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Judge Asks DOJ Lawyer If He Thinks Documents Case Was Wrongly Dismissed in Comey Oral Arguments
Judge Cameron McGowan Currie announced Thursday that she would rule by Thanksgiving whether to disqualify Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who convinced grand juries to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Both Comey and James argue that Halligan’s appointment as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District… -
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Is DHS Inflicting ‘Terror’ on Chicago? Group of Retired Journalists Thinks So
Following an immigration enforcement operation, a group of retired Chicago journalists have issued a public letter accusing the Trump administration of inflicting “terror” on the Windy City. “We covered this city for a living and love it, and we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal,” the former journalists write. “It’s eroding all of our rights and should… -
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Republican Senator Has a Plan to Stop Foreigners From Abusing Surrogacy for US Citizenship Purposes
China and other foreign adversaries are abusing American birthright citizenship to have American children through surrogacy. But one Republican senator has a plan to criminalize the growing surrogacy industry for foreigners. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., recently introduced a bill called the Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy (SAFE KIDS) Act that would prevent adversarial nations, specifically China, from using and taking advantage of American women to obtain… -
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America’s New Proletarians
Karl Marx famously wrote in his 1848 “Communist Manifesto,” “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains,” and it was these unchained proletarians who elected Zohran Mamdani mayor of New York City, along with other socialists in municipal elections from Atlanta, Georgia, to Portland, Oregon, and cities in between. But the 2025 elections did more than… -
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‘60 Minutes’ Acts as Handmaid to a Feminist ‘Titan’
The self-appointed enforcers of “progressive” media indoctrination are satisfied that CBS hasn’t yet changed the tone of “60 Minutes,” which they call a “crown jewel” of the Dan Rather Network. Tom Jones at the Poynter Institute was pleased that Sunday’s show still featured two “fair and factual” stories that criticized President Donald Trump. That’s not… -
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Trump Can Do Better Than Tariff ‘Dividends’ and 50-Year Mortgages
Time is short for the Trump administration. Last week’s elections were a setback, but not a devastating one: New Jersey is still a blue state, and while Virginia went red four years ago, it’s been trending Democratic for more than a decade. Republicans also fared poorly in Pennsylvania, however, an all-important presidential battleground. Democrats even… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Sad, Conflicted State of Young American Men
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the troubling state of young American males, and how the education system has stripped young men of the desire and ability to be responsible adults. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of… -
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Government Shutdown Ends With Trump’s Signature Hours After House Passes Funding Bill
The longest government shutdown in history is over after President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund the government into law on Wednesday night, just hours after the House of Representatives passed the measure. “Today, we’re sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion,” Trump said before signing the bill. “The… -
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Supreme Court Considers Whether the First Step Act Allows Reduction in Criminal Sentences
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether convicted felons can petition for reduced sentencing under the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform law that President Donald Trump signed during his first term. The cases focus on what criteria a federal judge can consider in reducing a prisoner’s sentence, and whether this can include… -
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What Trump Is Doing to End the Slaughter of Christians in Nigeria
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 13. The horrific slaughter of Christians in Nigeria has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and… -
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Ohio Dem Tries to Pin Shutdown on GOP Opponent Who Voted to Fund Government 16 Times
After weeks of noncommittal responses during the nation’s longest federal government shutdown, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who is now looking to unseat Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, has proclaimed the deal to end the government shutdown is “a bad deal for Ohioans.” Brown took to X to express his displeasure with his fellow Democrats: “Half… -
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Mamdani Takeover of NYC Will Provide Training for Army of Leftist Activists
Zohran Mamdani’s takeover of New York City isn’t just a problem for the Big Apple. His takeover of the city’s governing apparatus will provide an ample training ground for his socialist comrades to gain experience wielding power. As I wrote previously, the far Left has a playbook for how they are going to take over… -
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Latest Nation to Join Abraham Accords Could Create ‘Domino Effect,’ Expert Predicts
Kazakhstan is joining the Abraham Accords, making it the first nation in five years to do so. The move, according to pro-Israel advocates and politicians, signals an opportunity. With more land than any other Muslim country in the world, Kazakhstan has huge potential for increased cooperation with Israel in agricultural development, sustainability, and much more,” David Aaronson, a visiting fellow at the Allison… -
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‘RIGHT OUT OF 1984’: Judeo-Christian Law Firm Sues Michigan AG for Attacking Free Speech by Endorsing ‘Hate Group’ Smear
The American Freedom Law Center is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to grant oral arguments in its First Amendment lawsuit against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for the “irreparable harm” of her endorsing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s claim that AFLC is a “hate group.” “From the very beginning, Michigan… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Chairman Reveals ‘Key to Victory’ in Midterms
GOP candidates who run on President Donald Trump’s successful policies will win their 2026 midterm elections, said Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal. “The president’s policies are the key to victory in the midterms,” he said. “If we follow what the president has done, we win. If… -
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Kash Patel Touts Deal With China to ‘Shut Off the Pipeline That Creates Fentanyl’
In collaboration with China, President Donald Trump has effectively “shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl,” FBI Director Kash Patel says. China has “agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors,” Patel said at the White House press briefing on Wednesday. Patel traveled to Beijing over the weekend and met with officials regarding the scourge of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that killed 48,000… -
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Republicans Show Appetite for Obamacare Reforms
Senate Republicans managed to stave off Democrats’ health care demands after enough Senate Democrat Caucus members broke ranks on a deal to reopen the government. But Republicans are still in search of health care solutions, and some are using the continued debate over Obamacare subsidies to float an ambitious, politically risky restructuring of Obamacare. As… -
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Scott Bessent Teases ‘Substantial Announcements’ on Prices and Incomes
The Trump administration is set to make announcements about tackling affordability problems on two fronts—bringing down prices and boosting incomes, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday. He suggested tariffs on consumer goods such as coffee and fruit will decrease, and he made unspecific references to what’s ahead for incomes. “Imagine two lines. There is the… -
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Democrats Leave a Key Detail Out of Their Epstein Files
House Democrats redacted a key detail from their Wednesday release of Jeffrey Epstein files to promote a “fake narrative” and “smear” President Donald Trump, according to House Republicans and the White House. The Democrat minority on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee first released documents obtained from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey… -
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Counting Chickens in Virginia
The attached graphic is the proposed new Virginia congressional districts shared with me by the GOP. It appears daunting to think that Virginia’s Democrat House leadership has figured a way to stretch Old Dominion’s very blue (Democrat majority) areas so far that they encompass all the very red (GOP majority) ones. Tracy Thorne-Begland, the judge…
