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First lady Melania Trump is in Africa on her first solo international trip. The first lady has visited Ghana and Malawi, with plans to visit Kenya and Egypt next before her weeklong trip wraps. According to a statement put out by her office, she will "focus on maternal and newborn care in hospitals, education for…
Are the attacks on Judge Brett Kavanaugh backfiring for liberals? Plus: MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski went after Kellyanne Conway, demanding she share more about her sexual assault; Melania Trump visits Africa; and a female pro-life activist was roundhouse kicked by a man on a busy street corner in broad daylight. All that and more in this…
U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a Democratic staffer suspected of posting the personal information of at least one U.S. senator to the internet. The home addresses and other personal information of three Republican senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch of Utah, were posted to Wikipedia on Sept. 27 by an…
Protesters against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh chased down Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., at Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C. As Paul was exiting the airport Monday, the group of several women began shouting at Paul, asking him if he would call for an investigation into Kavanaugh. Paul did not respond and continued walking, to which…
The lawyers for the three women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct all have been on the legal battlefields of either celebrity or politics. One ran for office multiple times as a Democrat. Another was a federal appointee of both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Still another defended the alleged misconduct…
A new letter from a former boyfriend of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford raises questions about claims made by Ford. The ex-boyfriend, who remains anonymous and said he dated Ford from 1992-1998, wrote that Ford had assisted a friend prepare for a polygraph, had never mentioned the assault she now alleges occurred from Brett Kavanaugh, and…
The Wilson Construction Co. in Canby, Oregon, will be expanding its workforce by at least 20 percent in the coming months, says Stacy Wilson, who runs the business her grandfather founded 65 years ago. Wilson credits the tax reform law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that President Donald Trump signed late last year for…
Denmark is presenting a proposal to the country’s parliament later in October that would ban the sale of all gas-powered cars, including hybrids, by 2035, Reuters reports. Denmark’s government is presenting the plan as a way to curb vehicle pollution and combat climate change. The plan will be implemented incrementally, banning the sale of gas- and diesel-powered…
A professor at Georgetown University known for making incendiary comments against supporters of President Donald Trump said white men deserve “miserable deaths” for supporting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. C. Christine Fair, an associate professor at Georgetown in the School of Foreign Service, tweeted Saturday, saying white Republican men should die and an added bonus would be if…
Previous FBI background checks should have determined whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had a substance abuse problem, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey told reporters Tuesday. Senate Democrats initially called for an FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh. After that update of six previous background investigations commenced, however, many of the same…
NBC News aired an interview with a woman who said she saw Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at as many as 10 teen parties where young women were drugged and gang-raped, although the network was unable to corroborate her account. “This morning, [Julie] Swetnick provided four names of friends she says went to the parties…
This is a transcript of an interview on the Oct. 2 Daily Signal podcast. Katrina Trinko: So, before we break out the champagne and start a chorus of USMCA, we’re bringing in The Heritage Foundation’s Tori Whiting, who is the Jay Van Andel trade economist, to talk to us about this deal and why it…
Is the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement better than the North American Free Trade Agreement? The Heritage Foundation’s Tori Whiting joins us to discuss the new North American trade deal President Donald Trump hawked Monday, and what the next steps are. Plus: Kanye West tells the truth about the left on “Saturday Night Live.”…
The leader of a conservative-leaning public policy women’s organization who says she was a victim of physical assault and attempted rape says the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have influenced the way she thinks about the #MeToo movement. “I think it has been painful. I think it is painful for victims,…
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that will require publicly traded companies with headquarters in the state to have women serving on their boards of directors. “Given all the special privileges that corporations have enjoyed for so long, it’s high time corporate boards include the people who constitute more than half the ‘persons’…
President Donald Trump said Monday that it’s up to the FBI and the Senate to decide on the scope of the agency’s seventh background inquiry into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, this one focused on allegations of sexual misconduct. In interviews with The Daily Signal, legal experts say the FBI probe can be completed within…
California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown rejected a bill Sunday that would mandate college campuses to offer abortion pills, calling it unnecessary. “According to a study sponsored by supporters of this legislation, the average distance to abortion providers in campus communities varies from five to seven miles, not an unreasonable distance,” Brown wrote in the veto letter….
The woman who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teens tells a story with multiple inconsistencies, the sex crimes prosecutor who questioned her has told Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee. A “reasonable prosecutor” would not move forward based on this evidence, the veteran sex crimes prosecutor said….
Still lacking corroborating evidence of disputed sexual misconduct accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, some Democrats now want Kavanaugh investigated for perjury in the latest iteration of their monthslong campaign to derail his confirmation. The perjury push comes as Democrats still lack corroborating evidence to support professor Christine Blasey Ford's claim that Kavanaugh tried to…
On today’s show, we feature an interview with Allie Beth Stuckey, best known as the “Conservative Millennial” and host of the popular CRTV podcast “Relatable.” She tells The Daily Signal how conservatives can make inroads with younger Americans. Stuckey also addresses misconceptions about millennials, the #MeToo movement, and picks her favorite young conservative leader. You…