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    Expert: US Also Protected by Its Investment in Israel 

    The relationship between Israel and the U.S. is not one of charity, according to national security expert Victoria Coates.  Over the years, the “material assistance” the U.S. has provided Israel has shifted from largely being economic to “become security assistance,” Coates, vice president of the Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Bars Men from Women’s Sports, Women’s Groups Urge Congress to Codify Protections

    Two conservative women’s groups urged the Senate to enact into law protections for women’s sports as President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring men from women’s sports Wednesday. “The war on women’s sports is over. Should have been done long ago,” Trump told a room packed with female athletes, government officials, and supporters.  The…
    Moira Gleason
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    ‘Reflecting Biological Reality’: Education Department Publishes New College Student Aid Form

    The Department of Education released an updated version of its Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly referred to as FAFSA, to better align with President Donald Trump’s executive order on biological sex after The Daily Signal drew attention to the issue last month. “President Trump has put an end to the previous administration’s charade…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Supreme Court Justices

    After an escalation in political violence over the past several years, including protesters at the homes of Supreme Court justices, several United States senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to increase the penalties for those that threaten federal judges, including Supreme Court justices.  The bill, sponsored by Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Mike Lee,…
    Jacob Adams
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    How USAID Damages US Relations With Foreign Countries

    The federal government hasn’t just been wasteful. It’s been funding and organizing toxic projects around the world that have damaged the reputation of the United States. That’s what a professor at a university in the country of Georgia said in a letter provided to The Daily Signal on Wednesday that highlights issues at the heart of recent…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Border Patrol Says It’s Ready for Increased Threats

    The Border Patrol is prepared to face down any increase of violence or threats along the southern border, according to a Border Patrol official who spoke on background with The Daily Signal.   If needed, Border Patrol will surge additional resources to the border to ensure the safety of its agents, the official explained.  …
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Has Become 21st-Century George Patton

    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. I’d like to talk about this frenzied activity of Donald Trump’s and the reaction that the Democrats are exhibiting. Remember Donald Trump, almost by fiat, has…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Independent in Name Only: Maine Senator Consistently Votes Liberal Democratic Party Line

    Sen. Angus King of Maine bills himself as an “independent,” but his voting record is such that if it could, the Federal Trade Commission might want to charge him with false advertising. That’s because, when Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says “Jump,” King—like the Democrats he caucuses with, despite being a nominal…
    Peter Parisi
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    ¡No Mas!: Time to Halt Funding of Smithsonian’s Latino Museum

    On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump decisively dismantled the Biden administration’s wasteful and immoral “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives. An easy and obvious next step in this bold effort to “dewokefy” federal institutions and cut waste would be to put a halt to the recently established Smithsonian Museum of the American…
    Alfonso Aguilar
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    ‘The War on Women’s Sports is Over’: Trump Bans Males in Female Athletics

    President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Wednesday protecting women’s and girls sports from biological male athletes who identify as transgender. “The war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said. “We will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat our women and our girls,” he continued. “From now on, women’s sports will…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Bill Demands Accountability for Universities’ Investments in Foreign Adversaries

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Burgess Owens introduced a bill on Wednesday to hold private universities accountable for investments they make in entities located in hostile foreign countries. “It is unacceptable for American universities to funnel millions to foreign adversaries without transparency or accountability,” the Republican congressman from Utah told The Daily Signal. The Reporting…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Speaker Johnson Backs Trump’s Gaza Plan

    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., expressed support for President Donald Trump’s ambitious foreign policy goals at a news conference Wednesday, praising the president’s talk of redeveloping Gaza and downsizing the U.S. Agency for International Development. Johnson’s backing came the day after Trump stunned the world with his remarks at a joint press conference…
    George Caldwell
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    Netanyahu and Trump Discuss Fate of Middle East

    President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday for the first time since Trump’s return to the White House to discuss national security issues in the Middle East, including Israel’s war with Hamas. At two separate press conferences Tuesday, Trump struck a friendly tone with his Israeli counterpart. “We have the…
    Jacob Adams
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    Vance Addresses Religious Liberty Leaders in Washington

    At a time when nongovernmental organizations are under intense scrutiny for what they are doing with federal funding, religious leaders, nonprofit executives, and religious liberty advocates gathered Wednesday to hear Vice President JD Vance articulate the Trump administration’s position on religious freedom. “Now, our administration believes we must stand for religious freedom, not just as…
    Jacob Adams
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    Future of Charter Schools Jeopardized by Their Own Political Shortsightedness

    A decade ago, charter schools were heralded as the crowning achievement of bipartisan education reform efforts. But during last week’s National School Choice Week observations, charters were barely an afterthought, their political energy having been largely reappropriated to newer, more robust systems of school choice. The future of the charter school movement is likely to be…
    Ian Kingsbury
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    Ted Cruz Rips Into USAID Partnership With George Soros

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development after The Daily Signal highlighted its longstanding partnership with the leftist funding network established by Hungarian American billionaire George Soros. “It is no surprise that the woke leftists running USAID had the same priorities as George Soros and his global…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    TOO GENEROUS? Poll Finds Most Americans Back Trump’s Bureaucrat Buyout Plan, But There’s a Catch

    While government unions have been up in arms about President Donald Trump’s off-ramp for federal bureaucrats who may not want to serve in his administration or return to the office in person, a new poll shows that Americans generally support his move. When asked whether they favor the Trump administration’s order that all federal employees…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Biden Admin Filled Terrorist Coffers With Over $1.3 Billion Before Trump Took Wrecking Ball to Foreign Aid

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—More than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds from the Biden administration ended up helping groups that sponsored or committed terrorism. Federal watchdog reports and other documents show former President Joe Biden’s aid programs funneled the money toward a network of terrorism in the Muslim world—largely by reversing Trump-era policies. National security experts told…
    Hudson Crozier
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    MAGA Agenda on the Line as Cabinet Picks Move to the Senate Floor 

    Some of President Donald Trump’s most contentious Cabinet picks are facing crucial votes this week after a string of hearings that saw senators on both sides of the aisle grill nominees on key issues, including abortion, vaccines, and immigration. With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination passing out of committee by a 14-13 margin Tuesday morning…
    Moira Gleason
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    When the FAA and DEI Don’t Mix

    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. I’d like to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion. [President] Donald Trump caused a firestorm in the aftermath of this horrific and tragic crash at…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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