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opinion
The Media’s Revealing Fawning Over Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi may be retiring from Congress, but no one should expect the DNC media to stop treating her as a most glorious political figure. She draws deep bows wherever she goes. She’s always the Best Ever. On CBS’s “Sunday Morning” in early 2024, substitute host Tracy Smith announced Pelosi “has a new book out, ‘The Art… -
opinion
Somali Fraud Story Explodes Due to the Democratization of DOGE
Democrats and legacy media really don’t want to keep talking about the Somali fraud scandal anymore, but the American people are stepping right around them. That’s my take as the story about a colossal Somali fraud ring in Minnesota explodes to the point where similar programs in other states are now being rightly looked at with suspicion. What’s… -
opinion
Hunter Biden’s Still Lying: ‘There Is No Laptop’
Hunter Biden is a shameless liar. It’s just as true today as it was in the midst of his binges on crack and hookers. It’s also true that the elitist media have long shown a deep desire to ignore him entirely, and when they couldn’t, it was a sad family tragedy, so head for the… -
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Minnesota Fraud Controversy Shakes Capitol Hill
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, one of Washington’s top-ranking Republicans, says he is open to legal action against Minnesota’s Democrat leaders following the viral release of a video alleging fraud in state-funded day care centers. Appearing on Fox News’ “Fox Report Weekend” on Sunday, Emmer praised YouTube content creator Nick Shirley’s recent report, which alleges… -
analysis
10 Major Incidents of Left-Wing Violence and Threats in 2025
This past year, the Left crossed a Rubicon in normalizing political violence. The year opened with many on the Left praising a man who allegedly murdered a health care CEO, and it ended with Virginia Democrats overwhelmingly voting for a man who fantasized about shooting his political opponent and wished death on his opponent’s children…. -
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Republicans Erased Record Number of Biden Regulations in 2025. Here Are the Worst Ones.
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Congressional Republicans capped off 2025 with one notable accomplishment: overturning a record number of regulations enacted under former President Joe Biden. Republicans undid 22 regulations issued in the final months of Biden’s presidency that restrict fossil fuel production, phase out the sale of gas-powered cars and limit access to credit in the… -
opinion
The Subtle Threat of Democrats’ Sophisticated Crudity
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. It’s been a lot of attention to President Donald Trump’s rallies and his interactions with reporters,… -
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‘I Want to Follow Jesus Still, but I Want to Slap Somebody’: John Kennedy Seeks Grace and Gratitude in Hard Left DC
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said Tuesday that navigating Washington’s hard-left culture requires a constant search for grace. The Trump administration has achieved positive economic results as the Consumer Price Index showed inflation easing to a 2.7% year-over-year increase in November from 3.0% in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Speaking with… -
opinion
’60 Minutes’ Offers ‘Syrupy Minutes’ for the Left
CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi raged against the network’s Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss when she delayed her story on how the Trump administration deported illegal immigrants from Venezuela to a “notorious” prison in El Salvador. Weiss wanted more reporting and more rebuttal from the Trump administration in it. “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes… -
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‘I Don’t Even Know If I’m a Democrat Anymore’: Hunter Biden Departs From Dad’s Immigration, Afghanistan Policies
Hunter Biden appeared to raise concerns about his father’s immigration policies, saying the U.S. would be better off without “immigrants that are coming here illegally, draining us of resources.” “I don’t even know if I’m a Democrat anymore,” the son of former President Joe Biden said Monday in a wide-ranging interview on “The Shawn Kelly… -
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DOJ Decides If Government Agency Can Perform Abortions
The Department of Justice has reversed the Biden administration’s decision to allow Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to perform abortions on the taxpayers’ dime. After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration told Veterans Affairs doctors that they could perform abortions, even though federal law prohibits taxpayers from funding abortion…. -
opinion
Ilhan Omar Can Accuse ICE With No Proof
As a leftist Muslim immigrant from Somalia, radical Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is wonderfully blessed with a diversity, equity, and inclusion press. She is perennially assumed to be a victim of racism, sexism, and xenophobia whenever she is criticized, and especially when she’s verbally targeted by President Donald Trump. At the end of a typically… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Overturns Biden-Era ‘Rocks in Shoes’ Regulation
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new rule removing the Biden-era requirement that government-funded preschool programs have a policy to mitigate COVID-19. The direct final rule proposed by the Administration for Children and Families on Friday removes the requirement that Head Start programs have a… -
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Oversight Project Demands DOJ to Act on Trump Reversal of Biden Autopen Clemency
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Oversight Project is calling for the Justice Department to keep incarcerated prisoners whose Biden autopen clemencies were voided by President Donald Trump. The watchdog group shared a video with The Daily Signal that focused on two individuals whose sentences former President Joe Biden had commuted. The Oversight Project was the… -
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Kamala Harris Goes to Bat for Biden Administration Over Not Releasing Epstein Files
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former Vice President Kamala Harris defended former President Joe Biden’s administration’s decision on Wednesday to not release the files surrounding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Harris said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that former administration officials like herself respected the Department of Justice’s own independent decision to not release the files. The current DOJ… -
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How Many Democrats Voted Against MTG’s Bill to Outlaw Transgender Surgeries for Kids?
The House of Representatives successfully passed a bill designed to protect children nationally from transgender procedures Wednesday, a major step forward in codifying one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises. The bill, titled the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, passed by a 216-to-211 margin, with 207 Democrats voting against the bill. Four Republicans joined Democrats in… -
opinion
Hegseth Did What Biden Called ‘Impossible’
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. A lot of officials in the Trump Cabinet are under a lot of criticism, as we’d… -
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Democrat Senators Criticize FCC Head Over Threats to Kimmel Show
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Reuters)—The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission faced criticism Wednesday from Democrats at his first appearance before Congress since pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel off the air in September. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed FCC Chair Brendan Carr to take action against U.S. broadcasters, criticized news coverage,… -
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‘PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MACHINE’: America’s 4 Largest Unions Fund Politics Using Members’ Dues, Report Says
America’s four largest public sector unions spent more of their members’ dues on politics and activism than they did on the traditional “representational activities” for which unions exist (such as bargaining for higher wages and better benefits), according to a new report. The National Education Association; the Service Employees Industrial Union; the American Federation of… -
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Exposing Biden’s ‘Afghan Vetting Fiasco’
America failed to establish a democracy in Afghanistan and then failed to properly vet many of the 200,000 Afghans taken into the U.S. after the fall of Kabul in 2021, according to Simon Hankinson. After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban under President Joe Biden, the U.S. scrambled to evacuate nationals who had served the U.S. government and military. What ensued was an “Afghan vetting fiasco,” says Hankinson, who served as a Foreign Service Officer…