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Supreme Court Steps Into Trump’s DOGE Fight a Second Time

The Supreme Court will hear a case on whether the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has to release extensive records of deliberations on...

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Fred Lucas

Americans Shouldn’t Pay the Price for Crypto Billionaires’ Political Influence

Billions of dollars gone. That is the staggering scale of cryptocurrency-related losses reported by Americans. According to the FBI,...

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Ben Ferguson

Donald Trump Rallies Ohio Crowd in Youngstown, Weeks Before Election

Right after coming to the Buckeye State for a rally in the Dayton area, President Donald Trump was back in Ohio on Monday. This time, he welcomed a...

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Rebecca Downs

Democrats Discover Biological Reality Just in Time for Midterms

A remarkable scientific breakthrough is sweeping the Democratic Party. With Election Day just weeks away, some of its candidates have suddenly...

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Michael Freund

Democratic Party Is Undergoing Socialist Rebranding, RSC Members Say

Outspoken members of the congressional Republican Study Committee called out the Democratic Party for nominating self-proclaimed capitalist candidates...

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Pedro Rodriguez

New Press Secretary Makes Debut with Short Briefing

The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, made her debut Tuesday morning with a short briefing highlighting President Donald Trump’s...

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Minnesota Republicans Seek to Break a Two-Decade Losing Streak

Minnesota has long been one of the most reliable Democrat-leaning states in the country. The state has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee...

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Caroline Berkness

White House Asks Guilfoyle to Resign

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia announced Tuesday that President Trump has asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to...

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Fred Lucas

Islamic Non-Profits Could Be Investigated for Terror Ties, Abuse of Taxpayer-Funded Grants

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was urged by several members of Congress on Tuesday to...

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Pedro Rodriguez

Corporate Islamification

So, what is Islamification? A recent documentary by former Virginia congressman Nick Freitas titled “The Immigration Crisis That Will Destroy the...

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Stefan Padfield

Could Affordability Decide California’s Governor Race?

In California’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton are hoping to win over voters with their drastically...

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Olivia Burdo

Arizona Voters Give Public Schools Failing Grade, New Poll Finds

FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL—Nearly 80% of Arizona voters have an unfavorable opinion of public education in their state, one of the few areas of agreement...

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Robert Bluey

LA Councilwoman Prioritizes Tent Access After Feds Bust Skid Row Drug Dealers

Democrat Los Angeles City Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado is calling for “immediate answers” after a federal sweep of alleged drug dealers in Skid Row,...

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Al Perrotta

America Needs Permitting Reform—With No Gimmicks

America has forgotten how to build, courtesy of a Byzantine permitting process that delays projects for years and often kills them altogether. A new...

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Al Perrotta

What Do College Students Really Think About Jane Doe and the Cornell 7? | GW Students React

What happened in 2024 at Cornell University between an unnamed Jane Doe and seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers, now dubbed the Cornell 7, is morally...

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Emma Dayton

Communist China Silences Chinese Americans Through Threats and Intimidation, Survivor Warns

The Chinese Communist Party continues to terrorize Chinese American citizens in the United States by threatening their families abroad if they speak...

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Pedro Rodriguez

Republican Infighting Could Give Democrats Their Biggest Opening Yet in Texas

Amid a pending divorce, Ken and Angela Paxton likely have their fair share of disagreements. But one thing they agree on: Democrats only have a shot...

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Lauren Washburn

The Hidden Cost of Socialism? The Innovation It Never Creates

Imagine a day without capitalism. You wake up to a decently sized apartment, just suited to fit your needs. Housing is a human right, after all, but...

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Liana Graham

Remembering Jon Kyl, a Champion for Crime Victims’ Rights

Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl died Sept. 16 at the age of 84. But there is one part of his legacy that is particularly meaningful to me: Jon Kyl was one of...

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Jon Fleischman

California Lawmakers Push for Mexican Cartel-Owned Avocado Ban

All the Republicans in California’s congressional delegation are advocating for tighter restrictions on the Mexican avocado trade in an effort to...

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Pedro Rodriguez

Victor Davis Hanson: Genocide Hypocrites

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas killers slaughtered 1,200 people, more than two-thirds of them civilians, inside Israel. For the ensuing three weeks, they...

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Victor Davis Hanson

DHS Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home as Part of Federal Immigration Investigation

The Department of Homeland Security raided the home of Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday morning, less than a month before the...

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

Panel Discussion Explores the Future of AI Regulation

Virginia is leading the world into the future of artificial intelligence, with many of the state’s 674 data centers (and more on the way) serving as...

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Rich Tucker

Martin Luther King’s American Dream

Welcome to the tenth in our series “Landmark Speeches in American History.” We are celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with articles by...

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Kevin Roberts

The Media Is Suddenly Less Sure About a Democrat Wave

THE WASHINGTON STAND—After months of flooding the zone with glum predictions for Republicans, there’s been a quiet but meaningful shift in major...

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Caroline Berkness

What This Bipartisan Plan Would Change About the Senate

A bipartisan Senate duo claims it has the answer to “Save the Senate.” The proposal to eliminate cloture votes, limit dead floor time, increase...

