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    THUNE: DHS Shutdown Very Likely
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced that a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is likely when the clock strikes midnight on Friday, due to a lack of agreement with Democrats on funding the agency. “We don’t have a solution yet,” Thune, R-S.D., told reporters outside the Senate floor Thursday afternoon. “The Democrats, at…
    George Caldwell
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    Democrats Stand Firm on ICE Demands as FEMA, TSA, and Coast Guard Funding in a Lurch
    A partial government shutdown appears imminent as Democrats are standing firm and refusing to provide funding to the Department of Homeland Security. There is only one day left to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the lone department awaiting appropriations from Congress through the rest of the fiscal year. The White House has attempted to negotiate, but the proposal doesn’t seem to be enough…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Judge Weighs in on War Department Censure of Sen. Mark Kelly
    A federal judge stopped War Secretary Pete Hegseth—at least temporarily—from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly for his role in a video telling American soldiers to refuse illegal orders. Judge Rich Leon, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, on Thursday ruled in favor of Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain, who had joined five other Democrat members…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘That’s a Lie’: Minnesota AG Accused of Enabling Fraud  
    Sen. Josh Hawley accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of having knowledge of massive welfare fraud in his state, yet enabling the fraud to continue. “I should call you ‘prisoner’ because you ought to be in jail,” Hawley, R-Mo., told Ellison in a heated exchange during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday. Hawley specifically…
    Virginia Allen
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    MAHA Could Hold the Key to Winning Midterms
    Republicans can “win big” in midterm elections if they “unwrap the gift of MAHA” that President Donald Trump has handed them, according to a new memo from Tony Lyons, president of MAHA Action. Four to six percent of former non-Trump voters cited the “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, movement in explaining their decision to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Victor Davis Hanson Gives Update 6 Weeks After Cancer Surgery
    Six weeks after surgery to remove lung cancer, Victor Davis Hanson shared in his most recent podcast about his recovery and the hope he has gained from well-wishers.   “I never expected so many people to be so nice. … I knew they were nice. I didn’t know there were so many of them,” said Hanson,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrats to ‘Disenfranchise Voters’ With Election Integrity Opposition, GOP Says
    Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused Democrats of being “anti-American” and wanting to “disenfranchise” American voters by “allowing noncitizens to vote.” Their remarks come after Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, became the sole House Democrat to vote in favor of legislation that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and voter identification before casting a ballot….
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    House Votes to Revoke Trump’s Tariff Power
    The House of Representatives voted to revoke President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration over the flow of drugs from Canada, his legal method of imposing tariffs on Canadian imports. The Wednesday vote, by a 219-211 margin, is the result of a rare revolt against Trump’s tariff policies. Six Republicans voted to deprive Trump of his…
    George Caldwell
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    A Japanese Lesson for Troubled Britain
    The contrast between America’s great island allies on opposite ends of the world couldn’t be more drastic. Japan has just given its commonsense conservative prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, a two-thirds supermajority in the national legislature’s Lower House; her Liberal Democratic Party took the highest proportion of seats of any party since World War II. It’s…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    House Stages Nail-Biter Vote on Bill to Require ID, Proof of Citizenship at Polls
    The House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act by a 218-213 margin on Wednesday, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections.  Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was the only Democrat to join Republicans in voting for the bill. One Republican and…
    George Caldwell
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    Ohio Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill JD Vance
    As federal authorities continue to investigate concerning incidents against Vice President JD Vance, the latest being an alleged assassination threat, conservatives are speaking out against the increasingly violent rhetoric of the Left. Shannon Mathre, a 33-year-old man from Toledo, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged crime, one which Zack Smith,…
    Rebecca Downs
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    ‘Moderate’ Democrat Twists Christian Compassion to Defend Transgender ‘Treatments’
    As medical associations are reconsidering transgender “medicine” for minors, Democrats—even “moderate” ones like Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear—seem to be missing the memo. Just a few days after a jury awarded $2 million in damages to a detransitioner woman who underwent surgery at 16, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons subsequently recommended against surgeries for…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ANOTHER TRANS SHOOTER: Police Confirm Man Who Killed 6 at School Identified as Woman
    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified the 18-year-old man who shot and killed six people at a school in British Columbia, critically injuring two, and wounding about 25 others. He identified as a woman, authorities have confirmed. Jesse Van Rootselaar first killed his mother, 39, and his 11-year-old stepbrother at their family home in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    US Olympic Athletes Trash-Talking USA? Didn’t Megan Rapinoe Teach Them Nothing?
    When it comes to the Olympics, certain things are no-brainers. Don’t ski jump in high heels. Don’t do mixed doubles curling with an ex-spouse. Don’t do a two-man luge with JB Pritzker on top. I would add, “Don’t trash the nation you’re there to represent.” Apparently, several members of Team USA don’t have brains. It…
    Al Perrotta
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    What Comes Next for Venezuela? State Department Official Explains
    The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 12. It has been five weeks since the U.S. removed former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon | Bradley Devlin
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    Trump Admin Unveils New Initiatives to Bring ‘Real Food’ to Americans
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced new initiatives to encourage Americans to “Eat Real Food.” “I’m happy to announce that today we are at [the Department of Agriculture] releasing new guidance for all regional and state directors of our child nutrition programs,” Rollins said Wednesday. She…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    4 Big Moments From Bondi’s House Judiciary Testimony
    The Jeffrey Epstein files, fraud, and the Biden administration’s lawfare were among the topics that Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed during her testimony Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee.   Here are four big takeaways from the hearing.   1. ‘Should be Apologizing’  Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., suggested investigations of President Donald Trump’s enemies were distracting the…
    Fred Lucas
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    US January Budget Deficit Falls to $95 Billion as Revenue Gains Outpace Spending Growth
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Reuters)—The U.S. government posted a $95 billion budget deficit in January, down $34 billion, or 26%, from a year earlier as revenue gains, including customs duties, outpaced growth in outlays, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday. Adjusting for routine calendar shifts in benefit payments due to holidays, weekends, and other factors in…
    David Lawder
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    US Job Growth Surges in January
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Reuters)—U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in January and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, signs of labor market stability that could give the Federal Reserve room to keep interest rates unchanged for some time while policymakers monitor inflation. But the largest increase in payrolls in 13 months reported by the Labor Department…
    Lucia Mutikani
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    Congress Asks If Sharia Law Is Unconstitutional
    The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing on Tuesday to probe whether Sharia law would lead to constitutional violations. “Tenants of Sharia are incompatible with the United States and our Constitution,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal before the hearing. “Sharia is central to [Islam], and it…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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