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Racing for Christ: IndyCar Driver Shares Inside Look at Freedom 250 Grand Prix
Sting Ray Robb, who was named after the Sting Ray Corvette, spent his childhood racing go-karts with a hot pink cross taped to the front of his hood. Today, Robb’s IndyCar, inscribed with John 3:30, sits ready to race in Washington, D.C.’s first-ever Grand Prix this weekend. In an exclusive interview, Robb gave the Daily… -
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30 Years Later, Welfare Reform’s Biggest Legacy May Be Stronger Families, Architect Says
The welfare reform bill signed 30 years ago may have made its greatest impact on marriage and family structure, said the reform’s architect. “It was one of the greatest successes of modern conservatism on domestic policy,” Robert Rector, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told the Daily Signal. “We anticipated after the success,… -
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Department of Education Moves to Strip ABA’s Law School Accreditation Amid DEI Criticism
The Department of Education has begun the process of removing the American Bar Association’s ability to accredit law schools, though the ABA Accreditation Council emphasizes the move represents only one step in the process. “After reviewing the ABA’s accreditation standards, department staff found the accreditor out of compliance with the agency’s accreditation regulations and recognition… -
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Climate Activist Money Meddles in GOP Primaries, Using MAGA Messaging
Republican voters who see ads attacking South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Ralph Norman as insufficiently MAGA might be surprised to learn about the major donor behind those messages. “Ralph Norman: MAGA Traitor,” reads one ad from the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC. “Ralph Norman betrayed President [Donald] Trump by endorsing against him in 2024. …… -
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Can Ohio’s New Law Help Improve Math Rankings?
An important law for education and the future of Ohio was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine in June and is about to make an impact on the new school year. Senate Bill 19, sponsored by state Sen. Andrew Brenner, a Republican, passed overwhelmingly. The law is meant to improve math rankings, which have… -
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‘Freedom Doesn’t Just Ring, It Revs’: IndyCar Brings America’s 250th Celebration to DC
WASHINGTON—This weekend, the streets of the nation’s capital will be taken over by one of the most American sports, IndyCar. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will be a 250-mile race through the heart of the city, circling the National Mall and passing monuments and government buildings. It is set to bring more than 100,000 fans,… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Arrogant Trump Impeachment Witness Vindman’s Career Upended by a Socialist
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: Victor, the midterms. Florida was the big attention, I think. And it looks like Oliver… -
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Karen Bass Touts 6-to-1 Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Match, Drawing Backlash
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing backlash after promoting a city program that allows qualifying campaign contributions to be matched with public funds at a rate of 6-to-1. In a video posted to X, Bass urged city residents to contribute to her reelection campaign while highlighting the taxpayer-funded match. “If you live in the… -
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The ‘All in on AI’ Governor Backtracks on His Own Policy
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a new round of sweeping restrictions on artificial intelligence data centers on Tuesday, marking a swift reversal of his original views on the issue. “Many politicians and political candidates, noticing growing public opposition to data centers (at least some of it resulting from dark money campaigns against these central features… -
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Data Centers, Polling, November Elections, and the Way Forward
Data centers are about as popular as cancer right now, and my latest battleground polling proves it. In Wisconsin, the consummate swing state, approval for data centers falls to an abysmal 19% overall. Even worse details emerge from the poll crosstabs and a comparison to polling from the same period late last year. This TIPP Insights polling… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Hating Israel Fatigue
Hamas or Israeli values? Israel dominates the daily news in this 2026 midterm election year—almost always in a boring, fatiguing, negative light. Tens of thousands of innocents may be slaughtered, ethnically cleansed, butchered, and tortured by the world’s dictators, yet an overwhelming and obsessive abhorrence is reserved for tiny, democratic Israel. Such perverse asymmetry is… -
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Virginia State Corporation Commission Member Won’t Recuse Herself From Dominion Talks
The State Corporation Commission, which oversees utilities in Virginia, is taking public comments on whether NextEra Energy should be allowed to buy Richmond-based Dominion Energy. The Florida-based company proposed a $67 billion takeover of Virginia’s largest utility, and the SCC has until January to either sign off on the deal, recommend changes, or block it…. -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Reverses District Judge on Trump White House Ballroom Construction
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay Friday that allowed President Donald Trump’s construction of a ballroom at the White House to move forward. Roberts stayed a federal district court judge’s injunction, which had barred Trump from continuing construction while a lawsuit challenging the ballroom project played out. The judge had scheduled the… -
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Smithsonian Plan Could Cost Taxpayers Millions While Bypassing Congress
The Smithsonian Institution, the largest museum complex in the world, may have a plan to give its controversial Latino museum permanent residence on the National Mall, providing it with a building and spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without congressional approval. Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation Institute for National Security and… -
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Ending the Welfare State as We Know It
President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, otherwise known as welfare reform, into law 30 years ago on Aug. 22, 1996. The following is an excerpt from Lee Edwards’ book “The Power of Ideas”. Edwards served as a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation and died in 2024. In the… -
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DOJ Charges ‘Foundation’ Members in $12M Medicaid Fraud Scheme Tied to Drugs, Violence
The Justice Department announced a nine-count indictment against four New York men for an alleged $12 million Medicaid fraud conspiracy that includes racketeering charges. The alleged scheme includes charges of violence in aid of racketeering, firearms, fraud, narcotics, and money laundering offenses, the Justice Department said Thursday. The arrests come as the Trump administration ramps… -
Hundreds Pack Overflow Rooms as Texans Sound Alarm Over Data Center Growth
During a hearing before the House Committee on State Affairs, residents, state regulators, and local officials expressed concerns about the potential impacts that large data centers could have on the state. On Wednesday, the State Affairs Committee heard testimony from hundreds of residents, prompting lawmakers to open two overflow rooms. Residents raised concerns about water supplies, noise levels, and… -
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What a Male Breastfeeding Image Reveals About the Transgender Movement
Conservatives may be tempted to laugh at the absurdity of a breastfeeding organization featuring a man attached to breast pumps, but we shouldn’t simply move on—it reveals something important about the effect of transgenderism on America’s institutions. First, what happened? The Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition, an organization dedicated to advocacy and training on lactation, in… -
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The Bond Vigilantes Are Stirring Again
Bob Woodward is undoubtedly one of the most famous, yet controversial, “journalists” of the contemporary era. Some people—mostly those on the political Left—think he’s a hero, a brave and gritty reporter who put it all on the line to bring down a corrupt president. Others—mostly those of us who adhere a bit closer to reality—think… -
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ABC News Is a Bubble, Not a Free-Speech Paragon
The folks at Disney and ABC News are parading around, suing the Federal Communications Commission and boasting about how they are the paragons of freedom of speech and courageous reporting that President Donald Trump can’t stand. What they’re really celebrating is putting out a product that resides solidly inside a liberal bubble. They are the…
