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    Inside Trump’s Nationwide Tour to Help Vulnerable Republicans in Midterms
    President Donald Trump has held campaign-style events in 17 states, most of them key swing states, in preparation for the 2026 midterm elections. While most presidents have a minimal presence in midterm elections, chief of staff Susie Wiles said in December that Trump would keep a presidential-style campaign schedule for 2026.  “Typically in the midterms,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Vance Announces Massive Fraud Crackdown at Historic Camp David Cabinet Meeting
    At the first-ever live-streamed Cabinet meeting from Camp David, Vice President JD Vance, leader of the administration’s new anti-fraud task force, announced record-breaking levels of fraud against the American people. “We have identified $230 billion of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted $56 billion,” Vance announced at Friday morning’s…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • opinion

    How a Lawsuit Seeking to Silence Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Actually Proved Its Point
    Last month, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department released a draft report highlighting threats to religious freedom, and left-leaning activist groups revealed the very need for the report in suing to silence the commission’s message. Trump signed an executive order in May 2025 establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, tasking it with producing a report on the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Space Innovation Continues: Duffy Removes Barriers for Rocket Launches
    Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that the Federal Aviation Administration launched a new initiative to “streamline commercial space licensing.” The decision removes barriers for companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin to further advance space exploration. “America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again—but only if we get…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ‘Democrats Want Illegal Aliens to Vote’: Cruz Pushes GOP to Pass SAVE America Act
    Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for Senate Republicans to do “everything humanly possible to pass the SAVE America Act.” With only one week left, the Texas lawmaker is intensifying pressure on his colleagues to act. Cruz appeared on “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business today to urgently repeat a demand he has made for months:…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    White House Finds Replacements for Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers
    After cracking down on illegal immigrant truck drivers, President Donald Trump is seeking another demographic to fill the void: American veterans. Trump will announce Thursday the “Freedom Haulers initiative,” which will provide more avenues for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers. “Today, we’re taking action to get illegal alien truck drivers off the American…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Threatens to Pull Blanche Nomination
    Amid weeks of Senate GOP infighting to confirm Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, the president is now threatening to postpone the nomination until problem senators are out of office in 2027.  “I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • opinion

    The Reason Deported Haitians Will Be OK
    Conniption fits are convulsing liberal pundits, Democratic Party candidates, and Republican serf-labor advocates over the idea that President Donald Trump is now, finally, cleared to deport some 340,000 Haitians. On Tuesday, the administration followed through on a Supreme Court decision allowing it to terminate the Temporary Protected Status designation for Haitian nationals. Their advocates claim…
    Todd Bensman
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    Trump Revokes Visas of Foreign Drivers With DUIs
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department is revoking the visas of five foreign nationals who were arrested for driving drunk on U.S. roads. “These five foreign nationals disregarded our laws and put our citizens at risk through their dangerous and reckless actions on the road,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told the Daily Signal….
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    In Death, Lindsey Graham Still Shapes World Stage
    World leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to honor the life and legacy of Lindsey Graham. Memorials took place across the city throughout the day, sparking foreign policy meetings at the White House and trade deals as the Senate prepared to vote on a Russia sanctions bill in the evening. President Donald Trump, Vice…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • opinion

    Trump Greenlighting Ukrainian Patriot Missile Production Is a Good Move
    President Donald Trump announced during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, this month that the United States will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors domestically, saying to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that “We’ll show them how to do it. It’s very complex actually, but you’ll figure out the complexity quickly.” This decision…
    Wilson Beaver | Erik Cotter
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    Trump Concludes Meetings with Zelenskyy, Netanyahu
    President Donald Trump held meetings Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the United States considers further military action in Iran and aid to Ukraine. “President Trump has concluded his meetings in the Oval Office with President Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Netanyahu,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Talks Auto Industry, Rallies for Republican Candidates
    The American auto industry is protected and thriving—and that’s thanks to Republicans in Congress doing their job, President Donald Trump said in a rally on July 27.  Trump spoke at the General Motors facility in Milford, Michigan on Monday ahead of the Senate primary debate to come later that evening. The president emphasized that America…
    Francesca Cella
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    Is the US Running Out of Missiles?
    President Donald Trump said the United States has far more munitions than it needs, but some national security experts fear the Iran war has depleted critical stockpiles that could be used in other operations. “We have far more munitions than anyone in the world, and far more than we need,” Trump told the Wall Street…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: Iran Plans to Stall the War Until the Midterms
    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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   We’re approaching five months of our on and off war with Iran, but it’s not really quite five months of war. It’s more like forty days of kinetic action,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump Wants Senate to Stay in Session Until Voter ID Legislation Passes
    President Donald Trump called for the Senate to suspend its approaching August recess to pass the SAVE America Act, which mandates voter ID and prohibits mail-in voting. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    After Trump Pauses Bombing, Iran Signals It Will Halt Strikes as Well
    DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters)—Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on airstrikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign.   After 13 nights of intensifying U.S. airstrikes on Iran, the Pentagon abruptly suspended the campaign…
    Reuters
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  • opinion

    The Trump Administration’s Best Healthcare Idea Isn’t the One Getting Attention 
    One reason pharmaceuticals cost so much: The Food and Drug Administration’s approval process takes up to 12 years to bring a new drug to market. The Trump administration has launched Operation Trialblazer to shorten that timeline.  It’s one of Trump’s best healthcare proposals so far, one that reduces the government’s footprint in U.S. healthcare. It is a welcome departure from some of the Trump…
    David Hogberg, Ph.D
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  • opinion

    Trump’s VA Reforms Are Working. Now Finish the Job.
    Since President Donald Trump returned to office, his administration has continued advancing reforms that have strengthened performance across the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA has reduced the disability claims backlog by roughly 70%, opened 35 new health care facilities, completed more than 82 million appointments in fiscal year 2025, and permanently housed more than…
    Neely Grantham
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  • opinion

    The Trump Administration Is Making Sure America’s Safety Net Is for Americans
    For at least 30 years, the American welfare state has become a global magnet for immigrants, both legal and illegal, despite longstanding law to prevent exactly that. Since the late 19th century, federal law has barred any immigrant likely to become a public charge from entering the country. In 1996, with bipartisan support, Congress declared…
    Sam Adolphsen | Scott Centorino
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