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China Has Secret Police in the US. This Congresswoman Is Trying to Stop It.
In December 2024, Chen Jinping, a 60-year-old Manhattan resident, pleaded guilty to opening and operating a secret Chinese police station for China’s Ministry of Public Security in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. Chen was arrested with “Harry” Lu Jianwang in April 2023, following an FBI investigation into the outpost. Though these arrests were the first of their… -
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Illegal Means Illegal: Every Illegal Migrant Is a Criminal
The current unrest in Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities should serve as a wake-up call to the American public. When law enforcement finally starts doing its job under the leadership of President Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan, chaos erupts. But not because of law enforcement. It’s because illegal aliens, who have… -
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Defensive Uses of Guns Last Month Show Mexican Government’s Folly
Last week, in a unanimous opinion in a case called Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against seven major U.S. gun manufacturers, seeking to hold them civilly liable for billions of dollars in damages stemming from gun violence committed in Mexico with… -
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Classic Learning Test Challenges SAT and ACT Dominance
The Classic Learning Test, an alternative to standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, has scored recent legislative victories in Texas and Oklahoma, with another win expected in Louisiana. These changes allow students to use their CLT score when applying for college. Jeremy Tate, a former schoolteacher who created the CLT in 2015, spoke with… -
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MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, a Liberal Democrat in Denial
Nicolle Wallace is one of the original “MSNBC Republicans,” a former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain who quickly swapped sides to become one of the more popular Democratic Party-line tap dancers on her show “Deadline White House.” Her reflexive leftist take on the Los Angeles riots was a “uniquely alarming moment”—not the… -
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The Vexing Problem of Depopulation and Childlessness
Although pro-family academics and religious leaders have long expressed concern about widespread depopulation and childlessness within Western culture, this crisis is finally being noted by U.S. government officials. Over the past decade, the number of those who never married and had no children exceeded the share of Americans who are married with children. Nearly one-third of young voters did… -
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Protester Attacks Heritage Foundation Security With Pepper Spray, Is Arrested
Capitol Police arrested a man outside The Heritage Foundation after he allegedly sprayed two security personnel with pepper spray. The incident occurred Wednesday morning outside the conservative policy organization, located on a busy thoroughfare just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. “Heritage believes in the First Amendment and respects American citizens’ right to disagree and to… -
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New Jersey GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Eyes Judicial Openings and Targets Sanctuary Laws
HOLMDEL, New Jersey—Just a few minutes after telling an enthused crowed of supporters that he is committed to the goal of a “safer, more prosperous, and affordable New Jersey,” Jack Ciattarelli told The Daily Signal that he very mindful of the openings on the state supreme court. “We have two new appointments,” the Republican gubernatorial nominee… -
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Ukraine War Heads in a Dangerous New Direction
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Let’s look at an update of the Ukraine war. Remember, it’s now gone on for over… -
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House Gets Opportunity to Defund USAID, PBS, and NPR
House Republicans on Thursday will face perhaps the greatest test yet of whether they mean business about decreasing the size of the federal government. The House Republican Conference will vote on a legislative package to cut funding from foreign aid, as well as from the publicly funded National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service. According… -
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Newsom’s Threat That California Might Withhold Federal Taxes Called ‘Reckless,’ ‘a New Low’
Republican members of Congress on Wednesday assailed Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s suggesting that it might be time for his state to cut off taxpayer money going to the federal government. Addressing the matter in a June 6 post on X, Newsom said, “Californians pay the bills for the federal government. We pay over $80… -
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Virginia’s Nursing Shortage Persists, but Targeted Strategies Have Brought Growth
In 2021, then-gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin said he wanted to vastly revitalize Virginia’s nursing community to address a desperate shortage of nurses in the commonwealth. So, now that it’s 2025, is Virginia for Nursing Lovers? According to analysis from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing on the number of registered nurses in each… -
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How Indo-Pacific Allies Can Be ‘Model Allies’: Secretary Hegseth at Shangri-La
During his address at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 31, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted Poland, the Baltic States, Israel, and the Gulf States as “model allies” of the United States. The lack of any Indo-Pacific allies on the secretary’s list was notable, although not necessarily a slight against them, as… -
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Trump’s Deportation Efforts Backed by Wide Margin, Poll Finds
A new poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Americans approve of the Trump administration’s efforts to detain illegal aliens in Los Angeles as well as the president’s decision to send in the National Guard to control violence. The RMG Research poll, which was conducted on June 9—two days after President Donald Trump called… -
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DOJ Finally Gives Immigration Judges Tools to Prune Their Dockets
This April, the acting director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review issued a memo clarifying the requirement of immigration judges to effectively manage their crushing caseloads by dismissing legally insufficient applications for protection from removal or for asylum. This is the most significant action taken by any administration to give immigration judges the tools… -
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Biden Autopen Signatures by Staffers Could Be ‘Criminal Offense,’ Leavitt Says
Former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign orders and pardons could be a criminal offense, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Daily Signal. President Donald Trump has indicated that aides to Biden who used the autopen to sign major orders and pardons should be investigated for potential crimes. When asked… -
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Gov. Ayotte Delivers for New Hampshire Parents
With a few strokes of her pen on Tuesday, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte delivered on her promise to empower parents by signing a Parental Bill of Rights and expanding eligibility for education choice to all families. “Giving parents the freedom to choose the education setting that best fits their child’s needs will help every… -
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Secretary Kennedy’s Bold Agenda: Radical Transparency and Rational Vaccine Policy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is quickly delivering on his agenda. First, his promise to senators of “radical transparency” is fulfilled in his rapid response to congressional inquiries into federal policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Biden ignored those congressional requests for information over… -
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Musk Expresses ‘Regret’ About Some of His Anti-Trump Posts
Tech titan Elon Musk appears ready to mend fences with President Donald Trump, expressing regret over some of his social media activity attacking the president last week. “I regret some of my posts about President @DonaldTrump last week,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X on Wednesday. “They went too far,” the tech mogul… -
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Democrats Make Political Gamble by Supporting Sanctuary States
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to defend sanctuary state policies against federal immigration-law enforcement, congressional Democrat leaders are backing him and other sanctuary state governors to the hilt. Newsom has few resources at his disposal to push back against President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carry out…