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    5 Years After the Floyd Riots, the Left’s Thirst for Political Violence Has Not Quenched
    Five years after the death of George Floyd, the political Left is increasingly embracing violence as legitimate action, aided and abetted by soft-on-crime forces funded by billionaire George Soros. Floyd’s death sparked numerous deaths and other violence, including massive property damage to predominantly black neighborhoods and businesses. The Minneapolis–Saint Paul riots alone saw two people…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    ‘HE’S AMAZING’: Howard Lutnick Opens Up About Trump’s Confrontation With South African President
    Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick praised President Donald Trump’s courage and tenacity in confronting the president of South Africa with a video showing chants of “Kill the Boer, Kill the [white] farmer” in the Oval Office. “Well, the president is willing to call it out, straight out, right to the president of South Africa and say,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Inside Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Visit to Fort Bragg
    FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—On Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first trip to Fort Bragg since restoring the base’s name, he unveiled a plan in step with his core mission of prioritizing lethality and the warrior ethos in the military.  Hegseth began Thursday at the 82nd Airborne Division’s All-American Week review ceremony.  After landing in Fayetteville, Hegseth…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Hegseth Vows to Involve ‘Best’ US Companies in Missile-Defense ‘Golden Dome’ Construction
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed America’s commitment to making all the materials for the “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield domestically. “We’re going to defend America with great American companies,” Hegseth told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “We’re committed patriotically to the defense of the homeland.” The U.S. plans to build a “Golden Dome” to guard against…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Virginia County Votes Not to Report Illegal Alien Terrorists to ICE—in Name of ‘Public Safety’
    The Arlington County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to end its police department’s ability to report illegal aliens arrested for felonies and terrorist activity to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Board members couched their decision as a way to protect immigrant communities from the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, which, funny enough,…
    Erin Poff
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    With Injunction Lifted, Pentagon Set to Remove Trans Service Members From Military
    Days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Pentagon’s ban on transgender-identifying service members, the Department of Defense will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 people diagnosed with gender dysphoria out of the military. Others will have 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Transportation Secretary Unveils Overhaul of ‘Antiquated’ Air Traffic Control Systems
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a massive overhaul of the United States’ antiquated air traffic control system to modernize operations and reduce delays and inefficiencies. “This proposal seeks to transform the United States’ air traffic control system from its antiquated system to a modern system capable of meeting the demands of today and the future,”…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Pete Hegseth’s Hard Choices: Today’s Decisions and Tomorrow’s Military
    CARLISLE, Pennsylvania—Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be landing, at the lush green fields of the Army War College. Hill is the commandant of the prestigious military institution and had been preparing for days for something rare around…
    Salena Zito
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    WATCH: Trump Declares War on Hollywood Outsourcing
    President Trump announced a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films Sunday evening, claiming that outsourcing production poses a “national security threat.” No final plan has been solidified. Here’s what we know so far about Hollywood’s deals with foreign studios and what the tariffs could do to the industry.
    Elise McCue
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    New House Report Faults FBI for Claiming Congressional Baseball Game Shooter Had ‘No Nexus to Terrorism’
    A new congressional report finds the FBI put out “intentionally misleading” statements regarding the man who shot Republican members of Congress at a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game in 2017. The FBI published multiple statements claiming that the shooting had “no nexus to terrorism” and identifying the motive of the shooter—James Hodgkinson—as “suicide by…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Rubio Designates Haitian Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
    THE CENTER SQUARE­—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated two Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, adding to a list of transnational criminal organizations, including Mexican cartels and the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua. Rubio designated the violent Haitian gangs, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, as FTOs and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,…
    Bethany Blankley
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    Judges Wage War Against Trump
    During his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump acted with unprecedented speed to make major changes in government policies and root out the pervasive waste, fraud, and diversity, equity, and inclusion poisoning our government and its programs. Still, he was hampered by a handful of biased judges who abused their authority to keep…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    CCP-Linked Stores on Military Bases? This Congressman Is Trying to Close Them Down
    Before freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., came to Washington in January, no one seemed to notice that a Chinese Communist Party-linked company had stores that sold health products to our troops. Though it was once an American-owned company, the vitamin store GNC was purchased by the CCP-linked Harbin Pharmaceuticals in 2020 after GNC filed for…
    Bradley Devlin
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    EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Transportation Department Cut $9.5B of Waste in 100 Days
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Secretary Sean Duffy is celebrating 100 days of prioritizing safety and efficiency at the Department of Transportation. “The Department of Transportation is focused on its core mission of safety and efficiency,” Duffy said in a statement shared with The Daily Signal. “Under this administration, America is building again—forging a future with…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: In First 100 Days, NASA Moves Toward Trump’s Goal of US Flag on Mars
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—During the Trump administration’s first 100 days, NASA has made significant moves toward planting an American flag on Mars and getting a man back on the moon.  In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said America “will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Advisers Purged at Pentagon
    In the latest shake-up under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a number of policy advisers from previous administrations have been ousted from the Pentagon. The dismissals, announced Friday, come amid growing concerns about leaks at the Pentagon—an issue that led to the dismissal of three members of Hegseth’s inner circle in April. Hegseth scrubbed the…
    George Caldwell
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    The Method Behind the Madness of Trump’s So-Called Tariff Wars
    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. Where are we in the trade wars, the tariff wars? The stock market recently has recovered somewhat. We’re about where it was in August. I didn’t…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Who’s Leaking at the Pentagon?
    The Pentagon has a leak problem, and high-ranking Defense Department figures are not shying away from making accusations against those they suspect of speaking to the press off the record. High-profile leaks in the past months include reports of Elon Musk’s communications with Pentagon officials, the contents of Signal chats that included top Cabinet members,…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump’s So-Called Trade War
    1. President Donald Trump’s so-called trade war. Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion trade deficit and 50 years of consecutive trade deficits a “trade war.” But then what do they call the policies of the past half-century by Europe, Asia, China, and others…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Rubio Stands Firm: No More Student Visa Privileges for Terrorism Backers
    Protesters are getting exactly what they asked for when they waved Hamas flags, burned American flags, and turned college campuses into breeding grounds for extremism. They wanted attention, and now they’ve got it—in the form of overdue accountability. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is doing what weak leadership failed to do for years: enforce our…
    Yaakov Menken
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