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Now two weeks into the federal government shutdown, Republicans say they like the contrast between themselves and Democrats—with President Donald Trump halting a devastating conflict in the Middle East, while Democrats continue to vote against reopening the government. “President Trump has continued to do his job for the American people, and thank God, because the…
Former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, both Democrats, issued statements giving President Donald Trump credit for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal. “I’m grateful that a ceasefire has taken hold, that the last 20 hostages have been freed, and that desperately needed aid has begun to flow into Gaza,” Clinton said in a…
@SecNeilsen says the report “is a clear reminder of why we cannot continue to rely on immigration policy based on pre-9/11 thinking.” When someone tweets the published story by clicking on the Twitter icon above it, this text appears along with photo, SEO headline, and meta description; all three elements should work together and cause…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The wife of socialist New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani appeared to mourn the death of a Palestinian influencer who celebrated Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel. Saleh al-Jafarawi, a popular social media influencer and activist who gained notoriety after posting a video celebrating the Oct. 7 massacre, was…
After a judge ordered Virginia Democrat governor nominee Abigail Spanberger to give sworn answers in a defamation case against the Virginia Democratic Party, the Democrats hired a new lawyer in what the plaintiff says is a transparent effort to cocoon Spanberger from political peril ahead of the November election. Thomas Speciale, a retired Army intelligence…
In the middle of a government shutdown, as federal employees are facing layoffs, one agency is reportedly hiring. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—the brainchild of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren while she was still a law professor at Harvard—plans to add legal staff, American Banker reported. The outlet first reported on Friday about an internal CFPB…
DAILY CALLER NEWS ORGANIZATION—Former FBI Director James Comey’s defense team wants to kill the Trump administration’s case before it goes to trial, but legal experts say their chances of success are slim. Comey’s attorney Patrick Fitzgerald indicated Wednesday that the defense intends to file motions alleging vindictive and selective prosecution “at the direction of President [Donald] Trump,”…
President Donald Trump cast his vision for a prosperous Middle East as he spoke before world leaders in Israel and Egypt. Together, Israel and America will “build a legacy that all the people of this region can be proud of,” Trump said while standing before the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, only hours after the 20-remaining living…
WASHINGTON — In a better world, Democrats would be running at full speed away from Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee in the Virginia attorney general race. As the National Review reported Oct. 3, in 2022, Jones, a former lawmaker, actually fantasized about killing Todd Gilbert, the then-Republican Speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates, because Gilbert…
Even after years of reforms and personnel changes, University of Florida is a bastion of DEI holdouts who clearly hope that Florida’s higher education reformers lack the bandwidth to deepen and broaden the reshaping of Florida’s flagship university. The latest illustration comes from a job search for the Director of UF’s Center for Latin American Studies (LAS), a position…
After 738 days in Hamas captivity, the final 20 living hostages crossed the border from Gaza back into Israel. Images of fathers, mothers, wives, brothers, and sisters embracing their loved ones after two years of separation flooded social media. Bar Kupershtein, 23, cried as he embraced his mother. He was working at the Nova Music…
The remaining living 20 hostages are set to be released and returned to Israel Monday morning after over two years of captivity in Gaza. The breakthrough is a testament to President Donald Trump’s “nonconventional leadership style,” according to Vice President JD Vance. “I think the story of how this historic peace deal came to fruition…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—As the federal government shutdown ensues, President Donald Trump announced Saturday his administration will pay U.S. service members so they would not miss their Oct. 15 paycheck. Trump said his administration has identified funding to pay the 1.3 million active duty troops expected to miss their next paycheck and will direct Secretary…
Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher Columbus at all—they’re about whether America should exist. “Columbus’s journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas—paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776,” President Donald Trump…
Two weeks into the government shutdown, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is making clear he’s not interested in cutting any deal with Democrats and is assuring House conservatives that he’ll continue to advance aggressively conservative legislation. On Friday, Johnson, R-La., joined a press call with the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative faction of the…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration’s efforts to successfully secure a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas have garnered praise from some prominent Democrats, including failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Clinton, formerly secretary of state under President Barack Obama, was cautiously optimistic when speaking about the peace deal’s prospects Friday afternoon during a CBS News special…
Bill and Hillary Clinton have found a new candidate for office to support—Virginia Democrat gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger. Spanberger, a former three-term member of Congress, is set to attend a fundraiser on Monday afternoon in McLean, Virginia. The event will be hosted by former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his wife, Dorothy, along with former…
As violence against Nigerian Christians continues to surge, one American senator is pressing Nigerian officials to protect their people from persecution. “Officials in Nigeria are ignoring and even facilitating the mass murder of Christians by Islamist jihadists,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, charged in a social media post Oct. 3, highlighting news of 5,000 Nigerians fleeing their home…
Will Senate Republicans go nuclear to end the shutdown? It’s a fair question, considering how dug in the Democrats appear to be, having voted down a continuing resolution to fund the government over a half dozen times. “The nuclear option,” in Senate parlance, is a process through which the Senate can establish new precedent with…
STOCKHOLM—NATO countries should anticipate “additional escalation” from Russia, according to national security expert Robert Greenway. Escalation would likely include “drones … Russian manned aircraft violating airspace, including energy platforms in the Baltic Sea. There could be maritime threats, and we’ve seen undersea cables cut by Chinese vessels and others in the Baltic Sea, cutting…