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Amid partisan gridlock in Congress that has shut the government down, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has closed the House of Representatives’ doors for the time being. The chamber has not voted since mid-September, and Johnson has signaled his intention to wait on the Senate to reopen the government. But he told reporters Monday…
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is announcing a new pilot program today called the 10:33 Initiative to help Arkansans in crisis improve their long-term self-sufficiency. Named for the Good Samaritan passage in the Bible, the initiative is in partnership with the White House Faith Office, the Arkansas Department of Commerce, and the Arkansas Department of…
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s move to send National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued an emergency temporary restraining order Sunday night after officials from California and Oregon asked the court to intervene. The order prevents National Guard troops from any state across the country and Washington, D.C.,…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Maryland county plans to officially apologize for slavery, The Daily Signal has learned. Anne Arundel County said it will “issue a formal apology for the profound, far-reaching impact slavery has had on generations of Black Americans” as part of a countywide event celebrating Maryland Emancipation Day. The county says…
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the first oral arguments of its new term on Monday, with several high-profile cases already on the docket. The high court announced it will hear arguments on such consequential cases as the president’s power to fire individuals on federal boards, the president’s authority to impose tariffs, transgender…
It’s hard to believe, but true: Democrats love illegal aliens more than Big Government itself. The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a “clean” continuing resolution on Sept. 19 on a vote of 217-212. It would have kept the federal government open through Nov. 21, well past fiscal year 2025’s conclusion on Sept. 30. Republicans performed their responsibility to finance Uncle Sam’s activities, from Social Security to…
Keeping with his new fitness directives for the military, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth helped set a new Guinness World Record Saturday for the most people doing push-ups simultaneously. Hegseth led a group of cadets, soldiers, and fans at the United States Naval Academy’s football game in a push-up challenge, achieving an impressive total of…
President Donald Trump hosted a Navy celebration today for its 250th birthday at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, Sunday. While the government has been shut down since Wednesday, Trump said on Truth Social that “the show must go on” despite certain Democrats trying “to destroy this wonderful celebration of the U.S. Navy’s Birthday, and…
Gangs, cartels, and known terrorist organizations have put bounties on the heads of specific Immigration Customs Enforcement agents and border patrol officers, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed Sunday morning. “It’s about $2,000 to kidnap them and $10,000 to kill them,” Noem explained on “Fox & Friends.” “They’ve released their pictures and sent them between…
Hamas must end its control over Gaza for America to even consider the idea of a Palestinian state, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday morning. “In order for that aspiration to even be credible, it has to be realistic. We can’t have a Palestinian state that’s governed by Hamas or…
A “red herring is a distraction,” and that’s exactly what the Democrats are doing right now with their arguments for keeping the government shut down, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday morning. The “simple” continuing resolution the House passed over two weeks ago covers the bipartisan issues House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is talking…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Though a fraction of the size, Sweden has faced issues similar to America’s in recent years, including mass immigration and a wave of violent crime. “In some parts of Sweden, there are routine bombings. There are gang attacks and assassinations on rival groups,” said Wilson Beaver, a senior policy adviser for defense budgeting…
A deadly attack on a synagogue in the United Kingdom on Thursday is the latest in a surge of violence that has been occurring against places of worship across the globe. Experts applauded the Donald Trump administration’s recent prosecution of a group of individuals who unlawfully targeted a synagogue in New Jersey, saying stepped-up law…
Minimal details are included in former FBI Director James Comey’s indictment, but it doesn’t necessarily signal a lack of evidence. Though prosecutors face legitimate challenges to securing a conviction, some legal experts have cautioned that it is too early to really assess the strength of the government’s indictment, which charged Comey with two counts for allegedly obstructing a congressional…
Election integrity advocates are pushing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to require documented proof of citizenship for federal voter registration forms. More than 15,700 people have made public comments, mostly in support of the rule. The public comment period closes on Oct. 20. America First Legal, a conservative government watchdog, filed the petition with the EAC…
Pro-life pregnancy centers expect an increase in appointments after President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” defunded Planned Parenthood facilities, a center director told The Daily Signal. Trump’s spending bill instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid…
The White House is disputing Pope Leo XIV’s characterization this week of what he regards as the “inhuman treatment” of immigrants by the Trump administration. “I would reject that there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in response to a question…
Conservative legislators praised the FBI under Kash Patel for formally distancing itself from the Southern Poverty Law Center, and some called on the federal government to consider further action against the SPLC. On Friday, Patel confirmed in a statement to The Daily Signal that the FBI had severed all ties to the SPLC, a far-left activist…
And just like that, the federal government shutdown is set to go through the weekend and perhaps beyond, as partisan gridlock continues in the Senate. On Friday, Senate Democrats rejected Republicans’ seven-week stopgap funding extension for the fourth time, with no new members walking away from leadership’s demands for policy concessions. Forty-two Democrats, led by Senate Minority…
President Donald Trump says peace in the Middle East is “very close.” “Everybody was unified in wanting this war to end and seeing peace in the Middle East, and we’re very close to achieving that,” Trump said in a video message from the Oval Office Friday evening after Hamas agreed to accept elements of the president’s…