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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass bipartisan legislation on the Chinese-owed app TikTok.  Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will not appear before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee next week for a hearing titled "Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office," according to a letter...

TikTok might soon be facing a choice: Divest from its Chinese Communist Party-controlled parent company, or cease to operate in the U.S.  “This is not about the content that is being posted on TikTok,” Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, says. “It's about the conduct of the company that controls TikTok, that makes the decisions, that has a narrative that is able to use Chinese Communist Party propaganda...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Special counsel Robert Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee today about his report on President Joe Biden’s classified documents.  https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/12/biden-gave-not-credible-response-in-classified-documents-probe-hur-testifies/ Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause on a Texas law t...

In 2007, Todd Starnes was working at Fox News and covering then-Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.  “I just felt like that was going to be the historic campaign, and it turned out to be,” says Starnes, a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host.  The political climate facing America right now is in part due to the “residual after-effects of the Barack Obama presidency,” acco...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on bipartisan legislation relating to the Chinese-owned app TikTok.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his forces would move forward with invading Rafah. Pope Francis is facing backlash after suggesting Ukraine should negotiate with Russia.  New York C...

Christian employees can raise religious freedom complaints against mandated diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings if those DEI trainings force an ideology on them or make them less able to live out their faith, a prominent religious liberty lawyer tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.” “There's a lot of push for diversity initiatives and things like that, where you've got to go through these train...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: ·         President Joe Biden slams Trump in State of the Union address. ·         Trump responds. ·         The unemployment rate ticks up. ·         Trump posts a $91M bond. ·         Biden DOJ took tips on hate from the Southern Poverty Law Center.   Relevant Links   Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysign...

President Joe Biden discussed some of the biggest issues on the minds of Americans, from border security to abortion and the economy, in his State of the Union address Thursday night.  But what issues did Biden ignore that he should have talked about? Were there any unifying moments? And how did members of Congress in the audience respond to the president in his fourth such address?  Cody Sargent,...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address this evening, during which he “will announce that he’s directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a port in the Mediterranean, on the Gaza coast, that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine, and temporary shelters,” according to a se...

Dr. Eithan Haim was completing his surgical training at Texas Children’s Hospital in the spring of 2023. On a Friday morning in June, just before graduation, a knock came on Haim's door.  “I open it, [and] standing outside there are two federal agents with [the Department of] Health and Human Services,” Haim recalls. The surgeon says he was told he was under investigation in a case involving medic...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Nikki Haley is officially exiting the race RFK Jr. says his presidential campaign has qualified for Nevada’s general election ballot this November. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently announced he would be stepping down from his longtime leadership post after the election, officially endorsed Donald Trump today. New York...

A Christian who faced persecution for her faith in Communist Romania in the 1980s and barely survived an assassination attempt orchestrated by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu warns that the undermining of parental rights in the U.S. today echoes Ceausescu's totalitarian government. "It's the same system that the socialists use in order for parents to be put in jail that the students, kids, will be taug...

Super Tuesday is underway throughout the country The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a Texas law on Monday that gives Texas law enforcement officers the ability to arrest illegal aliens entering the country from Mexico.  Liver Cancer in Teens, Reduced Sexual Function, Lack of Consent: Internal Docs Reveal Experimental Nature of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/05...

Voters in 15 states are headed to the polls or to caucuses Tuesday, in what is arguably the most important day in the 2024 presidential primary season; that is, Super Tuesday.  Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia are all holding primaries. Caucuses will be held in Alaska and Utah.  Ryan Walker,...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that former President Donald Trump couldn’t be removed from the 2024 primary ballot in Colorado. Jarrett’s article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/04/breaking-supreme-court-rules-9-0-that-trump-cant-be-removed-from-colorado-ballot/ Vice President Kamala Harris calls for ceasefire between...

Americans with investments in the “Big Three” financial companies—BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—may see their money “voting” for things they don't believe in, warns the top lawyer at Strive Asset Management, the firm founded by former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. “I think, for a long time, we've been really focused on, where is money in politics, right?” Alexandra Gai...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: As we head into the weekend, there will not be a partial government shutdown after both the House and Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution on Thursday. Closing arguments are held in the case that will determine if Fani Willis is disqualified in her case against Trump.  The Supreme Court agreed this week that it will hear former Pr...

An Indiana pastor has launched an effort to connect Christian leaders across the country and root out the influence of a "woke" Christianity that undermines the biblical and traditional doctrines of the faith. "We've got 500 pastors that have signed this statement across all sorts of denominational lines, committing themselves to really sound biblical teaching as a primary doctrine and to help era...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited the U.S. southern border today The House passed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded in a 320-99 vote earlier this afternoon Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared before the House Armed Services committee for a hearing earlier today Tyler O’Neil reports that...

Anat Sultan-Dadon, Israel's consul general to the Southeastern United States, says that now is the time to visit the Jewish state, to show solidarity amid the war against Hamas. She also condemned South Africa's accusation of genocide against Israel. "By all means, this is the time to visit Israel," Sultan-Dadon tells "The Daily Signal Podcast" in an interview at the National Religious Broadcaster...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: ·       Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announces he will step down from leadership. ·       Biden and Trump triumph in Michigan presidential primaries. ·       Hunter Biden testifies in House hearing. ·       Fires burn out of control in Texas. ·       Catholic churches continue to be vandalized. ·       Federal Court rules that $...

President Joe Biden's decision to float a possible two-state solution in the aftermath of Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel on Oct. 7 incentivizes terrorism and may inspire radical Islamist terror attacks in the U.S., a Knesset member tells "The Daily Signal Podcast."   Ohad Tal, a member of the Religious Zionist Party and part of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, responds to the Biden adminis...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Biden spoke with top congressional leaders about foreign aid and a potential government shutdown. Virginia Lt. Gov. apologizes to transgender state senator. Senate Democrats look to pass federal IVF law. Sen. Ken Back demands that Biden’s cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily S...

Can states prohibit social media companies from censoring the speech of their platforms' users? That's a question now before the Supreme Court.  The justices heard oral arguments Monday in a pair of major First Amendment cases. The cases stem from laws passed in Texas and Florida in 2021 after a number of social media companies' deplatforming of then-President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6, 20...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments for a pair of major First Amendment cases involving Big Tech companies.   Former President Donald Trump appeals the judge’s verdict in his New York civil fraud case.  A man sets himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in an act of protest.  Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee Ronna Mc...