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4 Reasons Why This 4th of July Is Better
As Americans fire up their grills and head out on road trips, there’s something to celebrate this Independence Day: Energy sanity is making a comeback. This year, there’s a little more freedom on the menu. After years of being shackled by a radical green agenda, 2025 is shaping up to be the year we finally… -
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‘Making Reagan’ by Film Producer Mark Joseph
“Movies aren’t made, they are forced into existence,” said legendary producer Laura Ziskin. Mark Joseph’s 19-year journey to bring “Reagan” to the screen proves that point. The film finally debuted last year, defying expectations with a 98% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and $30.1 million at the box office, reaching No. 1 both at the box… -
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The Fantasy World of Mamdani
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk about the dream house of Zohran Mamdani. He was a successful Democratic… -
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EU’s Digital Services Act Threatens to Censor Americans on Social Media
Imagine a world where Brussels bureaucrats determine Americans’ free speech on social media platforms. It sounds absurd—but that’s the current reality under the European Union’s Digital Services Act. Little discussed on American shores, the Digital Services Act—a sweeping internet regulation in Europe—is one of the most concerning global free speech threats you’ve likely never heard… -
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House Passes ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ in Legislative Triumph for Republicans
The House of Representatives narrowly passed a massive 10-year budget framework, known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, on Thursday in a triumph for the agenda of President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. “If you’re for a secure border, safer communities, and a strong military—this bill is for you,” Speaker of the House… -
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ONCE IN A GENERATION: The Wins in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Would Have Been Impossible Without President Trump
He’s done it again. House Speaker Mike Johnson has managed to wrangle House Republicans in the dead of night. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk. As I’ve asked friends of mine on Capitol Hill over the last 48 hours if Johnson can get the bill across the line,… -
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To Teach the Founding’s Principles, We Must Tell the Founders’ Stories
Nearly 250 years ago, an extraordinary generation of Americans swore their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the cause of freedom. Determined to hand down the long-standing tradition of American self-government, our Founders took up arms, triumphed in a hard-fought war against the world’s strongest military power, and left us—their descendants—the greatest system of government… -
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Heritage Action Labels Big, Beautiful Bill a Key Vote
Heritage Action, a Washington conservative advocacy group, is labeling the House’s passage of the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill a “key vote.” For Heritage Action, a key vote is when the group urges a bill’s passage and use it as a way to score a lawmaker’s alignment with conservative policies. “In a historic move, the… -
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US Supreme Court to Take Up Two Transgender Athlete Cases
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to take up two cases in its next term on laws banning men from participating in girls and women’s sports, based on biological sex. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. The cases come out of Idaho and… -
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The Secret Sauce That Made America
Friday is the Fourth of July. What will you celebrate? Freedom from the English monarchy? To me, the Fourth is about freedom, period. When the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they put forth a radical idea: Rights don’t come from kings or presidents. They come from being human. Government’s job is to protect those… -
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Trump Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his second term actions as president. That was the take from The Daily Signal’s Executive Editor Rob Bluey on a CNN panel that drew chuckles from the reliably liberal commentators. I agree, and not just because Rob is my boss. By the public standards of the… -
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Won’t Stop Aid Distribution After Hamas Puts Bounties on Workers
Hamas has placed bounties on the heads of American and local Gaza Humanitarian Foundation workers. But the Rev. Johnnie Moore, the group’s executive chairman, says, “If all of these threats are intended to shut us down, it’s just not going to work.” “Terrorists want to cause you to be afraid,” Moore said. “I’m a… -
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Why Aren’t Democrats Proud to Be American?
As we prepare to note the 249th anniversary of our country, getting ready for the great celebration next year of America’s 250th, Gallup serves up sobering data. Per polling just released by Gallup, only 58% of Americans now say they are “extremely proud” or “very proud” to be an American. When Gallup first asked this… -
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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,…
