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Is Allowing Faux Females to Invade Girls and Women’s Sports a Hill Democrats Are Willing to Die On?
“We’ll see you in court,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills told President Donald Trump at a Feb. 21 gathering of the National Governors Association at the White House. But Mills, a Democrat, should be careful what she wishes for, because Trump wasn’t bluffing when he said Mills and Maine would be the big losers if she refused to…Peter Parisi -
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Lawmakers Look to Work With Musk to Codify Into Law DOGE’s Efforts to Rein in Bureaucracy
Legislation in the U.S. House and Senate to rein in the federal bureaucracy and allow poor performers to be fired or disciplined would “codify” the efforts of the Trump administration’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative, said Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. Loudermilk, along with Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., in the Senate, proposed similar versions of…Fred Lucas -
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Trump’s Plan to Prevent Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump has an 11th-hour plan to avoid a federal government shutdown—a continuing resolution that would renew government funding until the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30. The stakes are high, as a shutdown could imperil the fulfillment of his campaign promises. “As usual, Sleepy Joe Biden left us a total…George Caldwell -
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Trump’s VOA Pick Kari Lake Also Named Adviser to Global Media Agency
Kari Lake, who is President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Voice of America, will become a senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the VOA. The acting U.S. Agency for Global Media chief, Roman Napoli, announced Lake’s arrival in an email to the staff, VOA reported Friday, that read, “As…Fred Lucas -
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3 Reasons Why the Creative Destruction of DOGE Is Just What DC Needs
It seems that the Department of Government Efficiency is evil and bad for America. Elon Musk, the godfather of DOGE, has celebrated cutting the federal government with a chainsaw. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., has described DOGE as “the Elon Musk chainsaw massacre.” As DOGE moves through the federal government, workers have lost their jobs, federal…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘It’s Just Common Sense,’ Virginia AG Says of Governor’s Order Requiring Law Enforcement to Cooperate With ICE
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed an executive order requiring all cities and counties in the commonwealth to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “It's just common sense that our law enforcement, our state and local law enforcement, are working with—instead of against—our federal authorities,” Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares told The Daily Signal…Virginia Allen -
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Jeff Bezos Launches Intervention at Washington Post
WASHINGTON—Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos sent a wake-up call to Big Media Wednesday when he announced on X “a change coming to our opinion pages.” “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos explained. “We’ll cover other topics too of course, but…Debra Saunders -
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The Censors Are Coming
If you think that regimes trying to control their people through suppressing expression the government doesn’t like only happens in “those” parts of the world, think again. From the U.K. and Canada to Australia, the powers that be are steadily promoting their agenda by censoring and punishing contrary views. And the censors are heading our…Thomas Jipping -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Who Caused the Counterrevolution?
At some point, some president was going to have to stop the unsustainable spending and borrowing. To have any country left, some president would eventually have had to restore a nonexistent border and stop the influx of 3 million illegal aliens a year. Some commander-in-chief finally would have to try to stop the theater wars…Victor Davis Hanson -
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The Left’s DOGE Tantrum
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 commotion lately about the Elon Musk cuts and the Donald Trump…Victor Davis Hanson -
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71% of Americans Favor Removing Illegals From Medicaid, Adding Work Requirements
As Congress considers a transformational budget bill that can pass the Senate with just 51 votes instead of 60 through the process of reconciliation, a recent poll finds that nearly three-quarters of Americans support reforms to Medicaid, one of the major entitlement programs that takes up a large percentage of federal spending. "A proposal has…Tyler O’Neil -
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Bondi Demands FBI Give Her Missing Epstein Documents
Attorney General Pam Bondi is demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel turn over additional documents related to the activities of human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, after social media influencers received some documents related to his case Thursday. Saying she had requested “the full and complete files related to Jeffrey Epstein,” Bondi alleged in a letter to…George Caldwell -
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Restoring Trust in Public Health: Prioritizing Science Over Manipulative Messaging
This is the second in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic,…Robert Moffit -
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Lawmakers Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
If a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is successful, Americans may stop “springing forward.” As the clock ticks down to March 9, the day that daylight saving time starts in 2025, legislators on both sides of the aisle are trying to make daylight saving time permanent. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and 16 Senate colleagues introduced a…Moira Gleason -
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Tim Walz Claims America Was Stolen ‘by Fascists and Nazis’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former vice presidential candidate and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was caught claiming that America is being stolen by “fascists and Nazis,” according to an alleged recording of his statements. Walz defended the Democratic Party’s loud protests against President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency overseer Elon Musk by stating that his party wants…Nicole Silverio -
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DOGE Is Doing Great Work. But We’re Still Broke.
Most Americans remember the scene from the classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” George Bailey jubilantly enters his Building and Loan after spreading the news around town that his brother Harry had won the Congressional Medal of Honor. George’s celebration is interrupted when he’s met by the state bank examiner who is there to confirm…Preston Brashers -
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‘Don’t Screw It Up’: Sen. Jim Justice and Babydog Have a Message for the GOP
Jim Justice’s life feels like an American folktale. Standing at 6 feet, 7 inches, the Republican senator from West Virginia is built like Paul Bunyan. He, like Bunyan, has an animal sidekick in Babydog, his English bulldog. He sounds like a character written by Mark Twain. Justice was born and raised in Raleigh County, West…Bradley Devlin -
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New Young Adult Novel ‘Brave Water’ Highlights Themes of Courage and Faith
“Brave Water” is the tale of Talitha, a girl living in the Great Red Valley in contemporary East Africa. Months ago, her father was killed in an accident at the nearby emerald mine. Talitha and her mother live in a hut of ‘Others,’ the widows and orphans of her tribe. Every day, Talitha must…Mark Guiney -
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Tampon Company CEO Stood Against Gender Ideology Movement. Her Business Is Thriving.
Macy Maxson did not intend to become a lightning rod pushing back on the gender ideology agenda that has infiltrated so much of society—even feminine hygiene products. But when Maxson founded Garnuu, a tampon subscription service, in 2022, she chose to affirm biological reality. “From the beginning,” Maxson says, she decided her company would stand firm on…Virginia Allen -
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How America’s Left Uses Foreign Aid to Undermine US Interests Around the World
Editor’s note: The following is prepared testimony to the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from Max Primorac, a former senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development and now a senior research fellow in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. Primorac served at the…Max Primorac