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    SCOTUS Clears Way for Coordination With Candidates, Parties in Fundraising
    The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, further removed restrictions on campaign fundraising.  Justices heard arguments in December in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, and a majority seemed inclined to further roll back campaign finance limits. The majority on Tuesday held that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s limits on political party coordinated…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrat Allegedly Uses Hearing About Fundraising Illegality to Illegally Fundraise
    A House Democrat faces a potential ethics investigation and loud criticism from her Republican colleague after she used her time during a committee hearing into alleged lawbreaking by the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue to raise money for Democrat campaigns. “It was just such a blatant violation,” Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., told the Daily Signal in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • Lindsey Graham Plans to Salvage Anti-Weaponization Fund
    Although the Justice Department on Tuesday nixed plans for a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” the concept of such a fund could still move forward in Congress. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has proposed establishing a process to compensate individuals wrongly targeted by the federal government by using legal mechanisms…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘Not Moving Forward’: DOJ Kills $1.776B Anti-Weaponization Fund
    Amid skepticism from lawmakers—including some Republicans—acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House panel Tuesday that the Justice Department has scrapped its planned Anti-Weaponization Fund. The $1.776 billion fund stemmed from a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax information. Blanche testified before the House Appropriations…
    Fred Lucas
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    Here’s How the IRS Is Taking on the Networks Potentially Funding Antifa
    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters Thursday that the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI have made substantial progress on investigating the networks funding Antifa leftist agitators, and he mentioned one concrete policy change that could undermine nonprofits’ ability to prop up the violent movement. “In October, the Treasury Department started working with the FBI…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    DOJ Creates $1.776 Billion ‘Anti‑Weaponization Fund’ After Trump IRS Settlement
    The Justice Department has established an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” of nearly $1.8 billion that could pay people who were targets of “lawfare” or the weaponization of federal agencies. The funding is the result of a settlement in the case of President Donald Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, where the president and members of his family sued…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘MONETIZING HATE’: Alabama AG Investigates SPLC for Deceptive Practices Amid KKK Funding Scandal
    Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is demanding the Southern Poverty Law Center hand over donor information, fundraising solicitations, and other internal documents after a federal grand jury indicted the SPLC for allegedly funding members of the very hate groups the SPLC claims it exists to “dismantle.” Marshall’s office issued a formal subpoena to the Montgomery-based…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Mamdani Uses Taxpayer Money to Build a City-Funded Activist Army
    New York City may be broker than a barista with a college degree but that isn’t stopping socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani from funding his activist army. On Wednesday, the mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement rolled out a program called “Organize NYC” that’s billed as a “long-term initiative to bring mass public participation into the work of governing.”…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Conservatives Ask Trump to Use Obscure Constitutional Power to Fund DHS
    In the latest pressure campaign on Republican leadership, a group of Washington conservatives is asking President Donald Trump to use his constitutional authority to force Congress into session indefinitely until it fully funds the Department of Homeland Security. On Saturday, shortly after an attempt on Trump’s life at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Jeff Clark,…
    George Caldwell
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    Democrats Beclown Themselves by Defending SPLC Amid KKK Funding Scandal
    The Southern Poverty Law Center, which makes its money by exaggerating “hate” to scare donors and by comparing conservatives to the Ku Klux Klan, was itself funding Klan members—and now major Democrats are beclowning themselves by defending it. Like a dog returns to its vomit, so Democrats return to the ridiculous claim that the SPLC…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Boston LGBTQ Activist Group Flailing After Conservative News Reports on ‘Wellness’ Grants to Migrants, Funding Yoga, Haircuts
    A group dedicated to helping “LGBTQ+ migrants” in Boston is flailing after conservative media drew attention to its program distributing “wellness” grants to migrants, which the group claimed was taxpayer funded. After The Daily Signal reached out for comment, the group deleted its press release claiming to combat “disinformation,” and announced a pause in the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Texas Dem Senate Candidate Posts Massive Fundraising Numbers
    Texas Democrat James Talarico has amassed a huge war chest in his bid to flip a Lone Star State Senate seat in November. Talarico, a member of the state House who beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett for his party’s nomination in March, raised $27 million in the first three months of 2026, his campaign announced…
    George Caldwell
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    SCOOP: Trump and Johnson to Discuss Midterms at White House Following Record Fundraising Haul
    At a White House meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson, the National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, will hatch plans for Republicans to keep their House majority in the 2026 midterms after a record-breaking fundraising haul. “Following a record-breaking fundraising quarter to begin 2026,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Admin Takes Big Step Toward Axing Federal Abortion Funding
    The Department of Health and Human Services has issued new guidelines that set the stage for defunding Planned Parenthood and reshaping a federal family planning program. The agency issued a notice of funding opportunity Friday with new guidelines for grant recipients under the Title X family planning program. The notice prohibits awardees from spending the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    How Trump’s 2027 Budget Cuts Funding for Woke Ideology
    President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes massive funding cuts for programs pushing ideologies “that poison the minds of Americans,” according to a fact sheet obtained by The Daily Signal. Under the leadership of Director Russ Vought, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget released its fiscal year 2027 budget Friday, stating plans to “eliminat[e]…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Bill to Dismantle Taxpayer-Funded Democrat ‘Talent Pipeline’ Expected to Pass House Committee
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A House committee will likely pass a bill to reform a taxpayer-funded scholarship that critics call a “talent pipeline for the Democratic Party and liberal activist organizations,” a committee spokesperson told The Daily Signal. The spokesperson for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce predicted that the bill will pass…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Congress Juggling Funding for DHS, Epic Fury
    Congress could be facing a two-front challenge, as it contemplates whether to provide additional funding for the military operation in Iran as well as for the Department of Homeland Security. Since mid-February, the agency has been shut down due to Democrats’ rejecting funding bills over their demands for additional restraints on immigration and border law…
    George Caldwell
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    Little-Known Agency That Funded CRT and DEI Under Biden Now Celebrates America Under Trump
    Under President Joe Biden, the federal government spent millions pushing what critics call a negative narrative about America in the museums meant to celebrate and commemorate the country’s history. Now, the Trump administration has reversed course, using the same agency to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. The Institute of Museum and Library Services now supports “Freedom…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How Many House Democrats Just Voted Against DHS Funding and Iran Operation?
    As House Democrats refuse to vote in favor of funding for the Department of Homeland Security, all but four House Democrats voted for a resolution that aims to counter President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran. The “war powers” concurrent resolution failed by just seven votes on Thursday afternoon, with 210 House Democrats and two…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Senate Eyes Supplemental Funding for Iran, But What About SAVE America Act?
    As top Trump administration officials descended on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to update the Senate on Operation Epic Fury, senators told The Daily Signal they’re considering a supplemental funding package to support U.S. military action against Iran. But some senators worry a supplemental funding fight could distract the Senate from other urgent priorities. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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