The Supreme Court’s last term was one for the history books, with high-profile cases involving Obamacare and gay marriage. The next term may not attract the same level of attention from the media and general public, but the justices will consider a number of important issues. Voting rights, public employee unions, and racial preferences in…
Those following the debate over Planned Parenthood funding and recent efforts to repeal Obamacare may have heard or read about something lately called the “Byrd Rule.” As if the budget and lawmaking process in Washington weren’t already hard enough to follow, add this to the list of terms and legislative rules one must understand. Thankfully,…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill, among other things, has “only about 10%” that actually deals with the pandemic while providing “$350 billion to bail out the blue states.” Blackburn, today’s guest on “The Daily Signal Podcast,” also says that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “wants $112 million for the Bay Area…
Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland on the FBI memo urging agents to probe the alleged nexus between racially motivated violent extremists and “radical-traditional Catholics." "How many informants do you have in Catholic churches across America?" Hawley, R-Mo., repeatedly asked during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Garland responded that the FBI…
Despite the fact that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted down repeated attempts to encourage the recruitment of illegal immigrants into the military, we are seeing yet another attempt to encourage such recruitment recently inserted into a must-pass defense funding bill. Even worse, the push to recruit illegal immigrants is happening at a time…
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on Friday redefining marriage across all 50 states will likely have many serious, even unintended, consequences for the rule of law, democratic self-governance, and—in particular—religious freedom. Before the ink was dry on the court’s activist decision, a columnist for The New York Times was already calling for the end of…
An “adversarial attitude” toward people of faith permeates the public education system and should be confronted by teachers and parents who disagree, the head of an organization for Christian educators said in an interview with The Daily Signal. Finn Laursen, executive director of the Christian Educators Association International, said that attitude toward religion first took…
A French teacher at West Point High School in West Point, Virginia, was fired for not using pronouns preferred by a transgender student. Watch our Underreported documentary on him, below. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more great video content. Just go here: youtube.com/dailysignal Should people be forced to contradict their core…
A Senate panel this week will consider proposals to diminish Dr. Anthony Fauci’s current job and expand accountability at the Centers for Disease and Prevention, as Republicans push for control of bureaucratic overreach they say was prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee, known as the HELP Committee, is…
GREENBELT, Md.—Muslim and Christian parents protested Wednesday outside the U.S. District Court of Maryland two hours before the court would hear arguments about the Montgomery County school district's refusal to allow them to opt their children out of the LGBTQ book curriculum “Pride Storybooks." Grace Morrison, a Catholic mother who has a daughter with Down…
The incoming wave of Republicans who will shake up Washington’s political landscape includes some tea party candidates who promise to promote an agenda based on conservative principles such as limited government, traditional American values and a strong national defense. For those who’d like to get to know these fresh faces, The Daily Signal created a…
The American electorate surprised the world in November because they were tired of their government acting as master instead of servant. The people’s message is clear: It’s time for real and lasting change. To restore constitutional balance, we must bring the career politicians home and replace them with patriots ready to make the hard choices…
If there is one reason why problems associated with race in America persist, it is because we pretend to address problems caused by one sin by exchanging them with other sins. President Joe Biden has just issued a proclamation recognizing 100 years since the race massacre that occurred in the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma,…
As Congress considers green projects in a military spending bill, the Trump administration hasn’t staked out a strong case on whether to roll back the Obama administration’s aggressive push for biofuels, wind, solar, and other renewables in the military. “The Pentagon has bought into climate change because it makes it politically more acceptable,” @myronebell says….
It seems as though every day another celebrity or politician demands that we place more severe restrictions on the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Unlike many of these celebrities and politicians, most of us do not live in safe, gated communities or spend much of our…
The internet, an “oasis of freedom,” could become much less free if the United States doesn’t keep guardianship over it, Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. “The internet is one of the most revolutionary forces ever unleashed on the world,” Cruz, R-Texas, said during the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing. “People…
A California church has asked the Supreme Court to block California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on religious services. South Bay United Pentecostal Church of Chula Vista, California, filed a petition over Memorial Day weekend saying that the Democratic governor’s coronavirus restrictions “arbitrarily discriminate against places of worship in violation of their right to the Free…
As the nation continues to reel from historic violent crime spikes, many gun control activists turn reflexively to the same “bumper sticker slogan” policy “solutions” that fail to address real problems while often undermining the Second Amendment rights of peaceable citizens. Last week, some Hartford, Connecticut, residents made headlines for taking a different approach. Instead…
Editor's note: Our coverage of evidence of voter fraud continues to register with The Daily Signal's audience, as you'll see below. Don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Get ready for a whole lot of this type of fraud in future elections, as described in your report by Fred Lucas, only…
A federal district court ruled Thursday that pro-life pregnancy centers in New York may inform women “that the abortion pill reversal (‘APR’) protocol is safe and effective for a pregnant woman to use, with her doctor, to reverse the effects of a first chemical abortion pill and thereby, help to save the life of her unborn child.”…