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Fewer People, More Cocaine: Smuggling Operations Through Puerto Rico
Illegal border crossings are down across the U.S. border with Mexico, and Customs and Border Protection has also seen a significant decline in drug seizures at the border. But the same cannot be said of drug seizures in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as cartels look for ways to get… -
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DeSantis Urges Congress to Defund Sanctuary States That License Illegal Aliens as Drivers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on Congress to defund sanctuary states that provide illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses. DeSantis’ push comes after an illegal alien, Harjinder Singh, was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after he appears to have tried to make an illegal U-turn while driving a commercial tractor-trailer on Aug. 12… -
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Unhinged Washington Protesters Show Why Democrats Are Losing Ground
While Washington, D.C., residents are enjoying feeling safe on the streets of their community once again, angry middle-class suburban protesters want the National Guard to leave the crime-ridden city. When Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the National Guard troops at Union Station this week, protesters used their First Amendment rights… -
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First House Candidate Emerges After Texas Redistricting
In a move that could send another strong conservative to Washington, Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain is running for the newly redrawn 9th Congressional District seat. “I want to run for Congress because CD-9 is MAGA country—home to a tremendous amount of hardworking, humble, and amazing conservative people. President Donald Trump’s people deserve a fighter… -
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Joy Reid and the Rise of Open Racism From the Left
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’ve talked about the challenges to big multiracial democracies like the United States, India, and Brazil…. -
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Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett Announces Potential Retirement
Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett has announced he will not seek reelection if Republicans’ new congressional map becomes the law of the land in the Lone Star State. If the new congressional lines go through, Doggett will likely have to face off against fellow Democrat Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, in what could shape up to… -
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Sherrod Brown’s Bill on ‘Pregnant Persons’ Comes Back to Haunt Him
Earlier this week, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, formally announced that he is seeking a comeback bid after losing last year to now Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, though he’ll have his record to contend with. Brown is running against Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who was appointed to fill now Vice President JD Vance’s seat, triggering… -
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Judge Orders Wind Down of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A federal judge has issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration and Florida state officials from sending additional criminal illegal aliens to “Alligator Alcatraz,” the detention center in the Florida Everglades. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of President Barack Obama, issued an 82-page ruling Thursday night siding with environmental groups who claim the facility is… -
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A Poll on Next Year’s Ohio Races Is Already Out
Democrats’ hopes for retaking the Senate in next year’s midterms may come down to former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, taking one of the Ohio Senate seats, but the momentum remains with his Republican opponent, Sen. Jon Husted. Earlier this week, Brown made it official that he was seeking a comeback bid after losing last year… -
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What Is the Democrat Alternative to Trump?
The Pavlovian Left goes berserk at the mere prospect of each new Trump initiative. Its escalating reactive venom and hysteria are calibrated to the success of President Donald Trump’s latest policy. Yet the new hard-left Democratic Party offers no counter-agenda to explain its furor. Still less do Democrats attempt bipartisan efforts to craft shared legislation…. -
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California’s Illegal Alien Sanctuary Policies Have a Body Count
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, each week, drive about 425 miles round trip from my farm residence in Central California… -
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Iowa Lawmaker Backs Requiring English Proficiency for CDL Drivers
In the wake of a horrific highway crash in Florida last week that killed three, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, is throwing her support behind federal legislation that would require commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) operators to demonstrate proficiency in English. The legislation, Connor’s Law, is named to honor Connor Dzion, an 18-year-old who died in 2017… -
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How Ohio’s Redistricting Is Different From the Rest
As plenty of states earn national attention for their redistricting battles, all eyes ought to be on Ohio, with Vice President JD Vance recently highlighting the role of his home state. It’s not merely Vance’s interest, though. The Buckeye State is actually required by law to redraw maps for 2026, though the fact Ohio is… -
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Texas State House Passes Redistricting Bill
The Texas House of Representatives has passed legislation dictating new congressional lines in an effort to expand Republican representation in Congress from the state at the expense of Lone Star State Democrats. Republicans advanced the bill in an 88-52 vote on Wednesday. The state Senate will vote on the legislation on Thursday, and then the… -
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The Communist Who Invented Modern Conservatism
You may not have ever heard the name of a man who was among the most profound intellectuals of the modern conservative movement in America. Frank S. Meyer was the man who came up with the idea of fusionism, an alliance between traditionalists and libertarians that underpinned the anti-communist bloc that composed the American Right… -
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The China Threat to Peace Between Russia and Ukraine
China could upset peace negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to an expert on China. “China could impede the peace process by telling Putin that it would cut off support if Putin were to talk to Ukraine or the United States,” Gordon Chang, a Gatestone Institute distinguished senior fellow, told… -
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What the Left Gets Wrong About Trump-Putin Summit
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. Last week, President Donald Trump completed his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. They… -
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Wyoming GOP Senator Hails Ohio’s Husted, Blasts Democrat Seeking Comeback as ‘a Failure’
A Wyoming Republican senator on Tuesday endorsed newcomer Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, as a “proven leader” and sharply criticized Husted’s likely 2026 challenger, a Democrat seeking a return to the Senate, as “a failure” and “utterly out of touch with Ohio.” “Sherrod Brown was a failure as a senator—aggressively attacking innovation, relentlessly opposing President Trump,… -
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Slaying Victim Laken Riley’s Mom, Stepdad Back Collins for Senate in Georgia
The mother and stepfather of Laken Riley—the 22-year-old nursing student slain by an illegal alien in Georgia whose death prompted bipartisan legislation to toughen penalties for illegal aliens charged with certain crimes—have endorsed Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., in his bid for U.S. Senate. “A lot of people go to Washington, and it changes them. However,… -
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CHINA THREAT FROM WITHIN? Interior Bureaucrat Overseeing Pacific Island Took Money From Chinese Companies
Chinese nationals have entered the U.S. through a strategically vulnerable Pacific Islands territory, and a former politician who took campaign contributions from China-based companies now helps oversee that territory in the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned about the threat from China, yet a security expert is raising questions about a bureaucrat in…
