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Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill
The Senate voted Thursday evening to pass the debt ceiling legislation, clearing the way for President Joe Biden to sign it into law. The Senate vote to pass the debt ceiling bill was 63-36. The Senate also voted on 11…
Forgotten DC Riots Did Far More Than Physical Damage to America
The three-year anniversary of the Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter riots in the nation’s capital has come and gone without much media fanfare. These apparently forgotten riots, and the harsher official response to the…
18 States Sue Biden Administration Over Redefining ‘Illegal Border Crossings’ as ‘Lawful Pathways’
Missouri and 17 other states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over what they call its “unlawful open-border policies.” “The situation at the southern border is out of control, all thanks to Joe Biden,”…
3 Left-Leaning Senators Vote to Block Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
The Senate has voted mostly along partisan lines to pass a resolution aimed at blocking President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The final vote was 52-46, with Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.V.; Jon Tester, D-Mont.; and…
Vermont School Agrees to Pay $125K to Father, Daughter Punished for Speaking Out Against Trans Student
A Vermont school district punished a father and his daughter for speaking out against a biological male in the girls’ locker room. Now, The Daily Signal has learned, the district has settled with the Allen family in what its…
11 GOP Governors Sending National Guard Troops and Resource to Texas to Secure Southern Border
Republican governors are sending National Guard troops to the southern border. Governors of Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia announced this week they will send troops to Texas to…
Oklahoma Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Pro-Life Laws Can Be Easily Fixed by Legislature
The headline blared “Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Abortion Laws Unconstitutional.” Wait, what? In Oklahoma? Yes, in two recent decisions, the Oklahoma Supreme Court decided that three recently enacted pro-life laws violated…
‘George Soros Is a Destructive Civilizational Force,’ Co-Founder of ‘Jews Against Soros’ Says
Two conservative activists on Wednesday launched “Jews Against Soros,” a Jewish coalition against leftist billionaire George Soros. The leaders of the coalition—Josh Hammer, the senior editor-at-large of Newsweek, and Will…
A New York University’s Chinese Confucius Institute and Hypersonic Missile Technology Research
Spy balloons hovering high overhead in U.S. airspace are one thing, but the Chinese Communist Party also has interests on the ground here. Take Alfred University, for example. Alfred is a small (1,600 students), private…
Washington Reminds Schools to Focus on Racial Quotas in Imposing Discipline. Why That’s Bad News
The school year is over, but a new race-based missive from Washington will loom over teachers and students all summer. Just before Memorial Day, federal education officials issued a “Dear Colleague” letter telling the…