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The Office of Personnel Management disclosed Thursday that 21.5 million people were caught in the sweeping data hack of U.S. government databases leading to the exposure of sensitive information including Social Security numbers and fingerprints. The revelations forced the resignation of Office and Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta on Friday, just one day after the…

Democrat members of Congress have introduced legislation that would end the Hyde Amendment and permit taxpayer funding for abortions. The Hyde Amendment, attached to the appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services, prevents the use of federal taxpayer funding for elective abortions—or health insurance plans that cover abortions. Exceptions are made for…

Punctuation can be powerful. Amy Bleuel battled addiction, mental illness, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts after her father took his own life when she was only 18 years old. Bleuel wanted to honor her father’s memory, and got a tattoo of a semicolon. It soon launched an organization—and a global movement—to support those struggling with the same…

Although the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled last month that the state Capitol’s Ten Commandments monument must be removed from the Capitol grounds, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said on Tuesday the monument will remain intact. Attorney General Scott Pruitt has requested the state Supreme Court rehear the case. Immediately after the initial court ruling last month,…

In an interview with The Daily Signal, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says that she has a “different” view than President Obama over how the U.S. should engage with Cuba. “My view is different from President Obama’s,” the DNC Chairwoman says. “I believe a relationship with the United States should be earned ……

Talk about a walk to remember. Minnesota native Kevin Doyle is currently walking 645 miles down California’s West Coast in full stormtrooper armor in his late wife Eileen’s memory. Doyle, who lost his wife to cancer, is making the trek to San Diego’s annual Comic-Con entertainment and comic convention, raising money for cancer research in…

CONCORD, N.H.—Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley tonight advocated for a return to what he called “common sense economics”—including keeping the minimum wage above the poverty level. “I don’t believe that any nation ever cut its way to prosperity,” O’Malley said during a backyard town hall in New Hampshire. “There are certain things we need to…