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Ohio Democrats Have Their Narrative: Blame Trump for Inflation
Even with the recent inflation numbers just released for June, one can’t forget the outrageous levels experienced during the Biden administration. Nevertheless, Ohio Democrats have found their narrative: blaming President Donald Trump for inflation, specifically when it comes to tariffs. This narrative was visible whether coming from the most vulnerable Ohio Democrat, Rep. Marcy Kaptur… -
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Republicans Holding Out for Hero to Replace Tillis in NC, Hold Senate Seat
In the wake of North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis’ decision not to seek reelection in 2026, the GOP is holding out for a hero who can defend the Republican majority in the purple state. Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told The Daily Signal Tuesday that a winning candidate in the Tarheel State must be honest… -
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New Tool Makes Defense Budget More Accessible
The Heritage Foundation unveiled a “first of its kind” online tool that analyzes and makes accessible the U.S. defense budget. The tool is available to the public and makes the process of examining budget data from the Defense Department easier, according to a statement from Heritage. Before the creation of the Defense Budget Builder, data… -
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UDC Claims to Champion Diversity—Then It Shut Down Our Black Panelists
Just days after the Fourth of July—a holiday meant to honor freedom—we find ourselves defending it. The Our America Foundation and Fair For All have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of the District of Columbia, a public historically black college, for denying our request to host a campus debate. The topic?… -
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Woman Who Helped Kamala Harris Demonize Brett Kavanaugh Now Works for Trump at DOD
Then-Sen. Kamala Harris became notorious for vehemently opposing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 ahead of her 2020 presidential run, and a woman who advised Harris during the Kavanaugh confirmation now serves in the Defense Department under President Donald Trump. Samantha Goldstein, who gave more than $19,000 to Democrats in the past three years… -
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What’s at Stake in Rescissions Package?
It required two tiebreaking votes from Vice President JD Vance, but the $9.4 billion rescissions package moved a step closer to passage in the Senate. With a Friday deadline to deliver the rescissions to President Donald Trump, the Senate advanced the spending cuts Tuesday following procedural votes. Three Republican senators—Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski… -
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‘Indoctrinating Our Children With Toxic Propaganda’: GOP Lawmakers Aim to Repeal Teachers Union’s Congressional Charter
Republican members of Congress are working to strip the National Education Association of its congressional “stamp of approval.” “The National Education Association’s time is over,” Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., said at a press conference Wednesday in unveiling his legislation to strip the teachers union of its congressional charter. “They call themselves a teachers union,… -
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‘Threat Multiplier’: Experts Warn of Downside of Artificial Intelligence
At a House panel’s hearing Wednesday, policy experts expressed a grim assessment of the growing criminal uses of artificial intelligence. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, opened the hearing by noting that “AI-enabled threats continue to evolve as bad actors use AI technology in a wide spectrum of… -
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Fox News Adds ‘Ruthless’ Podcast as Part of Media Expansion
Fox News announced a licensing deal Tuesday with the popular podcast “Ruthless,” which will join the network’s other hit programs like “Will Cain Country.” “The Fox News Media ecosystem we have built over the past seven years continues to thrive and set new records, and the ‘Ruthless’ deal is a natural extension of our powerhouse brand as… -
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Overtaken by New Media, NPR and PBS Have Outlived Original Purpose, Should Be Defunded
Some of us are old enough to remember B.C. Before Cable, that is. That was long before flat-panel televisions with HDMI inputs, before broadcasters’ digital sub-channels, and even before VCRs and DVRs. It was also way before Bruce Springsteen’s 1992 song “57 Channels (and Nothin’ On).” Before cable TV, there were just three over-the-air broadcast… -
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House Republicans Call for Codifying More DOGE Cuts
At a Republican Study Committee media event Tuesday, House GOP lawmakers said they hope the White House continues to send them bills to codify Department of Government Efficiency cuts to the federal government. “There’s trillions of waste, fraud, and abuse of dollars in our federal government, if you ask me,” Rep. Craig Goldman of Texas told… -
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Coast Guard Seizes Enough Cocaine to Kill Population of 3 Large US States
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 240,000 pounds of cocaine since the start of the Trump administration on Jan. 20, enough to kill the combined population of California, Texas, and New York, according to the Department of Homeland Security. President Donald Trump “is keeping his promise to Make America Safe Again. The… -
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Trump to Sign Bill Cracking Down on Fentanyl
President Donald Trump will sign into law a bill cracking down on the fentanyl crisis while surrounded by an audience of 200 lawmakers, activists, and Americans who have lost loved ones to the deadly substance, a White House official confirmed to The Daily Signal. “President Trump has made securing the border and ending the drug… -
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‘ACCOUNTABILITY RESTORED’: Trump Admin Celebrates Ending Grants That Funded Far-Left Organizations
The Trump White House and the State Department celebrated Tuesday the end of government grants that directed tax dollars to the Left’s dark money network. “President [Donald] Trump has done more than anyone to root out waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government, and has exposed billions of dollars doled out by unelected bureaucrats… -
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Congress Keeps Pushing Colleges to Discriminate—but the Fight Back Has Finally Begun
This June, Tennessee joined the civil rights organization Students for Fair Admissions to file a lawsuit opposing racial discrimination in higher education. That might give you a sneaking sense of déjà vu—didn’t the Supreme Court crack down on racial preferences two years ago in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard? While the court made it… -
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Defend the Taxpayer. Pass the Rescissions.
For far too long, both parties have allowed waste, fraud, and abuse to fester in nearly every corner of the federal budget while hardworking Americans foot the bill. It’s time to reverse course and pass the rescissions package for the good of the taxpayer. House Republicans have already done our job. We passed a package… -
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Muslim Scholars Deem Trump ‘Enemy Against God’
Iranian media unveiled a letter this month written by “100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals” that declared President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “enemies against God.” In this letter, the Muslim scholars warned leaders of Islam that “compromise, normalization of relations, or collaboration” with these countries and their leaders is forbidden. The Iranian Islamic leaders… -
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Stricter Immigration Enforcement Could Be Coming to Ohio
The Ohio state Legislature is off until mid-September, but there’s already a preview in place for what’s to come once the session starts back up. Lawmakers in this increasingly red state, which voted for President Donald Trump three times, are looking for stricter immigration enforcement. Axios referenced several pieces of legislation being considered in Ohio,… -
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House Panel Probes Taxpayer Dollars Sent to Left-Wing Groups
Left-leaning nonprofits receive taxpayer dollars in three key ways—through government contracts and grants, indirectly through government unions, and through taxpayer-funded union time—Daily Signal Senior Editor Tyler O’Neil told a House panel Tuesday. “Federal employees in a union give part of their taxpayer-funded paychecks to the union, ostensibly for representation in bargaining for perks like working… -
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Human Rights Commission Hears Testimony About Persecution of Christians
Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission heard testimony Tuesday condemning the government of Pakistan over its treatment of Christians and other religious minorities. In his opening remarks, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., a co-chairman of the bipartisan commission, noted what the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has said about the state of religious freedom in…
