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The Left’s 10 Most Outrageous Comments About LA Riots
Although protesters injured 10 deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office on the first day of riots alone, the Left has attempted to portray the anti-ICE riots as “peaceful protests” that “America’s Hitler,” Donald Trump, is using as a pretext to call in the National Guard. The following are some of the most outrageous statements on the… -
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Chaos in LA Continues: Rioters Attack ICE, Police as Leaders Condemn Enforcement
Protesters in Los Angeles once again launch violent assaults this weekend against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and law enforcement officers. Agitators at the Federal Building in downtown LA threw rocks, bottles, and fireworks. Police deployed tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber bullets to try and maintain order. Protesters even went after police horses. Over… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Christian Group Advised DOJ Prosecutors on ‘Hate Crimes,’ Docs Show
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A left-wing activist group known for putting its political opponents on a "hate map" with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan advised Justice Department prosecutors at a "hate crimes symposium," newly unveiled documents show. America First Legal obtained the documents via a Freedom of Information Act request and provided them first… -
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Fatherhood Takes Precedence Over PGA Win for Golfer JJ Spaun
J.J. Spaun was born and raised in the Los Angeles suburb of San Dimas. He was the unlikely winner of the U.S. Open golf tournament Sunday. At 34 years old, he had only one PGA championship win before winning the most difficult tournament in all of golf. He started the tournament just one shot behind… -
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The Absurdity of the ‘No Kings’ Protests
“No Kings” protests of various sizes broke in mostly blue cities on Saturday. The defining feature of these rather tame demonstrations—that appeared to be mostly octogenarian boomers who just finished their shopping trip at Whole Foods—was that there was, well, no defining feature other than that they don’t like the duly elected President Donald Trump…. -
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Commander in Chief Is Reviled in DC Suburbs Even as the Army Is Revered in Washington
THE CENTER SQUARE—In the hours leading up to and during a massive military parade that took place in the heart of Washington, D.C., on Saturday evening at the behest of President Donald Trump, protesters who argue he has repeatedly acted outside his constitutional authority gathered across the nation in symbolic defiance. The president has said… -
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Lurking in the Shadows of the Leaderless Biden White House
On June 18, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the concealment of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. This hearing will start to shed a congressional light on the apparent misuse of the presidential autopen. According to President Donald Trump’s June 4, memorandum, “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous… -
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Lee Introduces Bill to Repeal 105-Year-Old Law, Aiming to Lower Shipping Costs
Make shipping affordable again is the idea behind new legislation introduced by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. The Open America’s Waters Act, introduced Thursday, would repeal the Jones Act, aimed at deregulating the U.S.’ coastal trade and helping mitigate America’s energy crisis. The legislation would specifically repeal the regulations that require vessels that carry U.S. goods… -
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The Trump-Musk Split Is a Gift to the Left
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’d like to comment on this strange, bizarre, surreal, sudden fallout—or was it so sudden—between Elon… -
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NYC Mayor: Democrats ‘Left Me’ and Working-Class Voters
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended his record and positioned himself as the working-class candidate in this year’s mayoral race during a Fox News interview Monday. Adams, a former Democrat-turned-independent candidate, called out his former party of ahead of the Democrats’ June 24 primary. Republican Curtis Sliwa and independent Jim Walden are also challenging… -
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Put Some SALT on the Table: A Threat to the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Emerges
Ahead of the Senate Finance Committee’s release of its reworking of the House’s “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, one Republican House member reacted angrily to rumors of a major tax-deduction increase being stripped from the bill. His opposition could ultimately sink the bill. Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman previewed the Senate Finance Committee’s release of draft… -
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Museum of Bible Hosts First Meeting of New Religious Liberty Commission
The newly created Religious Liberty Commission held its first meeting on Monday at the Museum of the Bible in Washington. On the agenda for discussion by the commission was the history of religious liberty in the U.S. and the Supreme Court’s role in interpreting the rights to religious expression and exercise. “[I]t’s so vitally important… -
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‘BIG MISTAKE’: Trump Suggests Russia Deserves G7 Membership Restored
President Donald Trump kicked off the Group of Seven, or G7, summit on Monday by suggesting that Russia deserves a seat at the table. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are gathered in Alberta, Canada, for the annual summit of leading industrialized nations. “The G7 used to be the G8,” Trump said during… -
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Supreme Court Takes Up Case After Democrat AG Demands Sensitive Docs From Pro-Life Pregnancy Center
The Supreme Court Monday took up the case of a pro-life pregnancy center that claimed religious and political discrimination after New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat, issued a subpoena demanding documents on the suspicion that the center had violated a consumer fraud law. Lower courts had ruled that the pregnancy center, First Choice… -
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10 YEARS AGO: Media Mocked Trump’s Presidential Run Announcement
Ten years ago today, now-President Donald Trump came down the Trump Tower escalator in Manhattan to announce his run to be president of the United States. “We need a leader that can bring back our jobs, can bring back our manufacturing, can bring back our military, can take care of our vets. …. We need… -
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Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Former Minnesota House Speaker
Vance Boelter, 57, the man suspected of dressing as a police officer and shooting and killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, along with another legislator and his wife, has been arrested after a two-day manhunt. “After a two-day manhunt, two sleepless nights, law enforcement have apprehended Vance Boelter,” Minnesota Gov. Tim… -
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We Asked Army 250th Anniversary Parade Attendees Whether Trump Is a ‘King.’ Here’s What They Said.
The Daily Signal’s Olivia Pero and Lorenzo Prieto traveled to the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday celebration in Washington, D.C., to ask attendees what the parade meant to them, does President Donald Trump really deserve to be called a “King,” and whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom is correct in saying that only authoritarian regimes, like North… -
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Trump Calls for Iran and Israel to Make a Deal as Death Toll Rises
President Donald Trump said Sunday Iran and Israel should come to the negotiating table even as the two nations continued to carry out missile strikes against one another, and both nations report casualties. “Iran and Israel should make a deal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the two countries “will make a deal, just like… -
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Trump Rightly Targets Smithsonian Museums
The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents may have to get used to meetings where accountability is expected. At this week’s much-anticipated one, members yielded to President Donald Trump’s demand for an audit of politicized content. Alas, they also circled the wagons around Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch. The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to a document that… -
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Southern Baptist Convention Narrowly Avoids Eliminating Branch Accused of Wokeness
The Southern Baptist Convention held its annual conference this week, and delegates narrowly voted against eliminating the public policy arm, which has been accused of advancing left-wing ideology. Delegates, which the SBC calls “messengers,” gathered in Dallas, Texas from June 8-11 for the annual meeting. The effort to abolish the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission…