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California Might Require Every Home to Install a Solar Panel
By[email protected] May 7, 2018April 16, 2026

California is widely expected to become the first state in the U.S. to require solar panel installations for nearly all new homes. The California Energy Commission will vote on Wednesday whether to enact a sweeping new mandate that will artificially propagate the state’s solar energy sector. If passed, the proposed rule will require solar panels to be installed in…

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4 Takeaways From Trump’s NRA Speech
By[email protected] May 4, 2018April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump spoke Friday to the nation’s largest gun rights advocacy group, but touched on numerous other issues apart from the Second Amendment and school safety. “If we’re going to outlaw guns like so many people want to do … we are going to have to outlaw immediately all vans and all trucks,” @POTUS…

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Walking Away From Iran Deal Could Be Trump Card for Success in North Korea Talks, Experts Say
By[email protected] May 4, 2018April 16, 2026

Walking away from the Iran nuclear deal as a major deadline for a decision looms next week could strengthen President Donald Trump’s hand in negotiating with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, foreign policy experts say. Trump announced Friday “we have a time and a place” settled on for the talks with North Korea, but…

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‘Amazing’: Unemployment Hits Lowest Rate in 18 Years
By[email protected] May 4, 2018April 17, 2026

Unemployment dropped to 3.9 percent in April, the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, after remaining unchanged at 4.1 percent for several months, the Department of Labor reported Friday. The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed roughly 164,000 jobs were added last month, about 30,000 fewer than some experts predicted but continuing the longest streak of consecutive monthly job growth at…

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An Inside Look at How Training Teachers to Carry Firearms in Schools Actually Works
By[email protected] May 4, 2018April 16, 2026

Most schools require teachers and staffers to go through a rigorous training program before they may carry a concealed weapon in the classroom. But how do these training programs actually work—and what type of qualifications do they entail? The Daily Signal traveled to outside Denver, Colorado, to learn about “FASTER Saves Lives,” a nonprofit that…

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Trump Initiative Protects Religious Rights, Faith Groups’ Equal Access to Federal Dollars
By[email protected] May 3, 2018April 27, 2026

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday focusing on protecting freedom of religion and exploring new ways faith-based agencies can partner with government to effectively provide services. “The prayers of religious believers helped gain our independence, and the prayers of religious leaders like the Reverend Martin Luther King—great man—helped win the long struggle for…

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Democrats Continue to Delay Nearly Half of Trump Nominees
By[email protected] May 2, 2018April 16, 2026

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had his formal swearing-in ceremony Wednesday at the State Department after a comparatively quick confirmation April 26 by the Senate. President Donald Trump now hopes for an expedited process to confirm Pompeo’s former deputy, Gina Haspel, to replace him as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But 15 months into…

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Conservative Leaders: ‘Social Media Censorship’ Has ‘Reached a Crisis Level’
By[email protected] May 2, 2018April 16, 2026

More than 60 conservative leaders, some more prominent than others, published a joint statement Tuesday arguing big tech companies need to do more to ensure people aren’t being unduly silenced for their ideological viewpoints. “Social media censorship and online restriction of conservatives and their organizations have reached a crisis level,” the message reads. “Conservative leaders now…

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18 House Members Put Trump Up for Nobel Prize
By[email protected] May 2, 2018April 16, 2026

A coalition of 18 House Republicans nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize Wednesday. “We, the undersigned members of the United States Congress, respectfully nominate President Donald J. Trump to receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula, and bring peace to…

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Afraid LGBT Speech Law Will Pass in California, Christian Ministry Cancels 2 Conferences There
By[email protected] May 2, 2018April 16, 2026

A Christian educational organization has canceled two leadership sessions in California because a bill moving through the state Legislature would censor speech and religious freedom. California “is just about to ban Christians from giving advice about sexual ethics based on the Bible that has been followed by billions of people for thousands of years,” Summit…

