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    Republicans Have an Answer to Democrat Fundraising
    Conservatives are catching up to the Left when it comes to digital donation prowess. While the Left is known for employing the fundraising behemoth ActBlue, Republicans increasingly have their own formidable fundraising platform called WinRed.  Ryan Lyk, the CEO of WinRed, described the organization’s mission as helping “Republican candidates raise more money online, grow a…
    Jacob Adams
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    Conservatives, Stop Funding Radical Leftists
    Stop giving money to your adversaries. This should seem like an obvious rule of politics. But until the Trump administration went after funding for NPR, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other leftist organizations, conservatives couldn’t seem to stop handing taxpayer dollars to activists determined to undermine their principles. While President Donald Trump has…
    Jay Greene | Jason Bedrick
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    ‘IT BOGGLES THE MIND’: Former USAID Official Perplexed Why Republicans Would Fund the National Endowment for Democracy
    Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., moved to defund the National Endowment for Democracy after a House Republican proposal for fiscal year 2026 included full funding for the agency at 2025 levels, even though President Donald Trump called for defunding it. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., the House Appropriations Committee member whose name appears at the top of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Georgia Rep. Claims Big Numbers in Early Senate Fundraising
    Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia claims he’s on a fundraising roll after announcing his bid Monday to unseat Democrat incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff in the Peach State. On Monday, Collins announced he had raised $220,000 in the first 12 hours of his campaign being active. “It’s been a fast-paced 12 hrs. Wouldn’t have it…
    George Caldwell
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    Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to School Choice?
    Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s voice still echoes loudly in Virginia and across the United States. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” But since 2019, the parents have been voting with their feet. According to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics, public K-12 enrollment peaked at 50.8 million…
    Joe Thomas
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    House Cuts Funding From NPR, PBS, and Foreign Aid
    House Republicans passed a bill defunding foreign aid and public broadcasting shortly after midnight on Friday, in the first legislative codification of President Donald Trump’s cuts to discretionary spending. “This isn’t the end, it’s the beginning,” wrote Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., after passage. “We look forward to passing additional rescissions bills throughout the…
    George Caldwell
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    Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Smash Fundraising Records
    With Virginia’s off-year elections for governor and attorney general in full swing, Republican and Democrat candidates are drawing major financial backing and energizing grassroots supporters in a high-stakes campaign season.  Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for governor, raised $5.9 million between April 1 and June 30, creating a quarterly record for any Republican…
    Christina Lewis
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    What You Need to Know About the Judge Protecting Planned Parenthood’s Funding From One Big, Beautiful Bill
    The Massachusetts federal judge who temporarily secured taxpayer dollars for Planned Parenthood after the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” defunding of the nation’s largest abortion provider has a career steeped in progressive politics and controversial rulings.  U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts imposed a temporary restraining order Monday directing the Department of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Move to Bar Medicaid Funding of Trans Surgeries Nixed by Senate Parliamentarian, Drawing GOP Wrath
    The One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the main legislative vehicle for fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promises—would not prevent taxpayer funds from going to transgender surgeries, unless Senate Republicans take action. Democrats on the Senate Committee on the Budget announced Thursday that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough—essentially, the chamber’s rules referee—had tossed out a provision that “prohibits…
    George Caldwell
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    NYC Mayoral Candidate Vows $65 Million in Funds for ‘Transgender’ Care; Penalties for Noncompliant Hospitals
    If elected mayor of New York City, Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is pledging to spend $65 million in city funds on “gender-affirming care” and vows to penalize any hospital that declines to do the surgeries.  Mamdani also plans to establish a city Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs to provide $87 million in funding that would include…
    Fred Lucas
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    National Republicans Commit $2 Million to Regain Virginia House as Democrats Hold Fundraising Lead
    Last week, the national organization dedicated to electing Republicans to state offices announced that it was committing $2 million to Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates to use toward taking back the House majority. What will that Republican State Leadership Committee money do, and will it be enough to help overcome Democrats’ already substantial…
    Joe Thomas
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    House Committee ‘Keeping a Watchful Eye’ on Labor Department’s Funding of Pro-Union Group Amid ‘Conflict of Interest’ Concerns
    The House Committee on Education & the Workforce is monitoring the relationship between an agency within the Labor Department and the pro-union group the Solidarity Center following a recent Daily Signal report on a potential conflict of interest. "This report is deeply concerning and calls into question whether there was a significant conflict of interest,"…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Watchdog: Rep. Vindman Used Campaign Funds for Brother’s Book
    A watchdog group alleges Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., used campaign resources to promote the book by his brother Alexander Vindman—a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who became famous during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump.  Americans for Public Trust, a conservative-leaning group, filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against the first-term House member on…
    Fred Lucas
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    Abortion, Government Funding for Planned Parenthood at an All-Time High
    Planned Parenthood released its latest annual report the day after Mother’s Day. For 2023-2024, abortions are at an all-time high. So is government funding. Nearly three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states enacted strong pro-life protections, business is still booming. Congress and President Donald Trump can take action—but will…
    Melanie Israel
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    ‘Obviously in Trouble’: 17 Years Later, California High-Speed Rail Leaders Sound Alarm Over Project Funding
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Leaders of California’s high-speed rail project are sounding the alarm on the project’s financial future after nearly 20 years of delays and billions of tax dollars spent, the Los Angeles Times first reported. After California’s High-Speed Rail Authority board members voted to approve new contracts for the Central Valley station and construction bids for…
    Audrey Streb
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    CASHING IN: Democrats Fundraise off Probe of ActBlue
    After President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Department of Justice investigation into ActBlue, a major Democrat fundraising platform, for alleged fraud schemes, Democrats are doubling down in support of the platform and using the investigation as a fundraising tool. “We’ve never seen anything like this. And right now, I need your help,” reads a digital…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump to Order Investigation Into ActBlue for Potentially Illegal Fundraising Methods
    President Donald Trump will sign a presidential memorandum Thursday launching an investigation into ActBlue for potentially illegal methods of fundraising for Democrats, The Daily Signal has learned. The memo directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate and take appropriate action concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make “straw” or “dummy” contributions…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Notches Key Victory Against the System of Tax Dollars Funding Illegals Across the Country
    Did you know that your tax dollars funded the housing and transportation of illegal aliens across the country? President Donald Trump has moved to stop this phenomenon, and his efforts recently met with an important success. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that it would not renew agreements with the federal government relating to…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Soros-Funded Groups Go to War Against DOGE
    The far-left groups that staffed and advised the Biden administration—a network that I call the Woketopus—are going to war against DOGE’s efforts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. Activist groups like the Center for American Progress and the ACLU are working alongside unions like the AFL-CIO and the American Federation…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump State Department Axes $25M Pro-LGBTQ ‘Global Equality Fund’
    A $25 million program that offered taxpayer funds to promote LGBTQ ideology abroad has been removed from the State Department website by the Trump administration. The Biden administration State Department’s Global Equality Fund posted its final grant application solicitation on Jan. 6, offering $2.1 million to help LGBTQ people “mitigate and recover from violence and restrictions…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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