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Elon Musk seemed to shrug off a report that he’s abandoning plans to build a third political party but did not outright assert he was moving forward with the idea. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday evening that Musk “is quietly pumping the brakes on his plans to start a political party, according to people…
The mother and stepfather of Laken Riley—the 22-year-old nursing student slain by an illegal alien in Georgia whose death prompted bipartisan legislation to toughen penalties for illegal aliens charged with certain crimes—have endorsed Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., in his bid for U.S. Senate. “A lot of people go to Washington, and it changes them. However,…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has stripped the security clearance of 37 former or current intelligence professionals. “Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right,” Gabbard wrote in the announcement Tuesday on X. The 37 men and women whose clearance is being revoked “have abused the public trust…
President Donald Trump said a Federal Reserve Board governor who has refused to lower interest rates “must resign, now!!!” Lisa Cook has also been accused of mortgage fraud by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, who sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi saying Cook “falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more…
The Democratic Party saw an excessive loss of registered voters across battleground states, blue states, and red states over the course of Joe Biden’s presidency, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Democrats lost about 2.1 million registered voters between the 2020 and 2024 elections along the 30 states and the District of Columbia where voters…
Chinese nationals have entered the U.S. through a strategically vulnerable Pacific Islands territory, and a former politician who took campaign contributions from China-based companies now helps oversee that territory in the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned about the threat from China, yet a security expert is raising questions about a bureaucrat in…
The Biden administration’s Justice Department raised concerns about the Biden White House using broad categories to grant clemency to groups of people rather than identifying each inmate and listing their offenses covered by the commutation, according to an email obtained by the Oversight Project. The revelation adds a new layer of questions around the White…
After years of advocates trying to convince Virginia legislators to follow the lead of states like Florida and Arizona to offer “the money follows the child” school choice voucher programs, in 2012, Virginia created the Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit to help low-income students get scholarships to attend the schools of their choice. It wasn’t…
So far, Australia has made significant progress in revamping its military for a strategy of denial in the Indo-Pacific. But, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently indicated, more may be needed—at least if Australia is to build a military capable of meeting its national defense goals. According to its recently released Portfolio Budget Statements, this…
The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating three blue states’ possible involvement in an Aug. 12 fatal car crash in Florida that killed three. Illegal immigrant truck driver Harjinder Singh stands accused of causing the crash by making an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike 19 miles north of Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County. He…
President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other European leaders agree: Ukraine must have security protections in any Ukraine-Russia peace deal. During the White House meeting Monday between Trump, Zelenskyy, and seven European leaders, discussion of security guarantees for Ukraine took center stage. Russian President Vladimir Putin “agreed that Russia would accept…
A Northern Virginia school district will suspend two boys who complained when a girl, who identifies as a boy, used their locker room at school—and the district will also force the boys to work out a “corrective action plan” with school administrators. “We will be on guard for any attempts to create a plan of…
From meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House on Monday, it appears President Donald Trump is determined to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The Daily Signal’s president and executive editor, Rob Bluey, joined the panel on CNN’s…
The Trump administration is taking preemptive efforts to combat an American infestation of the New World screwworm. The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday permitted the Food and Drug Administration to issue so-called emergency use authorizations for drugs for animals to treat or prevent the parasitic flies. “Today, we are taking decisive action…
A city council member in Michigan was reportedly seen on video helping to drop what appear to be several absentee ballots into a ballot drop box ahead of an August primary election. Abu Musa, a city councilman in the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, was reportedly in the passenger seat handing what appear to be ballots…
The Trump administration is moving to secure American interests in Southwest Asia through efforts toward peace and commerce deals with Armenia and Azerbaijan. The first step toward a more permanent peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan was signed on Aug. 8. It says that the countries will not interfere in each other’s internal affairs and…
Illinois has until Thursday to provide the Justice Department with more voter information about whether it’s complying with federal law on maintaining voter registration lists. The state, which has had a reputation for voter fraud cases, provided partial information, but only information that is already publicly available. On Monday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat,…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Three Republican senators are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether drug manufacturers misrepresented the abortion pill’s safety and efficacy. “We write to you regarding a serious public health failure that endangers countless American women,” a letter obtained by The Daily Signal reads. “In light of new data, we request…
The White House is working on a plan to do away with mail-in voting and voting machines, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. A reporter asked how can the White House plan to eliminate mail-in voting since states administeer elections. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday, saying: “I am going to lead…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A top California Democrat who is expected to help steer the Golden State’s mid-decade redistricting plan through the state Legislature was reportedly involved in creating a new district to launch his own congressional run. Mike McGuire, the president pro tempore of the California State Senate, had one of the newly configured districts…