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Fox News Crushes Competition in July
Fox News Channel continued to dominate television ratings in July, making it the highest-rated network in all of primetime TV—topping not just its cable news rivals but also NBC, CBS, and ABC. With an average of 2.4 million primetime viewers in July, Fox News outpaced NBC with 2.1 million viewers, CBS and ABC with 2… -
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Combative Biden White House Aide Disputes Cognitive Decline Claims
A top White House official and campaign chief for former President Joe Biden took probing questions from House investigators on Wednesday, pushing back strongly against assertions of Biden’s cognitive decline while still in office. Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president in the Biden White House and a longtime player in Democrat politics, sat down with… -
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Georgia GOP Lawmaker Racking Up Endorsements, Campaign Cash for Senate Bid
Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is entering one of the most high-stakes Senate races of the 2026 cycle armed with dollars and endorsements. The mullet-sporting congressman announced his bid Monday to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who narrowly won the state in a 2022 runoff election. Since then, Collins has secured the support of important… -
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Resolving Global Conflicts and ‘America First’: What Is Trump’s Philosophy?
Standing in his white golf shoes on a lush green, President Donald Trump told those gathered at the ribbon-cutting for his golf course in Scotland on Tuesday that his administration has “put out fires all over the world” and “stopped about five wars.” Since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, the Trump administration has… -
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‘Blue Slip’ Brouhaha: Trump, Grassley Spar Over Judicial Nominee Confirmation Procedure
President Donald Trump is seeking to end the long-standing “blue slip” tradition of giving senators veto power over some judicial nominees from their states—but he’s getting pushback from the Republican senator whose mind he needs to change. “I was offended by what the president said, and I’m disappointed that it would result in personal insults,”… -
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Could We See This Ohio Democrat Back in Political Office?
Last November, Republican Bernie Moreno beat incumbent Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat. The win helped the GOP take back control of U.S. Senate. We may not have heard the last of Brown, though, as there’s been chatter he’ll run for the Senate once more. He has the chance to do so next year. Moreno… -
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Migration to Red States Is Accelerating, Study Says
America’s economic engine is moving south, according to a newly released analysis of IRS and census data by an organization called Unleash Prosperity. “The single most important thing that is going on in this country, economically and demographically, is the massive shift in migration that’s happened over the last 10 to 20 years, and it… -
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The Left’s Hitler Derangement Syndrome
I grew up being told—though I, of course, could never verify it since their corpses were roasted to ashes in the crematoria—that 200 of my relatives were murdered during the Holocaust. You, on the left, who contend President Donald Trump has something to do with Hitler and the Gestapo, likely know approximately what happened to… -
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Fed Chief Powell Announces He Won’t Cut Interest Rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the Fed will not be cutting interest rates for the time being, shortly after receiving a quarterly report on the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump has sought to pressure Powell for months to let more cash flow into the economy, arguing that inflation is low enough to… -
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Florida Lawmaker Pushes for House Vote on Stock Trading Ban for Members of Congress
A Florida Republican congresswoman is seeking to force members of the House of Representatives to go on record as to where they stand regarding banning stock trading by House lawmakers and their Senate counterparts. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has been collecting signatures for a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on stock-trading… -
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Trump Answers If $500 Million Settlement With Harvard Is Enough
President Donald Trump said he will “see what happens” in negotiations with Harvard as the university is reportedly willing to settle with the administration for $500 million. “It’s a lot of money,” he told The Daily Signal, repeating for emphasis: “It’s a lot of money.” Harvard is considering paying up to $500 million as a… -
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Finally, the Authorities Say It: Obama Outed for His Role in ‘Treasonous’ Trump ‘Coup’
“This treasonous conspiracy was directed by President [Barack] Obama.” That was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard last week talking about the Trump-Russia collusion black op against President Donald Trump and the good people of America. Gabbard released 100 declassified documents purportedly showing how in December 2020 Obama ordered the crafting of a bogus new… -
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Pete’s Telling ‘Pivot’
Once again, a Democrat is using slippery language to imply he understands the unfairness of men in women’s sports. “I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women’s sports,” former Biden administration Transportation Secretary… -
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MAP QUEST: Texas Redistricting Could Boost GOP’s House Delegation in Midterms
Texas Republicans have released their proposals for a redrawn Texas congressional map, and that could spell trouble for Democrats in the midterms. The new map, proposed by state Rep. Todd Hunter, has the potential to add nearly half a dozen Republican seats from Texas to the GOP House conference in 2026, which could counteract the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 1,500 Truck Drivers Taken Out of Service for Poor English Following Transportation Department Directive
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Following new guidelines from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to enforce English language proficiency for commercial truck drivers, 1,500 drivers have had their licenses placed out of service by law enforcement, The Daily Signal has learned. “‘America First’ means safety first. Americans are a lot safer on roads alongside truckers who can… -
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‘F—–g Fight’: Dems Face Off in Epic Verbal Spat on Senate Floor
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Democrats engaged in a fierce shouting match on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon with Democrat New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker accusing his fellow party members of betraying their party and condoning authoritarianism. The New Jersey Democrat delivered a blistering speech after heading to the Senate floor to object to a slate… -
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Bill Imposes Prison Time for Those Who Harm Law Enforcement Dogs
A bill in Congress would impose up to 15 years in prison for those who harm a law enforcement dog with a deadly weapon. In partnership with K9s United, a nonprofit that seeks to protect and support dogs used in law enforcement, Republican Rep. Aaron Bean of Florida announced the Leo K9 Protection Act, a… -
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Virginia Faces Energy Crisis Amid Rising Electricity Demand, 2020 ‘Clean Economy’ Law
With unparalleled growth in electricity demand—driven in no small part by the explosion of data centers in the state—Virginia must decide where its energy future lies. The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, a free-market think tank, warned against 2020’s Virginia Clean Economy Act—which phases out coal and gas in favor of wind and solar—claiming… -
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EXCLUSIVE: How Trump’s ‘America First’ Aid Program Fared in First Disaster
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s State Department responded to its first disaster since reorienting its foreign assistance programs to align with U.S. interests. State Department disaster experts led the United States’ support for the millions of Filipinos affected by ongoing flooding, a senior State Department official told The Daily Signal. Since mid-July, floods… -
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‘IT BOGGLES THE MIND’: Former USAID Official Perplexed Why Republicans Would Fund the National Endowment for Democracy
Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., moved to defund the National Endowment for Democracy after a House Republican proposal for fiscal year 2026 included full funding for the agency at 2025 levels, even though President Donald Trump called for defunding it. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., the House Appropriations Committee member whose name appears at the top of…
