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opinion
America’s Immigration Laws Are Just
This story—that sadly has a tragic ending—began 15 years ago when an immigration court looked at the case of a Guatemalan national named Jose Paxtor-Oxlaj. He was arrested in Oklahoma in 2023—13 years after he had been deported. “A check of records confirmed Paxtor’s identity and confirmed he is an alien who was ordered removed… -
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President Trump’s Threefold Opposition
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. At the end of the 100 days of the Trump administration, let’s just review for a… -
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Radical Leftist-Turned-Conservative Activist Horowitz Dies at 86
David Horowitz, the radical leftist-turned-conservative activist and author, died Tuesday at the age of 86. The cause of death was cancer. Horowitz is survived by his fourth wife and three of his four children. His daughter Sarah Rose predeceased him in 2008. His son Ben is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent Silicon Valley… -
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Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against New York AG James
New York Attorney General Letitia James—already facing a federal criminal referral—now faces a potential state probe regarding her reporting of properties she owns in Virginia. America First Legal, a conservative government watchdog, filed a bar complaint against James with the New York Committee on Professional Standards, seeking an investigation into the statements made in a… -
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Judges Who Break Federal Law Can and Should Be Prosecuted
As the old saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. How else can you make sense of or explain how two unrelated state court judges, 1,072 miles (Massachusetts and Wisconsin) and seven years apart, broke federal law by actively assisting an illegal alien evade capture by federal agents who had all of the necessary… -
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‘Unjustified Burdens’: Senate Passes Resolution to Repeal Biden-Era Appliance Rule
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Senate passed a joint resolution to repeal a Department of Energy appliance standard on Wednesday by a margin of 52-46, further advancing the rollback of Biden-era green energy regulations on household appliances. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is the lead sponsor of the joint resolution of disapproval, HJ Res. 42, which aims to nullify a rule issued… -
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Schumer, Jeffries Short on Specifics on Resisting Trump Agenda
In remarks about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, predictably excoriated the president’s agenda, but didn’t provide a clear strategy by which they would resist him. The two New York Democrats accused Republican congressmen of going along with Trump’s agenda… -
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Robby Starbuck Paints a Horrifying Picture of What Americans Will Suffer If AI Lies About Them Like It Did to Him
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck is suing Facebook's parent company, Meta, claiming its artificial intelligence chatbot defamed him by falsely claiming he is a "white nationalist"; that he was arrested on Jan. 6, 2021, during the Capitol Hill protest of Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election; and that he had been sued for defamation. "One of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Legislation Would Codify Trump Order Barring Decertifying Colleges Over DEI
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Republican senator wants to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination in higher education accreditation. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., was set to introduce a bill Wednesday barring accreditors from requiring colleges to adopt race- or sex-based standards for admissions, hiring, leadership, or special commendations…. -
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Supreme Court Considers Whether the First Amendment Allows ‘Religious Charter Schools’
One of the Supreme Court’s last argued cases of the 2024-25 term may turn out to be one of its most significant. On Wednesday, the court heard arguments over whether states may insist that charter schools, which they all define as public schools, be nonsectarian. Nearly every state offers charter schools to provide an alternative… -
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Embracing MAHA, PepsiCo to Move Away From Artificial Dyes in Snack Foods
The Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again agenda is moving forward after PepsiCo Inc., one of the nation’s largest producers of processed snack foods, announced this week it would be phasing out artificial dyes from many of its products by the end of the year. In addition to its eponymously named cola soft drinks, PepsiCo… -
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Illegal Immigrants Are My Constituents, California Democrat Says
Rep. Norma Torres said at a Wednesday press conference that every taxpayer in her district—including illegal immigrants—is her constituent. Torres, D-Calif., held the event to promote her Fairness to Freedom Act, which would require the government to pay for the legal defense of any immigrant facing deportation who cannot afford counsel. “Everyone living in my… -
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The Kennedy Center Scraps a Week of Pride Month Events
For years, the Kennedy Center has promoted LGBTQ-related material, causes, and events. In fact, this summer, it was slated to host a week chock-full of Pride-themed events for the biennial World Pride festival. But in a surprising turn, the center slammed the brakes last week, canceling the entire “Tapestry of Pride” week outright. The Tapestry of Pride… -
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His Granddaughter Survived Oct. 7, But She Was Killed a Month Later
JERUSALEM, Israel—For two minutes, life came to a standstill as sirens shrieked across Israel Wednesday morning. Drivers pulled over, got out of their vehicles, and stood on the interstate, some with their head bowed. This was not a siren to warn of a coming strike, but to honor those who had paid the ultimate sacrifice… -
opinion
4 Big Accomplishments of Trump’s First 100 Days
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been stunningly transformative, even as the Left has begun to mount some counteroffensives in the judiciary and in the media. For a president to be successful, he must apply principles that one might apply to warfare or sports. The early days of a presidency are about… -
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Blurring Trump’s Posters Displaying Illegal Immigrant Mug Shots
At the 100-day mark, it’s an obvious fact that the border is now secure. Illegal immigration is now a trickle. The network “news” folks hate to mention it. But they are eager to cite polls that find President Donald Trump’s immigration approval number is declining. Forget the successes, and drive the notion that he’s losing… -
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Minneapolis’ Rogue Prosecutor Orders Assistants to Discriminate Based on Race
Minneapolis’ disgraced-public-defender-turned-prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, put out a memo innocuously entitled “Negotiations Policy for Cases Involving Adult Defendants.” But the policies she puts forward in it are far from innocuous. In fact, they’re illegal. Beginning on Monday, April 28, she has ordered prosecutors in her office to begin treating people differently based on their race. Of… -
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The Process Due Illegal Immigrants Is Deportation
If you break a system, you can’t be upset when fixing that system requires a solution that’s outside the normal operation of the system. Congressional Democrats continue to demand the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to America. In March, the Trump administration deported him to El Salvador. Congressional Democrats, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.,… -
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EPA Touts 100-Item List of Accomplishments in Trump’s First 100 Days
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released a 100-item “brag list” marking the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. “These are just a fraction of the environmental actions we have taken in the first 100 days. Our team at EPA is honored and motivated to fight for you and deliver results,” reads the… -
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Don’t Make Ukraine Another Vietnam
Fifty years ago on April 30, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese, and the defeat was America’s, too. South Vietnam was our ally, whose forces we trained, armed, and supported with our own troops, ultimately at the cost of more than 58,000 of our service members’ lives. The grim anniversary is a reminder that those…