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    ‘PUT ON ICE’: Jeffries Cheers Noem Ousting, Vows to Fight for Removal of Bondi and Miller
    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed to keep fighting President Donald Trump’s administration as he celebrated the ousting of “unqualified corrupt political hack” former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday. “Kristi Noem presided over the cold-blooded killings of American citizens like Nicole Good and Alex Pretti,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said. “She’s gotta be…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Says Kristi Noem Is Out as DHS Secretary
    President Donald Trump has announced Kristi Noem’s replacement as head of the Department of Homeland Security amid bipartisan concerns about her management. Trump has tapped Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to become the new secretary of homeland security. “The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Republicans Praise Daines Following Retirement Announcement
    Sen. Steve Daines announced Wednesday night that he will not seek reelection in the upcoming 2026 midterms. The 63-year-old Montana Republican is joining five other GOP colleagues who are retiring from the Senate.   “Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career. I’m grateful to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Conservative Groups Rally Behind Trump’s ‘Maximum’ Health Care Transparency Plan
    Several conservative groups are backing a proposed new health care price transparency rule, updating what President Donald Trump established during his first term.  In the State of the Union address last month, Trump asserted that “maximum price transparency” for health care services is a “big deal.” The Trump administration proposed a rule that would require…
    Fred Lucas
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    Medical Schools Now Require Nutrition Courses Combating Chronic Disease
    The Department of Health and Human Services is working alongside more than 50 of the nation’s top medical schools to incorporate nutrition classes in their medical school curriculum. “Chronic disease is bankrupting our health system, and poor nutrition sits at the center of that crisis,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Today, medical schools are committing to change how America trains…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Failing Schools Place Politics Over Academics
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests grow as student achievement plunges… Just last week, hundreds of students at Lincoln Park Public High School in Chicago staged a mass anti-ICE “walkout,” leaving classes without permission to protest federal immigration enforcement policies. Of course, similar scenes have unfolded across the country in recent months, often either tacitly or…
    Steve Cortes
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    Foreign Adversaries and America’s Classrooms
    As the United States engages in kinetic operations against Iranian targets in the Middle East, there are legitimate worries about terrorist activity here at home. Coupled with the long-term impact of the open border policies of the Biden administration, American citizens have reason to be fearful.  According to a House Judiciary Committee report, from 2021 to 2024, Border Patrol encountered hundreds of…
    Rhyen Staley
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    The Department of Education Can Still Give Taxpayers a Fair Deal
    Taxpayers may finally get a fair deal. A recent court ruling has created another path for the U.S. Department of Education to eliminate a costly student-loan repayment plan known as Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE. Doing so would relieve taxpayers who have increasingly been asked to shoulder the cost of student debt through expansive debt-cancellation schemes.  Despite the policy’s moniker, SAVE did anything but save money for taxpayers.   SAVE, created under the Biden…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    ‘Grateful to God’: Montana Senator Steps Aside After 13 Years in Congress
    Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., made the following statement Wednesday announcing he will not seek reelection in 2026. Daines and President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme. Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career. I’m grateful…
    Steve Daines
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    Democrat Tells GOP to Stop ‘Demonizing’ Illegal Immigrants in Front of Child Victim
    Firebrand Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., claimed a House subcommittee hearing was “demonizing hard-working immigrants” by drawing attention to a tragedy caused by an illegal immigrant with a commercial driver’s license, or CDL for short. On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee’s subcommittee on oversight, investigations, and accountability held a hearing that examined the effects of…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    State Department Hotline Updated to Help Americans Escape Middle East, Leavitt Says
    The State Department has fixed the travel hotline for Americans seeking help in evacuating Middle Eastern countries amid the conflict in Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday. “The line was updated, and I expect every single person in this room to report on that accurately,” Leavitt said, “so that information can be…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    A Radical Plan to Save Detroit and Restore the Rust Belt
    Detroit has become the poster child of American decline and for good reason: No city in what is now known as the Rust Belt experienced such soaring highs and such abysmal lows. In the 1950s, Detroit was the wealthiest city in America. By 2014, just one year after the city declared bankruptcy, Detroit was considered…
    Bradley Devlin
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    The Humiliation of Keir Starmer. Is This the End of the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’?
    “Never be separated from the Americans.” That was the advice Winston Churchill gave to his countrymen in the last meeting with his cabinet in 1955. Unfortunately for the United Kingdom, current Prime Minister Keir Starmer has clearly ignored that advice. He appears to be doing his best to pull the plug and drain whatever is…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the First American Amphibious Raid: The Raid of Nassau
    The arrest of Nicolas Maduro this year is far from the first time the United States has felt compelled by national security reasons to deploy troops to the Caribbean.  One of our earliest actions in the Caribbean, and the first amphibious assault conducted by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, occurred in Nassau, the largest city and now capital of the Bahamas, 250 years ago on March 3 and 4, 1776.  …
    Wilson Beaver | Trevor LaClair
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    EXCLUSIVE: Congress Eyes New ‘Dalilah’s Law’ Proposal to Ban Illegal Immigrants From Trucking
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two Indiana Republicans introduced an effort to force states to reform the commercial driving licensing process and bar commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs for short, from falling into the hands of illegal immigrants. Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., introduced her version of “Dalilah’s Law” in the House on Wednesday. The legislation is…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    California’s Newsom Indicates Israel Is ‘Apartheid State’
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated Israel is an “apartheid state” and said the United States needs to reconsider its relationship with the Middle East nation. During an interview promoting his new book in Los Angeles, Newsom responded to a question by “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau about whether the U.S. should reconsider its military support of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Laid Out America’s Comeback While Democrats Sat Silent
    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 had the State of the Union, as we all know, on Tuesday. I think all…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    What Just Happened in Indiana Could Reshape How Schools Teach—and Test—Students
    With two major victories in a single week, Indiana conservatives are proving that the heartland is setting the pace for 2026. In a sweeping session dominated by conservative priorities, the Republican-controlled Indiana Legislature has passed legislation, strongly backed by Heritage Action, aimed at reshaping education policy, elections, and civic instruction. These bills include a ban…
    Katherine Matt
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    NOTE TO TALARICO: God Is NOT ‘Nonbinary’
    If you’re going to claim that God supports transgender ideology, you might want to think twice before rejecting his preferred pronoun. The latest star of the “Religious Left” has claimed not only that Christianity is compatible with the idea that men can become women and vice versa, but that God himself is “nonbinary.” Back in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘I Can’t Tell You’: The Seemingly Simple Question Tim Walz Struggles With in Capitol Hill Fraud Hearing
    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz previously said a court required the state to continue paying one of the charities at the center of a massive fraud scandal. But the state court denies making such an order. Asked on Capitol Hill Wednesday who is lying, Walz said, “I can’t tell you.” He blamed it on a misinterpretation by…
    Fred Lucas
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