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Progressives Keep Wisconsin Supreme Court; More Democrat US House Seats Likely
Wisconsin residents voted on Tuesday to elect Susan Crawford as the next member of their state supreme court, according to the Associated Press, which declared Crawford the winner. The vote will put the liberals in charge of the state’s highest court during a time when the court’s decisions on congressional redistricting in the state could… -
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JD Vance Calls on Americans to Have ‘Courage to Live the Truth’
There is only one way to reclaim Western civilization, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday night: exhibiting the courage to speak the truth. “We’re not going to rebuild prosperity and opportunity,” Vance said. “We’re not going to rebuild the kind of society where we teach children the important virtues and skills to thrive, as opposed… -
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Hegseth Bids Adieu to Military Wokeness
For the past four years, the very foundations of America have been shaken. Formerly a nation with “liberty and justice for all,” the United States has seemingly strayed from its founding, claiming equal opportunity for all, while openly favoring some based on immutable characteristics like race or gender. This has posed a critical threat to… -
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How the Ukraine Minerals Deal Supports US Strategy and Ukrainian Security
China currently has a significant advantage over the United States in terms of critical minerals. These minerals are “critical” for the production of green energy technology, the semiconductors used in consumer electronics, and military hardware—including missiles, aircraft, and ammunition. The PRC controls over 90 percent of the world’s production of gallium, over 80 percent of… -
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Republicans Fend Off Democrat Bid to Seize Florida House Seat
Republican Randy Fine emerged triumphant Tuesday in a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, The Associated Press projects, putting an end to speculation that the district could flip and hand Democrats a seat in Congress. The race received national attention and millions from Democrat donors who sought to send a message about their party’s… -
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The European Left Takes Out Conservative Politicians
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. There’s two things that ring true about Europeans and their relationship to us Americans. No. 1,… -
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I Worked at Planned Parenthood for 15 Years—Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer Dollars
Do states have the right to refuse to give taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities within their borders? As someone who worked at Planned Parenthood for more than 15 years and who knows what they do with that money, I can say unequivocally that they should have that right. One of the… -
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Biden’s Firing of a Trump Appointee Boomerangs Big Time
Roger Severino sued then-President Joe Biden in 2021 for dismissing him before the end of his term on an independent agency called the Administrative Conference of the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s decision against Severino laid the groundwork for the court’s decision on Friday that President Donald Trump can… -
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Can Virginia Republicans Halt Extreme Abortion-Until-Birth Amendment?
If we all had a dollar for every time we’ve been told, “This is the most important election of our lifetime,” we could afford to get the graffiti cleaned off our Telsas. However, before you tune out the election noise this year, consider the impact of one horrific constitutional amendment in Virginia that will be… -
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Nationwide Injunctions Pose ‘Potential Constitutional Crisis,’ Warns Gingrich
A House panel heard Tuesday from experts about curbing the ability of district court judges to impose nationwide injunctions, which have been a thorny problem for President Donald Trump’s agenda. “This is not new, but it is not old. For 180 years of our nation, there were no such injunctions,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, the… -
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Supreme Court Justices Seem Inclined to Uphold Religious Charity’s Claim for State Tax Exemption
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday, on one of its last days of oral arguments for cases from the October 2024 term, in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. The case concerns the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s state unemployment tax exemption as applied to the work of the Catholic Charities Bureau. At… -
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Quits House Freedom Caucus
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced in a letter on Monday that she would be resigning from the conservative Republican House Freedom Caucus. While praising the conservative caucus’s chairman, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., as a “model of integrity” with a “gentlemanly approach,” Luna, R-Fla., took issue with the conduct of some unnamed members of the caucus…. -
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It’s All Lawfare: Everyone but the Cronies Get Cheated, Mistreated by Big Government
Not to get all Old World on you, but the Oxford Dictionary defines “lawfare” thusly: “Legal action undertaken in order to exert power or control, esp. as part of a hostile campaign against a particular country or group.” In New World parlance? Author Malcolm Feeley in 1979 published a tome with a title that best… -
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GOP House Leadership Still Pondering Next Role for Returning Stefanik
At a Tuesday morning press conference, Republican leadership in the House indicated they’re still not sure what role Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., will play after the withdrawal of her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations and her return to Congress. The rising star gave up much of the influence she gained over the… -
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Bill Amending Oklahoma’s Anti-ESG Law Dies
A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature to amend the state’s three-year-old anti-ESG law died last week after criticism that it would water down efforts to avoid public investments in companies boycotting oil and gas companies. ESG is an acronym for environmental, social, and governance-based investing. Oklahoma’s 2022 Energy Discrimination Elimination Act bans state investments with… -
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Peace Through Technological Strength: How Trump’s America Tames the Chinese Dragon
In the days around the U.S. presidential election, dozens of People’s Liberation Army warplanes cruised through Taiwanese airspace. Such behavior is a microcosm of China’s audacity and confidence to act with increasing impunity. During President Joe Biden’s tenure, the Chinese military consistently probed Taiwan’s readiness and Washington’s leadership. Data from the Taiwanese Ministry of… -
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Deportations Hit 100,000 Under Trump
The Trump administration has carried out more than 100,000 deportations since Jan. 20, The New York Post first reported. In fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s pledge to arrest and remove illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also made 113,000 arrests. “He’s doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!” an ICE… -
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SATIRE: 10 Things Trump Will Rename This Week
After President Donald Trump’s great success renaming the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, the president is preparing to declare he has the sole power to rename anything he wants. The Daily Signal was added to a group chat called “Top Secret Renaming Small Group” by a Snapchat user, in which the Trump administration discussed… -
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Elon Musk’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Chart Shows How Many Noncitizens Have Social Security Numbers
Elon Musk revealed a “mind-blowing chart” Sunday claiming millions of noncitizens are receiving Social Security numbers from the U.S. government. At a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Musk displayed a bar chart showing a steady increase from fiscal years 2021 through 2024, topping more than 2 million Social Security numbers issued to noncitizens… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Group Equips Parents to Lobby Lawmakers to Follow Trump’s Edict on Girls Sports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative organization for parents is equipping them to challenge their elected representatives who are defying President Donald Trump’s executive order protecting women’s sports. The American Parents Coalition will send parents a form they can send to their legislators urging them to adhere to Trump’s directive keeping biological males out of…