Department of Education’s New Title IX Rule Just as Bad as Expected

Plus: Biden’s Ill-Advised Alaska Oil Ban Bodes Continued Pain at Pump April 20 2024 COMMENTARY [Department of Education’s New Title IX Rule Just as Bad as Expected]() [Department of Education’s New Title IX Rule Just as Bad as Expected]() By Sarah Parshall Perry Under the Biden administration’s sweeping new Title IX rule, any school that receives federal funding would have to open girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms to boys who “identify” as girls. [More]() COMMENTARY [Biden’s Ill-Advised Alaska Oil Ban Bodes Continued Pain at Pump]() [Biden’s Ill-Advised Alaska Oil Ban Bodes Continued Pain at Pump]() By Diana Furchtgott-Roth Oil prices are more than $80 per barrel, and gasoline prices are rising. But President Biden is banning oil development on 13 million acres in Alaska. [More]() COMMENTARY [After Years of Terrorism, Iran Is Learning It Has No Allies]() [After Years of Terrorism, Iran Is Learning It Has No Allies]() By Victor Davis Hanson For all its loud, creepy threats, Iran is incredibly weak and vulnerable. [More]() COMMENTARY [Planned Parenthood Checklist: More Abortions, Less Actual Health Care, More Tax Dollars Than Ever]() [Planned Parenthood Checklist: More Abortions, Less Actual Health Care, More Tax Dollars Than Ever]() By Melanie Israel We’re finally able to see how the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade is affecting Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers and bottom line. [More]() COMMENTARY [New School Choice Policies Advance in Missouri, Nebraska]() [New School Choice Policies Advance in Missouri, Nebraska]() By Jason Bedrick After three consecutive years of massive progress expanding education freedom and choice, 2024 is shaping up to be another banner year. [More]() NEWS [Recall of Soros-Backed California Prosecutor Secures Needed Voter Signatures]() [Recall of Soros-Backed California Prosecutor Secures Needed Voter Signatures]() By Robert Schmad An effort to recall a progressive, George Soros-funded district attorney in California gets enough signatures from voters to advance amid an upswing in crime. [More]() COMMENTARY [Joe Biden Is Scared of His Own Shadow]() [Joe Biden Is Scared of His Own Shadow]() By Ben Shapiro Deterrence requires, above all else, willpower. And that is in short supply from a White House that sees strength as a weakness. [More]() COMMENTARY [‘Useful Idiots’: How Far-Left Groups Dupe the Well-Meaning Into Helping Advance Their Agendas]() [‘Useful Idiots’: How Far-Left Groups Dupe the Well-Meaning Into Helping Advance Their Agendas]() By Dennis Prager Perhaps the ultimate example of left-wing contempt for the groups it claims to represent is “Queers for Palestine.” [More]() NEWS [ICYMI: Here Are the 55 Republicans Who Voted Against Speaker Johnson’s Foreign Aid Scheme]() [ICYMI: Here Are the 55 Republicans Who Voted Against Speaker Johnson’s Foreign Aid Scheme]() By Rob Bluey “Today, 55 bold conservatives in Washington stood up to their own party and voted against the Swamp’s Ukraine funding scheme,” says Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [Donate to The Daily Signal]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Follow us on Twitter]() [Follow us on Twitter]() How are we doing?We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [letters@dailysignal.com](). The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]() Add [morningbell@heritage.org]() to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to unsubscribe from Morning Bell.]() -