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    ‘HYPOCRITES’: Top Ed Official Slams Democrats for Opposing Rule to Lower College Costs

    Undersecretary of Education Nicholas Kent slammed congressional Democrats for attempting to block a rule that would lower higher education costs for Americans. “Democrats are hypocrites,” Kent told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. “For years, they have purported to care about student debt, but now they’ve reaffirmed what we’ve all been saying, which is,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Crime Data Scandal in DC Vindicates Trump’s National Guard Intervention

    President Donald Trump took decisive action last year to halt crime in Washington, and the results have been spectacular. But that success now looks even more impressive considering recent reports that high-ranking members of the Metropolitan Police Department had been previously cooking the books to create the mirage that crime was lower than it was….
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Turning Point Action Flexes Midterm Muscle in Indiana

    Turning Point Action just showed the GOP and the country what it is capable of accomplishing in the midterms and beyond. While President Donald Trump initiated the redistricting fight in Indiana, boots on the ground from Turning Point Action volunteers delivered the removal of anti‑redistricting lawmakers from the state Senate. “We know what it takes…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump White House Takes Transgender-Motivated Terror Threat Seriously

    America’s counterterror forces can no longer ignore the threat of extremism motivated by transgender ideology, and President Donald Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy rightly addresses this threat. The counterterrorism strategy, released Wednesday, outlines three major threats: narcoterrorists and transnational gangs; legacy Islamist terrorists; and violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists. That third category includes transgender…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Put Tehran on the Clock

    President Donald Trump’s usual naysayers and the foreign policy class are already trying to sell his pause of Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz as a retreat. That is wrong. A real retreat would mean lifting the blockade and giving Tehran relief up front. Instead, Trump did the opposite. He paused one operational phase…
    Mehek Cooke
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    Administration Mulls AI Regulation Executive Orders, but Substance in Flux

    The White House is contemplating executive orders on artificial intelligence regulation, but the specifics of the orders are still the subject of active debate, sources close to the administration told The Daily Signal. The New York Times first reported that the White House is looking into an executive order to create a vetting system for…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Sends Warning to RINOS via the Indiana State Senate

    Last night, President Donald Trump sent a warning to RINOs across the country: If you are against the party, you are out. Trump went to war with the Indiana Senate after it refused to pass an all‑red map last December. Six of the seven candidates Trump endorsed against incumbent state senators won by a landslide….
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump: ‘Project Freedom’ on Hold Amid Iran Talks

    President Donald Trump says he is putting a pause on his “Project Freedom” operation to restore commerce in the Strait of Hormuz, instead seeking to finalize a deal with Iranian officials for longer-term stability in the global shipping lane. Citing as his motivation “Great Progress” in talks with Iran, Trump wrote on Truth Social on…
    George Caldwell
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    Thune Blocks Murkowski’s Iran War Vote

    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is blocking a push by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to force a Republican vote on authorizing the use of military force against Iran beyond the 60‑day window set by the 1973 War Powers Act. Thune has so far declined to schedule a vote on Murkowski’s proposed authorization for use…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump’s Endorsements Are Put to the Test in Indiana, Offers a Second Shot at Redistricting

    A number of Indiana state senators who voted against President Donald Trump’s redistricting effort last December are in jeopardy of being beaten in primaries Tuesday night by Trump-endorsed candidates. Trump endorsed primary challengers against seven of the candidates who voted against his all-red congressional map. “Anybody that votes against redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Mehek Cooke Warns: Iran Exploits Fear While Fraud Runs Rampant at Home

    Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst at The Daily Signal, warned that Iran is betting on fear as the United States escalates military pressure—an approach she says exposes Tehran’s strategic weakness. Appearing on “Fox News @ Night” Monday, Cooke said, “Iran is betting everything on fear because they don’t have a military.” “They…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Epilogue of the Iran War

    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 think we’re coming to the last chapter, the epilogue, the postscript of the Iran war. It’s been going on for over 60…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump: Iranians Want to Protest, but They Are Not Armed

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Iranians want to protest the regime but are not armed to withstand a violent crackdown. The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, Elizabeth Mitchell, asked Trump, “You said recently that if Iran—Iranians were armed, they could take over their regime. Do you plan to arm them soon?” “Well, I…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Immigration Funding Bill Is Finally Here

    Late Monday night, Senate Republicans announced a funding package to earmark more than $70 billion to protect the American homeland. The package would fund immigration services, training for officers, efforts to combat human and drug trafficking, and security provisions related to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom. This is Reconciliation 2.0. Republicans plan to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Virginia Dem Gets Away With Racial Slur at ‘No Kings’ Protest

    A local Democrat Virginia official was caught in a video using vulgar language, including the N-word, at a “No Kings” protest in Loudoun County, and it has gone completely under the radar. Juli Briskman serves on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, where she’s in charge of determining school funding and the budget for Loudoun…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    President Trump Proposes Meaningful Cuts to the Education Budget

    President Donald Trump’s administration is closing the U.S. Department of Education, and his latest budget proposal is a step in that direction. This month, Trump released his fiscal year budget request for 2027, proposing approximately $76.5 billion in funding for the Education Department, a 3% cut from one year ago. Top-line funding levels do not…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    Trump’s New Pick for Surgeon General Splitting Pro-Life and MAHA Voices

    President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general is a resounding win for the pro-life movement but might not be for the Make America Healthy Again movement. Trump tapped former Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to be his third nominee for U.S. surgeon general after withdrawing Dr. Casey Means’ nomination, which failed to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Why Republicans Think Twice About Embracing AI in Texas

    As the Trump administration moves full speed ahead with artificial intelligence innovation, Texas state lawmakers are worried about unintended consequences for their constituents.  The AI boom is fueling the growth of hundreds more data centers, and Texas offers ample space for their construction. While Republican state lawmakers want Texas to support innovation so the United…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The Supreme Court’s Redistricting Ruling Sent Shockwaves Far Beyond One State—and Democrats Know It

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of video analysis by The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke.  Louisiana v. Callais is the test case, but the real fight is in the Southern House map. This is why the Supreme Court ruling matters far beyond one state, one district, and…
    Mehek Cooke
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    Trump Torches Norah O’Donnell’s Sick ‘Manifesto’ Trap on National TV

    This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.  Sami Winc: So, Victor, [President] Donald Trump was actually a lot easier on his Secret Service and the others that were protecting him that…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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