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September 8, 2024

‘Persons with Childbearing Potential’: American, European Medical Groups Erase Women in New Guidance

Doctors already struggling to consistently use their patients' preferred gender pronouns and account for sex-based differences in treatment for those who present as the opposite sex are facing potentially greater confusion courtesy of American and European medical groups. The American...

September 8, 2024

23 States Ask Supreme Court to Reverse Energy-Related Decision

Twenty-three states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that the attorneys general say could be a threat to the energy industry. A brief filed this week by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and 22 other...

September 8, 2024

RFK Jr.’s Quest to Remove Name from Ballot Hits Snags, Sees Some Victories as Lawsuits Continue

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is working to get his name removed from presidential ballots across various states, which has resulted in lawsuits in swing states where his requests were initially denied. While those lawsuits started as losses for...

September 8, 2024

Commentary: The Real Reason Democrats Fear Losing in November

Democrats understand that once you’re atop a tiger, you can’t get off. They understand that because they’re living it via their prolonged lawfare campaign against Trump. By pulling out all the stops to stop him, they have raised November’s stakes...

September 8, 2024

Ex-Employee Sues City University of New York for Allegedly Firing Her After She Converted to Christianity

A former City University of New York (CUNY) staff member is suing the university for wrongfully terminating her employment after she converted to Christianity, according to a religious discrimination lawsuit filed last week. Teona Pagan, who worked at CUNY’s Research...

September 8, 2024

Commentary: Reasons Women Don’t Dress Traditionally

I wrote an article this past year detailing my experience of wearing exclusively dresses and skirts, due to symptoms of my third pregnancy. I am now on the other side of this experience—I delivered my third son and am healing very well...

September 8, 2024

Elite Universities Ranked Lowest for Free Speech, Report Finds

Some of the most prominent elite universities in the nation have been ranked lowest for freedom of speech, according to a report released Thursday. Harvard, Columbia, New York University (NYU), the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and Barnard College make up...

September 8, 2024

Commentary: Nazis, Marxists, and the History of Ideas

In light of recent events and discussions attempting to rehabilitate the historical reputation of Germany’s Nazis, it might be worthwhile to re-examine the foundations of the ideology that underpinned National Socialism and its close cousin fascism. Those who embrace the...

September 8, 2024

Report: Thousands of Christians Targeted and Killed in Nigeria

A new report says that Nigeria has been systematically persecuting Christians, including executing thousands, in an “unrelenting…time bomb.” As Fox News reports, the claims come from Open Doors International, a faith-based non-profit which focuses on raising awareness of persecutions across the world....

September 7, 2024

Troubled Boeing Spacecraft Returns to Earth Without Pilots on Board

A Boeing spacecraft successfully returned to Earth on Saturday, without the pilots on board. The Boeing Starliner has been plagued with technical problems since it was launched into space with astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore more than three months ago, essentially stranding the...

September 7, 2024

HHS Pushes Child Gender Transitions with Threats of Suicide

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is using “Suicide Prevention Awareness Month” this September to push the lie that transgender medical interventions stop children from committing suicide. The Daily Signal obtained a newsletter the HHS sent on Friday sharing resources...

September 7, 2024

One-Third of Gen Z Voters Support Trump, Half Back Harris: Poll

Fifty percent of Gen. Z voters plan to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris while one third said they would vote for former President Donald Trump, a recent survey showed. The poll was conducted by NBC News and powered by SurveyMonkey.

September 7, 2024

Deadline to Replace Stolen Food Stamp or SNAP Benefits Looms

The deadline to replace Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for recipients whose benefits were electronically stolen or skimmed is fast approaching. A September 30, 2024, deadline looms for those who had their benefits stolen between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2024,...

September 7, 2024

Federal Judge Blocks New Biden-Harris Student Loan Forgiveness Plan from Implementation

A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's proposal to forgive federal student loans for nearly 30 million borrowers after a group of seven state sued. According to the ruling from U.S. District Judge J. Randal...

September 7, 2024

Commentary: Kamala Harris Would Shatter America’s Labor Market Already Showing Cracks

Friday’s jobs report reveals accelerating weakness in the American economy. Only 142,000 jobs were created last month, below expectations. Half of new positions were created in the unproductive government or quasi-government healthcare and social services sectors. A record 8.2 million Americans have second jobs....

September 7, 2024

Law Passed After Surfside Collapse Affecting Florida’s Real Estate Market

A new Florida condominium law is affecting the Sunshine State's real estate market. The new measure requires costly inspections, significantly increasing homeowners' costs. The law — Senate Bill 4D — was passed during a special session in 2022 and requires condominium associations...

September 7, 2024

Secretary of State Blinken Signals He Wouldn’t Stay on If Harris Wins

Secretary of State Tony Blinken signaled on Wednesday that he wouldn't stay in his role if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the 2024 presidential election. “As to my own future, all I’m looking at right now is the balance of...

September 7, 2024

Commentary: Banning Guns Is Not the Answer to School Shootings

As a mother, I’m horrified by the notion that a child could be placed on a school bus and never come back home. Losing a child is a parent’s worst nightmare, and I’ve had too many friends who’ve walked through...

September 6, 2024

Economy Added Fewer Jobs than Expected in August as Unemployment Falls

Economists anticipated that the country would add 161,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August compared to the 114,000 added in initial estimates for July, and that the unemployment rate would fall to 4.2%, according to MarketWatch. The job gains follow a disappointing July report and a downward revision of over...

September 6, 2024

Ballot Drop Box Battles: States, Municipalities Seek to Ban Them as November Election Nears

Two months out from Election Day and less than two weeks before early voting begins, states and municipalities are fighting over whether to implement ballot drop boxes, amid election integrity and practical concerns. Ballot drop boxes, a method of voting...

September 6, 2024

RFK Jr. Reverses Course, Tells Supporters in Every State to Vote for Trump

Robert Kennedy Jr., a former independent presidential candidate, reversed course and told his supporters in every state to vote for former President Trump, the GOP presidential nominee. He previously said his supporters could still vote for him on the ballot...

September 6, 2024

YouTube Takes Down Conservative Podcast Network Tied to DOJ Russia Indictment

YouTube terminated the accounts of a conservative influencer and her media company Thursday evening, one day after the Justice Department indicated the company was tied to a Russian scheme to influence the 2024 election. The accounts for Tenet Media and Lauren Chen were removed one...

September 6, 2024

Judge Delays Trump Sentencing in Hush Money Case Until After Election

Justice Juan Merchan on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump's sentencing in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money case until after the presidential election.

September 6, 2024

As Prices Soar, Americans Forced to Choose Between Food and Energy

With inflation remaining stubbornly high, many Americans have been forced to choose whether to pay for more groceries to feed their families, or to pay their energy bills to keep their families cool in the summer and warm in the...

September 6, 2024

Alaska Vetoes Birth Control Expansion Same Day Judge Takes Sledgehammer to Abortion Restrictions

Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would expand birth control access on Wednesday, while a judge on the Alaska Superior Court ruled against a state law that states only licensed doctors can perform abortions. Dunleavy vetoed the bill, and...

September 6, 2024

Commentary: The Media Lies Add Up

The public is exhausted after a decade of chronic untruth from the left-wing and its media. The 2016 presidential campaign will be long remembered for the false allegation that Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to warp the election.

September 6, 2024

Walz Subpoenaed for Oversight of $250 Million Fraud Scheme

Reputation associated with his military record already shattered, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz now faces a reckoning tied to a signature education accomplishment – feeding schoolchildren – from a congressional committee chaired by a North Carolina congresswoman. Called the “largest COVID-19 fraud scheme...

September 6, 2024

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