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Trump Administration to Carry Out Sweeping Immigration Review After National Guard Shooting
REUTERS—President Donald Trump has ordered a widespread review of asylum cases approved under former President Joe Biden’s administration and green cards issued to citizens of 19 countries, Department of Homeland Security officials said on Thursday. Officials say the Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday entered the U.S. in 2021 under a resettlement… -
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Don’t Take Thanksgiving for Granted
The nation will this week partake in a ritual unlike any other in the rest of the world. Americans of all persuasions, races, and creeds will gather with family around the table and give thanks, most of them to the Almighty, for the bounty they have received this year. It’s easy to take Thanksgiving for… -
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FBI Searched DC Shooting Suspect’s Home in Washington State, Location in California
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—FBI Director Kash Patel said during a Thursday press conference that the agency has searched the Washington state home of a gunman accused of ambushing two National Guardsmen and a location in San Diego, California. West Virginia National Guardsmen Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Beckstrom were allegedly shot with a Smith and Wesson revolver… -
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‘RECIPE FOR DISASTER’: Victor Davis Hanson Reveals Democrats’ Dark Plan
Victor Davis Hanson painted a dire picture of America’s descent into chaos during a Fox News interview Wednesday night, just hours after an Afghan national shot two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. Hanson, a Daily Signal senior contributor and Hoover Institution senior fellow, told guest host Kellyanne Conway that left-wing leaders have systematically undermined law… -
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The Brutal Battle of Tarawa: A Thanksgiving We Should Never Forget
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, take a moment to remember the many Americans who gave their last full measure 82 years ago in the attack on the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Almost two years after Pearl Harbor, the assault by the 2nd Marine Division on a Japanese-held stronghold started on Nov. 20, 1943, five… -
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How Virginia Held the First Thanksgiving and Gave Us Freedoms to Be Thankful For
Sorry, Massachusetts, Thanksgiving started here. According to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, “Captain John Woodlief and thirty-seven men sailed from Bristol, England, on the ship Margaret and reached Berkeley Hundred nearly three months later in December 1619. They marked their deliverance from the stormy North Atlantic with a simple service of thanks to… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Fallacy at the Heart of Ken Burns’ ‘American Revolution’ Documentary
In today’s Thanksgiving episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler take issue with director Ken Burns’ assertion in his “American Revolution” documentary series that the Founding Fathers based their ideas for democracy on the Iroquois Nations. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition… -
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‘Act of Terror’: Trump Says National Guard Shooting Suspect Afghan Who Entered US Through Biden Program
President Donald Trump denounced the shooting of two National Guard members as an “act of terror” in remarks Wednesday night and said the suspect was originally from Afghanistan. Referring to the “monstrous ambush-style attack just steps away from the White House,” Trump said, “This heinous assault was an act of evil, an act of hatred… -
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‘Trump Put Them in Harm’s Way’: Liberals React to National Guard Shooting
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday; a tragedy that immediately spurred a deluge of prominent liberal commentators and activists on social media blaming President Donald Trump. The guardsmen were attacked a block away from the White House shortly before 3 p.m. local time and remained in critical condition… -
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What Democrats Have Recently Said About National Guard
Amid the tragic news that 2 National Guard members had been shot in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, social media users drew attention to recent comments by Democrat lawmakers on President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard to combat crime in cities across America. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser referred to the attack as a “targeted… -
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Reject the Woke Rewriting: The Pilgrims Aren’t Villains
In a recent interview on Fox News, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch remarked, “We need to know our history in order to preserve it.” As we celebrate another Thanksgiving, that statement rings truer than ever, as many Americans have no idea of the sacrifices made by those who crossed the Atlantic for religious freedom as well as… -
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Don’t Let Big Tech Hold America’s Kids Hostage
It appears the dam is finally breaking as Republicans in the House advance a package of child safety bills that bereaving and aggrieved parents have waited years for. The House Energy and Commerce Committee revealed 19 bills to be considered in a legislative hearing, among them a version of the Kids Online Safety Act. From… -
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The Hidden Biotech Stakes of AI Moratorium Debate
After a resounding 99-1 defeat last summer, efforts to enact an artificial intelligence moratorium are back, this time with a push to force it into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As Annie Chestnut Tutor notes, supporters say it is needed to stop “an unworkable patchwork of disparate and conflicting state AI laws” and to… -
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BREAKING: Trump Reacts to Shooting of 2 National Guard Members
Two members of the National Guard were shot in Washington on Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X while the White House said it was on lockdown, with President Donald Trump away in Florida. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey initially said in a X post that the two of the… -
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The Woman Who Redeemed Chester Arthur
The new Netflix series “Death by Lightning” (based on the fantastic book, “Destiny of the Republic”) tells the true story of President James Garfield’s assassination in 1881 and portrays the beginning of Chester Arthur’s presidency that followed. Yet in this retelling of the national trauma, the show tragically erases a pivotal figure who helped change history: Julia Sand,… -
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‘Protect All Our Ladies’: How Trump’s Housing Chief Is Restoring Single-Sex Spaces for Homeless Women
Sec. Scott Turner is restoring “biological truth” at the Department of Housing and Urban Development by making sure males can’t invade female-only shelters, he told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. “Under the Biden administration, they really ignored biological truth and forced DEI extreme ideology,” he said. “And so when we came into HUD,… -
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Departing Rep. Shares Top Concern Heading Into 2026
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 27. The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be one of the most consequential midterm elections in… -
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Here are the Top 5 Movies to Watch This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an opportunity for some leisure time with family and friends, and after a satisfying meal, some may no doubt be drawn to the couch for some quality home entertainment. Here are five movies you should consider watching over the Thanksgiving weekend with your friends and family. ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ (1973) This television… -
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Chicago Train Burning Shows How Too Much Leniency to the Guilty Is Cruelty to the Innocent
A young woman is fighting for her life in Chicago with severe burns because of a grave injustice intolerably common in cities across America. Bethany MaGee, a 26-year-old woman from Upland, Indiana, is fighting for her life with horrific burns she received while riding Chicago’s CTA Blue Line train on Nov. 17. Her story is… -
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Thanksgiving: The Quintessential American Holiday
Gratitude is an essential attribute of people who are happy and living purpose-filled lives. Sometimes success leads to gratitude, but it’s more accurate to say that gratitude breeds success. And ingratitude breeds failure. This is a common biblical theme, best epitomized in the Book of Exodus. Shortly after God (through Moses) freed the people of…
