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    Trump Mail-In Ballot Order Sets Up Battle With States
    President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on federal elections has set the stage for battles with Democrat state leaders. On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order to regulate the use of mail-in ballots in federal elections. The order requires the Department of Homeland Security to provide states with a list of citizens who are eligible…
    George Caldwell
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    City’s Demand to Remove Iryna Zarutska Mural Speaks Volumes About the Left’s ‘Values’
    “We can agree, this mural behind us does not reflect Providence’s values.” Can you guess what kind of mural doesn’t reflect the so-called values of Providence, Rhode Island, according to a local Democrat politician? The half-finished mural—reportedly backed by Elon Musk—now set to be removed is a depiction of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who was…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump and Rubio Float Exit From NATO: ‘Paper Tiger’
    President Donald Trump is floating an exit from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, calling the transatlantic alliance a “paper tiger” as European powers refuse to enter the conflict with Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also declaring a need to “reexamine” the U.S.-NATO relationship. Asked by The Telegraph in an interview published Wednesday if…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Attends SCOTUS Argument, Prompts Tirade by Angry House Democrat
    President Donald Trump arrived at the Supreme Court chamber on Wednesday morning for oral arguments over the birthright citizenship case. The potential landmark case marks the first time a sitting president has attended a Supreme Court argument. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., expressed outrage in a post at 1:03 a.m. on X over Trump’s attendance. Other…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Space Race Is Back: NASA Prepares for Liftoff of Deep Space Exploration Crew
    NASA is set to launch four astronauts on a 10-day mission into space. Artemis II will test NASA’s crew capabilities in deep space and gather more information that could ultimately help send astronauts to Mars. The astronauts aboard Artemis II will not land on the moon. Rather, the spacecraft will travel around the moon and…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Trump Has the Law and Military Strategy on His Side in US-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 want to have a couple of videos on the current state of affairs in the bombing…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Will Trump Force Congress Back to Washington to Reopen DHS?
    Congress is still out of session despite the Department of Homeland Security being shut down without funding, and members are not scheduled to come back to town any time soon. As DHS’ crucial responsibilities go unfunded, some in Washington are discussing unusual measures to force Congress back into action. On Friday, the House declined to…
    George Caldwell
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    Obama Judge Halts Trump Effort to End Parole for Hundreds of Thousands
    A federal judge with a record of ruling against President Donald Trump blocked his administration from terminating the parole of immigrants who entered the United States using the Biden administration’s app. Tuesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs of the District of Massachusetts could mean parole stays in place for hundreds of thousands of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Justice for Steve Calk
    As his father sailed before him, and his son marches behind him, Stephen M. Calk Sr. served America in uniform. He was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. Amid a highly successful banking career, Calk aspired to serve his country again as a top national-security official or diplomat. This patriotic commitment bought Calk five and a half months behind bars, $1.25 million in fines, and $17.2 million in legal bills. Federal prosecutors turned his bank’s…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Trump, Hegseth Urge UK to Enter Iran Conflict, Secure Oil Trade
    President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are accusing the United Kingdom of not helping secure the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping lane targeted by Iran. “All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in…
    George Caldwell
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    White House Defends Surgeon General Nominee After Trump Comments
    After President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of withdrawing his nomination of Dr. Casey Means for surgeon general, press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified that the president stands by her. Leavitt told The Daily Signal on Monday evening that “the president stands by her and the Senate should move to quickly confirm Dr. Means as our…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Newsom Blames Trump for High Gas Prices. But California Created Its Own Energy Nightmare.
    “Look at your cost at the pump the last few days: That was an act of the Trump administration,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said unconvincingly just a few days after the U.S. began strikes on Iran. Newsom (who is totally not running for president) has made it one of his messaging themes to pin the…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Administration Defends ‘Biological Reality’ in Minnesota Sports Lawsuit
    The Trump administration and Minnesota are clashing again, this time over whether boys can play girls’ high school sports. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a lawsuit that alleges the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League engaged in sex-based discrimination by requiring girls to compete against boys in high school athletic…
    Fred Lucas
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    Millions in Art Stolen by Masked Men in Museum Heist
    In less than three minutes, a group of thieves allegedly stole three paintings worth millions of dollars from a private museum in Northern Italy. The three paintings allegedly taken in the heist from the Magnani Rocca Foundation museum outside of Parma, Italy, were all from French masters. Police claim the paintings “Fish” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘Essentially Impossible’: Trump Weighs Strategy to Secure Voter ID
    President Donald Trump addressed concerns that his plan to use the Senate’s reconciliation procedure to pass the SAVE America Act will fail. “The parliamentarian is going to have to make a decision on that,” he said on Sunday in response to a question from The Daily Signal. Reconciliation allows for the Senate’s expedited approval of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    West African Nations Demand Reparations for Slavery at UN. Shouldn’t They Be Paying Up?
    The United Nations—that leechlike relic of the 20th century that still pretends to be important—last week passed a resolution to declare the trans-Atlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity.” While the resolution will likely have very little real-world effect for now, it’s a clear attempt by some countries to receive monetary reparations from those nations apparently guilty of…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Threatens Apocalyptic Consequences If Iran Does Not Negotiate
    President Donald Trump on Monday said he is making progress in negotiations with Iran’s leaders, but he threatened further attacks if they do not agree to a deal soon. “The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran,” Trump wrote in…
    George Caldwell
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    A Path to Defeating the Drug Cartels  
    Drug cartels have “limitless resources” and the ability to rapidly adapt to avoid interdiction, and authorities are currently playing a “game of catch-up,” says the head of a Caribbean security cooperative. “Cooperation and collaboration” between nations is paramount to stopping the illegal flow of drugs through the Caribbean to the U.S., Europe, and Australia, said…
    Virginia Allen
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    Dozens of Arrests Made at ‘No Kings’ Rallies Around US Saturday
    Police arrested dozens during “No Kings” protests around the country on Saturday, including 70 in Los Angeles, California. According to organizers, eight million people took to the streets of American cities Saturday in a show of opposition President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, and the Iran war. “Multiple demonstrators” failed to disperse at…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Freedom Requires Discipline—and We’ve Forgotten How to Teach It 
    Few things feel as American as a packed stadium singing about the land of the free—marching bands blaring, flags waving, the easy confidence of a people who believe in their liberty.  Which makes the scenes on city streets all the more shocking: groups shouting about oppression, injustice, and human rights violations in a country that is, by…
    Reagan Campbell
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