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    Pope Rejects an Invitation From Trump
    The Vatican has turned down President Donald Trump’s invitation to Pope Leo XIV to join the Board of Peace. On the eve of Ash Wednesday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said the pope “will not participate in the Board of Peace due to its particular nature, which is clearly not that of…
    Virginia Allen
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    How Trump Just Saved Americans Over $1 Trillion
    President Donald Trump—determined to tackle America’s high cost of living left to him by Joe Biden—last Thursday stood up to the Washington Swamp and took an action that will save Americans more than a trillion dollars in the coming years. After almost a year of review, he and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the…
    Jenny Beth Martin
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    EXCLUSIVE: Drug Czar and Social Media Platforms Join Forces to Combat Illicit Drugs
    The White House is hosting a roundtable Wednesday with representatives of social media companies working to end the sale of illicit drugs on platforms like Meta, X, YouTube, and TikTok.   Sara Carter, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, will lead the discussion on ways to keep children and youth safe from drug traffickers who may target…
    Virginia Allen
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    FTC Probes American Academy of Pediatrics, WPATH Over Gender-Transition Procedures for Minors
    The Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection arm has launched official probes into the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health over their continued support for gender transition procedures for minors. “The @AmerAcadPeds and @WPATH have driven the biggest medical scandal of our time, pushing irreversible interventions on children without the evidence to…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Vance Rejects Fox Poll, Says America Still Recovering From Biden
    Vice President JD Vance took issue with a Fox News poll showing a majority of voters preferring Democrats to Republicans in the upcoming November 2026 midterms. “As much as we love Fox News, we always think Fox News has the worst polling, me and the president agree on that,” Vance told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Illegal Alien Flees ICE, Kills Teacher in Crash
    A Georgia teacher is dead after an illegal alien ran a red light while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and crashed his car into her vehicle.  The fatal crash occured in Savannah, Georgia. The Chatham County Police Department has charged Oscar Vasquez Lopez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, with first-degree homicide by vehicle, reckless…
    Virginia Allen
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    SOTU Boycott Urged by Gen Z Activist Group
    Young People Address the Nation, a campaign that “hosts actions in response to moments that lack perspectives from young people,” has called on members of Congress to boycott President Donald Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address. In a call to action obtained by The Daily Signal on Monday, Young People Address the Nation, which…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    AOC Exposes the Left’s Attack on Western Culture
    This weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed her contempt for the rich heritage of Western culture, and why the Right is correct to oppose her Marxist politics. Speaking at the Technical University of Berlin on Sunday, AOC responded to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, and she chided him for attempting…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Endangerment Finding Rescission Major Win for Science and the Rule of Law
    The Trump administration’s decision to rescind the endangerment finding regarding carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles is a huge win for all Americans—and the environment. To recap, the Supreme Court in 2007 ruled that so-called greenhouse gases were pollutants and could be regulated under the Clean Air Act—if they contribute to dangerous air pollution. Then President…
    Jack Spencer
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    EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Says States Should Charge Tuition to Illegal Alien Children
    Children should not receive a free education at America’s public schools unless they are lawfully present in the United States, a new report from The Heritage Foundation contends. States and local governments have been “overwhelmed with costs that flow from illegal immigration, including public education,” Lora Ries, director of Heritage’s Border Security and Immigration Center…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Children Need Both a Mother and Father, According to Research
    While Valentine’s Day is now in the rearview mirror, there is never a bad time for Americans to be reminded that strong families thrive when men and women commit to one another in holy matrimony before bringing children into the world. It is no secret to conservatives that children raised by their married mother and…
    Delano Squires | Ellie Carson | Jesse Castrinos
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    These Republicans Will Revolt Against Trump, Massie Says
    Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie says that, come spring, Republican congressmen will increasingly buck the party line and defy President Donald Trump’s wishes. “The margin is razor-thin, so on any given day, I would just need one or two of my own co-conspirators to get something done,” Massie told Politico when asked about Trump’s ability to…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Stand Up to Trump Admin on Key Abortion Issue
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of 60 lawmakers filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit to limit the abortion pill after the Trump administration requested a pause to the case, The Daily Signal can first report. On Friday, 58 Republican representatives and senators, led by Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rep. Chris Smith of New…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    US Troops Begin to Arrive in Nigeria
    About 100 U.S. troops have landed in Nigeria to aid the African nation in its fight against radical Islamic terrorism.  The troops will focus on training and advising the local army, according to a statement from the Nigerian military on Monday.   Another 100 U.S. troops are expected to arrive in Nigeria soon as the two countries work to combat the threat Islamist groups pose to the nation’s Christian communities.   More…
    Virginia Allen
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    TRANS FAMILY DISPUTE: Rhode Island Ice Rink Shooter’s Troubled Legal History
    The man who opened fire at a Rhode Island ice rink during a high school hockey game Monday night, killing two family members and injuring three others before turning the gun on himself, identified as transgender and had multiple family disputes regarding his gender identity. Robert Dorgan, 56, also went by the name Roberta, Pawtucket…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84
    Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for the Democrat presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our father was a servant leader—not only to our family, but…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Plummeting Public Trust, Mass Layoffs: Is Legacy Media Becoming Irrelevant?
    The American people’s confidence in mass media appears to be continuing its spiral downward, according to the results of a new Pew Research Center survey. The poll found that 57% of the public has little or no confidence “in journalists to act in the best interests of the public.” Some conservatives are pointing to dwindling…
    Dan Hart
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    Lefty Radicals Concoct Strategy to Let Anti-ICE Agitators Get Off Scot-Free
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Minnesota activist group encouraging protests against immigration enforcement will host a training to teach attendees to let guilty criminals walk. Defend the 612 will instruct viewers of the Feb. 23 virtual “Jury Nullification Training” on how to use false jury verdicts to fight “unjust laws and political persecution,” according to…
    Hudson Crozier
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    The Faith of Our Presidents
    President’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on more than just the role of the leader of our nation. Yes, this person should be an individual of strong character, strength, courage and fidelity to what is best for Americans. However, America also has a long-standing history of that office being carried out by a person…
    Thomas Griffin
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    180 Feet Up: The Daring Story Behind the Capitol’s Most Famous Painting
    It is an unlikely union. America’s Cincinnatus—George Washington—and America’s Michelangelo—the Italian painter Constantino Brumidi—never met. Washington was born in 1732, a third-generation Virginian. Brumidi was born in Rome in 1805 and emigrated to the United States in 1849, becoming a naturalized citizen soon after. Yet both left indelible marks on the American republic. Washington shaped…
    Lee Habeeb | Lee Rizzuto
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