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Want ‘Due Cause’ for the Firing of Inspectors General? How About This?
Democrats in Congress like Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Maxine Waters, D-Calif., are criticizing President Donald Trump’s firing of 17 inspectors general, including in the departments of State, Transportation, Labor, Interior, Energy, and Commerce, claiming that doing so “without due cause is antithetical to good government.” There is a very strong argument to be made… -
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Texas School Faces Fallout Over Hidden Camera Footage on Transgender Sports Ban
A day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanded criminal and civil investigations into the Irving Independent School District, an administrator resigned Wednesday amid the uproar over his comments about circumventing a state law regarding transgender athletes. “This Irving ISD Administrator should be fired on the spot,” Abbott wrote on X after an undercover video appeared… -
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Making America Great Again Requires More Babies
There’s little need to become an interplanetary country if we can’t populate the country we already have. President Donald Trump’s inaugural address didn’t just include an amazing list of things he wants to do. It cast an aspirational vision for Americans to rally around. “The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation,”… -
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Trump’s DEI Executive Order—Good for Blacks, Good for America
An ongoing principle of America’s democratic republic is e pluribus unum. Out of many, one. We honor and respect the uniqueness of every citizen. But we also have a common turf, a common set of transcendent values, that brings us together and we become one nation. Sometimes, cracks appear. Sometimes, they grow and get larger… -
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The Chinese Sputnik
This week, China shocked the West with its announcement of DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence network capable of competing with OpenAI, Meta, and Google. The fact that China was able to develop DeepSeek without a heavy supply of sophisticated microchips from Nvidia sent Nvidia stock spiraling, along with the other major tech companies in the United… -
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‘Should Have Been Prevented’: Trump Addresses Plane-Helicopter Crash
As questions swirl about how a regional jet collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the Washington, D.C., area, President Donald Trump noted that Wednesday evening was a “CLEAR NIGHT.” “The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport,” the president posted on Truth Social…. -
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Abysmal National Report Card Shows Why Education Reforms Are Badly Needed in US
The policies coming out of Washington, D.C., have the potential to affect Americans who have not even been born yet, whether for good or bad. The latest National Report Card from the National Assessment of Educational Progress paints an abysmal picture of education across the U.S. The report card is published every two years and… -
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What to Know About DeepSeek, the Chinese AI Model
A Chinese artificial intelligence model known as DeepSeek caused a shake-up on Wall Street Monday. The AI model has raised concerns over China’s ability to manufacture cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Daniel Cochrane, a senior research associate for the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation, joined The Daily Signal’s “Top News in 10” podcast to… -
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Trump Creates Task Force for Huge Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday
America is so back. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a task force to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, which will take place on July 4, 2026. While the Left has tried to pummel any love for American history, Trump’s move ensures anti-American activists won’t have the last word…. -
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New Trump Executive Order Bans Critical Race Theory, Gender Ideology in Public Education
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting federal funding of K-12 schools that promote critical race theory or radical gender ideology. “Parents trust America’s schools to provide their children with a rigorous education and to instill a patriotic admiration for our incredible Nation and the values for which we stand,” the order says…. -
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Trump Directive Gives Military Families New Reason to Celebrate National School Choice Week
Two welcome changes from the new White House in its first weeks are the turn away from diversity, equity, and inclusion in education and a fresh look at school choice. A great example is President Donald Trump’s executive order Wednesday on education choice for military families, just in time for National School Choice Week (Jan…. -
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Who Are the Nonprofits That Sued to Block Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze?
The Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump ordered a temporary freeze of federal funding Monday, aiming to prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting "Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering." While that order has since been rescinded amid a legal challenge, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that efforts to "end… -
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It Makes Sense That the Left Fears Kash Patel
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. I want to talk today about the current nomination process, specifically Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s designate to be director of FBI. It’s causing perhaps… -
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RFK Jr.’s Hearing Sparks Partisan Clash Among Senate Panel’s Members
After Robert F. Kennedy’s tense three-hour hearing on his nomination as secretary of the Department of Human Health and Services, Republican and Democratic senators remain fiercely divided over the health activist who now represents a large part of President Donald Trump’s coalition. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., emerged from the hearing to tell the press that… -
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‘Bureaucrats are Still Hiding’: How Is ATF Implementing Trump’s Executive Order on DEI?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asserts that it is in full compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend federal DEI policies and place chief diversity officers on paid leave despite what a Second Amendment group noted. The ATF listed Lisa T. Boykin as a chief diversity officer for the agency… -
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Trump to Detain Violent Illegal Immigrants at Guantanamo Bay
President Donald Trump announced plans to open a new detention center for the worst illegal immigrants at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the United States has held terrorism suspects. “Today I’m also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay,”… -
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5 Big Issues Aired at RFK Jr.’s Hearing to Head HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a barrage of hostile questions Wednesday from Senate Democrats at his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of health and human services. In his opening statement, Kennedy told the Senate Finance Committee that he had gotten on his knees and prayed to God to help him end America’s chronic… -
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BREAKING: Trump Signs First Piece of Legislation as 47th President
Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, the first piece of legislation he has signed since being sworn in as the 47th president. The law directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and detain illegal aliens charged with theft, assaulting a law enforcement officer, or other crimes causing death or serious bodily… -
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Costco’s Wholesale Refusal to Cut DEI Draws Warning From 19 States
It’s a shrinking club, but there are still headstrong CEOs who refuse to bend to the anti-woke winds. None have grabbed more headlines than Costco, the big box holdout who’s clinging to diversity, equity, and inclusion while a stampede of businesses run the other way. After voting down a shareholder resolution last Thursday to return… -
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McConnell-Trump Divide Deepens, Setting Stage for GOP Battle
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is making good on his word to “argu[e] more with [some Republicans] probably than the Democrats.” The former Senate GOP leader’s opposition to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s confirmation could be a sign of what’s to come as the upper chamber aims to confirm President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and enact his agenda…