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Trump Admin Agrees to Exempt Global AIDS Relief From Cuts, Urges Allies to Pull Weight
The Trump administration has agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from cuts in the rescissions package before the Senate this week, a senior administration official confirmed to The Daily Signal. The White House is working with other countries and partners to ensure that they carry a greater share of the burden of responding to… -
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The Failure of the Department of Education
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of major layoffs at the Department of Education Monday. It’s a huge win for those who believe the department was a failure and in need of a huge reduction in size. McMahon v. State of New York was a 6-3 decision, with the liberal justices dissenting. The case had been… -
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3 Perverse Ways Your Tax Dollars Fund the Left’s Dark Money Network
Did you know that millions of your tax dollars go to fund leftist activist groups, who then lobby the government for policies you may disagree with? The funding comes in at least three ways: directly through contracts and grants, indirectly through unions taking federal employees’ dues and sending a portion to activist groups, and then… -
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Shift to English-First Approach Across Federal Agencies
THE CENTER SQUARE—The federal government has begun to implement President Donald Trump’s March 1 executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S. with initial guidance issued by the Department of Justice Monday. Federal agencies have been directed to review and rescind earlier guidance based on an executive order from former President Bill… -
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He Smuggled Thousands of Illegal Aliens Into the US
A Honduran national living in Texas and responsible for smuggling an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 illegal aliens into the U.S. has been sentenced for his crimes. Over the course of three years, Enil Edil Mejia-Zuniga was a leader of a large illegal-immigrant smuggling ring, helping thousands of migrants enter the U.S. from 11 different countries, according to… -
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New Polling Finds Strong Bipartisan Support for Trump’s Immigration Policies
President Donald Trump is enjoying strong support for his border and immigration policies among U.S. voters, according to a new Harvard-Harris Poll. The poll, conducted July 6-8, found that 60% of voters support Trump’s actions to close the southern border, with 34% of Democrats and 89% of Republicans saying they back the president’s measures… -
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Why Mexicans Are Protesting Mass Immigration
Many Mexicans have similar complaints about American immigrants as Americans do about Mexican immigrants. Earlier this month, a major city saw a xenophobic protest against immigrants. Those gathered hurled ethnic slurs at the foreigners. Someone spray-painted “not your home” on a wall. One sign read, “Respect my culture.” Complaints included the influx driving up housing… -
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Rep. Andy Barr Wants to Turn Off Taxpayer Money Tap for Schools That Defy Trump’s EO on Women’s Sports
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr will introduce legislation that requires schools and higher education institutions to “ensure biological fairness” in women’s sports as a condition of receiving federal funding, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The bill, titled “The Defend Girls Athletics Act,” requires elementary and secondary schools, along with institutions… -
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House Moves to Ban Digital Currency Tool With Potential for Authoritarian Abuse
The House of Representatives is set to vote Tuesday on a digital currency bill that its supporters say could prevent potential future abuse of Americans’ financial freedom. The legislation, introduced by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is called the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. “By passing the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, we’re not only codifying… -
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UN Experts Duel Over ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’ at Human Rights Council
At the latest session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which just concluded last week, delegates dialogued with two U.N. human rights experts who have written reports focused on gender ideology. These two experts’ views on “gender questions,” and their recommendations for how countries can protect human rights, reflected radically different views on society and… -
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Another One Bites the Dust
Chip and Joanna Gaines, arguably America’s most beloved Christian couple, are prominently spotlighting a same-sex couple and their kids on a new show. The Gaines’ new series “Back to the Frontier,” a reality show about families living an 1800s lifestyle, features Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs and their sons. In an Instagram post, Hanna isn’t… -
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Ohio Urges New Yorkers Worried About Mamdani to Trade the Big Apple for the Buckeye State
The New York City mayoral race keeps getting interesting. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has now officially joined the fight in what looks to be a crowded general election race between himself, Mayor Eric Adams, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and the Democrat’s socialist nominee Zohran Mamdani. With such a crowded field, Mamdani still looks to… -
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Judges Should Get Judged Too
Who judges the judges? That question has taken the forefront in recent days as questions swirl about whether certain federal judges have the authority to block many of President Donald Trump’s actions from early in his second term. But outside of this federal court limelight, many more decisions—and in some ways even more consequential decisions—are… -
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Senate Faces Litmus Test With Chance to Codify DOGE
The Republican-controlled Senate faces a major litmus test this week of whether it is willing to cut federal government spending going forward. This week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is attempting to pass a rescissions package to cut $9.4 billion in unspent funds from foreign aid and public broadcasting. The package, which targets funding for… -
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Senate Must Pass White House Rescissions Package
For far too long, leaders in Washington have wasted hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on woke and weaponized programs, including outright propaganda that only the faculty of Harvard could support. The White House’s rescissions package reins in this waste and restores common sense as we work to get our fiscal house in order. The… -
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Trump Plans Unprecedented Visit to Foreign Ally
President Donald Trump will take an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom in September. “The United States’ friendship with the United Kingdom is one of our country’s oldest and most treasured alliances—which recently resulted in a historic trade deal that expanded market access for American farmers,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a… -
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Dems Should Give Mammy the Duke Treatment
Democrats have a Mammy problem. The solution lies in the GOP playbook, if they are smart enough to open it. Democrats seem puzzled about how to handle their nominee for mayor of New York, state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. I call him Mammy, for short. The Ugandan-born, ethnically Indian 33-year-old is almost a ChatGPT-generated far-leftist designed by… -
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1 Year After Butler, Lawmakers Decry Political Violence, but Questions Remain Unanswered
A year removed from the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, questions remain unanswered as to the motives of the gunman, who was fatally shot by a Secret Service countersniper, and how such a horrific episode can be prevented in the future. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., who represents… -
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Incumbent Working to Retain Seat so Republicans Can Take Over Virginia House
All eyes are turning to Virginia as the state heads into its off-year elections for governor and control of the Virginia House of Delegates this November. As Virginians cast their ballots this fall, Americans will get a glimpse of how people in this bellwether state feel about President Donald Trump, Republicans, and their policies. In… -
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Trump Administration Sets Deportation Record
The mass deportation of illegal aliens is not new. The U.S. has been removing thousands of illegal immigrants every year since the 1800s, according to official Department of Homeland Security data. Prior to the second Trump administration, the highest annual illegal immigrant-removal numbers reported were under the Obama administration, according to DHS figures. During President…
