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    Massie Questions ‘Woke’ Opponent’s Conservative Credentials
    Rep. Thomas Massie released an ad Tuesday questioning his primary opponent’s conservative credentials. Massie, R-Ky., who has an 83% lifetime score from Heritage Action, pointed out that Ed Gallrein, who is now endorsed by President Donald Trump, changed his voter registration from Republican to Independent in 2016, the year Trump won the Republican Party’s presidential…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Democrats Block DHS Reopening as TSA Lines Grow Longer
    Democrats again voted down a measure to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, leaving the agency with a lapse in appropriations that is 27 days and counting. Senate Republicans only needed seven Democrats to break ranks for the 60 votes necessary to reopen the department, but the measure failed by a vote of 51-46. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voted for the measure,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Florida Passes Voter ID Bill as National SAVE Act Stalls
    The Florida Senate passed voter ID legislation Thursday, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, as the SAVE America Act stalls in the U.S. Senate. SB 1334, a bill to strengthen the verification process for voters’ citizenship status, passed the Sunshine State’s Senate 27-12, fulfilling the prediction of Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Inside CSWF: Pro-Family Conference Offers Alternative to UN’s Women’s Agenda 
    The 70th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened in New York on March 9. However, a parallel event, the Conference on the State of Women and Family (CSWF), is being hosted this week by a coalition of pro-family organizations, urging a return to the fundamentals that the U.N. commission seems to have forgotten.   …
    Reagan Campbell
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    Senate Passes Bipartisan Housing Package as SAVE Act Pressure Builds
    The Senate voted to pass a massive housing legislation package on Thursday, even as the White House has called for the SAVE America Act to be a top legislative priority. Passing with rare bipartisan support, the package of housing bills aims to lower housing costs and codify multiple of President Donald Trump’s executive orders.   “This bill offers real solutions that…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    No Other News Network Can Catch Fox News Right Now
    From the first days of 2026, Americans have witnessed some of the most consequential moments of Donald Trump’s presidency. Venezuela, Minnesota, tariffs, artificial intelligence, and Iran have shaped the news over the past 10 weeks. Breaking news events put media outlets to the test and, if done well, have the potential to drive massive audience…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Suspect Dead in Detroit-Area Synagogue Shooting, No Other Casualties Reported
    The suspect in a vehicle that rammed into a Detroit-area synagogue was shot dead, according to a law enforcement official, with no other casualties from the incident immediately reported. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told reporters around 2:30 p.m. EDT that a vehicle had breached the doors of the Temple Israel synagogue and driven down a hallway, hitting one…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Deportation Showdown Escalates After Court Halts Trump Policy
    An appeals court will allow the Trump administration to continue removing illegal immigrants to “third countries,” or locations other than their country of origin, for now. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by Joe Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts.  The appeals court gave near-term relief to the Trump…
    Fred Lucas
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    US Sues California Over Zero-Emission Vehicle, Greenhouse Gas Rules
    REUTERS—The Trump administration on Thursday sued the state of California, claiming the state’s zero-emission vehicle and tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions rules are illegal and preempted by federal law. The Transportation Department sued the California Air Resources Board in U.S. District Court in California over vehicle rules that remain in place after President Donald Trump signed legislation last year…
    David Shepardson
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    GOP Senator Fights for Life on Capitol Hill 
    Sen. Josh Hawley introduced new legislation Wednesday calling on Congress to stand up against chemical abortion.  Pro-life advocates, spiritual leaders, lawyers, and women who took abortion pills gathered to share their testimonies on Capitol Hill at a press conference introducing the legislation.  “We are here today to issue a call to action, to call on the United States Congress to stand up and to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    End the Harmful Time Change Ritual
    Except for the wise people of Arizona and Hawaii, who have year-round standard time, Americans were once again forced to “spring forward” and lose an hour of sleep on Sunday morning. This practice, known as daylight saving time, gives Americans more time in the evening to enjoy sunlight. This helps owners of golf courses, tennis…
    Jeff Crouere
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    Virginia Republican Wins Big Upset After Muslim Democrat Busted for Racist Tweets
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Republican won a deep-blue Northern Virginia county-level seat in a major upset Tuesday after revelations that her Democratic opponent made racist social media posts more than 10 years ago. Republican Jeannie LaCroix, 64, won a special election for a Prince William County Board of Supervisors seat, defeating Democrat nominee Muhammed Sufiyan…
    Anthony Iafrate
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    Mike DeWine Gives Last State of the State as Ohio’s Governor
    On Tuesday, term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine gave his last State of the State address, calling to mind his role as a “servant” to Ohioans. The Republican governor often brought up the well-being of children in his remarks, highlighting efforts to implement the science of reading in schools, banning cellphones in classrooms, and reaching the lowest…
    Rebecca Downs
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    The Politicking of Barack Obama
    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’d like to comment recently on the politicking of Barack Obama. He’s been in the news recently,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Why the Real Fight Over Virginia’s Partisan Map to Reshape Congress May Come After Referendum
    An upcoming referendum on whether to allow the Democrat majority in the Virginia Legislature to redraw congressional maps may not be the end of the matter.  Voters in the commonwealth on April 21 will consider a state constitutional amendment to temporarily suspend the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission until after the 2030 census, allowing for partisan…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘AMERICA HATERS’: Republican Slams Democrats For Unwillingness to Criticize Islam Amid New York, Texas Terror Attacks
    A House Republican cast aspersions at Democrats’ motives for downplaying the threat of radical Islamic terrorism even after recent attacks. A Senegalese immigrant wearing a “Property of Allah” sweatshirt and an undershirt with the Iranian flag shot 16 people at a bar near Austin, Texas, last week, killing three. In New York City on Saturday,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    DOJ Review of Voter Rolls Uncovers Alarming Names—and It’s Only the Beginning
    The Justice Department is finding thousands of noncitizens and dead people on voter rolls as it pursues more state election records, said Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, in an interview.  “We’re finding tens of thousands of noncitizens on the voter rolls, hundreds of thousands of dead people on the voter rolls,…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘MOCKERY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT’: Cities Church Attorney Slams Catholic University for Honoring Don Lemon
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An attorney for Cities Church, the St. Paul, Minnesota, church that faced an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement invasion in January, condemned a private Catholic university for hosting former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who stands accused of interfering with the First Amendment rights of churchgoers, as a headliner for its “First Amendment…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Virginia Democrats Join the War on the Electoral College
    The year is just getting started, but the 2026 Virginia legislative session has already been nothing short of mind-boggling. Democrats are shamelessly moving a bevy of far-left fantasy bills through the Legislature. HB 1245 provides taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries, HB 256 mandates “environmental justice” planning, SB 22 forces racial bias training on nurses, and HB 111 bans cleaning voter rolls. But…
    Harry Roth
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    Republican Senators Grow Frustrated With Filibuster
    Senate Republicans appear to be warming to an extreme measure to overcome Democrat obstruction—the “nuclear option” of overriding the 60-vote threshold required to bring a bill to a final vote. “My fellow conservatives and I have proudly used the 60-vote threshold to protect the country from all sorts of bad ideas and dangerous policies,” Sen….
    George Caldwell
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