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‘War on Poverty’ May Have Created a Permanent Underclass, Economists Say
America’s “War on Poverty,” launched by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, has expanded into a vast array of federal social welfare programs that today exceed $1 trillion per year. Upon signing the Economic Opportunity Act, Johnson stated: “This is not in any sense a cynical proposal to exploit the poor with a promise of a… -
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House Oversight Summons Epstein Jail Guard After Internet Searches
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer sent a letter Friday to Tova Noel, one of the guards in Jeffrey Epstein’s prison unit, seeking her testimony on March 26. Noel, a guard at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, was accused of failing to complete regular checks on Epstein before his… -
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Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Proposals Ice Out New York City’s Housing Market
Zohran Mamdani met with the “Dealmaker in Chief” during an unexpected visit to the White House in late February to discuss a massive housing project. While plans to increase housing supply could lower rents if implemented, achieving broad affordability might just be an empty promise if socialist ideology prevails in New York City. Solving the… -
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White House Official: Trump Has Said a US-Cuba Deal Could Be Done Easily
REUTERS—President Donald Trump has said the United States is talking to Cuba, its leaders should agree to a deal, and that could easily be done, a White House official said on Friday, reiterating the president’s previous remarks after Havana confirmed that negotiations were underway. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said earlier that his government had opened talks… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy Allies Pledge $100 Million to Boost MAHA Republicans
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The MAHA PAC is launching a $100 million fundraising campaign to bolster “Make America Healthy Again” candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterms. The MAHA PAC, a Robert F. Kennedy-aligned super PAC dedicated to “Making America Healthy Again,” hopes to “counter the influence of Big Pharma, Big Food,… -
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Hegseth: Iran’s Leader ‘Wounded and Likely Disfigured’
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth suggested Friday morning that U.S. forces have mostly destroyed Iran’s leadership and military. “Desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground, cowering,” Hegseth said of Iran’s leaders. “That’s what rats do. We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured.” Iranian leadership selected Mojtaba Khamenei to be the country’s… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Launches Challenge to Beautify American Infrastructure
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy today launched a new challenge to beautify transportation infrastructure ahead of America’s 250th birthday. The “Beautifying Transportation Infrastructure Challenge” gives Americans of all ages the opportunity to submit infrastructure design concepts that “capture the spirit and greatness of America,” according to a news release first reviewed by The Daily Signal…. -
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AGs Demand Probe Into Taxpayer-Funded Climate Training for Judges
Two dozen Republican state attorneys general called on the Trump administration to investigate what they say is the use of tax dollars to influence judges in climate cases. The state attorneys general, in a letter to Trump Cabinet officials, point to federal grants issued by the National Science Foundation to the National Academies of Sciences,… -
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Virginia Shouldn’t Bail Out Fairfax County’s Failing Schools
Hungry dogs run faster, but Fairfax County’s leadership is so bloated that it can barely move. Contrary to what these overfed “dogs” would have you believe, the county’s problems are not the rest of Virginia’s responsibility. On Tuesday, Kyle McDaniel—an at-large member of the Fairfax County School Board currently embroiled in embezzlement allegations—emailed Fairfax families… -
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Leftist Groups Meeting With Cuban Politburo Reveals ‘Just How Coordinated’ Opposition to Trump Is: Chip Roy
Rep. Chip Roy is demanding an “immediate” investigation into the leftist network of activist groups organizing protests against President Donald Trump’s intervention in Iran after some of the network’s leaders met with the Cuban Communist Party’s Politburo earlier this week. “That this group would openly meet with Cuba tells you how urgent it is for… -
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Dire Straits for Midterms? Gas Price Surge Troubles Senators
Amid uncertainty in a vital global shipping lane brought on by the conflict with Iran, gas pump prices are way up. Some in Congress think that could be a problem for their constituents and for Republicans’ chances in the midterms. “Naturally, we’re all really concerned,” Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., told The Daily Signal of the… -
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Weaponized Immigration Methods Aimed at America
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UK Will Remove Historical Figures From Currency in Latest Move to Erase National Heritage
The powers that be in the U.K. appear eager to strip away every aspect of what it means to be British from their society and institutions. According to a news release from the Bank of England, the country is set to remove historical figures from its currency and replace them with various non-offensive wildlife. “For more… -
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Old Dominion University Shooter Reportedly Had Prison Sentence for Aiding ISIS Cut Short
Mohamed Jalloh, a former U.S. service member and naturalized citizen from Sierra Leone who shot and killed one person and injured two others at Virginia’s Old Dominion University on Thursday, was reportedly released by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice in 2024 after being sentenced in 2017 to 11 years in prison for aiding ISIS…. -
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Massie Questions ‘Woke’ Opponent’s Conservative Credentials
Rep. Thomas Massie released an ad Tuesday questioning his primary opponent’s conservative credentials. Massie, R-Ky., who has an 83% lifetime score from Heritage Action, pointed out that Ed Gallrein, who is now endorsed by President Donald Trump, changed his voter registration from Republican to Independent in 2016, the year Trump won the Republican Party’s presidential… -
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Former IDF Spokesman Predicts What Will Bring Down Iranian Regime
The days of the Iranian regime are “numbered,” but it won’t be Israel or the United States that delivers the final blow, according to a former Israel Defense Forces spokesman. The Iranian regime will fall “not so much because of U.S. and Israeli action, but because of … the crimes that they have perpetrated against… -
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Democrats Block DHS Reopening as TSA Lines Grow Longer
Democrats again voted down a measure to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, leaving the agency with a lapse in appropriations that is 27 days and counting. Senate Republicans only needed seven Democrats to break ranks for the 60 votes necessary to reopen the department, but the measure failed by a vote of 51-46. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voted for the measure,… -
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A MAGA Split Over Iran? What MAGA Split?
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 a lot of talk about a Make America Great split among Trump supporters, and this originated… -
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Florida Passes Voter ID Bill as National SAVE Act Stalls
The Florida Senate passed voter ID legislation Thursday, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, as the SAVE America Act stalls in the U.S. Senate. SB 1334, a bill to strengthen the verification process for voters’ citizenship status, passed the Sunshine State’s Senate 27-12, fulfilling the prediction of Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia… -
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Inside CSWF: Pro-Family Conference Offers Alternative to UN’s Women’s Agenda
The 70th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened in New York on March 9. However, a parallel event, the Conference on the State of Women and Family (CSWF), is being hosted this week by a coalition of pro-family organizations, urging a return to the fundamentals that the U.N. commission seems to have forgotten. …