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New Study Debunks Claim About OB-GYNs Fleeing Pro-Life States
A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health and other major universities has put a damper on the claim that obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) are systematically fleeing pro-life states or ones with more liberal abortion laws. To the contrary, the cohort study measured data collected from Jan. 1, 2018,… -
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Democrats Rally to Blindly Defend Judge Accused of Aiding Fugitive Illegal Immigrant
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Numerous prominent Democrats are blindly rallying to the defense of a Wisconsin judge arrested Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant avoid arrest. FBI personnel arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee on Friday morning after she allegedly helped an illegal immigrant accused of violent… -
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What’s Behind the ‘Trump 2028’ Hat? Karoline Leavitt Responds to Speculation
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt drew laughter Friday with her response to a question about the new Trump 2028 hat, which the Trump Organization is selling for $50. “It’s just a hat,” Leavitt told Axios co-founder Mike Allen during an event at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. “It’s not something he’s thinking… -
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ORWELLIAN: Conservative Group Targeted by Michigan AG’s ‘Hate Crimes Unit’ Gets Day in Court After 4-Year Delay
A Judeo-Christian law firm will finally get its day in court after Michigan's Democrat attorney general targeted it when launching a “Hate Crimes Unit” in 2019. Attorney General Dana Nessel and then-Michigan Department of Civil Rights Executive Director Agustin Arbulu announced the Hate Crimes Unit in 2019, which would “fight against hate crimes and the… -
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Contender to Replace Durbin as Senate Democrat Whip Is Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBTQ
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, a hard-core liberal, is seen by insiders as a leading contender to succeed the retiring Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois as the Senate Democratic whip in the next Congress. Schatz has served in the Senate since December 2012 and currently serves in a party leadership role as the chief deputy whip…. -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Unveils Digital Social Security Card Access
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration is introducing digital access to Social Security numbers, refuting the left-wing media narrative that the president is cutting entitlement programs. The Social Security Administration’s new digital Social Security number feature will allow account holders to have secure digital access to their Social Security number, The Daily Signal has… -
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Here’s How the Left Reacts When a House Dem Says Only Citizens Should Vote
Democrats heckled and booed a Democrat congresswoman from Washington state for backing a proposal to prevent noncitizens from voting in U.S. elections. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a second term U.S. House member, was unable to say much when she held a town hall event in Vancouver, Washington, Thursday night, both CNN and CBS affiliate KOIN… -
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Free Enterprise and National Security Under Attack From Louisiana Governor and For-Profit Trial Lawyers
On April 4, a Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, jury delivered a remarkable verdict: Chevron was ordered to pay $744 million in damages for purported coastal degradation associated with oil production dating back to World War II. While environmentalists and local government bureaucrats are celebrating what they perceive as an economic boon, others of us see a… -
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FBI Arrests Wisconsin Judge for ‘Obstructing’ ICE Arrest
The FBI has arrested a Wisconsin county circuit judge for “obstructing an immigration arrest.” “Just now, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of obstruction—after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X on Friday morning. “We believe Judge… -
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USDA Makes It Tougher for Illegals to Get Food Stamps
The Trump administration is cracking down on illegal immigrants using food stamps by instructing state agencies to increase verification. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services John Walk issued guidance on Thursday to state agencies administering the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to enhance identity and immigration… -
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Inside the Fight to Confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director
If you ever plan on climbing Mount Everest, you’ll need what they call a sherpa. Named after the small Nepalese ethnic group that populates the Himalayas, sherpas are mountain guides to help climbers navigate the brutal and unpredictable conditions of Everest. It’s no surprise, then, that Washington has adopted the term “sherpa” for counselors to… -
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CASHING IN: Democrats Fundraise off Probe of ActBlue
After President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Department of Justice investigation into ActBlue, a major Democrat fundraising platform, for alleged fraud schemes, Democrats are doubling down in support of the platform and using the investigation as a fundraising tool. “We’ve never seen anything like this. And right now, I need your help,” reads a digital… -
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What Is Democrat Legality?
Since 2021, the Left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One serial target of Democrats and the Left has been the Supreme Court. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke to an angry throng of pro-abortion protesters assembled at the very doors of the… -
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Families Fight Back as South Carolina Court Strikes Down School Choice
South Carolina’s school choice program faced a crushing setback when the state’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional after hundreds of students had already started classes at new schools. However, a grassroots response has emerged to help families affected by the ruling and to renew legislative efforts to restore educational freedom in the state. On May… -
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Virginia’s ‘DOGE’ Saves Taxpayers Millions
Editor’s note: For additional context for the story below, what would become Virginia’s Office of Regulatory Management began as a pilot program under Gov. Ralph Northam that covered two agencies. Under Gov. Glenn Youngkin, the pilot program was turned into an official agency and expanded to cover all agencies of the executive branch of Virginia… -
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How Not to Fight a Trade War
This week, the stock market yo-yoed wildly, taking investors on a roller coaster of stunning lows and sudden highs. Rarely has investment been so gut-churning. And the reason for the turbulence is obvious: the Trump administration’s continuing mixed signals over its trade war. When that trade war was first announced on April 2 (“Liberation Day”)… -
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Hogg Not Backing Down in DNC Family Feud Over Primarying Incumbents
Just a few months into the job, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg is already on the rocks with party leaders, who are sharply critical of his efforts to unseat longtime incumbent Democrats. Hogg, who was elected one of five vice chairs on Feb. 1, first came to prominence in 2018 for his gun… -
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2 More Illegal Aliens Arrested in Another Maryland Killing
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week it had arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien, Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, 24, and charged him in the killing of his girlfriend in Maryland. According to authorities, Barrera-Rosa killed Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, and then buried her body near Cedarville State Forest, where it was… -
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The Method Behind the Madness of Trump’s So-Called Tariff Wars
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. Where are we in the trade wars, the tariff wars? The stock market recently has recovered somewhat. We’re about where it was in August. I didn’t… -
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They Call Him ‘Radio Show Host,’ but They Soon May Be Calling Him ‘Lieutenant Governor’
The press, as it is wont to do, is trying to trivialize one candidate’s life in public service that goes back to Ronald Reagan and all the way to Gov. George Allen here in Virginia by repeatedly calling the new presumptive GOP lieutenant gubernatorial nominee “Radio Show Host” John Reid. It’s what “Better Call Saul”…