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    Newsom ‘Taking the Mask Off’ in New Memoir

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to release a memoir in late February as the Democrat is considered a front-runner for the Democrat presidential primary in 2028. Newsom’s memoir, titled “Young Man in a Hurry,” covers Newsom’s personal life and early career, but ends his book before his controversial tenure as California governor. “This is…
    Jenna Lee
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    Victor Davis Hanson’s First Episode Back After Cancer Surgery

    Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson has returned for his first episode of his show “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words” in over a month, sharing more details about his recent lung cancer surgeries. “I’ve been off for a while, as you may have noticed. I had a mucinous adenoma carcinoma. That’s kind of a long name for a very rare nonsmokers’ type…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Harvard ‘Dragged Its Feet’—What Happens Next

    President Donald Trump is now seeking a $1 billion settlement with Harvard University because the school has “dragged its feet” during months of negotiations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “This has been an ongoing negotiation and frankly, a frustrating negotiation for the president and the administration because we want a deal,” Leavitt said…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    White Males Have Been ‘Left Behind’ in Civil Rights for Too Long, Agency Head Says

    Chair Andrea Lucas wants to return the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to its roots in the civil rights movement, after previous chairs ignored discrimination that didn’t advance a diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda, she says. “My goal is complete and absolute reform of the agency to go back to principles that were good and right…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Republicans Scoff at Democrats’ Latest ICE Demands

    Senators left Washington Thursday afternoon with little progress on talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as Republicans scoffed at Democrats’ demands for restraints on immigration law enforcement agents. On Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both D-N.Y., released a list of 10 demands they want satisfied before…
    George Caldwell
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    America’s Scouting Tradition Should Be About Moral Principles, Not Shifting Ideology

    Once again, Scouting America is in the headlines—and unsurprisingly, it appears the organization is weighing whether its convictions are negotiable.  This time, the Department of War is reportedly reviewing its longstanding relationship with the Boy Scouts of America, now rebranded as “Scouting America.” The War Department has raised concerns that the organization’s recent embrace of DEI initiatives…
    Patti Garibay
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    The Real Reason Why Advertisers Are Flocking to Fox News

    Fox News delivered its highest second quarter advertising revenue in the network’s history, Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced Wednesday during the company’s earnings call. The record haul was fueled in part by an influx of new advertisers. Murdoch said Fox News added roughly 200 new advertisers in the first half of the fiscal year—on…
    Rob Bluey
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    Jeffries Will Not Vote to Oust Alleged Fraudster From Congress

    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., says he will oppose Rep. Greg Steube’s, R-Fla., motion to remove Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., from Congress as other Democrats are expected to vote against the effort. “I’m a hard no, as it relates to the efforts to expel her, and it is going to fail,” Jeffries told reporters…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Orders Faster Rebuilding for LA Wildfire Victims, Cuts Through Permitting Delays 

    For families who lost everything in last year’s wildfires, the damage did not end when the flames died out. More than a year later, many are still unable to rebuild, stalled by local permitting delays that have slowed recovery across parts of Los Angeles.  Amid growing frustration over rebuilding delays, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, U.S. Army Civil…
    Reagan Campbell
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    EXCLUSIVE: House to Probe Sharia Law During Hearing

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government will hold a hearing on Feb. 10 to uncover how Sharia law is “contrary to America’s founding principles” and “may violate federal law and the Constitution,” The Daily Signal has learned. At the hearing, titled “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam &…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ICE Bodycams Will Do the Left’s Narrative More Harm Than Good

    Following the death of George Floyd and the ensuing violent riots that raged across the nation in the summer of 2020, the thugs orchestrating the Black Lives Matter rampage demanded that police officers wear body cameras in order to document the supposed widespread, systemic, institutional racism motivating said police officers to wantonly slay defenseless, unarmed…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    House GOP Pressures Senate on ‘Talking Filibuster’ for SAVE Act

    House Republicans are pressuring the Senate to employ a risky procedural maneuver to force a vote on election integrity legislation. The SAVE America Act would institute national requirements of proof of citizenship to register to vote, as well as photo identification to vote in federal elections. In recent days, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has…
    George Caldwell
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    Why the ACLU Is Demanding a UN Investigation of Trump

    One of America’s most well-known left-leaning legal groups has asked the United Nations to investigate the Trump administration, alleging human rights violations and racial discrimination by federal agents in Minnesota.   The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Minnesota sent an “urgent submission” to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding federal immigration enforcement and treatment of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Xi’s Message to Trump on Taiwan

    China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump to use “extreme caution” regarding arms sales to Taiwan, in a phone call between the two leaders.   Taiwan was one of more than half a dozen topics Trump and Xi discussed during a “long and thorough” call Wednesday, Trump wrote on Truth Social.   The two leaders discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine, Iran, and China’s purchases of…
    Virginia Allen
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    American Society of Plastic Surgeons Recommends Against Transgender Surgery for Minors

    The American Society of Plastic Surgeons on Tuesday became the first major medical organization to oppose gender transition for minors when it recommended “that surgeons delay gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old.” The ASPS represents “more than 11,000 physician members worldwide,” which is more than the number of surgeons the…
    Joshua Arnold
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    The Media’s Double Standard Toward Obama and Trump on Deportations

    Those who claim President Barack Obama deported illegal aliens more “humanely” make the following assertions: a) Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn’t go into the streets under Obama; b) there were no street activists/protesters/agitators; c) ICE only deported those with criminal records beyond illegal entry or illegally overstaying; d) Obama’s deportation numbers largely include “returns” or…
    Larry Elder
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    American Optimism on Financial Security Is Increasing Under Trump, Poll Finds

    Pollster Scott Rasmussen of the Napolitan Institute told reporters on Wednesday that Americans’ optimism about their personal financial situation under President Donald Trump is increasing. Americans’ optimism for their personal financial situation increased from 24% to 32% since November, according to polling from Napolitan. “Since the depths of despair in the midst of that government…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    To End Minnesota Chaos, Cut Off the Funding

    The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 5. Minnesota has been on fire for weeks, but this is nothing new for the city of…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Don Lemon Wants a New Legal Standard: Journalists Are Immune From the Law

    Does former CNN host-turned-independent journalist Don Lemon have a First Amendment right to interfere with the First Amendment rights of the worshipers and a pastor at a church? “I think the question answers itself, and the answer is no,” argues Scott Johnson, a Minneapolis-based attorney, Claremont Institute fellow, founding member of Power Line, and one…
    Jack Fowler
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    There’s a Crisis Facing Young Men But There’s Also a Simple, Old-School Solution

    Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed that young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men “talk about…
    Jack Fowler
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