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    Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer
    Summary The restoration of law and order in America is happening in large part because of President Donald Trump, in particular, his insistence that immigration laws be enforced and criminal illegal aliens be deported. The administration should double and triple down on this message. America’s return to normalcy is contingent on making border security and…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Why George Washington Would Deport Mahmoud Khalil
    Summary Mahmoud Khalil wants to take the case against his deportation all the way to the Supreme Court—and if the justices accept it, they will be deciding one of the oldest and most controversial questions in American politics, a dispute more than 200 years old. Khalil is not an American: He’s a Syrian-born Palestinian, but…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    Victor Davis Hanson: France’s Left Learns Rioters Don’t Check Voting Records
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.  Jack Fowler: Victor, two things I came across today, and I don’t know if it’s apocryphal, one…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Restart Big Bend Border Wall Construction
    On Wednesday, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s decision to halt border wall construction in the Texas Big Bend region.  The U.S. Department of Justice is asking justices to allow the administration to resume building the border wall, saying the Big Bend region has a…
    Emily Medeiros
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    EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Birth Tourism Task Force Revokes Hundreds of Chinese Nationals’ Visas
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force has revoked more than 700 visas held by Chinese nationals since its launched in August. “The Chinese birth tourism industry should not be allowed to profit from the privileges of American citizenship while undermining the integrity of our immigration laws,” a State Department…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Poll: Arizona Voters Give Schools Failing Grade, Yet Hobbs Leads Biggs
    Summary FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL—Nearly 80% of Arizona voters have an unfavorable opinion of public education in their state, one of the few areas of agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the weeks leading to Election Day. The League of American Workers shared the polling data exclusively with the Daily Signal. Only one-quarter of Arizona…
    Robert B. Bluey
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  • news

    A Rare Budget Move Helped Trump Cancel Half a Billion Dollars Benefiting Immigrants
    The White House returned over half a billion dollars previously appropriated by Congress for programs serving illegal immigrants. While conservatives praised the return of federal funds, the rare action by President Donald Trump has lawmakers scrambling, with some members calling it an illegal check on Congress’ power of the purse. On Friday, the White House…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • analysis

    The Most Surprising Number in New Midterm Poll
    Even amid voter frustration over the economy and the Iran war, Republicans remain more popular than Democrats heading into Election Day. Republicans have a net favorability rating 8 points higher than Democrats, according to the latest NBC News poll. The GOP is viewed favorably by 36% and unfavorably by 49%, while Democrats fare even worse…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Mike Johnson Tells GOP ‘We’re Not Done Yet’ as Republicans Push Pre-January Agenda
    DALLAS—The midterm elections are just weeks away, but House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are “not done yet.” The GOP has a guaranteed majority until January, when the next Congress begins, and they still have time to pass legislation and codify the conservative agenda. Johnson took the stage on Thursday night at the Republican National…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    HUD Secretary Fires Up Republican Convention
    Scott Turner, who serves as the 19th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, fired up conventiongoers at the Republican midterm convention in Texas Wednesday. He began with a look back. Under President Joe Biden, “the American flag became a white flag of surrender,” Turner told the convention. That is no longer…
    Rich Tucker
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    New Documentary: ‘Preventable: How the System Failed Sheridan Gorman’
    Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed by an illegal immigrant in Chicago in March 2026. Her parents are now telling her story in hopes of preventing another preventable death. Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national, crossed the Texas border in 2023, and instead of being deported, he was transported to a sanctuary city, Chicago. After being apprehended…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    It’s Homecoming Week for Congress, Here’s What Republicans COULD Do:
    The House of Representatives returns to Washington on Monday for its first week back after a monthlong recess spent campaigning in members’ districts. From crucial spending packages to the SAVE America Act, denouncing socialism, combating transgender ideology, and securing the border, Republicans have a lot to accomplish ahead of the November midterms when they could…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • news

    Trump to Revoke 200K Visas From Asylum-Seekers
    President Donald Trump is expected to conduct the largest visa revocation in history, stripping 200,000 foreigners of their asylum status. The business and tourism visas of 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum will be revoked on a rolling basis, The Associated Press first reported. “We are coordinating with [the Department of Homeland Security]…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • opinion

    Havana Should Not Dictate American Immigration Enforcement
    In 2008, Fort Myers police officer Andrew Widman was shot in the face and killed on a downtown street. He was a husband and father of three, and he never had the chance to draw his weapon. The man who killed him, Abel Arango, was an armed robber already ordered removed from the country. Cuba…
    Scott Mechkowski
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  • analysis

    Republicans Have Been Here Before. In 2008, They Refused to Go Home.
    The year was 2008, and a group of insurgent Republicans mounted a rebellion on the floor of the House of Representatives as Congress bolted for the August recess.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi had adjourned the chamber without a vote on offshore drilling. Republicans refused to leave. The microphones were cut, the C-SPAN cameras went dark, and…
    Robert B. Bluey
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  • opinion

    2 Ways to Fix Inflation
    Housing affordability is awful, and it looks set to get worse. Unless, of course, we take corrective action, especially on immigration and war. Here’s the harsh current reality: Inflation continues to bedevil far too many Americans. Other than owners of substantial assets, wage earners have struggled in this economy for five years, ever since the…
    Steve Cortes
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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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  • 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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    Immigrant Ingratitude: The Call Is Coming From Inside the House
    America is the most generous nation on Earth. For centuries, we have opened our doors to millions seeking freedom and opportunity. Legal immigrants who came the right way—learning our language, embracing our culture, and working hard—built this country alongside native-born Americans. They showed gratitude and became part of the American family. Tragically, recent open-border policies…
    Steve Cortes
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  • news

    Trump Orders Reversal of Mullin’s Pause on ICE Traffic Stops
    President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement traffic stops to resume after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ordered a pause on the enforcement tactic. On Tuesday, Mullin ordered a pause to traffic stops conducted by ICE agents after two fatal shootings at traffic stops in Texas and Maine. The order caused…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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