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Senate Committee Moves to Deregulate Firearm Silencers in Budget Bill
The Senate is moving to deregulate firearms silencers in its long-anticipated version of the budget reconciliation bill. The bill has passed the House and is now being debated in the Senate. Provisions to loosen burdensome restrictions on firearms silencers have been included in the Senate Finance Committee’s legislative text for the Senate version of the… -
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SPLC Finally Clears Up ‘Major Misconception’ About Whether It Is ‘Anti-Christian’
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably not an ostrich. If a leftist group cited by the FBI puts Christian nonprofits on a “hate map” and says Christian moral theology is evidence of “hate,” it’s probably anti-Christian—even if it swears to high heaven that’s not true. The Southern Poverty… -
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Liberal Media Pretend Leftist Protesters Represent a Majority
The national media employ a long-held double standard on political protests. They boost left-wing protests regardless of crowd size and pretend they’re not leftist. When conservatives protest, it’s either ignored or it’s treated as menacing, laced with a “dark undercurrent.” Saturday’s nationally organized leftist “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump were boosted as “massive.”… -
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What Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in Virginia Means for November
131,793. That’s how many of the 6 million-plus of Virginia’s registered voters cast a ballot on Tuesday for state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for lieutenant governor, and she won. To be fair, only about 34% of Virginia’s registered voters identify as Democrat, so it’s not as stark a number. OK,… -
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‘I’m More Libertarian Than You!’ Rand Paul Opens Up About His Conversations With Trump, Iran War
At any moment, President Donald Trump could decide to directly involve the United States in yet another war in the Middle East—this time against Iran. The stakes could not be higher and this week, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss. “I think President Trump’s instincts are to try to keep us… -
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More Republicans Than Democrats Support Israel in Conflict With Iran, Poll Finds
A majority of registered Republican voters and those who lean Republican—58%—said the United States should be supporting Israel in its current conflict with Iran, according to a new Napolitan News National Survey. Twenty-four percent of Republicans and Republican leaners said the U.S. should not support Israel or Iran in the conflict. Registered Democrat voters and… -
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Movement to Stop Left-Leaning Smithsonian Latino Museum Gains Momentum
Conservatives are rallying behind President Donald Trump’s effort to defund the development of the National Museum of the American Latino. A coalition letter lead by the American Principles Project sent to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday expressed support for Trump’s budget request ending funding for the development of the museum. The… -
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White House Opens New Exhibit Showcasing ‘Men, Women, and Moments’ of America’s Founding
The White House and PragerU unveiled a new exhibit Tuesday to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding next July. The exhibit “is more than just a collection of stories,” according to second lady Usha Vance, who spoke at the launch event. “It’s a tribute to courage.” White House visitors can view the physical exhibit,… -
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Supreme Court Says the Constitution Does Not Second-Guess the People on ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care
In one of the most-anticipated decisions of its 2024-25 term, United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court held that a Tennessee law prohibiting so-called gender-affirming medical interventions for minors does not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. That was the only question before the Supreme Court, and it got the answer right. Tennessee is… -
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Are Biden’s Autopen Actions Valid? Senate Hearing Witness Says Possibly ‘No’
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday to assess the mental fitness of former President Joe Biden when he was in office. Following Biden’s debate with now-President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign and his subsequent departure from the presidential race there have been mounting questions about the former president’s ability to make decisions behind closed… -
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Misunderstanding Trump
Many are now demanding that President Donald Trump act abroad in the way they think he had promised and campaigned—which can be mostly defined as how closely he should parallel their own version of MAGA. But Trump’s past shows that he never claimed that he was either an ideological isolationist or an interventionist. He was… -
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Playing Congressional Hardball to Protect Women’s and Girls Sports
With Republicans leading Democrats 12 to 2 in the bottom of the sixth inning (of a seven-inning contest) in their annual charity Congressional Baseball Game last week, Sen. Joni Ernst entered the game as a pinch-runner at second base. Ernst, R-Iowa, scored the Republicans’ 13th run as they went on to win the game, played… -
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AIPAC Calls on Trump, Congress for US Aid to Israel in Its Clash With Iran
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is calling on Congress and the Trump administration to provide aid to Israel in its military conflict with Iran. “Israel is taking decisive action tonight against the Iranian nuclear program, which has been a growing threat not only to Israel, but to America and our other regional allies,” AIPAC… -
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Education Secretary Vows She Won’t Let Illegal Gender Ideology ‘Slip Through the Cracks’
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she is on guard against vestiges of Pride Month that could lead to violations of President Donald Trump’s order banning gender ideology instruction. “We’re not letting any of these things just slip through the cracks,” McMahon told The Daily Signal on Wednesday. Title IX was enacted into law on June… -
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Virginia Democrats Tap ‘Left-Wing Progressive’ as Lieutenant Governor Nominee
Virginia Democrats are eyeing an opportunity in November to reclaim the lieutenant governor’s seat, which Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor, will be vacating. By noon Wednesday, The Associated Press had verified Democrat state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, who represents Chesterfield County and part of Richmond, as the party’s nominee with 27.39% of the vote,… -
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NEW POLL: In Wake of Biles-Gaines Feud, Americans Overwhelmingly Support Protecting Women’s Sports
As the Trump administration cracks down on federal funding that supports the “transgender” agenda, Americans have displayed an overwhelming support for one issue in particular. A new poll found that a vast majority (72%) of Americans support keeping biological males who “identify” as women out of women’s sports. The poll, conducted by Napolitan News Service,… -
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China’s Vape Offensive and the Mexican Cartel Pipeline: A Growing Threat to US Security
In Mexico, the cartels have found their perfect staging ground to capitalize on a low-risk, high-profit cash crop. Lax enforcement against illicit tobacco has created vast gray zones where cartels operate openly, stockpiling illicit goods, laundering profits, and planning cross-border smuggling with little fear of government intrusion. For the past two decades, I have investigated… -
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Hegseth Outlines Pentagon’s Budget, Priorities at Senate Panel Hearing
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday testified on the Pentagon’s proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2026, articulating the Trump administration’s vision for a strong United States. Addressing the elephant in the room, Hegseth said the decision about whether or not to strike Iran is at the presidential level, and that he would go… -
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5 Key Moments From Sen. Padilla’s Speech About His Confrontation With Kristi Noem
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., delivered remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor, defending his confrontation last week with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while accusing President Donald Trump of using the Los Angeles riots as a pretext to deploy the National Guard and violate First Amendment rights. On June 12, during a press briefing held by… -
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Heritage Expert: Israeli Strikes Put Iran ‘At the Cusp’ of Losing Nuclear Capability
As tensions in the Middle East escalate following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, a leading national security expert says Israel has achieved a decisive advantage that could end Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Robert Greenway, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for National Security, argues that Israel’s recent operations have crippled Iran’s military leadership, destroyed air…
