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We’ve Forgotten What the Days After 9/11 Were Like
Twenty-five years ago this month, the country we love did something it rarely does: It stopped arguing with itself. For a few weeks after the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, there was no red America or blue America. There was just America, standing in line to give blood, enlisting in numbers recruiters hadn’t seen since Vietnam, hanging flags off overpasses in towns that had… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Europe’s Immigration Revolt Is Just Getting Started
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Victor, yesterday, big win for the—this is how the Associated Press calls it—the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany party…. -
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Mike Johnson Tells GOP ‘We’re Not Done Yet’ as Republicans Push Pre-January Agenda
DALLAS—The midterm elections are just weeks away, but House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are “not done yet.” The GOP has a guaranteed majority until January, when the next Congress begins, and they still have time to pass legislation and codify the conservative agenda. Johnson took the stage on Thursday night at the Republican National… -
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Former Texas Democrat Blasts Washington Democrats’ Negligence Over Open Border Crisis at RNC Convention
A South Texas county judge running to flip a key House seat shined a light on why he switched to the Republican Party during his speech at the Republican National Committee’s Midterm Convention on Thursday. Tano Tijerina, who served as Webb County judge from 2015 until launching his congressional campaign, attributed President Donald Trump’s decisive… -
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Mike Collins’ RNC Speech: Honoring Laken Riley’s Legacy Amidst Ossoff’s Woke Agenda
Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, centered his speech last night at the Republican National Committee’s Midterm Convention on the Laken Riley Act and described Sen. Jon Ossoff’s “far-left agenda.” Joining Collins was Laken Riley’s family. Riley, an Augusta University nursing student, was murdered in 2024 by an illegal immigrant who had been… -
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HUD Secretary Fires Up Republican Convention
Scott Turner, who serves as the 19th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, fired up conventiongoers at the Republican midterm convention in Texas Wednesday. He began with a look back. Under President Joe Biden, “the American flag became a white flag of surrender,” Turner told the convention. That is no longer… -
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Left-Leaning News Outlet Stealth-Edits Video of Professor Asking Audience to ‘F— Up’ ICE Officer
A professor of pan-African studies with a leadership role in Black Lives Matter urged her audience to “f— up” an officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Sunday, stating that there should be nowhere the agent could “go where they are comfortable.” Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles,… -
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Ohio’s US Senators Call Out Yet Another Deadly Crash Involving Illegal Immigrant
Over the holiday weekend, another illegal immigrant was involved in a deadly crash, this time in Fairfield County, Ohio. Other Ohioans have also been killed in recent crashes allegedly caused by illegal immigrant drivers. Both Sen. Bernie Moreno and Sen. Jon Husted, two Republicans from Ohio, called attention to the matter on X to express… -
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New Documentary: ‘Preventable: How the System Failed Sheridan Gorman’
Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed by an illegal immigrant in Chicago in March 2026. Her parents are now telling her story in hopes of preventing another preventable death. Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, crossed the Texas border in 2023, and instead of being deported, he was transported to a sanctuary city, Chicago. After being apprehended… -
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Markwayne Mullin, Local Leaders in Cincinnati Speak to 287g Program, Make Plea for Cooperation
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday appeared for a roundtable in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he met with local officials and addressed partnerships in Warren County under the 287g program. Mullin touted the Trump administration’s commitment and success on the issue of crime and illegal immigration, comparing that to “just four years ago”… -
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Comer Targets Biden-Era DEA Policy That Allowed Fentanyl Loads to Move Unimpeded
A House committee is investigating whether a Biden-era fentanyl walking program affected more states than New Mexico and if allowing the deadly drug to flow across the border violated federal law enforcement policy. “We’ve talked to the whistleblower that said the Biden [Drug Enforcement Administration] allowed for fentanyl to hit the streets presumably to try… -
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Dems Call Birthright Citizenship Hearing a ‘Bigoted’ Effort From Chip Roy
House Democrats said that a key House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, which focused on ending the birth tourism industry, was a “bigoted” effort to crack down on what they described as the baseless claim of widespread birth tourism. Led by the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government,… -
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Bernie Moreno Lashes Out Against ‘Drive-Only’ Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is taking issue with “drive-only” licenses for illegal immigrants in other states, and the deadly effects they have on Ohioans, including the recent death of a 29-year-old from Fayette. In a letter Tuesday to Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Conn., Moreno lamented the death of Austin J. Karr Grimes, expressing his outrage over… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Canada Is Picking the Wrong Fight With Trump
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We’re in another spat with our northern neighbor, Canada, kind of a psychodrama again. We were… -
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Duffy and Mullin Target Illegal Immigrant Trucking, Immigration Fraud Network
The Trump administration just announced an interagency effort to combat fraud in the trucking industry. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin are working with the Justice Department and the White House Fraud Task Force to get non-English-speaking commercial truck drivers, who they say are putting Americans in danger, off the road…. -
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It’s Homecoming Week for Congress, Here’s What Republicans COULD Do:
The House of Representatives returns to Washington on Monday for its first week back after a monthlong recess spent campaigning in members’ districts. From crucial spending packages to the SAVE America Act, denouncing socialism, combating transgender ideology, and securing the border, Republicans have a lot to accomplish ahead of the November midterms when they could… -
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DOJ Battles Columbus Over ICE Courthouse Arrest Rule
The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit against Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus, Ohio, to challenge a rule that blocks federal officials from arresting illegal immigrants at or near the courthouse. A press release from the DOJ described the rule as “an illegal attempt to regulate the federal government” and alleged… -
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Iowa Democrat Wants Distance From His Own Party. His Record Won’t Let Him.
Rob Sand, the Democrat nominee for governor in Iowa, has claimed he is “not a party guy,” but his record suggests otherwise, according to his opponent. With the rise of democratic socialism, many are trying to distance themselves from the Democratic Party, including Sand in the purple state of Iowa. Sand, the current state auditor,… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: When the Left Ignores Federal Law and Sounds Like Neo-Confederates
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: So, Victor, I asked two questions from Barry McDonald in the last episode. We’re doing… -
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‘You Can’t Stay Here’: DHS Responds to Increased ICE Presence in Springfield, Ohio, to Remove Haitian Migrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up its activities in Springfield, Ohio, following a major victory for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court in June that allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, among other nationalities. Springfield’s sizable Haitian community, many members of which are believed to have received TPS,…