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    Victor Davis Hanson: Why Kristi Noem Failed at DHS
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” with Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.  Jack Fowler: Kristi Noem. Any thoughts that you want to share about her firing and her tenure as…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘Great’: Trump, Lake Celebrate Report That FBI Seized Arizona Election Records
    President Donald Trump celebrated a report that the FBI obtained election records from Arizona’s largest county, a move that follows a federal raid last month on a Georgia county’s elections department.  Maricopa County, the site of the reported FBI raid, has been a contentious jurisdiction for elections, particularly after Joe Biden beat Donald Trump narrowly…
    Fred Lucas
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    Colorado Democrat’s Head-Scratching Reason for Killing His Own Bill to Decriminalize Prostitution
    Colorado’s Republican House leader is calling foul after a Colorado state senator says he is effectively killing his own bill to decriminalize prostitution—in order to protect “sex workers” from the trauma of having to testify. State Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, the main sponsor of SB26-097, told the Colorado Sun that his bill lacks the necessary support…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: Taxpayers Will Finally See Which Foreign Entities Fund US Universities
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education will soon require universities to publicly disclose the counterparties of foreign funding, a senior Education Department official told The Daily Signal. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires higher education institutions to report gifts and contracts valued at $250,000 or more to the Department of Education,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Media, Mamdani Spin Absurd Tale About NYC ‘ISIS-Inspired’ Terrorist Attack
    Never underestimate the Democrat-media complex’s ability to tag-team and instantly spin a narrative about a news incident that is literally the opposite of reality. An attempted terrorist attack by two “ISIS-inspired” radicals in New York City Saturday could have been a mass casualty event. But if you listened to the media and some of the…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    OSU President Is Leaving After ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
    Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned as president at Ohio State University, citing an “inappropriate relationship” with an unnamed person seeking public resources. He has only served as president since Jan. 1, 2024. According to 10TV, Carter’s resignation followed a Saturday board meeting, with the board of trustees accepting the resignation on Sunday, the same…
    Rebecca Downs
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    DOJ, NYPD Call New York Terror Suspects ISIS-Inspired
    The Justice Department brought federal terrorism charges Monday against two men tied to the bombing of a New York City protest.  One of the suspects threw a homemade bomb that was inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group, said Attorney General Pam Bondi.  “We have charged the two alleged ISIS-inspired terrorists who attempted to bomb…
    Fred Lucas
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    Texas Senate Candidate Raises Eyebrows With Answer to What He Loves Besides Friends and Family
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat Texas state Rep. James Talarico said that he loved transgender children when asked to name something he loved other than family and friends during a May 11, 2023, episode of “A Superbloom Podcast.” Talarico has a long record of pushing his left-wing agenda on schools, including opposing restrictions on child…
    Jason Cohen
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    No One Should Fear Violence in a House of Worship. Ohio Is Leading the Way.
    Across the country, churches are becoming targets. When people disrupt worship and nothing happens, when there are no meaningful changes or follow-through, it tells the next group of agitators they can do it again. Ohio can change that by treating intimidation inside a sanctuary like what it is: unacceptable.   “It takes an act of Congress” is an old…
    Rich Rogers
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    The MAHA Vote Could Decide the Midterms. What Can Trump Do to Secure It?
    When President Donald Trump signed an executive order prioritizing production of the pesticide glyphosate, conservative influencer Alex Clark received hundreds of messages from Make America Healthy Again advocates saying they would no longer vote Republican.  “I have received hundreds of DMs saying I’m either not voting in the midterms or I’m considering not voting because…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Why the Department of Transportation Is Asking Americans to Travel in 2026
    “Celebrate your country by seeing your country.”  With that message to Americans, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy kicked off a new national campaign Friday at Union Station in Washington, D.C.—one designed to remind Americans that the freedom to move has always been at the heart of the American story. As the nation celebrate its 250th birthday this year, the U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled “Freedom…
    Katherine Matt
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    What If You Could Walk Through the World of the Bible?
    What if history wasn’t something you only read about—but something you could walk through?  What if the stories of Scripture rose from the page and surrounded you—etched into stone streets, carved into ancient ruins, whispered through the landscapes where God moved in history?  An exciting new venture, Sojourn, has officially launched as part of Good Comma Classroom, expanding its mission beyond…
    Katherine Matt
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    What’s Next for DHS?
    Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security Secretary, to be replaced by Senator Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. Noem’s tenure as the leader of the expansive Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been characterized by numerous problems, ranging from personality clashes and communication breakdowns to policy disputes and operational failures. Arguably, Noem’s greatest success over the past year has…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    Congress Juggling Funding for DHS, Epic Fury
    Congress could be facing a two-front challenge, as it contemplates whether to provide additional funding for the military operation in Iran as well as for the Department of Homeland Security. Since mid-February, the agency has been shut down due to Democrats’ rejecting funding bills over their demands for additional restraints on immigration and border law…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump: ‘I Won’t Sign’ Any Other Bills Until SAVE America Act Is Passed
    MIAMI, March 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to withhold his signature from any other legislation until Congress passes a Republican-backed voting bill, the latest escalation in his push to impose stricter voter requirements ahead of the November midterm elections. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, laid down…
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    Democrats Withold Security Funding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
    With the Department of Homeland Security shut down over Democrat demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement, members of Congress fear the 2026 FIFA World Cup could be insecure. Republicans on Capitol Hill are especially concerned about funding for security and counterterrorism efforts as the U.S. engages Iran militarily through Operation Epic Fury. “Amid ongoing military conflict with the leading state…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    JFK’s Grandson Proves the Networks Still Bend the Knee to Kennedys
    When you hear liberals complaining about how the media today are in urgent danger of “bending the knee” to President Donald Trump, point and laugh and think about the Kennedy family. Journalists bending the knee to the Kennedys has been mandatory since the 1950s. That’s their most obvious form of white privilege. It’s still happening….
    Tim Graham
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    Trump Is Never Accessible Enough to the Press?
    The anti-Trump media elites are relentlessly omnidirectional in attacking their target. One day, they’ll complain the president’s too intolerably present in the limelight. But the next day, he’s scandalously inaccessible. When the Trump administration launched its offensive on Iran, they made noise about it being too quiet. CNN correspondent Alayna Treene tweeted: “No senior Trump…
    Tim Graham
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    Pro-Transgender Democrats Are the Real ‘Science Deniers’
    Has anyone noticed that climate change alarmist Democrats no longer refer to those who don’t buy into their baseless warnings of impending eco-apocalypse as “science deniers”? That isn’t only because their six decades of predictions of environmental doom consistently have failed to come to pass. It’s also because they themselves have become the actual science…
    Peter Parisi
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    California’s Inferno of Regulations
    Last year, California wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced: “We are 100% committed to getting this neighborhood rebuilt again!” Gov. Gavin Newsom echoed that, saying his officials were “responding to it at scale, with efficiency … addressing building codes, permitting issues, and moving forward to rebuilding.” Great! It sounded like bureaucrats…
    John Stossel
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