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opinion
Bill Moyers, the Face of Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda
Liberal journalists dumped a barrel of glorifying adjectives upon the news Bill Moyers died at age 91. The Washington Post headline was “Bill Moyers, eminence of public affairs broadcasting, dies at 91.” AP’s Frazier Moore gushed, “the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium… -
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House Advances Big, Beautiful Bill
The House of Representatives passed a rule to bring a massive 10-year budget framework—known as the one big, beautiful bll—to the floor, as Republican leadership attempts to send it to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature by Independence Day. The bill would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and provide funding for border security and defense…. -
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Nationalism Is the Answer to Globalism
Two 2016 elections—President Donald Trump in the U.S. and Brexit in the United Kingdom—sent our global elites reeling. The only people not surprised that borders and sovereignty prevailed on both sides of the Atlantic, it seemed, were those still bold enough to call themselves nationalists. Yoram Hazony was so bold as to be an unapologetic… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Porn Age-Verification Law
Last Friday, the Supreme Court held in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that states can require pornographic websites to verify that users are over 18. States now have much more leeway to ensure that children are protected from internet pornography. In 2023, Texas introduced the law challenged in Paxton. The law requires pornography websites to… -
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Republican Unity Rally: Virginia Candidates Present United Front Ahead of Election
The top three Republicans on Virginia’s ballot rallied together for the first time Tuesday, presenting a united front ahead of the closely watched Nov. 4 election. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for governor, joined Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and John Reid, the lieutenant governor nominee, at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department in… -
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Nick Freitas Talks Founding Principles, Fighting Socialism, and Life After Politics
As Independence Day approaches, The Daily Signal sat down with politician-turned-Virginia’s newest “conservative influencer” Nick Freitas to talk about the nation’s founding, the internal struggles the country has had with the forces of socialism, and how his life has changed since he announced that he was not going to seek reelection to public office. >>>… -
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Border Czar Homan Credits ‘Trump Effect’ for June’s Low Illegal-Alien Encounter Numbers
Border czar Tom Homan is praising the “Trump effect” after another drop in illegal-alien encounters at the southern border in June. “Total Border Patrol encounters for the entire month of June 2025 was 6,070,” Homan wrote on X. “That is less than a single day under [President Joe Biden]. As a matter of fact,… -
opinion
Consider the Dissenter: Justice Jackson’s Troubled Close to the 2024 Term
Ketanji Brown Jackson is a justice seeking to establish her legacy. By some lights, her mere presence as the first black women on the Supreme Court is already a legacy-cementing fact. To her credit, she understands that status alone is not enough, and thus she has been enormously active as a questioner and opinion writer… -
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Zero Illegal Aliens Were Let Into US in June
The Trump administration’s border czar Tom Homan announced on X Tuesday evening that not a single person detained at the border in June was released into the country. Last month’s border numbers are in, and they are a massive win for President Donald Trump and the rule of law. That goes alongside a dramatic decline in total border encounters… -
opinion
John Reid Talks About Uniting the Virginia Republican Ticket for November
Politics—the concept, not the American spectator sport—comes from ancient Greek word politiká, or “affairs of the cities,” and is defined as “a set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups.” One group that will need to work together over the next several months is the Republican ticket for Virginia’s next governor, lieutenant… -
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Turning Up the Heat: China Continues Its Years Long Military Pressure Campaign Around Taiwan
“Taiwan is, of course, a country,” proclaimed the island’s President Lai Ching-te on June 22. In his first of a series of 10 lectures, Lai reaffirmed that Taiwan’s sovereignty derives from its 23 million people, earning him a swift rebuke from Beijing. True to form, Beijing resorted to calling Lai’s speech “a ‘Taiwan independence’ declaration… -
opinion
DOJ Sues More States Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Attention, all parents and college students worried about the ever-rising cost of college tuition. The Department of Justice has finally—after three decades—started enforcing the federal law that prohibits states from offering in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless they also offer in-state tuition to everyone else—including all citizen students from out of state. The law it’s… -
opinion
Media Gets It Wrong on UVA President’s Resignation
What last week’s resignation of University of Virginia President Jim Ryan wasn’t was an assault on academia and the independence of America’s universities as the media and Democrat elected officials are claiming. What it is is a serious opportunity to talk about federalism and real academic independence. First, the details. The U.S. Department of Justice… -
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Democrats Need a Dose of Populism, but Not Mamdani’s Kind
Zohran Mamdani is the latest sign establishment Democrats don’t know how to handle a populist challenge. They haven’t learned anything from the defeats right-wing populism inflicted on them with President Donald Trump. Now they’re knocked on their backsides by a new generation of left-wing populism in their own party. Making Mamdani mayor of New York… -
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Controversy Over UVA President’s Resignation Puts DEI in Education in the Spotlight
Fallout continues in wake of the news that University of Virginia President James Ryan will be stepping down from his role as President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice investigates the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Trump issued an executive order earlier this year telling federally funded entities to shut down DEI programs or they… -
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UPenn Settlement With Trump Admin Over Trans Athletes Seen as Big Win for Women’s Sports
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over transgender-identifying males competing against females in women’s sports. The federal Department of Education was able to get the university to agree to restore female athletes to all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or other… -
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Grassley Reveals the FBI Suppressed Evidence of China Meddling in 2020 Election
The FBI suppressed intelligence about Chinese meddling in the 2020 election, according to emails released Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. The FBI declassified and provided requested records to Grassley after the senator received whistleblower information about the matter. Emails show that on Sept. 25, 2020, the FBI’s field office in Albany, New… -
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Rocky Road Ahead for ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ After Senate Triumph
After the Senate’s narrow 51-50 passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Tuesday, with Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote, Republican senators celebrated finally getting the massive 10-year fiscal framework across the finish line there. The bill passed the Senate despite the “no” votes from Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins… -
opinion
Democrats’ Pride in America Hinges on Who’s in Charge
For this year’s Independence Day it seems fewer Democrats will be celebrating. A recently released Gallup poll revealed a disturbing trend. The percentage of Americans who say they are proud of their country has dropped to a historic low. “A record-low 58% of U.S. adults say they are ‘extremely’ (41%) or ‘very’ (17%) proud to be an American, down… -
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Biden Chief of Staff Set to Testify in House Probe of Cognitive Decline, Autopen Use
Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain has agreed to take questions from congressional investigators probing former President Joe Biden’s apparent cognitive decline, according to an aide with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The committee is also investigating the potential unauthorized issuance of sweeping pardons and other executive actions. Klain agreed to…
