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DHS Secretary to Visit El Salvador Prison Holding Illegal Aliens
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will visit El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center on Wednesday, just over a week after the U.S. transferred hundreds of illegal aliens to the prison, Fox News first reported. Noem will tour the detention center with Salvadoran Minister of Justice Héctor Gustavo Villatoro and will later meet with El Salvador’s President…Virginia Allen -
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Second Lady to Visit Potential Future US Territory Amidst Annexation Controversy
Amidst President Donald Trump’s comments about acquiring Greenland, second lady Usha Vance plans to visit the country on Thursday with one of her sons and a United States delegation. Vance will spend Thursday, March 27, to Sunday, March 30, in Greenland to “visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage, and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, Greenland’s national dogsled…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Why the Push Against Data Centers That Bring Billions to the Virginia Economy?
It was 2001 when I realized the city of Buffalo, where I was living and doing radio at the time, was never going to come back from being a ghost town. That’s because there was this little art house startup tech firm called Microsoft that wanted to build a data center out of the abandoned…Joe Thomas -
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Trump Racking Up Important Legal Victories as Left’s Lawfare Ramps Up
The Left couldn’t defeat President Donald Trump at the ballot box. Now, their only hope seems to be defeating him at the courthouse. More than 130 cases have been filed against the Trump administration since Trump’s return to office just two months ago. With the help of activist federal judges, the Left’s large-scale lawfare operation…Bradley Devlin -
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‘BIBLICAL TERRORIST’: Georgia Realtor Shares How Trans Activists Hounded Her Out of Her Job
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transgender activists tried to hound a Georgia real estate agent out of business because the realtor urged a public library to move a sexually explicit book out of the children's section. When she sued, the judge dismissed her case. Now, the Georgia Court of Appeals has taken up her case and…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘Snow White’: A Disjointed, Woke Remake That Completely Misses the Mark
I expected Disney’s new “Snow White” live action film to be woke, but what I was ultimately shocked by was how much of a complete nonsensical mess it was. Prepare yourself for spoilers of a film you’re never going to want to see. My review will be similar to what I just watched, full of…Tim Young -
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Democrat Delusions: David Harsanyi Details Rise of Left-Wing Conspiracy Theories
Democrats have weaponized conspiracy theories to silence opponents and avoid political debate. That’s the thesis of David Harsanyi‘s latest book, “The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists.” In an interview with The Daily Signal, Harsanyi said Democrats have mastered the art of packaging implausible ideas—from Russian collusion to comparing…Robert B. Bluey -
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The Pentagon’s War on Wasted Dollars
So far, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has swept through government agencies like the United States Agency for International Development, brushing off cobwebs and uncovering skeletons as it goes. Now, DOGE is set to enter a much bigger agency whose shortfalls demand reform: the Department of Defense. Long criticized for its budget woes, the DOD…Wilson Beaver -
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GOP Legislative Agenda Faces Daunting Hurdles
When members of Congress return from recess this week, they will face challenges in their efforts to effect legislative change. The GOP is attempting to codify President Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda with narrow majorities in the House and Senate, all while a growing faction of Democrats is pushing for leadership to resist Trump even more. The…George Caldwell -
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FOLLOW THE MONEY: Is This the Real Reason the Left Is Freaking Out About the Department of Education?
Judging from the Left’s responses to President Trump’s order to wind down the Department of Education, you might be forgiven for thinking the president had just started World War III. “Donald Trump has officially declared war on America’s students,” Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., posted on X. Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, responded…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Sky Will Not Fall and America Won’t Grind to a Halt Because Some Federal Employees Are Losing Their Jobs Due to DOGE
Fear is a strong motivator—especially when it’s given a political megaphone. And Democrat officials, public employee unions, and their minions in the media have no qualms about trying to terrify the public with ridiculous claims in an attempt to counter President Donald Trump’s swamp-cleansing initiatives through the work of the Department of Government Efficiency. Just…Hans von Spakovsky -
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The Conservative Push to Reclaim Corporate America From Leftist Agendas
For decades, leftist activists deftly navigated corporate shareholder meetings, successfully bullying risk-averse corporate executives into submission on everything from irrational climate mandates to divisive race and gender-based initiatives. Conservatives played catch up, with The Heritage Foundation at the tip of the spear against corporate wokeism in publicly traded companies. With decades as an influential think…Carrie Sheffield -
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John Roberts Is Responsible for the High Court’s Self-Delegitimization
At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts famously invoked America’s national pastime in describing his view of the judicial role in our constitutional order: “Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules, they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge…Josh Hammer -
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How Some Drugs Got to Pelosi’s District
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lives in one of San Francisco’s poshest neighborhoods—that nonetheless sits only about 2 miles from the Tenderloin, one of the most drug-infested corners of the city. In 2019, when President Donald Trump was in his first term and Bill Barr was serving as attorney general, David Anderson, who was then…Terence Jeffrey -
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Oklahoma Debates How to Fight ESG, Amid AG-Treasurer Clash
Oklahoma lawmakers advanced legislation that could gut a three-year-old anti-ESG law and leave state taxpayers vulnerable to environmental, social, and governance-based investing, critics contend. The Oklahoma Senate Energy Committee recently advanced SB 714, sponsored by state Sen. Dave Rader, which amends the existing law on state contracts and transfers enforcement authority from the state treasurer…Fred Lucas -
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USAID Coordinated With Censorship Agency, Documents Show
The U.S. Agency for International Development coordinated closely with a State Department program to block what it considered “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation,” according to newly released government documents. America First Legal, a conservative legal group, obtained more than 200 pages from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit about the Global Engagement…Fred Lucas -
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Bank of America CEO Faces Shareholder After Trump Denunciation of Debanking Conservatives
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump called out Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan over reports of “debanking” conservatives—and now a conservative watchdog group is calling on its fellow bank shareholders to boot Moynihan from the board. The National Legal and Policy Center made a filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission,…Fred Lucas -
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The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump
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 want to apologize to you. I have been writing columns and have suggested to you…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Federal Gov’t Agencies Quietly Went on Giant Spending Sprees for Years, Report Finds
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A host of federal government agencies have overseen massive spending for years while greatly expanding their workforces, according to an OpenTheBooks report. Annual spending across multiple federal government agencies has exploded over the past several years, often outpacing growth of staff and even inflation rates, according to a report from OpenTheBooks first obtained by the Daily…Ireland Owens -
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The DEI Higher Ed Machine Is Crumbling
The Trump administration is routing DEI regimes on college campuses. The University of California announced Wednesday that it would drop diversity statement requirements when hiring new faculty. The university’s provost, Katherine S. Newman, announced the move. “The requirement to submit a diversity statement may lead applicants to focus on an aspect of their candidacy that…Jarrett Stepman