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EXCLUSIVE: Bill Demands Accountability for Universities’ Investments in Foreign Adversaries

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Burgess Owens introduced a bill on Wednesday to hold private universities accountable for investments they make in...

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‘The War on Women’s Sports is Over’: Trump Bans Males in Female Athletics

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Wednesday protecting women’s and girls sports from biological male athletes who identify as...

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EXCLUSIVE: New Bill Targets Foreign Interference in Education

EXCLUSIVE: New Bill Targets Foreign Interference in Education

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., introduced a bill Tuesday to require universities to disclose any contracts they have with...

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California Congressman Slams Newsom Appointee for Dismantling Volunteer Fire Unit

California Congressman Slams Newsom Appointee for Dismantling Volunteer Fire Unit

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has sharply criticized a high-ranking appointee of California Gov. Gavin Newsom for dismantling the state’s emergency...

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Detransitioners Feel ‘Relief’ After Trump Executive Order Provides Legal Recourse for Child Sex-Change Victims

Young adults deceived by the transgender medicine industry into irreversibly altering their bodies to change sexes have the opportunity for legal...

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Senator Asks Rubio to Investigate Biden Forcing Radical Abortion Law on Black-Majority Country

Senator Asks Rubio to Investigate Biden Forcing Radical Abortion Law on Black-Majority Country

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to investigate reports that a foreign aid agency pushed abortion......

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New Trump Executive Order Bans Critical Race Theory, Gender Ideology in Public Education

New Trump Executive Order Bans Critical Race Theory, Gender Ideology in Public Education

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting federal funding of K-12 schools that promote critical race theory or radical...

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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand School Choice

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand School Choice

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Tim Scott of South Carolina are celebrating School Choice Week by...

29.01.2025 7

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EXCLUSIVE: Largest Teachers Union Held Webinar on Protecting ‘Undocumented’ Children from ICE

EXCLUSIVE: Largest Teachers Union Held Webinar on Protecting ‘Undocumented’ Children from ICE

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The National Education Association held a webinar on Jan. 17 instructing teachers on how to protect “undocumented”...

29.01.2025 4

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Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Government Support for Irreversible Child Sex Changes

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Government Support for Irreversible Child Sex Changes

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday preventing the federal government from funding or supporting irreversible transgender medical...

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California’s Volunteer Fire Unit Vanishes From Web, Social Media After Controversial Dismantling

California’s Volunteer Fire Unit Vanishes From Web, Social Media After Controversial Dismantling

Fire-ravaged California is grappling with the threat of floods, mudslides, and toxic ash this week as the state’s embattled leaders face more...

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March for Life Reacts to Trump Pardoning 23 Pro-Life Activists

March for Life Reacts to Trump Pardoning 23 Pro-Life Activists

Thousands of Americans gathered in Washington for the 52nd annual March for Life on Friday, just one day after President Donald Trump issued pardons...

25.01.2025 5

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Judge Dismisses Charges Against Surgeon Targeted for Exposing Child Sex Changes After Trump Moves to Drop Them

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Surgeon Targeted for Exposing Child Sex Changes After Trump Moves to Drop Them

A judge reportedly dismissed Friday the charges against Dr. Eithan Haim, a surgeon indicted by the Biden-Harris administration after he blew the...

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ricketts to Introduce Bill to Protect Dignity of Aborted Unborn Babies

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ricketts to Introduce Bill to Protect Dignity of Aborted Unborn Babies

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Pete Ricketts will introduce a bill to require abortionists to treat deceased unborn babies with dignity. “A few...

24.01.2025 4

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‘They Should Not Have Been Prosecuted’: Trump Pardons Pro-Lifers Convicted Under FACE Act

‘They Should Not Have Been Prosecuted’: Trump Pardons Pro-Lifers Convicted Under FACE Act

President Donald Trump pardoned 23 pro-lifers who were convicted for actions including praying outside abortion clinics and encouraging women in...

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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect Parental Rights

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect Parental Rights

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sens. Tim Scott and James Lankford, along with Rep. Virginia Foxx, introduced legislation to uphold parental rights in...

23.01.2025 2

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Trump Should Pardon Pro-Lifers Convicted Under FACE Act Before March for Life

In his first 24 hours in office, President Donald Trump pardoned the more than 1,500 Americans charged with crimes in connection with the Jan. 6,......

23.01.2025 5

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EXCLUSIVE: Mike Lee to Introduce Bill to Repeal Law Weaponized Against Pro-Lifers

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Lee to Introduce Bill to Repeal Law Weaponized Against Pro-Lifers

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Mike Lee will reintroduce a bill Thursday to repeal the FACE Act, which has been weaponized against at least 50......

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Senate Democrats Oppose Bill to Protect Babies Born Alive From Failed Abortions

Senate Democrats Oppose Bill to Protect Babies Born Alive From Failed Abortions

Every Senate Democrat on Wednesday afternoon voted against protecting the lives of babies born alive after botched abortions. The Born-Alive Abortion...

22.01.2025 4

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EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Unveils His Cure to America’s Health Care System

EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Unveils His Cure to America’s Health Care System

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued a diagnosis for America’s broken health care system, and he says the problem isn’t what...

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Supreme Court Decides Chinese-Owned TikTok’s Fate

Supreme Court Decides Chinese-Owned TikTok’s Fate

The Supreme Court unanimously decided that TikTok must divest from its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance. “There is no doubt that, for more...

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Daines to Introduce Bill Defending Second Amendment From Woke Companies

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Daines to Introduce Bill Defending Second Amendment From Woke Companies

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Steve Daines is set to introduce a bill Thursday afternoon to prohibit the federal government from using taxpayers’...

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Under Newsom, Far-Left General Deactivated Firefighting Disaster Response Force

Under Newsom, Far-Left General Deactivated Firefighting Disaster Response Force

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A high-ranking military appointee of California Gov. Gavin Newsom diminished the state’s emergency response volunteer...

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EXCLUSIVE: Christian Law Firm Warns Va. Republicans Against Resolution Infusing Gender Identity in Constitution

EXCLUSIVE: Christian Law Firm Warns Va. Republicans Against Resolution Infusing Gender Identity in Constitution

Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Republicans in the state legislature to vote against a Democrat-introduced resolution that would inject...

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‘It Stole My Childhood’: Supreme Court Urged to Protect Kids From Online Porn

‘It Stole My Childhood’: Supreme Court Urged to Protect Kids From Online Porn

Taylor Muthoka was first exposed to pornography at the age of 7. A friend showed it to her online, and all the children had to... Read More The post...

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‘INCOMPETENT’: LA Wildfire Victims Call for Gov. Newsom, Mayor Bass to Resign

‘INCOMPETENT’: LA Wildfire Victims Call for Gov. Newsom, Mayor Bass to Resign

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles residents who lost their homes in the ongoings California wildfires are sick of their Democratic leaders dodging...

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Two House Democrats Vote to Pass Bill Protecting Women’s Sports from Biological Male Infiltration

The House passed legislation Tuesday to protect women’s and girls school sports from biological male athletes. “The last time my bill passed the...

14.01.2025 4

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California Democratic Ex-Lawmaker Slams Elected Leaders for Lack of Wildfire Preparedness 

Years of policy failures, bookended by insufficient preparation in the days leading up to the California wildfires, laid the groundwork for historic...

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‘Not Political’: LA Fire Official Urges Focus on Saving Lives and Property, Not Climate Change

As many Democrats seek to use the California wildfires to push their “climate change” agenda, the Los Angeles Fire Department and locals say the...

13.01.2025 4

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Family Who Sang Hymn in Midst of California Wildfire Rubble Praises God for 36 Years in Home

When Peter and Jacqueline Halpin evacuated the home they lived in for 36 years due to the Eaton wildfire, they had no idea they would... Read More The...

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Despite Left-Wing Claims That Pro-Life Laws Hinder Health Care, No Texas Doctors Prosecuted for ‘Medically Necessary’ Abortions

Not one Texas doctor has been prosecuted for performing one of 132 “medically necessary” induced terminations of pregnancy, according to a report...

