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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…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Congressional Republicans’ Reaction Is Mixed to Israeli Strikes on Iran
Reaction from Republican members of Congress to Israel’s Thursday evening strikes on Iran was mixed, highlighting the foreign policy divide in the party. House and Senate leadership appeared supportive of Israel after the strikes. Still, some prominent GOP members of Congress expressed concern over the United States potentially being drawn into another Middle East war….Jacob Adams -
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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…Tyler O’Neil -
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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…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Trump Tells Iran ‘There Is Still Time’ to Reach Nuclear Deal
Following Israel’s targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and top military leaders Thursday, President Donald Trump says “there is still time” for Iran to make a nuclear deal with the U.S. “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning, about 10 hours after Israel first launched…Virginia Allen -
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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…Ben Shapiro -
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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…Victor Joecks -
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The Results of Christian Mutual Proxy Voting Analysis Leave Significant Room for Improvement
Proxy voting is a key responsibility of all fiduciaries. Why in particular should conservatives, and especially traditional worshippers, take care with that responsibility? Because in an era of plentiful and typically controversial “shareholder resolutions,” the invested financial assets of individuals and institutions—including religious organizations (dioceses, temples, hospital chains, orders, colleges, etc.)—are quite powerful things. They…Richard Todd -
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Israel Carries Out Strikes Against Iran
Israel carried out strikes against Iran on Thursday evening, according to multiple reports. The Israel Defense Forces “launched a preemptive, precise, combined offensive to strike Iran’s nuclear program,” the IDF wrote on X. “Dozens of IAF jets completed the first stage that included strikes on dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of…Virginia Allen -
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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…Tyler O’Neil -
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Is Britain About to Legalize Abortion Until Birth?
Britain soon could pass the most extreme abortion law Europe has ever seen. Members of Parliament have proposed amendments that would legalize abortion up until the moment of birth. The amendments could also allow for sex-selective abortions and would take away the ability to prosecute abusers who harm unborn children, according to the Society for…Quinn Delamater -
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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…Jarrett Stepman -
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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…Victor Davis Hanson -
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House Passes HALT Fentanyl Act, Sending Bill to Trump’s Desk
The House passed the HALT Fentanyl Act on Thursday, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. “Fentanyl is a bioweapon, and this bill treats it like one,” Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., whose younger brother died from a fentanyl overdose, told The Daily Signal. “The HALT Fentanyl Act slams the…Virginia Allen -
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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…Jacob Adams -
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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…Lucy Spence -
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House GOP Passes DOGE Cuts by a Whisker After Chaos on Floor
The House Republicans successfully passed a rescissions package to cut $9.4 billion from foreign aid and public broadcasting Thursday, in the first major codification of President Donald Trump’s efforts to restructure the federal government. The rescissions package, which targeted funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development as well as for National Public Radio and…George Caldwell -
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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…Jacob Adams -
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Supreme Court Insists It Will Resolve AR-15 Question ‘Soon’
Last week, the Supreme Court declined to review a 4th U.S. Circuit Court opinion upholding the constitutionality of Maryland’s ban on the possession of certain semiautomatic rifles the state arbitrarily deems “assault weapons.” Faced with a prime opportunity to reinforce its Second Amendment jurisprudence against repeated and flagrant efforts to undermine it, the nation’s highest…Amy Swearer -
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Freedom Caucus Chief Outlines Strategy to Cut Spending, the Deficit
A few hours before a House vote on whether to defund foreign aid and public broadcasting, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., shared his thoughts on how a heavily indebted America can right its fiscal ship of state. The rescissions package the House is considering would eliminate $9.4 billion in spending through cuts to…George Caldwell