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Musk Exposing Waste, RFK Jr. Confirmed, Criminals Deported—and Everything Else We’re Swiping Right For
“There’s no time like the present” is an adage President Donald Trump appears to have taken to heart. Trump has been in office for less than a month and has successfully managed to keep every political journalist in America working overtime. Open Google Maps on your phone and zoom out. The Gulf of Mexico is… -
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After Letter, Georgia State to Allow Pastor to Share Faith on Campus
THE CENTER SQUARE—Georgia State University reversed its decision to prohibit a local Christian man from sharing his faith on campus after receiving a letter from religious liberty defense group First Liberty Institute. “Georgia State University (‘GSU’) will allow Stephen Atkerson to speak with students on campus about his Christian faith when invited by students to… -
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Obamacare’s Flawed Priorities and the Need for Reform
Obamacare, formally called the Affordable Care Act, was sold to the American public as a transformative step toward equitable health care access. Yet, its fundamental flaws remain glaring. Nowhere is this more evident than in Obamacare’s Medicaid funding priorities and its approach to religious and moral freedoms—issues that President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. forcefully… -
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Pro-Life Advocacy Groups Optimistic After RFK Jr. Confirmed as Health Secretary
Pro-life advocacy groups are saying they see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a man who changed his mind. The newly confirmed secretary of health and human services has apparently shifted to align with President Donald Trump’s pro-life agenda during his Senate confirmation hearings after openly supporting abortion policies for most of his public life. The… -
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Schools Are Battleground in Fight to Preserve Children’s Innocence
A return to common sense and traditional values remains the theme of the Trump administration. In his first two weeks back in office, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at ending radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling and dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This fight to preserve the innocence of children is not… -
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The Left Can’t Stop Creating Drama
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. A long time ago, the French foreign secretary, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, once remarked of the… -
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The Daily Signal Is Back at White House
The Daily Signal announced Thursday the appointment of Elizabeth Mitchell as its White House correspondent. Mitchell, who joined The Daily Signal in June 2024, will lead the news organization’s coverage of the White House and executive branch. She will cover press briefings, presidential events, and policy initiatives, while continuing to provide analysis of executive branch… -
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Trump’s Blanket Tariff Plan Praised by Rust Belt Lawmakers
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on “reciprocal trade and tariffs” in the Oval Office Thursday, calling on his Cabinet members to draw up a plan to respond to foreign tariffs on American goods. “On trade, I have decided for purposes of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff—meaning, whatever countries charge the United… -
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‘Nowhere Near Over’: California and Minnesota Face Federal Investigation for Refusing to Implement Trump’s Ban on Men in Women’s Sports
Female athletes and their families are gearing up for legal battles as high school athletic associations in California and Minnesota face a federal investigation for refusing to implement President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning men from women’s sports. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced investigations Wednesday into the Minnesota State… -
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Foreign Aid Agencies Awarded $27 Million to Groups Helping Leftist Protesters Avoid Jail
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Federal agencies tasked with giving out foreign aid have allocated more than $27 million for activist groups that also support legal defense efforts for leftist protesters in the U.S. The State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development awarded the funds to the left-wing Tides Foundation and Tides Center across several presidencies, federal spending… -
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Trump’s Dark New Deal
Every so many decades, American politics goes through a soft revolution. Some of these moments are more dramatic in scope than others, but they represent a pivot point when one consensus dies and another emerges. It’s hard to deny that we are going through one of these transitions now. What President Donald Trump is doing in his return… -
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‘Disgusting’: Pentagon Schools Misinterpret Trump’s Directives to Cut Cultural Lessons
The Pentagon school system appears to have misinterpreted the Trump administration's directive against diversity, equity, and inclusion to require ending lessons on Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, the Holocaust, and even Valentine's Day. On his first days in office, Trump issued executive orders prohibiting federal funding of radical gender ideology, critical race theory,… -
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New Advisory Service Ensures Investments Don’t Undermine Clients’ Values
Conservatives across the country unwittingly might be supporting leftist causes through their investments, but have no idea they are doing so. A new investment services consulting company is working to change this. “Prospr Aligned is committed to equipping institutional investors with the tools, insights, and partnerships necessary to ensure their investments deliver reliable returns… -
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‘D-Minus’ for Public Schools, but Catholic Schools Shine in Latest Academic Assessment
The National Center for Education Statistics gives academic exams to random samples of students in all 50 states, producing what is known as the annual “Nation’s Report Card.” The latest release of fourth and eighth grade mathematics and reading results from the report card, officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, show that… -
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Elon Musk Is Far More Popular Than George Soros, New Poll Finds
Many on the Left seem to be having a conniption about President Donald Trump tapping Elon Musk to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government, but they seem not to worry that another billionaire has been pulling the strings in Washington far longer than the owner of X. As my book, “The… -
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Out of Touch or Highly Qualified? The Truth About Trump’s Wealthy Nominees
Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Kelly Loeffler, and Linda McMahon all share two things in common. First, they were nominated by President Donald Trump to serve in his new administration. Second, they are all exceptionally wealthy entrepreneurs—having made their fortunes by generating broad-based prosperity and contributing to creation or distribution of goods and services available to… -
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Democrats Plan State-Level ‘Resistance’ to Federal GOP Trifecta
Democrats started planning their opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda just days after he was reelected last year, according to a new report, and are also preparing to combat his policies at the state level. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project reported this week that a coalition of 23 Democrat attorneys general signed a “secret agreement,” starting Nov…. -
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Dem Governors Complain About Energy Costs They Created
It’s no secret that energy prices are on the rise. High demand for electricity and tight supplies—exacerbated by early retirements of coal-fired power plants—strain grid capacity nationwide. But rather than take accountability for destructive policies that produced these conditions, Democrat governors play the blame game. In October, electric grid operator PJM Interconnection received a joint letter from… -
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Trojan Horse of Gender Ideology Threatens African Treaty on Protecting Women, Girls From Violence
Member states at an African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, are poised to adopt an "African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls." Its goal is laudable, but as the African Bar Association has revealed, a number of the provisions of the draft treaty reflect an entirely different purpose: radical gender ideology…. -
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Trump Admin Wins Freedom for Another American Held Abroad
President Donald Trump on Wednesday secured the release of another American held hostage abroad. The American citizen, whose name has not yet been publicly released, had been held in Belarus, which shares a border with Russia and is aligned with Moscow. The Trump administration also secured the release of two other prisoners, including Radio Free…