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Victor Davis Hanson: Who’s Paying for the Emergency Room Health Care of Illegal Immigrants, Sen. Warren?
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor David Hanson and Jack Fowler call out Sen. Elizabeth Warren for insisting illegal immigrants aren’t getting federal health insurance. The transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Victor Davis Hanson: The other thing is, when you have 12 million people coming in illegally [as discovered] in the Yale study of 2019—I want…Victor Davis Hanson -
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House Members Ready to Finish the Job, End Shutdown
After months of rarely being in session, members of the House of Representatives will likely return to Washington this week and help end the longest federal government shutdown in American history. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., celebrated Republicans’ apparent victory. “At least some Democrats now finally appear ready to do what Republicans and President…George Caldwell -
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EXCLUSIVE: ICE Arrests Child Rapist
Immigration officials in Boston have taken a convicted child rapist into custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “Unlike the Democrats— who perpetuated the longest government shutdown in American history—[Immigration and Customs Enforcement] law enforcement officers are hard at work for the American people,” Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary, told The Daily Signal. In 2018, Manuel…Virginia Allen -
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A Younger Pelosi Declines to Run for Mother’s House Seat
Christine Pelosi will pursue elected office, but not her lawmaker mother’s seat in the House of Representatives. The daughter of one of America’s most prominent politicians, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has declined to seek her mother’s seat, opting instead for a California State Senate run. When Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement…Jacob Adams -
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Democrats Call on Schumer to Resign Leadership Post for Shutdown Failures
A growing number of Democrats are calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to step down as leader after some Senate Democrats defected by voting to advance a measure that could ultimately end the government shutdown. “Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., wrote on X. “If…Jacob Adams -
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Trump Moves Onward and Forward With the ‘Club of Strength’
President Donald Trump keeps growing his strategic engagements to advance American national security via peace through strength. After facilitating timely conversations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Trump announced Thursday that Kazakhstan would be joining the Abraham Accords—making it the first country to do so during Trump’s second term. “This…Anthony B. Kim -
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Remains of Hostage Returned to Israel After 11 Years
Hadar Goldin had just gotten engaged when Hamas terrorists ambushed and killed him during a ceasefire in Gaza. For 11 years, his family worked to bring his body home. Over the weekend, Goldin’s remains were finally released. “Victory means bringing home the hostages and bringing home our soldiers to Israel,” Simcha Goldin, the father of Hadar Goldin, told press…Virginia Allen -
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Thune Rejects Democrats’ Latest Obamacare Demand as Senate Considers New Budget Resolution
As the Senate convened for a rare session on Sunday to possibly vote in favor of a potential “short term funding measure,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune shut down a Nov. 8 proposal from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that would have provided new subsidies for Obamacare. “The Democrat leader’s proposal is a non-starter for…Lorenzo Prieto -
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Trump’s Economic ‘Miracle’ Depends on His Foreign Policy Reset
President Donald Trump’s work on the world stage is directly and inherently connected to our success at home. One of the major media narratives following the recent set of elections that went quite poorly for Republicans is that Trump and the GOP need to focus more on economic and kitchen table issues than on foreign…Jarrett Stepman -
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Sec. Duffy Warns That More Traffic Controllers Are Not Coming To Work as ‘Democrats Refuse To Pay Them’
A growing number of flights are being cancelled and delayed as more air traffic controllers are refusing to come to work “because Democrats refuse to pay them,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on “Fox News Sunday.” Air traffic could slow to a “trickle” by Thanksgiving if there’s no shutdown resolution. “Yesterday, we had 81 staffing…Lorenzo Prieto -
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Elizabeth Warren’s Forked Tongue: Leftism for Thee, But Not for Me
When Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren recently traveled to the Big Apple to endorse New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, she was asked if overt socialism is really the best model for Democrats to adopt. “You bet,” she replied in her signature folksy style. The Boston lawmaker wasn’t just jumping on the sudden trendiness of…Paul Sperry -
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Seizures by Feds of Little-Known Drug Spike
While Customs and Border Protection saw a year-over-year decline in the seizure of many drugs in fiscal year 2025, the amount of khat seized more than doubled. In fiscal year 2025, which ended on Sept. 30, CBP seized more than 46,000 pounds of khat, up from 17,600 pounds in 2024. The street value of a pound of khat is about $125, according to CBP. Khat is a flowering…Virginia Allen -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Does the Democrats’ Chaos Strategy Work?
We can draw a few conclusions from an off-year election, when iconic races in blue states went, as expected, overwhelmingly Democrat. Nevertheless, there is only a year left before the midterms. So, Republicans must react to even these paltry results. 1) Democrats’ chaotic nihilism still works. The chaos strategy causes so much turmoil, noise, and…Victor Davis Hanson -
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‘Hot Girls’ for Socialism: The Voters Who Backed Mamdani in NYC
New York City is giving socialism a try, and Zohran Mamdani has young women to thank. If you found yourself in the Big Apple on Tuesday night, you might have witnessed groups of young women sporting “Hot Girls for Mamdani” T-shirts. In one viral video shared on social media following Mamdani’s election night victory to become the next mayor…Virginia Allen -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Obamas Have Nothing to Complain About
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc react to Michelle Obama’s book tour for her new book “The Look.” This transcript has been slightly edited for clarity. Sami Winc: For having said that, which was very strange because you would think somebody on a show like that would…Victor Davis Hanson -
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America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law
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. Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the House, congresswoman from the Bay Area in California, just said…Victor Davis Hanson -
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California Republicans in Hot Water Thanks to Newsom Redistricting Effort
Republican representatives from California will have to fight for their survival in the 2026 midterms as Democrats redraw the Golden State’s congressional maps to increase their districts after passage of Proposition 50. Proposition 50, which California voters supported by about a 2-to-1 margin in this year’s election, will temporarily suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission…Jacob Adams -
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Hope and Principles After Defeat: Virginia Students Stand for Freedom
In the wake of Democrats sweeping Virginia’s three statewide offices and adding to their majority in the House of Delegates Tuesday, many conservatives I know are downhearted, disillusioned, and depressed. Fingers begin to feel like pointing. And to extrapolate on the old expression, “Victory has 100 fathers, but defeat is an orphan,” I’ll add that…Joe Thomas -
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Pelosi’s Losing Legacy
When the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act came up on the House floor on April 5, 2000, it had significant bipartisan support. Sixteen Democrats co-sponsored the bill, and 77 voted for it. As explained in its official summary, the bill would prohibit “an abortion in which the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally (1) vaginally…Terence Jeffrey -
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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Comey Knew Clinton Had Cooked Up the Collusion Hoax
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc react to the release of damning new evidence against former FBI Director James Comey, a handwritten note indicating he knew full well Trump-Russia collusion was spawned by the Hillary Clinton campaign. This transcript has been slightly edited for clarity. Sami Winc: Well, Victor, let’s go…Victor Davis Hanson
