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    EXCLUSIVE: Roy Introduces Bill to Designate CAIR as Hamas Affiliate

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A new House bill would designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its affiliates as specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs). The Designating Hamas Affiliates in America Act of 2026, introduced Thursday by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, aims to block CAIR’s assets and prohibit Americans from dealing with the organization. “CAIR is…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Democrat Governor Celebrates Ramadan at Hamas-Linked Mosque

    New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, celebrated Ramadan at a mosque whose co-founder was convicted of funneling money to Hamas and with an imam who faced deportation proceedings over alleged Hamas ties. This imam also called for a “new intifada.” “Thank you to the Islamic Center of Passaic County for welcoming me to join…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    CAIR Participates in Anti-ICE Protest, Attracts Remarks From GOP Lawmakers

    This article has been corrected to reflect that President Donald Trump’s executive order exclusively targeted elements of the Muslim Brotherhood, that Gov. Greg Abbott’s November proclamation on CAIR did not include a ban on the organization operating in Texas, and that the EPIC City development, which CAIR defended against attacks in an August report, denies…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • Greta Thunberg, Useful Idiot for Hamas

    Professional leftist Greta Thunberg was brought to Israel this week after the “selfie yacht” she was traveling on attempted to break through a naval blockade of Gaza. Her boat, the “Madleen,” was part of a flotilla pretending to deliver aid to alleviate an imaginary famine. The 22-year-old was given food and shelter and sent home…
    David Harsanyi
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  • Former Hamas Hostage Bashes Pulitzer Board for Awarding ‘Modern-Day Equivalent of a Holocaust Denier’

    Emily Damari spent nearly 500 days in Hamas captivity after terrorists shot her in the hand and forcibly took her from her home on Oct. 7, 2023. Now, the Pulitzer Prize board has awarded a man who Damari calls the “modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier.”   The Pulitzer board has awarded Mosab Abu Toha…
    Virginia Allen
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  • Hamas Agrees to Deal That Includes Release of American Hostage Edan Alexander

    Hamas says it will accept a ceasefire deal that includes the release of American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander.   Over the weekend, Hamas announced it would agree to a proposal from mediator states Egypt and Qatar. The deal includes the release of five hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, a pause in…
    Virginia Allen
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  • Hawley Decries Anti-Hate Activist’s Defense of Hamas Sympathizer Khalil

    A Senate committee met Thursday to expose and combat antisemitic disruptions on college campuses around the country with the aim of ensuring safe learning environments for all students. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., took one of the witnesses to task for criticizing the decision of the Trump administration…
    Jacob Adams
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  • Masked Hamas Agitators at Universities Should Be Criminally Prosecuted

    The Trump administration is finally doing what President Joe Biden refused: revoking visas and deporting violent Hamas-supporting foreign “students” once and for all. These agitators should count their blessings. They could have been and should have been criminally prosecuted by the Biden administration. These foreign actors staged violent protests at American colleges, cheering the vicious massacre, rapes, assaults, and kidnappings…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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  • Pro-Hamas Columbia Student’s Arrest First of ‘Continuous and Ongoing Effort,’ White House Official Says

    The arrest of terrorist-sympathizing former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is part of a larger effort to root out antisemitism from American universities, The Daily Signal has learned. Federal immigration officials arrested Khalil, a green card holder, for allegedly circulating “pro-Hamas propaganda flyers.” President Donald Trump said his arrest would be the “first of many,” and a…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • Documents Show How Biden’s State Dept Ignored Warnings About Funding Hamas-Linked UN Organization

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Among the many actions President Donald Trump took during his eventful first two weeks was ruling out any resumption of American funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency—again. In his executive order announcing the decision, he noted, “UNRWA has reportedly been infiltrated by members of groups long designated by the Secretary of State (Secretary) as…
    Michael Chamberlain
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  • 500 Days in Captivity: The Plight of the Hamas Hostages

