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Muslim Sen.-Elect El-Sayed to Take Oath on a Quran
Summary The first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate says he will take his oath of office in January on a Quran. “Which Quran, we’re not sure,” Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., told NPR’s Leila Fadel Thursday. “I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Quran. So when Keith Ellison was sworn in to Congress,… -
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America’s Consensus Is Shattered. Is It Time for Church Leaders to Step Into the Political Arena?
Summary Profound cultural changes in the West necessitate that church leaders more actively participate in public life, said Protestant and Jewish scholars. “Now we have a civilization at war with creation order and that’s the issue,” said R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, at The Heritage Foundation’s conference, The Forum, on… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Are We Repeating the Horrors of Kristallnacht?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. Monday and Tuesday marked the 88th anniversary of something called Kristallnacht that occurred in November of… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Charlie Kirk Was MAGA’s Secret Weapon—and the Midterms Proved It
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Victor, yesterday, as I sent you last night, a topic. It was an article by Christopher Rufo in City Journal, and… -
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Ohio Student Facing Felony Charge After Allegedly Threatening Pro-Life Students With ‘Kirk’ Reference
An incident late last month at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has garnered attention on social media as a student faces a felony charge for allegedly threatening pro-life students with a reference to the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September of last year. Screenshots of the Miami Ohio page on the Yik Yak social media… -
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The King Still Has One More Move
I get it. All this talk of the “blue wave” makes you want to kick the nearest Smurf. Many midterm victors seem to believe that killers are better than cops, men in women’s sports are better than women in women’s sports, toilet paper is better than the U.S. Constitution, and the Lord is not the… -
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Summary How can I achieve happiness? This is a crucial question in human life, but it can be a difficult one to answer. Thankfully, we can learn much from the great philosophers and theologians of the Western tradition when trying to understand how to be happy. For many of these figures, including the ancient Greek… -
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When the Revolution Came to Church: Loyalist Clergy and Patriot Pews
Summary On Aug. 14, 1774, the Rev. John Bullman climbed into the towering pulpit of Charleston’s St. Michael’s Church and told his South Carolina congregation that they needed to know their place. As tensions with Great Britain mounted, Bullman, St. Michael’s assistant rector, preached “The Christian Duty of Peaceableness.” He ridiculed the “silly Clown” and… -
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Supreme Court Hears Contentious Arguments on Religious Freedom Fight Over Preschool Program
The Supreme Court could deliver another blow to Colorado in a religious liberty case over the state’s exclusion of a Catholic church from a “universal” preschool program. Justices heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Tuesday. “This is not a zero-sum game. Letting families use universal preschool funding at Catholic schools… -
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Pro-Life Group Warns GOP Ahead of Midterms
With an $80 million investment, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America has reached over 10 million voters to remind them of the cost of this election: Life is on the ballot. SBA, one of the largest pro-life organizations in the country, worked to reach American voters this midterm election cycle in an attempt to bring out… -
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When the Text Matters: Textualism, Religious Liberty, and AI
Summary We are entering an age in which Americans increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for questions that previous generations would have taken to a pastor, priest, rabbi, imam—or directly to Scripture. What does the Bible say about forgiveness? What does the Torah teach about marriage? Which interpretation of a difficult passage is correct? Large language… -
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Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens Endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s GOP Opponent in Tight Senate Faceoff
Democrat Haley Stevens, who was originally scheduled to appear today at an event with former primary rival Abdul El-Sayed, announced she is endorsing his Republican opponent in the Michigan Senate race, Mike Rogers. El-Sayed had urged Stevens not to attend any events for his campaign after she criticized his failure to condemn a pro-El-Sayed ad… -
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Allie Beth Stuckey Launches a New Space for Christian Women and Moms
Allie Beth Stuckey is a Christian, wife and mother, bestselling author, podcast host, a leader to hundreds of thousands of Christian conservative women, and now the founder of a new app. In January 2025, speaking at a pro-life conference in Washington, D.C., she had an idea that after nearly two years of work has come… -
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Faith Amidst Midterm Elections
Summary These are stressful times for the American people. Election season tends to be that way. Elections matter, and Americans are blessed to live in a country where we are guaranteed the right to vote for our representatives. If you love your country, you want to see it flourish, and there are probably candidates you… -
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The Fight Against ESG Is the Fight Against Cultural Marxism
Summary This is a story I’ve told before, but it’s worth telling again, in light of recent news. Exactly seven years ago today, I sat in a room full of people who had, in my estimation, the power to decide the fate of Western civilization. If that sounds a little hyperbolic, well, maybe you’re right…. -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats’ Dirty Midterm Tricks Are Backfiring—and the Media Are Looking Away
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So Victor, we have the midterms coming up very soon and lots of things going on. I was wondering, before you… -
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Unclear Abortion Ballot Measures Leave Voters Unsure What They’re Voting For
With voters in four states considering abortion-related ballot measures this Tuesday, Clare Ath, senior policy analyst at Human Coalition, a pro-life nonprofit organization, said one of the challenges facing the movement is explaining to voters exactly what those abortion ballot measures would do. “The pro-abortion movement is trying their best to conflate abortion and miscarriage… -
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West Texas City to Vote on ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’ Ordinance
A West Texas city will not only be voting for elected officials but will also be deciding on a pro-life ordinance to protect the unborn from abortion trafficking. Seminole is a small city that has a population of about 7,952 and sits 30 minutes away from Hobbs, New Mexico, a destination for one of the largest… -
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A Bishop and Theo Von
Theo Von is a comedian from Louisiana whose weekly podcast, “This Past Weekend,” reaches millions. In 2025, Spotify reported that Von’s podcast was the second-most-viewed, after Joe Rogan’s. “This Past Weekend” is a long-form podcast that touches on a wide range of topics. Recent guests have included Nick Saban, Candace Owens, Luke Bryan, and Mike… -
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In Final Days of Campaign, Pro-Life Group Speaks Out Against Ohio Democrats’ ‘Extreme Abortion Agenda’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—After endorsing Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, back in early March, through its super PAC, Women Speak Out, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is continuing to show support in the final days before the midterms. Their particular aim: highlighting “the extreme abortion agenda” of Democrat candidates. An ad from the PAC targeting…