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As lawmakers prepared to head home from Washington for the long August recess, one ambitious organization sent them packing with a blueprint for delivering conservative policy reforms that emphasizes opportunity for all Americans. Heritage Action for America, the lobbying affiliate of The Heritage Foundation, today delivered “Conservative Policy Agenda: Opportunity for All, but Favoritism to None”…

Harry Truman once complained he wanted to find a one-handed economist because he was tired of asking a direct question of those on his economic team, only to have them say, “On the one hand … but on the other hand.” If there was one hand that noted economist Milton Friedman favored, it was the “invisible hand”…

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., traveled to the Texas border with Mexico last weekend to get a close-up look of the border crisis. In an exclusive on-camera interview with The Daily Signal, Bachmann describes what she saw, supported by video and photos that she shot with her iPhone. Among images Bachmann caught on video during her…

Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., says his proposed Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act will address mounting concern about what some call the encouragement of corruption in law enforcement. Walberg’s legislation, introduced Monday, would raise the standard of proof necessary for the government to seize property and reinstate due process so the government is required to  prove…

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Labor activists continue to press a school district in Oakland, Calif., to teach that a notorious cop killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is a civil rights hero worthy of honor alongside Martin Luther King Jr.  On Tuesday night, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly allowed that case to be made by Johanna…

Legislation being introduced today to protect faith-based adoption and foster care agencies from being forced to place children in the homes of same-sex couples should be supported by Americans interested in “raising children the right way,” the bill’s sponsor told The Daily Signal. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., called the measure “common sense legislation” that protects…

Texas Gov. Rick Perry compares the role of National Guard troops at his state’s border to the deterring effect that cop cars stationed along neighborhood roads have on crime. Perry, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal, said even though the 1,000 military troops he activated to help manage the border crisis in his…