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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: During a CNN town hall, Kamala Harris addresses concerns on a number of policy issues - including two that are top of mind for voters - the economy and immigration.  Israel continues in an aggressive campaign against Hamas and Hezbollah. Doug Emhoff’s ex-girlfriend claims that Emhoff once slapped her so hard she spun around.  Relevant Lin...

Four years ago, news organizations and social media platforms deliberately suppressed or outright ignored the Hunter Biden laptop story—one of the biggest scandals of the 2020 election. This time around, those same media outlets are engaged in a different kind of censorship: hiding the radical policy ideas once advocated by Vice President Kamala Harris.  A new poll from Media Research Center confi...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The federal government is pushing gender ideology in the courtroom.  Texas is suing the Biden-Harris administration over information about the citizenship status of people on the state’s voter rolls.  Vice President Kamala Harris says she doesn’t support religious exemptions for Christian doctors who are opposed to performing abortions. ...

For conservatives, it is not surprising that bitcoin is an appealing technology, according to Dennis Porter.  Bitcoin is “truly nonpartisan,” says Porter, CEO and co-founder of the Satoshi Action Fund, but within the technology, “there are so many things that I think appeal to the conservative voter or Republican voters,” he argues. Bitcoin is unique because it’s “money which can't be debased,” th...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Washington Free Beacon reports that Kamala Harris appears to have plagiarized large sections of a Congressional testimony back in 2007.  Questions are raised as to why Harris was admitted to the University of California-San Francisco through the school’s Legal Education Opportunity Program.  A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll out tod...

The Pentagon is looking into the leak of intelligence information related to an upcoming Israeli attack on Iran. It was America's responsibility to keep the information safe, officials say.  The leak likely has “deeply” damaged U.S.-Israeli relations during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, says Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation vice president in charge of the Institute for National Security and Fo...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, was preventable. That’s according to the finding of a House of Representatives task force.  Decision Desk HQ and The Hill is forecasting a Trump victory.  A new Survey predicts that 41 million evangelical Christians may not vote in this election.  Relevan...

Dr. Eric Cubin, a Wyoming doctor removed from his state's Board of Medicine for opposing "gender-affirming care," joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about an "unprecedented" medical scandal. How did medical groups that ostensibly pledge to "do no harm" end up supporting experimental transgender drugs and surgeries that leave kids stunted, scarred, and infertile? Learn more about your ad choi...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former President Donald Trump headlined the Al Smith charity dinner on Thursday night. Following Sinwar’s death, U.S. leaders are quick to share their views on what should happen next in the war between Israel and Hamas.  About 1,800 pages of documents in the Jan. 6 case against Trump have now been unsealed.  Relevant Links Listen to oth...

Artificial intelligence technology is making its way into more areas of daily life. But there are still many unknowns about AI, including major legal questions about the ways the technology should be governed, and which AI-generated speech is, or is not, protected under the First Amendment.  Generative AI, in its most basic form, is “trained on vast amounts of data,” according to Ryan Bangert, sen...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The mastermind behind the Oct. 7th terrorist attack on Israel has been killed.  Kamala Harris sits down with Fox News’ Bret Baier for an interview that aired last night. The Biden administration announces that it is forgiving another $4.5 billion in student loan debt.  Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/16/fbi-quietly-rev...

Recent polling suggests that some traditionally Democrat-leaning voters, particularly black and Hispanic men, appear to be reconsidering their political allegiances. Their concerns about the high cost of living and rising crime have them trending toward former President Donald Trump, which could make them the deciding factor in the 2024 presidential election. Gabriel Nadales, national director of...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A Biden-Harris rule enables families to lose their kids to gender ideology. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, brings up his faith in an attempt to deny his own voting record on men who identify as transgender competing in women’s sports. Drugstore chain Walgreens is closing 1,200 stores over the next 3 years.  A recent Cygnal poll in two “bellw...

State leaders in Indiana have taken significant steps to divest from China and from the environmental, social, and governance agenda.  “We have the good fortune in Indiana to have a Legislature that is on top of making sure that we divest from Chinese entities and from ESG-focused funds,” Indiana state Comptroller Elise Nieshalla says.  The ESG agenda has benefited China through its promotion of s...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The labor union representing border patrol agents endorses Trump. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck and neck in Michigan.  The United States will deploy troops and an advanced anti-missile system to Israel.  Nevada forces girls to compete against biological male despite wishes. Poll shows most America...

French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired in 2018 for shunning the use of pronouns to refer to a transgender-identifying student. On Sept. 30, the West Point School Board in Virginia agreed to pay him $575,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees. "I'm so relieved that our basic fundamental rights of freedom of expression, of freedom of religion have been formally upheld," Vlaming told The Daily Signal. Th...

The far-left’s obsession with canceling Christopher Columbus does not have as much to do with the man, but rather what he represents, according to historian Jarrett Stepman.  Efforts to cancel men like Columbus come from “cultural Marxists who thought that you need to change American culture to truly change our policies at the highest level," says Stepman, a columnist for The Daily Signal and auth...

Anthony Constantino grew up in Amsterdam, New York, at a time when the city was bustling with activity. In the years that followed, however, many of the manufacturing jobs disappeared, leaving its factories empty and its residents without work. Rather than flee upstate New York, Constantino instead co-founded Sticker Mule in 2010. The company makes products ranging from magnets and stickers (hence...

Andrew Lewis, a former Pennsylvania state representative, is the new president at the Commonwealth Foundation, the state's premier public policy organization. He stepped into the job in September, just as America turned its attention to the Keystone State, which will play a decisive role in the 2024 election. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Lewis pinpointed the key issues facing Pennsylvani...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Hurricane Milton takes four lives in Florida.  Inflation hits 2.4%.  A U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon says it was hit by Israeli tank fire.  A University of Kansas professor is caught on camera telling his students that male voters who are not willing to vote for a female candidate should be shot.  “Rings of Power” season 2 film revie...

A lot of things in Coach Joe Kennedy’s life have been unexpected—not the least of them being taking a major case to the Supreme Court or having a movie made about his life.  Kennedy's decision to take a knee in prayer after football games placed him in the middle of a national controversy, and thrust him into a spotlight he never asked for or wanted, since, as he acknowledges, he sees himself as a...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Millions have evacuated due to Hurricane Milton. After 12 years of legal battles, Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips may finally be done defending himself in court. Several Democrats running in tight races for the U.S. House and Senate joined a larger group of Democrats in signing a letter urging Congress not to defund a measure provi...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: DeSantis and Harris are at odds over Hurricane Milton. Kamala Harris launches media blitz.  The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold the Biden administration's rule on "ghost guns."  More than 200 hospitals and health care facilities provide irreversible transgender procedures to children. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/1...

LLife is on pause in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Hurricane Helene devastated the city, located about 25 miles south of Asheville. Most people have not returned to work, and in some instances, there is no workplace to return to, because floodwaters swept entire buildings from their foundations.  Hendersonville resident Alexander Potter told The Daily Signal neighbors have been the first line of...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: DeSantis and Harris are at odds over Hurricane Milton. Kamala Harris launches media blitz.  The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold the Biden administration's rule on "ghost guns."  More than 200 hospitals and health care facilities provide irreversible transgender procedures to children. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/1...