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Make Government Small Again
“First, we’re gonna cut it off, and then we’re gonna kill it.” With that brief, bold statement describing what was about to happen to the Iraqi army at the beginning of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell conveyed to the American people that the United States had… -
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New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Shows Changes Already in Motion
THE CENTER SQUARE—Pete Hegseth, the newly-confirmed U.S. secretary of defense, says changes to the military are already in motion. Hegseth told reporters outside the Pentagon Monday that President Donald Trump will soon authorize the reinstatement of military members who were discharged for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, with backpay. He also hinted that military… -
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How Trump Can Beat Beijing at Its Own Game
President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 with a pledge to help America “win like never before.” Winning the competition with China will be key to achieving that outcome. Outcompeting China requires a mixture of creative policymaking, hard-nosed geopolitical posturing, and high-stakes engagement that Trump is uniquely qualified to lead. His strong mandate and… -
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Let’s Review Lessons From Trump’s Second First Week
WASHINGTON—What did President Donald Trump learn during his four-year hiatus from the White House? For one thing, he seems to have learned how to listen. But also, to judge by the first week of his second term, Trump 2.0 seems more focused, mission-driven, and prepared to get things done at warp speed. Here’s a short… -
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How Taxpayers Bankroll Luxury Travel for State AGs and Family Members
Taxpayers are funding expensive international travel of state attorneys general and family members—or what some critics call “junkets”—by paying for their membership in the Attorney General Alliance, a group that has come under scrutiny for ties to lobbyists and corporate donors in recent years. States pay annual $18,000 membership dues to the AGA, which covers… -
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California’s Volunteer Fire Unit Vanishes From Web, Social Media After Controversial Dismantling
Fire-ravaged California is grappling with the threat of floods, mudslides, and toxic ash this week as the state’s embattled leaders face more questions about their decision to dismantle an emergency response volunteer firefighting unit—and now attempt to erase its existence. In the latest twist, the website and social media accounts for the firefighting unit, known… -
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EXCLUSIVE: President Trump to Sign Executive Order Launching US Iron Dome
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday to build an American version of the Israeli “Iron Dome” missile defense system. An expert in national security—and in the Iron Dome, in particular—praised Trump’s action as the fulfillment of President Ronald Reagan’s strategic defense plan. According to a news release provided… -
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Trailblazing CEO Tracie Sharp, Who Built 50-State Policy Powerhouse, Stepping Down at SPN
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tracie Sharp, the longtime president and CEO of State Policy Network, announced Monday she will step down from her leadership position after greatly expanding the organization’s reach and influence over the past 25 years. State Policy Network, or SPN, grew from 22 members to more than 62 state-based organizations and 100… -
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The Ludicrous Reason Hollywood Barred ‘Reagan’ From a Best Picture Nomination
No conservative could honestly have expected the 2024 biopic “Reagan” to be a viable contender for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars. Ultraliberal Hollywood could never honor a film that dares to depict our 40th president as a hero. But the fact that it’s officially ineligible for nomination because it doesn’t meet new diversity requirements?… -
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Trump’s Aggressive Response Pressures South American Country to Finally Accept Criminal Illegal Aliens, White House Says
President Donald Trump has already begun deporting illegal aliens who have been convicted of other crimes, and one South American country has refused to allow a U.S. plane carrying criminal illegal aliens to land, in what Trump says is a violation of its legal obligations. Trump announced tariffs, a travel ban, and sanctions against members… -
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Is Donald Trump the Second Coming of Andrew Jackson?
The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he reentered for the first time as the 47th president. It’s a choice Democrats are poorly positioned to criticize, even though the seventh president owned slaves and ordered the Southeastern Indians… -
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Battleground Wisconsin Set for Referendum on Enshrining Voter ID in State Constitution
Wisconsin, one of the seven presidential battlegrounds states, could become one of just a handful of states to have voter ID requirements enshrined in its state constitution. A total of 36 states have some form of ID requirement to vote, although only 22 require photo IDs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. However,… -
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The Left’s Sin Is of Omission and Lost Opportunity
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. Over these first few days of the Trump administration, we’ve seen these bold measures. And it’s starting to incur a big backlash, or anger, or… -
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Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration Would Raise Wages for Lower-Income Americans
President Donald Trump signed so many executive orders on his first two days in office that many Americans were naturally left wondering how his policy changes would affect their everyday lives. One such question looms particularly large: If we deport illegal aliens, who will take their place in working low-skilled jobs? Many seem to think… -
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The Alarming Rise of Stakeholder Capitalism: Andrew Puzder Exposes the Threat
President Donald Trump appointed Andrew Puzder ambassador to the European Union this past week. But before he heads to Brussels, Puzder is warning about the left-wing scourge of stakeholder capitalism. As the former chief executive of CKE Restaurants, a major fast food corporation operating Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, Puzder knows what it takes to run… -
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The Cold Civil War Is Over. We Won.
The civilizational inflection point in our cold civil war happened sometime between Donald Trump’s second inaugural address on Monday and the end of his new presidency’s second day on Tuesday. At some indeterminate moment between Monday’s soaring midday speech, in which the first nonconsecutive two-term president in over 130 years artfully took a sledgehammer to… -
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Trump Was Right to Yank Security Clearances of the 51 ‘Spies Who Lie’
Amid the tsunami of good that Donald J. Trump has unleashed since returning to the presidency, one wave deserves sustained applause. As I proposed last September, Trump revoked the security clearances of the 51 intelligence operatives who intimated that Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell” was mere Kremlin propaganda. These “Spies Who Lie,” as the New York Post dubbed them, earned this… -
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Convicted Defamers at CNN Lecture About ‘Deepfakes’ Under Trump
In CNN’s buildup to the Trump inauguration on Monday, anchor Jake Tapper uncorked a lecture about how five Big Tech executives in attendance “control so much of the information that we receive.” Was that a warning? Or an expression of jealousy? The leftist media hate that the American people have gone around them for information,… -
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Bureaucrats Privately Fume About Trump Abolishing DEI
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Numerous current and former government employees are complaining and commiserating about the end of internal federal diversity programs in a private Facebook group, images of which have been obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The bureaucrats—mostly current or former employees of the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service—likened President Donald… -
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How Education System Sacrifices Our Kids to the Detriment of Society, What Trump Can Do About It
Critical race theory, social and emotional learning, DEI, social justice, and other forms of wokeness are nothing new to the American education system. Some buy into the divisive concepts, but most parents simply want their children to be proficient in math, reading, science, and other subjects when they graduate high school. The past four years…