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opinion
Virginia’s Bleak Energy Future
The return of the political trifecta Democrats enjoyed during the 2020-21 General Assembly sessions—now bolstered with a 64-36 majority in the House of Delegates—leaves the question of how to deal with Virginia’s energy issues entirely in their hands. Only if the Democrats suffer a significant division within their own ranks will the Republican legislators cast… -
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Department of War Shake-Up: More Women Enlist as ‘Common Sense’ Replaces Woke
Woke is out at the Department of War, and higher fitness standards are back. Since being sworn in as secretary, Pete Hegseth has acted to “remov[e] the distractions” from the department, including getting rid of “political correctness” and “DEI offices.” “No more dudes in dresses,” Hegseth said during a recent speech, adding, “We are restoring a ruthless, dispassionate, and commonsense application of standards.” … -
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‘SHAMELESS HYPOCRISY’: What Newsom Leaves Out as He Lectures at UN Climate Conference
Traveling this week to Brazil, California Gov. Gavin Newsom cast himself as standing up for the climate–even as his state imports most of its oil from the area of the international conference where he spoke. About 45% of California’s oil imports come from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, Brazil, Guyana, and Colombia. Newsom attended the… -
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Is This Senate Provision ‘Corrupt Fleecing’ or Justice for Arctic Frost?
A provision slipped into the funding bill that reopened the government at the last moment has caused harsh disagreement between the House and Senate. The provision in question, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Wednesday night, enables senators to sue the Department of Justice for at least $500,000 each instance their data is… -
opinion
Gaslighting Americans on Inflation Is a Bad Idea
Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked President Donald Trump this week if the affordability issue was a factor in the elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City. “More than anything else, it’s a con job by the Democrats,” Trump said, before going on to harangue the media and instruct the GOP to tell… -
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In Gavin Newsom’s California, Pretty Much Nothing Is Affordable
Going green is really about affordability, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s the message from the California governor, who has totally never thought about becoming president until recently, at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil on Tuesday. “It’s about economic power. I think we have to reframe it as a cost-of-living issue,” Newsom said… -
opinion
The Next Social Epidemic Is Already Here: Legalized Sports Gambling
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. A fractured court, led by a conservative majority, held that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, signed into law in the final months of the George H.W. Bush presidency, was unconstitutional. The practical effect of the Murphy decision was… -
opinion
Sports Writers Hit Trump for ‘Sportswashing’ at Commanders Game
Even the sports pages can be a platform for anti-Trump editorializing. After the Washington Commanders were drubbed by the Detroit Lions, the front page of The Washington Post sports section carried a piece by columnist Barry Svrluga trashing President Donald Trump’s appearance at the game and in the Fox broadcast booth. He called it “sportswashing.”… -
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Democrat X Account Deletes Claim That Trump Was With Epstein During 2017 Thanksgiving
The official Democratic Party X account has deleted a social media post about the relationship between President Donald Trump and disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The deleted X post claimed that documents showed that Trump spent time with Epstein during Thanksgiving in 2017, according to a report from the Washington Examiner. Before… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Administration Fires Back After Democrats Blame Trump for ‘Soaring Electricity’ Costs
The Trump administration is firing back after a group of Senate Democrats accused President Donald Trump of being responsible for “soaring electricity bills” and “failure” to prevent “consumers from being forced to subsidize the cost of data centers.” “Democrats’ baseless claims serve only to distract from this administration’s proven record of making energy more affordable for Americans,” a Trump administration official told… -
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Conservative UC Berkeley Students Welcome DOJ Probe of Left-Wing Campus Violence
Conservative students at one of the most left-wing universities in the United States welcome a Justice Department probe after violent protests erupted at a Turning Point USA event Monday evening. The DOJ is considering potential conspiracy and civil rights charges against those who acted violently at the TPUSA event at the University of California, Berkeley,… -
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How Democrats Are Planning to Force House Republicans to Take Tough Votes
House Democrats, despite being in the minority, are making use of a procedural mechanism to bypass Republican leadership and force Republicans into tough votes. The mechanism is known as a discharge petition, which allows a member to force a vote on legislation that leadership is not putting on the floor once the petition collects 218… -
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GOP Leader Details Why Republicans Lost Virginia
Loudoun County Republican Party Chairman Scott Pio is calling for big changes in the wake of this month’s election results. Pio spoke with The Daily Signal’s Virginia correspondent and radio talk show host Joe Thomas about four major problems the party faced during the 2025 elections, which led to the Democrats sweeping the statewide races and capturing 64 seats in the House of Delegates. … -
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Trump Administration Hits Long-Time Opponent With New Allegation
A Trump administration official referred Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell of California to the Justice Department over mortgage fraud allegations, reports say. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte made the allegation. Pulte is currently under fire for suggesting 50-year mortgage plans, which conservatives say will cause homeowners to pay more in interest while taking longer… -
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Could New York Elect a Republican Governor After Electing Socialist Mayor in NYC?
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is making a big political bet after a decade in Congress—that she can become the first Republican governor of New York in 20 years. “[Gov.] Kathy Hochul has a record and has led single-party Democrat rule, making it the most unaffordable state in the nation,” Stefanik, an Upstate New Yorker, says… -
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DOJ Sues to Block Newsom’s ‘Racially Gerrymandered’ Congressional Map
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it is suing Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Secretary of State Shirley Weber over the state’s newly adopted congressional map, which creates as many as five additional Democratic House seats ahead of the midterms. California voters on Nov. 4 approved Proposition 50 to suspend the state’s… -
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Chinese Conduct Cyber Hack With AI
Chinese-sponsored actors are responsible for an artificial intelligence cyberattack against about 30 entities. Experts are calling the hack the first documented case in which a cyberattack was executed with very little human intervention. The hack “represents multiple firsts in AI-enabled threat actor capabilities,” according to a report by Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, detailing the findings of the attack. In the middle of September,… -
opinion
The Army Transformation Initiative’s Big Bets on Drones
War rarely remains static—a reality made clear through the conflict in Ukraine, which has underscored how technology advances can reshape the battlefield. Under directions from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Army is now incorporating lessons learned from recent and ongoing conflicts to adopt new technology and tactics at the unit level. On April… -
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‘Epstein Hoax’: Trump Announces New Investigation
President Donald Trump is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate financier Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement with prominent Democrats, including a former president. “Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, I will be asking A.G. Pam… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: How California Progressives Created a Medieval Society
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc discuss how California officials would rather go after Immigration and Customs Enforcement than help those impacted by the Palisades Fire, and how California’s powerful “live in splendor,” impervious to the suffering caused by their progressive policies. Editor’s note:…
