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    Scott Calls for Standing Filibuster on Voter ID Bill
    Sen. Rick Scott has called for a standing filibuster to force a vote on legislation requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.  “We’ve got to secure our election. This cannot be another election where we’re worried about whether there’s gonna be fraud in the election,” Scott said Saturday during an interview on Fox News. On…
    Fred Lucas
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    Senate Dems Could Freeze ICE Funding, Trigger Shutdown
    Amid debate over Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, it appears Congress is frozen in a standoff that could lead to another government shutdown. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed on Saturday to “vote no” on an upcoming funding package if a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security…
    George Caldwell
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    Be Not Afraid: School Choice Is a Winning Issue
    There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the claim that any school choice proposal will spell doom for public schools. With each new legislative proposal, the Chicken Littles arrive like clockwork, squawking that the sky is falling. Case in point: Mississippi, where the state Legislature is considering the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a…
    Jason Bedrick
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    Judge Weighs Whether to Block ICE Surge in Minnesota
    U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez pressed attorneys for Minnesota and the Justice Department on Monday about the state’s claims that the federal government violated the 10th Amendment by surging Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to Minneapolis. Lindsey Middlecamp, a special counsel at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, reportedly described ICE’s deployment as an “unlawful occupation”…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    All Eyes on Trump, Congress as Americans March for Life
    On Friday, tens of thousands of Americans once again gathered for the 53rd annual March for Life in the District of Columbia. This year’s theme, “Life is a Gift,” points to the heart of why people young and old, from all walks of life and across the political spectrum, brave the cold every year. Until…
    Melanie Israel
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    ‘NO HUMAN RIGHT TO ABORTION’: What HHS Deputy Secretary Told the March for Life
    The following are remarks as prepared by Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill to the Students for Life’s National Pro-Life Summit on Jan. 24. Men are men. Women are women. Children are innocent and worth protecting. All people deserve to be healthy, happy, and prosperous. It takes organized efforts to deny…
    Jim O’Neill
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    Letitia James Fires Lesbian Who Warns That ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Kids Is Consumer Fraud
    Some Democrats realize they have a problem with transgender orthodoxy, but not New York Attorney General Letitia James—she’s doubling down. Last week, she fired Glenna Goldis, the assistant attorney general at the Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau, apparently for the crime of expressing concern about the mutilation of children. Goldis announced her departure in a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Another Schumer Shutdown? Top Dem Vows Senate Dems Won’t Support DHS Funding Bill
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hours after Border Patrol fatally shot an armed man Saturday in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he and other Democrats will not back a legislative package including a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), potentially risking a partial government shutdown. The Senate has until Jan. 30 to pass…
    Anthony Iafrate
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    The Justice Department Tried to Charge 8 Church Invaders. Here’s What Went Wrong.
    Federal judges in Minnesota have rejected the Justice Department’s charges against some of the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a church during service earlier this month, and others have released multiple defendants, even as the Justice Department has appealed some of these decisions. After the Justice Department filed charges against eight agitators for depriving churchgoers of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘Rugged Individualism’ Leads to Community
    The most fertile soil for collectivism is isolation. During his inaugural address, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Many people have skewered the second part of that statement—and rightfully so. For those who’ve endured it, the warmth of collectivism feels like…
    Victor Joecks
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    Florida Takes the Lead on School Choice. Here’s Why Other States Should Follow.
    National School Choice Week highlights the education options available to students across the United States. In Florida, we celebrate the historic action to implement the largest school choice program in the nation’s history. Nearly half of all students in Florida are learning in a school choice setting, whether in private schools, charter schools, or home…
    Anastasios Kamoutsas
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    Thank You, Michael Reagan
    Recently, Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away at age 80. His passing was duly eulogized by the Reagan Foundation and the Young America’s Foundation at the Reagan Ranch. Both noted that Michael, whom I had the privilege to know, devoted his life to writing and speaking about the American principles…
    Star Parker
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    Donna Brazile Calls ICE Agents ‘Hooded Thugs’—Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey Responds
    An exchange on ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday laid bare the sharp political divide over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics. Following a second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis in just over two weeks, ABC News host Jonathan Karl asked panelists to offer their reactions amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Democrats Celebrate Their Earmarks
    In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended on New Year’s Eve, the federal government spent $1,827,134,000,000—and, according to the Treasury Department, ran a deficit of $602,376,000,000. The federal debt closed the calendar year at $38,514,009,184,232.72. That equaled approximately $285,733 for each of the 134,790,000 households there were in the United States in…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    The Man Who Showed That Faith and Reason Align
    Many people believe that faith and reason are incompatible. Faith is for those who blindly trust what their religion tells them or what they feel is true. Reason is what we have proof for; it’s for the logical ones, and faith is for the childish and weak. This is an over-characterization, but there is truth…
    Thomas Griffin
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    EXCLUSIVE: At Least Half the States Will Adopt School Choice, McMahon Predicts
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary of Education Linda McMahon expects half of U.S. states to opt in to education freedom initiatives. “I think we’ll get at least to 25 and hopefully more,” she told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. McMahon said she is going to make a big announcement designating Jan. 25–31 as National…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Yearning for Truth: Why Young Americans March for Life
    Tens of thousands rallied in Washington, D.C. at the 53rd annual March for Life on Friday. This year’s theme: Life is a Gift. While some suggest that unborn life is a cause for parents and grandparents, thousands of young Americans joined the March for Life in a public display that defied the caricature of the pro-life movement. Some shared…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • opinion

    Civil Asset Forfeiture: How the Police Can Steal From You
    Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong? They don’t have to charge you with a crime. They don’t have to take you to court. They can just say they suspect you of a crime. Then they can grab your money, your car, and sometimes, even…
    John Stossel
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    ‘War Was Visited Upon These People’: Play About Oct. 7 Comes to DC
    After his first interview of a survivor of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, playwright Phelim McAleer says he knew he had to write a play telling the true story of that day. Following performances in New York City, the play “OCTOBER 7” will be performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28….
    Virginia Allen
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    What’s Behind Don Lemon Accusing a Minnesota Church of White Supremacy?
    Is your faith downstream from the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy? That’s what former CNN anchor Don Lemon and podcast host Jennifer Welch said of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Agitators who claim that one of the church’s pastors also works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement stormed the church last week, separating the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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