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    What If You Could Walk Through the World of the Bible?

    What if history wasn’t something you only read about—but something you could walk through?  What if the stories of Scripture rose from the page and surrounded you—etched into stone streets, carved into ancient ruins, whispered through the landscapes where God moved in history?  An exciting new venture, Sojourn, has officially launched as part of Good Comma Classroom, expanding its mission beyond…
    Katherine Matt
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    What’s Next for DHS?

    Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security Secretary, to be replaced by Senator Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. Noem’s tenure as the leader of the expansive Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been characterized by numerous problems, ranging from personality clashes and communication breakdowns to policy disputes and operational failures. Arguably, Noem’s greatest success over the past year has…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    Congress Juggling Funding for DHS, Epic Fury

    Congress could be facing a two-front challenge, as it contemplates whether to provide additional funding for the military operation in Iran as well as for the Department of Homeland Security. Since mid-February, the agency has been shut down due to Democrats’ rejecting funding bills over their demands for additional restraints on immigration and border law…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump: ‘I Won’t Sign’ Any Other Bills Until SAVE America Act Is Passed

    MIAMI, March 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to withhold his signature from any other legislation until Congress passes a Republican-backed voting bill, the latest escalation in his push to impose stricter voter requirements ahead of the November midterm elections. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, laid down…
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    Democrats Withold Security Funding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

    With the Department of Homeland Security shut down over Democrat demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement, members of Congress fear the 2026 FIFA World Cup could be insecure. Republicans on Capitol Hill are especially concerned about funding for security and counterterrorism efforts as the U.S. engages Iran militarily through Operation Epic Fury. “Amid ongoing military conflict with the leading state…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    JFK’s Grandson Proves the Networks Still Bend the Knee to Kennedys

    When you hear liberals complaining about how the media today are in urgent danger of “bending the knee” to President Donald Trump, point and laugh and think about the Kennedy family. Journalists bending the knee to the Kennedys has been mandatory since the 1950s. That’s their most obvious form of white privilege. It’s still happening….
    Tim Graham
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    Trump Is Never Accessible Enough to the Press?

    The anti-Trump media elites are relentlessly omnidirectional in attacking their target. One day, they’ll complain the president’s too intolerably present in the limelight. But the next day, he’s scandalously inaccessible. When the Trump administration launched its offensive on Iran, they made noise about it being too quiet. CNN correspondent Alayna Treene tweeted: “No senior Trump…
    Tim Graham
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    Pro-Transgender Democrats Are the Real ‘Science Deniers’

    Has anyone noticed that climate change alarmist Democrats no longer refer to those who don’t buy into their baseless warnings of impending eco-apocalypse as “science deniers”? That isn’t only because their six decades of predictions of environmental doom consistently have failed to come to pass. It’s also because they themselves have become the actual science…
    Peter Parisi
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    California’s Inferno of Regulations

    Last year, California wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced: “We are 100% committed to getting this neighborhood rebuilt again!” Gov. Gavin Newsom echoed that, saying his officials were “responding to it at scale, with efficiency … addressing building codes, permitting issues, and moving forward to rebuilding.” Great! It sounded like bureaucrats…
    John Stossel
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    SCOTUS Order on California Law to ‘Keep Secrets From Parents’ a Positive Sign for Parental Rights, Heritage Scholar Says

    Is a recent ruling from the Supreme Court “a sign of good things to come” for parents? Corey DeAngelis, The Heritage Foundation’s new research fellow at the Center for Education Policy, believes so. On Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily prevented the state of California from blocking school policies that would require telling parents if their…
    Jenna Lee
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    Europe’s ‘Democracy Shield’ Is a Threat to Transatlantic Free Speech

    Europe’s political elites say democracy is under threat. Their solution? Put Brussels in charge of policing political speech. The European Union’s proposed European Democracy Shield is marketed as a tool to defend elections and counter foreign disinformation. In reality, it risks becoming something very different: a powerful censorship regime that will almost certainly be captured…
    Paul McCarthy
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    Lawmakers Look to Ensure Military Is Prepared for Long-Term Threats

    As Operation Epic Fury continues against Iran, elected officials and national security experts gathered at The Heritage Foundation to discuss what needs to be done to ensure the American military is capable of defending the homeland. The Heritage Foundation event followed the release of the 2026 Index of U.S. Military Strength, an index that annually…
    Jenna Lee
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    Alleged Man-Burner With Over 100 Arrests Represents Repeat Crime Problem in America

    America doesn’t have a crime problem; it has a repeat offender problem. High crime in this country has mostly been a matter of choice by reckless politicians beholden to prison “reform” ideologues. A recent story highlights that reality. On Tuesday, NYPD arrested 47-year-old Damon Johnson, a resident of Brooklyn, and charged him with murder, assault, and…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Not Just the Ayatollah—How Operation Epic Fury Is Remaking Geopolitics

    President Donald Trump’s military response to Iran’s decades-long war against the United States has already reaped massive dividends in its first week. On America’s 250th anniversary, Trump isn’t just reshaping the Middle East—he’s reshaping the global balance of power and strengthening the United States’ position. “Operation Epic Fury” has already yielded three massive victories in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Newsom’s Rocky Month Shows the Risks of Running on Style Over Substance

    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. Gavin Newsom, the governor of our state here in California, and the presumptive front-runner in the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    TRUMP: Defense Manufacturers Will ‘Quadruple Production’

    President Donald Trump says U.S. defense manufacturing companies have agreed to “quadruple production” of “‘Exquisite Class’ Weaponry” amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. “We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production Schedules. They have agreed to quadruple Production of the ‘Exquisite Class’ Weaponry…
    Virginia Allen
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    When Does Protest Become Crime—or Terrorism?

    Last August, two women stalked an Immigration Customs Enforcement agent near Los Angeles and then streamed themselves at his house, yelling to locals that their neighbor was an agent. Last month, they were convicted and face time in federal prison. Ironically, they wore masks and glasses to hide their identity while invading the privacy of…
    Simon Hankinson
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    SC Lawmakers Seem to Be Allergic to Educational Opportunity

    Why do South Carolina lawmakers want to make it more difficult for families to educate their children? Lawmakers are misinterpreting the very law they approved just last year that creates more learning opportunities, and now the state is on the brink of becoming one of the least family-friendly locales in the southeast. Fortunately, other state…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Gonzales’ Scandal Leads to House Push Against Sexual Harassment

    House lawmakers push anti-sexual harassment efforts as a representative announced Thursday that he will finish out his term but “not seek re-election” after he faced widespread scrutiny for an affair with his staffer. That affair ultimately resulted in her suicide. “I have decided not to seek re-election while serving out the rest of this Congress…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Mace Claims Ethics Investigation Is ‘Retribution’ for Clinton-Epstein Deposition

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—In exclusive comments to The Daily Signal, a conservative firebrand claimed she has been targeted by the House Committee on Ethics after she deposed former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over their ties to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. “It [the committee’s announcement] came out an…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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