Kari Lake News
The Daily Signal reports on Kari Lake’s rise as a political figure, her positions on elections, culture, and policy, and her growing national influence.
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9th Circuit Shuns ‘Hypothetical’ Voter Rolls Complaint in Election Hot Spot
A federal appeals court sided with Arizona in a case over maintenance of voter registration lists, as the Justice Department separately is pressuring states to clean up their rolls. Two voters brought the case in June 2024, alleging the state’s poorly kept voter rolls could open the door to fraud and thus dilute legitimate votes….Fred Lucas -
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Judge Slaps Down Trump-Lake VOA Shake-Up, Orders 1,000+ Employees Reinstated
A federal judge ordered more than 1,000 Voice of America employees removed from their jobs to be reinstated, in a blow to the Trump administration’s push to remake the entity and cut waste. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, of the District of Columbia, determined that the attempt to dismantle the taxpayer-funded media outlet was unlawful…Fred Lucas -
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‘Great’: Trump, Lake Celebrate Report That FBI Seized Arizona Election Records
President Donald Trump celebrated a report that the FBI obtained election records from Arizona’s largest county, a move that follows a federal raid last month on a Georgia county’s elections department. Maricopa County, the site of the reported FBI raid, has been a contentious jurisdiction for elections, particularly after Joe Biden beat Donald Trump narrowly…Fred Lucas -
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23 Books to Read in 2026
As you set your 2026 goals, reading lists, and New Year’s resolutions, The Daily Signal is proud to offer you some of our favorite reads from 2025. We asked our own staff, plus others from The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action, for their thoughts and to offer some of their recommendations. They are listed below. 1. ‘Israel…Daily Signal Staff -
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Kennedy Center Honors Continues Trump Momentum to Unify Americans Through Art
The incredible artists who were awarded Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night rose above partisan rancor and helped showcase the universal appeal of President Donald Trump’s valiant efforts to restore America’s cultural jewel. Trump made history as the first president to host the Kennedy Center Honors, an event founded 48 years ago to give lifetime achievement medals to iconic artists. I spoke…Carrie Sheffield -
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Does the Left Fear JD Vance More Than Trump?
Vice President JD Vance is “scarier in certain ways” than President Donald Trump, according to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Vance is “young” and “ambitious,” Psaki said on the leftist political podcast “I’ve Had It,” adding that the vice president is “agile in the sense that he is a chameleon who makes himself…Virginia Allen -
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Some Celebrities’ Surprising Responses to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s commentary surrounding the assassination of young conservative activist Charlie Kirk was disturbing and inaccurate, but quite frankly, not surprising. What was a surprise, however, was the outpouring of love and honor that many A-list celebrities and social media influencers have shown in the days following Kirk’s death on Sept. 10….Virginia Allen -
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‘First Time in 20 Years’: Charlie Kirk’s Death Starts a Faith Revolution
Will Charlie Kirk change the religious landscape of the United States as much he did the political landscape? Social media were flooded over the weekend with posts of people going to church in honor of Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10. “We went to church today. It was the first time in 20 years,” said…Katrina Trinko -
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ABC Dumps Jimmy Kimmel Over Sick Charlie Kirk Joke
Jimmy Kimmel is off the air. Good riddance. The vile and disgusting ABC late-night host used his Monday night monologue to make this comment about Charlie Kirk’s assassin (emphasis added): “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other…Rob Bluey -
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The Rise of Conservative Media in America
Editor’s note: These are lightly edited remarks of a speech that Daily Signal President and Executive Editor Rob Bluey gave to the National Conservatism Conference on Thursday. These past six months haven’t just been remarkable—they’ve been revolutionary. And nowhere is that more visible than in the collapse of legacy media’s stranglehold on American journalism. The…Rob Bluey -
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Arizona Republican Ponders Leaving Swing District for Governor’s Race
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., is weighing jumping into the GOP primary in Arizona’s governor race in 2026, potentially leaving his swing district seat vulnerable to a Democrat pickup. Schweikert, 63, who was first elected in 2010 as part of the Republican wave election, comes from a battleground district where he was narrowly reelected in 2024….Jacob Adams -
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‘Rotten to the Core’: Kari Lake Details Federal Media Agency’s Problems
The parent agency of Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded media are “incompetent and mismanaged, deeply corrupt,” Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told a House panel Wednesday. “This place is rotten. It’s rotten to the core,” said Lake during testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “President [Donald] Trump…Fred Lucas -
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‘Lean and Focused’: Kari Lake Announces Layoffs at USAGM, VOA
Kari Lake, senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, announced over 600 new layoffs at the agency, which includes Voice of America. “For decades, American taxpayers have been forced to bankroll an agency that’s been riddled with dysfunction, bias, and waste. That ends now,” Lake said in a press release Friday announcing 639…Lorenzo Prieto -
Judge Blocks Trump Closing of Taxpayer-Funded Media Outlets
A federal judge sometimes known for leaning conservative in politically-charged cases temporarily halted the Trump administration shutting the parent organization for Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded media outlets. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, a senior judge in the District of Columbia, ordered that the U.S. Agency for Global Media restore publicly-backed media outlets that…Fred Lucas -
Caterwauling Over a Kennedy Center Coup
Our media elites love to tout themselves as “independent” and “fact-based.” But on almost any story on President Donald Trump, they can’t help but put those words in the shredder. The Kennedy Center illustrates one major difference between the two Trump terms. In the first term, the president deferred to the leftists who gave all…Tim Graham -
Kari Lake Vows to Slash US Agency for Global Media Budget
Kari Lake said the Trump administration is putting the United States government on a diet through spending cuts, and that she will contribute by slashing the United States Agency for Global Media budget. Lake, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Voice of America, is currently serving as special adviser to Voice of…R.E. Wermus -
Can Donald Trump Win a Trade War?
President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the “honeymoon” a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He’s fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year’s campaign. He’s even started what critics call a trade war. Every week, the White House astonishes liberals—and…Daniel McCarthy -
JD Vance’s Message to Catholics
Editor’s Note: These are the lightly edited remarks by Vice President JD Vance made Feb. 28 at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. I will say that even though I, in my private-sector days, was a technology investor in Silicon Valley, I haven’t quite figured out…JD Vance -
Trump’s VOA Pick Kari Lake Also Named Adviser to Global Media Agency
Kari Lake, who is President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Voice of America, will become a senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the VOA. The acting U.S. Agency for Global Media chief, Roman Napoli, announced Lake’s arrival in an email to the staff, VOA reported Friday, that read, “As…Fred Lucas -
Victor Davis Hanson: Who Caused the Counterrevolution?
At some point, some president was going to have to stop the unsustainable spending and borrowing. To have any country left, some president would eventually have had to restore a nonexistent border and stop the influx of 3 million illegal aliens a year. Some commander-in-chief finally would have to try to stop the theater wars…Victor Davis Hanson