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opinion
2 Years Later, ‘Much of the World No Longer Remembers Oct. 7’
WASHINGTON—The brutal Hamas-led attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, left some 1,200 dead. I never would have predicted that, two years later, Hamas would continue to imprison hostages, refuse to release the bodies of dead detainees and still be rewarded with increasing recognition of a Palestinian state. Terrorists proudly documented their brutality for the… -
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Shutdown Becomes a Big Apple Battle
Amid a government shutdown fight that highlights disagreements between New York-born President Donald Trump and two Democrat leaders from New York in Congress, the Empire State has found itself in the spotlight. After Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denied Republicans his party’s votes necessary to pass a stopgap funding bill to keep the government… -
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Trump Is Shifting Strategy on Putin
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. There’s been a lot of news that President Donald Trump, apparently, has changed his position on… -
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Trump Adviser Rips NFL for Choice of Super Bowl Halftime Performer
Agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be patrolling the Super Bowl this year, according to a Trump administration adviser. “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you. We will apprehend you,” Corey Lewandowski, a prominent adviser… -
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What Happens to Trump’s Border Wall Construction During Government Shutdown?
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Construction of President Donald Trump’s southern border wall is moving full-speed ahead during the government shutdown. Though 40% of the federal workforce is on unpaid leave due to the government shutdown, border wall construction isn’t taking a break. “Even during a government shutdown, the work to strengthen our defenses moves forward,”… -
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Trump Admin Brings Birthright Citizenship Back to Court
“Birthright citizenship” finds itself back in court yet again, with the administration asking the Supreme Court to decide whether President Donald Trump can constitutionally ban the practice. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed petitions Friday asking the court to take up two separate cases in which lower court judges blocked Trump from eliminating birthright citizenship. “The government has… -
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Johnson: Dems Handed Trump ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ in Shutdown
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson put the blame for any shutdown cuts on the Democratic Party Thursday, as he backed up President Donald Trump’s talk of slashing unwanted programs. “This is the way the system works. This is [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer’s decision, is to hand … the keys to the kingdom to… -
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Even Left-Leaning Media Are Mocking Democrats’ Shutdown Messaging
Even the mainstream media are pushing back on the Democrats’ government shutdown messaging after they decided to vote against the Republicans’ continuing resolution that would have kept the federal government operating. A Politico article Wednesday, “‘Gen Z Is in the House!’ and Other Cringe Moments in the Democrats’ Shutdown Marathon” lambasted the online antics of… -
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Amid Shutdown, Here’s What Republicans are Telling Dems on the Senate Floor
Republicans’ attempt to end the new government shutdown failed Wednesday, but there are signs that Democrats are listening to Republican arguments. As the votes were tallied for the second vote on a seven-week stopgap funding bill to reopen the government, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., was spotted chatting with almost a dozen Democrat senators for an… -
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Former BLS Nominee EJ Antoni Tells All About His Nomination Fight
This is a preview of Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with E.J. Antoni, chief economist at The Heritage Foundation. Don’t miss the interview by turning on YouTube notifications for when the episode premieres at 6:30 a.m. EST on Oct. 2. On Tuesday, the nomination of E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at The Heritage Foundation, to… -
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Why Schumer Shut Down the Government, According to JD Vance
Democrats shut down the government because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is afraid he will lose his Senate seat to radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a party primary, Vice President JD Vance said at a Wednesday press briefing. “Why did this happen? Why did the Democrats shut down the government despite, as [White House… -
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Govt Out-of-Office Message Blames Dems for Shutdown
As the federal government closes shop, some agencies are offering their employees optional out-of-office email templates blaming Democrats for the shutdown. “I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill,” reads the Small Business Administration’s template, issued by HR to employees Wednesday morning. “Every… -
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How Trump Exposed the UN’s Hidden Agenda
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. On Sept. 23, President Donald Trump gave an address to the United Nations. It was a… -
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So-Called Schumer Shutdown Puts Ohio Dems in Tricky Spot
Republicans in the House and Senate have wasted no time reminding voters how the so-called Schumer Shutdown hurts working families in Ohio, putting Ohio Democrats in an awkward spot for next year’s elections. On Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee launched a new ad targeting Democrat Reps. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, Emilia… -
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‘Democrats Own This Government Shutdown,’ GOP Senators Say
Republican senators are condemning their Democrat colleagues for failing to agree on funding the government and upending the lives of Americans with the subsequent federal government shutdown. The decision will lead to many federal workers being furloughed without pay, including military personnel. “Unfortunately, hardworking Americans and millions of federal employees are left to pay the… -
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‘Does This Look Dirty to You?’ GOP Leaders Call on Democrats to End Shutdown
On the first day of the government shutdown, Republicans laid out a simple response to Democrats’ refusal to support a seven-week funding extension—not giving in to any of their demands. “The sad thing about it is that every single bit of this was entirely avoidable,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters at a Republican… -
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‘Taking the People’s Government Ransom’: Leading Conservatives Speak Out Against Democrat Shutdown
Major players in the conservative movement are weighing in on the Democrats’ “ransom” demands to end the government shutdown, which is poised to affect millions of Americans in the coming days. At the stroke of midnight, the government entered a shutdown after 43 Senate Democrats refused to vote for a stopgap spending measure—a continuing resolution—strikingly… -
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High School Cancels and Then Reinstates Turning Point Speaker Event
Many times over Charlie Kirk’s career, those who opposed the idea of anyone hearing his conservative message would threaten to disrupt the college campuses where his Turning Point USA was attempting to hold an event. This would give the school administrators just enough cover to pull the plug on an event under the guise of… -
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‘Cracks Are Beginning to Show’: Senate GOP Leadership Outlines Post-Shutdown Strategy
On Tuesday night, forty-three Democrats in the Senate denied Republicans the votes necessary to avert a government shutdown. But tellingly, at least according to one Senate Republican leader, three senators in the Democrat caucus voted with Republicans. Democrat Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada both voted to pass the continuing… -
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Democrats Take Heat Over Health Care for Illegal Aliens
As the government appears to be barreling toward a shutdown, which will begin at midnight, Democrats are facing criticism over their alleged support for health care subsidies to noncitizens residing in the United States. The Democrat continuing resolution bill would revoke Subtitle B in Title VII of the One Big Beautiful Act, effectively restoring accessibility…
