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    White House: Spain Has Agreed to Cooperate With US Military
    WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters)—Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “I think they heard the president’s message yesterday loud and clear. It is…
    Steve Holland | Humeyra Pamuk
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    Texas Primaries Rock Both Parties
    Texans voted in dozens of critical primaries on Tuesday, leading to bitter defeat for some national political figures and strong results for multiple state-level politicians seeking higher office. Here’s how one night transformed the Texas political scene. Cornyn Survives GOP Senate Primary Tuesday’s Senate primary results solidified the Republican Senate primary around two candidates: multi-decade…
    George Caldwell
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    Minnesota Fraud Scandal Continues to Grow With Autism Center CEO’s Guilty Plea
    The Minneapolis CEO of a center to serve patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder reportedly confessed that he did not know a single person with autism while pleading guilty to federal fraud charges Monday. The Justice Department charged Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, 27, with wire fraud in December for his role as president and CEO of Star…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Names of Fallen US Soldiers Released
    The Pentagon has released names of service members killed so far during Operation Epic Fury. “It’s with profound sadness and gratitude that I share the names of four of our six fallen heroes, all from the 103rd Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Reserve out of Des Moines, Iowa,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine…
    Virginia Allen
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    Walz Defends Continued Welfare Payments During Fraud Probe
    House Republicans on Wednesday grilled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison about the state’s $9 billion fraud scandal and allegations that whistleblowers faced retaliation. The hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee comes a day after the panel released a report alleging that Walz and Ellison were aware of welfare…
    Fred Lucas
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    US Military Power Does Not Match Threat Level, Report Finds
    The newly released 2026 Index of U.S. Military Strength finds that threats to U.S. vital interests are “high,” but America’s military power to counter the threats is only “marginal.” The threat facing America today is greater than that which the Soviet Union posed in the 1980s, according to Robert Greenway, director of the Allison Center…
    Virginia Allen
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    House Report: Walz, Ellison Knew About Minnesota Fraud ‘for Years’
    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was aware of the widespread welfare fraud in his state “for years” and “repeatedly failed to act,” alleges a congressional report released on Wednesday.  Walz and the state’s Attorney General Keith Ellison are set to testify Wednesday about the $9 billion scandal before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrat Who Compared ICE to the Stasi Faces Ethics Complaint Over Program to Report Feds
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill faces an ethics complaint after she asked Garden State residents to report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the state government. “In a seemingly unprecedented move, Governor Sherrill is using official state resources to coordinate the potential obstruction of federal immigration enforcement activities,” Curtis Schube, director…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Has a Sobering Message for America Today
    It is no small thing to grasp the true significance of current events, let alone their spiritual meaning. Sure, any man can tell you that the southern states seceded because Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, and that they did so because Lincoln aimed to keep slavery out of the federal territories. Few at…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Epstein Probe Widens as Top Trump Official Agrees to Face House Panel
    Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will testify to the House panel investigating the high-profile links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “Secretary Lutnick has proactively agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,” Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a public statement on Tuesday.  The committee did not provide a…
    Fred Lucas
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    GOP Senator Slams Noem for ‘Failure of Leadership’
    Sen. Thom Tillis accused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of “failure of leadership” and called for her resignation during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday. “We’re an exceptional nation, and one of the reasons we’re exceptional is we expect exceptional leadership, and you’ve demonstrated anything but that,” the Republican senator from North Carolina told Noem….
    Virginia Allen
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    SILENCING PARENTS? Christian School Facing DEI Accusations Imposes Policy Seeking to Police Text Messages
    Amid accusations that it supports “diversity, equity, and inclusion” behind the scenes, a Nashville Christian private school is requiring parents to sign a code of conduct that forbids certain text messages and conversations and reportedly threatened legal action against a news outlet. According to two Lipscomb Academy parents who spoke to The Daily Signal on…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: Tim Tebow to Expose Child Trafficking Crisis in Capitol Hill Testimony
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tim Tebow, NCAA football legend, broadcaster, and philanthropist, will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. Tebow’s testimony will shed light on the horrors of child trafficking taking place in the United States. The football star has been called to the Hill because the Tim…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Biden Judge Blocks ICE Detention Policy for Congress
    A Biden-appointed judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from restricting visits by members of Congress to detention centers.  U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb for the District of Columbia temporarily suspended the agency’s requirement that members of Congress give seven days’ notice before visiting an immigrant detention facility. This is the second block she placed on the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Next Steps for the US-Guyana Strategic Partnership
    For over 100 years tensions have flared between Venezuela and Guyana concerning the Essequibo region. But with the capture of Nicolas Maduro, a rare opportunity for peace and stability has presented itself. Tensions date back to the 19th century with Venezuela’s rejection of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which settled the Guyanese-Venezuelan border as recognized by…
    Wilson Beaver | Eduardo Gonzalez
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    US Embassies in Middle East Targeted by Drones, Mobs
    Two Iranian drones struck the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, resulting in a limited fire and minor damage to the building, according to Reuters. No injuries were reported. The strike on the embassy comes as Iran retaliates against Israel and U.S. military and diplomatic facilities in the Middle East after a joint attack by…
    Virginia Allen
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    Democrats Accused of ‘Abetting Terrorists’ by GOP as DHS Shutdown Continues
    Republican lawmakers are demanding Democrats end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of a mass shooting perpetrated by a suspected terrorist in Austin, Texas. In the early hours of Sunday morning, 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, who investigators believe could be an Islamic terrorist, killed two people and injured 14 others in…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    US Urges Citizens to Immediately Depart Over a Dozen Middle Eastern Countries
    REUTERS—The Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, amid U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran. Mora Namdar, the State Department’s assistant secretary for consular affairs, said U.S. citizens should leave using available commercial transportation “due to…
    Jasper Ward
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    Video Shows Clinton Recounting Epstein Meetings, Comments on Trump
    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released full video of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimonies about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  The depositions for each before the bipartisan panel lasted 4.5 hours. Hillary Clinton was deposed last Thursday. Bill Clinton was deposed on Friday, the first time a…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Alternative Pediatrician Org Urges Doctors to Reject Transgenderism
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The American College of Pediatricians is launching an initiative to encourage doctors to reject transgender procedures for minors. The American College of Pediatricians, the socially conservative alternative to the American Academy of Pediatrics, launched the “Doctor, Heal Thyself” initiative, which aims to advance biologically grounded pediatric care in response to major…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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