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Supreme Court Upholds Candidate Standing in Ballot Counting Case

The Supreme Court held in a 7-2 ruling on Wednesday that candidates for office have standing to sue over ballot concerns.  Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill.,......

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What’s Next as House Mulls Contempt Vote Against Both Clintons in Epstein Probe?

The House panel investigating the crimes of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein announced plans to hold former Secretary of State Hillary...

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How Justices Reacted to Arguments in Women’s Sports Case

The Supreme Court heard two cases out of Idaho and West Virginia on Tuesday that could determine the future of state laws banning males from... Read...

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‘FISCAL MESS’: What California Audits Show as Trump Administration Probes Potential Fraud

Recent California audits show several state departments are struggling with internal controls in distributing taxpayer-funded grants, as federal...

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‘Pay and Chase’: House Probes How to Stop Billions in Government Fraud Before Payment

While a massive welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota has garnered national attention, lawmakers are poised to examine new ways to prevent longstanding...

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What to Expect in Supreme Court Arguments on Women’s Sports Case

In what could be one of the most far-reaching and contentious cases of the 2025-26 term, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday about......

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Not Just Minnesota: How Tax Dollars Are at Risk of Fraud in This State

More than $250 million in federal funding for Illinois programs risked misuse due to poor monitoring, state audits show.  With Minnesota facing...

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Heritage Outlines Plan to Save American Family

Federal policies should encourage marriage and children, says a new Heritage Foundation report that proposes ways to reverse the trends of broken...

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What One State Found When Probing Voter Rolls for Noncitizens

Two dozen noncitizens cast illegal votes in Alabama, while almost 200 were registered to vote, the state found with the assistance of a federal...

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Four Takeaways as Congress Investigates Walz, Minnesota Fraud

Congress probed the matter of what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz knew about the $9 billion fraud scandal in his state at a hearing on Wednesday. ... Read...

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‘Asleep at the Wheel or Complicit’: House Oversight Delving Into Minnesota Fraud Scandal

Fraud is not isolated nor an anomaly in Minnesota, but part of a longstanding pattern, state lawmakers will tell a congressional panel Wednesday, as...

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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Warns Trump SEC Chair Could Undercut Fight Against DEI

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL – The Securities and Exchange Commission could make it tougher for shareholders to challenge left-leaning corporate...

06.01.2026 7

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FBI Improperly Surveilled Catholic School Teacher for Two Years, Senate Report Details

The Federal Bureau of Investigation placed a Texas Catholic school teacher on a domestic terrorist watchlist and monitored her for nearly two years...

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Amid Fraud Scandal, Walz Won’t Seek Third Term as Minnesota Governor

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday he will drop his bid for a third term as governor after his state has been rocked by a... Read More The post...

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5 Far-Reaching Supreme Court Decisions to Watch for in 2026

The Supreme Court will decide on several cases in 2026 that revolve around President Donald Trump in the near term but will have far-reaching...

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Census Battle: How This Lawsuit Could Change Political Power in Congress

A federal lawsuit could be decided in early 2026 to require the Census Bureau to only count people rather than use statistical sampling—a move...

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Watchdog: 4 Biggest Ethics Violators of 2025

An indicted member of Congress topped one watchdog’s list of top ethics violators of 2025 that also includes nonprofits and the mayor of the...

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Why These 7 Most Significant Legal Matters of 2025 Will Have Longstanding Impact

The year has been jam-packed with consequential legal rulings likely to have long-lasting impact on matters such as parental rights and religious...

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‘ARROGANCE’: Pediatricians Align With Elias-Led Anti-Trump Group to Demand $12M in Tax Dollars

A medical group represented by a liberal legal group led by Democrat super lawyer Marc Elias is suing to force the Trump administration to pay... Read...

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Oversight Project Demands DOJ to Act on Trump Reversal of Biden Autopen Clemency

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Oversight Project is calling for the Justice Department to keep incarcerated prisoners whose Biden autopen clemencies...

19.12.2025 10

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EEOC Urges White Males to Report Discrimination—And Promptly

White males who have faced discrimination should file a federal complaint, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a video...

18.12.2025 7

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Amid New Arctic Frost Revelations, House Investigators Scrutinize Jack Smith

Former special counsel Jack Smith—who pursued President Donald Trump on two fronts between the first and second term—faced his own scrutiny from...

18.12.2025 5

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House Investigates SPLC’s Profiting, Partisanship in Attack on Conservative Groups

The Southern Poverty Law Center was deeply involved in setting federal policy during the Biden administration, as well as law enforcement and even...

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EXCLUSIVE: How Trump’s ‘Convicted Felon’ Label Could Soon Vanish

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Almost two years after a Democrat-elected prosecutor secured a conviction against then-candidate Donald Trump, a New York...

