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Trump’s 10 Pieces of Advice for Alabama Graduates
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama—President Donald Trump has 10 pieces of advice for 2025 college graduates, who he said “have a chance to be the greatest generation in the history of our country.” Trump’s speech at the University of Alabama was his first graduation address of his second term. He addressed a stadium of about 100,000 people. Many… -
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The Most Unsung Victory of Trump’s Administration
The Trump administration’s decision to end the political persecution of a South Dakota farming and ranching family didn’t receive major attention. So far, it isn’t a top story for news sites and shows amid a busy week of conversation around President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in his second term. It should be. When Secretary… -
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Democrats’ Case for Deported ‘Maryland Dad’ Implodes
It appears the legacy media and the Democrat (I repeat myself) narrative about the deported El Salvadoran “Maryland dad” is reaching its endgame as more information about his behavior comes to light. According to multiple reports, House Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has privately told fellow Democrats to stop taking junkets down to El Salvador to visit… -
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Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke Eyes Yet Another Bid for Office
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A thrice-failed Democrat political candidate in Texas is considering taking on a Republican Senate seat in the consistently right-leaning state if voters want him to. Former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke said at a town hall in Denton, Texas, on Saturday that he would be open to launching a new Senate campaign for the… -
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Democrats Are Terrified Trump’s Policies Are Going to Work
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. There’s been a lot of media hysteria, some ambiguous and some negative polls. We have talked… -
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BREAKING: Mike Waltz to Be UN Ambassador
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, is getting a new role Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he was “pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations.” From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress… -
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Minority Leader Jeffries Unclear on Path Forward for Democrat Comeback
House Democrat Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has a plan to guide his party out of the political wilderness, but he appears not to want to go into too many details. At a Thursday press conference, Jeffries, D-N.Y., touted his resistance to President Donald Trump and his agenda, but would not expand on his plans to… -
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Makes R-Rated Comment When Asked About Dems Visiting El Salvador
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar told Daily Caller News Foundation reporter Myles Morell to “f— off” when he asked about her party advocating for an alleged MS-13 member. Morell asked Omar if more Democrats should be traveling to El Salvador to advocate for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13… -
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: HHS Releases New Report Revealing the Dangers of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors
The Department of Health and Human Services released a report Thursday detailing the dangers of experimental transgender medical interventions euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care.” The report marks a sea change from the Biden administration, which forcefully advocated for off-label use of hormones to make males appear female and vice versa, and surgical interventions to… -
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White House Issues Warning to Democrats Promoting ‘Barbaric’ Child Sex Changes
The Department of Justice is fighting child abuse in American schools in the form of radical gender ideology, said White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller at a press briefing on Thursday. “It is child abuse to change a child’s gender, particularly if you do not inform the parent,” Miller said. “So, if there… -
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WARNING: Middle East ‘Hangs in the Balance,’ Former Israeli Ambassador to US Says
JERUSALEM—Israel’s war with Hamas goes beyond land and borders; it’s a battle for “our common civilization, for our values,” a former Israeli envoy to the United States warns. “The enemy we’re fighting against is an enemy that detests everything that you stand for, everything that we stand for,” Michael Oren, who served as Israeli… -
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President Trump’s Threefold Opposition
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. At the end of the 100 days of the Trump administration, let’s just review for a… -
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Radical Leftist-Turned-Conservative Activist Horowitz Dies at 86
David Horowitz, the radical leftist-turned-conservative activist and author, died Tuesday at the age of 86. The cause of death was cancer. Horowitz is survived by his fourth wife and three of his four children. His daughter Sarah Rose predeceased him in 2008. His son Ben is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent Silicon Valley… -
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Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against New York AG James
New York Attorney General Letitia James—already facing a federal criminal referral—now faces a potential state probe regarding her reporting of properties she owns in Virginia. America First Legal, a conservative government watchdog, filed a bar complaint against James with the New York Committee on Professional Standards, seeking an investigation into the statements made in a… -
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Judges Who Break Federal Law Can and Should Be Prosecuted
As the old saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. How else can you make sense of or explain how two unrelated state court judges, 1,072 miles (Massachusetts and Wisconsin) and seven years apart, broke federal law by actively assisting an illegal alien evade capture by federal agents who had all of the necessary… -
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Robby Starbuck Paints a Horrifying Picture of What Americans Will Suffer If AI Lies About Them Like It Did to Him
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck is suing Facebook's parent company, Meta, claiming its artificial intelligence chatbot defamed him by falsely claiming he is a "white nationalist"; that he was arrested on Jan. 6, 2021, during the Capitol Hill protest of Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election; and that he had been sued for defamation. "One of… -
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Embracing MAHA, PepsiCo to Move Away From Artificial Dyes in Snack Foods
The Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again agenda is moving forward after PepsiCo Inc., one of the nation’s largest producers of processed snack foods, announced this week it would be phasing out artificial dyes from many of its products by the end of the year. In addition to its eponymously named cola soft drinks, PepsiCo… -
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The Kennedy Center Scraps a Week of Pride Month Events
For years, the Kennedy Center has promoted LGBTQ-related material, causes, and events. In fact, this summer, it was slated to host a week chock-full of Pride-themed events for the biennial World Pride festival. But in a surprising turn, the center slammed the brakes last week, canceling the entire “Tapestry of Pride” week outright. The Tapestry of Pride… -
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His Granddaughter Survived Oct. 7, But She Was Killed a Month Later
JERUSALEM, Israel—For two minutes, life came to a standstill as sirens shrieked across Israel Wednesday morning. Drivers pulled over, got out of their vehicles, and stood on the interstate, some with their head bowed. This was not a siren to warn of a coming strike, but to honor those who had paid the ultimate sacrifice… -
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4 Big Accomplishments of Trump’s First 100 Days
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been stunningly transformative, even as the Left has begun to mount some counteroffensives in the judiciary and in the media. For a president to be successful, he must apply principles that one might apply to warfare or sports. The early days of a presidency are about…