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‘Cracks Are Beginning to Show’: Senate GOP Leadership Outlines Post-Shutdown Strategy
On Tuesday night, forty-three Democrats in the Senate denied Republicans the votes necessary to avert a government shutdown. But tellingly, at least according to one Senate Republican leader, three senators in the Democrat caucus voted with Republicans. Democrat Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada both voted to pass the continuing… -
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Democrats Take Heat Over Health Care for Illegal Aliens
As the government appears to be barreling toward a shutdown, which will begin at midnight, Democrats are facing criticism over their alleged support for health care subsidies to noncitizens residing in the United States. The Democrat continuing resolution bill would revoke Subtitle B in Title VII of the One Big Beautiful Act, effectively restoring accessibility… -
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This Disturbing Trend Deserves More Attention: Bluey Sounds Alarm on CNN
Christians are under attack. Support for Israel is waning among young Americans. A self-avowed socialist is the leading candidate for New York City mayor. The Daily Signal’s president and executive editor, Rob Bluey, tackled these topics—plus Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl selection—during CNN’s “NewsNight With Abby Phillip” Monday night. The fatal shooting at a Catholic school… -
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Here’s How the Trump Administration Aims to Make Use of the Government Shutdown
Now that Democrats have shut down the government by voting against a clean continuing resolution that would have kept funding at Biden-era levels, President Donald Trump needs to fulfill his threat to fire more bureaucrats. While Republicans offered to keep funding the government at Biden levels until Congress can pass annual funding legislation, Democrats have… -
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BREAKING: Here’s How Many Democrats Voted to Shut Down Government
The Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open, putting the country on a path to a government shutdown that will begin at midnight. The measure fell short of the 60 votes needed for passage by a 55-to-45 vote, with 43 Senate Democrats opposing the legislation. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and… -
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FROM WOKE TO WAR: Pete Hegseth’s Vision Sets a Clear Path for a Muscular and Effective Military
I’ve witnessed many moments of “America is back” catharsis this year, but few have been quite as inspiring as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s declaration that he will strive to make every unit the efficient killing machine that he’d be proud to see his own son enlist to join. Speaking at the Marine base in… -
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Trump Orders Administration to ‘Leverage AI’ to Cure Childhood Cancer
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing a $50 million investment in using artificial intelligence to cure childhood cancer. “President Trump’s foresight in his first term to establish the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative to gather, harness, and share data on childhood cancers has positioned us today to leverage AI to revolutionize pediatric cancer… -
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American Experts Go Toe-to-Toe With Scholars ‘Across the Pond’ on Israel-Hamas War
WARSAW, Poland—American experts hit back at European scholars on the war between Hamas and Israel and use of the term “genocide” when referring to Gaza during the Warsaw Security Forum. The U.S. is “the only government in the world able to influence Israel and actually stop some of its actions,” according to Marcin Buzanski, director of… -
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Government Set to Furlough Almost 750,000 Employees
As the threat of government shutdown looms, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it will continue providing most services, even as nearly three quarters of a million federal employees throughout the government are furloughed. In a public contingency plan, the VA estimated 97% of its employees will keep working even without government funding, allowing medical… -
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Hours Before Shutdown Deadline, There Is No Deal in Sight
With just hours left before a midnight government shutdown deadline, Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near an agreement in the Senate. “We are only hours away from a government shutdown, and the Democrats have a very clear, binary choice,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters at a Tuesday press conference. Republicans will soon… -
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Vote for Government Shutdown Could Haunt Vulnerable House Dems
As a government shutdown looms in mere hours, votes from vulnerable Ohio Democrats in the House could come back to haunt them. Reps. Marcy Kaptur, Emilia Sykes, and Greg Landsman are being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee for their votes on Sept. 19 to not fund the government, and how a Democrat-led shutdown… -
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Overwhelming Majority of Americans Oppose Democrats Shutting Down the Government
The White House is reprimanding Democrats for shutting down the government even though it’s unpopular with the vast majority of Americans. Sixty-five percent of Americans say the government should not be shut down even if Democrats’ demands are not met, according to a new New York Times-Siena poll. This includes 43% of Democrats and 59%… -
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Philadelphia Flies Flag of ‘Foreign Adversary’
Philadelphia flew the Chinese flag above its City Hall on Tuesday in a ceremony that reports suggest was meant to celebrate the 76th anniversary of China. The city hoisted the country’s flag high for the third time in its history in a move widely criticized as showing support for the “totalitarian” Chinese Communist Party. Critics… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Announces $86 Million Plan to ‘Make America Skilled Again’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Labor announced more than $86 million in grants for employers to provide training in high-demand and emerging industries. “President [Donald] Trump has directed the Labor Department to Make America Skilled Again by providing states with the resources they need to expand on-the-job training opportunities,” Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer… -
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BARRASSO: Meet the Real Americans a Democrat Shutdown Would Hurt the Most
Obstructionist Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are pushing the government to the brink of a shutdown that could harm everyday Americans. I took to the Senate floor this morning to demand that Senate Democrats drop their far-left shutdown ransom and join Republicans in voting for the clean continuing resolution to keep the… -
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New Jersey Military Base Safe After Lockdown
A New Jersey military base was on lockdown Tuesday amid concerns of an active shooter. Authorities later said reports of a shooter were unfounded, according to NBC 4 New York. The base, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is located in Burlington County, New Jersey. It is fewer than 20 miles from Trenton, the state capital. A Facebook post… -
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Trump’s War Department Is More Than a Branding Shift, He Says
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth slammed “foolish and reckless political leaders ” who turned the War Department into the “Woke Department.” “For too long, we promoted too many uniform leaders for the wrong reasons—based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts,” Hegseth said. “We’ve pretended that combat arms and non-combat… -
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The Democrat Senators to Watch in the Shutdown Fight
Before midnight, Senate Democrats must make a decision—allow the Republican-backed short-term spending bill to come to the floor or let the federal government run out of money and enter a shutdown. Republicans are attempting to prevent a partial shutdown of the federal government by passing a continuing resolution, which would roughly extend the spending levels… -
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Democrats Sue to Force Taxpayers to Subsidize Gender Ideology in Public Schools
A coalition of Democrat state attorneys general is suing to continue taxpayer subsidies for public schools to teach gender ideology in sex education classes. The coalition is led by Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and includes 16 states and the District of Columbia…. -
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Republicans Slam Dems for Taking ‘Federal Government as a Hostage’ as Shutdown Looms
Congressional leadership’s meeting at the White House Monday did not appear to make inroads in preventing the impending government shutdown. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters after the meeting that “significant differences remain” between the two sides. Vice President JD Vance said he thinks the American people are going to suffer because “these…
