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    Hiroshima: 80 Years On
    Eighty years ago, the world irrevocably changed with the bombing of Hiroshima. For most alive today, it’s hard to imagine a world before nuclear weapons. Their existence has always been part of reality. But as we remember the first use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we should reflect on the world that emerged…
    Robert Peters
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    Noem Announces ‘Speedway Slammer’ Illegal-Alien Detention Center in Indiana
    A new illegal-alien detention center is opening in Indiana, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday.   “Coming soon to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer,” Noem wrote on the social media platform X. “Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds. Thanks to [Gov. Mike…
    Virginia Allen
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    A Need for ‘Revival’ and ‘Accountability’: Vivek Ramaswamy Holds Town Hall in Cincinnati
    On Monday, in the aftermath of an assault in Cincinnati that’s drawn national attention, businessman and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy returned to his hometown for a town hall. He was joined by Chris Smitherman, former vice mayor and former head of the Cincinnati NAACP chapter. Ramaswamy made clear that he was “not trying to rejudicate”…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Biden Lost 500K Migrant Children—Trump Administration Is Returning Them Home
    The Trump administration is working to safely return to their home countries the unaccompanied illegal migrant children lost under the Biden administration, The Daily Signal has learned. Hundreds of thousands of minors arrived at the southern border without a parent or a legal guardian under the Biden administration. The Trump administration has located 13,000 of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Mace in the Race: South Carolina Lawmaker Seeking GOP Nod for Governor
    Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday announced her candidacy in an already crowded field for the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina.  “I’m running for governor because South Carolina doesn’t need another empty suit and needs a governor who will fight for you and your values,” Mace said in her announcement speech.  “South Carolina needs…
    Jacob Adams
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    There Have Been Updates in Story of Cincinnati Imam Facing Deportation
    Last December, Imam Ayman Soliman, who had been living in Cincinnati and at one point served as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, saw his asylum status change. Last month, he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and faces possible deportation. Now, he’s suing over his status. Soliman came into the U.S. on…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Where Sovereignty Sinks
    If a foreign government stole $1 billion from the U.S. economy, there would surely be a serious reaction. But Chinese fishing fleets could steal much more from American waters, robbing from a fishing industry worth $5.8 billion. In the Aleutian Bering Sea area alone, Coast Guard cutters and aircraft repeatedly encountered Chinese vessels—including military ships—operating…
    Brent Sadler | Catherine Contonio
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    Democrats Use Illegal Aliens to Obtain Cheap Labor to Support Their Lifestyles
    What happens when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescues 14 children from labor exploitation and exposure to sex offenders in marijuana fields? Surely, this would be a moment for mental clarity and political cohesion, where federal law enforcement officials are recognized for their good work. That was not what happened. Instead, Democrat leaders rushed to…
    Hans von Spakovsky | Olivia Hodge
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    Leftist Elites Seek to Divide Us by Race
    Recently, a large group of black youths began pummeling several white adults in downtown Cincinnati. The original altercation apparently broke out between a black and white male in he-said/he-said fashion. But that dispute soon turned into a virtual free-for-all. Numerous male and female black youths sucker-punched a middle-aged woman and a man. Others continued to…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump Admin to Revoke Biden’s Veterans Affairs Abortion Rule
    Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is applauding the Trump administration‘s reversal of a Biden-era rule that permitted the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to perform abortions. On Friday, the administration posted the proposed rule change in the Federal Register, which will be formally published on Monday, to prevent VA-run hospitals and other medical centers…
    Jacob Adams
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    Courageous Optimism vs. Political Cowardice: A Tale of Two New Yorkers
    In Monday’s devastating Manhattan shooting that claimed NYPD Officer Didarul Islam’s life, we witnessed two profoundly different responses that define the choice facing New York voters: courageous optimism versus political cowardice. Officer Islam embodied courageous optimism—the conscious choice to serve others despite mortal danger, maintaining unwavering principles regardless of personal cost. When he confronted the…
    David Berez
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    A Long List of Undesirables; Elected, Blind, and Otherwise! 
    Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at the Glass House pot farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo by Homeland Security to the dismay of local politicians and…
    Andy Caldwell
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    With FY ’26 Looming, Congress Faces Major Decisions on How Government Is Funded
    In the coming weeks, Congress could decide whether government funding is set by traditional bipartisan spending bills, or through temporary funding measures and quick-fix, surgical spending cuts. The Senate is staying in session for part of its typical August state work period, laboring through a hot Washington summer to confirm President Donald Trump’s judicial and…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: 1,500 Truck Drivers Taken Out of Service for Poor English Following Transportation Department Directive
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Following new guidelines from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to enforce English language proficiency for commercial truck drivers, 1,500 drivers have had their licenses placed out of service by law enforcement, The Daily Signal has learned. “‘America First’ means safety first. Americans are a lot safer on roads alongside truckers who can…
    Fred Lucas
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    Crime-Stoppers: Armed Citizens Protect Themselves, Others
    Just minutes into a special Vacation Bible School Sunday service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, on June 22, parishioners found their morning worship interrupted by the terrible crack of gunshots outside. A man clad in a tactical vest and carrying numerous firearms had driven erratically onto the premises of the church, apparently intent…
    Amy Swearer | Amanda Badalamenti
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    EXCLUSIVE: New Data Shows Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens Have Made a ‘Real Impact on Public Safety,’ DHS Official Announces
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Violent crime is on the decline in the U.S. following the arrest and removal of criminal illegal aliens, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.   “Under President [Donald] Trump and [DHS Secretary Kristi] Noem, our law enforcement is working at lightning speed to remove violent criminal illegal aliens from the…
    Virginia Allen
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    Playing With Fire: In Defense of Controlled Burns
    The devastating loss of Grand Canyon Lodge isn’t a reason to put new restrictions on good fire. The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is a marvel. A few summers ago, a friend and I took our sons there and drank in the remarkable views. Personally, I found it more breathtaking than the heavily…
    Victor Joecks
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    13,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children Located
    The Trump administration has located 13,000 children who crossed the border unaccompanied under President Joe Biden, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.   Under the Biden administration, about 300,000 unaccompanied alien children were either “lost” or placed with sponsors that were not adequately vetted, and some were “allowed to be placed with sponsors who…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: Trump Transportation Department Reforms Biden ‘Climate Justice’ Program
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation is moving away from the Biden administration’s climate justice initiative, which made it harder and pricier to build buses. Joe Biden’s transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, forced grant recipients of a $1.5 billion Federal Transit Administration grant program to build buses in accordance with low or…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Ohio Governor Orders Flags at Half-Staff for Officer Killed in ‘Ambush’
    Three Lorain Police Department officers were shot on Wednesday in what Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, says “appears to have been a targeted attack on law enforcement.” One of the officers shot, Phillip Wagner, has since died from his injuries, leading to an order from DeWine for flags to be flown at half-staff in the state…
    Rebecca Downs
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