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Is the Government Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex? Trump Wants Answers
Is the federal government still funneling taxpayer dollars to some of the leftist activist groups that called the shots during President Joe Biden’s administration? The Trump White House is asking federal agencies to investigate past and potentially continuing funding for a host of nonprofits, many of which are associated with aggressive promotion of leftist causes…. -
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REVAMPING DOGE: White House to Overhaul Grantmaking Process to Root Out ‘Woke’ Abuse
The White House’s budget office will overhaul the way the federal government awards grants, grafting in English-only requirements and E-Verify requirements to combat illegal immigration while cutting out woke agenda items. The Office of Management and Budget will implement a wide-ranging slate of reforms to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an OMB… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Saluting Tulsi, Slamming Schiff
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Well, Victor, let’s get you to talk about Tulsi Gabbard, who is resigning for—her husband has a rare form… -
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Trump Calls Unusual Cabinet Meeting as Iran Negotiations Stall
President Donald Trump has called a Cabinet meeting Wednesday at Camp David, the historic presidential retreat in Maryland, a White House official confirmed to the Daily Signal on Tuesday. All Cabinet members are expected to attend what will be the 12th such meeting in his second term. The White House official said the meeting will… -
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Gunman Killed After Firing at White House Security Checkpoint
A gunman was killed and a bystander wounded in an exchange of fire that occurred at a White House security checkpoint about a block from the West Wing. The suspect, 21-year old male Nasire Best, was shot by Secret Service agents and died on the way to the hospital. “Shortly after 6 p.m Saturday an… -
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Why Trump Delayed an Executive Order to Protect America From Cyber Threats
President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed signing an executive order regulating artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, citing the AI race with China. “I think it gets in the way of … we’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told… -
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Fostering the Future Act Passes the House—FLOTUS Asks the Senate to Follow
The U.S. House on Tuesday unanimously passed Melania Trump’s foster care initiative, and now the first lady is calling on senators to follow suit and pass the long-awaited reform. At an annual charity luncheon Wednesday afternoon, Trump urged Senate members and their spouses to consider it their “moral obligation” to support foster care in their… -
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Trump Reportedly Set to Fire FDA’s Marty Makary
President Donald Trump plans to dismiss U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Makary, whose firing was rumored by news organizations over the preceding week, has been a prominent public advocate of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. A surgeon and researcher, he rose to public prominence… -
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Administration Mulls AI Regulation Executive Orders, but Substance in Flux
The White House is contemplating executive orders on artificial intelligence regulation, but the specifics of the orders are still the subject of active debate, sources close to the administration told The Daily Signal. The New York Times first reported that the White House is looking into an executive order to create a vetting system for… -
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Rubio: Don’t Let Iran Normalize Illegal Blockage of Strait
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on other countries to join the United States in taking action against Iran’s blockage of the Strait of Hormuz. “Iran cannot be allowed to normalize this control of the strait,” he said. “It’s completely unlawful, illegal. It’s outrageous, and every country in the world should be joining us in… -
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Trump: Iranians Want to Protest, but They Are Not Armed
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Iranians want to protest the regime but are not armed to withstand a violent crackdown. The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, Elizabeth Mitchell, asked Trump, “You said recently that if Iran—Iranians were armed, they could take over their regime. Do you plan to arm them soon?” “Well, I… -
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‘Could Have Been a Lot Worse’: Vance Thanks Secret Service After WHCD Attempted Shooting
Vice President JD Vance described his experience at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, where a shooter attempted to assassinate the president and other Cabinet officials. “I’m sitting up there on the stage with some journalists and obviously with the president of the United States a few seats to my right, and there’s a… -
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Trump Explains Why Secret Service Returned Him to White House After Assassination Attempt
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump explained to “The Sunday Briefing” co-host Jacqui Heinrich why the Secret Service insisted he return to the White House after a gunman allegedly targeting his administration was thwarted Saturday night. Trump initially declared in a Truth Social post that he intended to return to the stage and that the White… -
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Trump, Vance Evacuated and Safe After Shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner
WASHINGTON HILTON, WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and key cabinet officials were evacuated from the White House Correspondents Dinner after shots had been fired outside the ballroom where the event was being held Saturday night. Journalists were told to get on the ground, get under the tables, and hide for approximately five… -
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‘We’ll Get Back on Track’: White House Addresses Falling Small Business Optimism Amid Iran War
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler is optimistic that the economic sentiment for small businesses will return to pre-Iran war levels soon amid a downturn. “One data point does not a trend make. And the long-term trend under President [Donald] Trump has been for small business optimism to be above its 52-year average under Joe… -
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‘Last Train Leaving the Station’: GOP Push for Narrow Border Bill Sparks Backlash Over Missing Pieces
President Donald Trump has said he wants Congress to send a reconciliation package funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement to his desk by June 1, spurring a debate among Republicans about whether to expand the package to include other policy priorities. The Senate’s process of reconciliation allows for the chamber to pass budget legislation with a… -
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SCOOP: White House Strong-Arms 2 More States on AI
The White House called lawmakers in Missouri and Tennessee about their artificial intelligence guardrail bills in its two latest attempts to intervene in state AI legislation. In Missouri, the White House had a call with the conservative sponsor of an AI safety bill to discuss softening it, the legislator said. The legislation would establish the… -
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With Federal Judge Halting White House Ballroom Construction, Will Congress Act?
A federal judge ruled to halt the construction of the White House ballroom on Tuesday, citing that Congress must approve of the project. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon paused construction on the ballroom after the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States sued the administration for tearing down the White House’s East… -
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White House Ballroom Project to Include ‘Massive’ Military Complex
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters)—The U.S. military is upgrading White House facilities for the new East Wing, the administration said on Monday, after President Donald Trump said the ballroom would be built atop a “massive” fortified complex. “The military is making some upgrades to their facilities here at the White House, and I’m not privy to… -
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White House Unveils America250 Celebrations
The America250 Commission announced it will host five block parties across the country to commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4. “America250 is creating the largest synchronized Fourth of July celebration in U.S. historythrough America’s Block Party,” Rosie Rios, chair of America250, said. “The Fourth of July has long been synonymous with neighborhood block…