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Schumer Criticizes Admin Officials Discussing Military Plans over Leaked Group Chat
Following is a lightly edited transcript from The Daily Signal’s “Tony Kinnett Cast” syndicated radio show and podcast: A Trump administration group chat scandal raises several questions, concerns, comments, rants, and a whole lot else. Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, published a story Monday alleging that Mike Waltz, the White House national security adviser, had…Tony Kinnett -
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Failing to Learn From Clinton and Obama Precedents, Democrats Lurch Ever Further Left
The Democratic Party is in free fall. Once a party of pragmatic leadership, strong borders, fiscal responsibility, and law and order, it has devolved into a chaotic, leaderless mess. While President Donald Trump and Republicans rally around an “America First” vision prioritizing economic growth, national security, and government efficiency, Democrats seem more focused on tearing…Vinson X. Palathingal -
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EXCLUSIVE: House Subcommittee to Examine Biden Admin’s ‘Failure’ at Southern Border
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—More than 10 million people entered the country illegally during the four years of the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection. Now, members of Congress want to know how and why President Joe Biden allowed that to happen. Beginning Tuesday, a House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee will hold the…Virginia Allen -
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Biden Autopen Actions ‘Non-Delegable’ and ‘Invalid,’ Legal Analysis Finds
The pardon authority is the president’s alone and cannot be delegated, according to a legal analysis by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. The watchdog group—which first conducted an analysis of former President Joe Biden’s White House use of autopen—released a memo late Monday night on the matter, bringing the numerous acts of clemency into question. …Fred Lucas -
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GOP Lawmakers Push to Impeach Obama-Appointed Judge for Trying to Block Deportations
Prominent Republicans in Congress are calling for the impeachment of Democrat-appointed judges, amid a slew of injunctions against President Donald Trump’s executive actions. The conservative outcry began when Judge James Boasberg, a 2011 appointee of then-President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a restraining order against Trump’s use…George Caldwell -
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Obama’s ‘Never Want a Serious Crisis to Go to Waste’ Guy Reportedly Wants a Shot at the White House
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Rahm Emanuel, an Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago mayor, is seriously considering a bid for president in 2028. Emanuel returned from serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan in January, spending the past two months aggressively increasing his public profile with high-profile media appearances, speeches for liberal organizations like…Thomas English -
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The Joe Biden ‘Now They Tell Us’ Phenomenon
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. I want to talk today about this sudden phenomenon of “Now they tell us.” I don’t…Victor Davis Hanson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Did Biden Admin Use AI to Censor Speech? FOIA Request Aims to Find Out.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A nonprofit legal group focused on upholding free speech is investigating whether the Biden administration used artificial intelligence tools to censor speech. Alliance Defending Freedom filed a freedom of information request on Friday asking the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which houses the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, to hand over…Virginia Allen -
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Justice Department Drops Biden-Era Idaho Abortion Lawsuit
The Department of Justice has dropped a Biden-era lawsuit that had attempted to compel Idaho to allow abortions in violation of the state’s Defense of Life Act. The move comes after a yearslong battle the pro-life state has had with the leadership of the Department of Justice under then-President Joe Biden. The Biden administration had…Jacob Adams -
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Biden-Pardoned Jan. 6 Committee Members Can’t Likely Invoke Fifth Amendment
After a congressional report alleged that Jan. 6 Committee members deleted documents and tampered with a witness, outgoing President Joe Biden pardoned every member. But that pardon could help the House GOP get closer to the truth. Legal experts point to Supreme Court precedent dating back to 1896 that would likely mean the Constitution’s Fifth…Fred Lucas -
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We Need a Book on the Scandal of Biden’s Decline
CNN host Jake Tapper announced that he and Axios reporter (and CNN analyst) Alex Thompson have a book coming out in May titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.” They promise “an unflinching and explosive reckoning.” Conservative reaction was fierce. CNN was part of the cover-up. You…Tim Graham -
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How the Biden Admin Interfered in Poland’s Elections to Shift Our Ally Leftward
When JD Vance was still a senator, in January 2024, he lamented on X: “Until recently, Poland had a conservative government. Using a lot of diplomatic and economic pressure, the Biden administration (and many European nations) attacked that government as anti-democracy. … In the name of protecting democracy, they are using your tax dollars to…Filip Styczynski -
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Turns Out Top Execs of Org Picked for Billions by Biden EPA Are Big-Time Democrat Donors
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Top executives of a green organization that the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency selected to receive billions in public funds have collectively made hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal political donations to Democratic candidates and organizations in recent years, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of Federal Election Commission data found….Nick Pope -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Education Department Investigates Civil Rights Violations Ignored by Biden
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has hit the ground running by initiating investigations into antisemitism, threats to women’s sports and private spaces, and other violations ignored by the Biden administration. The Office for Civil Rights is a subagency of the Department of Education dedicated to addressing discrimination complaints….Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Historic Plummet in Illegal Border Crossings Reveals the Root Cause of the Biden Border Crisis
The massive flood of illegal aliens across the southern border has become a trickle, disappearing almost as swiftly as it first emerged four years ago. The Daily Signal’s Fred Lucas reported on Tuesday that, according to the White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the number of border apprehensions in January fell to the lowest point…Jarrett Stepman -
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FDA’s ‘Drug Safety Priorities’ Working Group Politicized Under Biden Administration
America’s Food and Drug Administration leadership has been making decisions based on ideology, not drug safety. Back in the early 2000s, the FDA launched the Safety First Steering Committee. It was created to address the safety concerns of marketed drugs of noteworthy concern to Americans. Today, the acronym is still found ubiquitously throughout FDA documents,…David Gortler -
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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…Tyler O’Neil -
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Obamacare’s Flawed Priorities and the Need for Reform
Obamacare, formally called the Affordable Care Act, was sold to the American public as a transformative step toward equitable health care access. Yet, its fundamental flaws remain glaring. Nowhere is this more evident than in Obamacare’s Medicaid funding priorities and its approach to religious and moral freedoms—issues that President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. forcefully…Jenna Ellis -
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Just How Deep Did Biden Administration Corruption Go?
Recovery and rebuilding efforts continue across the Southeastern United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation last September. In the breakneck pace of the newscycle since the general election campaigns, one of the most under-covered stories from 2024 is how the Biden administration withheld desperately needed hurricane aid from Trump supporters impacted by the…Bradley Devlin -
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Here’s Why Obama Created DEI
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. I want to talk today about the controversy over diversity, equity, and inclusion, but in a…Victor Davis Hanson