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White House Reveals New Strategy to Require Voter ID
The Trump administration wants to use the process of reconciliation to move the SAVE America Act through the Senate, new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said in response to a question from The Daily Signal. “There’s a framework that we can do through reconciliation, paying for, putting some of the policies that cost money… -
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EXCLUSIVE: White House AI Framework Requires Measures to Protect Kids; Child Safety Advocates Want More
The White House’s long-awaited draft of the National Framework on Artificial Intelligence requires protections for children online, but some child safety advocates are looking for more. “Al services and platforms must take measures to protect children from potential harms, while empowering parents to control their children’s digital environment and upbringing,” a draft obtained by The… -
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OSU President Is Leaving After ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned as president at Ohio State University, citing an “inappropriate relationship” with an unnamed person seeking public resources. He has only served as president since Jan. 1, 2024. According to 10TV, Carter’s resignation followed a Saturday board meeting, with the board of trustees accepting the resignation on Sunday, the same… -
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White House: Spain Has Agreed to Cooperate With US Military
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters)—Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “I think they heard the president’s message yesterday loud and clear. It is… -
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Former Polish President Andrzej Duda Joins Heritage Foundation as Visiting Fellow
The Heritage Foundation has announced that former Polish President Andrzej Duda has joined the organization as a distinguished visiting fellow. “I am honored to join The Heritage Foundation as a Visiting Fellow,” Duda said in a Monday press release from The Heritage Foundation. “As President of Poland, I saw firsthand how deterrence, defense investment, strong… -
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Daily Signal Reporter Discusses White House’s AI Divide With Steve Bannon
“AI is one of the most consequential issues, right now, in the White House,” The Daily Signal’s White House Correspondent Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell said in an interview with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. “We have four coalitions here competing for the president’s attention,” starting with the tech accelerationist coalition, Mitchell explained to Bannon… -
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White House Answers If Men Can Get Pregnant
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed a doctor who was unable to answer the question of whether men can get pregnant. “Anyone in their right mind with common sense who’s speaking honestly and candidly will say that men cannot get pregnant,” Leavitt said on Thursday in response to a question from The Daily Signal,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: White House Weighs Executive Action to Prevent Government From Taking Kids From Parents Who Oppose Gender Transition
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House has weighed an executive order that would stop Child Protective Services from taking children away from parents who refuse to accept their child’s so-called gender identity, several sources involved with the order told The Daily Signal. A conservative coalition led by parental rights activist Erin Friday has met… -
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What Will Bring About America’s Golden Age? Heritage President Responds
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Turning Point USA’s America Fest on Friday about what will underpin America’s golden age. America may be on the cusp of a golden age, but Americans still have to choose it for themselves. “As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we ought to ask the question: What is America going… -
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Two Californians Are Eyeing a White House Run in 2028. Republicans Rejoice
WASHINGTON—Two California Democrats could run for president in 2028: Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Republican operatives must be thinking: Bring it on. Under Newsom, California’s image has become less golden than it used to be. The high cost of living has taken a toll. The IRS announced last month that California… -
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Trump Administration Could Test Impoundment Authority
The Trump administration may soon bring the word “impoundment” back into the modern American’s political lexicon. As the new administration attempts to cut government spending, it’s likely to test the legality of the president withholding the spending of federal funds allocated by Congress. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who chairs the Joint Economic Committee, told The… -
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Is Biden White House Ignoring Iranian Nukes?
Despite Iran’s bad behavior at home and abroad (including its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine), the Biden administration seems blissfully unconcerned about the threat posed by the Islamist regime to our national security interests. Indeed, President Joe Biden himself called the cornerstone of U.S.-Iran policy—the Obama administration’s flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—“dead” in a video… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Education Executive Order Limiting ‘Government Overreach’ and ‘Red Tape’
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, has signed an executive order aimed at limiting government overreach and reducing red tape in education. "Education reform will be the hallmark of my administration," Sanders told The Daily Signal on Thursday. "We can and we must do better for the kids in the… -
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White House Won’t Say Whether Pope Benedict, Vatican Uninvited Biden From Papal Funeral
The White House refused to divulge Tuesday whether the Vatican and the now-deceased Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had asked President Joe Biden not to attend Benedict’s funeral. The Daily Signal repeatedly pressed the White House on this point Tuesday afternoon after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the U.S. ambassador to the Holy… -
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White House Leaks Story on Records Requests: ‘Clearly a Planned and Coordinated Effort,’ House Republicans Say
A report on White House letters dismissing two representatives’ records requests has triggered backlash among House Republicans. The GOP Judiciary Committee said the White House leaked the story to Politico before sending the letters to Republican Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Jim Jordan of Ohio. “Just before dawn at 4:33 a.m., the White House informed… -
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: Incompetent but Failing Upward
One of the bestselling books of the 1970s was “The Peter Principle,” a business management book by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. The book’s premise, in a nutshell, was that people get promotions based on their performance in their previous jobs until they are ultimately elevated to a position in which they’re incompetent, since… -
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‘Children Are Such Judgment-Free Beings’: Drag Performer Touts White House Invite to Respect for Marriage Act Signing
When President Joe Biden signs the radical Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, at least one Drag Queen Story Hour performer will likely be in attendance. “To be a non binary drag artist invited to the White House is something I never imagined would happen,” Marti Cummings said in a Twitter post featuring an invitation… -
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White House Sticks to ‘Voter Suppression’ Claim in Georgia, Despite Soaring Early Turnout
Georgia election laws supposedly were so restrictive that, in January, President Joe Biden traveled to Atlanta with a stark warning. “Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things—voter suppression and election subversion,” Biden said. “That’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact.” However, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Thursday that 1.13 million Georgians already had… -
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White House Refuses to Address Arrests of Pro-Lifers Amid Attacks on Pregnancy Resource Centers
President Joe Biden’s administration is refusing to address why it’s focusing efforts on arresting pro-life activists amid national outcry over dozens of attacks on pro-life centers and churches. At least 86 Catholic churches and 74 pregnancy resource centers and pro-life organizations have been attacked since the May leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, according… -
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One Woman’s Journey From White House to Launching a Makeup Brand Inspired by Women of the Bible
After working in the Trump administration, Hope Harvard moved home to South Carolina unsure of what the future held. After a night of crying out to God for direction in her life, she awakened with the idea to start a makeup line inspired by the women of the Bible, and Hope Beauty was born. Harvard…