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Trump to Sign Executive Order Aimed at Making Streets Safer
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon helping states remove dangerous individuals from the streets, a White House official says. The directive will “restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity… -
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Trump Has a Demand for the Cleveland Guardians
President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Washington Commanders to once more become the Washington Redskins, five years after the football team was forced by woke activists, local leaders, and NFL sponsors to change the name. He’s even threatened to tank the deal for a new stadium in Washington, D.C. Trump also… -
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Trump Urged to Sidestep Senate Democrats’ Obstruction With Recess Appointments
TONY KINNETT: Well, with the situation developing with [acting U.S. Attorney] Alina Habba in New Jersey, the situations regarding [Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.], the ethics violation possibility, there has never been a bigger need for the American people to see confirmations moving through the Senate on the express track. So, we’re bringing on [Republican] Sen…. -
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78 Virginia Sheriffs Endorse AG Jason Miyares
A group of 78 Virginia sheriffs endorsed Attorney General Jason Miyares for his reelection campaign against Democrat and former state Del. Jay Jones in November. “Jason Miyares’ leadership was the key to combating violent crime in Hopewell, with Ceasefire Virginia helping to drop our murder rate by 60%. Because of Jason’s leadership—and because of a… -
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2026 … Already?
With Virginia’s 45-daylong early voting window, the commonwealth is just slightly less than a month away from the beginning of the 2025 statewide election for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, as well as the contests for all 100 House of Delegates seats. However, candidates are already lining up for the 2026 elections. In the… -
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Specter of Epstein Looms Over Congress’ Long Recess
As members of the House head off to a six-week summer recess, the specter of Jeffrey Epstein still looms large. “If you ask my staff, which I do all the time, what’s the No. 1 phone call that we’re getting, this topic is the No. 1 reason that people call,” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told… -
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Quashing Rumors, Vance Says Amnesty Deal Is Off the Table
“[W]e’re not going to do amnesty in this country,” Vice President JD Vance declared emphatically Wednesday. “We’re actually not going to tell people who’ve come into the country illegally that they’re allowed to break our laws and be rewarded for it,” the vice president explained in remarks to Jason Calacanis of the “All-In” podcast at… -
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Rep. Al Green Is Trying to Impeach Trump. Again.
It’s six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, and Democrats are calling for the president’s impeachment for at least the fourth time this year. During a Wednesday press conference outside the Capitol building, Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, delivered a short speech demanding that the Republican president be impeached. Waving his now-characteristic gold-headed cane in… -
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It’s Back-to-(Micro)-School Time! And What Are Microschools Anyway?
It’s nearing back-to-school time in Virginia as we enter a universe where the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the dismantling of the federal Department of Education and many Virginians feel uneasy about what that future looks like. As we said in last week’s column, “Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to… -
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Democrats Could Shut Down the Government to Stop Trump
On Tuesday, The Daily Signal was the first to report that the White House would be sending another rescissions package—the same mechanism that President Donald Trump and Republicans just used to defund NPR and PBS—to Capitol Hill that focuses on education. With the Sept. 30 government funding deadline fast approaching, Democrats are threatening a government… -
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ICE Ramps up Recruiting, Offers $50K Signing Bonuses
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act containing much of President Donald Trump’s agenda allocates $75 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and now ICE is using the funding to recruit agents. ICE is offering incentives to attract new talent and encourage retired agents to return to the job. Top recruits may receive a signing… -
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Trump Administration Reaches Agreement With Columbia on Racial Discrimination
After months of feuding with Columbia University over its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, President Donald Trump announced a settlement with the school on Wednesday. The agreement prohibits Columbia from engaging in unlawful racial discrimination in hiring, admissions, or university programming. The Ivy League university will provide access to all relevant data and information so… -
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Trump and Huckabee Took the Right Stand for Christians in the Holy Land
At the White House press briefing on July 17, EWTN White House Correspondent Owen Jenson asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about the Catholic Church in Gaza that had been struck that day by an artillery shell. “In Gaza today, Holy Family Catholic Church was struck by an Israeli shell,” Jenson said. “Yes,” said… -
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Pay No Attention to Hunter and the Bitter Bidens
Anyone who’s followed the dissolute life and times of Hunter Biden knows that no one wanted the Biden presidency to end less than Hunter. His father’s power was a cash cow, giving him millions he wasted on crack cocaine and hookers. So when he tried to mount a moral high horse in a three-hour podcast… -
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DHS Is Working to Find Missing Unaccompanied Alien Children
For four years, hundreds of thousands of minors arrived at the southern border without a parent or a legal guardian. The whereabouts of many of those children remain unknown, but immigration authorities are working to confirm their status, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security says. “Among the most vulnerable populations [the Department of… -
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‘Spitting in the Face of JD Vance’: German Conservative Says Police Raided Him as He Met With Congressmen in DC
As Petr Bystron, a member of the European Parliament from Alternative for Germany, a party on the German Right, met with members of Congress in Washington, D.C., German authorities raided two locations previously associated with him, seeking evidence of bribery in what Bystron claims is a politically motivated witch hunt. “While I was in the… -
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Could Obama Be Prosecuted Over the Russian Hoax? A Look at the Law
Can former federal officials be prosecuted in the Russia-Trump collusion hoax? That is the question arising from the recent actions of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard has released declassified documents over what she says was a “treasonous conspiracy” that was “directed by President [Barack] Obama” to provide “manufactured intelligence” that “Russia had… -
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US Olympic Committee’s Ban on Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports Hailed by Lawmakers
Members of Congress are hailing the decision by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee to update its policy to prohibit trans-identifying males from competing for the U.S. in women’s Olympic sports. “The U.S. Olympic Committee finally did what should’ve been done all along to protect women’s sports. This is a major win for fairness and… -
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Documentary Explores Effort to Bring Bible Back to Public School Students
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fathom Entertainment, in partnership with LifeWise Academy, has announced the Oct. 23 release of “Off School Property: Solving the Separation of Church and State,” a documentary exploring the effort to bring the Bible back to public school students. Joel Penton, CEO of LifeWise Academy, who founded the group in Ohio, says… -
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Gabbard Confirms Obama Referred to DOJ, FBI for ‘Criminal’ Investigation of ‘Russiagate’
Former President Barack Obama was involved in the “manufacturing” of an intelligence assessment relating to reputed Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. “There is irrefutable evidence that details how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they…
