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opinion
Secure Borders Win Wars Like This One
The Iran crisis of the past two weeks isn’t just about nuclear weapons—it’s also an urgent reminder that border security is national security. Tehran’s terrorist agents are a weapon with a much longer reach than any of the mullahs’ missiles. They’ve been a threat to Salman Rushdie’s life in the United States and Europe for… -
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‘Used and Abused for Decades’: Texas Lawmaker Seeks Overhaul of Temporary Protected Status
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Texas congressman is aiming to reform the Temporary Protected Status program for migrants and to end the abuses of the program. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Thursday will introduce a bill that, if passed and signed into law, would grant Congress, not the president, authority to designate a foreign country… -
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Top Trump Administration Official Discusses Rescissions Package
Trump administration Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testified before a Senate panel on Wednesday about defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal government programs totaling $9.4 billion in reduced spending. “A vote for rescissions is a vote to show that the United States Senate is serious about getting our fiscal… -
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Republican Ticket in Virginia Seeks Unity Going Into Campaign Season
Virginians don’t elect their statewide executive officers as a party “ticket” like the U.S. president and vice president do, so the races can be “every candidate for him/herself.” Sometimes, the candidates exemplify that and run on their own rather than as a team. And oftentimes, that can be to their collective detriment. One example of… -
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New York’s Embrace of Socialist Mayoral Candidate Is About Liberal Catharsis
A far-left socialist who has supported defunding the police and replacing them with social workers, abolishing prisons, abolishing private health insurance, banning guns, decriminalizing pretty much every drug, and creating government-run grocery stores won the Democratic Party mayoral primary in New York City on Tuesday. The race is about more than New York. It’s a harbinger of… -
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Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Shields US From Iran Turmoil, Energy Chief Says
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said American consumers are reaping the benefits from the Trump administration’s pro-energy agenda, a fundamental departure from Biden-era policies. Citing the recent conflict between Israel and Iran in the volatile Middle East, Wright noted that “today the price of oil is lower than it was when bullets started flying” on June… -
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‘Rotten to the Core’: Kari Lake Details Federal Media Agency’s Problems
The parent agency of Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded media are “incompetent and mismanaged, deeply corrupt,” Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, told a House panel Wednesday. “This place is rotten. It’s rotten to the core,” said Lake during testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “President [Donald] Trump… -
opinion
In New Role at Airbnb, Biden Chief of Staff Continues Gaslighting Conservatives
Ron Klain is the eye of the storm. Again. Klain, who served as chief of staff to former President Joe Biden, moved to the private sector and now serves as chief legal officer at Airbnb, the real estate rental tech giant. Unfortunately, Klain’s gone from managing a White House accused of concealing the severity of… -
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Joni Ernst Pulls Back the Curtain on Key Senate Effort to Fight the Deep State in the One Big, Beautiful Bill
Federal bureaucrats can act like a “deep state,” opposing the people’s elected president from within his own executive branch, in part because public-sector unions protect them, and taxpayers unwittingly pay bureaucrats for work they do for these unions. The Republican Congress aims to claw back some of this money in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,”… -
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Mass Shooting Prevented Because of Second Amendment, Expert Says
A children’s church service in Wayne, Michigan, Sunday nearly became the scene of a mass shooting after a gunman opened fire outside CrossPointe Community Church. A parishioner hit the suspect with his vehicle and at least two church staff members fatally shot him before anyone was killed, The Associated Press reported. In a media… -
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Ex-Senator Seeks to Return to Hill After 13-Year Hiatus
Former Republican Sen. Scott Brown has jumped into the Senate race in New Hampshire, seeking to replace retiring Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Shaheen, 78, in the Senate since 2009, opted against running for a fourth six-year term next year. The election for the seat will be held on Nov. 3, 2026. Brown previously served as… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Video Showcases Human Impact of Biden’s Border Crisis on Texas Rancher
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—When Martin Wall and his wife bought a ranch in Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2021, they had no idea they’d spend the next four years defending their property from the Biden administration’s illegal immigration crisis. Wall achieved his dream of purchasing a ranch and raising his children there. But the day… -
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Lawmaker’s Bill Would Cut ‘DEI Crap’ From School Accreditation Process
A Florida Republican lawmaker is introducing a bill to overhaul how schools get accredited in a move he suggests could refocus education toward practical ends, rather than ideology. Accreditation is the process by which a school gets recognized as a legitimate institution, and Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., argues that it has been hijacked. “The radical… -
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Trump Takes Victory Lap on NATO Spending
President Donald Trump has secured a commitment to increase defense spending from European allies at this week’s NATO summit, held at The Hague in the Netherlands. “Allies commit to invest 5% of [gross domestic product] annually on core defense requirements as well as defense- and security-related spending by 2035 to ensure our individual and collective… -
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What You Need to Know About the Iran Intel Leak
The recent Israeli and American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have been “extremely successful” in significantly delaying Iran’s nuclear program, according to Robert Greenway, a former senior intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s U.S. Central Command. Greenway, who also served as a senior director for the National Security Council and principal architect of the… -
opinion
12-Day War Shows Trump Is Not a Warmonger
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump does not want to be a wartime president. He wants to be the president who, as he did at Mar-a-Lago in 2017, enjoyed “the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake you’ve ever seen,” as he informed Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the U.S. had just dropped bombs on Syria. Trump wants to… -
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Trump Administration Sets Record Straight on Iranian Nuclear Site Attack
Following reporting that the U.S. strikes on Iran’s three major nuclear sites only set Iran’s nuclear program back months, Trump administration officials are blaming a “leaker” for circulating such reports. “The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed,” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social late Tuesday night while bashing CNN and The New York… -
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Trump Administration to Meet With Iran Following Successful US Strike
President Donald Trump said he would soon meet with Iran following the United States’ successful strike on the nation’s nuclear enrichment facilities. Because Iran’s nuclear capacity is destroyed, Trump said he doesn’t feel a need to get Iran to sign an agreement. “We’re going to talk to them next week with Iran,” Trump said. “We… -
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Mamdani Wins NYC Democrat Primary: What You Need to Know
New York Democrat Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani brought the Cuomo political dynasty to its knees Tuesday night with his victory in the New York City mayoral primary. Mamdani, 33, a self-described socialist, would become New York’s first Muslim mayor if elected. He held 43.5% of Democrat votes, compared to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 36.4% with 93%… -
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Education Department Finds California in Violation of Law for Allowing Boys in Girls Sports
The Department of Education has found California in violation of Title IX for allowing males in female sports and spaces. The department’s Office for Civil Rights concluded its Title IX investigations into the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation for allegedly discriminating against women and girls on the basis of sex. President…
