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    In Bipartisan Votes, House Panel Advances Clintons’ Contempt Citations

    In bipartisan votes, the House committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein advanced contempt of Congress citations against former first couple Bill and Hillary Clinton for their failure to testify in the inquiry.  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday on the citations after the former president and former secretary of state refused…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump: Outline for Deal Reached Over Greenland

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he had a “framework” of a deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization over the future of Greenland. “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Anti-ICE Agitator Stands by Church Invasion, While Her Allies Remain Silent

    The activist groups organizing opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis have not condemned the anti-ICE agitators who disrupted a church service in St. Paul on Sunday. Between 30 and 40 anti-ICE agitators interrupted a service at Cities Church, a non-denominational Christian church in St. Paul, and shouted, “Justice for Renee Good!” as they…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    An Inside Look at Congress’ New Anti-Sharia Law Caucus

    Less than a month after it was launched, 24 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have already joined the Sharia Free America Caucus. Republican Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy of Texas created the caucus to “fight back against the radical ideology” and “save Western Civilization from the threat of Sharia.” “Sharia law and…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Introduces Amendment to Stop Democrats From Blocking Education Department Closure

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., has introduced an amendment to stop Democrats from blocking the closure of the Education Department. In the bill to fund the departments of Health, Labor, and Education, Democrats had inserted a provision to block funds previously appropriated to the Department of Education “for any activity relating to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’: Kavanaugh Raises Red Flag in Trump Fed Firing Case

    Conservative-leaning justices had tough questions for whether President Donald Trump can fire a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, in a Supreme Court case that could have a major impact on monetary policy and the economy.  Trump had attempted to oust Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook based on alleged misstatements she made…
    Fred Lucas
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    California Lawmaker Files Emergency Injunction With SCOTUS Over Redistricting Map

    Republican California Assemblyman David Tangipa told The Daily Signal he has filed an emergency injunction with the United States Supreme Court to challenge the Golden State’s new congressional map. Tangipa’s motion comes after The Daily Signal reported that Tangipa had the desire to bring the case before the Supreme Court after a federal district court…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: Education Secretary Gives Update on Long-Awaited Settlement With Harvard

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told The Daily Signal a settlement with Harvard University is close, after a protracted battle over the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. “Harvard’s made some concessions,” McMahon said in an exclusive interview. “They’ve come to the table on some things, and we’re still—you know—it’s the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Rebukes Canada’s Mark Carney at Davos

    President Donald Trump rebuked Canada before a meeting of global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Canada gets a lot of freebies from us,” Trump said during his speech Wednesday, adding, “They should be grateful also, but they’re not.” Trump told the room packed with politicians and business leaders that he had…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Has Strong Words for NATO Over Greenland

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday ruled out using force to acquire Greenland, saying that Denmark should instead hand over the island to the United States. “We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable, but I won’t do that,” he said in a speech…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    When a Generation Abandons Liberty

    When New York City elected Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as its next mayor, the left-leaning headlines framed it as a “historic milestone.” But the only milestone I saw was this: more than 1 million voters choosing a path that has collapsed societies across continents—the empty promise of socialism disguised as progress—and, even more puzzling, a path embraced…
    Sophia Aros
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    Trump’s Debt Diet Is Working

    If there’s anything Republicans and Democrats can agree on, it’s how to spend money. Both parties created the federal budget deficit and contributed to the looming $38 trillion national debt, but President Donald Trump’s administration is actively working to close it. Since the budget is essentially financed by taxpayers, closing the gap means reduced borrowing…
    Nicole Huyer
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    Trump Banning Wall Street Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis

    President Donald Trump flexed his populist muscles earlier in January when he promised to ban Wall Street from buying up single-family homes. “For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream,” Trump posted to Truth Social. “It was the reward for working hard, and doing the right thing,…
    Murray Sabrin
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    Why Red States Are More Affordable Than Blue States

    Affordability has become the latest mantra for Democrats as they gear up for midterm elections. Yet, blue states lead the nation in driving up the cost of basic essentials like electricity and water, new studies say. A recent report by the Institute for Energy Research, titled “Blue States, High Rates,” found that while average electricity…
    Kevin Stocklin
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    Soros-Funded DA Staffer Praises Anti-ICE Agitators Invading Church

    A key staffer for Minneapolis’ left-leaning district attorney praised the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement agitators who invaded a church service Sunday, and suggested he was present at the incident. Jamael Lundy, the intergovernmental affairs coordinator for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, posted on Facebook that he “met up with a group of protesters and got…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How Biden and Fauci Suppressed the COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory

    On Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and former Centers for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield shed light on how health officials and President Joe Biden’s administration sought to suppress the COVID-19 lab leak theory. Miller-Meeks told the audience that the Biden administration worked backward from its preferred conclusion rather than grapple…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Why Trump’s Strikes in Nigeria Are So Important

    In the midst of the back and forth of Nicolás Maduro’s capture, the seizure of “Ghost Fleet” oil tankers, and the banter over a possible annexation of Greenland, it’s easy to miss the significance of the Christmas U.S. missile strikes in Nigeria, which hit ISIS and other jihadist groups. This would be a real tragedy, as this was…
    Steven Bucci
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    Daily Signal Reporter Discusses White House’s AI Divide With Steve Bannon

    “AI is one of the most consequential issues, right now, in the White House,” The Daily Signal’s White House Correspondent Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell said in an interview with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. “We have four coalitions here competing for the president’s attention,” starting with the tech accelerationist coalition, Mitchell explained to Bannon…
    Al Perrotta
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    A Conservative Analysis of American Interest in Greenland

    Greenland has been a national security concern of the United States since the 19th century. President Donald Trump is the most recent in a long line of American presidents expressing an interest in either acquiring Greenland or expanding the U.S. military footprint in Greenland in cooperation with Denmark. Given Greenland’s strategic location, Trump’s interest is…
    Robert Peters
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    ‘GREAT STUPIDITY’: Trump Blasts UK’s Chagos Islands Deal as Proof US Needs Greenland

    President Donald Trump excoriated the British government in a Truth Social post on Monday for agreeing to relinquish sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a strategic military location, to Mauritius. The Chagos Islands contain the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, a military base leased by the U.K. to the U.S. and used jointly by both countries….
    Jarrett Stepman
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