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Pro-lifers continue to urge the Department of Government Efficiency to defund Planned Parenthood, but they aren’t putting all their eggs in Elon Musk’s basket. As… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s White House is calling on Senate Democrats to represent the vast majority of Americans by voting Monday night… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A religious liberty law firm has launched an investigation into censorship of Americans’ free speech within the government’s science agency. Alliance… Read More
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Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are discussing how free speech violations there affect American citizens, as… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has hit the ground running by initiating investigations into antisemitism, threats to women’s… Read More
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Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that henceforth the White House press team—not the White House Correspondents’ Association—will determine which journalists are in the press pool…. Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of conservative organizations, led by a think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, is warning Congress against using “gimmicks”… Read More
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French President Emmanuel Macron agrees that Europe must join the United States in bearing the “cost and burden of securing the peace” between Russia and… Read More
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Sebastian Gorka, senior director for counterterrorism for President Donald Trump, is “recalibrating” the whole intelligence community toward one message, he said. “The No. 1 thing… Read More
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OXON HILL, Md.—President Donald Trump slammed left-wing politicians for sending the American military abroad instead of protecting the southern border. “After years of politicians using… Read More
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OXON HILL, Md.—White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said President Donald Trump is “reclaiming control” of the federal government after four “painful” years…. Read More
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President Donald Trump is involved in every aspect of the White House’s communications strategy, press secretary Karoline Leavitt says. “He’s the president of United States…. Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by… Read More
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Vice President JD Vance urged pro-life Americans to persuade their fellow citizens about the sanctity of unborn life. Vance’s speech, on the one-month mark of… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s enraptured supporters, gathering just outside Washington, D.C., for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, have much to celebrate after Trump’s first month… Read More
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Pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act and released from prison after President Donald Trump pardoned them on Jan. 24 tell The Daily Signal they are… Read More
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to defund schools with COVID-19 vaccination mandates. The directive comes one day after the confirmation of Health… Read More
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At a Thursday evening joint press conference, President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a framework for increased defense and economic cooperation—although… Read More
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The Pentagon school system appears to have misinterpreted the Trump administration’s directive against diversity, equity, and inclusion to require ending lessons on Martin Luther King… Read More
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While legacy media claim there is a “constitutional crisis” in the Trump administration, the real crisis comes from federal judges blocking President Donald Trump’s executive… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced a bill to give parents more power over their child care decisions. The Respect Parents’ Childcare… Read More
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In preparation for Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Pentagon’s school system attempted to conceal its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts under a different name. The… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced a bill Friday to prevent passports from being used to promote “radical gender ideology.” The Passport… Read More
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One of Pam Bondi’s clients says the newly-confirmed U.S. attorney general took her case suing the school district that tried to secretly transition her daughter… Read More
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a task force to end the anti-Christian weaponization of government. “The mission of this task force… Read More
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President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Wednesday protecting women’s and girls sports from biological male athletes who identify as transgender. “The war on… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Burgess Owens introduced a bill on Wednesday to hold private universities accountable for investments they make in entities located in… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., introduced a bill Tuesday to require universities to disclose any contracts they have with foreign adversaries to… Read More
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has sharply criticized a high-ranking appointee of California Gov. Gavin Newsom for dismantling the state’s emergency response volunteer firefighting units. Shortly after… Read More
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Young adults deceived by the transgender medicine industry into irreversibly altering their bodies to change sexes have the opportunity for legal remedy due to a… Read More
