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From Desk to Field: Reassigned Agents Are Catching More Illegal Aliens at Northern Border
The U.S. northern border spans more than 5,500 miles, including Canada’s border with Alaska, making it the longest land border in the world—and historically challenging to patrol. But now, for the “first time in years, we’ve been able to redeploy agents from processing centers back to the field, patrolling the land, and catching illegal… -
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Meet 3 Trump Nominees Whose Stalled Senate Confirmations Could Benefit From Rule Change
President Donald Trump’s nominees whose Senate confirmations have been blocked by Democrats received new hope this week that they will finally get an up-or-down vote if the Senate modifies its rules. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday discussed how he would be reforming Senate rules to confirm batches of Trump’s appointees, dozens of… -
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Charlie Kirk Lived Out a Mission Some Conservatives Thought Was Impossible
Great minds have spent generations debating over the most effective ways to win hearts and minds to a cause, but all agree on one thing: If you reach the young, you will determine the course of a nation’s future. Charlie Kirk knew this and lived it. Kirk’s mission to reach young people may have stemmed… -
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Silencing Dissent: The Chilling Implications of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
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. Tragically, Charlie Kirk, a friend of all of ours, was shot and killed in Utah. This… -
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16 Members of Congress Call for Statue of Charlie Kirk in Capitol
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is championing an effort by members of Congress to place a statue of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot Wednesday, in the U.S. Capitol. The Florida congresswoman posted on the social media platform X a letter she and several other House members sent to Speaker of the… -
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Will Republicans Hand Dems a Major Health Care Concession?
Will Republicans in Congress hand Democrats a massive health care concession to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month? That’s a question that has Capitol Hill abuzz. As Congress faces an end-of-September deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding that Republicans make… -
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Jean-Pierre Reveals How She Got Talking Points on Biden’s Mental Fitness
After defending former President Joe Biden’s mental fitness for office for more than two years, his White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, told a House panel Friday that talking points for her press briefing binder were created by various White House advisers. However, she said, points relating to the 46th president’s mental acuity were handled… -
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Schumer Threatens Government Shutdown, Something He, Other Senate Dems Decried as ‘Chaos’ in March
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said this week that he’s ready to force a federal government shutdown at the end of the month if Democrats don’t get the spending that they want. That would be a reversal in rhetoric after some Democrat senators, including Schumer, warned in March about the dire consequences of a… -
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Senate Likely to Confirm Dozens of Trump Nominees After Going ‘Nuclear’
After months of a Democrat blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees, Republicans in the Senate have gone nuclear. By a vote to 53-to-45 on Thursday afternoon, the Senate voted in favor of what is commonly referred to as the “nuclear option,” the creation of a new Senate rule by a simple majority vote, rather than… -
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Democrat Criticisms of Charlie Kirk Do Not Cease After Assassination
Democrats have joined in denouncing the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, but many have also used it as an opportunity to promote gun control, even while pushing back on attempts to honor him. “I believe that if we want to stop the scourge of violence in… -
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‘Nuclear’ Data Centers Right Outside Virginia’s Capital City?
Richmond, Virginia’s WTVR news viewers heard the headline this week that “Goochland County residents voice concerns over proposed data center and nuclear reactor development.” While anti-data center protests are growing more common, there’s also a proposed nuclear reactor site residents are going to have to contend with, too? Is lightning striking twice for residents outside… -
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The ‘4 Horsemen of the Western Civilization Apocalypse’ Have Arrived
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. Europe is in a turmoil. The government of France fell in the sense that the prime… -
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‘Professional Hit’? Some Lawmakers Speculate on Nature of Kirk’s Killing
As the investigation continues into the fatal shooting Wednesday of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, some congressmen say they think the killing might have been a “professional hit.” The investigation of the killing and the manhunt for the perpetrator are ongoing. The FBI recently released an image of a “person… -
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‘Certainly Fitting’: GOP Lawmakers Hail Trump’s Plan to Award Medal of Freedom to Kirk
Republican members of Congress on Thursday applauded President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would be posthumously awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The medal is the highest award a civilian can receive from the U.S. president. Prominent Americans who have received the honor include Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Olympic gold-medal gymnast Simone Biles, Walt… -
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Mike Lee Offers ‘Tribute to the Amazing Legacy of Charlie Kirk’ With Senate Resolution
In the wake of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced a Senate resolution Thursday honoring the conservative activist’s memory. “I look forward to my colleagues of both parties uniting to condemn this vile murder, and to offer a tribute to the amazing legacy of Charlie Kirk,” Lee told The… -
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After Kirk Slaying, Lawmakers Call for More Security
In the wake of the assassination Wednesday of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, some in Congress are again calling for increased security protection for lawmakers. “There’s been a deluge of that,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., told CNN of calls for heightened security. “I mean, from the moment… -
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House Moment of Silence Honors Slain ‘Dear Friend Charlie Kirk’
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson held a moment of silence on the House floor Wednesday afternoon for Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot at an event he was holding at Utah Valley University. Johnson, R-La., announced the moment of silence to reporters shortly before entering the House… -
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The Man Who Wants to Make 10,000 Stephen Millers
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Watch Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with American Moment CEO Nick Solheim on The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel. “Personnel is policy” is an old truism in the conservative movement. After President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, one of the big question marks as he… -
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Trump Must Protect His Wins Before the Midterms. Here’s How.
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’ve been a big supporter—as all of you have, in most cases—of what we’ve seen the… -
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Republicans Introduce Bills to Penalize States, Cities That Prohibit Cash Bail
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is promoting legislation in the House of Representatives that would cut certain federal funding to states and localities that prohibit cash bail or do not utilize pretrial detention practices for violent offenders. Dubbed the Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act, the bill attempts to “build on” and codify two executive…
