Republican Party News
Featuring coverage of Republican priorities, legislation, and internal debates, this section examines how the party shapes U.S. politics from a conservative perspective.
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Calendarcare: One Way Out of GOP’s Health Care Mess
As 2025 wanes, and 2026 approaches, the calendar itself offers Republicans a partial solution to its health care woes. Since Obamacare’s 2010 launch, the GOP has floundered while trying to repeal and replace the Democrats’ illegible scrawl of a signature issue. During President Donald Trump’s first term, Republicans junked the program’s individual-mandate penalty, a medical-device tax, and other noxious provisions. Alas, Obamacare…Deroy Murdock -
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5 Ways Trump Put Pressure on ‘Rampant Fraud’ in Minnesota This Week
The Trump administration made a series of moves this week to crack down on the fraud that has allegedly occurred in Minnesota under Democrat Gov. Tim Walz’s watch. “Under President [Donald] Trump’s leadership, the federal government is fully exposing and aggressively prosecuting the rampant fraud that was allowed to happen for years under failed Democrat…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Epstein Files Release Highlights Clinton, Makes Scant Reference to Trump
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Reuters)—The U.S. Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to President Donald Trump but extensively featured Democratic former President Bill Clinton. The release was intended to comply with a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress…Joseph Ax -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Overturns Biden-Era ‘Rocks in Shoes’ Regulation
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new rule removing the Biden-era requirement that government-funded preschool programs have a policy to mitigate COVID-19. The direct final rule proposed by the Administration for Children and Families on Friday removes the requirement that Head Start programs have a…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Erika Kirk Endorses ‘My Husband’s Friend’ JD Vance for President
PHOENIX—At Turning Point USA’s 2025 America Fest Thursday, Erika Kirk pledged the organization’s support behind one possible 2028 presidential candidate. “We are going to get my husband’s friend JD Vance elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible!” said Kirk, whose husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated in September. Turning Point Action, the organization’s grassroots…Virginia Grace McKinnon -
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War With Venezuela Could Break Trump’s MAGA Base
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 are war drums beating about the United States and the Trump administration’s interdiction of narco-trafficking,…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Oversight Project Demands DOJ to Act on Trump Reversal of Biden Autopen Clemency
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Oversight Project is calling for the Justice Department to keep incarcerated prisoners whose Biden autopen clemencies were voided by President Donald Trump. The watchdog group shared a video with The Daily Signal that focused on two individuals whose sentences former President Joe Biden had commuted. The Oversight Project was the…Fred Lucas -
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Trump Makes Blunt Remarks on Conservative Opposition to Weed
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday classifying marijuana as a less dangerous substance, despite concerns from GOP lawmakers that the move will “send the wrong message to America’s children.” Trump signed an order changing the classification of marijuana from a Schedule I drug, which includes the most dangerous substances, such as heroin,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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‘MALPRACTICE’: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Announces 6 Moves to Crack Down on ‘Sex-Rejecting Procedures’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced six moves to crack down on the “malpractice” of “sex-rejecting procedures” Thursday. “This is not medicine; it is malpractice,” Kennedy said of the transgender medical interventions euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care.” He warned that doctors have engaged in “needless and irreversible sex-rejecting procedures that…Tyler O’Neil -
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Trump Announces How America Will Celebrate 250th Birthday
President Donald Trump revealed how the nation’s capital will celebrate America’s 250th birthday next summer. “2026 will be a celebration of America like no other, honoring our nation and all of its glory,” he said. Trump’s plans will be carried out through a public, private partnership called Freedom 250. “We will renew the patriotism, pride…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Trump’s Executive Order on AI Might Be a Bridge Too Far
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Dec. 11, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” Its broadly stated goal is “to sustain and enhance the United States’ global AI dominance through a minimally burdensome national policy framework.” With more details to come, we hope Trump’s approach properly respects federalism established in…Thomas Jipping -
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When Republicans Do Long Interviews With Liberal Journalists
Whenever Republican officials sit for an extensive interview or series of interviews with a liberal media source, their supporters ask: Why did you have to do that? Why does Donald Trump need to speak to Michael Wolff or Bob Woodward? Now, it’s Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles talking to author Chris Whipple for the…Tim Graham -
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‘Stronger Than Ever Before’: 4 Highlights From Trump’s Speech Showcasing 2025 Accomplishments
President Donald Trump touted his 2025 accomplishments in a national address Wednesday night. “Tonight, after 11 months, our border is secure, inflation is stopped, wages are up, prices are down, our nation is strong, America is respected, and our country is back,” he said, “Stronger than ever before. We’re poised for an economic boom the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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How Many Democrats Voted Against MTG’s Bill to Outlaw Transgender Surgeries for Kids?
The House of Representatives successfully passed a bill designed to protect children nationally from transgender procedures Wednesday, a major step forward in codifying one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises. The bill, titled the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, passed by a 216-to-211 margin, with 207 Democrats voting against the bill. Four Republicans joined Democrats in…George Caldwell -
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Speaker Johnson’s Health Care Plan Overcomes 11th-Hour Revolt From GOP Moderates
House Republicans successfully passed a premium-slashing health care package on Wednesday, overcoming a late-breaking revolt from House GOP moderates. The bill, called the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, passed by a vote of 216-to-211. Only one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted against the bill. The Kentucky congressman has long been opposed…Bradley Devlin -
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Ron DeSantis Responds to CAIR Lawsuit After He Designated It a Foreign Terror Org
The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Wednesday to the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ lawsuit claiming that DeSantis violated federal law when he designated CAIR a foreign terrorist organization last week. “We don’t negotiate with terrorists,” DeSantis’ communications director, Alex Lanfranconi, told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday. The governor designated CAIR, which…Tyler O’Neil -
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EXCLUSIVE: How Transportation Secretary Will Help Trump Defund Woke Universities
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to revamp the agency’s university grant program after axing requirements that the schools fund diversity, equity, and inclusion and environmental initiatives, The Daily Signal can first report. Duffy plans to announce $33 million in grants to universities to “unleash American innovation.” This comes after the Department…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Trump’s Inflation Trap
What can Donald Trump do to stop morphing into Joe Biden? The two presidents could hardly be more different in most ways—but in the one that counts most with voters, Trump is in danger of resembling his predecessor. Americans rejected Biden and the Democrats last year because they were incensed at the lousy state of…Daniel McCarthy -
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‘FAKE NEWS’: Trump, Leavitt React to Susie Wiles Profile
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denounced Vanity Fair’s profile on chief of staff Susie Wiles as “fake news.” “This was, unfortunately, another attempt at fake news by a reporter who was acting disingenuously and really did take the chief’s words out of context,” Leavitt told Fox News Channel’s “America Reports.” “But I think, most…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Republicans Weigh in on Bill Banning Transgender Procedures
Republicans’ commitment to ending the mutilation of children is being tested this week with the upcoming House vote on the Protect Children’s Innocence Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and co-sponsored by more than 40 other House Republicans, seeks to criminalize providing transgender surgeries or medications to minors in the United…Jacob Adams