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Veterans Affairs Secretary Has a Message for Politicians Who Let Rioters Shut Down Clinics
After anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement rioters shut down two Veterans Affairs offices in Los Angeles, the VA secretary criticized the state’s Democrat leaders for prioritizing illegal immigrants over veterans. “Don’t tell me that you’re really overly concerned about veterans if you’re allowing the riots to get to a point where we can’t take care of… -
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2 Republican Rebuttals to Democrat Attacks on ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Resonate With Americans, Poll Finds
Major provisions in congressional Republicans' 'One Big Beautiful Bill' resonate with the American people, as do Republican rebuttals to Democrats' attacks on the bill, a new poll finds. While President Donald Trump and Republicans argue that the bill will prevent the largest tax increase in American history and strengthen Medicaid by removing illegal aliens and… -
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2 Ways to Make the EEOC Great Again
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is one of those agencies that, depending on who’s in charge, can do a lot of good or a lot of bad for the country. It enforces the federal laws against employment discrimination, and sometimes, like when it was headed by then-future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, it has done… -
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The Scavenger Mentality
As Los Angeles burst into riots this week over a federal immigration raid, one protester took to his social media channels to explain just what was going on—why arsonists armed with Palestinian flags stood alongside vandals armed with Palestinian flags, why some masked protesters hurled rocks at police cars while others summoned automated Waymo taxis… -
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The Government Failed at Fatherhood
The government spent decades trying to make fathers unnecessary. The failure of that experiment put society on the long-term path to collapse. Father’s Day is Sunday. It’s much less popular than Mother’s Day for a sad reason. Fewer fathers are involved in their children’s lives. That’s caused by two main factors, the first being children… -
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‘Using Pepper Spray on Police Officers Is a Very Bad Idea,’ Judge Says to Heritage Foundation Protester
Nathaniel Craig Wetter Taylor, the protester who allegedly pepper-sprayed security officers outside The Heritage Foundation Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a Washington, D.C., arraignment Thursday. Taylor faces two misdemeanor counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer after he reportedly used pepper spray to attack two security personnel as he attempted to enter… -
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Here’s Why There Are So Many Mexican Flags at the LA ICE Riots
If you are protesting and rioting to remain in the United States, why wave a Mexican flag? That’s the question frequently being asked as Los Angeles continues to be wracked by violent protests that began in opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Southern California. As many have noted, it’s probably not the best look for any protest group… -
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The Left Is Selling Chaos. America Isn’t Buying.
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 was looking at the polls today. Given all the negative views of President Donald Trump… -
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Amid Bid to Oust Him, Hogg Quits DNC
Youthful gun-control activist David Hogg won’t run again to be a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee after members of the committee voted to redo the election that installed him. Hogg, who gained prominence after surviving the deadly February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, resigned from his… -
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Here Are Some ‘Worst of the Worst’ Illegal Alien Criminals Arrested During LA Riots
According to former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles riots are “overwhelmingly peaceful” and nothing more than “part of the Trump administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.” But as one Department of Homeland Security official commented, “These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals… -
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Democrat Governors Face Tough Questions Over Sanctuary Policies
Three Democrat governors defended their sanctuary state policies for illegal aliens before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday. Govs. JB Pritzker of Illinois, Kathy Hochul of New York, and Tim Walz of Minnesota testified at the hearing, which came just days after riots broke out in Los Angeles against the enforcement of federal immigration law… -
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The Predictable Blame Game of Left-Wing Protests
WASHINGTON—The script for how big media outlets cover left-wing riots never changes. Progressive protests destroy blue cities. Then cable news anchors inform viewers that protests that have brought chaos and destruction started out peacefully. Yes, there is a pattern to progressive protests that turn violent. The demonstrations, like those in parts of Los Angeles over… -
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EMERGENCY SHOW: Squeamish Republicans Might Vote Against DOGE Cuts
There has never been a more appropriate application of the phrase “put your money where your mouth is” than the vote House Republicans are preparing to take this afternoon on the $9.4 billion rescissions package. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., joined politics editor Bradley Devlin for an emergency episode of “The Signal Sitdown” before today’s critical… -
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MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, a Liberal Democrat in Denial
Nicolle Wallace is one of the original “MSNBC Republicans,” a former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain who quickly swapped sides to become one of the more popular Democratic Party-line tap dancers on her show “Deadline White House.” Her reflexive leftist take on the Los Angeles riots was a “uniquely alarming moment”—not the… -
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The Vexing Problem of Depopulation and Childlessness
Although pro-family academics and religious leaders have long expressed concern about widespread depopulation and childlessness within Western culture, this crisis is finally being noted by U.S. government officials. Over the past decade, the number of those who never married and had no children exceeded the share of Americans who are married with children. Nearly one-third of young voters did… -
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Protester Attacks Heritage Foundation Security With Pepper Spray, Is Arrested
Capitol Police arrested a man outside The Heritage Foundation after he allegedly sprayed two security personnel with pepper spray. The incident occurred Wednesday morning outside the conservative policy organization, located on a busy thoroughfare just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. “Heritage believes in the First Amendment and respects American citizens’ right to disagree and to… -
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New Jersey GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Eyes Judicial Openings and Targets Sanctuary Laws
HOLMDEL, New Jersey—Just a few minutes after telling an enthused crowed of supporters that he is committed to the goal of a “safer, more prosperous, and affordable New Jersey,” Jack Ciattarelli told The Daily Signal that he very mindful of the openings on the state supreme court. “We have two new appointments,” the Republican gubernatorial nominee… -
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House Gets Opportunity to Defund USAID, PBS, and NPR
House Republicans on Thursday will face perhaps the greatest test yet of whether they mean business about decreasing the size of the federal government. The House Republican Conference will vote on a legislative package to cut funding from foreign aid, as well as from the publicly funded National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service. According… -
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Virginia’s Nursing Shortage Persists, but Targeted Strategies Have Brought Growth
In 2021, then-gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin said he wanted to vastly revitalize Virginia’s nursing community to address a desperate shortage of nurses in the commonwealth. So, now that it’s 2025, is Virginia for Nursing Lovers? According to analysis from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing on the number of registered nurses in each… -
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How Indo-Pacific Allies Can Be ‘Model Allies’: Secretary Hegseth at Shangri-La
During his address at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 31, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted Poland, the Baltic States, Israel, and the Gulf States as “model allies” of the United States. The lack of any Indo-Pacific allies on the secretary’s list was notable, although not necessarily a slight against them, as…