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    ‘FAKE NEWS’: Trump, Leavitt React to Susie Wiles Profile

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denounced Vanity Fair’s profile on chief of staff Susie Wiles as “fake news.” “This was, unfortunately, another attempt at fake news by a reporter who was acting disingenuously and really did take the chief’s words out of context,” Leavitt told Fox News Channel’s “America Reports.” “But I think, most…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Jimmy Lai’s Family Looks to Trump, World Leaders

    Family members and friends of Jimmy Lai, a businessman and a pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, are holding out hope that he can still be released after his guilty verdict on national security and sedition charges, if President Donald Trump and other world leaders put pressure on Chinese leader Xi Jinping to free him….
    Susan Crabtree
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    Make America Affordable Again: Trump, GOP Look to Lower Costs as Midterm Year Approaches

    Republicans are entering midterm campaign mode with an emphasis on messaging about affordability. As President Donald Trump recently kicked off a speaking tour on affordability in Pennsylvania, Republicans on the Hill are attempting to do their part to make America more affordable. The Trump Factor Last Tuesday, Trump made his first stop in a new…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Declares Lethal Drug a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’  

    President Donald Trump has declared fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.   “With this historic executive order I will sign today, we’re formerly classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is,” the president said at the White House Monday. “No bomb does what this is doing,” Trump added.   Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid,…
    Virginia Allen
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    The Inconvenient Truths Within Trump’s New National Security Strategy

    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. Recently, the Trump administration, as most administrations do at the beginning of their four-year term, issued…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    EXCLUSIVE: How Trump’s ‘Convicted Felon’ Label Could Soon Vanish

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Almost two years after a Democrat-elected prosecutor secured a conviction against then-candidate Donald Trump, a New York appeals court could decide soon on the appeal of the Manhattan felony conviction. “There is no upside for the courts to string this along. So, we could see a ruling soon,” said Dan Backer,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Can’t Insult Reporters When They Go After Him?

    People magazine and former Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi have made separate lists of insults President Donald Trump has recently lobbed at female reporters. It doesn’t matter how the journalists behaved because apparently, women can’t possibly be ill-mannered in press conferences. Or they think you can’t possibly be as rude as Trump. The list of…
    Tim Graham
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    A Book, a Movie, and a Song to Finish 2025 Strong

    As Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas and begin the new year, it’s worth reflecting on what the country lost and gained in 2025. Here is a book, a movie, and a song to enjoy before the year’s end. A Book to Read: Alasdair MacIntyre’s ‘After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory’ Alasdair MacIntyre died on…
    Jacob Adams
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    AWAY WITH THE MANGER: How the Left Tries to Weaponize Christmas Against Trump

    This year, Catholics in Massachusetts are protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies by swapping “Away in a Manger” for “Away With the Manger.” This marks yet another instance of Trump opponents weaponizing the Christmas story to demonize immigration enforcement by claiming Jesus was a refugee and suggesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement would have arrested and…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Weighs If Obamacare Deal Should Include Abortion Funding

    As Congress works to reach a deal addressing the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, President Donald Trump revealed abortion funding is a “factor” in the decision. The Daily Signal asked Trump Friday night if he would assure Republicans he won’t propose or accept a health care deal that continues to allow abortion funding under…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Europe Is Angry Trump Told It the Truth

    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. Each administration, at some point in its first or second year, has a strategic assessment, a strategic strategy of what…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump Admin Says Blue States That Let Illegals Drive ‘Lethal Weapons’ Will Miss Out on Millions of Tax Money

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday threatened to withhold tens of millions in federal taxpayer highway funds for New York and other blue states that issue commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Duffy said in a Wednesday press conference that among blue states allowing foreign nationals to receive CDLs, including California, New York is the “worst…
    Anthony Iafrate
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    EXCLUSIVE: Labor Secretary Reveals Whether Trump Can Axe H-1B Visas

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said the law doesn’t allow the Trump administration to eliminate H-1B visas. When asked by The Daily Signal if eliminating the program—a proposal popular with the MAGA base—is a possibility, Chavez-DeRemer said “I don’t think that that’s really what’s in the law.” “The law is, H-1B visa…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The Number of Democrats Backing Trump Impeachment Vote Has Nearly Doubled

    A Democrat member’s effort to impeach President Donald Trump failed on Thursday, but Democrats’ votes shed light on who exactly is willing to assist in putting Trump on trial again. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, introduced the resolution—which is not his first of the Congress, accusing Trump of “calling for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers.”…
    George Caldwell
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    BREAKING: Indiana Senate Votes Against Congressional Map That Could Help Trump Avoid Impeachment

    The Indiana State Senate, which has a GOP supermajority, has voted against a redistricting bill that would have likely given Republicans two additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Control of the House in next year’s midterms is critical for Republicans, who fear that a Democrat majority would try to impeach President Donald Trump….
    Jacob Adams
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    Trump’s National Security Strategy Lays Out a Pragmatic China Strategy

    The White House has released a new National Security Strategy whose central purpose is unambiguous: to ensure the United States remains the preeminent global power. At its core is a new and pragmatic China strategy.  The document opens with a blunt indictment of the past three decades of American policy, especially on China. Successive administrations—Republican and Democratic alike—embraced the delusion that flooding…
    Helen Raleigh
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    Indiana’s GOP Supermajority Senate Could Vote Against Map That Could Save Trump From Impeachment

    Today, the Indiana State Senate will vote on redistricting legislation that could help Republicans hold the House in the midterms and save President Donald Trump from future Democrat impeachments. The bill to change Indiana’s congressional map from a 7-2 Republican advantage to a 9-0 sweep will be voted on by Indiana’s Senate this afternoon. The…
    Jacob Adams
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    The SAVE Plan Is Ending. Here’s Why It Matters.

    Finally, the time has come: the end of the unlawful so-called SAVE era, an era marked by the Biden administration’s attempts to force American taxpayers to pay for college loan debts. On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced a proposed joint settlement with the state of Missouri and six other states to end the Biden…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    Kennedy Center Honors Continues Trump Momentum to Unify Americans Through Art

    The incredible artists who were awarded Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night rose above partisan rancor and helped showcase the universal appeal of President Donald Trump’s valiant efforts to restore America’s cultural jewel.  Trump made history as the first president to host the Kennedy Center Honors, an event founded 48 years ago to give lifetime achievement medals to iconic artists.  I spoke…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Trump’s Case on Birthright Citizenship Is Stronger Now Than Ever

    From the moment President Donald Trump issued his executive order on birthright citizenship back in January, a Supreme Court showdown on the meaning of the citizenship clause was almost inevitable. And, indeed, the nation’s highest court agreed last week to decide whether the order is constitutional, after nearly a year of high-profile litigation that has largely kept the administration from enforcing the order.  While the task of securing…
    Amy Swearer
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