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A debate over life is commencing this week, with the Senate set to vote on a historic measure that would ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. To document what life looks like getting close to this stage in development, The Daily Signal followed Shannon Schreiber and her husband Mark, who works at The Heritage Foundation,…
A green energy mogul who protested an offshore wind farm near his summer home on Martha’s Vineyard is criticizing Vermonters who oppose his company’s four-megawatt combined solar farm proposed in Bennington. In 2010, Thomas Melone, CEO of Allco Renewable Energy, petitioned to block Cape Wind, a large offshore wind farm sited in federal waters in Nantucket…
Jerry Brown isn’t used to losing in the California Legislature. And even though defections from a raft of fellow Democrats in Sacramento forced the second-term governor to abandon two sweeping anti-carbon measures, Brown vows to implement them anyway—through executive order. “I’d say oil has won a skirmish, but they’ve lost the bigger battle, because I am…
More than 70 pro-life leaders signed a memo by the Conservative Action Project to oppose any government spending bill that provides taxpayer funding to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. “The American culture respects human life,” states the memo, whose signatories include conservative leaders such as Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly and Focus on the Family founder James…
NASHUA, N.H.—The pro-life movement should be an international effort, according to Reggie Littlejohn, the president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers. Speaking at the Bringing America Back to Life conference in New Hampshire, Littlejohn said that as the American abortion debate comes to the forefront of public discourse as we wrestle with the allegations that Planned…
The San Francisco County Jail will allow transgender inmates to be housed by their gender preference. Announced on Thursday by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, the first part of a two-phase policy will allow transgender women being housed in a men’s facility to participate in programming at a women’s facility. “The high majority of municipal jails and…
Obamacare exchanges took a hit over the course of three months earlier this year as enrollment dropped in 29 states, plus Washington, D.C., resulting in a net loss of 238,119 enrollees, according to a report released Monday. Americans for Tax Reform analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, finding that enrollment in…
On September 4, a group of six police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, responded to a different kind of call for help. Jewel Warren, an eight-year-old native of Memphis, was invited to a "Father-Daughter" dance at school. Unfortunately, her father, Tim Warren, a former Memphis police officer, was killed in the line of duty in July…
A report released on Sept. 15 by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the Susan B. Anthony list, indicates that Planned Parenthood has reported excess revenues by the millions over the past 10 years. In an investigative report by PolitiFact, the question of whether “excess revenue over expenses” is actually considered “profit” was…
A report from the inspector general released Thursday found “pervasive misconduct” in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Hiring and Employment Check Office. The report found falsified timesheets charging taxpayers $1.1 million for time never worked, multiple cases of employees misusing their position to hire friends, and repeated employee attempts to intimidate whistleblowers from coming forward during…
Does religion play a role in British politics? Dr. Eliza Filby, academic, writer, and businesswoman, spoke at The Heritage Foundation Wednesday about her book “God and Mrs. Thatcher: The Battle for Britain’s Soul.” In her book, Filby delves into a topic of how she believes that former Britain Prime Minister Thatcher’s faith is at the…
Pope Francis is about to make his first visit to the United States. According to his schedule, Francis will arrive in the United States on Sept. 22, and he will visit Washington, New York City, and Philadelphia. Here are 27 facts about Pope Francis: 1. According to his biography on the Vatican’s website, Francis was…
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released an extensive report Thursday urging President Barack Obama to release undocumented immigrant women and children from detention facilities, citing “abuse” and “inhumane” conditions. The commission found that several of the facilities had violated federal requirements regarding the treatment of detained immigrants, including poor medical care standards, inadequate sexual…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on Thursday regarding legislation authored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., vice chairman of the committee, and Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., that would end taxpayer funding for abortion providers who violate the law. Blackburn’s bill would strengthen the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002, and Ellmers’ bill…
House conservatives hoping to make what they believe is the strongest play to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding face an unsettling reality: Many in their conference don’t want to risk even the prospect of a government shutdown. At a closed-door meeting of House lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday, GOP leaders showed lawmakers an…
According to Joshua Gonnerman, a doctoral student in historical theology at the Catholic University of America, it’s been anything but business as usual on campus for the past few weeks. “I honestly wouldn’t describe it as much as a buzz or an energy so much as an insanity,” Gonnerman, who has a ticket to attend…
An investigation into the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s role in Operation Choke Point, a program that critics say targeted gun sellers, found the agency’s involvement to be “limited” but issued significant recommendations to address issues “engrained” in the organization’s supervisory culture. “[W]e believe it is prudent for FDIC senior leadership to reiterate its revised policies…
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old student in Irving, Texas, made headlines yesterday after local authorities arrested him for bringing a homemade clock to his high school. According to news reports, the teen showed his creation to an English teacher before being taken out of school in handcuffs. Mohamed is not the first student to face the…
Connie-Rose Seabourne’s big blue eyes and happy smile are taking the Internet by storm. Born in Britain two months prematurely, Seabourne was diagnosed with Down syndrome at just two weeks old. Now almost 23 months old, the toddler recently began modeling. It was reported that Seabourne’s mother, Julia Britton, 42, sent photos of her daughter to…
As conservatives weigh whether to challenge House Speaker John Boehner—waiting to see how he handles upcoming fights on Planned Parenthood and the debt ceiling—high-ranking Republicans are sticking by their leader. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., backed Boehner and said efforts to oust him are distracting the…