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    Rep. Balderson Discusses Ohio’s Key Role in Energy
    While Victor Davis Hanson recovers, his show goes on, and with a connection to Ohio. In the latest episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” co-host Jack Fowler speaks with Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, on Ohio’s energy boom and the future of America’s energy industry. Fowler explains that Balderson’s role as chairman of…
    Rebecca Downs
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    The Supreme Court’s Golden Opportunity to Eviscerate Climate Lawfare
    Climate alarmism has lost at the ballot box time and time again, and last year, even Bill Gates significantly dialed down his support for it. However, enterprising lawyers on the Left are still trying to smuggle in an effective carbon tax through the courts—and the Supreme Court should put an end to it. It works…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    As US Competes With China, Critical Mining Bill Heads to Senate
    The House passed new legislation to accelerate permitting and domestic hard rock mining on federal land as America looks to compete with China on mining critical minerals. The Critical Mineral Dominance Act passed on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate. “In order for our domestic mining industry to grow, the industry needs policy, regulatory, and permitting…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    SEISMIC: A Detransitioner’s $2M Jury Verdict Threatens Child Mutilation Pipeline
    A recent jury verdict marks the first tremor in a building earthquake that may sever the transgender child mutilation pipeline, setting the stage for a host of lawsuits that threaten to end the medical establishment’s promotion of “gender-affirming care.” Transgender activists push gender confusion and child mutilation in the name of “civil rights,” but we…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The United States Must Maintain Oil Investment Amid Global Instability
    Serious crises in oil-producing countries are pushing markets to finally price in geopolitical risk. As of Jan. 21, West Texas Intermediate crude is over $60 per barrel, reflecting only the faintest acknowledgement of unrest in Iran despite weeks of escalating protests, estimates of 3,000 to 20,000 people dead, and a complete internet blackout. Recognizing geopolitical risk cannot…
    Trisha Curtis
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    The Real Reason Democrats Are Threatening Noem Impeachment, One Member Says
    Americans should not be surprised by the House Democrat leader’s threat to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, says the chair of the House border security subcommittee. “If you remember, just two years ago, Republicans conducted a very thorough investigation, and we impeached [Homeland Security] Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failure to perform his duties,” Rep….
    Virginia Allen
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    Democrats Celebrate Their Earmarks
    In the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended on New Year’s Eve, the federal government spent $1,827,134,000,000—and, according to the Treasury Department, ran a deficit of $602,376,000,000. The federal debt closed the calendar year at $38,514,009,184,232.72. That equaled approximately $285,733 for each of the 134,790,000 households there were in the United States in…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Trump Banning Wall Street Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis
    President Donald Trump flexed his populist muscles earlier in January when he promised to ban Wall Street from buying up single-family homes. “For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream,” Trump posted to Truth Social. “It was the reward for working hard, and doing the right thing,…
    Murray Sabrin
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    Is the Climate Scare Narrative Headed for Bankruptcy?
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Writing at Axios, energy writer Amy Harder says, “The climate agenda’s fall from grace over the past year has been stunning—in speed, scale and scope.” Harder quotes oil historian and S&P Global vice-chairman Dan Yergin as saying, “There’s no handwaving about how ‘We want to cooperate on climate.’ It’s, ‘We’re slamming the door…
    David Blackmon
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    The Perpetual Climate Panic Machine ‘Collapses’
    Global warming has gone cold as an issue. Despite decades of panicked predictions of doom, it’s never been a high priority for voters, and Preident Donald Trump’s bold expressions of “climate denial” went unpunished by voters. The media still sound allied with the Green New Deal pushers, but the thrill is gone. Last November, leftists…
    Tim Graham
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    Bill Aims to Take Concrete Steps to Combat Fraud in Ohio
    As fraud scandals rattle the American Midwest, Republican Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams has announced that he and fellow Republican Ohio state Rep. DJ Swearingen have introduced legislation to prevent fraud at daycare centers receiving state taxpayer dollars. “If you are taking taxpayer money, you will provide attendance, prove services, improve compliance, or you will…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Maduro Gets His Just Desert
    It was almost six years ago—during the COVID-19 pandemic—that then-Attorney General Bill Barr called a “virtual press conference” to announce that the Justice Department was taking action against Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. “Today, I am here to talk about the former Maduro regime and its direct participation in narco-terrorism, corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking,”…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Lawmakers Unveil Blueprint to Balance Budget, Execute Trump Agenda
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Republican Study Committee released a comprehensive blueprint Wednesday for how the 189-member conservative caucus plans to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda while balancing the federal budget within 10 years. “It is our fiscal responsibility to not only deliver a balanced budget, but get the federal government out of the way…
    Robert B. Bluey | George Caldwell
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    Trump’s Border Shake-Up: Top Immigration Actions of 2025
    Seven weeks after Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump stood before America and declared the U.S. southern border secure.   “The media and our friends in the Democratic Party kept saying we needed new legislation. We must have legislation to secure the border. But it turned out that all we really needed was a new president,” Trump said to loud applause during his…
    Virginia Allen
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    CNN’s Dana Bash Admits Border Is ‘Story of Accomplishment’ For Donald Trump
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—CNN host Dana Bash admitted Thursday that President Donald Trump had turned around the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border in his first year since returning to the White House. Upon taking office, Trump issued several executive orders to address illegal immigration, including designating Mexican drug cartels, the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua and the El Salvadoran…
    Harold Hutchison
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    Trump Administration Announces Change to Offshore Wind Construction
    President Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior is pausing offshore wind project construction due to “national security risks.” “Due to national security concerns identified by the Department of War, Interior is PAUSING leases for 5 expensive, unreliable, heavily subsidized offshore wind farms!” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrote on X. “ONE natural gas pipeline supplies as…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change
    It’s been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North America’s 2024-25 winter was pretty cold, too. It’s gotten to the point that “polar vortex” is…
    Michael Barone
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    Wall Street Warning: Germany’s Energy Policies Mean Economic Suicide
    In the heart of New York’s financial district, Wall Street experts are issuing a stark warning about Germany’s economic trajectory, labeling its energy policies an act of self-sabotage. During a recent visit to the United States, Petr Bystron, a member of the European Parliament from Germany’s Alternative for Germany party, AfD, U.S. economic analysts expressed…
    Peter McIlvenna
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    The Melting Pot Is Boiling Over
    In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country’s government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the government’s power. The Bill of Rights offers another layer of protection. But mere…
    Victor Joecks
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    The Welcome Demise of Climate Change Catastrophism
    Is the American Left finally waking up from its decades-long climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action—deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing—could forestall certain apocalypse. Now, at least some signs are emerging that both the broader public and leading liberal voices may…
    Josh Hammer
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