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Kennedy Defends HHS Budget, Staffing Cuts in Face of Democrats’ Criticism
At a hearing before a Senate panel Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the case that he’s running a cost-efficient, yet effective, HHS. “When my team and I took the helm at HHS, we set out with clear goals,” Kennedy said told members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…George Caldwell -
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House Considers Bipartisan Jewish American Heritage Month Resolution
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a resolution Wednesday evening that would call on elected officials and other civic leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of Jewish Americans for Jewish American Heritage Month. The resolution calls on the executive branch and state and local leaders to take…Jacob Adams -
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EXCLUSIVE: Emails Reveal Anti-Trump Lawyer, Pundit Briefed Democrat Governors on Resistance
A former counsel for the first Donald Trump impeachment—who vowed to file 100 lawsuits this year against the second Trump administration—was scheduled to advise the staffs of Democrat governors from across the country on how to defy federal policy, according to emails. On Jan. 21, a day after Trump’s second inauguration, Governors Safeguarding Democracy scheduled…Fred Lucas -
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Michigan Lawmaker’s Bid to Impeach Trump Draws Pushback From Fellow Democrats
A Michigan Democrat congressman is facing pushback from party colleagues over his recent filing of articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, which they say is a waste of time since Democrats don’t have the votes to either impeach the president or remove him from office. The House of Representatives requires only a simple majority…Jacob Adams -
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Border Patrol Applications Highest in US History Under Trump
THE CENTER SQUARE—Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Border Patrol has seen an unprecedented surge in applications from men and women who want to serve at the U.S. borders. From January to April 2025, Border Patrol received 34,650 applications, representing a 44% increase over the same four-month period in 2024, U.S. Customs and…Bethany Blankley -
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Johnson Threads Needle in Stitching Together ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ to Placate Factions
House Republican leadership is facing a herculean task right now, as it seeks to appease various factions with strong opinions on the budget reconciliation bill: fiscal hawks, Medicaid defenders, and tax cut advocates. Pleasing all of those groups would be an Olympian achievement, given Republicans' narrow majority in the House of Representatives. Speaker of the…George Caldwell -
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What Colorado’s New Voting Law Means for Jail Inmates and Gender Identity
A new Colorado voting law carves out special voting rights protections for jail inmates, as well as for gender identity. On Monday, the state’s Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed the law, which is framed as a state version of the federal Voting Rights Act. Democrat lawmakers in the state contend the Trump administration and federal courts…Fred Lucas -
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Defensive Gun Uses Demonstrate Life and Death Benefits of Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision
In a 2022 case called New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court affirmed that ordinary Americans have a right to bear arms in public for self-defense, and struck down New York’s restrictive framework for issuing concealed carry permits. This framework, in effect, left most civilians in the state without any…Amy Swearer -
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Democrats Defend Medicaid Coverage for Illegal Immigrants
The Trump administration is praising House Republicans for protecting Americans’ Medicaid access by removing noncitizens from the program. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Tuesday markup of budget reconciliation prohibits federal funding under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for illegal immigrants. “President Trump and Republicans are protecting Medicaid—and that starts with kicking 1.4…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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2 Very Different Hostage Homecomings Show Israel’s Dedication to Its People
It’s been quite a week for Israeli homecomings. On Monday, American-Israeli Edan Alexander was returned to Israel after 584 harrowing days of captivity in Hamas’ dungeons under Gaza. Alexander, now 21, was just 19 years old on Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas terror army invaded Israel and took him hostage alongside about 250 other…Naftali Shavelson -
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Diversity Initiatives Persist at UVA Despite Promised Reforms
The University of Virginia was supposed to have dismantled its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by now. Two weeks ago, amid accusations that the university had simply renamed many of the DEI offices but not closed them, the U.S. Department of Education asked it to present proof of compliance by May 30. But one must…Joe Thomas -
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An American Pope Confounds the Press
The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Conclaves begin with secular and Catholic experts making a list of possible front-runners, and no one had Robert Prevost on their bingo card. For Americans, it was shocking and…Tim Graham -
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The Left Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Whites Need Not Apply for Asylum
It looks like your liberal neighbors will have to take down their “refugees welcome” signs now. A small group of South African refugees arrived in the United States on Monday bearing American flags. They came to the U.S. after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February designating them as in need of asylum. One would…Jarrett Stepman -
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The Media ‘Jumps the Shark’
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’ve been critical of the media, as many of you are. But recently it’s jumped the…Victor Davis Hanson -
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‘RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS’: White House Calls Out Episcopal Church Over Refusal to Help White Refugees
The White House condemned the Episcopal Church on Tuesday after it withdrew from federal refugee resettlement programs in protest when the government asked the church to resettle white refugees from South Africa. In a Monday letter, a top church leader noted South Africa’s history of Apartheid and said that assisting the refugees cuts against its…Tyler O’Neil -
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Partisan Fighting Flares Over Medicaid Funding
At the beginning of critical markups on Republicans’ “one big, beautiful” budget bill, Democrats made clear that they would resist all of the proposed cuts to Medicaid funding. Passage of the budget reconciliation bill is necessary to extend President Donald Trump’s first term 2017 tax cuts and to fund border security. The main disconnect between…George Caldwell -
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Abortion, Government Funding for Planned Parenthood at an All-Time High
Planned Parenthood released its latest annual report the day after Mother’s Day. For 2023-2024, abortions are at an all-time high. So is government funding. Nearly three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states enacted strong pro-life protections, business is still booming. Congress and President Donald Trump can take action—but will…Melanie Israel -
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Qatar’s Offer of Gift of Presidential Jet to Trump Encounters Turbulence in Senate
Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Tuesday promised Senate “scrutiny” of the proposed gift from the government of Qatar of a Boeing 747-8 valued at $400 million to be used as an Air Force One by President Donald Trump for the remainder of his term. “I don’t think there’s anything official out there. This is…Jacob Adams -
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‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ as Viewed From Abroad
And then it all made sense. “You don’t have to kill the guy, just make him look bad,” said comedian Kurt Metzger on Joe Rogan’s podcast last month, discussing how elites try to destroy political threats they can’t defeat at the ballot box. That one line explains it all: the hysteria, the lies, the Hollywood…George Harizanov -
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Why the House’s New Education Plan is a Win for Students and Taxpayers
In response to a directive to cut $330 billion in mandatory federal education spending over the next decade, the House Education and Workforce Committee has proposed a reconciliation package projected to save taxpayers approximately $350 billion—surpassing the target by $20 billion. This part of the reconciliation bill, passed at the end of April, now moves…Madison Marino Doan