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

New Poll: How Likely Young Voters View Islamic Sharia Law

THE CENTER SQUARE—Nearly half of likely young voters, 43%, view Islamic Sharia law positively, according to a new poll. The demographic of likely...

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Olivia Burdo

What Prompted a Virginia County to Shut Down 122 Surveillance Cameras?

All 122 Flock surveillance cameras operating in Henrico County will be shut down by the middle of October, making the county the latest jurisdiction...

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Richard Tucker

Latin America’s Many Trumps

Latin America is turning right, and it’s a vindication for President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In some ways, the Cold War...

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Olivia Burdo

News or Ad? Texan Ken Paxton Gets Barbecued by Broadcast News

Our elitist media love spreading the buzz when First Lady Melania Trump goes “missing” for a few weeks, but they haven’t noticed Texas Democrat...

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Caroline Berkness

Arizonans to Vote on Ending Taxpayer-Funded DEI Programs

THE CENTER SQUARE—Arizonans will have a chance to put a stop to their taxpayer money being spent on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. On...

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Caroline Berkness

New California Law Requires Churches to Implement Pro-LGBT ‘Anti-Hate Speech’ Training

THE WASHINGTON STAND—A newly enacted law in California that requires virtually all employers to give employees “anti-hate speech” training is...

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Caroline Berkness

Trump Brought Columbus Day Back After the Left Tried to Erase It

Christopher Columbus is having a revival thanks to President Donald Trump and the good sense of the American people. This is a remarkable change from...

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Jarrett Stepman

California Public Housing Measure Could Be Used to Confiscate Church Property, Experts Say

THE WASHINGTON STAND—A state law in California ostensibly meant to make it easier for religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to rezone their...

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Dan Hart

What Christian Halls Is Doing to Rebuild Higher Education

Higher education is broken. Most Americans would agree with this fact. The problem is not simply about grossly expensive tuition rates and professors...

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Thomas Griffin

The Slippery Slope to Euthanasia

THE WASHINGTON STAND—American culture works too hard to hide the effects of death. Trained professionals conceal dead bodies in large bags. Morgues...

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Al Perrotta

The Night Linden Avenue Stopped Feeling Safe

EDGEWOOD, Pennsylvania — The Evans family threw a Halloween party every year in their backyard on Linden Avenue. Neighbor Jeannine Fisher told WPXI,...

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Salena Zito

America Owes Mahmoud Khalil Nothing

Pro-terrorist activist Mahmoud Khalil was asked by CNN the other day if he would condemn Hamas. He, of course, would not, calling the question...

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David Harsanyi

Arizonans to Vote on Ending Taxpayer-Funded DEI Programs

THE CENTER SQUARE—Arizonans will have a chance to put a stop to their taxpayer money being spent on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. On...

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Caroline Berkness

News or Ad? Texan Ken Paxton Gets Barbecued by Broadcast News

Our elitist media love spreading the buzz when First Lady Melania Trump goes “missing” for a few weeks, but they haven’t noticed Texas Democrat...

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Caroline Berkness

Media Starts to Doubt Dems’ Invincibility as November Creeps Closer

THE WASHINGTON STAND—After months of flooding the zone with glum predictions for Republicans, there’s been a quiet but meaningful shift in major...

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Caroline Berkness

A Radical Rock ‘n’ Roll Concert for the Terminally Insincere

The radical rock ‘n’ roll leftists threw a concert in Maryland titled—what else?—the “Power to the People Festival.” The organizer was Tom...

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Tim Graham

The Anti-Trump Media and ‘Economic Pessimism’

In a college psychology course, my class studied an experiment. This is an oversimplification, but experiment went as follows. A group of college...

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Larry Elder

What Young Americans Never Learned About Socialism

Rep. Warren Davidson witnessed life in East Germany just weeks after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. In the next Congress, he could find himself serving...

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Robert Bluey

Will Newly Proposed Senate Rules Move Legislation or ‘Strengthen the Swamp’?

A bipartisan Senate duo claims it has the answer to “Save the Senate.” The proposal to eliminate cloture votes, limit dead floor time, increase...

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Virginia Grace McKinnon

Latin America’s Many Trumps

Latin America is turning right, and it’s a vindication for President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In some ways, the Cold War...

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Daniel McCarthy

For the Mothers Who Gave Us Everything

The Lindsay Clancy case is horrifying enough on its own. More concerning still is how the public conversation surrounding it fits into a decades-long...

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Shawn Carney

PERSONNEL IS POLICY: Inside the Left-Wing Coalition Behind Biden’s Visa-Overstay Enforcement Priorities

The many ties between the Biden administration and immigration activist groups likely help explain why Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested...

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Tyler O’neil

Victor Davis Hanson: Becerra and Talarico Vanish From the Campaign Trail

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis...

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Victor Davis Hanson

Girls’ Sports Exist for a Reason

We separate boys and girls in sports for good reasons, and males don’t belong in women’s competition or in women’s locker rooms. An alleged...

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Jay Rogers