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‘Red Flashing Warning’: Chris Cillizza Explains Why ‘Kamala Harris Absolutely Should Not’ Launch 2028 Bid
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—NewsNation political contributor Chris Cillizza said Thursday that former Vice President Kamala Harris definitely should avoid making a 2028 presidential run based on current polling. Multiple close Harris allies told The New York Times in an April 10 article that the former vice president was more interested in pursuing the California governorship in 2026 than the…Jason Cohen -
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Hire Diplomats on Merit, Not Quotas
How have the far-left policies of the Biden administration affected American diplomacy? At a recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s accountability subcommittee, I had a chance to answer this question for Congress—and the news isn’t good. Former President Joe Biden ordered “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” staff hired, and he pushed new programs throughout…Simon Hankinson -
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SCOTUS Order Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration early Saturday morning to pause the deportation of some Venezuelan illegal aliens until the court can rule further. The Court did not grant or deny the use of the Alien Enemies Act to remove the illegal aliens, who the Trump administration claims are Tren de Aragua gang…Virginia Allen -
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Will Trump’s Tariffs Hurt GOP in Midterm Elections?
As President Donald Trump moves at a feverish pace in imposing tariffs and undoing much of his predecessor's legacy, a question has emerged: How will voters react to these bold actions when midterm elections arrive in 2026? The Daily Signal asked a number of top consultants to congressional candidates across the country that question. Trump has…George Caldwell -
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Tesla Continues to Reign Supreme Despite Leftist Violence
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The obviously organized attacks on electric carmaker Tesla’s infrastructure and owners of Tesla cars by leftists apparently suffering from Musk Derangement Syndrome dominated the news throughout much of February and March. Sadly, the campaign was supported by a variety of virtue signaling celebrities and cynical politicians like Arizona Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly putting out videos of…David Blackmon -
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Several Democrats Can’t Answer Why They Want ‘Non-Citizens to Vote in US Elections’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Several Democrat lawmakers refused to answer why they voted against a measure to ensure that non-citizens cannot vote in U.S. elections in footage exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Only four Democrat lawmakers joined Republicans to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would require states to obtain proof of citizenship…Nicole Silverio -
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End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train
One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo. Take, for example, the roiling monthslong debate about President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. Prior to the media uproar over the much-ballyhooed MS-13-tied “Maryland man,” the since-deported Salvadoran national Kilmar…Josh Hammer -
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Easter Holiday Gas Prices 30 Cents Below National Norm
THE CENTER SQUARE—Easter holiday weekend gas prices in North Carolina, on average for a gallon of unleaded regular, are 30 cents below the national average of $3.16. County averages of $2.92 to $3.16 are sprinkled from the mountains to the coastal plains. Those locales are outnumbered by lower prices to generate the state’s $2.86 norm…Alan Wooten -
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Soros-Funded Groups Go to War Against DOGE
The far-left groups that staffed and advised the Biden administration—a network that I call the Woketopus—are going to war against DOGE’s efforts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. Activist groups like the Center for American Progress and the ACLU are working alongside unions like the AFL-CIO and the American Federation…Tyler O’Neil -
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Hope Restored
It has been said that a person can live about 40 days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for a few seconds without hope. For Good Friday, I am reading Ezekiel 37 in the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan. How providential! Because Ezekiel 37 is about…Kenyn Cureton -
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Trump’s Counterrevolution Strategy: Flood the Zone, Drain the Swamp
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. We’re about—getting close to 90 days and even coming up close, in a week, 10 days,…Victor Davis Hanson -
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CFPB Rule Would ‘Unlawfully Encroach on Tribes,’ Native American Leaders Argue
In November, Donald Trump overwhelmingly carried the Native American vote. By January, just six days before Trump took office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a regulation that tribal leaders say isn’t legal and would harm the growing financial services industry on Indian lands. At least four tribes are asking for the rule to be…Fred Lucas -
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CFPB Rule Would ‘Unlawfully Encroach on Tribes,’ Native American Leaders Argue
In November, Donald Trump overwhelmingly carried the Native American vote. By January, just six days before Trump took office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a regulation that tribal leaders say isn’t legal and would harm the growing financial services industry on Indian lands. At least four tribes are asking for the rule to be…Fred Lucas -
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Will Harvard Go Full Hillsdale?
Harvard University has rejected various demands of a presidential commission on antisemitism. The task force wants to persuade Harvard to ensure Jewish students on its campus are no longer harassed, or else lose its federal funding. Harvard retorts that it won’t be bullied by Washington. Among its other requirements, the Trump administration also warned Harvard…Victor Davis Hanson -
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‘Looked Like a Fool’: GOP Roasts Van Hollen Over Meeting with Illegal Alien
GOP lawmakers expressed outrage on social media after Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with a deported illegal alien in El Salvador on Thursday. “Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the fake news media, or anyone,” President Donald Trump wrote…Virginia Allen -
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Don’t Believe Democrats’ Scare Tactics About the SAVE Act
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is set to hand out its annual Profile in Courage Award on May 4 to a politician or other public figure who the foundation thinks has demonstrated extraordinary political courage, especially when doing so subjects him or her to criticism from those with whom they are ordinarily allied. If…Peter Parisi -
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There’s Real Evidence for Easter
If you think politicians make outlandish claims, consider what Christians celebrate at Easter. They believe a man named Jesus was brutally tortured, murdered, and buried for three days before rising from the dead. Furthermore, they assert this man was also fully God and that your belief or lack of belief in him determines your eternal…Victor Joecks -
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Trump’s Aggressive Dealmaking Is Reshaping Global Politics for America’s Benefit
President Donald Trump, like one of his heroes Andrew Jackson, was born for a storm. Trump is disrupting national and international systems that no longer work for the American people. In the domestic realm, he’s launched a political counterrevolution on a scale of change not seen since the New Deal. But it isn’t just on the home front that Trump…Jarrett Stepman -
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Denver’s Sanctuary Policies Leave Colorado Vulnerable and Cost Taxpayers Millions
Denver has long been at the forefront of sanctuary policies, officially becoming a “sanctuary city” around 2013 and pioneering a trend that has transformed Colorado into a full-blown “sanctuary state”—and Coloradans are paying the price. Legislation enacted by Democrat-dominated state lawmakers prohibits sheriffs from cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement in identifying and deporting…John Fabbricatore -
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Trans Activists Aren’t on Side of Science
Liberals love to claim conservatives don’t have a firm grip on “reality,” but they also insist reality has a liberal bias—“facts” and “science” are always on their side. In the last election, voters responded to advertisements pointing out that then-Vice President Kamala Harris was firmly committed to using taxpayer money to pay for gender-bending amputations,…Tim Graham