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AOC Wallops Schumer in Potential 2028 NY Senate Primary, Poll Finds
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., would trounce Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic Party Senate primary, according to a poll conducted by Data for Progress, a self-described “progressive” think tank. The left-wing group surveyed 767 likely primary voters in such a New York Democrat Senate primary contest from March 26 to… -
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5 Million and Counting Ineligible Names Off Voter Rolls
About 5 million ineligible names were removed from voter registration rolls across the United States since 2019, Judicial Watch announced—with almost 1 million of those coming from New York City. The conservative-leaning government watchdog group has taken legal action against state and local governments for voter list maintenance under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act,… -
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Meet Jason Williams: The Rogue Prosecutor Whose Policies Are Wreaking Havoc in New Orleans
This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and the threat those prosecutors pose to victims and others alike. Previous entries in the series have focused on the rogue prosecutor movement in general and on specific prosecutors in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago,… -
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Virginia’s Democrat Senators Recommend 4 US Attorney Options to Trump
While Virginia’s current governor is facing more partisan pushback from the Democrat leadership in the General Assembly over his nominees to serve on state boards and commissions in the waning months of his administration (more regarding that issue coming soon to this space), two former Democrat governors have reached across the aisle to make suggestions… -
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WATCH: Colorado Woman Testifies About Horror of Tren de Aragua Takeover in Her Town
A D.C. federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s order to deport Venezuelan nationals who are alleged members of the violent criminal gang Tren de Aragua. Cindy Romero, a victim of the gang and former resident of Aurora, Colorado, testified as a witness at a Tuesday House Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial overreach of federal courts:… -
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All the Ukrainian Known Knowns
Aside from the rhetoric, there is a growing consensus among Western diplomats, military analysts, military officers, heads of state, and even much of the media about how to end the endless Ukrainian war. A proposed peace will see a Demilitarized Zone established somewhere along an adjusted 1,200-mile Ukraine-Russia border. Tough negotiations will adjudicate how far… -
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Luigi Mangione’s Defense Fund: A Symbol of Society’s Distrust of Wealth
The Left’s embrace of an assassination in the name of equality shows how much contempt it has for success. The recent creation of a defense fund for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shines light on an uncomfortable truth that much of American society has a violent disdain for businessmen,… -
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How 2 Democrat Governors Handled Popular Bans on Foreign Election Funding
One Democrat governor signed a bill banning foreign funding of ballot initiatives, while another begrudgingly allowed it to become law, in what is becoming a national trend. While such bans have gained bipartisan support, they have been largely driven by Republican lawmakers and conservative groups, citing the influence of foreign money in recent state ballot… -
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Democrats’ Visit of Southern Border Is ‘Years Too Late,’ GOP Lawmaker Laments
A group of Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee is visiting the southern border Friday, a visit that “comes years too late,” according to Rep. Mark Green, the Republican chairman of the committee. “It’s no coincidence that committee Democrats are choosing to visit the border after President [Donald] Trump cleaned up the mess… -
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President Trump Is Protecting America’s Technological Edge Over China
President Donald Trump’s forceful use of export controls on high-end, dual-use semiconductors to contain the Chinese Communist Party’s technological ambitions is one of the most important national security achievements of his first term. Export controls are a national security tool that restricts the technology that corporations can sell or transfer to American adversaries. In a… -
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Trump Nemesis Judge Muses: Who to Hold in Contempt in Deportation Case?
“How should I determine who the contemner or contemners are?” federal District Court Judge James Boasberg asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Immigration Litigation Drew Ensign. A contemner is someone said to be in contempt of court. In an at-times contentious hearing on Thursday, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of… -
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Report: Private Sector Jobs Boomed in March as Government Employment Shrank
March saw an increase of 228,000 jobs, even as government employment declined, according to the new monthly report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Friday report puts wind in the sails of the Trump administration, as it attempts to sell the American public on its bold restructuring of the U.S. economy. “GREAT JOB NUMBERS,… -
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Spanberger Faces Tough Questions on Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Activist
On March 10, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a tweet on X stating, simply: “Free Mahmoud Khalil.” Khalil, a green card holder, is one of the organizers of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. For two academic years those protests have terrorized Jewish students, occupied buildings, destroyed property, and injured campus employees. The Trump… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Number of Unaccompanied Alien Children Arriving at Border Hits Record Low Under Trump
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The number of migrant children arriving alone at the southern border reached an all-time low in March. Border Patrol encountered 631 unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border last month, down 97% from the record high of 18,716 under the administration of then-President Joe Biden in March 2021, according to… -
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We Were Paying for What? Trump HHS Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Woke LGBTQ Grants
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department has canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in grants dedicated to researching illegal sexual behavior in children, pregnancy prevention for “transgender boys,” and so-called sleep inequality affecting black sexual-minority men. In March, HHS canceled at least $530 million of funding for LGBTQ+ health… -
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Yes, Trump Could Serve a Third Term. Law Professor Explains How
President Donald Trump could not run for a third term, but he could be president a third time, according to Cornell law professor Bill Jacobson. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear that no one can be elected to the office of the president “more than twice.” “But there’s nothing in the… -
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Trump Backs Luna’s Bill to Allow New Parents in Congress to Vote by Proxy
President Donald Trump has endorsed the bill that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., left the House Freedom Caucus over, which would allow proxy voting for members of Congress who are new parents. “I don’t know why it’s controversial,” the president told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday. Luna left the conservative Freedom Caucus over… -
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Trump Backs Senate’s Budget Plan: ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
President Donald Trump threw his support to the Senate’s budget plan Wednesday, as he called on Republicans to unify and pass a bill that would ensure that his 2017 tax cuts are extended and funding is provided for border security and other campaign promises. “Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John… -
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Grassley Teams With Democrat on Senate Bill to Claw Back Tariff Authority From President
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday introduced legislation with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to bring back congressional authority over tariffs. The bill, the Trade Review Act of 2025, would require the president to notify Congress of any new tariffs within 48 hours of their imposition. The bill also… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Department of Education Met With Far-Left Groups While Discussing Pro-Trans Title IX Rewrite
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights under President Joe Biden held multiple stakeholder meetings with leftist groups—including the Human Rights Campaign—while attempting to finalize its pro-transgender Title IX rules, new documents show. Between April 2023, when the civil rights office released its first draft of rules, and April 2024,…