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    Justices Barrett, Kagan to Face House Grilling: What to Expect
    While two Supreme Court justices are scheduled to field questions from a House panel Tuesday about the court’s budget, it’s plausible, if not likely, that members will use the opportunity to press the justices about some highly contentious cases. Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will appear before members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee…
    Fred Lucas
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    White House to Rally Utilities, Data Centers for AI Power Cost Pledge, Sources Say
    WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters)—The White House plans to bring together utility companies and data center developers to make a voluntary pledge designed to ensure that rapid growth in electricity demand from artificial intelligence does not drive-up power bills for households and businesses, according to three people familiar with the plans. An event to announce the…
    Jarrett Renshaw | Laila Kearney
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    ‘Stop Hiding’: House Freedom Caucus Blasts Senate Over Voter ID
    After the United States Senate voted on Wednesday to go on a 19-day recess instead of voting on the SAVE America Act, the House Freedom Caucus declared that the House of Representatives should not act on Senate legislation until the voter ID legislation is passed. “There should be no more legislation until the Senate is…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘HEINOUS’: White House Condemns Judge’s Order Mandating ‘Woke’ Ideology at National Parks
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A district judge mandated the restoration of “woke” messaging on climate alarmism and diversity, equity, and inclusion at national parks before July 4, and the White House plans to appeal. President Donald Trump issued an executive order in March 2025, directing his administration, by July 4, to remove signs and placards…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    House Democrat Opposes Party’s Maine Senate Candidate
    A House Democrat called his party’s presumptive Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner’s personal history “disqualifying” on Monday, highlighting the difficulties Democrats may face in a race that could determine the balance of power in Washington. “I think it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic…
    George Caldwell
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    The List Is Out of 10 Most Vulnerable House Members for Midterms
    The 2026 midterms offer plenty of races to watch as Republicans try to buck the historical trend of the president’s party losing seats. Both political parties have turned to redistricting, which is having an effect on races. Roll Call released its list of the 10 most vulnerable House members, many in order of newsworthiness. Emanuel…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Just 8 House Democrats Voted for Parental Consent Pronouns Bill
    On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 217–198 to require federally funded elementary and middle schools to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s gender on forms or sex-based accommodations. Only eight Democrats voted for the bill. Democrat Reps. Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Cleo Fields of Louisiana, Lauren Gillen…
    Rebecca Downs
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    House Panel Flags Maryland’s Mail Ballot ‘Error’
    After Maryland announced an error within a massive shipment of more than 500,000 mail-in ballots, Rep. Greg Murphy had a one-word description. “Oops,” the North Carolina Republican said during a hearing Wednesday of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections. “What’s the deal going on with Maryland?” Murphy asked Don Palmer, a former chairman of the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Republican House Should Staple SAVE America Act to Everything It Sends the GOP Senate
    When Republicans and conservatives gather these days, one topic quickly and predictably arises: Why can’t the GOP Senate pass the SAVE America Act? This measure has been President Donald Trump’s chief domestic policy objective for 2026. He threatened not to sign any other bill until Congress placed this measure on the Resolute Desk. Trump had…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Walz Submits Documents With ‘Unexplained Redactions’ to House Panel Investigating Childcare Fraud
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce Tim Walberg has written a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stating that Walz’s office has failed to adequately comply with its investigation into alleged improper payments and misuse of federal taxpayer childcare funds under the Child Care Assistance Program. The letter…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    House GOP Turns to Prayer: Brecheen, Johnson Lead Scripture Reading
    Tonight at 8 p.m., Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather on the chamber floor for a public declaration of faith, celebrating prayer, praise, and thanksgiving as Washington prepares to rededicate America as “One Nation Under God.” Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., will be joined by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Republican members…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Republicans Tout Midterm House Polls in Bid to ‘Defy History’
    With a new release of 2026 internal polls, the National Republican Congressional Committee is bullish about winning Democrat-held House districts in areas that have favored President Donald Trump in the past. “The NRCC surveyed likely general election voters in ME-02, NC-01, NM-02, TX-34, and WA-03, all districts carried by President Trump in 2024,” reads the…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump White House Takes Transgender-Motivated Terror Threat Seriously
    America’s counterterror forces can no longer ignore the threat of extremism motivated by transgender ideology, and President Donald Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy rightly addresses this threat. The counterterrorism strategy, released Wednesday, outlines three major threats: narcoterrorists and transnational gangs; legacy Islamist terrorists; and violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists. That third category includes transgender…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    3 Soros Prosecutors Eyed in House Probe of Sanctuary Policies
    Philadelphia’s controversial prosecutor, Larry Krasner, is facing congressional scrutiny—as are Northern Virginia local officials—for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement and giving preferential treatment to illegal aliens. This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., sent letters to prosecutors, police, and sheriffs’ offices in Philadelphia and in Arlington County, Virginia,…
    Fred Lucas
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    House Passes DHS Funding, Clears Hurdle to Ending Shutdown
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has succeeded in rallying his slim majority around controversial measures involving surveillance, immigration enforcement funding, and agricultural policy, successfully leading passage of the bills on Thursday. The House voted by voice Thursday to pass the Senate’s measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, sending the bill to…
    George Caldwell
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    Vital House Surveillance, Farm, Immigration Bills Stall in Committee
    The House of Representatives’ attempt to pass legislation on foreign surveillance, homeland security funding, and agricultural policy on a tight deadline has already screeched to a halt, with Republican intraparty disagreement on all fronts. The House Rules Committee, a leadership-controlled panel that determines the conditions of debate for bills on the floor, went into recess…
    George Caldwell
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    Republican House Should Fatten Senate GOP’s Boney Reconciliation Bill
    Picture a packed airport gate. Passengers languish as a delayed flight goes nowhere. The typically cheerful airline personnel are as bored and dejected as the travelers. Suddenly, the pilot announces departure in five minutes. The huddled masses jump for joy. After the flight crew boards, the gate agents direct two passengers onto the plane and then shut the…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Will the House Do as the Senate Tells It on Reconciliation?
    In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Senate adopted a budget framework to provide funds for immigration enforcement that Democrats have denied since February. But getting that framework through the House in order to ultimately send a bill to the president’s desk may be a challenge. Senate Republicans are pursuing a two-track approach—a party-line…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Florida Insider Looks to Flip Democrat Seat in Florida House
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Miguel Granda, a longtime Republican staffer and “Christian conservative whose ideas are rooted in his Christians values,” told The Daily Signal he has filed his candidacy for Florida House District 117 on Tuesday. Granda, 34, told The Daily Signal that his experience as a legislative aide to Florida Rep. David Borrero…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Virginia GOP on the Front Lines to ‘Keep Fairness’ in House District Maps 
    Today, Virginians are flocking to the polls to vote on whether to amend the Virginia Constitution and let the state Legislature redraw the state’s congressional maps. The map state Democrats have proposed would give their party a 10-1 seat advantage, likely leaving just one Republican to represent the historically purple state. The Republican majority in…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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