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opinion
Here’s the ‘Green’ Fuel the Left Refuses to Celebrate This Earth Day
As Earth Day approaches on Tuesday, climate activists remind us of the importance of cutting carbon emissions. Yet, one inconvenient truth escapes their green-tinged talking points: The rise of natural gas in our power sector is the No. 1 driver of the reduction of emissions in the United States—not wind or solar. If we want… -
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RFK Jr. Slams Media for Ignoring ‘Tragedy’ of Autism ‘Epidemic’
The mainstream media has ignored the autism “epidemic,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday at his first press conference. “This epidemic denial has become a feature in the mainstream media,” Kennedy said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest study found that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder diagnoses… -
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David Hogg to Target Democrat Incumbents
David Hogg, elected in February to be one of the Democratic National Committee’s four vice chairs, is taking the unorthodox approach of working to unseat some Democrat incumbent legislators. Typically, party apparatchiks avoid weighing in on primary races, deferring instead to party primary voters, but Hogg is apparently dissatisfied with the direction of the Democratic… -
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Earle-Sears Campaign Faults Spanberger Over Lack of Disclosure
The campaign of Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is calling out former Rep. Abigail Spanberger for failing to disclose her role as a trustee while a member of Congress. The Spanberger campaign contends the Democrat candidate for governor wasn’t required to disclose her role in the truste that owns the family home valued at about… -
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DOJ Announces Lawsuit Against Maine for Failing to Protect Women’s Sports
The Department of Justice launched a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education for failing to protect women in women’s sports, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday. “The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports,” Bondi said. “This is about sports. This is also about these young… -
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Gavin Newsom’s Plan to Dodge Trump’s Tariffs May Run Into a Little Thing Called the Constitution, Legal Scholars Say
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to limit the effect of President Donald Trump’s tariffs by working with international trade partners could hit constitutional roadblocks. Newsom announced on April 4 he would ask trade partners to exempt California-made products from any retaliatory tariffs and seek to develop new “strategic trade relationships,” doubling down on… -
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White House Prepares to Go After Noncitizens Who Defraud Entitlement Programs
THE CENTER SQUARE—The White House announced Tuesday plans to help protect Social Security benefits from noncitizens and ramp up anti-fraud efforts. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt outlined key points from the memorandum to reporters at a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon. Through the memorandum, President Donald Trump aims to stop noncitizens and “other ineligible people” from… -
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Harvard’s Radicalization: Lower Standards, Middle Eastern Cash, Politicization
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 wanna talk about a little esoteric topic very quickly: law schools. Specifically, our so-called elite… -
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WATCH: Bernie Sanders’ Coachella Speech Proves the Democrats Are LOST
Sen. Bernie Sanders showed up at the Coachella music festival in California this past weekend to talk about the evils of capitalism—at one of the most capitalist, elite, influencer-packed festivals on the planet. You truly cannot make this stuff up. The irony is strong with this one and further proves that President Donald Trump has… -
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How Treasury’s Bessent Went From Soros Employee to One of Trump’s Top Lieutenants
One of the most prominent defenders of the Trump agenda during the president’s second term has been Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. A relative unknown on the national stage prior to being tapped for the post, Bessent, 62, has quickly become one of the president’s most effective communicators. A recent poll found him to… -
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Harvard Doesn’t Have a Right to Your Money
Ivy League schools are aghast to learn that they really have to stop racially discriminating and start protecting Jewish students from antisemitic threats. According to the Daily Caller News Foundation, “The Department of Education sent a letter to [Harvard University] April 11 demanding the school agree to a host of reforms, including adjusting and enforcing… -
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Two Years After Fox Breakup, Tucker Carlson Shares Why His Show Was Canceled
It’s been two years since Tucker Carlson answered a phone call on a Monday morning in late April 2023 to learn that the Fox News Channel had canceled his prime-time show. “I got fired from Fox for saying things they didn’t like,” Carlson told The Daily Signal during an exclusive interview at The Heritage Foundation’s… -
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White House Battle With Harvard Intensifies
In the latest escalation of a feud between Harvard University and the White House, President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to pull the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status if it does not comply with his demands to end diversity, equity, and inclusion measures, as well as to curb antisemitic activities. That follows the withholding of millions… -
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Jury Finds Illegal Alien Guilty of Raping, Murdering Maryland Mother of 5
A Maryland jury has found an illegal alien guilty of murdering Rachel Morin, a mother of five. Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense, and kidnapping in Morin’s case. The jury found Martinez-Hernandez guilty on all four counts. In August 2023, Morin went missing after leaving home to exercise… -
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Johnson Rakes in $32 Million in Q1
House Speaker Mike Johnson has raised a whopping $32.2 million in campaign funds during the first quarter of the year since Republicans swept into the trifecta governance in Washington of the presidency and both houses of Congress. The speaker has given $5 million to the National Republican Congressional Committee and $4 million to Republican incumbents…. -
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New Shipbuilding Deal Promises Swifter Sailing for the US Navy
Last week, America’s largest military shipbuilder signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the global leader in shipbuilding with a roughly 10% market share. This new agreement comes as President Donald Trump has just issued an executive order on “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance” to “revitalize and rebuild domestic maritime industries and… -
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Legislation Introduced to Protect Federal Workers, Despite Mounting Challenges
THE CENTER SQUARE—In an attempt to blunt the Trump administration’s culling of the federal workforce, a group of Democrats in Congress is proposing to protect federal workers despite facing a Republican majority and a recent court ruling in favor of the president. The Stopping to Efficiently Review Varying Impacts of Cuts to Employment Act—or SERVICE… -
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GOP Sues Over Virginia Law Allowing Dems to Select Its Candidates
Virginia’s new “convention ban” outlaws the ability of political parties to choose their candidates through their own conventions and instead virtually requires them to use taxpayer-funded primary elections where voters from the opposing party can interfere in the candidate selection process. Now, a local Republican Party is challenging the law as an unconstitutional violation of… -
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Former Washington Post Writer Gushes Over ‘Handsome,’ ‘Morally Good’ Accused Killer
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz described accused murderer Luigi Mangione as “morally good” and “handsome” during a Sunday appearance on CNN. Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Mangione in December 2024 following a five-day manhunt after UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson was killed in a shooting just outside a Manhattan hotel while en route to… -
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Salvadoran President Won’t Send Deported Illegal Alien Back to US
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, will not release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien deported from the U.S. to El Salvador. “How can I return him to the United States?” Bukele said when asked whether he would return Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland until March. “Can I smuggle him…