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    ‘Revenge Porn’: Trump Signs Bill Criminalizing Online Sexual Exploitation

    President Donald Trump signed legislation backed by his wife aimed at protecting young people from “revenge porn.” “Big thing, very important, so horrible it takes place,” the president said at the Monday bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden. “This would be the first-ever federal law to combat the distribution of explicit, imagery posted without subjects’…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Supreme Court Allows Trump to Proceed With Plans to Remove Deportation Protections for Venezuelan Illegal Aliens

    The Supreme Court will allow, for now, the Trump administration to proceed with plans to strip temporary legal protected status from thousands of illegal aliens from Venezuela living in the U.S.  The court’s decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to cancel Temporary Protected Status for illegal aliens who entered the U.S….
    Virginia Allen
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    Here’s Why House Conservatives Want to Meet With Trump to Hash Out ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

    Fiscal conservatives hope to meet with President Donald Trump before Wednesday to continue negotiations on the “big, beautiful bill,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told The Daily Signal. Reps. Norman, Chip Roy, Andrew Clyde, and Josh Brecheen voted “no” on the reconciliation package Friday, but they changed their votes to “present” on Sunday night. The Daily…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Republican Lawmakers Look to Codify Trump Policy to End Leftist Lawfare

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—When courts issue wrongful injunctions, taxpayers are often left paying for the damage done to their own government. But Reps. Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., and Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., are introducing a bill on Monday that aims to shift that burden from taxpayers to the plaintiffs seeking these injunctions, forcing the courts to…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Trump Names Bishop Who Banned Pelosi From Communion to Commission

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump on Thursday named San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to serve on the advisory board of the newly-created Religious Liberty Commission. Cordileone made headlines in 2022 after denying then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Holy Communion due to her public support and promotion of abortion. The commission was created via executive order on May 1 in order to…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    Trump Bashes Supreme Court Following Order Further Blocking Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Illegal Gang Members

    The Supreme Court has extended its block on the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal alien gang members from Venezuela.   “The Supreme Court has just ruled that the worst murderers, drug dealers, gang members, and even those who are mentally insane, who came into our country illegally, are not…
    Virginia Allen
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    Comey Calls for Hit on Trump. Hit With Derision and a Secret Service Investigation.  

    The Secret Service will be visiting James Comey after the former FBI director posted a picture of shells laid out on the beach reading “86 47” … which translates to “Murder Trump.” “86” is a slang term for “murder,” while 47 refers to the 47th president.  Comey captioned his Instagram post, “Cool shell formation on…
    Al Perrotta
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    EXCLUSIVE: Emails Reveal Anti-Trump Lawyer, Pundit Briefed Democrat Governors on Resistance

    A former counsel for the first Donald Trump impeachment—who vowed to file 100 lawsuits this year against the second Trump administration—was scheduled to advise the staffs of Democrat governors from across the country on how to defy federal policy, according to emails.  On Jan. 21, a day after Trump’s second inauguration, Governors Safeguarding Democracy scheduled…
    Fred Lucas
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    Border Patrol Applications Highest in US History Under Trump

    THE CENTER SQUARE—Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Border Patrol has seen an unprecedented surge in applications from men and women who want to serve at the U.S. borders. From January to April 2025, Border Patrol received 34,650 applications, representing a 44% increase over the same four-month period in 2024, U.S. Customs and…
    Bethany Blankley
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    Qatar’s Offer of Gift of Presidential Jet to Trump Encounters Turbulence in Senate

    Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Tuesday promised Senate “scrutiny” of the proposed gift from the government of Qatar of a Boeing 747-8 valued at $400 million to be used as an Air Force One by President Donald Trump for the remainder of his term.  “I don’t think there’s anything official out there. This is…
    Jacob Adams
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    ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ as Viewed From Abroad

    And then it all made sense. “You don’t have to kill the guy, just make him look bad,” said comedian Kurt Metzger on Joe Rogan’s podcast last month, discussing how elites try to destroy political threats they can’t defeat at the ballot box. That one line explains it all: the hysteria, the lies, the Hollywood…
    George Harizanov
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    Harvard Bargains With Trump Administration and Loses Another $450 Million in Federal Grants

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Harvard University President Alan Garber sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Monday asking for the ability to address issues on campus, such as antisemitism and discrimination, without federal oversight, prompting the Trump administration to revoke additional grants from the school Tuesday. Garber’s letter highlighted Harvard’s shared interest in tackling discrimination but…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    Trump Can Still Lead Without a Third Term

    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. You know, one of the most popular topics in the media is President Donald Trump is…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    How Trump’s Drug Price Executive Order Will Affect Medicare

    President Donald Trump will take action on Medicare if pharmaceutical companies don’t lower prices across markets in response to his Monday executive order to slash prescription drug costs. Trump signed an executive order Monday morning instituting a “most favored nation” policy under which Americans will pay “the same price as the Nation that pays the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Trump Governors Scheduled Briefings on National Guard ‘Protections,’ ‘Deployments’

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of Democrat governors resisting the Trump administration scheduled at least two Zoom discussions focused on how to avoid assisting National Guard “protections” and “deployments,” according to email correspondence obtained by The Daily Signal. Executive order templates created for Democrat governors say the states “shall provide no time, money, facilities,”…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump to Sign Executive Order to Slash Prescription Drug Prices

    President Donald Trump says he will announce a new prescription drug initiative he promises will dramatically—and immediately—reduce the price of pharmaceuticals. “I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history,” Trump said in a…
    Keith Koffler
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    WAS SOROS INVOLVED? Trump Finally Reverses Biden’s Travel Ban on Prominent Soros Critic

    An outspoken opponent of Hungarian American megadonor George Soros can finally visit the United States after the Biden administration banned him in 2021, accusing him of corruption. Sali Berisha, former prime minister of Albania and head of the Albanian opposition party in an election Sunday, accused Soros and current Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Signs Order Preventing Americans From Getting Prosecuted for Crimes They Didn’t Know Existed

    Editor’s note: President Donald Trump signed the executive order Friday after publication of this article. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Friday discouraging criminal enforcement against those who violate regulations they don’t know exist, the White House confirmed to The Daily Signal. The order prioritizes prosecutions only for those who knowingly violate…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    At Tribute to Another First Lady, Melania Trump Calls Families ‘Foundation of a Healthy Society’

    First lady Melania Trump elevated the important role that families and the home play within society at the unveiling of former first lady Barbara Bush’s U.S. postage stamp on Thursday.   “Strong American families are the foundation of a healthy society and served as a steppingstone towards building a better world,” the first lady told…
    Virginia Allen
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    COLUMBIA CHAOS: Radicals Disrupt Campus, Invite Trump Crackdown

    Columbia University’s pro-Hamas radicals couldn’t have handed the Trump administration an easier opening in its war on college campus radicalism. On Wednesday afternoon, pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the Columbia campus and took over Butler Library during the school’s finals week. Calling them protesters is imprecise. They were a mob. The videos are all over social media….
    Jarrett Stepman
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