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Mom Questions School for Portraying Muslims as More Faithful Than Christians
By[email protected] November 13, 2014April 27, 2026

Is the faith of most Muslims “stronger” than that of the typical Christian? That’s what one public high school in North Carolina apparently is teaching students. Outraged over the “correct” answers to her son’s ninth-grade assignment about Islam, a mother in Union County, N.C., turned to local news reporters to shed light on his school’s…

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The Reason the Navy SEAL Who Killed bin Laden Decided to Speak Out
By[email protected] November 13, 2014April 16, 2026

For the man who shot and killed the most wanted terrorist in the world, opening up to the world about the night Osama bin Laden died was about closure. In a highly anticipated Fox News special focused on him, former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill spoke of the responsibility he thought he had to tell the…

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Tax Incentives for Certain Va. Businesses Driving State into Debt
By[email protected] November 13, 2014April 16, 2026

RICHMOND, Va. — Tax incentives for selected businesses are driving Virginia deeper into debt, and House Speaker Bill Howell says he’s committed to curbing the special breaks. “Virginia needs a tax code that encourages growth, and that means making it simpler and more transparent,” Howell, R-Falmouth, said recently. “We can eliminate those incentives and lower the…

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Minnesota Wind-Solar Mandate Would Mean Costly Grid Upgrade
By[email protected] November 13, 2014April 16, 2026

A new report released by the Minnesota Commerce Department lays the technical groundwork for ramping up one of the nation’s highest state renewable energy mandates from 30 to 40 percent by 2030. One technicality left out of the $750,000 study underwritten by Minnesota utility ratepayers: Who pays for what in a potentially massive upgrade of…

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‘How to Split the Baby’: FCC Chief Diverges from Obama on Internet Plan
By[email protected] November 13, 2014April 16, 2026

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has signaled mixed feelings over President Obama’s support for tougher regulations on Internet providers. Obama said Monday that a free and open Internet is a necessity like electricity and telephone service, and should be regulated like those utilities to protect consumers. Hours after Obama made his comments, The…

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How a Bill Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be on Obama’s Desk by Year’s End
By[email protected] November 12, 2014April 16, 2026

On the heels of bruising losses in the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are pushing for a vote on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a measure stymied for years by the Obama administration. Leading the charge is Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., a weakened incumbent perhaps newly motivated by her looming run-off election Dec. 6 against Rep….

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From the Classroom to the Capitol: America’s Youngest Lawmaker Is All About Ideas
By[email protected] November 12, 2014April 16, 2026

She has to go through freshman orientation again. But this time, as the newest representative from the 59th District of the West Virginia House of Delegates. This spring, college freshman Saira Blair will skip class for the state capital to be sworn in as the youngest state representative in the nation. While still a senior…

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Maine Senator in Spat With ‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts Over Obamacare: ‘Don’t Lecture Me’
By[email protected] November 12, 2014April 16, 2026

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and the hosts of “Fox & Friends” engaged in a contentious debate about Obamacare yesterday as comments from the law’s architect reverberated on Capitol Hill. As previously reported on The Daily Signal, Jonathan Gruber credited the Affordable Care Act’s passage to “a lack of transparency” and “the stupidity of the American…

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What Howard Dean Thinks Is the ‘Core Problem’ with Obamacare
By[email protected] November 12, 2014April 17, 2026

Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber’s remarks about the “stupidity of the American voter” and a “lack of transparency” as factors necessary to passing Obamacare have spurred responses from across the political spectrum. Former DNC chairman Howard Dean responded to Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski’s comment that Gruber’s statement “might be a problem.” “The problem is not…

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‘Too Stupid’: Second Video Shows Obamacare Architect Insulting Public
By[email protected] November 12, 2014April 17, 2026

Just hours after Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber apologized for “off the cuff” remarks disparaging the intelligence of American voters, another video surfaced of the former White House adviser calling the American people “stupid.” Fox News host Megyn Kelly last night screened the clip of Gruber speaking at an Oct. 4, 2013, event at Washington University in…

