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opinion
Spanberger and Dems Lie About Gerrymandering Scheme
Once you burn your credibility, it’s hard to get back. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger deceived voters and concealed her true leftist agenda to win the Governor’s Mansion last year. Now she and her fellow Democrats are lying to Virginians about a new gerrymandered congressional district map they placed on the ballot as a constitutional amendment… -
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Spanberger’s Subtext: What the Governor’s Rebuttal Really Reveals
In a remarkably efficient 12 minutes, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger told Americans quite a bit—less about the formal trappings of the State of the Union, and much more about what the 2026 political cycle is likely to be about. Before getting to her address, some background is useful. Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, who served in Congress with Spanberger,… -
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Rubio Demands UN Reckoning as US Reasserts Sovereignty
Much has been said about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s landmark speech at the Munich Security Conference last week. It was a confident and unapologetic defense of the economic, defense, and political ties that underpin the American-European transatlantic partnership. It was also, crucially, a defense of Western civilization itself forged through “centuries of shared history,… -
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What Susan Rice Really Meant by Her Retribution Threat
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. Susan Rice, the former U.N. ambassador under the Obama administration, national security adviser, and also served… -
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Will Congress Pass a Stock Trading Ban After SOTU?
At the State of the Union, Congress heard President Donald Trump urge it to pass a ban on members trading individual stocks “without delay.” But will Trump’s words make a difference after months of Congress talking about—but not passing—a stock trading ban? On Tuesday, Trump told members to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, backed… -
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State AGs Hold AMA’s Feet to the Fire on Gender Transitions for Children
The once-ironclad defenses of institutions captured by the transgender agenda appear to be crumbling before our eyes. After a recent statement by the American Medical Association suggested its defense of gender-transition surgeries for minors was shaky, a coalition of state attorneys general committed to defending children has decided to press the point. On Monday, 20… -
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Roy Pushes Terrorist Designation for Mexican Drug Cartels
In the wake of Mexico’s recent explosion of gang violence, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is pushing his Republican colleagues in the House to codify an executive order declaring some drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations. Roy’s renewed efforts come after a U.S.-led military operation resulted in the death of the cartel’s leader, “El Mencho,” which resulted… -
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Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Return of an ‘America First’ Future
When presidents stand before a joint session of Congress, they like to declare that “the state of our union is strong.” President Donald Trump can say those words and mean them. Millions of Americans agree. Thirteen months ago, the border was open to anyone willing to cross it, including criminals, cartel operatives, and nearly 300,000 unaccompanied children, thousands who are now considered unaccounted for. Three… -
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MoveOn’s Anti-SOTU Event Draws Crowd—of Hecklers
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hecklers appeared to make more noise than attendees at an anti-Trump rally sponsored by left-wing group MoveOn and featuring former MSNBC hosts Joy Reid and Katie Phang. President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address Tuesday, with over 70 congressional Democrats electing to boycott the speech. During the MoveOn… -
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Transparency in Coverage Can Help American Mothers Now, Not Later
American families have long made the commonsense argument that we must know the price of health care before we receive it. Nowhere is the lack of price transparency more evident than in childbirth, and the months leading up to it, where millions of women and families make life-altering medical decisions without any clear understanding of what those… -
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The Media Lie About Trans Shooters
We just saw another tragic shooting in Rhode Island, this time at a high school hockey game. What people want to know in the immediate aftermath of such tragedies is who did it, where, and why—and how many people were injured or died. We instinctively want to know how close it was to us, if… -
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At Olympics, Alysa Liu’s American Dream Comes True Against Wishes of CCP
Alysa Liu is living the American dream, and not just because the figure skater won two gold medals for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Liu represented the red, white, and blue with pride in Milan, but her father grew up under the hammer and sickle of communist China. Her father, Arthur Liu, was born and raised in… -
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Why Are US Citizens Proud of America? New Study Reveals 2 Key Reasons
A new Pew Research Center study set out to learn why citizens of 25 different countries, including the United States, are proud of their nation. The study surveyed more than 30,000 people from various countries and found that “freedoms and liberties” were the two most common factors for why Americans said they are proud of… -
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Rubio Follows in Reagan’s Footsteps
The trip that former President Ronald Reagan took to Europe in June of 1987 culminated in one of the greatest speeches of the last century—but its first major moment was a visit to the Vatican. On June 3, 1987, Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan flew to Venice, Italy. Shortly before midnight, they arrived at… -
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God Is Worth Everything: Why Ashes Matter
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” What are the things and people that we would make the ultimate sacrifice for? What or who resides at the center of our lives? On Feb. 18, Catholics across the globe will… -
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Investigators Look for DNA Match, Claim the Search for Nancy Guthrie Is ‘Not Cold’
Eighteen days into the search for Nancy Guthrie, and hundreds of investigators are pursuing leads based off of tens of thousands of tips and are adamant that the case has not gone cold. “As long as we have the ability to chase a lead, it’s not cold,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News Tuesday. Nancy Guthrie, 84-year-old mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie,… -
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FTC Probes American Academy of Pediatrics, WPATH Over Gender-Transition Procedures for Minors
The Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection arm has launched official probes into the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health over their continued support for gender transition procedures for minors. “The @AmerAcadPeds and @WPATH have driven the biggest medical scandal of our time, pushing irreversible interventions on children without the evidence to… -
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Why Children Need Both a Mother and Father, According to Research
While Valentine’s Day is now in the rearview mirror, there is never a bad time for Americans to be reminded that strong families thrive when men and women commit to one another in holy matrimony before bringing children into the world. It is no secret to conservatives that children raised by their married mother and… -
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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for the Democrat presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our father was a servant leader—not only to our family, but… -
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Plummeting Public Trust, Mass Layoffs: Is Legacy Media Becoming Irrelevant?
The American people’s confidence in mass media appears to be continuing its spiral downward, according to the results of a new Pew Research Center survey. The poll found that 57% of the public has little or no confidence “in journalists to act in the best interests of the public.” Some conservatives are pointing to dwindling…