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    Shutdown Will Disrupt Air Travel, Transportation Chief Warns
    Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy delivered a stern message at the Capitol on Thursday: The federal government shutdown is already putting a strain on air traffic controllers, and the problem will only get worse until the government reopens. “Next Tuesday is the first paycheck that [air traffic controllers] will not receive for the work that…
    George Caldwell
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    BREAKING: How Senate Votes on Bill to Pay Military, Essential Federal Workers
    Senate Democrats have blocked paying essential federal workers as the government shutdown continues into its fourth week.  In a vote of 54-to-45, a bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to pay essential federal workers, including active-duty members of the U.S. military, failed to clear the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to become law. Democrat Sens. John…
    Jacob Adams
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    Daily Signal Is Obtaining Pentagon Press Credentials
    There is no greater duty for American journalists than to truthfully inform the public about their government, most especially efforts to keep the homeland safe from national security threats, both foreign and domestic. Many have honored that patriotic obligation with distinction. More than 50 years ago, journalists reporting on the Vietnam War uncovered startling information…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    China Threat Calls for Ideologically Free Energy Policy
    Whether China’s threat to restrict export of rare earth minerals materializes or is resolved through trade negotiations, the episode underscores the fragility of U.S. supply chains and the importance of developing domestic sources. Nowhere is this more evident than in the energy sector, where climate policies have made dozens of countries more reliant on imports…
    Vijay Jayaraj
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    Optimistic at Peace Plan, Vance Vows: No US ‘Boots on Ground in Gaza’
    THE CENTER SQUARE—No U.S. troops will be on the ground in Gaza, Vice President JD Vance reassured Americans during a visit to Israel on Tuesday. “There are not going to be American boots on the ground in Gaza. The president of the United States has made that very clear,” the vice president reiterated during a…
    Sarah Roderick-Fitch
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    Congressional Republicans Slam Jeffries for Not Backing Military Pay Bill
    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has come out against a standalone Senate bill to pay American military service members and some other federal workers. Jeffries’ public opposition comes as thousands of federal employees have been left in the lurch as the federal government shutdown drags into its fourth week. The New York Democrat said…
    Jacob Adams
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    Vance Makes Request of Christians During Trip to Israel
    Vice President JD Vance made an appeal to Christians and people of faith across the world during a visit to Israel on Tuesday.   “And I know that Christians have many titles for Jesus Christ, and one of them is the Prince of Peace,” Vance said. “And I’d ask all people of faith, and in…
    Virginia Allen
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    Commerce’s 50% Rule Is a National Security Victory
    In late September, the Trump administration’s Commerce Department delivered a major victory for American national security. In one fell swoop, the department closed thousands of loopholes in the U.S. export control regime, which restricts access to U.S. technology by China and other foreign adversaries. This action, commonly called the “50% rule,” will enable U.S. national…
    Bryan Burack
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    Unlike Biden, Trump Really Is Addressing the ‘Root Causes’ of the Border Crisis
    President Donald Trump is truly addressing the “root causes” of our border problem. He’s doing this by cracking down on the crime and criminal organizations that send waves of people and illicit drugs into our country. Trump announced Sunday that he would be cutting off all aid to the nation of Colombia and blasted President…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    DHS Closing in on Half-Million Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens 
    Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House nine months ago Monday, the Department of Homeland Security has arrested some 480,000 criminal illegal aliens, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.   Among the nearly half a million arrests, “70% of those individuals have criminal charges against them or have been convicted of those criminal…
    Virginia Allen
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    Inside the Surveillance State: Denver Riggleman and How the Jan. 6 Commission Threatened Our Rights
    Denver Riggleman took great pride in announcing in 2021 that the January 6 Commission had asked him to take on the role of senior technical adviser. The former Virginia Republican congressman’s job would be to use his experience as a retired Air Force intelligence officer to do data mining and pursue phone records and other…
    Joe Thomas
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    Weapons Buy-Back Program and Plan to Disarm Hamas 
    Hamas will have the opportunity to turn in its weapons, according to Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East.   “We’re going to have a weapons buyback program,” Witkoff told “60 Minutes” reporter Lesley Stahl. “This is all linked to amnesty and disavowing violence if Hamas people want to stay there. We are…
    Virginia Allen
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    VP JD Vance Celebrates Marine Corps’ 250th Anniversary, Promises Focus on Readiness Over Diversity Quotas
    Vice President JD Vance joined his fellow Marines at Camp Pendleton in California Saturday to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary, saying the Trump administration will refocus the military on “discipline, readiness, and faith in one another” instead of “diversity quotas.”  “When officials try to shift focus to mandating diversity quotas or they try…
    Olivia Pero
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    FBI and Secret Service Discover Hunting Stand Potentially Linked to Assassination Attempt Against Trump
    FBI Director Kash Patel reported on X that the U.S. Secret Service discovered on Thursday a “suspicious hunting stand near the [Air Force One] zone in Palm Beach.” The FBI is currently investigating this find as a potential threat to President Donald Trump. “Prior to the president’s return to West Palm Beach, USSS discovered what…
    Lorenzo Prieto
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    How Progressive Prosecutors Are Manipulating Crime Data
    During last year’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Trump said violent crime was rising. ABC moderator David Muir immediately fact-checked him, claiming, “President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country … ” Nearly every major media outlet echoed that narrative. National Public Radio ran the headline…
    John R. Lott Jr.
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    2 ‘Riot Reporters’ Describe the Scene in Chicago
    This is an interview Tony Kinnett conducted with Julio Rosas and Nick Sortor. The transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Tony Kinnett: We go over now live from beautiful Chiraq [Chicago], Illinois, JB Pritzker’s playground, to talk to two of the finest riot reporters that we know: Julio Rosas of The Blaze and Nick…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Trump Adviser-Turned-Foe John Bolton Indicted in Maryland
    Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Maryland on charges related to the mishandling of classified information. Bolton is said to have shared extremely sensitive documents dealing with national security matters through an AOL email account that he operated personally following his appointment in the first…
    Jacob Adams
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    ICE Agents Arrest Police Officer Who’s Been Living in US Illegally for a Decade  
    Federal immigration officials have arrested a police officer in a Chicago suburb who was living in the U.S. illegally.   Radule Bojovic, an illegal alien from Montenegro, recently began working for the Hanover Park, Illinois, Police Department, according to an August social media post from the department congratulating the officer on graduating from a law…
    Virginia Allen
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    State Department Revokes Visas of Foreign Nationals Who Hailed Kirk’s Killing
    The State Department on Tuesday announced that it had revoked the visas of several foreign nationals who had celebrated or justified the assassination of Presidential Medal of Freedom laureate Charlie Kirk.  “The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” the agency wrote on the social media platform X. “The…
    Jacob Adams
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    EXCLUSIVE: ICE Agents Still ‘Risking Their Lives’ Despite ‘Working Without Pay’ Amid Shutdown 
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to risk their lives arresting criminal illegal aliens even while not being paid during the federal government shutdown, according to the Department of Homeland Security.   ICE agents continue to arrest “pedophiles, murderers, drug traffickers, and other violent thugs from American communities,” said Tricia…
    Virginia Allen
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