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Grounded by Bureaucracy: Trump’s Chance to Ditch the Feds, Commercialize the Skies
Air travel in America isn’t great—and that’s putting it lightly. Our nation’s antiquated air traffic control systems cost Americans tens of billions of dollars annually. That includes tens of thousands of years of lost time annually due to flight delays and cancellations, as well as higher prices caused by preventable limits on the supply of…Rachel Greszler -
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EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. Urged to Make Good on Commitment to Review Safety of Abortion Pill
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative think tank is seeking to hold Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his commitment to review the safety and efficacy of the abortion pill. “I’ve asked Marty Makary, who’s the director of [the Food and Drug Administration], to do a complete review, and to…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Proceed With Plans to Remove Deportation Protections for Venezuelan Illegal Aliens
The Supreme Court will allow, for now, the Trump administration to proceed with plans to strip temporary legal protected status from thousands of illegal aliens from Venezuela living in the U.S. The court’s decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to cancel Temporary Protected Status for illegal aliens who entered the U.S….Virginia Allen -
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Here’s Why House Conservatives Want to Meet With Trump to Hash Out ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Fiscal conservatives hope to meet with President Donald Trump before Wednesday to continue negotiations on the “big, beautiful bill,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told The Daily Signal. Reps. Norman, Chip Roy, Andrew Clyde, and Josh Brecheen voted “no” on the reconciliation package Friday, but they changed their votes to “present” on Sunday night. The Daily…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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With Michael Ledeen Gone, the World Lost One of Its Great Minds
The world has lost a towering intellect, a fearless thinker, and a deeply principled man. Michael Ledeen’s passing on May 18 marks the end of an era in which ideas were not just debated but lived, tested, and acted upon. The list of problems Michael solved over his 83 years was impressive, but it pales…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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As Operation Gideon’s Chariots Begins, Netanyahu Pledges Israel Will Control Gaza
Israel has begun a new aggressive operation in Gaza aimed at controlling Gaza. “There is huge fighting going on, intense and huge, we are going to control all parts of Gaza,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video message Monday. Netanyahu’s goals remain twofold—the release of the remaining 58 hostages being held…Virginia Allen -
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Budget Committee Passes ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ After Negotiations
The House Budget Committee advanced the Republican budget reconciliation bill Sunday night after three days of negotiations brought enough additional cost-saving proposals to convince four GOP budget hawks to reverse their initial opposition. The bill passed by a 17-16 margin, with all Democrats on the committee voting against it. The bill, if it passes the…George Caldwell -
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Doctors Throw Cold Water on Biden Statement That Doctors Only Found Metastatic Prostate Cancer Last Week
The office of former President Joe Biden said Sunday that Biden, 82, had been diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer last week, but doctors are suggesting that, given the progression of the disease, Biden and his doctors likely knew of the diagnosis for years before now. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist who served in President Barack…Tyler O’Neil -
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Abigail Spanberger Is No Moderate
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is busy trying to portray herself as a moderate, but her policy record proves she’s far from that. With a 5% lifetime score on the Heritage Action for America scorecard, Spanberger spent six years in Congress voting for policies like restricting economic freedom, weakening U.S. border security, and blocking voter…Carrie Sheffield -
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Europe’s Embrace of Lawfare Threatens Its Alliance with the US
President Donald Trump’s election was greeted in Europe with outright fear by parties of the Left and wary apprehension by the center-right but with open elation by a resurgent sovereigntist Right. Now the Left and the center are regrouping and coming up with a strategy to rein in the surging populists. It should surprise no one that this strategy…Mike Gonzalez -
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On Education, Mississippi Shows the Way
Mississippi leads the nation. That’s not a typographical error. And it’s not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it still is. Mississippi has the lowest or nearly the lowest income…Michael Barone -
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Biden Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Former President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” Biden’s personal office said in a statement on Sunday. “On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized…Virginia Allen -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republican Lawmakers Look to Codify Trump Policy to End Leftist Lawfare
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—When courts issue wrongful injunctions, taxpayers are often left paying for the damage done to their own government. But Reps. Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., and Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., are introducing a bill on Monday that aims to shift that burden from taxpayers to the plaintiffs seeking these injunctions, forcing the courts to…Bradley Devlin -
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Biden’s Border Legacy: A Financial Burden That Will Last for Years
We’ve all been there: you go out with friends, have a great time … then they leave you stuck with the bill. After four years of reckless, ruinous and arguably illegal Joe Biden administration policies, America will be stuck with a massive border bar tab for years to come. President Donald Trump is busy keeping his promises to…Simon Hankinson -
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A More Effective Way to Confront China’s Growing Aggression
One of the central weaknesses of the Biden administration’s national security policies was its reliance on the concept of “integrated deterrence” to prevent aggressive actions by the People’s Republic of China. The strategy entailed building robust alliances in the Indo-Pacific, forward-deploying greater numbers of U.S. military assets to the region, and a tighter integration of…Daniel Green -
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Attorneys Fight ‘Censorship, Plain and Simple’ Over Reparative Therapy Bans
First Amendment advocates appeared in court this week to overturn two laws aimed at trapping minors in the LGBTQ lifestyle by barring counselors from having consensual discussions with children who do not want to identify as transgender. Attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom sued Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson County—the county-level government overseeing Kansas City—after…Ben Johnson -
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‘People You Should Know’ Is a Love Letter to Bottom-Up Solutions
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia—Steve Hotz started Black Horse Forge, a nonprofit organization that provides support for veterans, active-duty military personnel, and first responders through the ancient art of blacksmithing. The retired sergeant, who served 17 years in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, said he started the endeavor to teach the arts of blacksmithing, toolmaking….Salena Zito -
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Afrikaner Double Standard Reminds Me Why I Left The Episcopal Church Behind
Thank God I left The Episcopal Church. After decades of partnering with the U.S. government to serve refugees, The Episcopal Church ended the relationship this past week, because the Trump administration asked them to serve refugees whose plight contradicts the woke Left’s grand narrative. Episcopal Migration Ministries had resettled almost 110,000 people across the U.S.,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Besides Israel, There Will Not Be a Sovereign State West of Jordan River, Ambassador Says
Gaza will never become an independent nation, Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter says. “There’s not going to be an independent sovereign state other than Israel west of the Jordan River,” Leiter told The Daily Signal. “There could be all sorts of autonomous arrangements,” he said, “but there’s not going to be…Virginia Allen -
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Democrats and Journalists Still Avoid Biden’s Decline
The first excerpts of the Jake Tapper-Alex Thompson book on denying former President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline have been posted, and you can already sense Democrats don’t want to deal with what they have done. The book’s title is “Original Sin.” Why the biblical title? The authors write: “The original sin of Election 2024…Tim Graham