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    Trump Signs Bill to Fund DHS
    President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 76-day shutdown. Agencies within the department that do not deal with immigration enforcement are now funded, including the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Congress has…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Administration ‘Ending the Weaponization’ Against Gun Owners in 34 Rules
    The Trump administration is proposing almost three dozen new rules to scale back gun regulations that proliferated during the Biden administration. The 34 rules placed in the Federal Register on Wednesday included reversing a 2024 Biden administration rule that attempted to force firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows. Gun control…
    Fred Lucas
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    It’s Time for Democrats to Dial Down the Violent Talk 
    We all know what needs to happen for the nation to dial down the temperature of our political discourse—Democrats need to chill. Sadly, that’s unlikely to happen any time soon.  Why would it? Before Saturday night’s foiled attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, there were at least two known assassination attempts against President…
    Jenny Beth Martin
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    Republicans Risk Losing Their Strongest Issue: Immigration
    Brand new battleground polling shows that immigration topics remain the clearest and strongest issue set for all candidates heading into November’s midterm elections. Despite persistent opposition from legacy media and business interests, voters continue to rally to the “America First” vision of sovereignty, restrained immigration, and robust enforcement of our nation’s laws. But predictably, the…
    Steve Cortes
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    The King’s Visit and the Roots of American Order
    It may seem odd that the reigning English monarch is visiting the United States to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence. Yet, as King Charles III acknowledged in his speech to a joint session of Congress, the ties binding the American Republic and the United Kingdom are stronger than any ill will lingering from…
    Michael Lucchese
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  • opinion

    President Trump: Convene Congress and Secure DHS Funding
    In the wake of the latest alarming incident concerning the safety of our chief executive that has shaken the nation, President Donald Trump has a key opportunity to exercise a clear constitutional authority that has gone too long ignored. Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution grants the president the power to convene both…
    Jeff Clark
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    Trump Teases UFO File Release While Celebrating Artemis Moon Mission
    The Artemis II crew met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office today, celebrating their successful mission around the moon. While the country has its eyes set on space, Trump hinted at releasing government records related to unidentified flying objects. “I think we’re going to be releasing as much as we can in the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Says Visit With King Improved UK Relations Amid Iran Tension
    President Donald Trump said the visit of King Charles III smoothed over U.S. relations with the United Kingdom amid tension over Iran. Trump has criticized U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer for declining to help the United States with its military operation in Iran. The president has said the U.K. “should be our best ally” and…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Click of Handcuffs’: Leaders Warn Blue States in Wake of Dr. Oz’s Medicaid Audit
    Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz announced this week the launch of a nationwide audit of Medicaid providers ahead of their revalidation. The move marks the latest effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs, and it’s being welcomed by…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Manifesto of WHCD Shooter Reads Like a Legacy Media Transcript
    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.   About 10 minutes before the would-be assassin Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California, tried to get into…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Mehek Cooke: Trump Assassination Attempt Was Not Just a Security Failure. It Was a National Warning.
    The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump should be treated as a clear, intentional act of political violence and a warning sign of a broader national security crisis. In an appearance Monday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Cooke addressed the legal consequences facing…
    Mehek Cooke
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    Ohio Childcare Worker Fired for Post About Trump
    The third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump continues to reverberate across the country, including in Ohio. The attempt, made Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, has sparked conversation not only about political violence, but also political rhetoric. Corinne Baum, who until just recently worked at the BrightPath Bridgetown Child Care Center in…
    Rebecca Downs
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  • opinion

    From ‘Workplace Violence’ to Assassination Attempts
    On Nov. 5, 2009, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan shouted, “Allahu Akbar.” He then opened fire at Fort Hood, murdering 13 people and wounding dozens. Hasan’s jihadist ties were clear. He had business cards identifying him as “SoA” (Soldier of Allah), emails with al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, and an explicitly Islamist ideology. He even had…
    Drew Allen
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    FBI Raids Minnesota Daycares in Fraud Investigation
    Federal agents raided 22 locations in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of an investigation into widespread taxpayer fraud. “Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” a Department of Justice spokesperson said in a statement. The raids focused on…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • opinion

    Obama’s Telling Phrase After the Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting
    Former President Barack Obama posted on X in response to the attempted shooting of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The post began with a familiar formula: “Although we don’t yet have all the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting…” And yet—almost instantly—the moral framing is already in place. It’s…
    Steve Cortes
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    They Said ‘Punch Him’—Now It’s Bullets: The Dangerous Escalation No One Wants to Admit
    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. We have had the third attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, where shots were exchanged within two…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Conservatives Ask Trump to Use Obscure Constitutional Power to Fund DHS
    In the latest pressure campaign on Republican leadership, a group of Washington conservatives is asking President Donald Trump to use his constitutional authority to force Congress into session indefinitely until it fully funds the Department of Homeland Security. On Saturday, shortly after an attempt on Trump’s life at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Jeff Clark,…
    George Caldwell
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    INSIDE THE BALLROOM: Being at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner During an Assassination Attempt on Trump
    “What’s happening??” It was Elizabeth Mitchell, the Daily Signal’s White House reporter. She was seated next to me at Saturday evening’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There was urgency and confusion in her voice. Our table was to the right of and somewhat back from the dais, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, First…
    Keith Koffler
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    Trump Explains Why Secret Service Returned Him to White House After Assassination Attempt
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump explained to “The Sunday Briefing” co-host Jacqui Heinrich why the Secret Service insisted he return to the White House after a gunman allegedly targeting his administration was thwarted Saturday night. Trump initially declared in a Truth Social post that he intended to return to the stage and that the White…
    Harold Hutchison
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    Acting AG: Trump the Likely Target of Shooting at WH Correspondents’ Dinner
    WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday. The man fired a shotgun at a Secret Service agent at…
    Bo Erickson | Nandita Bose | Jana Winter | Steve Holland
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