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Students are the least prepared for college than they’ve been in three decades, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the ACT. The organization found more than 4 in 10 high school seniors hit none of the college readiness benchmarks, saying this is “historic highs in 2023.” The decline marks a 32-year low for high school seniors’ scores on the test, with results like this last seen in 1991.

Now Live — The Daily Wire Election Night 2022 Menu Daily Wire Logo Close Read Listen Watch Discuss Shop Search LoginJoin NEWS Starbucks Union Backed By Prominent Dems Claims ‘Solidarity With Palestine’ After Hamas Terror Attack By Tim Pearce Oct 10, 2023 DailyWire.com FacebookTwitterMail Great Neck, N.Y.: A woman holds up a sign as she joins other protestors in a rally against what they perceive to be union busting tactics, outside a Starbucks in Great Neck, New York, demanding the reinstatement of a former employee on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Thomas A....

As Israel begins its necessary war against Hamas, the U.S. must do all it can diplomatically and with military and intelligence support to ensure it succeeds. Unfortunately, although Joe Biden has offered clear rhetorical support for Israel since the weekend and condemned Hamas's multipronged atrocities, his record dealing with the world's worst terrorist regime, Iran, has been weak, dishonest, and shameful. Iran is Hamas's sponsor in weapons, financing, and other support. Hamas is essentially a terrorist arm of the Tehran regime more than it is a representative of the Palestinian people. If Biden is as serious about supporting Israel as...

Emerging details suggest that the recent attack against Israel didn’t just take months to plan, but years—Reuters even reported that the assault “followed two years of subterfuge” to lull Israel into a false sense of peace and safety—and after all that scheming, Hamas terrorists didn’t seek to destroy critical infrastructure, they didn’t attempt disrupt supply chains, they didn’t prioritize the obliteration of the “occupying” government’s buildings, and they didn’t go for strategic points like airfields and energy depots. They specifically targeted ordinary citizens, spreading absolute terror and brutality. [ SNIP ] Many of these civilians were caught completely off guard,...

Floyd Mayweather felt compelled to help after watching the Hamas terror attack, so the boxing legend arranged to send his private plane, chock-full of supplies, to the front lines in Israel. TMZ Sports is told Floyd, who teamed up with a relief organization in Israel, arranged to send "Air Mayweather" to the Middle Eastern country this weekend ... and deliver supplies. We're told they're planning to bring everything from food and water to bulletproof vests for the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and civilians. Mayweather's pilots, AJ Ramey, Chris Javier, Sam Kniskern, and Freeman Blakney, will be flying the plane as...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the busing of nearly 52,000 migrants from the border region to self-proclaimed sanctuary cities nationwide. Under Operation Lone Star, Governor Abbott ordered the Texas Division of Emergency Management to begin busing migrants from border towns to sanctuary cities in April 2022. Since that time, Abbott reported that nearly 52,000 migrants were transported to six sanctuary cities. Texas has bused over 50,000 migrants to sanctuary cities to provide relief to overwhelmed border towns. These cities experience a fraction of what Texas border communities face daily. Busing will continue until Biden secures the border. pic.twitter.com/ZrivI2brnZ — Greg...

A top official within Turkey’s Ministry of National Education has posted a message on X telling Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that "One day they will shoot you too" and "You will die."

BREAKING: Reports of gliders carrying people flying into northern Israael. People asked to lock their houses.

The sheer depravity of Hamas’s attack on Israel, during which its terrorists murdered close to 1,000 people and beheaded babies, is causing acute discomfort and splits in America’s Left. For many, this is not the same discomfort as is felt on the Right and in the center, where there is simple horror and instinctive sympathy with terrorized people who otherwise live freely and peaceably in a high-functioning democracy under the rule of law. For them, appalling cruelty and sadistic gloating by Hamas murderers unambiguously distinguish evil from good. Common decency and humanity incline ordinary people to side with the victims....

Former NFL player Sergio Brown has been arrested in connection with his mother’s death after being seen partying in Mexico in the wake of her death, according to a report. He was deported from the country on Tuesday and taken into custody near San Diego based on an arrest warrant issued in Illinois, an unidentified law enforcement source told CNN. Police in San Diego are now reportedly working to transfer the former pro-footballer from Southern California to the Chicago area, where his mother, Myrtle, was found dead in her home last month.

