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CASHING IN: Democrats Fundraise off Probe of ActBlue
After President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Department of Justice investigation into ActBlue, a major Democrat fundraising platform, for alleged fraud schemes, Democrats are doubling down in support of the platform and using the investigation as a fundraising tool. “We’ve never seen anything like this. And right now, I need your help,” reads a digital… -
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What Is Democrat Legality?
Since 2021, the Left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One serial target of Democrats and the Left has been the Supreme Court. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke to an angry throng of pro-abortion protesters assembled at the very doors of the… -
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How Not to Fight a Trade War
This week, the stock market yo-yoed wildly, taking investors on a roller coaster of stunning lows and sudden highs. Rarely has investment been so gut-churning. And the reason for the turbulence is obvious: the Trump administration’s continuing mixed signals over its trade war. When that trade war was first announced on April 2 (“Liberation Day”)… -
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Hogg Not Backing Down in DNC Family Feud Over Primarying Incumbents
Just a few months into the job, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg is already on the rocks with party leaders, who are sharply critical of his efforts to unseat longtime incumbent Democrats. Hogg, who was elected one of five vice chairs on Feb. 1, first came to prominence in 2018 for his gun… -
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2 More Illegal Aliens Arrested in Another Maryland Killing
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week it had arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien, Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, 24, and charged him in the killing of his girlfriend in Maryland. According to authorities, Barrera-Rosa killed Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, and then buried her body near Cedarville State Forest, where it was… -
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They Call Him ‘Radio Show Host,’ but They Soon May Be Calling Him ‘Lieutenant Governor’
The press, as it is wont to do, is trying to trivialize one candidate’s life in public service that goes back to Ronald Reagan and all the way to Gov. George Allen here in Virginia by repeatedly calling the new presumptive GOP lieutenant gubernatorial nominee “Radio Show Host” John Reid. It’s what “Better Call Saul”… -
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Report: NY’s Ban on Fracking Has Cost State’s Residents Tens of Thousands of Dollars
A new report by The Heritage Foundation shows the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) for natural gas. New York state has had a ban on hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling practices since 2010. The ban was strengthened in 2014 by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but the report found that “approximately $11,000 per capita—$27,000 per… -
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Idaho’s Pluckiest Christian Publisher Offers a Colorful Storybook Romp
Crispin wants to reclaim the legendary Lightning Blade. His sister Rose wants to host a nice picnic. Whose plan will win out? In the swashbuckling romp that is "Crispin’s Rainy Day", Crispin charges off into a grand adventure, in which he leads his pirate crew on a daring quest. To his annoyance, his sister Rose… -
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Foreign Policy Experts Warn Against Strike on Iran’s Nuke Facilities
Some lawmakers are calling for President Donald Trump to help Israel strike Iran’s nuclear facilities even as foreign policy experts warn about the potential consequences of such an action. “Ultimately, short of regime change or occupation, it’s pretty difficult to see how military strikes could destroy Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon,” Justin Bronk, a… -
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Fertility Rates Inch Up, but Marriage and Family Formation Trends Worry Experts
The U.S. birth rate has been on a downward slide since the Great Recession. In 2024, the total fertility rate went up slightly though, but still by less than 1 percent. The total projected number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime is now 1.63, which is slightly above the 2023… -
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Rubio’s State Department Reforms Deliver Massive Blow to Deep State
If it hasn’t been made clear enough by now, President Donald Trump and his administration have unfinished business from his first term. That feeling is especially acute at the State Department. The first Trump administration’s plans to revive the American system were undermined by leakers and turncoats who sought to preserve the status quo. Such… -
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Democrat Leaders’ Telling Words About Pope Francis
When Pope Francis spoke in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 10, 2018, he was not talking about gangsters when he spoke about a “hit man.” He was talking about abortion. The pope started by citing the Fifth Commandment: “You shall not kill.” “One could say that all the evil carried out in the world can… -
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Elon Musk Half Right About Fertility Crisis
The world’s richest man isn’t just juggling multiple companies. He’s juggling multiple baby mamas. The Wall Street Journal recently had a long piece on Elon Musk’s complicated personal life. He has at least 14 children with four different women. The “harem drama”—in the words of Musk’s ex-girlfriend Ashley St. Clair—is a mess. There are fights… -
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Seeing Red About the Sea of Red Ink
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. I want to talk about red ink. Red ink has manifested in trade deficits, budget deficits, and national debt. They’re all connected, but here’s my point:… -
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What Is Going on With Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?
What is going on with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson? In the middle of oral arguments Tuesday, she asked a question that was irrelevant for the key issue at hand, and that had clearly been answered less than an hour before she asked it. Was she lying, just stalling for time, or did she… -
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DHS Official Condemns California Over Planned Early Prison Release of Illegal Alien Who Killed 2 Teens
The tragic deaths of two American teenagers at the hands of an illegal alien was “completely preventable,” according to a top Department of Homeland Security official. Illegal alien Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was deported from the U.S. twice before being “convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, which resulted in the death of a young American… -
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America’s News Habits Changed. Now, Washington Is Finally Catching Up
Americans changed their news consumption habits years ago, but the White House press briefing room did not reflect those changes—until now. Despite floundering ratings at CNN and MSNBC, and outlets like The Washington Post hemorrhaging readership and revenues, corporate media was long given deference across Washington, D.C., especially at the White House. But now, with… -
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Fairfax County Doubles Down on Keeping Secrets from Parents
Recent votes to continue secret gender “transitions” in schools and to remove public access to the Fairfax County, Virginia, sex education committee cap years of deceit by Fairfax elected officials. For a decade now they have inserted themselves between parents and children where they should most defer: in sensitive areas of mental health and sexuality. … -
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After 5-Year Hiatus, Federal Student Loan Collections Set to Resume
After five years on hold, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting student loan payments on May 5. “American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement. The Office of Federal Student Aid has not collected defaulted loan payments… -
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Durbin Announces Retirement, Leaving a Power Vacuum
UPDATE: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced his retirement Wednesday. He told the New York Times, “There are good people in the wings, good people on the bench ready to serve, and they can fight this fight just as effectively as I can. There comes a point where you have to face reality that this is…