conservatives said Friday at a Heritage Foundation event. Heritage’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025, says: “Anything other than a top-to-bottom overhaul will only further erode the trust of significant portions…
OXON HILL, Md.—Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn criticized the overcomplication of learning in K-12 schools and universities across the nation, calling for America to return to “the classics.” Speaking at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit on Friday, Arnn picked apart the critical flaws in how progressives view the classroom in a discussion with…
OXON HILL, Md.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted his anti-lockdown policies during the COVID-19 pandemic as the key to Florida’s post-pandemic economic success, slamming the ideology of former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci as “Fauci-ism.” Speaking Friday at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit, DeSantis also subtly criticized former President…