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As Global Energy Prices Surge, Trump Administration Bets on Domestic Power
As higher energy prices ripple through the U.S. economy, the Trump administration is betting—and American voters are hoping—that domestic power investment can blunt the impact. To that end, amid the current global energy market turmoil, the Trump administration has moved to stabilize electricity prices at home with a massive loan package aimed at boosting reliable power generation… -
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Appeals Court Hands Trump Big Win on Detaining Illegal Immigrants
The Trump administration scored a victory on Wednesday as an appeals court ruled that it can detain illegal immigrants without bond. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of the Department of Homeland Security’s detention policy, in the case of illegal immigrant Joaquin Herrera Avila. All three… -
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NAACP’s Latest Hire Reveals the Left’s Plan to Keep Weaponizing Civil Rights Law Against Conservatives
After a yearslong legal battle, the Supreme Court vindicated a Colorado Christian baker hounded by a “Civil Rights Commission” for the sin of refusing to craft a custom cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding. A woman by the name of Kristen Clarke found that ruling “devastating.” Clarke, who would go on to lead the Justice… -
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SAVE America Act Thrusts Ohio Lawmakers Into the News
The White House reaffirmed Wednesday that passing the SAVE America Act remains a top priority of President Donald Trump. While the bill passed the House over a month ago, the Senate battle over voter ID remains relevant for members in the chamber from Ohio, especially vulnerable Democrat incumbents facing reelection. Ohio Sen. Jon Husted is… -
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If GOP Fails on SAVE America Act, Brandon Gill Explains What Democrats Will Do Long-Term
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EST on March 26. Congress could be heading for another “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” Congressional Republicans are facing a double… -
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The Case for Iran: Avoiding a Nuclear 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in the deadliest terrorist attack in our nation’s history. The World Trade Center towers collapsed in Lower Manhattan, the Pentagon was breached, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, became a graveyard for heroes who prevented even greater loss. The economic toll exceeded $100 billion. The psychological… -
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Noem and Lewandowski Reportedly Under Investigation
Kristi Noem, the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Corey Lewandowski, her former top adviser, are reportedly facing a criminal investigation. The homeland security inspector general has launched an investigation into Noem and Lewandowski over allegations that the agency awarded billions of dollars in no-bid contracts, the Daily Mail reports. Sources told… -
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White House Gives Message to Democrats as TSA Officers Work Without Pay
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a message for Democrats who voted against reopening the Department of Homeland Security during a 40-day shutdown. “For the Democrats in Congress, the cruelty of this shutdown is the point,” Leavitt said. At Wednesday’s White House press briefing, she told the story of a father of three who… -
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Budget Chairs Push Reconciliation 2.0. Can It Get Off the Ground?
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says a party-line budget bill could enact major conservative legislative goals, from funding the Department of Homeland Security to requiring photo identification in elections. But does his ambitious plan have buy-in from the House conservatives whose support it needs to pass? “The Senate [Budget] Committee will expeditiously move toward creating a… -
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Trump Administration Makes Faith Central in Strategy to Combat Illicit Drugs
Faith is a central part of the Trump administration’s national drug control strategy set to be unveiled in May, according to U.S. drug czar Sara Carter. “We’re working with churches, with faith-based communities, with faith-based networks that operate and have already worked with so many of their parishioners in recovery programs,” Carter told The Daily… -
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Trump Reschedules Iran-Delayed China Visit for May 14-15
REUTERS—President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would visit China for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15, rescheduling a closely watched trip that was delayed due to the ongoing Iran war. Trump added that he would host Xi for a reciprocal visit in Washington later this year. “Our Representatives are… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Social Security Penalty Could Be Eliminated Under Rick Scott’s New Bill
A Senate Republican aims to “keep” the “aging community out of poverty” by introducing legislation on Wednesday that would allow Social Security recipients to be able to seek additional income and employment. The Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act, authored by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., would repeal “outdated” provisions, such as the Retirement Earnings Test,… -
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Jury Finds Meta and Google Liable in Social Media Addiction Trial
REUTERS—A Los Angeles jury found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable for $3 million in damages on Wednesday in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit that will influence thousands of similar cases against the tech companies. Punitive damages for the companies will be decided next. The Los Angeles case involves a 20-year-old woman who said she… -
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‘Precisely the Problem’: Immigration Advocates Want Asylum Hearings Scheduled ‘Years’ Ahead
In a lawsuit against the Trump administration, immigration advocates insist that an asylum case should take “years” to conclude and want “at least a year” to prepare while applicants remain in the United States. The lawyers claim that the administration is unfairly singling out their clients, Somali asylum-seekers, in a “Somali Fast-Track Policy,” giving them… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Poll Finds Virginia Voters Reject Democrats’ Redistricting Push
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Democrats are attempting to redraw the Virginia congressional map to put four of the commonwealth’s five Republican-held seats in their hands. However, new polling finds that Virginia voters, across party lines, largely oppose their efforts. The Daily Signal obtained a Heritage Action poll that found that 70% of Virginia Democrat voters think that electoral maps favoring one political party should not be allowed. However, Democrats in the… -
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Democrats Are Back to ‘Defund the Police,’ GOP Leadership Claims
House Republican leadership says Democrat politics bears some of the blame for the murder of an 18-year-old university student in Chicago. Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University, was murdered by Jose Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela who entered the country in 2023 and was released by law enforcement shortly after. Medina was then… -
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China’s Military Went Silent Around Taiwan for First Time in Years. Why?
In recent years, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has kept a near-constant presence around Taiwan. However, from Feb. 28 to March 6, there were no PLAAF sorties near the island for seven days. This was the first time there had been over four consecutive days without PLAAF activity near Taiwan since seven consecutive days… -
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WATCH: Colombia’s Sweet Strategy to Defeat the Cocaine Trade
MIAMI—Colombian officials are working to eliminate the nation’s illicit cocaine trade and replace it with chocolate. “We say to the world, ‘Please buy cocoa, not coca,’” Defense Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sanchez told The Daily Signal at the Miami Security Forum. Thousands of acres of farmland in Colombia have been converted from growing coca crops, the… -
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Supreme Court Could Decide If ‘Election Day’ Lasts One Day
Under our Constitution, state legislatures retain primary authority for setting the rules and procedures governing elections—even federal ones. This is true for both congressional and presidential elections. But Congress can step in and alter those default state-level rules. And it has chosen to do so in several important ways. For example, it has fixed by… -
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Vance Anti-Fraud Effort Adds Major Enforcer
The Senate confirmed an experienced federal prosecutor, Colin McDonald, Tuesday afternoon to act as the Justice Department’s anti-fraud division lead. In a party-line vote, McDonald was confirmed 52-47 to be the first assistant attorney general for national fraud enforcement at the DOJ. McDonald will work with Vice President JD Vance, whom President Donald Trump named the White House “fraud czar” to lead a new task force…