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YouTube says it will ban videos with content related to the sale or assembly of firearms or firearms accessories, a move that has gun rights organizations up in arms. YouTube, which not only is the largest all-video website but the website with the third-most traffic in the world, said it would begin enforcing the new…
Students at a California high school plan to respond to the national movement of school walkouts to push for new gun controls with a pro-life walkout of their own. They decided to do so after one of their teachers was placed on leave for questioning whether some protests were treated more favorably than others. Using the hashtag…
Mark Zilinskas, a high school math teacher in Pennsylvania, took firearms and emergency response training even though his state prohibits guns in school. “To say teachers shouldn’t carry guns because they aren’t police officers is comparable to saying teachers shouldn’t drive because they aren’t NASCAR drivers,” Julian Petzold says. Allowing teachers to have access to…
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has filed legislation to allow stricter prison terms for dealers of fentanyl, a substance he calls a “weapon of mass destruction.” Cotton introduced the legislation Thursday along with Senate colleagues who include Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. The bill would significantly reduce the amount of fentanyl a person…
Thousands of people descended upon Washington, D.C., for the first-ever March for Our Lives, an anti-gun march following February’s horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The Daily Signal went to the march and spoke with attendees. “I try to keep an open mind and I’ve looked at some of the…
President Donald Trump, after wavering, decided to sign a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, asserting his highest duty as president is to “keep America safe.” Speaking to reporters Friday at the White House, Trump called the massive spending bill “ridiculous.” “I’m not going to do it again,” he said of signing such an expensive, hastily…
The Senate followed the House by passing a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday morning that funds the government through September, after taking 11 hours to consider the 2,232-page bill. The spending bill and its contents attracted ire from both parties, but Republicans in the majority took issue with both the substance and the process…
Conservative lawmakers are disgruntled and outraged by the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress. The Senate passed the massive package, 65-32, early Friday, following the House’s 256-167 vote Thursday. Government funding was set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and President Donald Trump unexpectedly threatened to veto the spending bill, which fails to…
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, spoke to The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness and The Federalist’s Bre Payton about the administration’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis, how she handles critics, and her take on feminism. Conway spoke at the White House’s Generation Next forum for millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of the interview…
The House approved a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday to fund the government through September, allowing federal offices to stay open at the weekend but hampering some of President Donald Trump’s agenda items. The House approved the so-called omnibus bill by a vote of 256-167, but most of the dissenting votes came from Republicans, who hold…
President Donald Trump said he will push for “phase two” tax cuts in remarks Thursday to a White House gathering of millennials, a key voting bloc that benefited from last year’s tax relief package. “The word ‘crumbs’ is going to be like the word ‘deplorable,’” @RealDonaldTrump says. After passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs…
Public school teachers who support the Second Amendment are being required to finance political activism they oppose, such as this weekend’s March for Our Lives calling for more gun controls, federal court filings say. The California Teachers Association, the largest affiliate of the National Education Association with about 325,000 members, issued a statement expressing opposition…
Mercedes Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communications, speaks to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about the media’s coverage of President Donald Trump and the administration’s top priorities in 2018. Schlapp attended the White House’s Generation Next event with millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of her Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey: You…
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about the Trump administration’s response to the opioid crisis. Azar spoke Thursday at Generation Next, a White House forum for millennials. An edited transcript of his Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey: You were with President Trump earlier this week in…
Turning Point USA’s Candace Owens spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about why conservative policies are better for the African-American community. Owens appeared at the White House’s Generation Next forum for millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of her Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey: How did you become a conservative? Candace Owens: I…
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kyle Kashuv, 16, spoke with The Daily Signal’s Rachel del Guidice about the media blackout of his conservative views in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, shooting. Kashuv appeared at the White House’s Generation Next forum for millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of his Daily Signal interview is below….
Sarah Flores spoke at the White House’s Generation Next forum for millennials Thursday. As director of the Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs, she spoke about free speech on colleges campuses and the opioid crisis. The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness and The Federalist’s Bre Payton also asked her about being a “problematic woman.” An edited transcript…
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about the Trump administration’s approach to job creation, reducing government regulations, and what it’s like to work for President Donald Trump. Acosta spoke Thursday at Generation Next, a White House forum for millennials. An edited transcript of his Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey:…
A private college in Minnesota refused to allow conservative author and commentator Ben Shapiro to speak on the anniversary of a hate crime hoax at the school. The Turning Point USA chapter at St. Olaf College attempted to invite Shapiro to speak April 23, but the campus administration shut down the proposal, citing the date…
Ivanka Trump, senior adviser at the White House, speaks to The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness about her efforts to promote workforce development and job opportunities for Americans. Trump spoke Thursday at Generation Next, a White House forum for millennials. An edited transcript of her Daily Signal interview is below. Kelsey Harkness: We are here today…