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opinion
The LA Riots Aren’t Newsom’s Biggest Defeat
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s doppelganger came and went very quickly. If you missed it, that was the version of Newsom posturing as a moderate bravely willing to antagonize the extreme Left of his own Democratic Party. This process began sometime in March when the Newsom imposter said during a podcast that it was “deeply unfair”… -
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Arrested Milwaukee County Judge’s Trial Delayed
THE CENTER SQUARE—Judge Hannah Dugan will not go on trial in her immigration collusion case next month after the federal judge handling the case delayed the trial Wednesday. Judge Lynn Adleman told the court he wants to make sure the case is “done right.” Dugan is facing two federal charges, one of them a felony,… -
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The ‘Donald Trump Is Evil’ Routine Isn’t Going to Cut It Anymore
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’re in very troubled and chaotic times. We’ve got a theater-wide war in the Middle East… -
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Senate Committee Moves to Deregulate Firearm Silencers in Budget Bill
The Senate is moving to deregulate firearms silencers in its long-anticipated version of the budget reconciliation bill. The bill has passed the House and is now being debated in the Senate. Provisions to loosen burdensome restrictions on firearms silencers have been included in the Senate Finance Committee’s legislative text for the Senate version of the… -
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The Government Must Declassify Secrets and Let the American People Decide the Truth
Now more than ever, it appears that the institutions meant to uncover the truth about Nov. 22, 1963, were the very ones that buried it. At a recent congressional hearing, stunning eyewitness testimony suggested President John F. Kennedy was killed by shots that Lee Harvey Oswald could not have possibly fired. Dr. Don Curtis, who… -
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Securing America’s AI Edge: Trump’s Plan To Outpace China
The race to develop artificial intelligence capabilities will play a decisive role in the “New Cold War” with China. America currently enjoys a multiyear lead in cutting-edge AI technologies. This lead is protected by export controls that prevent China from obtaining America’s best technology and slow its progress in developing AI with dual-use civilian and military capabilities…. -
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Mike Lee’s Land Plan Is a Good Plan
Should parts of Yellowstone National Park—or any national park or monument—be sold so private homes can be built there? Absolutely not. But what about a very small fraction of the approximately 437 million acres of land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service that is not part of any national park… -
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‘I’m More Libertarian Than You!’ Rand Paul Opens Up About His Conversations With Trump, Iran War
At any moment, President Donald Trump could decide to directly involve the United States in yet another war in the Middle East—this time against Iran. The stakes could not be higher and this week, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss. “I think President Trump’s instincts are to try to keep us… -
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More Republicans Than Democrats Support Israel in Conflict With Iran, Poll Finds
A majority of registered Republican voters and those who lean Republican—58%—said the United States should be supporting Israel in its current conflict with Iran, according to a new Napolitan News National Survey. Twenty-four percent of Republicans and Republican leaners said the U.S. should not support Israel or Iran in the conflict. Registered Democrat voters and… -
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Israel Dismantles Iran’s Defenses, but Will It Be Enough?
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 are at a historic time in the Middle East. Never in our lifetimes have we… -
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Misunderstanding Trump
Many are now demanding that President Donald Trump act abroad in the way they think he had promised and campaigned—which can be mostly defined as how closely he should parallel their own version of MAGA. But Trump’s past shows that he never claimed that he was either an ideological isolationist or an interventionist. He was… -
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AIPAC Calls on Trump, Congress for US Aid to Israel in Its Clash With Iran
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is calling on Congress and the Trump administration to provide aid to Israel in its military conflict with Iran. “Israel is taking decisive action tonight against the Iranian nuclear program, which has been a growing threat not only to Israel, but to America and our other regional allies,” AIPAC… -
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China’s Vape Offensive and the Mexican Cartel Pipeline: A Growing Threat to US Security
In Mexico, the cartels have found their perfect staging ground to capitalize on a low-risk, high-profit cash crop. Lax enforcement against illicit tobacco has created vast gray zones where cartels operate openly, stockpiling illicit goods, laundering profits, and planning cross-border smuggling with little fear of government intrusion. For the past two decades, I have investigated… -
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Hegseth Outlines Pentagon’s Budget, Priorities at Senate Panel Hearing
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday testified on the Pentagon’s proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2026, articulating the Trump administration’s vision for a strong United States. Addressing the elephant in the room, Hegseth said the decision about whether or not to strike Iran is at the presidential level, and that he would go… -
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5 Key Moments From Sen. Padilla’s Speech About His Confrontation With Kristi Noem
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., delivered remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor, defending his confrontation last week with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while accusing President Donald Trump of using the Los Angeles riots as a pretext to deploy the National Guard and violate First Amendment rights. On June 12, during a press briefing held by… -
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Heritage Expert: Israeli Strikes Put Iran ‘At the Cusp’ of Losing Nuclear Capability
As tensions in the Middle East escalate following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, a leading national security expert says Israel has achieved a decisive advantage that could end Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Robert Greenway, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for National Security, argues that Israel’s recent operations have crippled Iran’s military leadership, destroyed air… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Coalition Urges Confirmation of Chair of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of conservative organizations is urging the Senate to confirm the chair of an independent agency used by the Biden administration to push gender transitions and abortion. Throughout the second Trump administration, Andrea Lucas has served as the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Lucas has served on… -
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Sen. Ron Johnson Proposes Alternative to ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., perhaps the Senate’s fiercest fiscal hawk, has released a lengthy report on the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, claiming the bill would balloon deficits. The big, beautiful bill is a 10-year fiscal plan that would fulfill many of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, such as extending his 2017 tax cuts and… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Is the Age of American Empire Over or Just Beginning?
President Donald Trump returned to Washington in January with a mandate from the American people to end mass migration. That same month, however, the foreign-born population living within America’s borders hit a record high, in an echo of the Roman Empire. Is it too late to save America from mass migration? Even if America is… -
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Historian Victor Davis Hanson Lays Out Ancient Lessons on Borders: ‘Walls Do Really Work’
Military historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson, speaking Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, drew striking parallels between the empires of the past and the modern United States. Hanson, a Daily Signal contributor, contended that, contrary to the assertions of the Left, “walls do work,” and that the United States is in need of cultural cohesion…
