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    EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Warns Trump SEC Chair Could Undercut Fight Against DEI
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL – The Securities and Exchange Commission could make it tougher for shareholders to challenge left-leaning corporate policies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as environmental issues, a conservative watchdog group asserts.  SEC Chairman Paul Atkins in November suggested making it easier for corporations to block shareholder proposals from…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Floods Minneapolis With 2,000 Immigration Agents Following Fraud Reports
    The Trump administration is deploying about 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota following an investigation that revealed large-scale fraud in the Twin Cities area. The Department of Homeland Security plans to send officers to Minneapolis from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agencies, CBS News first reported. Officials familiar with the Trump administration’s plans…
    Virginia Allen
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    If the Old Guard Destroys Bari Weiss, Legacy Media May Finally Die
    “I know you’re a conservative, but you’re a good kid,” Helen Thomas once said to me in the 1980s when I was interning for the grande dame of the White House press corps. I took it as the compliment it was — Thomas, whatever her politics, was a good mentor and treated me kindly. Still, I chuckled at…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    ‘IDEOLOGICAL WARFARE’: Leftist Network Organized Protests Against Trump’s Capture of Maduro
    A network of leftist groups rapidly coordinated to protest President Donald Trump’s extradition of dictator Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to a new report. The same network continued its coordinated protests as Maduro appeared in court Monday, pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. “The U.S. has…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Weighs US Action in 5 Other Nations Following Capture of Maduro
    President Donald Trump did not rule out U.S. operations against other nations following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.  Talking to reporters on Air Force One Sunday, Trump suggested the U.S. is keeping a close eye on Colombia, Greenland, Cuba, Mexico, and Iran, and might even consider conducting military operations in some of the nations.   “Colombia is very sick too,…
    Virginia Allen
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    What Maduro’s Capture Means
    In the early hours of Jan. 3, elite U.S. military forces crossed into Venezuelan territory in a highly sophisticated and coordinated operation, capturing narco-dictator Nicolas Maduro. The operation focused solely on arresting Maduro and his wife, Cilia, who now sit in a New York jail cell awaiting trial. In capturing Maduro, President Donald Trump removed…
    Andres Martinez-Fernandez
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    Maduro Capture Prompts Congressional Debate Over Trump’s Military Authority
    The successful capture of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the early hours of Jan. 3 has sparked a debate in Congress over the legality of the executive branch’s use of military force, especially in the Western Hemisphere. So far, most Republicans in Congress have expressed public support for “Operation Absolute Resolve,” which involved the…
    George Caldwell
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    Marco Rubio Lays Out How Trump Admin Will Gauge Venezuelan Cooperation
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Secretary of State Marco Rubio told ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that Venezuelan cooperation would be judged by the ruling party’s actions after the arrest of the country’s president. American military forces, reportedly including the United States Army’s elite Delta Force, spearheaded the protection of a law enforcement operation which…
    Harold Hutchison
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    Has the West Given Up Protecting Its Citizens?
    Two centuries ago, gentlemen routinely carried swords or pistols to protect themselves, their families and their property. On the unlit dirt backroads of England or colonial America, armed highwaymen like Dick Turpin could demand “your money or your life!” without warning. There was no 911. No local law enforcement or highway patrol on the roads….
    Simon Hankinson
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    Congress Should Prioritize American Graduates, Not Foreigners Who Promised to Go Home
    Young American college graduates are getting a raw deal. The unemployment rate for recent college graduates, aged 20 to 24 years, reached 9.3% in August 2025, according to Forbes. For comparison, older college graduates, aged 25 to 34, had an unemployment rate of 3.6%, and high school graduates had a rate of 4.3%. Why? Business…
    Lora Ries
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    Peter Navarro’s Book Is a Raw Retelling of His Experience in Prison
    Peter Navarro, who spent four months in federal prison for a contempt of Congress order over the Jan. 6 investigations and now serves as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, said in an interview about his newest book “I Went to Prison So You Won’t Have To: A Love and Lawfare Story in Trump Land”…
    Salena Zito
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    Trump Announces Major Victory in Venezuelan Drug War
    President Donald Trump celebrated the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, explaining how U.S. forces extradited the dictator and brought him to the U.S. to face narcoterrorism charges. “All Venezuelan military capacities were rendered powerless,” as U.S. forces “successfully captured Maduro in the dead of night,” he announced. Trump said both Maduro and his wife,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Autopsy on America: 2025’s HUGE Wins and Loses  
    The world changed forever in 2025. President Donald Trump returned to the White House and immediately began implementing his “America First” agenda, including closing the southern border and removing woke policies from every corner of the government.   On the international stage, Trump took an active role in ending multiple wars and conflicts, including bombing three…
    Virginia Allen | Elise McCue
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    World Leaders Who Were Winners and Losers in 2025
    It would be an understatement to say President Donald Trump was active on the world stage in 2025.  Trump’s national security strategy is reshaping geopolitics in real time. Meanwhile, his trade policies are remaking the global economy. While the Trump administration boasts the fact that it has brokered nearly 10 peace agreements and ceasefires in…
    Bradley Devlin
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    4 Things to Expect From the Trump Administration in 2026
    After the Trump administration wrapped up its first news-packed year of the president’s second term, the White House will gear up for a year of addressing health care costs and other affordability concerns, saving the Republican majority in Congress, and more. Here are four things to expect from year two of Trump 47: 1. Saving…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Will America Collapse?
    While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, “We’re a nation in decline.” Now that he’s president, the left agrees. “We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire,” says Cornel West. Are the predictors of doom correct? Will America collapse like so many civilizations before us? If we don’t learn from history, says historian…
    John Stossel
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    Trump Says He’s Pulling National Guard From Chicago, LA, and Portland
    WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, but he added in his social media post that federal forces will “come back” if crime rates go up. Local leaders in those cities and Democrats have said the deployments, which have faced legal challenges,…
    Kanishka Singh
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    Assisted Suicide Comes to the American Heartland
    A cold winter is well underway in the American Midwest, and the ice is taking many forms. The weather has been dark and forbidding, but the other frozen form is in the shape of assisted suicide. On Dec. 12, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, signed into law a bill that makes his state the…
    Chuck Donovan
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    Watchdog: 4 Biggest Ethics Violators of 2025
    An indicted member of Congress topped one watchdog’s list of top ethics violators of 2025 that also includes nonprofits and the mayor of the nation’s capital.  The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a conservative-leaning watchdog group, is closing out the year with a short list based on numerous ethics complaints against individuals and groups. …
    Fred Lucas
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    New Report Confirms Trump Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-A-Lago After He Pressured Young Employee for Sex
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A new report confirmed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump cut ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after he pressured a young employee at Mar-a-Lago for sex in 2003. Trump said in July that he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in the early 2000s because he “stole” spa staffers, while other reports suggested that Epstein…
    Nicole Silverio
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