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Vice President JD Vance continues to be completely vindicated about the disintegration of free speech in Europe and the U.K. In February he told The Daily Signal’s Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell that “there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British … but also affect American technology companies, and, by extension, American citizens.” At…
As lawmakers return to the Capitol after the long August recess, it appears the Jeffrey Epstein controversy just won’t die. On Monday, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced he would file a petition to force a House vote on a bill introduced by him and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., to compel the Justice Department to release…
The president of The Heritage Foundation says America’s Founders couldn’t possibly have foreseen what he called the regrettably “weak, fractured, and hollow” state of the family today and offered some prescriptions on what should be done about it. “[O]ur Founders, for all their erudition, prescience, and political imagination, could never have envisioned the state of…
California is leading the resistance against President Donald Trump’s deregulation agenda with new rules that will force companies operating in the state to produce audited reports on their carbon dioxide emissions, and analysts say these rules may soon apply to companies throughout the United States. California is preparing to implement two laws, SB 253 and…
President Donald Trump says he is open to the idea of bringing back insane asylums. During an interview in the Oval Office Friday with Daily Caller White House Correspondent Reagan Reese, Trump was asked if he would consider reopening insane asylums for those suffering from severe mental illness. “Yeah, I would,” Trump responded, adding,…
EL PASO, Texas—Two Border Patrol vehicles stopped for a moment as they drove along the southern border, the only activity that could be seen from along the wall dividing Mexico and El Paso, Texas. The border wall stretched far into the desert from the view of the helicopter. There has been a decline in activity along…
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump acted unlawfully in sending the National Guard into California to counter violent Los Angeles protests. In a decision published early Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor, said Trump and his administration violated an 1878 law that limits military involvement in domestic…
New York Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler has announced that he will not be seeking reelection, passing on the torch to younger Democrats after over three decades in Congress. Nadler, a 78-year-old who previously chaired the House Judiciary Committee, revealed his intentions to The New York Times in an article published Monday. He explained that the…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump’s second-term judicial nominees share similar qualities with his first-term picks, though a limited number of vacancies mean his impact remains an open question. Trump began this term with just 40 vacancies to fill, less than half of the open seats as he inherited starting in his first term. Confirming 234 judges to the…
Just in time for Labor Day weekend, the White House published a video Friday on YouTube featuring Trump Cabinet members sharing their first jobs and lessons learned. “I wanted to be a cheerleader in high school, and I couldn’t afford the uniform,” Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer recalled, opening the video. “So my first job…
EL PASO, Texas—Since the start of 2025, border security measures have cost the Mexican cartels more than $1 billion, according to estimates by the El Paso Sector of the Border Patrol in Texas. “We’re hurting them in the pocketbook,” interim Border Patrol Chief for the El Paso Sector Walter Slosar tells The Daily Signal. …
EL PASO, Texas—Interim Chief for the El Paso Sector Walter Slosar has served in the Border Patrol under six different presidential administrations. Today, the border is the “most secure border we’ve ever had,” he said. Illegal border crossings have fallen from almost 1,000 a day in August 2022 to just 35 a day in…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican strategist Scott Jennings blasted the nation’s public health establishment Sunday during a CNN panel, saying that the government’s COVID-era approach “deserves to be turned inside out.” Chaos ensued at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday after Director Susan Monarez rejected her ouster and four senior officials abruptly resigned. Jennings said…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro pushed back against former President Barack Obama on “Fox News Sunday” for attacking President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on Washington, D.C.’s crime crisis. “President Obama to come out and make a comment on Chicago, a city that is his city that has been one of the most…
The human heart is made for truth, goodness, and beauty. While the data shows that there is much ground to make up among young people’s faith, recent trends reveal that the young are both curious and interested in religion. Recent data also show that there is a long-term desire for youth to be connected to…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called for a so-called assault weapons ban on Thursday, following the tragic shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that killed two children. Weingarten, a powerful proponent for the harmful school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, said on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports” that a…
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is running for governor to build on the policies she helped Gov. Glenn Youngkin craft and implement over the past four years, and the Youngkin administration drew attention to six key success areas, in particular. When asked if she was running to continue the administration’s legacy, Earle-Sears said, “Well, of…
The Wall Street Journal recently described husbands, boyfriends, and male ex-partners as “an unlikely new ally” in the pro-life movement’s fight against abortion providers. But as conservatives argue, this characterization misrepresents the long-standing involvement of men in the pro-life cause, framing their participation as both surprising and novel when, in reality, men have consistently advocated for the…
Cakes could be set to make another Supreme Court appearance: On Tuesday, a Christian baker asked the court to decide whether the First Amendment protects her refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. This is similar to the 2017 case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, in which the court held that the First Amendment…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Border czar Tom Homan eviscerated Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday for lacking the “integrity” to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s efforts to keep his state safe. During a summit held by Politico, Newsom accused ICE on Wednesday of being a “private police force” that is showing its allegiance to President…