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    New York’s Hochul Administration Coddles Medicaid Fraud While Attacking Rural Hospitals

    As a native New Yorker, I’m appalled to see what has become of my home state government. New York under Gov. Kathy Hochul has become a textbook case of failed blue state governance: bloated bureaucracy, rampant waste, and performative concern for working people while the institutions they depend on collapse. The rhetoric is far from…
    Jenn Pellegrino
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    At Olympics, Alysa Liu’s American Dream Comes True Against Wishes of CCP

    Alysa Liu is living the American dream, and not just because the figure skater won two gold medals for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Liu represented the red, white, and blue with pride in Milan, but her father grew up under the hammer and sickle of communist China. Her father, Arthur Liu, was born and raised in…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    The Next Front in the Censorship War Against Christians

    Whether through pressure exerted on social media platforms or through armed raids carried out against pro-life Americans, former President Joe Biden and his administration oversaw an alarming increase in the suppression and censorship of religious—chiefly Christian—expressions and actions in the public square. At the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) International Christian Media Convention on Thursday, Christian…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Falters Under Growing Political and Legal Fire

    One of the largest proposed mergers in business history will have to wait a little longer. Netflix, which is trying to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery recently granted WBD a seven-day pause so it can explore another offer from Paramount Skydance.  Cue a sigh of relief from many who are worried that purchasing Warner Bros. would make Netflix—the nation’s…
    Micahel J. Hough
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    SCOTUS Removes IEEPA Tariffs From Toolbox, Now Is Time for the BAT

    In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s attempt to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, IEEPA, lacked constitutional footing because the statute does not clearly authorize tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope. However, that does not mean that the presidency has been…
    Miles Pollard
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    Most Memorable Moments of Trump’s Previous State of the Union Addresses

    President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is on Tuesday night. Here are some of the most memorable moments of his previous State of the Union addresses and joint addresses to Congress.  2025: Trump Swears in 13-Year-Old Cancer Survivor as Honorary Secret Service Agent In Trump’s 2025 Joint Address to Congress, he introduced DJ…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Glib Barista AOC’s Ignorance Front and Center at Munich Security Conference

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Why would Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez be invited to an international security conference? It boggles the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Virginia Democrats Shelve Solar Fee That Would Have Raised Electric Bills

    Virginia Democrats this week shelved legislation that would have raised costs on consumers to fund a solar energy promotion program. The decision to table HB 935 means that Virginians won’t be hit with an added fee on their electricity bills—at least for now. Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger promised to make affordability the centerpiece of her agenda, even though her fellow Democrats have proposed more than 50…
    Reagan Campbell
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    The New Democratic Socialist Party Is a ‘Graveyard of Bad Ideas’

    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’re heading, this year, in November, to the midterms. There’s a lot of opposition to the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Why Are US Citizens Proud of America? New Study Reveals 2 Key Reasons

    A new Pew Research Center study set out to learn why citizens of 25 different countries, including the United States, are proud of their nation. The study surveyed more than 30,000 people from various countries and found that “freedoms and liberties” were the two most common factors for why Americans said they are proud of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Meet the People Fueling Chaos in Minneapolis, New York, and Beyond 

    While the national news cycle may have moved on from the chaos in Minnesota surrounding protests of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a deeper story is only beginning to surface. What happened in Minneapolis wasn’t spontaneous, but the result of weeks of astroturfed chaos following expanded federal immigration enforcement and a fatal ICE-involved shooting.  To truly…
    Elise McCue
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  • ‘Crucial Ruling’: Appeals Court Delivers Big Setback for Newsom’s Push Against ICE

    The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration to block a California law aimed at forcing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to remove masks.  Attorney General Pam Bondi heralded the court ruling in an X post.  “Our @thejusticedept attorneys are fighting daily in court to protect law enforcement — and we just…
    Fred Lucas
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    House to Vote on Trump’s War Powers

    The House of Representatives appears likely to vote next week on whether to advance a resolution restricting President Donald Trump’s authority to go to war with Iran. The United States has continued to mobilize forces in the Middle East, and Trump has threatened “bad things” if the Iranian regime does not negotiate on its nuclear…
    George Caldwell
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  • Texas’ Proposition 10 a Critical Test Case for Prohibiting Sharia Law

    Early voting for the March 3 Texas primary elections is open now. It began Tuesday, Feb. 17, and runs through Friday, Feb. 27. Most days have no lines, hours are flexible, and all you need is a photo ID. While the primary chooses party nominees for November, one proposition on the ballot is a defining…
    Peter McIlvenna
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    ‘SEVERE’ THREAT TO FREE SPEECH: X Appeals EU Censorship Fine

    The social media platform X has formally challenged the European Commission’s 120 million euro fine, arguing that the fine violates its due process under other European Union statutes. The challenge, if successful, may significantly alter the underlying EU law, the Digital Services Act, which critics have described as a weapon of “global censorship.” “X is…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • Trump Directs Administration to Release Alien Files

    President Donald Trump announced that he is directing his administration to release government files on alien and extraterrestrial life. “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The Climate Fox in the Judicial Henhouse

    For decades, judicial education has served a narrow but vital purpose: helping judges understand complex technical issues without telling them how to rule. That boundary matters. Once judicial education becomes advocacy, courts stop acting as neutral arbiters and begin functioning as instruments of policy enforcement. The Federal Judicial Center crossed that line. In endorsing the…
    Jason Isaac
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    Civics Crisis? New Presidential 1776 Scholarship Challenges Students to Know the Constitution  

    The American education system currently deserves an “F” for its failures to teach even the basics on the American government and how it functions.   This was demonstrated in embarrassing fashion this month when an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement sheriff in North Carolina testified before the state Legislature proved he didn’t know which branch of government he worked under, nor even the names of the three branches. …
    Katherine Matt
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  • Why Teachers Unions Are the New ‘Hotel California’ for Public Employees 

    Last month, over 6,000 public employees broke free from mandatory union fees—a record-setting surge that signals a nationwide shift in teacher and public worker empowerment.   Leading the charge is the Teacher Freedom Alliance, which helps educators reclaim their paychecks from politically driven union agendas. This year, the group plans to help 60,000 workers leave unions and push legislation in multiple…
    Reagan Campbell
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    How a Nonprofit That Helps 15-Year-Old Girls Obtain Abortion Pills Found Itself in the Crosshairs of South Dakota

    South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, a Republican, received over 650 consumer complaints in December about advertisements across the state that read, “Pregnant? Don’t want to be?” directing consumers to Mayday Health. Jackley filed a cease and desist order in state court against Mayday Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides education about the abortion pill. The attorney general claimed that the advertisement was in violation of…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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