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IQ on Death Row: Supreme Court Weighs Relevance of Convicted Killer’s Test Scores

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the death sentence applied to a convicted murderer represents cruel and unusual punishment...

11.12.2025 5

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How Obama, Biden Regulations Slowed Technology Growth in Health Care

Regulations from Obamacare and under the Biden administration not only increased the cost of health care, they’ve also making it more difficult to...

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Vance 2028 Buzz in SCOTUS Arguments During Campaign Spending Limits Case

Supreme Court arguments about campaign spending limits included open talk of a JD Vance 2028 presidential campaign, in a case first launched by the...

10.12.2025 5

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SAFEGUARDING THE VOTE: Trump Administration Further Modernizes Citizenship Verification

An immigration think tank is calling for Congress to consider mandating the use of a citizenship verification for voter registration after the...

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Supreme Court Majority Seems Skeptical of Longstanding Deep State Protection

The Supreme Court’s conservative-leaning majority seems poised to scrap a 90-year precedent that has insulated the deep state for decades. ...

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Why Are US Officials Promoting a Meeting With an Ally of Iran?

The State Department and a congressional delegation have engaged with a top-ranking Bosnian official who earlier this year reportedly touted potential...

06.12.2025 6

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Takes Trump Birthright Citizenship Case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship. The high court announced Friday that...

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What’s Next After Trump Voids Biden Autopen Orders?

The Trump administration could have a tough time making all of former President Joe Biden’s autopen actions “null and void,” which likely means...

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Supreme Court Justices Hear Street Preacher Who Challenged Law After Pleading No Contest to Breaking It

Justices didn’t seem to break along predictable lines Wednesday, when they presented critical questions to both sides in a case regarding a...

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House Republicans Seek Answers on Biden-Era Data Breach of 256,000 Consumers

House Democrats recently blamed the Trump administration’s efforts to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for poor information...

03.12.2025 7

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4 Takeaways From Supreme Court First Amendment Case on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of arguments from the New Jersey attorney general’s office to justifying subpoenas of a network of pro-life...

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Who Decides Whether an Illegal Immigrant Gets Asylum for ‘Persecution’? Supreme Court Weighs Arguments

Should the Trump administration or the courts determine whether an illegal alien qualifies for asylum due to threats of persecution, when the facts...

02.12.2025 4

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How Liberal Lawfare Actors Spearheaded Case That Got Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Disqualified

A three-judge panel disqualified President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer as the acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, in a case pushed by the...

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How AFT Anti-Trump Lawfare Has Little to Do With K-12 Public School Teachers

After President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term in January, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten asserted she was...

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Did Wisconsin Democrat AG Undermine His Own Case Against Alternate Trump Electors?

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul’s office twice asserted that a slate of alternate electors contesting the 2020 election was legal before...

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After Clash With White House on Gulf Name, AP Argues for Oval Office, Air Force One Access

The Associated Press argued for keeping its Oval Office and Air Force One access before a Washington, D.C., appeals panel Monday, after riling...

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Investor Arrested After Bringing up Epstein, Ratchets Up Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway

A watchdog group whose chief was arrested at a corporate shareholder meeting after bringing up Jeffrey Epstein’s name asserted in court papers that...

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Court Allows Federal Citizenship System to Verify Legal Voters for Now

The Trump administration scored a preliminary court victory on the election integrity battlefront when a Joe Biden-appointed judge at least...

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How Tax Dollars Heavily Subsize Fast-Food Dining in California

In the last two years, taxpayers spent $524 million in food stamp payments mostly for fast-food restaurants, according to data from the office of...

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Why Lawmakers for This Battleground State are Seeking Federal Election Monitors

Michigan state lawmakers asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to send election monitors for the state’s 2026 contests, noting that Secretary of State...

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Democrat Congresswoman Faces Censure for Texts With Epstein

Democrat Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands could face censure after revelations that she was texting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey...

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Judge Gives Comey Early Win. What Does It Mean for the Rest of the Case?

A federal magistrate judge on Monday criticized federal prosecutors when ordering that they turn over grand jury evidence to the defense team...

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4 Key Democrat Deceptions About the Epstein Files and Trump

House Democrats are pushing an “anti-Trump hoax” that contradicts information in both testimony and from Justice Department documents about...

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‘SHAMELESS HYPOCRISY’: What Newsom Leaves Out as He Lectures at UN Climate Conference

Traveling this week to Brazil, California Gov. Gavin Newsom cast himself as standing up for the climate–even as his state imports most of its oil......

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Conservative UC Berkeley Students Welcome DOJ Probe of Left-Wing Campus Violence

Conservative students at one of the most left-wing universities in the United States welcome a Justice Department probe after violent protests erupted...

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Files Reveal How Friendship With Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein Came to an End

Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein touted his friendship with former President Bill Clinton, but the two also had a falling out after Epstein felt...

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