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Los Angeles Riots May Encourage Illegal Immigrants to Self-Deport
“How’m I doin’?” the late New York Mayor Ed Koch used to ask constituents on his travels through the city. President Donald Trump, in the opinion of most Americans, is doin’ pretty well. His job approval, which jutted downward after he announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2, has recovered and hovers just below…Michael Barone -
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Trump’s Counterrevolution: 4 Stars Driving Change Against DEI
President Donald Trump clearly made it a mission in his second go-around in the White House to make larger institutional changes to the way the federal government does business. He clearly intended not only to make the government more efficient, but to change institutional power structures that embolden the permanent bureaucracy. Some of those efforts,…Jarrett Stepman -
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How Trump’s Veterans Affairs Secretary Fights ‘Lies, Innuendo, Rumors’ from Democrats
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins is setting straight the left-wing story that President Donald Trump’s cuts to “waste, fraud, and abuse” will harm veterans. “That’s all I’ve been doing for a little over four and a half months now is fighting lies, innuendo, rumors from the hill and other parts of the press, saying…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Desperate Democrats ISO ‘Liberal Joe Rogan’
Seven months after a stinging loss to President Donald Trump, who used podcast appearances and internet virality in his campaign to his advantage, Democrats are still working on a digital strategy to regain political power. Throughout the campaign, Trump was able to score a number of major podcast interviews on shows such as "The Joe…George Caldwell -
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Happy 250th Birthday to the US Army!
Today, the nation pauses to honor and join the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday Celebration Festivities here in the nation’s capital include an Army Birthday Festival on the National Mall, a fireworks display along the Potomac, and, of course, a Grand Military Parade along Constitution Avenue. The Army birthday celebration kicks off more than a year…Wilson Beaver -
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Let California Collapse—and Let the Rest of America Learn
California has long prided itself on being a symbol of progressive governance, a supposed beacon of tolerance, opportunity, and inclusivity. But behind the glittering curtain of Hollywood dreams and Silicon Valley innovation lies a troubling reality—a self-inflicted crisis stemming from policies that defy economic logic and common sense. As California grapples with an unprecedented immigration…Armstrong Williams -
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If UK Wants Peace in Middle East, It ‘Would Sanction the Leaders of Qatar,’ Ex-Israeli Spokesman Says
The United Kingdom should sanction Qatar, not Israeli leaders, a former spokesman for the Israeli government says. “I think if the U.K. wanted to use its sanctions power to promote peace in the Middle East, they would sanction the leaders of Qatar,” Eylon Levy told The Daily Signal after the U.K.’s sanctioning of Israeli…Virginia Allen -
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Did LA Riots Help Put Trump and Musk on Track Toward Reconciliation?
The riots against enforcement of federal immigration laws that began in Los Angeles more than a week ago have led to vandalism, destruction of property, and assaults on law enforcement officers. But one of the results of the riots their instigators surely did not intend was the creation of common ground between Elon Musk and…Virginia Allen -
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Big Tech Employee Says It’s ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’ He Has to Blacklist Conservative Group Over SPLC Label
A tech employee voiced opposition to his company's policy against doing business with a nonprofit on the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate map," calling the policy "absolutely ridiculous." Now, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is investigating the Big Tech firm that acquired the employee's company, claiming the firm "systematically deplatforms conservatives." "It is outrageous that the…Tyler O’Neil -
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Iran Strikes Back at Israel With Large Missile Attack
Iran launched dozens of missiles at Israel on Friday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Explosions were heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as sirens sounded across Israel. Dozens in Israel were injured in the attack. The missile attack on Israel from Iran came less than 24 hours after Israel launched a major attack on…Virginia Allen -
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‘NOT A GRAY ISSUE’: Why the 9th Circuit Upheld Trump’s Use of the National Guard
It took the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals only a few hours to block a lower court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard in the Los Angeles riots. The appeals court acted expeditiously because Trump was so clearly in the right, according to Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Movement to Make Our Children Innocent Again
When you walk through the Library of Congress in Washington, one inscription reads, “the foundation of every state is the education of its youth,” quoting Diogenes. For the Greeks, Romans, and America’s Founding Fathers, education meant instilling virtue as well as information. Now, education is progressive indoctrination. Education of the youth is still the foundation…Rebecca Phillips -
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In Face of LA Chaos, Majority of Americans Still Approve of Trump Deportations
Despite Democrat efforts to condemn the Trump administration’s arrests of illegal immigrants, voter approval of deportation efforts continues to rise. A recent poll from Napolitan News Service found that 56% of respondents either strongly or somewhat approve of the deportations of illegal immigrants throughout the U.S. The country’s eyes remain glued to the Los Angeles…Lucy Spence -
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The Rogue’s New Gallery of Left-Wing Scoundrels
The entire career of race-baiter Al Sharpton was founded on falsehoods about the Tawana Brawley scam. Nearly everything the Left told us about the Trayvon Martin fight was false. The “hands up, don’t shoot” Ferguson fable and the Covington kids myth were quickly exposed. The Duke lacrosse and Jussie Smollett melodramas were laughable. Russian “collusion,”…Victor Davis Hanson -
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‘Entirely Unacceptable’: Senate Republicans Condemn California Democrat’s Outburst
Senate Republicans are sharply criticizing Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., for his disruption Thursday of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem‘s press conference. “Sen. Padilla should have been in Washington, D.C., voting. He has a responsibility to his constituents to show up at work—not try to make a spectacle of himself,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the…Jacob Adams -
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Strong Fathers Build Civilizations—Weak Ones Lose Them
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. June 15th is Father’s Day. It’s always the third Sunday of June. I remember when I…Victor Davis Hanson -
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New York’s Assisted-Suicide Bill Is a Tragedy, Not a Triumph
If New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a state Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, there will come a time when we will look back on this week with deep regret. We’ll see it not as a triumph of compassion, but as a failure of courage, ethics, and love. On Monday, the New York…Nora Sullivan -
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Capitol Hill Plagued by Over 30 Arson Fires
Washington, D.C., police are looking for the arsonist believed responsible for over 30 fires set in the Capitol Hill neighborhood since early March. Four fires were set Wednesday morning and 10 were set the previous night. Local station NBC4 reported Wednesday that a federal warrant is out for the arrest of 50-year-old Mohammad Al-Rashidi, whom…Lucy Spence -
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Israel Expert Forecasts Iran’s Next Move
As tensions escalate in the Middle East after Israeli strikes targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites, Heritage Foundation experts hit the airwaves Friday to discuss the latest developments. Victoria Coates, vice president of Heritage’s Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, discussed the conflict on “Fox & Friends First” with Carley Shimkus and Todd…Philip Roberts -
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Nebraska Bans Men in Women’s Sports
Nebraska recently passed a law making it illegal for men to participate in women’s sports. The law also recognizes only two distinct and separate identities—male and female, as categorized by their reproductive systems. The “Stand With Women” Act states, “Males and females possess unique and immutable differences” that are “enduring.” It passed in the Nebraska…Quinn Delamater