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Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Shields US From Iran Turmoil, Energy Chief Says
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said American consumers are reaping the benefits from the Trump administration’s pro-energy agenda, a fundamental departure from Biden-era policies. Citing the recent conflict between Israel and Iran in the volatile Middle East, Wright noted that “today the price of oil is lower than it was when bullets started flying” on June… -
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Unhinged Rhetoric Reveals Left’s Desperation
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. After the June 21st, Saturday night bombing of the nuclear facilities in Iran, the Left has… -
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Joni Ernst Pulls Back the Curtain on Key Senate Effort to Fight the Deep State in the One Big, Beautiful Bill
Federal bureaucrats can act like a “deep state,” opposing the people’s elected president from within his own executive branch, in part because public-sector unions protect them, and taxpayers unwittingly pay bureaucrats for work they do for these unions. The Republican Congress aims to claw back some of this money in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,”… -
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Ex-Senator Seeks to Return to Hill After 13-Year Hiatus
Former Republican Sen. Scott Brown has jumped into the Senate race in New Hampshire, seeking to replace retiring Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Shaheen, 78, in the Senate since 2009, opted against running for a fourth six-year term next year. The election for the seat will be held on Nov. 3, 2026. Brown previously served as… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Video Showcases Human Impact of Biden’s Border Crisis on Texas Rancher
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—When Martin Wall and his wife bought a ranch in Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2021, they had no idea they’d spend the next four years defending their property from the Biden administration’s illegal immigration crisis. Wall achieved his dream of purchasing a ranch and raising his children there. But the day… -
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Lawmaker’s Bill Would Cut ‘DEI Crap’ From School Accreditation Process
A Florida Republican lawmaker is introducing a bill to overhaul how schools get accredited in a move he suggests could refocus education toward practical ends, rather than ideology. Accreditation is the process by which a school gets recognized as a legitimate institution, and Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., argues that it has been hijacked. “The radical… -
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Remembering the Korean War, 75 Years Later
Seventy-five years ago, on June 25, the Korean Peninsula became the front line for a global battle: that of tyranny versus liberty and autocracy versus democracy. From June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the Korean War claimed the lives of millions of people, including those of 54,246 American soldiers. And while the war technically… -
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House Freedom Caucus Members Angered by Senate Changes to ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
As Republican congressional leadership prepares to pass its One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the main legislative vehicle for President Donald Trump’s campaign promises—a number of fiscal hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are indicating they will vote it down if the Senate’s rumored changes are included. Specifically, caucus members say the Senate’s work on the bill… -
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The Left’s Hypocrisy on Trump’s Iran Strike
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. What will be the reaction, here and abroad, in the coming days and weeks to the… -
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ICE Arrests 11 Iranian Nationals, Including One Who ‘Reportedly Served as Iranian Army Sniper’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 11 Iranian nationals over two days, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday. Among those in custody is Ribvar Karimi, who “reportedly served as an Iranian army sniper from 2018 to 2021,” according to the DHS. An Islamic Republic of Iran Army identification card was in Karimi’s possession when… -
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Thune Confident Budget Bill Remains on Track for Senate Passage
Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared determined on Tuesday to keep the budget reconciliation bill on track to be passed in the Senate by July 4, even as he acknowledged that some Senate Republicans might in the end vote against the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill. “Could be,” Thune, R-S.D., said at the weekly Senate Republican… -
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National Security Expert Anticipates President Trump’s Next Move
President Donald Trump shared early Tuesday his disappointment with Israel for launching missiles at Iran, hours after reaching a temporary ceasefire with Iran. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” Trump said before heading to the Netherlands for the… -
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‘This Isn’t Just Crime. It’s Terror,’ Senate Panel’s Hearing on Mexican Cartels Is Told
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on international drug cartels emphasized that the organizations are effectively engaged in sophisticated terrorism. The hearing, “The Thin Blue Line Protecting America from the Cartels,” featured three witnesses from law enforcement: Matthew Allen, special agent in charge of the Los Angeles Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration in… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Bill Would Aim to Brand Major Muslim Group a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A member of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday asking the secretary of state to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a foreign terrorist organization. The Council on American-Islamic Relations brands itself as a 501(c)(3) Muslim civil rights and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., but according to Rep. Randy Fine,… -
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Republicans Press for ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Shield
In the wake of Israel’s and the United States’ successful interception of Iranian missile strikes, Senate Republicans are renewing their push for a “Golden Dome” that would shield the United States from ballistic missiles. The Golden Dome Act, inspired by Israel’s “Iron Dome” system, would authorize more than $23 billion “to begin developing a modernized,… -
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Johnson Warns Lawmakers Action on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Could Push Back Start of July 4 Recess
House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a plain message at his weekly press conference Tuesday: Congress must pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by Independence Day, July 4. Johnson, R-La., has labored over the legislation since before President Donald Trump’s election in November, and it would fulfill major campaign promises, such as extending the president’s… -
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Duo Still Pressing for House War Powers Resolution on Iran, but Speaker Says It’s Not ‘Necessary’
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are spearheading a war powers resolution that would direct President Donald Trump to cease using the military against Iran without congressional approval. But it might not get a vote in the House, if House Speaker Mike Johnson has anything to say about it. The resolution “directs the… -
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Contempt Authority: The Key to Empowering Immigration Judges
For nearly three decades, it has been an uphill battle to give immigration judges their fair share of judicial tools to do their ever-increasingly difficult job. A big step in the right direction happened this April, when the acting director the Executive Officer for Immigration Review issued guidance to all immigration judges that stresses their… -
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Administration Green Light to Deport Illegal Aliens to Third-Party Countries
In a win for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court issued a brief order Monday allowing the Trump administration to restart deportation flights of illegal aliens to nations other than their own. The high court’s order lifts, for now, a lower court’s order allowing illegal immigrants to challenge their deportation order before their removal. … -
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Trump’s Words for Israel After It Struck Iran Post-Ceasefire
President Donald Trump is “not happy” that Israel fired rockets at Iran shortly after the nation’s ceasefire with Iran took effect. “Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped the load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before,” Trump told reporters before flying to the Netherlands…
