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Trump Administration Begins Dismantling Department of Education With $10.8B Budget Cuts
President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would increase border security funding by 65%, marking the largest investment in homeland security in history, a senior White House official said. The White House unveiled its $1.7 trillion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, proposing about $163 billion in cuts to domestic programs, as well as a 13%…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Britain’s New Populist Right Makes Big Gains in Local Elections
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party made big gains in Thursday’s local elections and gained another seat in Parliament as it positions itself as a new right-leaning party of opposition to the reigning Labour Party. Reform UK gained hundreds of new local council seats, while the Conservative and Labour parties conversely lost hundreds. The results are…George Caldwell -
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‘Better Than Expected’: Labor Secretary Hails April Jobs Report
The White House celebrated a positive April jobs report as markets rebounded Friday, a welcome relief amid uncertainty over tariffs. “The Golden Age is here,” said Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer after the report came out. “This is another great jobs report … better than expected.” The report showed a 177,000 increase in nonfarm payroll jobs….George Caldwell -
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‘Waste of Money’: Trump Axes Taxpayer Funding for NPR, PBS
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday night axing taxpayer funding for “biased” news outlets NPR and PBS. “National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,” the order says. “Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today, the media landscape is filled with abundant,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Right to Privacy Under Siege
The right to privacy—the right to be let alone—is the most cherished right among civilized peoples. It was the right that gave birth to the American Revolution in opposition to British writs of assistance authoring petty officials to rummage through homes in search of contraband goods. Anonymous speech is scrupulously protected by the First Amendment….Armstrong Williams -
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Trump Escalates Fight Against Harvard
President Donald Trump made a new announcement about how the federal government would treat Harvard University in a post Friday. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” the president posted on Truth Social. In April, Trump had floated the idea of Harvard losing its tax-exempt status. “Perhaps…Katrina Trinko -
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Raining on Pride’s Parade: More Companies Bolt From June’s Revelry
America is four weeks away from the LGBTQ movement’s biggest party, and companies are already RSVP’ing no. Thirty days out from Pride Month, the Left’s suffocating celebration of all things gay and trans, it’s obvious the cause’s long march through corporate America hasn’t just stalled, it’s in full-blown retreat. Just two years after Dylan Mulvaney’s catastrophic…Suzanne Bowdey -
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Trump’s 10 Pieces of Advice for Alabama Graduates
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama—President Donald Trump has 10 pieces of advice for 2025 college graduates, who he said “have a chance to be the greatest generation in the history of our country.” Trump’s speech at the University of Alabama was his first graduation address of his second term. He addressed a stadium of about 100,000 people. Many…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Most Unsung Victory of Trump’s Administration
The Trump administration’s decision to end the political persecution of a South Dakota farming and ranching family didn’t receive major attention. So far, it isn’t a top story for news sites and shows amid a busy week of conversation around President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in his second term. It should be. When Secretary…Tony Kinnett -
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Democrats’ Case for Deported ‘Maryland Dad’ Implodes
It appears the legacy media and the Democrat (I repeat myself) narrative about the deported El Salvadoran “Maryland dad” is reaching its endgame as more information about his behavior comes to light. According to multiple reports, House Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has privately told fellow Democrats to stop taking junkets down to El Salvador to visit…Jarrett Stepman -
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Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke Eyes Yet Another Bid for Office
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A thrice-failed Democrat political candidate in Texas is considering taking on a Republican Senate seat in the consistently right-leaning state if voters want him to. Former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke said at a town hall in Denton, Texas, on Saturday that he would be open to launching a new Senate campaign for the…Hudson Crozier -
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With Trump Back in Office, More Countries Are Expected to Join Abraham Accords
TEL AVIV, Israel—After Oct. 7, 2023, and amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the Abraham Accords remain in place and may soon be expanded, according to a Heritage Foundation visiting fellow based in Israel. “To be honest, President [Joe] Biden was not able to add any additional countries to the Abraham Accords….Virginia Allen -
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Advocates of Bans on Foreign Money for Ballot Measures Urge Governor to Veto Montana Bill
Conservative groups who have successfully backed legislation in six states this year to ban foreign funding of ballot initiatives have one message for Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte about his state’s measure. Veto it. House Bill 818 passed the Montana Legislature but was watered down through amendment and lacks the same strong protections against foreign funding…Fred Lucas -
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Safeguarding Students: Stopping China’s Infiltration of US Universities
America’s students deserve better than to be treated as pawns in the Chinese Communist Party’s long game to undermine our country. We can all agree that China does not have the best interests of American students in mind. Yet, thanks to lax enforcement and misplaced priorities from the Biden-Harris administration, billions of dollars have flowed…Rep. Mark Harris -
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Democrats Are Terrified Trump’s Policies Are Going to Work
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. There’s been a lot of media hysteria, some ambiguous and some negative polls. We have talked…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Trump Executive Order Creates Religious Liberty Commission
President Donald Trump on Thursday established by executive order a Religious Liberty Commission, a panel to be led by members of the clergy and government officials to advise the White House on religious liberty issues. “Americans need to be reacquainted with our nation’s superb experiment in religious freedom in order to preserve it against emerging…George Caldwell -
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Bipartisan House Vote Blocks California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to repeal a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency waiver that allowed California to ban the selling of new gasoline-powered passenger vehicles by 2035. The vote was 246-to-164, with 35 Democrats crossing party lines to join all 211 Republicans who were present in support of the joint resolution. The measure…Jacob Adams -
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‘Biden DNA’: Ashley Biden’s Nonprofit Failed to Report Donations to IRS, Watchdog Says
Financial questions continue to hover over the Biden family, even with former President Joe Biden three and a half months out of office. The 46th president’s daughter, Ashley Biden, founded the Women’s Wellness Spa(ce) in 2023. The nonprofit tax-exempt organization says it serves women who have experienced trauma. It failed to report a total of…Fred Lucas -
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Small Business Administration Chief Details Trump’s Carrot-And-Stick Economic Policies
At a Capitol Hill press conference Thursday, Kelly Loeffler, director of the Small Business Administration, laid out President Donald Trump’s carrot-and-stick strategy for returning manufacturing to the United States. Loeffler joined Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, to promote the Made in America Act, which would increase to $10 million the limit…George Caldwell -
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BREAKING: Mike Waltz to Be UN Ambassador
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, is getting a new role Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he was “pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations.” From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell