Republican Party News
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Another LGBTQ Controversy? Trump Admin Asked to Investigate Maryland School District
A conservative legal group wants the Trump administration to investigate the gender identity policies of a Maryland school district that lost a Supreme Court case last year over mandating LGBTQ+ books for students. America First Legal asked the Justice Department and the Education Department to investigate Montgomery County Public Schools, alleging that the school district…Fred Lucas -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Trump Grew Frustrated With Pam Bondi
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Pam Bondi has been given the boot as attorney general. Do you have any thoughts on that, Victor? Victor Davis Hanson: Well, I don’t know…Victor Davis Hanson -
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‘DEFINITION OF JIM CROW’: Republican Turns the Tables on Democrats’ Redistricting Rhetoric
While Democrats have recently branded voter ID requirements as a form of “Jim Crow,” a black Republican former delegate in Virginia is flipping the script in condemning state Democrats’ redistricting ballot initiative. Under Virginia’s current congressional map, adopted after the 2020 census, two districts have a majority-minority voting age population. However, the Democrats’ proposed redistricting…Tyler O’Neil -
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Melania Trump Says She Never Had a Connection to Epstein
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters)—First lady Melania Trump on Thursday denied ever having a connection to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and said claims about it are defaming her. “The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” President Donald Trump’s wife said in a rare address from the White…Reuters -
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Trump White House to Preserve Records Despite DOJ Opinion
The White House says that President Donald Trump will preserve his administration’s records, despite the legal opinion of his Justice Department that he doesn’t need to comply with the Presidential Records Act. The Justice Department’s opinion last week stated the “president need not further comply” with the 1978 law requiring a president to preserve all…Fred Lucas -
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5.4 Million People Have Migrated to Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020 as the Great Divorce Continues
The past five years have seen a massive migration of Americans out of heavily Democratic counties and into ones where Donald Trump won majorities in each of the past three elections. That’s according to an exclusive analysis by Issues & Insights of the latest Census Bureau and election data. Most analyses of internal migration patterns…Issues and Insights -
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Trump Bullish on Iran Deal, but Uncertainty Remains
President Donald Trump and his administration hailed a ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday morning—despite uncertainty about the terms and durability of the peace. “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change!” wrote Trump in a Wednesday social media post. The…George Caldwell -
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GOP Announces a Historic Investment to Save the Senate Majority
The Senate Leadership Fund, a conservative super PAC, announced it is investing $342 million across eight different 2026 Senate races. The massive advertisement buy, announced Monday, is the largest investment SLF has ever made in an election cycle, and it represents a different approach. “[The] Senate Leadership Fund is better positioned than ever to execute…Virginia Grace McKinnon -
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GOP Wins Race to Replace MTG—But District Shifts Double-Digits Toward Dems
Clayton Fuller won a Georgia special election to replace retired Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday night, growing the House Republican majority by one. However, Republicans won by a slimmer margin than in years past, an ominous sign with just over half a year to go until the midterm elections. Fuller, a District Attorney,…George Caldwell -
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Trump Announces Major Step on Iran, Strait of Hormuz Crisises
Iran has agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz and the United States and Israel will engage in a two-week ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. President Trump said that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir helped him orchestrate the deal. “Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field…Tyler O’Neil -
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Trump Admin Takes Big Step Toward Axing Federal Abortion Funding
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued new guidelines that set the stage for defunding Planned Parenthood and reshaping a federal family planning program. The agency issued a notice of funding opportunity Friday with new guidelines for grant recipients under the Title X family planning program. The notice prohibits awardees from spending the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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‘PATRIARCHY’: Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Head-Scratching Response to Ousters of Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, suggested that the “patriarchy” was behind the recent ousters of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi. She described President Donald Trump’s administration as engaged in a “war on all women,” and presented the former Cabinet secretaries as casualties in that conflict,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Is the GOP the New Education Party?
Democrats, please listen to Rahm Emanuel. Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff under former President Barack Obama, stands out as the voice of reason on education and the systemic problems facing his own Democratic Party on this crucial issue. Yes, Rahm Emanuel the progressive former mayor of deeply blue Chicago and longtime President Obama…Steve Cortes -
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Trump Issues Chilling Threat to Iran: ‘A Whole Civilization Will Die’
President Donald Trump threatened massive attacks on Iran if the regime does not open the Strait of Hormuz. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” “However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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EXCLUSIVE: Why Largest Protestant Denomination Opposes Trump’s Surgeon General Pick
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm opposes President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Signal. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the SBC, wrote a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee expressing “deep…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismissal of Case Against Trump Ally Steve Bannon
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters)—The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for the Justice Department to move forward with dismissing a criminal case in which Steve Bannon, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted after defying a congressional subpoena. Bannon was convicted by a jury in Washington in 2022 on two counts…John Kruzel -
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Trump Celebrates Stunning Rescue of Downed US Pilot in Iran
President Donald Trump and members of his administration celebrated Easter Sunday’s successful operation to rescue an Air Force officer whose fighter jet was shot down in Iran last week. “Despite incoming fire and unforgiving conditions, our troops brought every American home,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said during a press briefing Monday. “No American lives…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Trump Proposes to Begin Privatizing TSA Screening Operations
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters)—President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save money. The White House budget proposes cutting funding for the federal agency created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by $52 million and would require small airports to enroll…Reuters -
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How Trump’s 2027 Budget Cuts Funding for Woke Ideology
President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes massive funding cuts for programs pushing ideologies “that poison the minds of Americans,” according to a fact sheet obtained by The Daily Signal. Under the leadership of Director Russ Vought, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget released its fiscal year 2027 budget Friday, stating plans to “eliminat[e]…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Ousted FBI Agents Seek to Expand Lawsuit to BLM, LGBTQ Grievances
For the second time in less than a month, former FBI agents involved in former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of President Donald Trump have sued, alleging wrongful termination. Three former agents, Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman, and Michelle Ball, sued in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, naming FBI Director Kash Patel and…Fred Lucas