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Why the Left Is Going Crazy
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 are the sources, the causes of Democratic rage? We see the manifestations everywhere. We have… -
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He Smuggled Thousands of Illegal Aliens Into the US
A Honduran national living in Texas and responsible for smuggling an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 illegal aliens into the U.S. has been sentenced for his crimes. Over the course of three years, Enil Edil Mejia-Zuniga was a leader of a large illegal-immigrant smuggling ring, helping thousands of migrants enter the U.S. from 11 different countries, according to… -
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New Polling Finds Strong Bipartisan Support for Trump’s Immigration Policies
President Donald Trump is enjoying strong support for his border and immigration policies among U.S. voters, according to a new Harvard-Harris Poll. The poll, conducted July 6-8, found that 60% of voters support Trump’s actions to close the southern border, with 34% of Democrats and 89% of Republicans saying they back the president’s measures… -
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House Moves to Ban Digital Currency Tool With Potential for Authoritarian Abuse
The House of Representatives is set to vote Tuesday on a digital currency bill that its supporters say could prevent potential future abuse of Americans’ financial freedom. The legislation, introduced by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is called the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. “By passing the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, we’re not only codifying… -
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Senate Faces Litmus Test With Chance to Codify DOGE
The Republican-controlled Senate faces a major litmus test this week of whether it is willing to cut federal government spending going forward. This week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is attempting to pass a rescissions package to cut $9.4 billion in unspent funds from foreign aid and public broadcasting. The package, which targets funding for… -
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Senate Must Pass White House Rescissions Package
For far too long, leaders in Washington have wasted hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on woke and weaponized programs, including outright propaganda that only the faculty of Harvard could support. The White House’s rescissions package reins in this waste and restores common sense as we work to get our fiscal house in order. The… -
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Trump Administration Sets Deportation Record
The mass deportation of illegal aliens is not new. The U.S. has been removing thousands of illegal immigrants every year since the 1800s, according to official Department of Homeland Security data. Prior to the second Trump administration, the highest annual illegal immigrant-removal numbers reported were under the Obama administration, according to DHS figures. During President… -
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Ohio’s Bernie Moreno Joins Senate Leadership Team
Last week, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, joined the leadership team of Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., where he will serve as a deputy. This move is rather significant, especially for a senator who just took office in January and could signal more opportunities to come. When reached for comment, Barrasso and Moreno’s offices directed… -
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The Senate’s Crossroads on Trump Nominations
Senate Republican leadership is facing pressure to increase the pace of confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees now that the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is in the rearview mirror. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, “has repeatedly urged Senate leadership to work through recesses and stay in D.C. as long as it takes to confirm President Trump’s nominees,… -
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‘They’re Hiding Something’: Democrats Panic Over Masked ICE Agents
Democrats presented a bill in the Massachusetts House on Wednesday to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from covering their faces during immigration raids and arrests. Democrats and Republicans are sparring over the issue with increased heat as leaders on the Left look to pass similar legislation on the federal level. ICE agents have… -
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Florida Lawmaker Contrasts His State’s Growth to New York Exodus
A freshman congressman explains the Florida way as it relates to effectively stewarding taxpayer dollars to deal with quality-of-life issues in America. Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., offered his expertise in government management, having served as the chief financial officer of Florida. He was elected to Congress on April 1 in a special election in Florida’s… -
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Trump Makes ‘Experts’ Eat Their Words With Record-Breaking 3 Weeks
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. Everyone is talking about President Donald Trump’s big last three weeks in praise. I mean, after… -
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The Time to Act Is Now. The Senate Must Pass the Rescissions Package.
The time has come for Congress to address the unchecked expansion of the administrative state. The federal bureaucracies have created a new class of nameless, faceless elites, who have governed us for decades without ever winning an election and are accountable to no one. At the same time, the century-long growth of this “fourth branch”… -
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GOP’s Perry Faces Rematch in House Race in Pennsylvania
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., is facing a formidable return challenger in former TV news anchor Janelle Stelson for the 2026 midterm elections. Stelson, a Democrat, who lost to the Pennsylvania congressman last November in the 10th Congressional District by 1.2 percentage points, announced her bid to run again on Monday. If past is prelude, the… -
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House Republicans Rake in Big Campaign Cash
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and allied groups have already raised tens of millions of dollars to help defend the Republican House majority in 2026. In the first six months of 2025, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a campaign super PAC that supports GOP House candidates, raised $32.7 million. The American Action Network, a nonprofit… -
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ICE Finds 10 Unaccompanied Migrant Children at Marijuana Grow Sites
Ten of the 14 children found at the marijuana grow sites in California did not have a parent present at the facility, according to Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection conducted an operation at two marijuana grow sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California,… -
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America Must Fight Like an Insurgent to Defeat Communist China
Much of the debate about the military threat from China revolves around the enormity of its capabilities and its determination to expand its armed forces even further. This has prompted debates within U.S. policy circles of both how best to grow American military assets and ensure that our enduring weapons platforms are more capable than… -
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Combating the LA Riots. A Battle Worth Having
Déjà vu. That’s what Americans felt after the recent riots, violence, and left-wing antics centered in Los Angeles, California. Radicals used President Donald Trump’s deportations of illegal immigrants from communities around the nation as their pitiful excuse for the chaos. After weeks of simmering opposition to the federal government’s enforcement actions, those advocating for lawlessness… -
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A Second ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’: What Might Be in It?
As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson teases subsequent budget reconciliation bills to follow up on the recently enacted “Big, Beautiful Bill,” Republicans in Congress are already filling out their wish lists for reforms they want included in it. Johnson, R-La., laid out his plan in an interview Sunday, two days after the One Big… -
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Second Catholic Diocese Allows Illegal Immigrants to Skip Mass
The bishop of the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. announced Tuesday that he was issuing a dispensation for illegal immigrants from the weekly obligation of attending Sunday Mass over fears of recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, marking the second time a diocese has issued such a dispensation over the last three…
