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After weeks of speculation, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is reportedly entering the race to run next year against Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who was appointed earlier this year to replace now Vice President JD Vance. Crystal Ball’s Larry Sabato already changed the state of the race from “Likely Republican” to “Lean Republican.” Brown was…
When students return to Christiansburg High School for classes on Wednesday, they’ll find at least one large “open plan” gender-neutral and multiple-stall bathroom. Parents are raising the alarm. “I would have been mortified at that age,” Alecia Vaught, 49, who has two grandchildren at the southwestern Virginia school, told The Daily Signal about the bathroom…
Democrat New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has sharpened his campaign’s rhetoric with a video containing brutal accusations against his chief opponent, Andrew Cuomo—even implying that the former New York governor is connected to the now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Four years ago, Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace. And you probably know why,”…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs processed more disability benefits compensation and pension ratings claims in a single year than ever before, The Daily Signal has learned. “Under President Trump, VA is making major improvements to better serve veterans, and this announcement underscores that fact,” Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be calling on Iranians to rise up and overthrow the current totalitarian regime in Tehran. “I urge you to be bold and brave, to dare to dream,” Netanyahu said in a video message posted on the social media platform X on Tuesday. “Take risks for freedom, for…
Just over two weeks since a mob attack took place in Cincinnati, recent updates on the incident offer hope, but also potentially further division. Six individuals have been indicted, with a seventh recently arrested. Some community leaders, however, are focused on the race of the suspects. Last Monday, one of the six suspects, Patrick Rosemond,…
President Donald Trump will work with Congress next month to build on his decision to federalize the Washington, D.C., police. Before Trump invoked the Home Rule Act to federalize the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, he floated using Congress to revoke the 1970s-era law that delegated authority over the nation’s capital to local officials. “The…
When President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would be federalizing the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and sending in the National Guard to combat crime in the nation’s capital, it prompted perhaps predictable denunciations from elected Democrats. “The administration’s actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful. There is no crime emergency in the District…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Federal Reserve failed to prioritize its core mission to combat inflation while embracing the Biden administration’s “green energy” agenda, economic and energy policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Under Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s leadership, the Fed joined a global climate change group and took other steps to align…
As Texas Republicans push to redraw their congressional map along (district) lines more friendly to their party, a redistricting arms race has broken out between governors from both parties. Texas state House Republicans’ redistricting plans could hypothetically flip as many as five Democrat-held congressional seats, an effort President Donald Trump supports. In response, California Democrat…
House Republicans defied many of the White House’s requests for cuts to programs that don’t align with the president’s “America First” agenda. In May, the Office of Management and Budget submitted its fiscal year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request, asking Congress to cut funding to programs accused of wasting taxpayer dollars pushing left-wing ideology abroad. While…
The Federal Reserve complied with a pro-Trump investment firm’s request to reveal which board members voted to keep the most recent meeting closed to the public. Azoria Capital applied for a temporary restraining order requiring the Federal Open Market Committee to allow the public to watch its meeting at the end of July. A judge…
A Democrat whistleblower reportedly warned the FBI starting in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., approved the leak of classified information for the purpose of smearing President Donald Trump with now debunked Russiagate claims. FBI reports obtained and first reported by Just the News state that a staffer who worked for Democrats on the…
President Donald Trump has nominated The Heritage Foundation’s lead economist, E.J. Antoni, as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,” Trump said on Truth Social. “I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new…
The Environmental Protection Agency canceled a $3 million “climate justice” grant for Florida with a description that included “training grassroots leaders.” The EPA terminated the grant to the Palm Beach County Office of Resilience, a local office that focuses on emergency response and “addressing the physical, social, and economic challenges of a changing climate,” according…
Conservative groups loudly condemned a Massachusetts police agency for citing the Southern Poverty Law Center in attacking the parental rights group Moms for Liberty in a law enforcement training. Moms for Liberty called for a retraction, suggesting that the police agency actually went further than the SPLC in attacking the parental rights nonprofit. The SPLC,…
Heritage Foundation founder and former President Ed Feulner was remembered Monday at a memorial service for his commitment to moral seriousness. Feulner, who passed away on July 18, served as Heritage’s president from 1977 to 2013 and again from May 2017 to January 2018. His Mass of Christian burial took place at the Basilica of Saint…
President Donald Trump announced Monday he’s taking decisive action to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., drawing attention to violent crime rates not only in the nation’s capital, but in major cities across the U.S. “We have other cities that are very bad—New York has a problem, and then you have, of course, Baltimore and…
Ohio is supposed to be welcoming a manufacturing plant from Intel, but there have been considerable delays. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as well as Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted, R-Ohio, have also expressed potential national security and fraud concerns. Recently, Cotton shared a letter he sent to Frank D. Yeary, chairman of the Board…
The Vatican is facing yet another potential financial scandal this week with allegations surfacing that its payroll agency was able to change the names and account numbers after transactions were concluded. The eye-popping claims come from Libero Milone, who was named the first auditor-general of the Vatican by Pope Francis in 2015 before being forced…