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    The Steyer Smear
    Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher. Roger Pielke Jr.’s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “My views are entirely mainstream,” says Pielke. “My work is cited by all three working groups of the IPCC. There’s…
    John Stossel
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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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    America Won’t Lose the AI Race for Lack of Ideas—but We Might Lose It for Lack of Compute
    The front line in the fight over AI runs through Utah. In Box Elder County, a remote valley near the Great Salt Lake, residents are fighting a proposed AI data center, which would be one of the largest ever. Some 4,000 people filed formal objections over its water use. Developers pulled their application but say…
    Jay Richards
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    How Left-Wing Climate Plaintiffs Have Hijacked the Federal Judiciary
    The defining feature of the American judicial system is that every litigant walks into the courtroom with the belief that they will have a fair shot to present their case. That foundational principle is under assault. Several weeks ago, the Oversight Project published a report highlighting the threat to judicial independence posed by the left-wing…
    Kyle Brosnan
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    ‘FAKE NEWS’: EPA Sets the Record Straight as Former Staff Say Changes Put ‘People at Risk’
    The Environmental Protection Agency is pushing back after former officials claimed that retiring a controversial risk analysis program will put Americans at risk for toxic exposure. The Integrated Risk Information System, which the EPA created without a mandate from Congress in 1985, has reportedly exaggerated the risk of certain chemicals, leading to negative real-world consequences….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    China: Our Enemy, Not Our Rival
    China is not merely America’s geopolitical opponent. It is America’s geopolitical enemy—and has been since the establishment of the Chinese communist regime in 1949. For decades, American leaders and elites indulged the fantasy that this reality could be softened or reversed. Richard Nixon opened relations with China in part to split Beijing from the Soviet…
    Ben Shapiro
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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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    Energy Sec Can’t Say When Gasoline Prices Will Drop
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Energy Secretary Chris Wright deflected when asked by “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker about when gas prices would start to drop. The average price of a gallon of gas in the United States on Sunday was $4.52, according to AAA, up over $1.50 from $2.98 on Feb. 26, days before the start…
    Harold Hutchison
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    CORRECTING THE RECORD: The Palisades Fire Was Yet Another Example of Leftist Political Violence
    Democrats’ heated rhetoric may have contributed to the Palisades Fire—but not by warming the global climate. When the Los Angeles-area fire burned 23,707 acres, destroyed 6,833 structures, and killed 12 people, those on the left rushed to blame it on man-made climate change. Only later did we learn that the human causation was far more…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Iran War and the Energy Transition’s Missing Math
    The Iran conflict has delivered an uncomfortable reminder that energy is not an environmental talking point but a matter of national survival. Nations without reliable, affordable energy do not just struggle economically. They become vulnerable. Yet even as missiles fly and shipping lanes tighten, the green energy chorus is back at the microphone, insisting this…
    Frank Lasee
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Epilogue of the Iran War
    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. I think we’re coming to the last chapter, the epilogue, the postscript of the Iran war. It’s been going on for over 60…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Oil-Rich Alberta Could Hold Independence Vote This October
    Alberta separatists said Monday they have collected more than enough signatures to force a referendum on whether the oil-rich province should split away from Canada. Stay Free Alberta needed 178,000 signatures to put the referendum on the ballot. It claims to have garnered 302,000. Mitch Sylvestre, the group’s head, led a convoy of seven trucks…
    Al Perrotta
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    Georgia Considers Extending Gas Tax Relief
    Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says he is open to extending the state’s temporary suspension of the gas tax as fuel prices remain elevated. “I think the logical thing for us to do when it comes up on May 31 would be for us to extend it,” Jones told NBC41. “Gas prices can fluctuate literally…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Iran Is Losing This War, and the Global Balance of Power Is Shifting
    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.    We’re approaching 60 days of the so-called Iran war, and we’re still getting these loud voices that Donald Trump has failed, that the war’s…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Farm Bill Clears House as Congress Sides With MAHA
    Congress secured major wins for the Make America Healthy Again movement, including striking pesticide liability shields and passing the 2026 Farm Bill. States’ and families’ rights are protected, and pesticide companies can continue to be held liable for poisoning Americans. The Farm Bill passed the House on Thursday by a vote of 224-200. Rep. Anna…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ‘I Did My Homework’: Zeldin Slams DeLauro During Explosive EPA Hearing
    Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin brought a fiery exchange against a progressive climate control hawk who forgot to do her homework, suggesting his defense was “BS.” Zeldin appeared before the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee on Monday to testify and defend the EPA’s 2027 budget. He soon got into a heated argument with…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Multiple Actions Being Taken to Combat Oil Theft in Texas
    THE CENTER SQUARE—Local, state, and federal efforts are ongoing to tackle oil theft in Texas.  At the state level, the state Legislature, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the Texas Department of Public Safety are working on several initiatives.  Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Jim Wright has been leading a new task force, addressing oilfield…
    Bethany Blankley
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    Will Gas Prices Hurt Republicans in Midterms?
    After Energy Secretary Chris Wright said gas prices might remain above $3 a gallon until next year, Republicans are bracing for midterm voters to have high energy costs on their minds.  “There’s a lot of stressed Republicans,” one GOP operative told The Daily Signal.  When asked by CNN on Sunday when gas prices will drop…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Energy Secretary: Gas Prices Could Stay Above $3 Per Gallon Until Next Year
    WASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday he believes gas prices have peaked but predicted that they may stay above $3 per gallon until next year. Gas prices have risen during the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran and Iranian attacks on nearby countries, creating political headwinds for President…
    Leah Douglas
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    Climate Lawfare Suffers Major Defeat at the Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a bizarre effort at climate lawfare, which aimed to penalize Chevron for its role in boosting the U.S. war effort against the Nazis and Imperial Japan in World War II. The ruling is good news for sanity, but it also sets an important precedent for the Left’s…
    Tyler O’Neil
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