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opinion
Seismic Shifts: How the World Flipped in 6 Months
In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo. The unthinkable has become the banal. Take illegal immigration—remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under former President Joe Biden? Recall the only solution was supposedly “comprehensive immigration reform”—a… -
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Senator’s Hospitalization Casts Spotlight on Aging Congress
The sudden hospitalization this week of retiring Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., was a reminder of the stresses of politics on an aging Congress. Smith, 67, was hospitalized Wednesday after not feeling well. She was discharged from the hospital the next day but had already announced that she would not run for reelection in 2026. Being… -
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Making America Great Means Making Buildings Beautiful
On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” calling for a return to neoclassical architecture in federal construction. To some, this may seem like mere aesthetic preference. But a look back at the history of American architecture reveals that there is a lot more to modern art… -
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Threatened at Boston Marathon: New Mom Takes Stand for Women’s Sports, Common Sense
Running in the Boston Marathon was a longtime dream for Natalie Daniels, and doing it six months’ postpartum, she says, felt like a way to celebrate the beauty and power of the female body. That’s why Daniels says she was troubled to learn that the Boston Marathon was now allowing men who identify as women… -
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‘Onward!’ My Boss Ed Feulner Built a Movement and Cared for People
“Onward!” Along with a dozen other sayings, this was the signature of Edwin J. Feulner, who passed away Friday. There is not a week that goes by that I do not quote him. He was a giant of the conservative movement, but I got to work with him day to day as his chief of… -
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Ed Feulner, Heritage Foundation Founder and Conservative Movement Giant, Dies
Edwin J. Feulner Jr., founder of The Heritage Foundation and a longtime leader of the conservative movement, died Friday. He was 83 years old. Heritage announced Feulner’s death in a statement released by President Kevin Roberts and Board Chairman Barb Van Andel-Gaby. They praised Feulner as “more than a leader—he was a visionary, a builder,… -
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There’s Another Democratic Socialist Running for Mayor
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned the nation about New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda on Thursday at a press briefing. But there’s another name she could have added. Meet Omar Fateh, a Muslim democratic socialist running for Minneapolis mayor. National attention has recently turned toward this 35-year-old native of the District… -
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Heritage President Says America’s Second Revolution Must Aim at Cultural Flourishing
“We are in the second American Revolution,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts declared Friday. “I don’t mean that there needs to be bloodshed,” Roberts said at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 52nd Annual Meeting. “Although, [on] the left, if you spend some time in Washington, D.C., around Capitol Hill and outside of The Heritage Foundation… -
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‘ZERO TOLERANCE’: Border Czar Homan Issues Warning to ICE Attackers
There’s a new border czar in town, and he says he has “zero tolerance” for attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. “This ridiculousness is over,” Tom Homan told The Daily Signal. “You put a hand on an ICE officer, you’re going to prison. You impede an ICE officer, you’re getting prosecuted,” he said Friday… -
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Democrat Division Over Mamdani Remains After AOC’s Promotional Breakfast
As self-proclaimed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani heads for the general election in the race for New York City mayor, he’s seeking to foster relationships with national Democrats in Washington. Mamdani, a Democrat in the New York state Assembly who won his party’s primary for mayor on June 24, has garnered the support of some… -
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Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to School Choice?
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s voice still echoes loudly in Virginia and across the United States. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” But since 2019, the parents have been voting with their feet. According to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics, public K-12 enrollment peaked at 50.8 million… -
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There’s Still Plenty of Reasons to Celebrate OBBB’s Effect on Planned Parenthood
Ohio has been experiencing winning results thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law earlier this month by President Donald Trump. Planned Parenthood, not so much. Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio announced closures of Springfield and Hamilton locations, effective Aug. 1. The announcement was made in a July 17 press release and included… -
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Shake-Up on Earle-Sears Campaign for Virginia Governor
The danger of changing campaign staff during an election cycle is that the press immediately covers it as a campaign in peril, not as one that should be lauded for noticing there may be a problem. When the Washington Nationals’ promising season hit the skids as soon as the temperatures started to reach the 90s,… -
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Trump’s EPA Cuts Nearly 4,000 Jobs, Saves Taxpayers $750 Million
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday a reduction in force that will save taxpayers nearly $750 million. The workforce reorganization is part of the agency’s “comprehensive restructuring efforts,” and will affect the Office of Research and Development, the EPA’s scientific research arm. After the latest reduction, the EPA will have cut its workforce from 16,155… -
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Salena Zito Tops NYT Bestseller List With ‘Butler’ Book
A new book detailing the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt on President Donald Trump debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times’ bestseller list this week. Salena Zito, a journalist and Daily Signal columnist who witnessed the shooting just feet from then-candidate Trump, wrote about the harrowing episode in “Butler: The Untold Story of the… -
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‘Shameful’: DHS Secretary Noem Bashes Nashville Mayor Over ‘Doxing’ ICE Agents
The mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, has “jeopardized” the safety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and their families, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. “Mayor Freddie O’Connell has gone after our ICE individuals and agents that work with [Homeland Security Investigations],” Noem said at a press conference in Nashville on Friday. O’Connell,… -
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Congress Enshrines New Name for Wildlife Refuge to Honor Slain Texas Girl
The House of Representatives approved a bill this week enshrining the name of a wildlife preserve to memorialize a young Texas girl killed more than a year ago, allegedly by a pair of illegal aliens. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who sponsored the legislation in the Senate, told The Daily Signal, “Jocelyn Nungaray was a 12-year-old… -
opinion
‘Gold Standard Science’ Should Start With the Climate
President Donald Trump seeks to restore America’s “gold standard science”—a science that’s rooted in transparency, peer review, reproducibility, and freedom from political pressure. It’s time to apply that sort of science to climate. “[W]here any type of ‘scientific evidence’ is used to support a government policy, a regulation, or legislation, the science behind it should… -
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Trump Will Fight Back Against the Big Bank Woke Agenda
President Donald Trump’s election victory was a wake-up call for many reasons. From the madness at the southern border to out-of-control inflation, Americans made it abundantly clear they were ready for a stop to the country’s downward spiral. Now the president is planning to do the same to the banking industry, restoring sanity to… -
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Gas Prices Plummet to New Lows Under Trump
Gas prices often increase in the summer as more motorists hit the road, but this year’s pump prices have dropped to match the summer of 2021, the last time seasonal gas prices were this low. The national average is down about 3 cents per gallon from last week, returning to the price from a month…
