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Supreme Court Rebuffs Free Speech Defense in Upholding TikTok Divestment
At least one branch of the federal government is not prepared to make way for TikTok. On Friday, a mere seven days after oral arguments in TikTok v. Garland, the Supreme Court in a per curiam opinion unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the divestment law against challenges that it violated the First Amendment. The court… -
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Biden’s Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment Is Straight From the Land of Make-Believe
With just days before leaving office, President Joe Biden has shared his personal belief that the Equal Rights Amendment is now part of the Constitution. This isn’t the first time that he’s been wrong on both the facts and the law, but, even as personal observations go, this one is particularly absurd. Here, for the… -
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Has Trump 2.0 Learned From Trump 1.0?
It’s hard to believe, but we’re finally here. Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States. And what an absolutely wild ride it has been. In… -
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Heritage Action Lobbies for Trump Nominees in Senate, Launching Ad Campaign and Petition
Advocacy organization Heritage Action for America is aggressively lobbying for the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominees in the Senate, launching an ad campaign and a petition to urge senators to act. As part of this effort, Heritage Action will air a 30-second TV spot on Fox News Inauguration Day that highlights the shortcomings of the… -
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Trump’s First Battle: Bureaucratic Resistance
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A recent survey of senior government employees revealed that 42% of them plan to work against the incoming Trump administration. According to Tyler O’Neil, managing editor of The Daily Signal, “A surprising number of federal government employees admit they are gearing up to act like a deep state, opposing the incoming second… -
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‘I Think We’re Going to Take a Lot of Hate,’ Border Czar Tom Homan Says Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign a slew of executive order on his first day in office, including multiple that pertain to securing America’s southern border with Mexico. “I think people are going to be pleased with the executive orders he is going to sign,” Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, told “The Daily Signal… -
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Justices Skeptical of Porn Websites’ First Amendment Claims in Age-Verification Challenge
Free speech online is “imperiled” by a Texas law requiring multinational pornography websites to verify that their users are at least 18 years old, the lawyer representing them at the Supreme Court said Wednesday. Most of the Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical, although the pornographers appeared to have found two zealous defenders on the bench…. -
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Israel Makes a Deal With the Actual Devil
Only hours after a possible ceasefire deal was announced between Israel and Hamas, Khalil al Hayya, chairman of the terrorist organization, declared victory, contending that the mass murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, would “forever be a source of pride for our people.” Speaking from the safety of Qatar, Hayya didn’t express a… -
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Kristi Noem Makes Commitment to Border Patrol During Her Senate Confirmation Hearing
Department of Homeland Security Secretary-designate Kristi Noem told lawmakers Friday that she would prioritize border security and transparency within the federal government. “If confirmed as secretary, I will ensure that our exceptional, extraordinary Border Patrol agents have all the tools, resources, and support they need to carry out their mission effectively,” Noem told senators on… -
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The Alarming Rise in Assisted Suicide
Justin Trudeau’s days are numbered as prime minister of Canada, but his troubling legacy will live on. In 2016, Trudeau introduced physician-assisted suicide to our northern neighbors. Today, every 4 out of 100 deaths are at the hands of doctors, legally. Originally just for the terminally ill, in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19… -
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Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors
In our modern age of camera-equipped cellphones and laptops, ubiquitous social media websites, and constant GPS tracking that everyone seems to use to go anywhere, you are not paranoid if you worry that Big Brother—the government—along with companies like Google and Facebook, are recording your every move. If the allegations made by Texas Attorney General… -
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Supreme Court Decides Chinese-Owned TikTok’s Fate
The Supreme Court unanimously decided that TikTok must divest from its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” the opinion in TikTok v. Garland states. “But Congress has determined that divestiture… -
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Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy ‘Achievements’
Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fiery shouting, Biden apparently felt he had to lie or mislead about almost every one of his “achievements.” Yet to the extent that… -
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‘I’ve Never Seen an Outgoing President [Show] Such Contempt for the Voters,’ Ted Cruz Says of Joe Biden
This is a lightly edited transcript of Tony Kinnett’s interview with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Tony Kinnett: Welcome back to “The Tony Kinnett Cast” here on The Daily Signal, nationally syndicated first on 93 WYBC. It’s a pleasure to be joined again by Sen. Ted Cruz, this time, not on the phone dashing from one… -
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The Insider Trading Game on Capitol Hill Must Stop
Members of Congress get a number of generous benefits from their positions. They earn $174,000 annually (nearly three times the salary of the average American), they are provided with a sizable per diem for lodging and meals during their travels across the nation and abroad, they have the best health insurance that money can buy,… -
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Screaming and Yelling: My Takeaway From Democrats’ Behavior During the Hegseth, Bondi Confirmation Hearings
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. We’re witnessing the confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate of Donald Trump’s nominations. Many of… -
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Ex-NFL Star Tapped as HUD Chief Has Game Plan for Agency
Scott Turner, nominated to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development, on Thursday likened his proposed approach to leading the federal agency to his days as a cornerback playing for the NFL’s then-Washington Redskins. “When I played in the NFL, we relied on game films to identify our mistakes and areas for improvement. I spent… -
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Oversight Panel Chief to Meet With Bondi, Patel on Bidens’ Business Dealings, Deep State Reforms
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer is set to meet Friday with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to run the Justice Department and the FBI. In Comer’s meetings with Pam Bondi and Kash Patel—Trump’s picks to be the next attorney general and FBI director, respectively—they will discuss topics including potential corruption by outgoing President… -
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How the House Freedom Caucus Plans to Make MAGA Affordable
With the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, the House Freedom Caucus’ conservative members could have a veto over the upcoming budget reconciliation package that aims to pass massive portions of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. The Freedom Caucus made its budget reconciliation priorities known Thursday, releasing a proposal that seeks to make the… -
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‘Who Signed Off on That?’ Lee Zeldin Responds to Gun-Toting EPA Bureaucrats
At his confirmation hearing Thursday, EPA administrator-designate Lee Zeldin suggested he would rein in a weaponized—literally weaponized—bureaucracy at the EPA. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing for Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Environmental Protection Agency administrator. During the hearing, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, relayed instances during the administrations…