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NYT Study Finds Widespread GOP Gains, Sounding Alarm for Dems
Republicans are surging, and Democrats are in deep trouble. That’s what a new report from The New York Times concluded after assessing polling data from the past four presidential elections. The new study concluded that the GOP was gaining ground in working-class counties, while Democrats were earning support increasingly in the best-educated enclaves of the…Jacob Adams -
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These Eight Leftist Icons Haven’t Posted About Pride Month Yet
In past years, Pride Month has taken on an almost religious significance for the Left. But a week into June, many of its heroes have yet to post about it on X. Eight superstars of the Left, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Ma. and former President Barack Obama, have not posted about Pride Month on X….Lucy Spence -
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Safeguarding American Airspace From Terrorism
President Donald Trump on Friday moved to ensure American airspace dominance and protect the U.S. from foreign threats from above. “Summing up all three of today’s drones and aviation executive orders, our message is simple: American innovation belongs in American aerospace,” said Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Trump…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Why House Conservatives Prefer Debt Payoff to $5K DOGE Checks
Some House Republicans say they would rather use Department of Government Efficiency savings to pay off the national debt than to hand out the funds to taxpayers. President Donald Trump floated giving $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpaying households in February, saying: “We’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens, and 20% down to…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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As the Feud Persists, Trump Considers Giving Away His Tesla
President Donald Trump’s feud with Elon Musk showed no sign of reconciliation Friday. Recent reports revealed that the president considered giving away his Tesla in response to Elon’s public attacks on Trump’s spending bill and accusing him of being in the Epstein files. Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported that in the face…Lorenzo Prieto -
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POLL: Trump Approval Rating Over 50%
A new poll finds that a majority of Americans approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing. A majority of respondents (51%) said they "strongly approve" (30%) or "somewhat approve" (21%) of the job Trump is doing, according to the Napolitan News Service. Meanwhile, 35% said they “strongly disapprove,” while another 11% said they…Lucy Spence -
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Democrat Leader Jeffries Weighs Closer Relationship with Musk
Just one day after the fallout between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk went nuclear on social media, Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was already trying to leverage it to his advantage. To be sure, Jeffries, D-N.Y., is not mourning Musk’s departure from the Washington scene. Asked by The Daily Signal if he thought…George Caldwell -
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House Committee ‘Keeping a Watchful Eye’ on Labor Department’s Funding of Pro-Union Group Amid ‘Conflict of Interest’ Concerns
The House Committee on Education & the Workforce is monitoring the relationship between an agency within the Labor Department and the pro-union group the Solidarity Center following a recent Daily Signal report on a potential conflict of interest. "This report is deeply concerning and calls into question whether there was a significant conflict of interest,"…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden’s Border Nihilism Will Live Long After He Is Gone
The spiteful open-borders legacy of Joe Biden will plague America for generations to come, long after the former president is a fading bad memory. Somewhere between 10-12 million foreign nationals are believed to have entered the U.S. illegally under his watch, to add to the existing 12-20 million illegal aliens. Almost all were unaudited. They…Victor Davis Hanson -
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CatholicVote Calls Out Apple TV+ Show for ‘Blasphemous’ Scene
Catholic advocacy organization CatholicVote is challenging Apple CEO Tim Cook on what it called a “Eucharistic desecration” scene in an Apple TV+ program after the group gained about 170,000 signatures on a petition from people saying they “won’t stand for blasphemy.” Fox News first reported on the letter Friday. “As the nation’s largest lay Catholic…Fred Lucas -
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Trump Celebrates Excellent Jobs Report
Job growth in the U.S. exceeded economists’ expectations in May, according to the jobs report released by the Department of Labor on Friday. It showed the U.S. added 139,000 nonfarm jobs from April to May, 9,000 more than some economists had predicted. The unemployment rate remained at 4.2%, about the same rate as in March…Jacob Adams -
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Remembering D-Day and FDR’s Prayer
It was a few minutes before 10 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his radio broadcast to an anxious nation. Earlier that day, he had held a press conference for 180 reporters about the D-Day invasion. About its scale and seriousness. Special editions of newspapers across the…Lee Habeeb -
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Iran Turns to China for Ballistic Missile Materials as Nuclear Threat Grows
While negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appear to have made little progress, Iran is further arming itself, a new report indicates. Iran has ordered materials for ballistic missiles from China as it seeks to bolster its military amid ongoing talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program, according to The Wall Street Journal. China…Virginia Allen -
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Virginia Researchers May Have Found Key to Alzheimer’s
With all the “he-said-she-said” over President Joe Biden’s failing mind and the “politburo” (their word, not ours) that was making all the executive branch decisions in his stead, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia have been in the news lately. But what if we were actually able to take a giant leap forward in curing the Alzheimer’s…Joe Thomas -
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Rand Paul Is Right About the Debt
“Let’s talk about the deficit.” That is what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor on Monday, June 2. “For years, Republicans screamed about fiscal responsibility. But now Republicans are backing a bill that could add over $50 trillion to the national debt over 30 years,” Schumer claimed—without citing a source—in…Terence Jeffrey -
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Broadway Forces Patti LuPone to Apologize, But Not for Calling for Kennedy Center to Get Blown Up
Today, a case study on the hypocrisy and self-absorption of the Left in both the entertainment and news industries. Last week, stage legend Patti LuPone called for the Kennedy Center to get “blown up” because of President Donald Trump’s involvement. Not just once, but several times. “She is even angrier at the rest of the…Al Perrotta -
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Countering the Drone Threat
On Jan. 29, 2024, three American service members were killed and over 40 wounded when a drone exploded inside a U.S. base in Jordan. That was the first time in over 70 years that U.S. troops died in a direct enemy air attack—and those deaths didn’t come from jets or missiles. They came from a…Ka’Von Johnson -
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There’s Nothing Conspiratorial About Uncovering Who Ran Country During Biden Presidency
In a welcome move, President Donald Trump signaled he’s going after the truth about what was happening—and who was running the show—during Joe Biden’s presidency. Trump signed an executive order Wednesday mandating an investigation into “whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of…Katrina Trinko -
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Ethicists Critique Illinois’ Bid to Join 10 Other States in Allowing Doctor-Assisted Suicide
The Illinois state House has passed a physician-assisted suicide bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients who are terminally ill. The legislation—which reportedly stalled Thursday afternoon in the state Senate—requires that people have a prognosis of less than six months to live and be of sound mind before allowing…Jacob Adams -
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What Trump and Musk’s Feud Means for You
Former head of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are no longer the best of friends. We walk through the timeline and then answer the question no one else seems to be asking: What does that mean for the American people? Who’s right? Who’s wrong? And what do other Republicans…Tony Kinnett