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    ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Dies at Age 68
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams died on Jan. 13 at age 68 after publicly revealing his severe prostate cancer diagnosis on his “Coffee with Scott Adams” daily livestreamed show on May 19. Adams had suggested on the Jan. 1 episode of his show that the first month of the new year could be his last. His death followed…
    Jason Cohen
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    Thousands of Somalis Face Deportation After Trump Administration Removes Protections
    The Trump administration is ending the temporary protected status designation for Somalia, a move that will affect several thousand Somalis currently living in the U.S.  “Temporary means temporary,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.   “Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement…
    Virginia Allen
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    City Agency Promotes ‘Art of Civil Disobedience’ Class Hosted by Socialists, Anti-Trump Activists
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Pittsburgh government agency is promoting an upcoming class by local leftist groups on “civil disobedience” from its social media accounts. The city’s Commission on Human Relations reposted a joint announcement on Saturday advertising the event by the Pittsburgh chapters of Democratic Socialists of America and the 50501 Movement on Instagram and X. The three-hour…
    Hudson Crozier
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    Protecting Girls Remains a Political Winner 
    Keeping men out of women’s sports is smart policy and smart politics. Just look at what happened recently in Nevada.  Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo recently rolled out the Protect Girls’ Sports initiative. As the name implies, he wants to amend the Nevada Constitution to keep biological boys and men from participating in girls and women’s sports. While…
    Victor Joecks
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    Who’s Funding the Aggressive Anti-ICE Tactics Used by Activists Like Renee Nicole Good?
    Renee Nicole Good, the activist shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis last week after the vehicle she was operating made contact with the agent, appears to have been following aggressive tactics promoted by the leftist-funded organizing group Defend the 612. Good, 37, had joined ICE Watch, a loose network of activists…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Judiciary Committee Debates Bill Against Lawsuit ‘Investors’
    The House Judiciary Committee is debating a bill that supporters say sheds light on dark money in the judicial system, but detractors say intimidates ordinary Americans who donate to nonprofits. The Litigation Transparency Act, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., will undergo markups this week. If the bill became law, parties in civil cases would…
    George Caldwell
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    Just One Part of MAHA Movement Doesn’t Resonate With Voters
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republican House candidates in purple districts who support changing the childhood vaccine schedule could pay the price in midterms, according to new data from President Donald Trump’s go-to pollster, Fabrizio Ward. “In the districts that will decide the control of the House of Representatives next year, Republican and Democratic candidates who…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Minnesota Sues Trump’s Department of Homeland Security  
    Minnesota is suing the Department of Homeland Security over immigration operations in the state, following the fatal shooting of a woman last week by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.   The lawsuit, which names Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, alleged that the Trump administration’s recent surge of immigration agents to Minnesota is “unprecedented” and “reflects an alarming escalation of…
    Virginia Allen
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    What California Audits Show as Trump Moves in on Fraud Probe
    Recent California audits show several state departments are struggling with internal controls in distributing taxpayer-funded grants, as federal authorities are probing potential fraud.  A 544-page report, released late last month, shows that independent auditors flagged 10 different federally funded programs in the state that failed to follow rules for how federal grant money is spent,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Heritage Report Warns: Family Decline Threatens America’s Next 250
    The Heritage Foundation released a new report last week outlining a plan to save the American family. The report, titled “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years,” encapsulates how policy and culture can solve what the organization expects will be a bipartisan issue: saving the deteriorating American family. On…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Sitting Senator Sues Pete Hegseth  
    Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain, is suing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after the Trump administration announced plans to punish Kelly over his call for servicemembers to disobey illegal orders.   “I filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of Defense because there are few things as important as standing up for the rights of the very Americans…
    Virginia Allen
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    Ilhan Omar’s Dangerous Neo-Confederate Rhetoric
    Much like the Confederate South attempted to nullify federal law ahead of the Civil War, Democrats have pulled out the stops to vilify the enforcement of federal immigration law. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Somalia, is the most recent figure to echo this dangerous rhetoric. On Sunday, Omar demonized Immigration and Customs Enforcement as an “occupying force”…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    House Seeks Answers to Half Trillion in Federal Fraud Payments
    While a massive welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota has garnered national attention, lawmakers are poised to examine new ways to prevent longstanding fraudulent use of tax dollars before it happens. House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, is leading a Tuesday hearing titled “Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and…
    Fred Lucas
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    Mamdani’s New Property-Seizing Tenant Czarina Blames Whitey for Everything
    Cea Weaver makes Zohran Mamdani look like Jeb Bush. New York City’s neo-Marxist mayor tapped Weaver, 37, as his Tenant Czarina. The alumna of Housing Justice for All became ensnared in scandal as she took over the Office to Protect Tenants. Weaver’s social media posts and videos have surfaced to haunt her. Collectively, they are an e-book of “The Communist Manifesto” and a digital cry…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Here’s Why Steve Bannon’s Focused on Texas
    Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is targeting Texas politics ahead of primary elections that could reshape politics in both Austin and Washington. Bannon, who hosts the “War Room” podcast on the network Real America’s Voice, announced Friday at a conference in Grapevine, Texas, that he would be covering politics in the Lone…
    George Caldwell
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    Noem Sends More Fed Agents to Minneapolis Following Anti-ICE Protests
    Hundreds more federal law enforcement officers are arriving in Minneapolis following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting in the city last week.   The new officers began arriving Sunday and will continue to arrive in Minneapolis Monday, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.   The new arrivals will “allow our ICE and our Border Patrol individuals that are working in Minneapolis…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Jerome Powell Thinks Trump DOJ Is Investigating Him
    President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his $2.5 billion renovations to the Fed building. But Powell believes the threat is not about his testimony on the renovations to the Senate Banking Committee last June, but about “whether the Fed will be able to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Dave McCormick Pens Inaugural Letter to Pennsylvania Voters
    PITTSBURGH—In his inaugural letter to residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., said that after his first year in office, he believed it was important to hold himself accountable to the people he represents in the U.S. Senate for both his accomplishments and his shortcomings. In an interview with the Washington Examiner,…
    Salena Zito
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    Hollywood vs Individualism
    Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In “The Pursuit of Happyness,” a struggling father tells his son, “Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t do something.” The movie is a true story about a man who overcomes homelessness and…
    John Stossel
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    America Needs More Masculinity 
    Society has spent decades telling boys that masculinity is toxic, and now there’s a shortage of skilled tradesmen. The connection should be obvious.   Through his on-again, off-again tariff dance, President Donald Trump has made one thing clear: He wants more things built in America. He’s bragged about already securing more investment dollar commitments than former…
    Victor Joecks
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