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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Construction of President Donald Trump’s southern border wall is moving full-speed ahead during the government shutdown. Though 40% of the federal workforce is on unpaid leave due to the government shutdown, border wall construction isn’t taking a break. “Even during a government shutdown, the work to strengthen our defenses moves forward,”…
“Birthright citizenship” finds itself back in court yet again, with the administration asking the Supreme Court to decide whether President Donald Trump can constitutionally ban the practice. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed petitions Friday asking the court to take up two separate cases in which lower court judges blocked Trump from eliminating birthright citizenship. “The government has…
Last week, Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger broke her silence on the issue of boys competing as transgender athletes in girls sports, presenting herself as a moderate in favor of parental input and local control. This contrasts with her voting record in Congress, however. “In Virginia, we previously, until very recently, had a process…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson put the blame for any shutdown cuts on the Democratic Party Thursday, as he backed up President Donald Trump’s talk of slashing unwanted programs. “This is the way the system works. This is [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer’s decision, is to hand … the keys to the kingdom to…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Americans’ trust in the media has slumped to an all-time low, according to a Gallup survey released Thursday. Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they don’t trust the press—a finding underscored by recent controversies over coverage of the Charlie Kirk assassination and the murder of a Ukrainian on a light rail in…
As the final stretch of the race to Richmond approaches, the Virginia gubernatorial campaigns are seeing a rise in new donors. The governor’s race has attracted more first-time donors than a Virginia gubernatorial election has seen since 2013. Sixty-three percent of Republican nominee Winsome Earle-Sears’ donors are new. She has attracted almost four times the…
Even the mainstream media are pushing back on the Democrats’ government shutdown messaging after they decided to vote against the Republicans’ continuing resolution that would have kept the federal government operating. A Politico article Wednesday, “‘Gen Z Is in the House!’ and Other Cringe Moments in the Democrats’ Shutdown Marathon” lambasted the online antics of…
The new president of the March for Life announced that the theme for the 53rd annual march is “Life is a Gift.” On Jan. 23, tens of thousands are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to march to bring awareness to the hundreds of thousands of abortions that occur in the…
President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought to decide which left-wing projects and personnel to cut during the shutdown. “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM,…
Republicans’ attempt to end the new government shutdown failed Wednesday, but there are signs that Democrats are listening to Republican arguments. As the votes were tallied for the second vote on a seven-week stopgap funding bill to reopen the government, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., was spotted chatting with almost a dozen Democrat senators for an…
Democrats shut down the government because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is afraid he will lose his Senate seat to radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a party primary, Vice President JD Vance said at a Wednesday press briefing. “Why did this happen? Why did the Democrats shut down the government despite, as [White House…
As the federal government closes shop, some agencies are offering their employees optional out-of-office email templates blaming Democrats for the shutdown. “I am out of office for the foreseeable future because Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill,” reads the Small Business Administration’s template, issued by HR to employees Wednesday morning. “Every…
WARSAW, Poland—Maintaining power in Russia was and is a key motivator for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the war against Ukraine, according to the defense minister of Estonia. Russia’s war against Ukraine is part of Putin’s plan to address Russia’s “domestic issues,” Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur told The Daily Signal at the Warsaw…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s State Department will soon expand the scope of the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars for abortions. “The department will soon take additional steps to close loopholes that allowed taxpayer funding for promotion of abortion in previous iterations of the Mexico City Policy and…
The federal government is currently in shutdown mode after Democrats pushed to continue taxpayer support for health care plans that cover abortions and transgender medical procedures. In the legislative finagling prior to the shutdown on Wednesday, Democrats pushed to extend the Obamacare enhanced subsidies, which are set to expire on Dec. 31, and use taxpayer…
Republicans in the House and Senate have wasted no time reminding voters how the so-called Schumer Shutdown hurts working families in Ohio, putting Ohio Democrats in an awkward spot for next year’s elections. On Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee launched a new ad targeting Democrat Reps. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, Emilia…
A Michigan youth center Friday hosted a memorial service mourning the “martyrdom” of terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah. The event featured local Islamic leader Usama AbdulGhani, a resident scholar and spiritual leader at a K-5 school, who praised Nasrallah’s “bravery” and “divine resistance”—a resistance he said is now led by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Nasrallah,…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—After Nicholas Roske was incarcerated for purportedly attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Roske’s mother discovered a hospital discharge paper in his unemptied suitcase with the name “Sophie Roske.” “This is when several of the pieces of the puzzle started coming together,” Roske’s mother told the judge in a character reference,…
Republican senators are condemning their Democrat colleagues for failing to agree on funding the government and upending the lives of Americans with the subsequent federal government shutdown. The decision will lead to many federal workers being furloughed without pay, including military personnel. “Unfortunately, hardworking Americans and millions of federal employees are left to pay the…
On the first day of the government shutdown, Republicans laid out a simple response to Democrats’ refusal to support a seven-week funding extension—not giving in to any of their demands. “The sad thing about it is that every single bit of this was entirely avoidable,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters at a Republican…