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    Golden Dome for America: The Secrecy Is Rational—the Cost Is Manageable—and the Imperative Is Inarguable

    The Golden Dome for America (GDA) initiative has drawn criticism for not publicly releasing a detailed architecture, cost breakdown, or long-range budget projections. Think tanks, major media outlets, and some lawmakers argue that without public transparency the program risks becoming an expensive, open-ended undertaking. Those concerns deserve to be taken seriously. But they often treat…
    Joe Dodd
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    Is This a Just War?

    Early Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced the start of what he described as “major combat operations in Iran.” In a statement, Trump outlined what he said were decades of hostile actions by the Iranian government, along with more recent failed efforts to reach diplomatic settlements. Trump said Iran’s refusal to halt its pursuit of…
    Thomas Griffin
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    ‘Potentially an Act of Terrorism’: Texas Shooter Was Wearing ‘Allah’ T-Shirt

    The suspect gunman who killed two people at a bar in Texas early Sunday was wearing a hoodie that said “Property of Allah,” and another shirt with an Iranian flag design, the Associated Press confirmed. The mass shooter that left two dead and 14 others wounded has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. Diagne was…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Journalist Marked for Death by Khamenei Celebrates His Demise

    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Journalist Masih Alinejad took to the streets of New York City Saturday to celebrate the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. President Donald Trump confirmed Khamenei’s death in a post on Truth Social Saturday afternoon, hours after he announced Operation Epic Fury early that morning. Alinejad posted the video of her celebration on X Saturday afternoon….
    Harold Hutchison
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    The US Olympic Men’s Hockey Team Did It the Right Way

    If men’s basketball is the most popular and professional athlete-filled team sport at the quadrennial Summer Olympic Games, then men’s ice hockey is its Winter Olympic Games analogue. Every four years, the two-week Summer and Winter Olympics provide a respite for NBA and NHL fans from the annual domestic calendar. Stars who might normally be…
    Josh Hammer
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    ‘ON MY HONOR’: Can the Boy Scouts Restore Trust After Betraying Its Values?

    How does an organization like the Boy Scouts of America restore trust after betraying its values? Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has given the Boy Scouts a chance, but it remains unclear whether the historic organization will take it. Fickle human hearts often lead us to sully our integrity. The biblical history of Israel presents…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Bishops as Pawns Over Birthright Citizenship

    Viewing the U.S. public policy and political scene as a chessboard, the prelates of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have downgraded themselves from their historic leadership role as bishops to the subservient position of mere pawns. Specifically, on birthright citizenship, the bishops willingly allow themselves to be manipulated by leftists pushing secular humanist,…
    Steve Cortes
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    Britain’s Fragile Vote

    There is a clear American interest at stake in Gorton and Denton by-election outcome. The British parliamentary contest, held Thursday, shocked many with a Green Party victory. Candidate Hannah Spencer overturned Labour’s 13,000 vote majority from 2024 to win with 40.7% of the vote, totaling 14,980 ballots under the U.K.’s first past the post system….
    Kristen Ziccarelli
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    Georgia Voters Support SAVE America Act—Even as State’s Democrat Senators Oppose It

    A larger number of Georgia voters support stricter voter registration requirements and voter ID at polling places, two of the policy proposals contained in the SAVE America Act. The results from the Georgia survey show the popularity of the measure, even though most Democrats—including Georgia’s two senators—oppose it. Nearly 70% of Georgians said voters should…
    Reagan Campbell
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    MAHA Win: Target Cuts Synthetic Colors From Beloved Breakfast Food

    The Make America Healthy Again movement has made its mark on one of America’s largest retailers. Target announced Friday that every cereal it sells, including national brands, must exclude synthetic colors by the end of May. Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon told The Daily Signal the move will “support healthier options for American…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The State of Our Journalism Is Viciously Anti-Trump

    The State of the Union speech is an effective annual exercise to measure how journalists feel about a long speech on national TV by President Donald Trump. They hate it intensely, like most children hate broccoli. They would like to scrape that steaming plate into the garbage. The New York Times published a front-page editorial…
    Tim Graham
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    California Decides to Tax Trump Accounts—Here’s What Families Need to Know

    The California Franchise Tax Board announced that it will refuse to treat newly created Trump Accounts as tax-deferred accounts for state tax purposes. In doing so, California is purposefully making it difficult for families to fully utilize Trump Accounts. As the San Francisco Chronicle notes, this is a major break from the state’s normal practice regarding retirement…
    Rachel Loren
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    Trump Spoke for Nearly 2 Hours, but Who Was Really Watching?

    As President Donald Trump delivered a record-breaking 1 hour and 47 minute State of the Union address Tuesday night, political commentators were quick to dissect every line. Cable news panels lit up. News outlets published instant analysis. Lawmakers took to social media with quick takes. But a more fundamental question has emerged in the days…
    Katherine Matt
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    Minnesota Church Invasion Leader Slapped With Ethics Complaint

    The woman who helped organize the invasion of a St. Paul, Minnesota, church in the middle of service last month now faces an ethics complaint that may cost her the ability to practice law in the state. Nekima Levy Armstrong, a former president of the Minneapolis NAACP, has admitted to leading the agitators who invaded…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Reminds Americans That All Policy Is Family Policy

    President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address hit several important policy areas, but even though there was no specific mention of the country’s declining marriage rates and “birth dearth,” the concerns of families were a major theme. One of the key concerns for families today is the future of American homeownership. The cost and…
    Delano Squires
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    How the Heartland Is Reacting to Trump’s State of the Union

    President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address sent shockwaves across Capitol Hill this week as he outlined an aggressive legislative agenda for Republicans in Congress. In Ohio—a state that encapsulates the MAGA shift in the Republican Party—the president’s call to action and his patriotic rallying cry did not fall on deaf ears. The Daily…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Amid Shutdown, 5 Major Homeland Security Responsibilities Are Unfunded

    The Department of Homeland Security has gone without congressionally appropriated funding for two weeks, putting strain on an agency that has a wide variety of responsibilities related to the nation’s security. Democrats have repeatedly withheld the votes necessary to end debate on a bill to fund the agency, as they demand restraints on immigration law…
    George Caldwell
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    Spanberger and Dems Lie About Gerrymandering Scheme

    Once you burn your credibility, it’s hard to get back. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger deceived voters and concealed her true leftist agenda to win the Governor’s Mansion last year. Now she and her fellow Democrats are lying to Virginians about a new gerrymandered congressional district map they placed on the ballot as a constitutional amendment…
    Ben Cline
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    Spanberger’s Subtext: What the Governor’s Rebuttal Really Reveals 

    In a remarkably efficient 12 minutes, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger told Americans quite a bit—less about the formal trappings of the State of the Union, and much more about what the 2026 political cycle is likely to be about.  Before getting to her address, some background is useful.  Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, who served in Congress with Spanberger,…
    Joe Thomas
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    Hegseth Pronounces ‘Weakness’ and ‘Wokeness’ Dead in US Military

    CAMDEN, Ark.—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth toured key weapons manufacturing facilities on Friday and delivered a message of U.S. military “dominance” as a military operation against Iran appears to grow increasingly likely. “We’re sending a clear, sustained demand signal to American industry: We want the best and we need it yesterday,” Hegseth told about 1,500…
    Virginia Allen
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