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Two More States Eye Repeal of Common Core
By[email protected] November 12, 2014April 16, 2026

On the heels of Republican victories last week, attempts to replace Common Core with homegrown standards are resurfacing in states across the nation. Most prominently, elected officials in Wisconsin and Ohio are spearheading efforts to reclaim more control of education. On Nov. 5, the day after the midterm elections, an Ohio House committee passed a…

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Letter Threatens Boycott for Displaying GOP Signs, Business Owner Says
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 16, 2026

WAUWATOSA, Wis. — A business owner who helped promote a Republican state senator says a nursing instructor with union ties wrote a letter threatening her company with financial harm because of that support. In the letter, the signatory, Allison Nicol, says she has stopped advising prospective students to receive training through Quality Healthcare Options Inc….

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In Florida, You Can’t Buy 64 Ounces of Beer
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 17, 2026

In Florida, you can buy beer that comes in cans. You can buy beer that comes in bottles. You can even buy beer that comes in kegs, in cases, in six-packs and in fancy bottles with cork-stoppers. You can buy beer that is poured from a tap at a bar. But if you buy beer…

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After Minimum Wage Hike Success, Nebraska Democrats Want Voters, Not Lawmakers, Deciding on Key Issues
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 16, 2026

LINCOLN, Neb. — Fresh off a rousing success getting Nebraska voters to approve a minimum wage hike, Democratic leaders may take other issues to the ballot box, too. Medicaid expansion, for example, has been a hot potato in the legislature for the past two years. A bill to expand the program — a key provision…

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High School Bans Students From Holding Prayer Group in Free Time
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 17, 2026

A Colorado high school banned a group of students from praying, singing Christian songs, and discussing religious topics in their free time. Citing “separation of church and state,” officials at Pine Creek High School told Chase Windebank, a senior, that he and his classmates no longer were allowed to use an unoccupied choir room for…

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This Film Has the Military Hooked, but Not Hollywood
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 23, 2026

For soldiers returning from faraway battlefields, coming home isn’t always easy. The acclaimed film “Fort Bliss” seeks to bring those struggles to the big screen, garnering praise from viewers and the Pentagon but a lackluster response from Hollywood. The film, which opened to limited release in April, won the support of critics, viewers—including Secretary of Defense…

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Homeland Security to Tell Local Cops When Immigrant Criminals Are Freed
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 16, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security is developing an automated system to alert state and local law enforcement when illegal immigrants with serious criminal records are released into their jurisdictions. Two members of Congress from Texas — Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, and Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat — described the plan in a letter sent…

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Reagan on Veterans Day: ‘Peace Fails When We Forget What We Stand For’
By[email protected] November 11, 2014April 16, 2026

America has officially honored its veterans on Nov. 11 since 1954, when an act of Congress changed the name from Armistice Day, recognizing the 1918 ceasefire between Germany and Allied nations. Veterans Day became a federal holiday to honor those who have served in the U.S. military. The video above features excerpts from President Ronald Reagan’s Veterans Day remarks…

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Lawmakers Subpoena Details From ‘Stonewalling’ Export-Import Bank Officials
By[email protected] November 10, 2014April 17, 2026

Lawmakers tasked with overseeing the Export-Import Bank have issued a subpoena for records that detail the agency’s internal deliberations, saying they had endured months of “stonewalling” from Chairman Fred Hochberg and other bank officials. “The taxpayers want to know about the use of their tax dollars, and [Hochberg] wouldn’t give this information,” Rep. Jim Jordan,…

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Attorney General Nominee Faces Questions on Legality of Obama’s Immigration Action
By[email protected] November 10, 2014April 16, 2026

Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee want President Obama’s nominee for attorney general to weigh in on the constitutionality of an executive order that would defer deportation for millions of illegal immigrants. Obama nominated Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, to replace Attorney General Eric Holder, on Friday. She now awaits Senate…

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