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    Ex-Girlfriend Accuses Graham Platner of Sexual Assault
    Graham Platner, Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, has been accused of sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend. Platner has denied the allegations. As first reported by Politico, 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot dated Platner nearly five years ago. Over the course of three detailed interviews spanning two weeks, she detailed the 2021 alleged assault….
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Congress and Insider Trading: The Rules Don’t Apply When You Make the Rules
    Early in my career, I managed money for a federal judge. She couldn’t hold a single stock. No individual securities, no sector bets, no company-specific exposure of any kind. Any ruling touching a publicly traded company had to be beyond reproach. The appearance of a conflict was enough. She accepted that as a condition of…
    Jay Rogers
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    Congress Can Still Ban Birthright Citizenship. Here’s How.
    The Supreme Court has committed a grievous moral and legal error in Trump v. Barbara, the landmark case on birthright citizenship. In holding that the 14th Amendment confers automatic citizenship on virtually all children born on American soil, the court has severely vitiated the sanctity of American citizenship—in this “America 250” celebration year, no less….
    Josh Hammer
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    Truman Scholarship, a Democrat ‘Talent Pipeline,’ on Path to Reform
    A key House committee is moving forward with efforts to reform a federally funded scholarship program after extensive reporting from The College Fix uncovered the program’s overwhelming liberal bias. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced New York Rep. Elise Stefanik’s Truman Scholarship Clean House Act, which could soon be brought before the…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: House Committee Announces Fraud Investigation Into Autism Therapy Firm
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is investigating a Brooklyn-based autism therapy provider over allegations of excessive billing practices that may be driving up health care costs for workers and employers. Committee Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Rep. Rick Allen, R-Ga., requested extensive records from The Perfect Child LLC,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    The Abortion Misinformation Debate That Could Put Women at Risk
    In a recent interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., was unexpectedly asked about the life-threatening ectopic pregnancy she experienced in 2024. The discussion the interview sparked between pro-life and pro-abortion advocates online uncovered the dangerous spread of misinformation surrounding abortion laws. The video interview, titled “What Happens When Pro-Life Congresswoman Cammack Needs an…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Democrat Leaders Deny the Declaration’s First Right
    This year, Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which declared the “self-evident” truth that “all men are created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” including the rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The leaders of the Democratic Party, however, deny this self-evident truth….
    Terence Jeffrey
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    GOP Lawmakers Move to Scrap Federal Rule Critics Say Unfairly Targets Career Schools
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., is set to introduce a bill to repeal a federal rule skewing higher education funding. Currently, career and technical schools are being singled out while traditional public and nonprofit colleges and universities are exempt. “Washington should not pick winners and losers in higher education,” Harris told the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Republican Aims to Reaffirm Declaration of Independence Amid Rise of Ideology ‘Antithetical’ to It
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., told the Daily Signal he will introduce a bill on the House floor Thursday to reaffirm the values of the Declaration of Independence in honor of its 250th anniversary and in response to the sweeping rise of socialism. “Socialism is antithetical to the principles of the…
    Joseph Buff
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    States-Only Abortion Experiment ‘a Failure’: An Inside Look at the Pro-Life Movement’s Federal Strategy
    A pro-life leader told the Daily Signal that returning the issue of abortion to the states was a strategic failure of the movement, adding that pro-life advocates must now turn to a federal strategy. Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of SBA Pro-Life America, said the movement is “not better off” following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs…
    Joseph Buff
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    ‘Thankful She Was JUST Shot’: Mother Who Lost Daughter to Illegal Immigrant Fires Back at Rep. Jayapal’s Complaining About Wasted Time 
    Jessica Gorman, bereaved mother of Sheridan Gorman, shot back at Democrat members of Congress who complained about having to hear her testimony about illegal immigrants during a Tuesday congressional hearing on sanctuary cities. “No family should ever have to bury a child because public officials fail to put American lives first,” Gorman said in her…
    Joseph Buff
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    Keith Self Sheds New Light on Bill First Reported on by the Daily Signal
    Members of the Sharia Free America Caucus gathered Wednesday to promote legislation that would prevent U.S. courts and other adjudicative bodies from recognizing or enforcing Islamic law, commonly known as Sharia law, when it conflicts with the Constitution. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, was first reported by the Daily Signal. The bill…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Keith Self Pushes Bill to Protect Constitution From Sharia Ahead of America 250
    A Texas congressman who co-founded the Sharia Free America Caucus is introducing legislation aimed at preventing foreign customs and religious laws from conflicting with the U.S. Constitution. The Daily Signal has learned that Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, is introducing the Preserving Our Constitution Act to prohibit federal courts and adjudicative bodies from recognizing or enforcing…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    New Ads Target Ossoff, Senate Democrats for Choosing Illegal Immigrants Over Working Families
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Ahead of midterm elections that will determine which party controls the Senate, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching an ad series targeting Senate Democrats for choosing illegal immigrants over working American families. The new ads will run across key battleground states, including Ohio, Michigan, Alaska, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    JD Vance Slams Senators for Defending ‘Dying Institutional Norms’ Over SAVE America Act
    Vice President JD Vance joined Fox News Anchor Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” Tuesday night to single out Republican senators who are protecting the “dying institutional norms” that are preventing the SAVE America Act from being enacted into law. The voter integrity legislation that has been championed by President Donald Trump is currently stalled…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘The House Is on Fire’: House Passes Online Protections to Shield Children From Porn
    The House successfully passed its internet safety package for children while the Senate continues to stall. The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act includes a key amendment that would protect children from viewing sexual content online, a statistic that continues to grow. “To use figurative language, the house is on fire,” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill.,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    The EPA Is Unaccountable to the People. Congress Can Rein It In.
    For decades, Americans have lived under a tyranny of unelected bureaucrats. In Trump 2.0, the power of the deep state has been significantly curtailed. But there are still redoubts of unaccountable pencil pushers in the federal government, perhaps nowhere more present than in the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA was created to enforce federal laws,…
    Douglas Blair
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    Conservatives Crackdown On Birth Tourism After SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling
    After the Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s motion to restrict birthright citizenship on Tuesday, both chambers of Congress are overseeing legislation that would stop foreign travelers from coming to the United States to give birth to a child granted American citizen status. In the upper chamber, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., called on his…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Is the New Democratic Party Built for the Midterms?
    Democrats ought to be in a strong position to reclaim the House in November, given the advantages the party out of the White House usually holds in the midterms. But as Democrats’ socialist wing gains power in primaries across the country, is it complicating the party’s pitch to the American people? The party’s left-wing is…
    George Caldwell
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    Hill GOP Erupts Over Birthright Citizenship Decision
    Congressional conservatives are slamming the Supreme Court of the United States after it ruled to strike down a request from the president to redefine birthright citizenship. The 6-3 decision comes after President Donald Trump’s administration argued that the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applied to descendants of slaves in…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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