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    Melania Trump Says She Never Had a Connection to Epstein
    WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters)—First lady Melania Trump on Thursday denied ever having a connection to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and said claims about it are defaming her. “The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” President Donald Trump’s wife said in a rare address from the White…
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    ‘We’ll Be Your Canada’: Brutal Reality Check for NATO Free Riders
    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.   Once again, NATO is in crisis. It seems like this is happening every three or four years. It predates and…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    EXCLUSIVE: Randy Fine Joins House Freedom Caucus
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., is joining the House Freedom Caucus, a pugnacious group of conservative deficit hawks. “I found in my first year in Congress that there are two types of Republicans: those who want to save America and those who want to manage our decline politely,” Fine told The Daily…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘LAWLESS BEHAVIOR’: Charges Dropped Against Woman Who Allegedly Disrupted Easter Service at Cities Church
    Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters have continued to target an evangelical Christian church in St. Paul, Minnesota, after agitators invaded the church on Jan. 18, and police arrested a protester on Easter Sunday. While the Justice Department has charged 38 people in the Jan. 18 invasion, the church’s attorney claims that state and local authorities…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    US Fertility Rates Drop to Record Low in 2025 as Births Fall
    April 9 (Reuters)—The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Thursday. The decline also reflects global trends, as fewer women choose to have children against a changing social backdrop. In the U.S., the general fertility rate…
    Mariam Sunny
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    Will Accused Charlotte Train Killer Even Face a Trial?
    The federal case against the man charged with killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, continues even after a psychological evaluation found the defendant was “incapable to proceed” with a state trial. The public defender’s office filed a motion on April 7 revealing Decarlos Brown Jr.’s mental health evaluation at…
    Fred Lucas
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    Finland Study Exposes the Harms of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ and Hints at the Real Cause of Gender Dysphoria
    Imagine you are confused about your gender, and you think you were “born in the wrong body.” Do you really think a series of experimental drugs and surgeries to erase your biology and make you appear as the opposite sex would improve your psychological condition? It should come as no surprise that a landmark study…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Ben Carson: There’s a Solution to Having Democrats Undermine the TSA
    The Transportation Security Administration has been in the news a lot lately. The TSA is part of the Department of Homeland Security, and today it is responsible for securing the nation’s transportation systems. The most visible part of this is screening passengers and baggage at airports. Democrats in Congress, upset about how a different part…
    Dr. Ben Carson
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    Pro-Life Leaders React to Louisiana Abortion Pill Ruling
    A federal judge in Louisiana ruled that the Food and Drug Administration must provide a status report on its safety review of the abortion pill within six months. The judge also found that a challenge to the policy of allowing abortion pills to be shipped through the mail has standing and is likely to succeed…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Dangerous Test Still Ahead for Artemis II Crew
    The Artemis II crew are on their way home after completing a record-breaking mission around the moon, but their ship’s re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere will be the most dangerous part yet. The Orion spacecraft is set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at approximately 8:07 p.m. EDT on Friday, just off the coast of…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump White House to Preserve Records Despite DOJ Opinion
    The White House says that President Donald Trump will preserve his administration’s records, despite the legal opinion of his Justice Department that he doesn’t need to comply with the Presidential Records Act. The Justice Department’s opinion last week stated the “president need not further comply” with the 1978 law requiring a president to preserve all…
    Fred Lucas
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    I Went Undercover as a 13-Year-Old Anemic Looking for Abortion Pills
    Champions for abortion pill access claim that abortion drugs are medical care, that it is a “simple healthcare intervention,” and that we do not need to worry about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rolling back safety protocols.  But the truth is, it’s become nothing more than online commerce—not telemedicine. An April 7 ruling granted the…
    Dr. Christina Francis
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    California’s High-Speed Rail Still Isn’t Running—But the Spending Never Stops
    It’s been more than a decade and a half since I first wrote that the California bullet train to nowhere would be a disaster. I write that not just to toot my own horn. It was an easy prediction to make, even for my much younger and less cynical self. No, I’m noting the timeline because after…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    DOJ: Bondi Does Not Need to Testify Before Congress
    The Department of Justice is arguing that former Attorney General Pam Bondi no longer needs to testify before Congress in compliance with a March subpoena, since she is no longer top cop. The move has drawn the ire of Democrats on the House oversight committee, who are now threatening legal consequences for Bondi if she…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Taxpayers Increasingly Blame Government Fraud for Rising Cost of Living, Poll Shows
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — As widespread government fraud emerges across the country, a new poll finds that Americans are not only overwhelmingly alarmed by taxpayer abuse but increasingly blame it for the rising cost of living. The poll, released Tuesday by the nonpartisan watchdog on government spending, the State Financial Officers Foundation, found that 83%…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Administration Announces 3 Wins and $500M Recovered in ‘War on Fraud’
    The Justice Department this week wrapped up health care fraud investigations in California, Florida, and Nevada, saying it recovered about $500 million. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, chaired by Vice President JD Vance, and the Justice Department are together “supercharging efforts to take down every fraudster and bring…
    Fred Lucas
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    5.4 Million People Have Migrated to Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020 as the Great Divorce Continues
    The past five years have seen a massive migration of Americans out of heavily Democratic counties and into ones where Donald Trump won majorities in each of the past three elections. That’s according to an exclusive analysis by Issues & Insights of the latest Census Bureau and election data. Most analyses of internal migration patterns…
    Issues and Insights
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    State Lawmakers Nationwide Erect Firewalls Against Sharia Law
    A quiet surge is reshaping American courts in states such as Georgia and Missouri to prevent the encroach of Sharia law. State legislators are advancing “American Laws for American Courts” (ALAC) and related measures. These laws attempt to keep the U.S. and state constitutions as the sole legal authorities. The message to Americans is clear:…
    Peter McIlvenna
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    Mamdani’s Free Bus Plan Likely Not Happening This Year
    One of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s big campaign promises was that under his leadership, everyone in the city would be able to ride “free” buses, but the idea is reportedly now on pause. “Mamdani’s highly-touted demands for free buses has fallen to the wayside in both state and city budget proposals,” the New York Post reported on…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Texas Education Officials Consider Adding Bible Passages to Required School Reading Lists
    Texas education officials are considering adding passages and books from the Bible to required reading lists for students, The New York Times first reported. The proposed reading list from the Texas State Board of Education for seventh grade students includes selections from the Book of Jonah, the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel,…
    Fred Lucas
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