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‘HUGE WIN’: District Court Blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule

A federal district court in Kentucky issued a decision Thursday blocking the Biden administration’s attempt to change the meaning of “sex” in...

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Elderly Democrats Say Thousands of Donations to ActBlue Were Made Fraudulently in Their Names

Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue may have raked in millions through fraudulent donations, according to the testimonies of elderly Americans who...

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Biden Administration Admits Defeat by Withdrawing 7 Woke Rule Changes

The Biden administration withdrew seven far-left proposed rules at the end of December, potentially due to receiving hundreds of thousands of...

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House Certifies Results of Trump’s 2024 Election Victory

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday led the certification of the 2024 presidential election victory of her opponent, the once and future...

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Here’s What House Members Told The Daily Signal Before Speaker Vote

The first big decision the new House of Representatives has to make: Whether or not Speaker Mike Johnson will retain his speakership. Johnson can...

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Pro-Life Christian Detained for Preaching Gospel, Offering to Adopt Babies at Abortion Clinic

Police detained a pro-life father and husband outside an Ohio abortion clinic for sharing the Gospel and offering to adopt abortion-minded women’s...

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‘Full of Hope’: How Pro-Lifers Convicted for Praying Outside Abortion Clinics Spend Christmas in Prison

Ten pro-lifers are spending Christmas in prison this year after being convicted for praying outside abortion clinics and trying to persuade...

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EXCLUSIVE: George Mason Professors Demand End to Pro-Hamas Activity

Almost 20 professors at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School sent a letter urging the school’s president to crack down on pro-Hamas,...

21.12.2024 2

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UnitedHealthcare Covers Double Mastectomies for 17-Year-Olds With Gender Dysphoria

America’s largest health insurance company covers double mastectomies for some 17-year-old girls who identify as transgender. UnitedHealthcare’s “...

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ADF Urges Disney to Evaluate Discrimination Based on Political, Religious Beliefs

Religious liberty law firm Alliance Defending Freedom will meet with The Walt Disney Co. in early January to question its collusion with a...

20.12.2024 4

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‘Very Good Deal’: Trump Endorses New Bill to Fund Federal Government

Hours after President-Elect Donald Trump endorsed a new bill to fund the government, the House of Representatives took the first of multiple...

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Musk, Ramaswamy Floated as Next House Speakers

Amid the uproar over the spending bill, some are suggesting it’s time for a new House speaker. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, suggested on X that...

19.12.2024 10

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In House Hearing, Pro-Lifer Describes Post-Roe Weaponization of FACE Act

Paul Vaughn, a Christian father of 11 convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for praying outside an abortion clinic,...

19.12.2024 4

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Democrat Fundraising Platform ActBlue Scrutinized for Raking Millions With Thousands of Tiny Donations

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—How did fewer than two dozen people give almost $1 million through controversial Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue...

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ABORTION COLONIALISM? Sources Say Biden Pushes Anti-Life Agenda on Sierra Leone

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Biden administration is pressuring Sierra Leone to pass an unpopular pro-abortion bill before President-elect Donald...

17.12.2024 10

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Catholic Health Care System Partners With Pro-Abortion Virtual Women’s Health Clinic

The Catholic health care system CommonSpirit partners with an online women’s health clinic that offers abortion pills and referrals for surgical...

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SECURITY RISK? Lawmaker Slams Dems Who Oppose NDAA’s Protections Against Military Kid Gender Transitions

The House of Representatives voted 281-140 on Wednesday evening to approve an annual defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act,...

12.12.2024 6

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‘I’ll Never Know What My Body Would’ve Looked Like’: Detransitioner Sues Doctor Who Pushed Irreversible Trans Hormones, Surgery

When Clementine Breen began getting puberty blockers at age 12, she had no idea she was agreeing to become a lifelong patient. Breen, now a...

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House Republicans: Why Didn’t Park Police Stop Anti-Israel Rioters From Vandalizing Federal Property?

How did violent anti-Israel, pro-Hamas rioters get away with destroying government property, burning American flags and an effigy of Israeli Prime...

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