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So-Called Maryland Father Indicted for Smuggling Children, Guns, and Drugs
A federal grand jury in Nashville has issued a searing criminal indictment of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran in the U.S. illegally whom Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., referred to as “his constituent” and a “Maryland father.” Garcia may be a Maryland constituent, but he won’t win any Father of the Year…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Senate Report Confirms the Wisdom of Secretary Kennedy’s Revised COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend routine COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women and healthy children. Kennedy also said that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for those under 65 will undergo new clinical trials—an attempt…Robert Moffit -
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Congress Should Quickly Approve Trump’s Rescission Legislation
President Donald Trump‘s rescission legislation has finally arrived in Congress, where it will have 45 days to be approved by both chambers on a simple majority vote. Success would be a significant victory in Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Left’s political infrastructure. It sounds simple, right? It is—very. Except Washington is full of Republicans afraid of their…Mike Gonzalez -
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10 Things I Saw at Washington’s WorldPride Parade
Washington, D.C., was the host of the WorldPride Parade on Saturday. Here are some of the people and things I witnessed as I covered the event for The Daily Signal. 1. Corporate Presence Many companies in the hospitality or travel industries had floats in the parade. Some of these companies included United Airlines, Hyatt Hotels,…Quinn Delamater -
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Hegseth Sends Marines to Augment National Guard to Quell LA Riots
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Monday evening that he is sending 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles “to restore order.” “We have an obligation to defend federal law enforcement officers—even if Gavin Newsom will not,” Hegseth said, criticizing the California governor following the irruption of anti-immigration enforcement riots in LA on Friday. The Marines…Virginia Allen -
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Will the LA Riots Be Repeated Across the Country?
As the National Guard seeks to quell riots against enforcement of federal immigration law in Los Angeles, Republicans and Democrats are finding themselves in fierce debate, with Democrats contending that President Donald Trump is addressing a “manufactured crisis,” but with Republicans calling for immediate order in the streets. After protests began Friday against U.S. Immigration…George Caldwell -
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Trump Has Winning Message on LA ICE Riots
Riot season has started with a bang in California. Actually, many bangs, hurled rocks, torched cars, and a lot a flag waving—but not the Toby Keith variety. The mayhem began in and around Los Angeles over the weekend after increasingly fiery and certainly not peaceful protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids morphed into large-scale violence. It…Jarrett Stepman -
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House Eyes 3 Bills to Overrule DC Government
In a major rebuke to measures passed by the District of Columbia city government under home rule, the House of Representatives will consider three bills this week that would repeal local laws passed by the D.C. Council. One of the bills seeks to repeal a local law that gave illegal aliens and other noncitizen D.C….Jacob Adams -
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Who Organized the LA Anti-ICE Protests That Escalated Into Riots?
When anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agitators took to the streets in the Los Angeles area over the weekend attacking officers, setting cars on fire, and looting, they drew attention to the left-leaning activist groups that may have helped instigate the riots. Three major organizations have come under increased scrutiny: the Coalition for Humane Immigrant…Tyler O’Neil -
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Gavin Newsom’s ‘Reckless’ Surrender of LA to Foreign National Riots
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. This weekend we saw rioting in Los Angeles against Immigration and Customs Enforcement for its efforts…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Democrats: From Loving Medicaid Work Requirements to ‘We’re All Going to Die’
According to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Republican plans to tighten Medicaid a little bit are not just unwise. They will trigger mass murder. Due to its comparative fiscal sanity, Schumer rechristened the Trump/GOP “One Big, Beautiful Bill” as the “We Are All Going to Die Act.” Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Schumer…Deroy Murdock -
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Former FBI Agent Advised Schiff Amid Russiagate. Now, He May Be Opposing Trump From Within the FAA.
A former FBI analyst who spent two years advising then-Rep. Adam Schiff while Schiff pushed the Trump-Russia narrative and led the first Trump impeachment subsequently “burrowed in” to the federal bureaucracy. While presidents appoint more than 3,000 people for political positions, the federal government directly employs roughly 2.3 million people, most of whom serve in…Tyler O’Neil -
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Italian Voters and No-Shows Send Referendum to Ease Citizenship Rules to Crushing Defeat
Italians headed to the polls on Sunday for a referendum favored by the Italian Left that would have eased citizenship requirements and revised labor laws. However, low voter turnout sent the referendum down to defeat as not enough voters turned out to make the vote valid. Official data from YouTrend revealed only 30% of eligible…Lorenzo Prieto -
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Hegseth Was Right to Ban Race in Admissions At Military Service Academies, but Not for the Reasons You Might Think
On May 9, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to the entire Department of Defense prohibiting the military service academies from using race in admissions, which they had been doing for decades. Effective immediately, offers of admissions to the highly selective military service academies must be based “exclusively on merit.” Hegseth justified…Cully Stimson -
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Fractious Factions: Why Passing ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Through Senate Will Be Difficult
As Senate Republican leadership rushes to pass the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, the math to get to a GOP consensus in both houses of Congress has suddenly gotten much harder. The “big, beautiful bill,” a 10-year budget package, is the main legislative vehicle for delivering on President Donald Trump's campaign promises and can be…George Caldwell -
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Former Lois Lerner Deputy Involved in Obama-Era IRS Scandal That Targeted Conservatives Leads Major IRS Division Under Trump
A former top deputy to Lois Lerner, the former director of the IRS Exempt Organizations division and a central figure in the 2013 IRS targeting scandal, now runs one of the primary operating divisions of the IRS, according to a report from the American Accountability Foundation. The report alleges that Holly Paz “seems to have…Bradley Devlin -
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‘If You Shoot Me, You Better Shoot Straight’: Maxine Waters Taunts National Guard in L.A.
As Los Angeles rioters engaged in violence against law enforcement, while others blocked traffic or burned cars, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., focused her attention on taunting the deployed National Guard troops in the city. “What are you all going to do? Are you going to shoot some kids?” Waters, 86, who has represented part of…Fred Lucas -
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Democrats Attempt to Turn Texas Blue
Leftist billionaire George Soros is in pursuit of the long-sought political “white whale” for Democrats: finally turning Texas blue. Soros is pouring millions into a super PAC called Texas Majority PAC to flip the state in the 2026 midterms and beyond. He donated $1 million this past April and $2.1 million in 2024. Texas is…Jacob Adams -
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Greta Thunberg Claims to Have Been Kidnapped After IDF Intercepts Her ‘Selfie-Float’ to Gaza, Congressman Says
The Israel Defense Forces intercepted a Freedom Flotilla Coalition boat carrying pro-Palestine activists, including Greta Thunberg, late Sunday. Thunberg and her fellow passengers were attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition was sailing the boat, named the “Madleen” to “Gaza to challenge Israel’s ongoing blockade” and deliver humanitarian aid, according to the…Virginia Allen -
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Newsom Challenges Border Czar to Hold Him Accountable for Evading Immigration Law
After President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to the Los Angeles area in response to violent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., suggested that he is unwilling to comply with federal authorities. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said of Newsom’s comments, “It’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell