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Are Some Racist Slurs OK?
One reason why the public turned on diversity, equity, and inclusion was its insistence that roughly 70% of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color. In contrast, the other “diverse” 30% were de facto considered the victimized. In such absurd binaries, the Left returned to the old “one drop” rule… -
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Trump Administration Ends Harvard’s Ability to Host Foreign Students
Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday in response to the Department of Homeland Security revoking the school’s certification to host international students. The Trump administration had stripped Harvard of its ability to enroll foreign students earlier Friday, accusing the school of failing to heed the law. “This administration is holding… -
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Newly Adopted WHO Pandemic Pact Is a Step Toward ‘Global Surveillance Superstate,’ Expert Warns
After three years of negotiations, delegates to the World Health Organization’s annual meeting have adopted a global pandemic agreement that threatens national sovereignty, requires the transfer of vaccines during global pandemics, asks nations to fight “misinformation,” and authorizes such “social measures” as lockdowns and mask mandates. The 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the final… -
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4 Big Questions About Joe Biden’s Health Cover-Up
Joe Biden was both senile and cancer-ridden during the last years of his presidency. That much is absolutely clear. According to “Original Sin,” the new book from Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, Biden was exhibiting signs of senility for years; his staff worked to cover it up, and a compliant media did its least to… -
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‘Heartbreaking’: Young People Honor Couple Slain Outside Jewish Museum
Adrian Huizenga stood on Thursday afternoon outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where less than 24 hours earlier, a couple—Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim—were fatally shot. “It’s just so sad, just heartbreaking that … you see this rhetoric and this antisemitic violence going on that is very clearly targeting Jewish people,” Huizenga, 26,… -
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Wilder Boycotts Desegregation Commemoration Over Youngkin’s DEI Policies
Until this past weekend, there was only one place you had a chance to see all of Virginia’s living governors come together in the same place, and that was at the inauguration of the next one. But on May 17, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education… -
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Hegseth Vows to Involve ‘Best’ US Companies in Missile-Defense ‘Golden Dome’ Construction
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed America’s commitment to making all the materials for the “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield domestically. “We’re going to defend America with great American companies,” Hegseth told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “We’re committed patriotically to the defense of the homeland.” The U.S. plans to build a “Golden Dome” to guard against… -
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WATCH: The Rallying Cry Crippling the Democrats
A leftist terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., leaves two dead. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hits the House of Representatives. More on the assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., and the Biden cover-up scandal. The House of Representatives passes President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill by the narrowest of margins. Army Lt. Col…. -
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Mike Collins Within Striking Distance of Sen. Jon Ossoff in Senate Matchup, Poll Finds
New polling shows Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins within “striking distance” of incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff in a hypothetical matchup for one of the Senate seats representing the Peach State. The Cygnal poll, conducted from May 15 to May 17 among 800 likely voters, found Ossoff leading Collins 45.7% to 43.3%—well within the survey’s… -
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Kash Patel Shuts Down the Deep State’s Nerve Center
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. Recently, Kash Patel, who’s been under fire by the Left in a variety of ways, the… -
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5 Inmates Are on the Loose and George Soros Is to Blame, Says Jeff Landry
Five inmates who escaped a New Orleans jail Friday remained at large Thursday, and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has repeatedly suggested that Hungarian American billionaire George Soros is at least partly to blame. Ten inmates escaped, five have been captured, and five remain at large, Louisiana State Police confirmed to The Daily Signal Thursday afternoon…. -
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Trump Was Right to Shame South African President
In one of the most incredible scenes in American diplomatic history, President Donald Trump halted his meeting with the South African president Wednesday to show him a video montage of threats made to white citizens of his country. “Boer” refers to an Afrikaner, a descendant of mostly Dutch immigrants in South Africa. This meeting took place a week after… -
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This is Congress’ Chance to Codify Trump’s FEMA Reforms
The latest tornadoes devastating towns in Missouri and Kentucky should motivate Congress to immediately codify President Donald Trump’s actions overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency and putting states in charge of their own emergency planning. The longer Congress waits to act, the longer Americans suffer. States have increasingly relied on the federal government for financial… -
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Belgium’s Defense Deficit: Why 2% Can’t Wait Until 2029
With June’s NATO summit likely to call for substantial increases in member defense spending, increased scrutiny awaits those NATO members that still haven’t reached even the 2% spending minimum—a minimum that’s been required for well over a decade. One of the more notorious NATO free riders is Belgium, which has skated by while spending only… -
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Inside the Fight to Pass the Laken Riley Act
In February 2024, Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., received a devastating phone call from a sheriff in his home district while attending a Trump rally in South Carolina. The sheriff informed Collins that Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student enrolled at Augusta University’s College of Nursing, had been murdered while jogging on the University of Georgia… -
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House-Passed Budget Bill Defunds Planned Parenthood
House Republicans delivered on their promise to defund Big Abortion on Thursday by passing the budget reconciliation bill that has consumed Washington’s attention for the past three months. In the bill, the House GOP removed Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country. The effort had been supported by dozens of… -
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Biden Mental Decline Probe: House Oversight Demands 5 Former White House Staffers Reveal What They Knew
The House Oversight Committee is seeking answers from top Biden administration officials—including the 46th president’s doctor—about Joe Biden's apparent mental decline while in office and his staff's use of an “autopen” to put his signature on official documents. The investigation on Capitol Hill deepens days after leaked audio of the then-president’s interview with special counsel… -
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MAHA Scores Big Wins Below Radar
The past couple of weeks have seen a lot of drama within the Make America Healthy Again movement. Much of the commotion surrounds President Donald Trump’s new surgeon general nominee, Dr. Casey Means along with her brother, Calley Means, a special adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A few members… -
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WHO VOTED AGAINST? Supreme Court Splits 4-4 on Catholic Charter School
In a tied decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday allowed an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision to stand, disqualifying a Catholic charter school from receiving state funding. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the ruling, resulting in the 4-4 decision. The court did not issue an opinion, only stating, “The judgment is affirmed by an… -
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Skeptic of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Tells All on Last Minute Negotiations
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry voted for the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, but he’s not very happy about it. The bill passed by 215-214 margin, with one “present” vote. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal, he discussed what happened behind closed doors in last-minute negotiations between congressional leadership, White House staff and holdouts…