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Families Are Ditching ‘Digital Fentanyl’ for Smartphone-Free Living
Smartphones are “digital fentanyl,” says Clare Morell, author of “The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones.” Studies show that a child’s phone or tablet usage directly affects his or her brain development and “hinders their ability to self-regulate their own emotions, to develop self-control, and impulse control,” Morell says. … -
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No Border for Sewage: High Bacteria Levels in Tijuana River Close California Beaches
A number of beaches in California’s San Diego County are currently closed due to high bacteria levels. The ocean shoreline that runs for several miles down to the very tip of San Diego County, for example, is currently closed due to sewage flowing from Mexico down the Tijuana River and into the Pacific Ocean. The… -
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Trump ‘Was Right’ on Immigration, John Kerry Says
Democrats “missed on the issue of immigration,” John Kerry says he told President Joe Biden. His party “allowed the border to continue to be sieged,” Kerry, who served as secretary of state under President Barack Obama, said Thursday during an interview with BBC. Kerry was the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 2004 and said all presidents… -
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Cartels at the US Gate: How the Open Border Fueled a Foreign Terror Threat
In January, the White House finally did what should have been done years ago: designate Mexico’s brutal drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. This action gives U.S. authorities broader tools to freeze assets, gather intelligence, and dismantle these violent syndicates. As border czar Tom Homan said last week on X, “The Biden Administration is responsible… -
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Border Czar Homan Credits ‘Trump Effect’ for June’s Low Illegal-Alien Encounter Numbers
Border czar Tom Homan is praising the “Trump effect” after another drop in illegal-alien encounters at the southern border in June. “Total Border Patrol encounters for the entire month of June 2025 was 6,070,” Homan wrote on X. “That is less than a single day under [President Joe Biden]. As a matter of fact,… -
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Zero Illegal Aliens Were Let Into US in June
The Trump administration’s border czar Tom Homan announced on X Tuesday evening that not a single person detained at the border in June was released into the country. Last month’s border numbers are in, and they are a massive win for President Donald Trump and the rule of law. That goes alongside a dramatic decline in total border encounters… -
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DOJ Sues More States Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Attention, all parents and college students worried about the ever-rising cost of college tuition. The Department of Justice has finally—after three decades—started enforcing the federal law that prohibits states from offering in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless they also offer in-state tuition to everyone else—including all citizen students from out of state. The law it’s… -
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Trump Tours Florida’s New Illegal-Alien ‘Alcatraz,’ Where Guards Take ‘Form of Alligators’
President Donald Trump toured a new detention center for illegal aliens referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday. “I mean, you don’t always have land so beautiful and so secure,” Trump said of the location of the detention facility after stepping off Air Force One in Florida. “They have a… -
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Leavitt Slams ‘Fake News’ Story Claiming Administration Targets Migrant Foster Kids
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt sharply criticized the Miami Herald for publishing an article claiming the Trump administration is targeting migrant foster children. Leavitt said she was “aghast” at the headline: “Trump administration targets Florida foster kids, migrant youth for deportations.” “It’s egregious to accuse this administration of trying to target foster children,” Leavitt told The… -
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Secure Borders Win Wars Like This One
The Iran crisis of the past two weeks isn’t just about nuclear weapons—it’s also an urgent reminder that border security is national security. Tehran’s terrorist agents are a weapon with a much longer reach than any of the mullahs’ missiles. They’ve been a threat to Salman Rushdie’s life in the United States and Europe for… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Video Showcases Human Impact of Biden’s Border Crisis on Texas Rancher
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—When Martin Wall and his wife bought a ranch in Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2021, they had no idea they’d spend the next four years defending their property from the Biden administration’s illegal immigration crisis. Wall achieved his dream of purchasing a ranch and raising his children there. But the day… -
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Contempt Authority: The Key to Empowering Immigration Judges
For nearly three decades, it has been an uphill battle to give immigration judges their fair share of judicial tools to do their ever-increasingly difficult job. A big step in the right direction happened this April, when the acting director the Executive Officer for Immigration Review issued guidance to all immigration judges that stresses their… -
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Administration Green Light to Deport Illegal Aliens to Third-Party Countries
In a win for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court issued a brief order Monday allowing the Trump administration to restart deportation flights of illegal aliens to nations other than their own. The high court’s order lifts, for now, a lower court’s order allowing illegal immigrants to challenge their deportation order before their removal. … -
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Analysis: Blue-Collar Wages Rise as Illegal Immigration Declines
As President Donald Trump and his administration work on expanding deportation operations, the White House is reporting that blue-collar workers have seen the most significant growth in wages in over half a century. “In President Donald Trump’s first five months in office, real wages for hourly workers have seen their largest increase under any administration… -
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Los Angeles Riots May Encourage Illegal Immigrants to Self-Deport
“How’m I doin’?” the late New York Mayor Ed Koch used to ask constituents on his travels through the city. President Donald Trump, in the opinion of most Americans, is doin’ pretty well. His job approval, which jutted downward after he announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2, has recovered and hovers just below… -
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In Face of LA Chaos, Majority of Americans Still Approve of Trump Deportations
Despite Democrat efforts to condemn the Trump administration’s arrests of illegal immigrants, voter approval of deportation efforts continues to rise. A recent poll from Napolitan News Service found that 56% of respondents either strongly or somewhat approve of the deportations of illegal immigrants throughout the U.S. The country’s eyes remain glued to the Los Angeles… -
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House Passes HALT Fentanyl Act, Sending Bill to Trump’s Desk
The House passed the HALT Fentanyl Act on Thursday, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. “Fentanyl is a bioweapon, and this bill treats it like one,” Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., whose younger brother died from a fentanyl overdose, told The Daily Signal. “The HALT Fentanyl Act slams the… -
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Here Are Some ‘Worst of the Worst’ Illegal Alien Criminals Arrested During LA Riots
According to former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles riots are “overwhelmingly peaceful” and nothing more than “part of the Trump administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.” But as one Department of Homeland Security official commented, “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals… -
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Illegal Means Illegal: Every Illegal Migrant Is a Criminal
The current unrest in Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities should serve as a wake-up call to the American public. When law enforcement finally starts doing its job under the leadership of President Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan, chaos erupts. But not because of law enforcement. It’s because illegal aliens, who have… -
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Trump’s Deportation Efforts Backed by Wide Margin, Poll Finds
A new poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Americans approve of the Trump administration’s efforts to detain illegal aliens in Los Angeles as well as the president’s decision to send in the National Guard to control violence. The RMG Research poll, which was conducted on June 9—two days after President Donald Trump called…