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Failing to Learn From Clinton and Obama Precedents, Democrats Lurch Ever Further Left
The Democratic Party is in free fall. Once a party of pragmatic leadership, strong borders, fiscal responsibility, and law and order, it has devolved into a chaotic, leaderless mess. While President Donald Trump and Republicans rally around an “America First” vision prioritizing economic growth, national security, and government efficiency, Democrats seem more focused on tearing… -
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‘The Pendulum Has Shifted’: San Francisco Pride Loses Several Corporate Sponsors
It’s one thing for irritated Americans to pressure companies into abandoning progressive LGBT agendas; it’s another for long-time Pride sponsors in San Francisco to bail on their own. This year, several of San Francisco Pride’s major donors—Comcast, Anheuser-Busch, La Crema, Diageo, and Smirnoff—have pulled back from the 2025 Pride Parade and Civic Center Celebrations, leaving organizers scrambling… -
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Historian Barry Strauss Honored as 2025 Bradley Prize Winner
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced Thursday that classicist, military, and naval historian and bestselling author Barry Strauss as the second 2025 Bradley Prize winner. Strauss, the Corliss Page Dean Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, will receive the award at the Bradley Prizes ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C. The award carries… -
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Why Trump Aims to Put His Secretary of Education Out of Work
President Donald Trump said Thursday he hopes his executive order to begin eliminating the Department of Education will put Secretary of Education Linda McMahon out of a job. “It’s tremendous to have you, and hopefully, you won’t be there too long,” Trump said of McMahon, “but we’re going to find something else.” Trump signed the… -
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Inspector General Report Backs DOGE, Reveals Unused IRS Space Wastes Millions
The Department of Government Efficiency’s cutting of Internal Revenue Service office space is consistent with the federal government’s earlier findings about excessive expenses within the tax collecting agency. The Trump administration will reportedly close more than 110 IRS offices across the country. In June, during the Biden-Harris administration, the Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Illinois Sued Over Law That Could Force Pro-Life Groups to Hire Abortion Advocates
A new Illinois law prevents pro-life organizations from hiring based on their pro-life views, meaning they could be forced instead to hire abortion advocates whose views violate their core religious beliefs. Now, a pro-life pregnancy resource center that wants to hire a nurse to counsel women facing unplanned pregnancies and a Catholic diocese are… -
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What More Can Musk Do?
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. Elon Musk is in the news, again. It should be triumphant news accounts of what he’s… -
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Musk Is Helping America Blast Off Into Space While Leftists Are Blasting Tesla Dealerships
The summer of joy is long over. After the Democrat Party’s attritional winter of defeats, we are seeing the Left spring into action in the worst possible way. In just the last few weeks there’s been an explosion of vandalism carried out on Tesla cars. Axios reported on Thursday that the Justice Department and FBI are investigating widespread attacks… -
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‘The Department of Education Has Not Improved Student Achievement’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon that aims to eliminate as much of the Department of Education as he can. The move comes after a decades-long expansion in unilateral federal influence over education without accompanying improvement in student educational outcomes. “The Department of Education has not improved student achievement. It hasn't made… -
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Trump Can Win Again With US Steel Deal
President Donald Trump just keeps making better and better deals. There is another opportunity for a win in finding a sweet spot for a deal between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel. Trump is putting together another great deal, which will also benefit Americans at home and improve our international standing. The details of that deal… -
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Cheers, Jeers on Capitol Hill for Trump’s Move to Dismantle the Department of Education
President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education has sent a seismic shock wave throughout Washington, with Republicans celebrating and Democrats mourning. The order, which directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the department, fulfills one of Trump’s promises, as he pledged on the campaign trail to undo the colossal department, which… -
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Trump ‘Determined to Restore Law and Order’ Amid Tesla Attacks
President Donald Trump is “determined to restore law and order in our country” as protesters continue to violently target Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations across America, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. In an interview with Fox News Thursday, Leavitt said, “It is getting dangerous, and the White House wholeheartedly condemns it,… -
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A New Kind of ‘Hate Map’ May Be Directing the Domestic Terrorism Against Tesla
The Left cannot tolerate dissent, but it absolutely hates a heretic. Elon Musk has transformed from climate hero to anti-bureaucratic villain, and the Left's shock troops are wielding Molotov cocktails at the most accessible symbol of his influence: the Tesla. Of course, in doing so, these vandals don't harm Elon Musk, the hated godfather of… -
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Trump to Sign Order Handing Power Back to States, Families in Education
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview today that President Donald Trump “is not failing America’s children” but rather “saving America’s children” by abolishing the Department of Education. Trump plans to sign, at a White House ceremony scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, an executive order that will dismantle the Education… -
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‘We Are Not Bashful,’ Trump Aide Says of Promoting MAGA Agenda
“Have we used sticks so far? … I hadn’t noticed,” White House deputy chief of staff James Blair said with a wry grin, explaining the Trump administration’s carrot-and-stick approach to pursuing its goals. In an interview with Politico, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for legislative, political, and public affairs discussed getting the president’s… -
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Trump Eyes Sweeping Changes to FEMA, Disaster Relief Efforts
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration this week began signaling plans to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other U.S. government agencies’ responses to natural disasters. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a little-noticed executive order aimed at “achieving efficiency through state and local preparedness,” ordering national security adviser Mike Waltz and the heads of relevant… -
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DAR Chapters Continue Fight to Keep Men Out
During the American Revolutionary War, soldiers penned heartfelt letters to their wives or tactical missives to troop commanders. Today, some members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)—an organization founded in 1890 to honor those patriots—are writing letters of their own. Only now, they’re written to President Donald Trump in a desperate plea for… -
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EXCLUSIVE: House Subcommittee to Examine Biden Admin’s ‘Failure’ at Southern Border
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—More than 10 million people entered the country illegally during the four years of the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection. Now, members of Congress want to know how and why President Joe Biden allowed that to happen. Beginning Tuesday, a House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee will hold the… -
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‘Spitting Mad’: Far-Left Teachers Union Bosses Panic About Trump Executive Order
Teachers unions are “spitting mad” about President Donald Trump cutting the Department of Education’s workforce and the possibility of an executive order further dismantling the 45-year-old agency. Trump will sign an executive order aimed at dismantling the agency Thursday, the White House confirmed to The Daily Signal. The order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to… -
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Ron DeSantis Joins Former Rival Trump to Celebrate Demise of Education Department
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will join President Donald Trump in the White House as he signs an executive order Thursday afternoon making good on his campaign promise to close the Department of Education. The order intends to move power over education back to families and the states instead of Washington bureaucracies. The order directs Secretary…