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Ukraine Fortifies Its Airwaves Against Russian TV Broadcasts
By[email protected] May 2, 2018April 16, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine has gone to war against Russian propaganda. Last week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the deployment of Ukrainian electronic warfare units to jam the transmission of about 40 Russian and pro-Russian television channels in the country’s embattled eastern Donbas region. "We will protect Ukrainians from the information poison coming from the Russian Federation,"…

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We Asked 16 Senators Advocating More Government-Run Health Care About Alfie Evans. None of Them Responded.
By[email protected] May 1, 2018April 16, 2026

Sixteen liberal lawmakers who support a “Medicare for all” plan declined to respond to The Daily Signal on how they anticipate cases such as that of British toddler Alfie Evans should be handled in the United States. Alfie died Saturday morning at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, England, five days after the hospital followed government…

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Justice Department Funded ‘Parent’ of Group Whose App Helps Illegal Immigrants
By[email protected] May 1, 2018April 16, 2026

An organization whose parent group received taxpayer funds developed and offers an app that allows illegal immigrants to notify family and lawyers when they encounter law enforcement. The app, a computer program designed to run on a cell phone or other mobile device, also allows the user to warn other illegal immigrants when authorities are…

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What Trump Calls ‘Right Message’ to North Korea After Evidence Iran Cheats on Nukes
By[email protected] April 30, 2018April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump, without saying he would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, said Monday that he is open to signing a better agreement with the Islamist regime. “That doesn’t mean we won’t negotiate a real agreement,” @realDonaldTrump says. Commenting after Israel accused Iran of cheating on the deal, Trump also rejected the premise…

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Exclusive Interview: Ben Carson on Draining the Swamp, Fighting Poverty, and Kanye West
By[email protected] April 29, 2018April 16, 2026

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spoke to The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood about his policy goals at HUD, what it’s like to serve under President Donald Trump, and Kanye West’s recent tweets. An edited transcript of the interview is below. Genevieve Wood: Secretary Carson, thank you for talking with The Daily Signal. Ben…

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One Time Congress Tried to Prevent a President From Firing Someone, It Ended in Impeachment
By[email protected] April 27, 2018April 16, 2026

Legislation advancing to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired isn’t the first time Congress sought to limit a president’s personnel decisions amid talk of impeachment. “High crimes and/or misdemeanors is entirely up to Congress. They can decide that spitting on the sidewalk constitutes a high crime,” @LarrySchweikart says. If the special counsel’s investigation…

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Trump Hopes to Do What Past Presidents Couldn’t in North Korea
By[email protected] April 27, 2018April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump said he has the responsibility to do what his predecessors failed to do—bring peace to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. Trump talked about numerous issues with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference Friday at the White House a day after the historic meeting between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un…

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DOJ Gives Congress Missing Strzok-Page Text Messages
By[email protected] April 27, 2018April 16, 2026

The Justice Department on Thursday gave Congress five months worth of text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page—two FBI officials involved in the investigations into Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump’s campaign. The messages, exchanged between Dec. 14, 2016, and May 17, 2017, were initially thought to be missing due to a technical…

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EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Fends Off Democrat Critics, Makes Case for Deregulation in Testy Hearings
By[email protected] April 26, 2018April 16, 2026

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt offered up a vigorous defense of his record amid negative media coverage of his travel, security, and living expenses Thursday in testifying before two House subcommittees. “Much of what has been targeted toward me and my team has been half-truths or at best stories so twisted they do not represent reality,”…

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6 of the Best Exchanges in Social Media Hearing With Diamond and Silk
By[email protected] April 26, 2018April 16, 2026

Conservative social media personalities Diamond and Silk, who say Facebook has censored their page, were front and center at a congressional hearing Thursday on the content-filtering practices of social media platforms. “Shame on the ones that don’t even see that we have been censored, yet when the Black Lives Matter people complain about it—oh, everybody…

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