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    ‘Be Totally Independent’: Trump Swears in His Fed Chair Pick
    President Donald Trump swore in his pick to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, on Friday, saying he wants him to be independent in the role. “I want Kevin to be totally independent,” Trump said. “I want him to be independent and just do a great job. Don’t look at me, don’t look at anybody,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • Mehek Cooke Warns Democrats ‘Learned Nothing’ Ahead of Midterms, Calls Out Rising Antisemitism
    The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said Democrats face a deepening identity crisis and are failing to respond to voter concerns, warning it could cost them in the upcoming midterm elections. Appearing Thursday on Fox News’ “The Faulkner Focus,” Cooke argued that Democrats have yet to meaningfully reckon with their…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Why Trump Delayed an Executive Order to Protect America From Cyber Threats
    President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed signing an executive order regulating artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, citing the AI race with China. “I think it gets in the way of … we’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘BIG SAVING’: Trump Says Slashing This Regulation Will Lower Grocery Prices
    President Donald Trump said every American family will experience a “big saving” in their grocery bills after he rolled back two Biden-era regulations on refrigerants. With the rollback, Trump said he made more refrigerants available for supermarkets and other businesses, which he says will save $900 million. The Daily Signal asked the president on Thursday how…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    SCOOP: Trump AI Executive Order Will Likely Punt on Security Concerns
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on artificial intelligence safety later this week, but sources familiar with the draft say the directive won’t answer key questions about how to contain potential national security risks posed by new models.  Trump is slated to sign an executive order in…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    How President Trump Can Ensure AI Serves Families and Communities
    Anthropic’s Claude Mythos—a frontier artificial intelligence model believed to have uncovered thousands of security flaws in critical digital infrastructure—has prompted the White House to take a harder line on AI guardrails. Several reports indicate that the administration is considering safety testing for federal contractors to address the threats AI systems pose to national security and…
    Daniel Cochrane
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    ‘There’s No Question Prices Are Elevated’: Trump Official Addresses Small Businesses’ Economic Pain
    Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler acknowledged that Americans are facing increased prices but promised that the economy will improve after the military operation in Iran ends.  “There’s no question in recent weeks, prices have bumped up because of rising gas prices due to the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz now,” Loeffler told the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Admin Slashes Burdensome Regulations for State Education Reform
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education is slashing federal regulations that could hinder states from improving their schools, the administration’s latest move in its dismantling of the agency and its effort to return education policy to the states. The Education Department has approved Education Flexibility applications for the states of Florida and Illinois,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Launches New Program to Stop Missing Foster Children From Being Trafficked
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new program to locate missing foster children, The Daily Signal can first report. The agency’s Administration of Children and Families has piloted a new program in Mississippi to rescue foster children before they are trafficked. About 60% of all…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Big Business Bows Down in Beijing
    Among the $308.37 billion in goods that the United States imported from China in 2025, the No. 1 category was described by the Census Bureau as “cell phones and other household goods.” Americans last year purchased $39,246,893,116 worth of these items manufactured in that communist regime. Not surprisingly, Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Experts Miss Trump’s Enduring Presence in American Politics in Indiana Races
    INDIANA—Tuesday evening’s primary race here in the Hoosier State once again proved that the press, both local and national, still does not understand the impact that President Donald Trump has on the electorate. Nor do they understand his enduring appeal, as Indiana Republican voters unequivocally sided with the challengers over those who voted down congressional…
    Salena Zito
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    DEEP STATE: Is This EPA Lawyer Undermining Trump’s Agenda From Within?
    An Environmental Protection Agency lawyer and union leader has signed a dissent letter opposing President Donald Trump’s policy at the agency and has posted on social media attacking EPA Director Lee Zeldin, but appears to still be employed there. This activity raises questions as to whether she might be a “deep state” actor, working to…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    What Xi Said to Trump About Imprisoned Christians in China
    President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hesitant to release imprisoned Christian Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper publisher. Trump told reporters he spoke with Xi during the Beijing state visit about imprisoned Christian Pastor Ezra Jin and said Xi was “giving very serious consideration” to his release. Jin, the pastor of Zion Church,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Voters Overwhelmingly Support White House Draft Executive Order to Protect Americans From Cyber Threats
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The majority of Americans across both political parties would support President Donald Trump taking executive action to vet new artificial intelligence models for safety, a new poll from the Institute for Family Studies and YouGov shows.  The new poll of 1,000 Americans, obtained by The Daily Signal, shows that 82% of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Today’s NFL: Higher Prices, More Politics
    President Donald Trump has lit the National Football League up several times this year. He made it clear that he’s not a fan of several rule changes. He slammed this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, saying that it was “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of…
    Daniel Suhr
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    Iranian Pleads Guilty to Aiding Illegal Alien With Ties to Terrorism
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Iranian national Sharon Gohari pleaded guilty on Tuesday to unlawfully smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States—including one with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—and intentionally receiving child pornography, The Daily Signal has learned. Gohari, a naturalized U.S. citizen who resided alternately in Iran and Nassau County, New York, asked…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Who Is Going to China With President Trump?
    President Donald Trump is bringing a slew of top business leaders with him to Beijing for his state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. “I am very much looking forward to my trip to China, an amazing Country, with a Leader, President Xi, respected by all,” Trump said Monday on Truth Social. Joining the president on…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘VERY THORNY’: Trump Responds to Impending Influx of Cash to Planned Parenthood
    President Donald Trump said the question of defunding Planned Parenthood again for another year is a “very thorny issue.”  The Daily Signal asked Trump on Monday if he wants Congress to extend the one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood that was passed in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and is set to expire July 4, America’s…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Crime Data Scandal in DC Vindicates Trump’s National Guard Intervention
    President Donald Trump took decisive action last year to halt crime in Washington, and the results have been spectacular. But that success now looks even more impressive considering recent reports that high-ranking members of the Metropolitan Police Department had been previously cooking the books to create the mirage that crime was lower than it was….
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Put Tehran on the Clock
    President Donald Trump’s usual naysayers and the foreign policy class are already trying to sell his pause of Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz as a retreat. That is wrong. A real retreat would mean lifting the blockade and giving Tehran relief up front. Instead, Trump did the opposite. He paused one operational phase…
    Mehek Cooke
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