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    ‘Hollywood for Ugly People’ Finally Gets a Taste of Celebrity Treatment
    It’s often said that Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people. Well, Congress is finally getting the Hollywood treatment it has been longing for. While lawmakers are on spring break, the entertainment news outlet TMZ has joined the scrum that is covering news on Capitol Hill. As members of Congress left Washington, D.C., for a…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Proposes to Begin Privatizing TSA Screening Operations
    WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters)—President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save money. The White House budget proposes cutting funding for the federal agency created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by $52 million and would require small airports to enroll…
    Reuters
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    Fox News Leaves Competition in Dust With Record YouTube Performance
    Fox News delivered a record-setting 1.5 billion YouTube video views in the first quarter of 2026, outpacing every rival in the news landscape by a staggering margin. According to data from Emplifi, Fox News beat its closest competitor, MS NOW, by half a billion views. MS NOW tallied 974 million views for the first quarter….
    Robert B. Bluey
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    What Is ‘Good’ About Good Friday
    Christians describe the day an innocent man was violently executed as “Good.” Unless you know the whole story, it doesn’t make much sense. This is Holy Week on the Christian calendar. It began with Palm Sunday, which commemorates the Triumphal Entry. As Jesus rode a young donkey into Jerusalem, the people shouted, “Hosanna!” and “Blessed…
    Victor Joecks
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    ActBlue Lawyers Raised Alarm About Potential Illegal Donations: Report
    Lawyers for the Democrat fundraising organization ActBlue warned that the organization’s CEO may have misled Congress in explaining how her group vetted donations to ensure they did not come from foreign citizens, according to newly released memos. ActBlue told The Daily Signal that it has “continually worked to comply” with all laws regarding foreign contributions….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘He Loves Us’ … and How God Made Sure I Knew It
    My mother died on a Good Friday. Which, in a way, was amusing because she’d long been at odds with God since my father’s death, and she had little use for organized religion since age 5 after some nun whacked her for asking questions. That is, until her final few months. After befriending a retired…
    Al Perrotta
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    US Job Growth Accelerates by the Most in 15 Months in March
    WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters)—U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in March as a strike by health care workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks for the labor market are mounting from a war with Iran that has no clear end in sight. The biggest increase in nonfarm payrolls in 15 months was reported by…
    Lucia Mutikani
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    How Trump’s 2027 Budget Cuts Funding for Woke Ideology
    President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes massive funding cuts for programs pushing ideologies “that poison the minds of Americans,” according to a fact sheet obtained by The Daily Signal. Under the leadership of Director Russ Vought, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget released its fiscal year 2027 budget Friday, stating plans to “eliminat[e]…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    California Gubernatorial Debate Canceled When Only White Candidates Made the Cut
    The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate 24 hours before it was to start. Why? The six candidates who qualified under polling and fundraising metrics were—gasp!—all white. Democrat candidates of color immediately accused USC of excluding “candidates of color.” Mind you, their platforms—on housing, crime, homelessness, taxes, etc.—are virtually indistinguishable. Is there a…
    Larry Elder
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    The Catholic Faith Is Booming
    Religion is not dead in America. It is seeing a resurgence, particularly in the Catholic faith. The Catholic Church in the United States is experiencing significant growth in new members in 2026. According to data from Hallow—the world’s largest prayer app—the average diocese is seeing a 38% growth in new members entering the church this…
    Thomas Griffin
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    State’s Spending on Illegal Immigrants Blows Budget by 611%
    Facing a budget pinch, Colorado lawmakers are cutting spending to largely sustain funding for a program subsidizing “pregnant people” regardless of immigration status. “Cover All Coloradans” is expected to cost 611% more than originally projected this year, according to the state Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. The costly program is now a focus of a U.S….
    Fred Lucas
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    What Is Going on in Cincinnati?
    Intense fallout from violence in Cincinnati over a baseball game has thrust the Queen City once more into the national spotlight. On Opening Day late last month, chaos erupted in the streets after the Cincinnati Reds lost 3-0 to the Boston Red Sox. Seventeen people were arrested amid the chaos, ranging in ages from 14…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Are the Jews Responsible for Jesus’ Death?
    Did “the Jews” kill Jesus? Are the Jewish people as a whole responsible for the death of Christ? I was horrified recently to see this claim—which I thought was a fringe position—on a prominent conservative website, and I feel compelled to respond. The claim traces back to Matthew 27, during the trial of Jesus, when…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: Trump Released Millions to Planned Parenthood—Here’s How He Can Defund It Forever
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration has a plan to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal family planning funding, sources familiar with the matter tell The Daily Signal. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was extending Biden-era family planning grant awards to Planned Parenthood, sparking criticism from pro-lifers. However, the White House has…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Ousted FBI Agents Seek to Expand Lawsuit to BLM, LGBTQ Grievances
    For the second time in less than a month, former FBI agents involved in former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of President Donald Trump have sued, alleging wrongful termination.  Three former agents, Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman, and Michelle Ball, sued in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, naming FBI Director Kash Patel and…
    Fred Lucas
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    GOP Rising Star Backs Paxton’s Senate Bid
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Texas Senate primary bid just received a big endorsement from one of the Republican Party’s rising stars. On Thursday, Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, officially endorsed Paxton’s effort to primary Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. “I am officially endorsing [Ken Paxton] to be our next senator from Texas,” Gill wrote on X….
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    A GOP Senator’s Fight for Life Continues on Capitol Hill
    Taxpayers’ money once spent on funding abortions could now be permanently safeguarded for pregnancy centers to support women and families. The federal government grants more than $16 billion every year to support families, and soon that could include protecting life. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., has reintroduced the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    If Donald Trump Did What Obama Did, Media Would Cheer—So Why the Outrage Now?
    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. I’ve talked about the opposition to the Iran war that we are witnessing, but it’s a little bit more than opposition….
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Pam Bondi Out as Attorney General
    President Donald Trump has removed Pam Bondi as attorney general, and tapped one of his former personal attorneys as a replacement. Trump announced on Truth Social on Thursday that he had named Todd Blanche, deputy attorney general who had previously represented Trump in cases regarding Stormy Daniels and classified documents, as Bondi’s replacement as acting…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump to Sign Order to Pay Tens of Thousands of DHS Employees
    REUTERS—President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would soon sign an emergency order to pay all employees at the Department of Homeland Security who have worked without pay since mid-February, as Congress has failed to reach a funding deal. “I will soon sign an order to pay ALL of the incredible employees at the Department…
    David Shepardson
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