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Iranian Pleads Guilty to Aiding Illegal Alien With Ties to Terrorism
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Iranian national Sharon Gohari pleaded guilty on Tuesday to unlawfully smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States—including one with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—and intentionally receiving child pornography, The Daily Signal has learned. Gohari, a naturalized U.S. citizen who resided alternately in Iran and Nassau County, New York, asked…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Deep State Strikes Back
Last month, the Justice Department targeted a central hub of the Left’s cancel culture machine that weaponized the federal government under President Joe Biden. Just over a week later, Democrats received a “whistleblower” report claiming that the DOJ rushed the indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center. To my eyes, this looks like a deep…Tyler O’Neil -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Comey’s Bizarre Beach Post Exposes FBI Hypocrisy
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. James Comey, the former director of the FBI, was again indicted recently, this time for putting a picture of seashells on his social media that were arranged…Victor Davis Hanson -
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2 Major Companies Bankrolling SPLC Will Cut Off Grants After DOJ Indictment
The federal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which accuses the SPLC of wire fraud and bank fraud for funding members of the very white supremacist groups it claims to dismantle, has led some financial institutions to block grants to the group. After Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Financial announced they would stop issuing grants…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Biden Admin’s Anti-Christian Bias Was Even Worse Than You Think
Joe Biden’s presidency was even worse for Christians than you think, according to an exhaustive report from the Justice Department’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, published Thursday. The anti-Christian bias seeped into official policy across the federal government, from personnel matters—where Christians’ requests for time off around Easter Sunday were met with suspicion in…Tyler O’Neil -
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Southern Poverty Law Center Gets Taste of Its Own Debanking Medicine
After years of the Southern Poverty Law Center demanding that charitable foundations blacklist conservative and Christian nonprofits, the shoe is finally on the other foot: Fidelity Charitable has denied contributions to the SPLC. Fidelity hasn’t targeted the SPLC for ideological reasons in the same way the SPLC targets conservatives, however—America’s largest sponsor of donor-advised funds…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘LUDICROUS’: Rabbi Slams Latest Attempt to Defend SPLC Paying Klan Members
Jewish groups have used paid informants to protect synagogues from antisemitic violence, and the Southern Poverty Law Center has claimed that it was funding KKK members for similar reasons, but a group that represents 2,500 Orthodox Jewish rabbis is crying foul. Last week, a federal grand jury indicted the SPLC on wire fraud, bank fraud,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Ohio SOS LaRose Defends Sending Voter Data to DOJ
As the Trump administration continues to insist that states beef up election security, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is defending his role in sending voter data along to the federal government. In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice began requesting that states hand over statewide voter registration lists. The lists contain information such…Rebecca Downs -
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Justice Dept to Close Investigation of Federal Reserve Renovations, US Attorney Pirro Says
The Justice Department is closing its investigation into cost overruns in renovations at the Federal Reserve under Chairman Jerome Powell, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Friday. Pirro said the inspector general of the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs. “The IG has the authority to hold the Federal Reserve accountable…Daily Signal Staff -
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Democrats Beclown Themselves by Defending SPLC Amid KKK Funding Scandal
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which makes its money by exaggerating “hate” to scare donors and by comparing conservatives to the Ku Klux Klan, was itself funding Klan members—and now major Democrats are beclowning themselves by defending it. Like a dog returns to its vomit, so Democrats return to the ridiculous claim that the SPLC…Tyler O’Neil -
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Trump DOJ Deploys $300 Million Special Prosecutor Force to Root Out Fraud
The Trump administration is upping its anti-fraud efforts with $300 million in funding to investigate and prosecute fraudsters and drug traffickers. The Justice Department announced the “Special Attorneys Program,” in which state, local, tribal, and territorial governments can apply for grants for a federal prosecutor to probe crimes in their jurisdictions. This is part of…Fred Lucas -
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Trump Campaign Aide Wins DOJ Settlement After FBI Surveillance in Russia Probe
The Justice Department reached a settlement with Carter Page, a 2016 Trump campaign aide targeted for surveillance as part of a federal investigation into alleged collusion with Russia. The Associated Press cited a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity in saying the settlement was for $1.25 million. The Justice Department’s filing to the…Fred Lucas -
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Trump Administration Is ‘Looking Beyond the SPLC’ to Broader ‘Marxist’ Network: Chip Roy
Rep. Chip Roy told The Daily Signal that the Justice Department’s indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, while a welcome move, represents just one step in a broader effort the administration has undertaken against leftist groups. “The indictments are an enormously important step forward and an indication that the administration is taking this seriously,”…Tyler O’Neil -
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The SPLC Was Paying the Ku Klux Klan, DOJ Indictment Claims
The Southern Poverty Law Center has raised money for decades claiming to dismantle white supremacy, but it funneled millions of dollars to white nationalist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, according to a federal indictment handed down Tuesday. The SPLC claims it was funding informants inside the extremist groups. While the SPLC “purports to fight…Tyler O’Neil -
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SPLC Under Criminal Investigation for Paid Informant Program
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center over its paid informant program, the SPLC announced Tuesday. Bryan Fair, the group’s interim president and CEO, said in a video statement that the SPLC faces “a criminal investigation and possible charges.” “Although we don’t know all the details, the focus appears…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden’s DOJ Colluded With Big Abortion to Prosecute Pro-Lifers
The Biden administration collaborated with pro-abortion groups in weaponizing law enforcement against pro-lifers, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department. Under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Biden-era Justice Department aggressively applied the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, against pro-life activists, the report says. The…Fred Lucas -
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Report: DOJ Probes Whether NFL Is Pricing Out Fans
The Justice Department opened an investigation into whether the National Football League engaged in anticompetitive practices, The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday. The investigation follows growing concern from lawmakers and regulators that the NFL’s expanding web of cable and streaming deals has made it harder—and more expensive—for fans to watch games. Sen. Mike Lee,…Fred Lucas -
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State AGs Are Right: DOJ Must Fix Its Ticketmaster Settlement
Voters reward politicians who make their lives better, even in small ways. Keeping your shoes on in the TSA line, a few hundred extra dollars in your federal tax refund, unnatural dyes removed from your kids’ cereal—Americans will remember these little improvements when they head to the polls in November. With the war in Iran…Thomas Stratmann -
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DOJ Review of Voter Rolls Uncovers Alarming Names—and It’s Only the Beginning
The Justice Department is finding thousands of noncitizens and dead people on voter rolls as it pursues more state election records, said Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, in an interview. “We’re finding tens of thousands of noncitizens on the voter rolls, hundreds of thousands of dead people on the voter rolls,…Fred Lucas -
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$10 Billion for Crime Victims Missing—Lawmakers Call for DOJ to Fix Biden-Era Failure
The Justice Department is missing out on collecting $10 billion from convicted criminals to go to crime victims, according to federal prosecutors. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, led a letter with four other Republican senators telling Attorney General Pam Bondi that “there appears to be billions of dollars right at the DOJ’s finger tips that could be collected.” Congress created the Crime…Fred Lucas