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Thune Faces Tough Call on Overturning Electric Vehicle Mandate
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is facing a tough decision in the Senate, one that might determine whether or not California is saddled with an electric vehicle mandate in the near future. At the end of his term, former President Joe Biden granted California an Environmental Protection Agency waiver, allowing it to implement regulations… -
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Why DC Remains One of the Nation’s Most Dangerous Cities
Once in a blue moon, you run across a statistic or record that is mind-boggling. Some are amazing, like Alex Ovechkin’s 895 goals or Serena Williams’ 23 Grand Slam singles titles. But others are disturbing, like the fact that in Washington, D.C., between 2018 and 2022, only 1.7% of people arrested for carrying a pistol… -
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Elite Universities Should Stop Digging Themselves Into a Hole
Elite universities are so determined to fight the Donald Trump administration that they’ve decided to double down on their antisemitism and stick with anti-Israel protesters and ideological rigidity. If they hadn’t abandoned scholarly rigor years ago, they’d remember the first rule of finding yourself in a hole. Stop digging. The confrontation breaking out between universities and the president is the… -
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America’s Founding Documents Are Selling Like Gangbusters
America’s founding documents are selling at the fastest rate since 2004, when market research firm Circana began keeping track, prompting publishers to plan new editions. The rising civic interest is being attributed, at least in part, to the tumultuous state of America’s political affairs. The U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers have sold… -
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Corporate Media Loathes Arrival of ‘MAGA Media’ Inside the White House
The New York Times recently published a hissy fit about the White House allowing reporters into the Briefing Room who didn’t vote for Kamala Harris. Here was the amazing protest sentence: “Longtime White House reporters say the result has been an erosion of their independence.” The presence of a reporter who didn’t vote Democrat doesn’t… -
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Climate Myths, Continued
“Climate change will make earth a living hell!” claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I don’t believe him. The media say, “All Arctic ice will soon melt away! Polar bears are dying off! Global warming causes food shortages!” Bunk, bunk, bunk. They are addicted to scaring us. My new video covers four more myths about climate change:… -
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2 Bills Cutting Red Tape for Employee Benefits Advance in House
Two bills that would cut red tape and make it easier for employers to provide child care and elder care benefits and educational opportunities for their employees have advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The House Committee on Education and Workforce moved the two bills forward on April 9—the Empowering Employer Child and Elder… -
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‘I Can’t Have a Boss’: Fiercely Independent Megyn Kelly Expands ‘Podcast Space’
Megyn Kelly is a tour de force in American journalism. Her daily podcast boasts several million subscribers. She’s recently launched a morning briefing news segment in addition to her afternoon show. In March, she announced she was expanding her platform into a video and audio podcast network called MK Media, which will work with creators… -
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Key Hollywood Players Quietly Turning Away From Wokeism
One of the unintended—but providential—side effects of America’s anti-woke wave isn’t just that companies are walking away from LGBT extremism, but that entertainment is. In a market pivot that’s gone somewhat under the radar, key Hollywood players seem to be quietly turning away from the wokeism that’s financially punished the industry for years. Families in… -
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California’s Homeless Crisis Shows the Need for Government Accountability
With 187,000 residents homeless, California leads the nation—not in solutions, but in expensive failures. This year, major cities like Oakland saw a 9% increase in homelessness. If the state’s goal was to increase homelessness, its policies are a resounding success. The state isn’t short on resources. California has some of the nation’s highest taxpayers and receives $322 billion in… -
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The Poseurs Who Think They’re the Heroes Opposing Today’s Hitler
Is there any political schtick more tedious now than comparing President Donald Trump to Hitler? Politico posted an article noting Al Gore did this at a Climate Week event in San Francisco, and RealClearPolitics co-founder Tom Bevan tweeted with a smirk, “Gore says the same thing Democrats have been saying for a decade.” The Democrats… -
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Now, Democrats Can’t Even Do Socialism Right
America’s two highest-profile socialists once had real Marxist street cred. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was a young barista who steamed her way into public service. Bernie Sanders is a U.S. senator from Vermont with a vaudeville-grade Brooklyn accent. Endearingly rumpled, he appeared to embody the phrase “living paycheck to paycheck.” These two joined forces early. Their Grandpa-and-Granddaughter-of-Government-Overreach shtick was… -
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No One Is Above the Law. Not Even These Rogue Prosecutors.
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. I think you’re all aware—you who are religious or maybe secular—you’re all aware of a force… -
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New Study Debunks Claim About OB-GYNs Fleeing Pro-Life States
A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health and other major universities has put a damper on the claim that obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) are systematically fleeing pro-life states or ones with more liberal abortion laws. To the contrary, the cohort study measured data collected from Jan. 1, 2018,… -
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ORWELLIAN: Conservative Group Targeted by Michigan AG’s ‘Hate Crimes Unit’ Gets Day in Court After 4-Year Delay
A Judeo-Christian law firm will finally get its day in court after Michigan's Democrat attorney general targeted it when launching a “Hate Crimes Unit” in 2019. Attorney General Dana Nessel and then-Michigan Department of Civil Rights Executive Director Agustin Arbulu announced the Hate Crimes Unit in 2019, which would “fight against hate crimes and the… -
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Here’s How the Left Reacts When a House Dem Says Only Citizens Should Vote
Democrats heckled and booed a Democrat congresswoman from Washington state for backing a proposal to prevent noncitizens from voting in U.S. elections. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a second term U.S. House member, was unable to say much when she held a town hall event in Vancouver, Washington, Thursday night, both CNN and CBS affiliate KOIN… -
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Free Enterprise and National Security Under Attack From Louisiana Governor and For-Profit Trial Lawyers
On April 4, a Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, jury delivered a remarkable verdict: Chevron was ordered to pay $744 million in damages for purported coastal degradation associated with oil production dating back to World War II. While environmentalists and local government bureaucrats are celebrating what they perceive as an economic boon, others of us see a… -
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FBI Arrests Wisconsin Judge for ‘Obstructing’ ICE Arrest
The FBI has arrested a Wisconsin county circuit judge for “obstructing an immigration arrest.” “Just now, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of obstruction—after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X on Friday morning. “We believe Judge… -
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USDA Makes It Tougher for Illegals to Get Food Stamps
The Trump administration is cracking down on illegal immigrants using food stamps by instructing state agencies to increase verification. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services John Walk issued guidance on Thursday to state agencies administering the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to enhance identity and immigration… -
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Inside the Fight to Confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director
If you ever plan on climbing Mount Everest, you’ll need what they call a sherpa. Named after the small Nepalese ethnic group that populates the Himalayas, sherpas are mountain guides to help climbers navigate the brutal and unpredictable conditions of Everest. It’s no surprise, then, that Washington has adopted the term “sherpa” for counselors to…