Let me paint a scenario for you. There’s a raging fire, right? And you call the fire department to come and take care of it. You’re expecting a truck to roll in along with a dozen firefighters to fight back against the flames and keep people safe. But then only two people show up with a smaller fire truck that barely has the capacity to shoot any water. You make a phone call to the higher-ups, demanding that more firefighters come to take care of the flames. But the person who’s in charge denies you, saying there’s no real harm...

An exceptionally charming and extraordinary kitten has been capturing the attention of the residents in the city of Grodno, Belarus. It is not difficult to understand why this little feline has become the talk of the town. The young cat boasts a remarkably unique feature - its fluffy fur displays a mysterious shade of green. Sergey Viktorovich, a local shopkeeper, decided to adopt this adorable kitten after discovering that a litter had been born in a nearby village. Instantly captivated by its distinctive coloring, Viktorovich affectionately refers to the kitten as a "miracle of nature."

The Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit against a recently passed election law in North Carolina, which Republicans argue strengthens election integrity in the state. Democrats challenged the bill, which was pushed through by GOP supermajorities in the state legislature despite being vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of North Carolina against state election officials. The bill, Senate Bill 747, seeks to strengthen election law in the state by putting absentee ballots under stricter scrutiny of verification, including removing a three-day grace period for mail-in...

Ordinary Gazans are suffering. They are bearing the brunt of Hamas’ actions. But what is the group doing? Where are its leaders? And is there consensus among them on the next course of action? Let’s answer those questions one by one. Hamas took more than 100 Israeli hostages. They are still in Gaza, and as Hamas plans their next move, these hostages will be critical to their strategy. So, Hamas could use them as a bargaining chip, a way to deter Israel from an all-out assault. But no one knows how successful that will be. That brings us to Hamas’...

Germany has been suffering from a decade-long invasion by Muslim economic migrants. It was former Chancellor Angela Merkel who opened wide the doors in 2015; in that year almost a million Muslims poured into Germany, and each year since, hundreds of thousands of these Muslim migrants continue to enter the country, posing as refugees seeking asylum from persecution and death. The German government has rejected the asylum applications of about 400,000, and of these economic migrants, it has been unable to get the vast majority — 300,000 of them — to leave the country. What’s more, despite flouting the law,...

In a 2007 op-ed, leftist billionaire George Soros outrageously called on America and Israel to “open the doors” to Hamas, and now that clarion call has come back to haunt him. Following Hamas terrorist attacks that resulted in at least 1,200 people in Israel being killed with another 2,700 wounded, MRC called on Soros to provide an explanation for funding the pro-Hamas group Al-Shabaka, which celebrated the terrorist invasion. However, it turns out that Soros has an even longer history of supporting Hamas. The disturbing pro-Hamas headline from his March 19, 2007 screed posted on his personal website speaks for...

Germany has been suffering from a decade-long invasion by Muslim economic migrants. It was former Chancellor Angela Merkel who opened wide the doors in 2015; in that year almost a million Muslims poured into Germany, and each year since, hundreds of thousands of these Muslim migrants continue to enter the country, posing as refugees seeking asylum from persecution and death. The German government has rejected the asylum applications of about 400,000, and of these economic migrants, it has been unable to get the vast majority — 300,000 of them — to leave the country. What’s more, despite flouting the law,...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT Kentucky bishop affirms support for ‘blessings’ of same-sex ‘couples’Bishop John Stowe, who has a long history of pro-LGBT activism within the Catholic Church, commented on Pope Francis' statement regarding priests using 'pastoral prudence' to offer blessings.Notoriously pro-LGBT Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv., of Lexington, Kentucky, has expressed his support for “blessings” of same-sex unions after Pope Francis statement that such blessings can be discerned by priests to be acceptable in certain circumstances according to “pastoral prudence.”Speaking to TIME about the Pope’s opening of the door to “blessings” of same-sex unions, Stowe said, “He’s not saying that we...

The joint aerial bombing by the British and the United States of Dresden, Germany between February 12-15, 1945, killed up to 25,000 people. They were mostly civilians. The bombings had a devastating effect on Hitler’s Germany and played a key role in Germany’s surrender in the Second World War on May 8, 1945.On August 6th and 9th of that same year, the United States of America detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The explosions killed between 129, 000 and 226,000 people. Less than a month later, the Japanese surrendered, thereby ending World War II...

After two decades of relentless pursuit, a group of four skilled fishermen achieved a remarkable feat by capturing a colossal alligator measuring 13 feet in length and weighing a staggering 680 pounds.