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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5 Takeaways From FBI Director Patel’s Senate Panel Hearing
FBI Director Kash Patel’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday was testy at times, as topics of the Charlie Kirk assassination, the Jeffrey Epstein case, and other matters came up. The fireworks came primarily when the director sparred with Democrat senators. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, also made a major announcement. Here…Fred Lucas -
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MAHA’s True Power Lies in Truth, Transparency, and Education, Not More Regulation
Some criticize the new MAHA report for going light on specific policy recommendations. That may be the point. Last week, among a frenzied news cycle, the Make America Healthy Again Commission dropped its much-anticipated health recommendations. Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media got busy criticizing the new MAHA report, saying that it “lacked teeth” and disappointed even…Jennifer Galardi -
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Kash Patel: Charlie Kirk Suspect in Custody
Update: FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X later Wednesday evening and wrote, “The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency.” FBI Director Kash Patel says a suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk “is now…Katrina Trinko -
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RFK Jr.’s Report Unveils Plan to Make America’s Children Healthy Again
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump’s top health officials unveiled a sweeping “Make America Healthy Again” agenda in a new 20-page report Tuesday. The report identifies about 130 separate policy priorities across 10 federal departments and agencies to address chronic disease in children. The MAHA Commission, an interagency task force, issued a report in May outlining four…Emily Kopp -
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‘It’s Got to Be Fixed’: Thune Weighs Moves to Sidestep Dems, Confirm More Trump Nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday called for an end to Democrats’ obstruction of President Donald Trump’s nominees as he elaborated on his plan to accelerate the rate at which those nominees are confirmed in the Senate. “This is a business model that does not work when it comes to running and operating…Jacob Adams -
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John Thune to Steamroll Chuck Schumer’s Blockade of Trump Nominees Through ‘Nuclear Option’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Republicans are on the verge of breaking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s stranglehold over the confirmation process, ending seven months of unprecedented obstruction that has sought to prevent President Donald Trump from staffing his administration. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is expected to invoke the rarely used “nuclear option” to reform…Adam Pack -
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Biased Wikipedia Hurls Brickbats at Fox and Newsmax, Bouquets at CNN and MSNBC
While artificial intelligence might make the student research paper obsolete, if today a student does his or her own research and writing, it’s quite possible they will use Google to search their topic, and Google will invariably send the searcher to a Wikipedia article. If they were to write about cable news, the Wikipedia results…Tim Graham -
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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…Robert B. 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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Pensacola Theater Insists on Hosting Blasphemous Christmas Drag Show
Let the blame game begin. It’s clear that Jeffrey Sharp, the general manager of Pensacola’s Saenger Theatre, placed the city in a no-win situation. How? With his handling of the fiasco surrounding the city-owned and subsidized theater’s decision to host the blasphemous “A Drag Queen Christmas” show two days before Christmas—in the middle of the…Zack Smith -
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EXCLUSIVE: Policy Group Urges Trump to Get India to Respect Religious Liberty
Advancing American Freedom is urging the Trump administration to make trade negotiations with India dependent upon the country respecting religious liberty. The Trump team is in talks with the South Asian nation and has hit the country with tariffs over its decision to continue buying Russian oil. “The United States must condition any trade deal…Jacob Adams -
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ICE Rescues 27, Including 10 Children, From Human-Trafficking Ring
Immigration enforcement authorities rescued 27 human-trafficking victims in Nebraska last week. Among the victims Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescued were 10 children under the age of 12, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “Our brave ICE law enforcement rescued these children and women, who were being sexually exploited and trafficked,” said Tricia McLaughlin, assistant…Virginia Allen -
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It’s Not Just What We Eat, But How Much
“Make America Healthy Again” is a great slogan, and I am all for it. Like many Americans, I believe the food system is a mess. It does not take much time in a grocery store to realize that what we eat is chemically engineered garbage packaged in bright colors and sold as “snacks.” But as…Matt Barth -
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Texas Republicans Weigh Ramping Up Consequences for Runaway Dems
Texas state House Democrats again failed to show up to vote on Friday, putting on hold the special session to redistrict the Lone Star State and add potentially five more Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats fled the state on Aug. 3 in order to deny a quorum—the number of representatives required…George Caldwell -
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Illegal Chinese Vapes Are a National Emergency
Tensions with China have never been more … well, tense. While President Donald Trump has led tough tariff negotiations with the Chinese government, recent signs suggest China is coming to the table and a deal may be imminent. So, wouldn’t Chinese manufacturers—with ties to the Chinese Communist Party—sidestepping tariffs to flood our markets with poisonous…Joel Thayer -
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Red States Now Lead the Charge Toward Healthier Living
Ever since Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator at Trump Tower in 2015, a political and cultural realignment has been underway in America, culminating in his second presidential victory. Many issues once considered the domain of the Left seem to have been adopted by the new, right-leaning populist movement. Nowhere is this more apparent…Jennifer Galardi -
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Thune Presses Senate Democrats to Facilitate Confirming Trump Nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a big backlog of unconfirmed judicial and executive branch nominees, is asking Senate Democrats to help confirm President Donald Trump’s less controversial picks in a legislative package. “I do think there at least some of my colleagues, Democrats, on the other side of the aisle, who would like to…George Caldwell -
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Grading the Second Trump Presidency, 6 Months In
Over the course of four years’ banishment to America’s political wilderness while subjected to both a would-be assassin’s bullets and the humiliating and unprecedented spectacle of criminal prosecution by his political opponents, Donald Trump seems to have intuited a key life lesson: Time is of the essence. Carpe diem, seize the day. And so it…Josh Hammer -
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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Codify Trump’s Health Care Pricing Transparency Directive
With the new Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing to effectively codify President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring price transparency from health care providers. The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo. Republicans Sens. Tim Sheehy of Montana, Chuck Grassley, and Joni Ernst of…George Caldwell -
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Vance: Here’s How Mamdani Won the New York Mayoral Primary
Vice President JD Vance is criticizing New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of building a coalition of what Vance called “downwardly mobile, college-educated people,” and carved-out ethnic blocs by pandering to shared hatreds. “This is a guy who won high-income and college-educated New Yorkers, and especially both young [and] highly educated…George Caldwell