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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Kash Patel Shuts Down the Deep State’s Nerve Center
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. Recently, Kash Patel, who’s been under fire by the Left in a variety of ways, the… -
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Thune Clears Way for Vote on Ending California’s EV Mandate
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has overcome Democrat opposition to proceeding to a vote this week on overturning California’s electric vehicle mandate. In a 53-to-46 party-line vote, the Senate on Wednesday moved to proceed with a vote on revoking a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency exemption that enabled California to ban the sales of new… -
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Iran Hawks Graham, Cotton Draw Red Line for Deal: No Nuke Program for Tehran
Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton—among Congress’ most adamant defense hawks—made clear Thursday that they will only support a deal with Iran that completely eliminates Tehran's ability to make nuclear weapons. The lawmakers joined forces to promote their Senate resolution on preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a resolution they say is modeled… -
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Thune Faces Tough Call on Overturning Electric Vehicle Mandate
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is facing a tough decision in the Senate, one that might determine whether or not California is saddled with an electric vehicle mandate in the near future. At the end of his term, former President Joe Biden granted California an Environmental Protection Agency waiver, allowing it to implement regulations… -
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Inside the Fight to Confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director
If you ever plan on climbing Mount Everest, you’ll need what they call a sherpa. Named after the small Nepalese ethnic group that populates the Himalayas, sherpas are mountain guides to help climbers navigate the brutal and unpredictable conditions of Everest. It’s no surprise, then, that Washington has adopted the term “sherpa” for counselors to… -
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Usha Vance Steals the Spotlight With India Trip
Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, appears to be making quite an impression during the couple’s visit this week to India, the original home of her parents. Despite her usually being a quiet presence at public events, the spotlight is now on Usha Vance as a cultural connector between New Delhi and… -
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In India, Vance Seeks to Broaden Bilateral Ties, Increase Trade
Vice President JD Vance is visiting India this week in hopes of strengthening the United States’ relationship with a strategic ally that also happens to be the world’s most populous democracy. Accompanied by his wife, Usha—whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from India—and his three children, the vice president is making a show of touring… -
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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… -
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Vance Slams the Left’s Calls for Reputed Gang Member’s Return to US
Vice President JD Vance took aim yesterday at the some in the legacy media and on the far Left for demanding the return of illegal alien Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States from his home country of El Salvador, where he is currently imprisoned. The president of El Salvador said in a press… -
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JD Vance Fulfills Promise to Celebrate His Mother’s 10-Year Sobriety at White House
WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance stood at the head of the table in the Roosevelt Room during one of the most significant moments of his life, joined by his mother, Beverly Aikins. Despite the presence of about 20 family members and friends, including his wife, Usha, and their three children, there was a brief moment when… -
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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… -
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JD Vance Explains How to Save Western Civilization
Vice President JD Vance spoke at The Heritage Foundation Tuesday before the private premiere of a new docuseries from Angel Studios based on author Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents,” which tells the story of Soviet Union-era Christian dissidents. “I would not be standing here were it not for… -
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JD Vance Calls on Americans to Have ‘Courage to Live the Truth’
There is only one way to reclaim Western civilization, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday night: exhibiting the courage to speak the truth. “We’re not going to rebuild prosperity and opportunity,” Vance said. “We’re not going to rebuild the kind of society where we teach children the important virtues and skills to thrive, as opposed… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Vance to Give Remarks at Screening of Docuseries on Christian Dissidents in USSR
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Vice President JD Vance will attend a premiere of Rod Dreher’s Angel Studios series on Christian dissidents in Soviet-era Russia on Tuesday. Vance will deliver remarks prior to a showing of a docuseries at The Heritage Foundation about Christian survivors of the USSR based on American Conservative editor-at-large Dreher’s book “Live… -
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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… -
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Doug Burgum’s ‘4 Babies’ Plan for US Energy Dominance
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum outlined the Trump administration’s aggressive strategy to restore American energy leadership through what he called the “four babies” approach: drill, baby, drill; map, baby, map; mine, baby, mine; and build baby build. In a wide-ranging interview Wednesday with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matt Boyle, Burgum said he’s committed to drilling… -
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Vance: The American Economy Is Quitting the ‘Drug’ of Cheap Labor
“Cheap labor,” according to Vice President JD Vance, “inhibits innovation” and is “a drug that too many American firms got addicted to” over previous decades of globalization. “Whether we were offshoring factories to cheap labor economies or importing cheap labor through our immigration system,” Vance continued, “cheap labor became the drug of Western economies.” Vance’s… -
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Vance Vows Accountability for Offshoring of Jobs
In a speech Friday at Vantage Plastics, a plastics manufacturing plant in Bay City, Michigan, Vice President JD Vance touted American workers and the progress the Trump administration has been making to make American manufacturing great again. “We are an administration that is going to do things for the American people and for American workers,”… -
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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… -
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Illegal Immigration Worsens Housing Crisis, Vance Tells Cities’ Leaders
Illegal immigration raises demand for housing, which increases costs for American citizens, Vice President JD Vance said Monday. And when Americans can own houses, they are stakeholders in the nation, which makes them better citizens, he said. “We want our citizens to feel that investment in their own country, and it’s hard,” he said. “It’s…