    Editor’s note: Feb. 17, 2025, marked 500 days in captivity for the remaining 76 of the 250 hostages taken when Hamas terrorists struck southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and killed over 1,200 people. The Heritage Foundation hosted an event marking those 500 days on Tuesday, hearing from family members of those still held hostage…
    Victoria Coates
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  • ‘They Will Get It Done’: Trump Leads Negotiation to End Hamas Hostage Ordeal, Warns ‘A Lot of Trouble’ If It Falters

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—As negotiations over the Hamas hostage deal near completion, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday on Newsmax that failure to secure the hostages’ release could unleash “a lot of trouble.” During an appearance on “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Trump said the negotiation is close to getting done. The deal aims to secure the release of hostages…
    Mariane Angela
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  • EXCLUSIVE: George Mason Professors Demand End to Pro-Hamas Activity

    Almost 20 professors at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School sent a letter urging the school’s president to crack down on pro-Hamas, anti-Israel activity in the student body. Three GMU students of Middle Eastern origin have had recent run-ins with the police over weapons and pro-terror materials, The Daily Signal previously reported. Two of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • When Can Government Deport Foreign Students for Pro-Hamas Protests?—The BorderLine

    Is there any behavior by a foreign student here on a visa that’s so bad that he should be deported? Apparently under Joe Biden, the answer was no. It remains to be seen how campus radicals will fare under Donald Trump. Momodou Taal, described in a local paper as a “United Kingdom citizen” and elsewhere…
    Simon Hankinson
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  • HOSTAGE CRISIS: Hamas Is Imprisoning Americans. Why Aren’t We Doing Anything About It?

    Do you remember a time when Americans cared that their fellow citizens had been kidnapped and held captive by terrorists? I do. Think back to 1979, when Iranian terrorists stormed the American embassy in Tehran. They held more than 50 Americans hostage for 444 days. And we cared. The Americans held captive were constantly on…
    Armstrong Williams
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  • A Year After Hamas Terrorist Attack, 4 US Citizens Remain Hostage

    Monday marks 365 days since Hamas terrorists took U.S. citizens hostage. Four American men—Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Omer Neutra, and Keith Siegel—are believed to be still alive, along with nearly 100 Israelis also taken hostage by Hamas. About 1,200 Israelis were killed Oct. 7 during Hamas’ terrorist attack exactly one year ago, a rampage of…
    Virginia Allen
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  • How Many US Muslims Deny Hamas’ Crimes on Oct. 7?

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—One year after Hamas terrorists in Gaza invaded Israel, raping women and slaughtering more than 1,100 people, including infants, and after video evidence of the slaughter has spread across the world, a shocking percentage of American Muslims deny these facts and harbor disgusting antisemitic attitudes, a new poll shows. When asked…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • Questions Remain About How Pro-Hamas Mob Overwhelmed Park Police in DC

    The scene outside Union Station in our nation’s capital that day was almost apocalyptic. Anti-Israel, pro-Palestine protesters arrived at Columbus Circle in front of the historic train station after first marching to the nearby U.S. Capitol. They were supposed to demonstrate peacefully and then disperse. They didn’t do that. In defiance of a permit granted…
    Tim Kennedy
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  • ‘Zero Tolerance’: Republican Files Bill to Deport Pro-Hamas Migrants After DC Riot

    House Republicans are promoting a bill that would make foreign students who support terrorist organizations ineligible to remain in the U.S., a response to pro-Hamas protesters who brought chaos to Washington, D.C., Wednesday.  Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., introduced a bill Thursday directing U.S. officials to deport any foreigner on a student visa who “has participated…
    Hudson Crozier
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  • Why This Congressman Wants IRS to Probe Pro-Hamas Funders

    “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said in 1913. Indeed, our exposure of the network of organizations supporting pro-Hamas demonstrators is now helping a member of Congress pressure the Internal Revenue Service to investigate these groups. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter June 27 to…
    Mary Mobley
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