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Conservatives Express Support for Colby for Pentagon Post
Elbridge Colby, nominated to be undersecretary of defense for policy, received robust support from conservative Republicans over the weekend after there was some online discussion of potential Senate holdouts on his confirmation over previously expressed views on Iran. Colby is set to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee at a to-be-determined date for a… -
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Patel, Stefanik, McMahon Among Picks Awaiting Senate OK
Just short of a month into President Donald Trump’s second term, the Senate has already confirmed the vast majority of Trump’s top Cabinet nominees. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., celebrated the feverish pace of the confirmations, writing on X, “The liberal media told you [Tulsi Gabbard’s, Pete Hegseth’s, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s] Cabinet nominations were… -
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New Guidance Seeks to End Use of ‘Race Preferences, Stereotypes’ in School Admissions
THE CENTER SQUARE—Though there has been talk of President Donald Trump abolishing the U.S. Department of Education through an executive order, for now, he’s chosen to act through existing means to refashion the department. On Tuesday, the department notified schools that they have 14 days to end all admissions, scholarship, discipline, and employment practices that… -
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Key Judicial Body Does Sheldon Whitehouse’s Dirty Work With Proposed Changes to Amicus Disclosure Rules
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has declared war on the judicial branch. Among his many complaints, he has insinuated without proof that judicial opinions he disagrees with are influenced by amicus—“friend of court”—briefs entangled in webs of dark money. To combat this supposed problem, he has pushed for onerous disclosure requirements that would essentially reveal everyone… -
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Defensive Gun Uses Show Faulty Premise of California Gun Laws
As wildfires raged last month in California, tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, often with just minutes of warning. To make matters worse, looters took advantage of the chaos and lack of police resources, showing up in droves to ransack evacuated areas—sometimes as helpless residents looked on in horror as… -
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Trump Puts Anti-Fraud Expert in Charge of Social Security After Acting Chief Quits in DOGE Clash
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump appointed a fraud detection expert to lead the Social Security Administration after its acting commissioner reportedly resigned following a dispute over access to sensitive documents, according to The Washington Post. Leland Dudek, who manages SSA’s anti-fraud office, will serve as acting commissioner while the Senate vets Frank Bisignano, Trump’s… -
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Blacklisted Book on Transgender Movement Restored by Amazon
The online commerce behemoth Amazon has announced that it will be relisting “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement,” a bestselling and influential book critical of the transgender movement that had been delisted at the behest of LGBTQ+ activists. The move comes as President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders… -
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After DEI, What’s Next?
Ding dong, DEI is dead! But what will replace it? Democrats will try to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to diversity, equity, and inclusion. But the Left cannot reverse the fatal wounds that President Donald Trump dealt this system of state-sponsored racism, as Fox News anchor Will Cain correctly describes it. Fetishistic, twisted, and cruel programs such as… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Governors Arranged Meeting With Biden White House to Thwart Trump Agenda, Emails Show
White House officials under outgoing President Joe Biden may have colluded with staffers representing a coalition of Democrat governors planning to thwart President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, according to a watchdog group and internal emails obtained from the coalition, known as Governors Safeguarding Democracy. The precise date of the meeting is not clear, but it appears… -
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright Implores Europeans to ‘Return to Sobriety’ on Climate, Energy
On the heels of Vice President JD Vance challenging Europe’s regulatory, energy, and security environments in Paris and Munich, President Donald Trump’s newly minted energy secretary, Chris Wright, piled on in a virtual address at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London. Wright particularly called out Net Zero 2050 in his conversation with… -
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‘There’s a Lot of Reasons’: First-Time Trump Voter Explains Why 2024 Was Her Breaking Point
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Connecticut mother explained on Thursday why she voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 after casting ballots for independent candidates in 2016 and 2020. In an appearance on journalist Mark Halperin’s “2WAY Tonight” Axios’ Trump White House reporter Marc Caputo asked a woman identified as Alex when she decided she had to vote… -
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‘Just the Beginning’: Californians Fight Back Against Leftist Gender Ideology
Californians are fighting back against radical transgender ideology in their schools and athletic associations. With the announcement of new legislation in the state Assembly on Friday to protect girls and women’s sports as well as parental rights, advocates say they want California to set a precedent for other liberal blue states. The three bills would allow… -
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‘President Trump Saved My Life’: Pardoned Pro-Lifers Reflect on Incarceration, Newfound Freedom
Pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act and released from prison after President Donald Trump pardoned them on Jan. 24 tell The Daily Signal they are grateful to God and to Trump for returning them to their families. Trump pardoned 23 pro-lifers who were convicted for actions including praying outside abortion clinics and encouraging women in… -
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Researchers Clash Over COVID Vaccine Safety
Medical researchers are engaged in a vigorous debate over the potential dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine after a journal urged for immediate global market withdrawal of all COVID vaccines. A Jan. 28 study published in Science, Public Health Policy and the Law says there were 19,028 reports of American COVID vaccine-related deaths as of Sept…. -
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The Power Dynamics Between Commanders-in-Chief and Titans of Industry
One of America’s most successful businessmen is closely collaborating with the country’s commander-in-chief—with huge consequences for our government and economy. Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are the latest dynamic duo to showcase the role between private-sector CEO and America’s elected president. But they’re hardly alone in history. Presidential historian and former senior White House… -
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Hidden Camera Video Shows Texas DEI Director Discussing Transgender Sports ‘Workarounds’
A Texas school district’s DEI director resigned after being recorded on hidden camera discussing ways to circumvent state law regarding transgender student athletes. In the recording from Accuracy in Media, Hutto Independent School District Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Keyawna Glaze told an undercover journalist there were “workarounds” to Texas law requiring student… -
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USAID’s Troubling Ties to the Woke Nonprofits That Called the Shots in the Biden Administration
The U.S. Agency for International Development wasn’t just spending your hard-earned tax dollars on transgender operas overseas—USAID also has troubling connections with the leftist pressure groups that infiltrated and advised the Biden administration. My book, “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government,” exposes the woke activist groups that fed staff into the… -
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Numerous Reports Show Immigration Crisis Sapping US Economy
Over the past several years, the illegal immigration crisis the U.S. has been grappling with has significantly impacted the nation’s economy, both in terms of government spending and the national workforce. According to watchdog organization Open the Books, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of Refugee Resettlement spent nearly $23 billion… -
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Trump Is Right: Rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Must Go
Almost immediately after the Senate named Russ Vought Office of Management and Budget director, President Donald Trump also named him the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a rogue agency with a long history of overreach and corruption. The agency has seen rampant internal racism and anti-woman… -
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Attorneys General Face Uphill Battle to Justify Lawsuits Against Trump Executive Orders
Attorneys general in left-leaning states have been crowding into courtrooms to sue the Trump administration. This spectacle, the growing tangle of hastily issued injunctions preventing the enforcement of presidential executive orders, might lead some to think that they are observing the reverse side of a familiar pattern—one in which the party that lost a national…