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    MAHA Win: Target Cuts Synthetic Colors From Beloved Breakfast Food

    The Make America Healthy Again movement has made its mark on one of America’s largest retailers. Target announced Friday that every cereal it sells, including national brands, must exclude synthetic colors by the end of May. Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon told The Daily Signal the move will “support healthier options for American…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The State of Our Journalism Is Viciously Anti-Trump

    The State of the Union speech is an effective annual exercise to measure how journalists feel about a long speech on national TV by President Donald Trump. They hate it intensely, like most children hate broccoli. They would like to scrape that steaming plate into the garbage. The New York Times published a front-page editorial…
    Tim Graham
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    California Decides to Tax Trump Accounts—Here’s What Families Need to Know

    The California Franchise Tax Board announced that it will refuse to treat newly created Trump Accounts as tax-deferred accounts for state tax purposes. In doing so, California is purposefully making it difficult for families to fully utilize Trump Accounts. As the San Francisco Chronicle notes, this is a major break from the state’s normal practice regarding retirement…
    Rachel Loren
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    Trump Spoke for Nearly 2 Hours, but Who Was Really Watching?

    As President Donald Trump delivered a record-breaking 1 hour and 47 minute State of the Union address Tuesday night, political commentators were quick to dissect every line. Cable news panels lit up. News outlets published instant analysis. Lawmakers took to social media with quick takes. But a more fundamental question has emerged in the days…
    Katherine Matt
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    BREAKING: Trump Says Khamenei Is Dead. What Happens Now in Iran? 

    President Donald Trump said that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, following reports of his killing in a joint military operation conducted by the United States and Israel. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon.  “This is not only Justice for the…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Reminds Americans That All Policy Is Family Policy

    President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address hit several important policy areas, but even though there was no specific mention of the country’s declining marriage rates and “birth dearth,” the concerns of families were a major theme. One of the key concerns for families today is the future of American homeownership. The cost and…
    Delano Squires
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    How the Heartland Is Reacting to Trump’s State of the Union

    President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address sent shockwaves across Capitol Hill this week as he outlined an aggressive legislative agenda for Republicans in Congress. In Ohio—a state that encapsulates the MAGA shift in the Republican Party—the president’s call to action and his patriotic rallying cry did not fall on deaf ears. The Daily…
    Rebecca Downs
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    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…
    Ben Cline
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    ‘The Hour of Your Freedom Is at Hand’: President Trump’s Statement on Iran

    This is a transcript of remarks President Donald Trump delivered early this morning on today’s air strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, a joint operation with Israel dubbed “Operation Epic Fury.” A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    ‘MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS’: Trump Announces Joint US-Israel Operation Against Iran

    The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday morning in what President Donald Trump characterized as the beginning of “major combat operations.” Explosions were heard throughout Tehran, Isfahan, and other parts of Iran on Saturday morning as the opening sorties hit Iranian soil. Israel was the first to announce the strikes. “The…
    Bradley Devlin
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    What Is ‘Operation Epic Fury’—and How Far Will the Iran Operation Go?

    REUTERS—President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun “major combat operations” in Iran, warning that there may be U.S. casualties.  The strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its…
    Jasper Ward
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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,…
    Joe Thomas
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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,…
    Rachana Chhin
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    What Clinton Told House Panel About Trump in Epstein Testimony

    Former President Bill Clinton denied knowing about the crimes of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in his statement for a deposition before a House investigative committee. “As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s Public Sector Union Win Needs State Follow-Up

    Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address of his second term. He touted his accomplishments: securing the border, negotiating better trade deals, restoring American prosperity. But in all the post-speech analysis, one fight got almost no attention—and it’s the one that could determine whether everything else he accomplished will…
    John Tillman
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    Can Trump Use Executive Authority to Require Voter ID?

    President Donald Trump is reportedly considering an executive order to secure American elections without relying on Congress passing legislation. Trump has directed his counsel’s office to explore whether he could develop an executive order requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration and photo identification at polling locations across the country, MS NOW first reported. The…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Most Americans Back Trump’s Deportation Goals, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds

    Most Americans share President Donald Trump’s view that illegal immigrants should be deported, but generally disapprove of his immigration tactics, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The six-day poll, concluded on Monday, illustrates both the broad appeal of Trump’s focus on immigration enforcement and the widespread disapproval of his tactics. Some 61% of respondents—including 92% of…
    Daily Signal Staff
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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…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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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…
    George Caldwell
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    Future of SAVE America Act in Limbo as Senate GOP Turns to Housing

    In the wake of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, the Senate GOP says they “look forward” to getting straight to work implementing the aggressive legislative agenda the president laid out in the speech. Foremost among the president’s priorities is the SAVE America Act, which would secure America’s elections by requiring proof of citizenship to register to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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