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Trump Transforms the UN’s Failures Into American Savings
As the 81st session of the United Nations Assembly concludes, President Donald Trump has departed after keeping the pressure on the U.N. to reform. Trump lambasted the U.N. for “criticizing the United States for protecting our children from transgender mutilization and transgender insanity.” The president observed that U.N. agencies seem to have “little to say… -
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Human Rights Campaign Chief Compares ICE Patrols to Lynch Mobs
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson Saturday compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement patrols to lynch mobs and likened current political battles over LGBTQ issues to the civil rights movement. HRC, the nation’s largest LGBTQ activist group, has sharply criticized Trump’s policies on transgender issues, including restrictions on military service for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria… -
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The Daily Signal Is Equipping the Next Generation of Conservative Leaders
The Daily Signal is a leader in conservative media with a mission to present the truth and defend traditional American values. Right now, it is looking to equip the next generation of journalists as part of its spring 2027 internship program. As a current Daily Signal intern and recent graduate from the University of Minnesota, interning… -
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Education Department Reinstates Title IX Regulations Protecting Women’s Sports and Rejecting Gender Insanity
Supporters of women’s sports and sex-based protections have reason to celebrate. The Department of Education announced Sept. 28 that it is formally rescinding the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule and reinstating the 2020 Title IX regulations promulgated under the first Trump administration. Ongoing litigation has prevented the Trump administration from being able to formally… -
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Trump Praises Heritage President for Rebuking Midterm Predictions
Heritage Foundation President Dr. Kevin Roberts landed massive praise from President Donald Trump on Monday morning for his comments on potentially faulty midterm predictions. The president’s Truth Social post comes after Roberts made remarks on Fox Business Monday morning, in which he dismissed political analyst Charlie Cook’s prediction that the Democratic majority in the 120th… -
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Education Department Makes Big Step Toward Protecting Women’s Sports
In its latest move to protect women’s sports, the Department of Education formally rescinded the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule. “We’re just acknowledging that boys and men are in boys and men’s sports and girls are in theirs,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told OutKick. The Biden rewrite of Title IX redefined sex to… -
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Three Women Say They Almost Died Because of FDA-Approved Drug
Three women who regret taking the abortion pill are urging Dr. Heidi Overton to renew the in-person dispensing requirement on mifepristone if she is confirmed as Food and Drug Administration commissioner. “I believed it was safe, and I put my life on the line,” Elizabeth Gillette, 39, said on Friday in an interview with the… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Counterrevolution, Explained
Decorated historian, Hillsdale college professor and Daily Signal senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson explained the reasoning behind his New York Times bestseller “The Counter-Revolution” during Heritage Action’s Sentinel Summit in Orlando on Saturday. As Hanson stated in both his video appearance at the summit and in his book, the Left’s challenge is to create a… -
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Why Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 Speech About America Still Demands Attention
Welcome to the ninth in our series “Landmark Speeches in American History.” We are celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with articles by prominent authors about how some of the greatest speeches in our history—by celebrated orators like Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.—honored the vision of our founding document, the Declaration of Independence…. -
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Marcy Kaptur at Odds with Both Sides Over Record on Trans Issues
In what looks to be one of Ohio’s most hotly contested races, a vulnerable Democratic incumbent is taking heat from both sides over her record on trans issues. Last week, Lucas County Democrats publicly called out Rep. Marcy Kaptur, of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, for an ad touting her vote on the issue. Lucas County… -
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Nebraska Volunteer Firefighter Denied Full-Time Job for Being Homeschooled
THE WASHINGTON STAND—The United States Armed Forces allows homeschoolers to enlist, but the city of Fremont, Nebraska appears to think they are unfit to join their local fire department. Now, the governor’s office is investigating. Andrew Coates, a 22-year-old volunteer firefighter at Fremont Fire Department, hoped to turn his charity work into a full-time job…. -
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‘We Are In a Spiritual Battle for The Soul of Our Nation,’ Key Florida Rep Says
A top player in Florida’s political scene championed the Sunshine State’s legislative achievements during his time at Heritage Action’s Sentinel Summit on Saturday in an effort to motivate grassroots leaders across the country to replicate these examples in their home states while protecting the integrity of the conservative movement. “Understand what’s at stake, we are… -
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Virginia’s Energy Mix May Include Fusion, But Will Require Natural Gas
Virginia’s economic future depends on access to reliable, affordable energy. The Commonwealth already hosts more than a third of the planet’s hyperscale data centers, for example, and plans are on the drawing board to deliver even more capacity in the decades ahead. New data centers may be required to supply their own power at peak… -
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Ramaswamy’s Saving Grace? State Legislature to Return for Vote on Gas Tax Suspension
With Ohioans paying too much at the pump as Election Day approaches, both candidates for governor have suggested a gas tax suspension. The idea was raised last week by both Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, with the latter seeking to act along with fellow Ohio Republicans. Although the state legislature was not set… -
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The Letter Virginia Pastors Want Every Voter to Read Before Nov. 3
More than 150 Virginia pastors have signed an open letter urging voters to reject two proposed constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage. The letter adds a broad coalition of Protestant voices to the growing faith-based opposition ahead of the Nov. 3 election. “We believe these two amendments must be rejected for the Commonwealth of Virginia… -
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Ground Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport’s Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety
SHIPPINGPORT, Pa.—The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States opened here. My Perry High School physics teacher, David Burrows, had loaded a handful of us into a van for a field trip… -
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When Local Bureaucracy Pays Better Than the Oval Office: Fairfax County’s Salary Problem
Fairfax County Public Schools Chief Equity Officer Nardos King makes $288,064 this year—more than every single member of the president’s Cabinet—Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, all of them—each of whom earns $253,100 to run a federal department. King’s job is to oversee equity initiatives… -
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White House Cites Decline in Transgender Violent Deaths to Defend Trump Policies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump White House is pointing to data compiled by transgender advocacy groups as evidence against the claim that Republican transgender policies contribute to violence against transgender people. “The data proves the president’s law-and-order policies have benefited all Americans,” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told the Daily Signal in a statement… -
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Faith Drives Heritage’s Mission, Its Scholars Say
A panel of Heritage Foundation scholars explained to Heritage Action’s Orlando Sentinel Summit attendees on Saturday how faith fuels the organization’s public advocacy mission. “This constitution will NOT work without a faith-filled people,” E.J. Antoni, Heritage Foundation chief economist, said on Saturday. “Faith builds our four cornerstones, then all of our public policy stems from… -
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End of the Clipboard? Activists Say Going Digital Could Get Fraud Out of Citizen-Led Ballot Measures
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative group advocating greater use of citizen ballot initiatives has created a platform to allow secure digital signatures to replace traditional handwritten signatures, arguing technology could lower the cost of petition drives and reduce fraud. The Prosperity for US Foundation contends that modernizing petition laws to permit verified and authenticated…
