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    Trump Teases ‘Interesting Things’ From Georgia FBI Raid, as County Prepares Legal Showdown

    Georgia’s most populous county will take legal action against the Trump administration over the recent FBI raid looking for data on the 2020 election, County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said. Arrington announced plans for a motion on social media Monday morning after the FBI raid on the Fulton County Election Hub last week. Arrington said…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Other Golden Fleet: The Urgent Need for a Strong Merchant Marine

    “The President has been clear—we must bring back our American maritime industrial might.” This recent statement by Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan channels President Donald Trump’s strong commitment to a modern naval fleet that can protect America around the globe. While much has been made of the new Trump-class of battleships, any advances…
    Brent Sadler
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    Planned Parenthood Ends Quest to Restore Half-Billion in Taxpayer Funding

    In a significant legal win for the Trump administration and the pro-life movement, Planned Parenthood dropped its court case to restore federal funding through Medicaid. Last year, President Donald Trump signed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that, among other things, defunded the nation’s largest abortion provider for a full year. The defunding, though temporary, itself…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Trump Unveils Plan to Keep Families Together

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Health and Human Services announced new resources to make drug abuse treatment more affordable and accessible for families at risk of entering the foster care system. HHS’ Administration for Children and Families will announce that three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for Opioid Use Disorder meet eligibility criteria…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show Biden Admin Interaction With Trump Elector Probes

    The Biden administration’s Justice Department interacted with Democrat state attorney general’s offices that prosecuted or considered prosecuting 2020 alternate electors, according to public record responses.  These contingent electors were in place to back Donald Trump if any of his election challenges were sustained in states that Joe Biden won.  In November, Trump pardoned the alternate…
    Fred Lucas
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    Big Surprises in the 2030 Census Estimates

    About a month late, presumably due to last fall’s government shutdown, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for July 1, 2025. It provides an interesting picture of what the country is, and is becoming, halfway through the decade of the 2020s and…
    Michael Barone
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    The End of the Road for the Little Diner That Could

    LIGONIER, Pennsylvania—All that remained of Ruthie’s Diner on Jan. 21 was charred, ice-encased rubble—the aftermath of firefighters’ desperate efforts to extinguish the blaze that ultimately consumed the modest eatery, which for more than 70 years had served locals and the travelers, anglers, and hunters heading east along the Lincoln Highway. Several locals pulled into the…
    Salena Zito
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    Making Housing Great for America’s Younger Generations by Eliminating Nonsense Bureaucratic Hurdles

    My father started building homes nearly 40 years ago, and I’ve spent my life watching families achieve the American dream through homeownership. As a 36-year-old, I belong to the generation less likely to buy a home than our parents were at the same age. For the security of America’s future, that must change. The National…
    Michael Burkentine
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    The Elitist Media Still Impose a Dominant Partisan Narrative

    Conservatives could look at today’s incredibly fractured media environment and wonder why anyone would need to worry about the elite media, considering their trust numbers are in the basement (except among liberals) and their audiences keep eroding. But just breathe the media air any day, and what we used to call the “dominant media” still…
    Tim Graham
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    Why the Next Generation Is Ditching Alcohol

    “Dry January” is almost over—the annual reset when people swear off alcohol for a month, whether for health, discipline, curiosity, or recovery.  While some are opting to detox from alcohol during the month of January, something bigger is happening beneath the surface: An entire generation is quietly walking away from alcohol altogether.  A 2025 Gallup poll found that only 50% of young adults ages 18-34…
    Elise McCue
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    EXCLUSIVE: Ohio Ticket Has More to Say on Dem Looking to ‘Kill Trump’

    COLUMBUS, OHIO—Republican Vivek Ramaswamy knows what he and his ticket are up against when it comes to countering the dangerous rhetoric from Ohio Democrats. “I think that the problem with the modern Democratic Party is that they are effectively condoning this type of behavior repeatedly,” Ramaswamy told The Daily Signal, in reference to a plan…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Did Trump Admin Kill Red State’s Effort to Limit the Abortion Pill?

    Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is hopeful a judge will reject the Trump administration’s request to pause her lawsuit seeking to reinstate regulations of the abortion pill. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice asked a federal court to pause Louisiana’s case against the Food and Drug Administration while the agency conducts a safety review into…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Is Breaking Our National Addiction to Pessimism

    The United States has been suffering from a crisis of the imagination for a long time. When Donald Trump first came on the political scene with the “Make America Great Again” slogan, it looked like he was part of the problem. MAGA was nostalgia bait, but Trump continues to govern with more optimism about the…
    James Czerniawski
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    Justice Department Releases Final Cache of Jeffrey Epstein Files

    The U.S. Justice Department on Friday published a new and final cache of millions of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, under a law passed in November that required the release of all Epstein-related records. Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said at a press conference that Friday’s batch of files…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    ‘Central Casting’: Trump Picks Next Fed Chair

    President Donald Trump has chosen former Federal Reserve Board Governor Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the central bank. “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump said on Truth Social. “On top of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    12-Question Quiz: What ‘Fascist’ ‘Xenophobe’ ‘Tyrant’ Said This?

    1. “I’m really good at killing people. Didn’t know that was going to be a strong suit of mine.” a. President Donald Trump, 2019 b. President Barack Obama, 2012 2. “But, let me tell you, we can build a fence 40 stories high—unless you change the dynamic in Mexico and—and you will not like this,…
    Larry Elder
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    What’s Behind the Politicized Threats From Nurses?

    Across the country, nurses appear to be taking up arms—or rather, syringes—in the name of opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement or President Donald Trump. Hospitals and authorities have quickly responded to prevent any harm, but the trend suggests nurses might seek to weaponize their profession to advance their political views. The largest nurses’ union has…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Neither Marxism nor Investment Bans Will Make Housing Great Again

    As bone-chilling winds lash Manhattan, Gotham Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vaunted “warmth of collectivism” sounds almost appealing.  Almost.  The lightest breeze of socialism shows why this worldview frosts normal people. Too bad related ideas have drifted into the Trump administration, as it seeks “affordability” in housing. Mamdani’s tenant tsarina Cea Weaver, 37, took office on New Year’s Day and instantly sank into scandal. The Democratic Socialists…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Trump Reveals When He’ll Announce Next Fed Chair

    President Donald Trump said he will announce his appointee to chair the Federal Reserve Board of Governors next week. “We’re going to be announcing the head of the Fed, who that will be, and it’ll be a person that will, I think, do a good job,” Trump said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting. “We’re paying far…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Fox News Just Beat a Broadcast Giant in TV Ratings

    Fox News Channel continued its unprecedented dominance of cable news in January, marking 24 consecutive years as the top-rated network.  The cable channel’s ratings rivaled those of broadcast TV networks and beat CBS, even though those channels are more widely available to a bigger audience. CBS suffered its worst ratings this century across multiple programs, according to Nielsen data…
    Robert B. Bluey
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