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    A Radical Plan to Save Detroit and Restore the Rust Belt

    Detroit has become the poster child of American decline and for good reason: No city in what is now known as the Rust Belt experienced such soaring highs and such abysmal lows. In the 1950s, Detroit was the wealthiest city in America. By 2014, just one year after the city declared bankruptcy, Detroit was considered…
    Bradley Devlin
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    The Humiliation of Keir Starmer. Is This the End of the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’?

    “Never be separated from the Americans.” That was the advice Winston Churchill gave to his countrymen in the last meeting with his cabinet in 1955. Unfortunately for the United Kingdom, current Prime Minister Keir Starmer has clearly ignored that advice. He appears to be doing his best to pull the plug and drain whatever is…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the First American Amphibious Raid: The Raid of Nassau

    The arrest of Nicolas Maduro this year is far from the first time the United States has felt compelled by national security reasons to deploy troops to the Caribbean.  One of our earliest actions in the Caribbean, and the first amphibious assault conducted by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, occurred in Nassau, the largest city and now capital of the Bahamas, 250 years ago on March 3 and 4, 1776.  …
    Wilson Beaver
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    EXCLUSIVE: Congress Eyes New ‘Dalilah’s Law’ Proposal to Ban Illegal Immigrants From Trucking

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two Indiana Republicans introduced an effort to force states to reform the commercial driving licensing process and bar commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs for short, from falling into the hands of illegal immigrants. Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., introduced her version of “Dalilah’s Law” in the House on Wednesday. The legislation is…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    California’s Newsom Indicates Israel Is ‘Apartheid State’

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated Israel is an “apartheid state” and said the United States needs to reconsider its relationship with the Middle East nation. During an interview promoting his new book in Los Angeles, Newsom responded to a question by “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau about whether the U.S. should reconsider its military support of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Laid Out America’s Comeback While Democrats Sat Silent

    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 had the State of the Union, as we all know, on Tuesday. I think all…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    What Just Happened in Indiana Could Reshape How Schools Teach—and Test—Students

    With two major victories in a single week, Indiana conservatives are proving that the heartland is setting the pace for 2026. In a sweeping session dominated by conservative priorities, the Republican-controlled Indiana Legislature has passed legislation, strongly backed by Heritage Action, aimed at reshaping education policy, elections, and civic instruction. These bills include a ban…
    Katherine Matt
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    NOTE TO TALARICO: God Is NOT ‘Nonbinary’

    If you’re going to claim that God supports transgender ideology, you might want to think twice before rejecting his preferred pronoun. The latest star of the “Religious Left” has claimed not only that Christianity is compatible with the idea that men can become women and vice versa, but that God himself is “nonbinary.” Back in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘I Can’t Tell You’: The Seemingly Simple Question Tim Walz Struggles With in Capitol Hill Fraud Hearing

    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz previously said a court required the state to continue paying one of the charities at the center of a massive fraud scandal. But the state court denies making such an order. Asked on Capitol Hill Wednesday who is lying, Walz said, “I can’t tell you.” He blamed it on a misinterpretation by…
    Fred Lucas
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    White House: Spain Has Agreed to Cooperate With US Military

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters)—Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “I think they heard the president’s message yesterday loud and clear. It is…
    Steve Holland
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    Texas Primaries Rock Both Parties

    Texans voted in dozens of critical primaries on Tuesday, leading to bitter defeat for some national political figures and strong results for multiple state-level politicians seeking higher office. Here’s how one night transformed the Texas political scene. Cornyn Survives GOP Senate Primary Tuesday’s Senate primary results solidified the Republican Senate primary around two candidates: multi-decade…
    George Caldwell
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    Minnesota Fraud Scandal Continues to Grow With Autism Center CEO’s Guilty Plea

    The Minneapolis CEO of a center to serve patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder reportedly confessed that he did not know a single person with autism while pleading guilty to federal fraud charges Monday. The Justice Department charged Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, 27, with wire fraud in December for his role as president and CEO of Star…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Names of Fallen US Soldiers Released

    The Pentagon has released names of service members killed so far during Operation Epic Fury. “It’s with profound sadness and gratitude that I share the names of four of our six fallen heroes, all from the 103rd Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Reserve out of Des Moines, Iowa,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine…
    Virginia Allen
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    Walz Defends Continued Welfare Payments During Fraud Probe

    House Republicans on Wednesday grilled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison about the state’s $9 billion fraud scandal and allegations that whistleblowers faced retaliation. The hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee comes a day after the panel released a report alleging that Walz and Ellison were aware of welfare…
    Fred Lucas
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    US Military Power Does Not Match Threat Level, Report Finds

    The newly released 2026 Index of U.S. Military Strength finds that threats to U.S. vital interests are “high,” but America’s military power to counter the threats is only “marginal.” The threat facing America today is greater than that which the Soviet Union posed in the 1980s, according to Robert Greenway, director of the Allison Center…
    Virginia Allen
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    House Report: Walz, Ellison Knew About Minnesota Fraud ‘for Years’

    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was aware of the widespread welfare fraud in his state “for years” and “repeatedly failed to act,” alleges a congressional report released on Wednesday.  Walz and the state’s Attorney General Keith Ellison are set to testify Wednesday about the $9 billion scandal before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrat Who Compared ICE to the Stasi Faces Ethics Complaint Over Program to Report Feds

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill faces an ethics complaint after she asked Garden State residents to report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the state government. “In a seemingly unprecedented move, Governor Sherrill is using official state resources to coordinate the potential obstruction of federal immigration enforcement activities,” Curtis Schube, director…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Has a Sobering Message for America Today

    It is no small thing to grasp the true significance of current events, let alone their spiritual meaning. Sure, any man can tell you that the southern states seceded because Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, and that they did so because Lincoln aimed to keep slavery out of the federal territories. Few at…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Epstein Probe Widens as Top Trump Official Agrees to Face House Panel

    Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will testify to the House panel investigating the high-profile links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “Secretary Lutnick has proactively agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,” Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a public statement on Tuesday.  The committee did not provide a…
    Fred Lucas
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    GOP Senator Slams Noem for ‘Failure of Leadership’

    Sen. Thom Tillis accused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of “failure of leadership” and called for her resignation during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday. “We’re an exceptional nation, and one of the reasons we’re exceptional is we expect exceptional leadership, and you’ve demonstrated anything but that,” the Republican senator from North Carolina told Noem….
    Virginia Allen
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