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Only Trump Is Brave Enough for This Job
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Aside from congressional Democrats, there’s widespread agreement among the American people that the failed status quo in Washington must be confronted immediately. There’s also agreement that navigating our country around the economic iceberg that is rapidly approaching after decades of bad policy decisions is not a task for the faint of heart…. -
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Cut the Bureaucracy, Save Social Security
Millions of Americans know the frustration of dealing with the Social Security Administration—endless hold music on the phone, months of waiting for a simple benefit decision, and confusing paperwork. Even before the latest reforms, the Social Security Administration’s customer service—in an agency delivering checks to 70 million Americans—was a mess. The culprit is decades of… -
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Trump’s Press Team Won’t Respond to Emails With ‘Preferred Pronouns’ in Signature
Reporters often contact government officials to request statements or quotes on significant events or policies, but President Donald Trump’s press deputies have determined that one group of journalists won’t be getting a response to their emails. According to The New York Times, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other Trump administration communications officers have implemented… -
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Public Trust in Media Dies in ‘Groupthink’
Journalists are terrible at hiding their desire to run our democracy, using their platforms to direct history to the “right side.” That badly disguised lust for power creates an audience problem, where the people resent the media’s imperious lectures about which side they are supposed to favor—and if they don’t, they are uneducated, racist nincompoops…. -
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Trump State Department Axes $25M Pro-LGBTQ ‘Global Equality Fund’
A $25 million program that offered taxpayer funds to promote LGBTQ ideology abroad has been removed from the State Department website by the Trump administration. The Biden administration State Department’s Global Equality Fund posted its final grant application solicitation on Jan. 6, offering $2.1 million to help LGBTQ people “mitigate and recover from violence and restrictions… -
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Wisconsin Farmer Again Challenges USDA Program Rules as Discriminatory
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to discriminate in many of its programs, according to a new letter from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty wrote the letter telling the USDA that it will file a lawsuit if the issue is not corrected within 60 days. Wisconsin Institute… -
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Iran’s President Says Iran Does Not Want the Nuclear Bomb. Who Believes That?
WASHINGTON— “A nuclear Iran isn’t just a threat, it’s the threat,” Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies warned in the new podcast “The Iran Breakdown.” Ahead of arms talks Saturday in Oman, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed Wednesday that his country is “not after a nuclear bomb.” Who believes that? In one… -
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Raw Sewage From Mexico Sickening Navy SEALs, San Diego Residents
THE CENTER SQUARE—San Diego officials say Mexico is continuing to release millions of gallons per day of raw sewage into the city’s waters despite its promises to end the flow that has sickened Navy SEALs and San Diego residents. “Mexico just dumped 6 million gallons of sewage into the Tijuana River—after promising they wouldn’t,” said San Diego… -
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Tariffs Aren’t Only Road to Reindustrialization
Today’s tariff turmoil has stirred a fascinating debate among conservatives who otherwise travel harmoniously aboard the Trump Train. Some consider tariffs an end, not a means. They argue that tariffs could generate $600 billion in annual federal revenues. They want these funds to underwrite tax cuts or curb the national debt. Defending tariff protectionism, a Manhattan… -
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Compassion or Coercion? What Is the Role of Government in a Free Society?
In the ongoing debate about the role of government in addressing societal issues, a crucial misconception often surfaces on one side: The desire to help others equates to a mandate for state intervention. Advocates for increased government action frequently ignore the vital distinction between voluntary assistance and coercive mandates. The belief that government can—or should—serve… -
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Universities: No More ‘Blind Neutrality’ When It Comes to Protesters
Universities face a reckoning. President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University for failing to protect Jewish students. Columbia caved to the administration’s demands to get that funding back. Now, Harvard is in Trump’s crosshairs, with $9 billion at risk. Trump’s Department of Education is investigating at least 60 universities for creating a hostile environment…. -
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The Nature of War
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. With two large theater wars raging, one in Ukraine and one in the Middle East, maybe… -
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Catholic Charter School Funding Fight Heads to Supreme Court
Oklahoma consistently ranks among the worst states in the country for public school outcomes. In an effort to improve educational options, the state’s official charter school board and an online Catholic charter school are fighting what they say is religious discrimination all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Charter schools in Oklahoma are run… -
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Washington State Women Expose ‘Diversity’ Rules at Girls Frisbee Tournament
Two women in Washington state have exposed and are calling out a high school girls Ultimate Frisbee league for promoting transgenderism at a recent tournament in SeaTac, Washington. According to a thread of posts Tuesday on X, Dawn Land and Beth Daranciang attended the DiscNW tournament on March 1 holding signs promoting the protection of… -
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7 Things to Know About Gen. ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s New Chairman of Joint Chiefs
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the joint chiefs early Friday. Trump’s nominee, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, was confirmed by a Senate vote of 60-25, which was bipartisan, but significantly less so than the Senate Armed Services Committee approved his advancement to the Senate floor by a… -
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National Democrats Raising Money to Keep Virginia Legislature Blue in November
What price would you put on a constitutional amendment allowing abortion right up to the moment a baby is about to be born? What about giving your local police the authority to conduct warrantless searches of your home simply because you are on a list of people who purchased a legal consumer product? Well, if… -
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‘Not a Joke,’ as Biden Might Say: Harris Reportedly Urged to Start a Think Tank
A New York Times article on Thursday presented a surprising possible next move for former Vice President Kamala Harris—establishing a think tank for “policy and ideas.” According to the report, “Brian Nelson, an adviser to Ms. Harris since she was California’s attorney general,” has proposed the idea of Harris “establishing an institute for policy and… -
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The Gen Z Case for Tariffs
Let’s not sugarcoat it: America has been getting played for decades. Our jobs? Shipped overseas. Our factories? Boarded up. Our communities? Hollowed out. And the worst part? The very people who sold us out to China still pretend like they know what’s best for us. But Gen Z sees through the lies. We’ve lived through… -
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House Oversight Calls Walz, Hochul, Pritzker to Testify on Sanctuary Policies
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is seeking testimony from three Democrat governors on their states’ sanctuary policies. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent letters to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was the 2024 Democrat vice presidential candidate, to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday. The… -
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Cartels Will Be ‘Wiped Off the Face of the Earth,’ Border Czar Homan Vows
Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, border czar Tom Homan promises that the Mexican criminal cartels are going to be “exterminated.” “They’re going to be wiped off the face of the earth because they’re now [regarded as] terrorist organizations, and we’re going to treat them as such,” Homan said in an interview with The…