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Group of House Lawmakers Urges McCarthy to Take ‘Three Specific Actions’ in Debt Ceiling Negotiations
Thirty-five Republican House lawmakers sent a letter on Thursday to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., urging three specific actions regarding the debt ceiling as a deal has yet to be reached. “As a result of your…
Texas Bill Prohibiting Sexually Explicit Content in Public Schools Heads to Governor’s Desk
A bipartisan bill banning sexually explicit content in public school libraries has passed the Texas Senate and is on its way to the governor’s desk. HB 900, dubbed The READER Act, specifies what “sexual content” is and…
Moving to France Showed Me True Cost of ‘Free’ European Health Care, Child Care, and Retirement
An oft-repeated phrase among those favoring taxpayer-funded health care, day care, and pensions is that such programs are “free.” However, I recently moved to France, and paying my social charges and taxes proves these…
‘Black Marxist’ Professor Fired After Vandalizing Pro-Life Display, Chasing Reporter With Machete
The art professor fired for holding a machete to a reporter’s throat and throwing a pro-life campus display on the ground is a self-described “black Marxist” who posted violent poetry on her personal website and said she…
House Passes HALT Fentanyl Bill in Bipartisan Vote
The House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, also known as the HALT Fentanyl Act, on Thursday with the backing of both Republicans and Democrats. The legislation, which Rep. Morgan…
EXCLUSIVE: Maine School Board Asks Church What It Believes About Marriage, Abortion, Gender Before Denying Lease
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Maine church that outgrew its meeting space applied with the local school board to lease space at a high school for worship services, but the school board appeared to apply a religious test to the…
How Blacks’ Experience in Idaho Differs From National Narrative
A remarkable study highlights a barely known exception to the generally accepted truism that black Americans’ poverty and unemployment rates are considerably higher than those of whites. Idaho is the only state in the nation…
House Select Committee on China Adopts Policies for Taiwan, Against Uyghur Genocide
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released two reports Wednesday with numerous policy recommendations aimed at bolstering “Taiwan deterrence” and helping to stop the genocide “against the Uyghurs and…
Parents to Big Tech: ‘We Want Our Children Back!’
Ernest Hemingway once said that for a good speech, “ll you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.” English actress Kate Winslet’s acceptance speech at the 2023 British Academy of Film and…
‘I Don’t Know,’ McCarthy Says About Timing of Debt Ceiling Deal
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he isn’t certain a deal on the nation’s debt ceiling will be made Thursday as negotiations between Republican and Democrat lawmakers continue. “I don’t know if we’ll have a deal today,”…