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Although the backlash to the overturning of Roe v. Wade appears to have subsided, vandals, arsonists, and worse targeted hundreds of churches in 2024, according to a new report. Travis Weber, vice president for policy and government affairs at the Family Research Council, which released the report Monday, said most Americans would be surprised to…
THE CENTER SQUARE—Rent-controlled apartments for rich people in New York City? Not so fast, says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who says the front-running candidate for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, should give up his, too. Cuomo, who was defeated by Mamdani in June’s Democratic primary but is now running a long-shot bid in November as an independent…
Maria Bartiromo’s interview Sunday on Fox News with Vice President JD Vance covered many topics, including those with a connection to Ohio. Early on, the interview discussed the hot topic of redistricting. Ohio is among those states going about the process, with new maps due at the end of last month. Bartiromo asked Vance about…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republicans are continuing to receive labor union support amid Teamsters union President Sean O’Brien repeatedly lambasting Democrats for reputedly abandoning the working class. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education (DRIVE) PAC has doled out nearly $70,000 to Republicans this year. The donations mark the second cycle in a…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Top Republicans lawmakers honored the life and legacy of Heritage Foundation founder and former President Edwin J. Feulner in a video tribute Monday. “You could make the argument that Ed [Feulner] did more for the advancement of conservative thought than any person in this arena,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer warned Friday on “The Morning Meeting” that President Donald Trump would face unprecedented backlash if he were to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell or commute her sentence. Trump has been publicly noncommittal regarding the possibility of granting clemency to Maxwell—deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate—who is serving…
In a CNN interview that aired on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris for what he said was her prioritizing the interests of the wealthy over the working class during her campaign last year. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, lambasted the former vice president for being out…
President Donald Trump will be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss ending the conflict in Ukraine. “We’re going to have a meeting with Russia, and we’ll announce a location,” Trump said during Friday’s historic joint declaration of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “I think the location will be…
President Donald Trump is placing Washington, D.C., law enforcement under federal control. “This is ‘Liberation Day’ in D.C.,” Trump told the press in a Monday briefing, “and we’re going to take our capital back.” “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs, and…
An Israeli strike in Gaza killed multiple Al Jazeera staff Sunday, including Anas al-Sharif, who Israel describes as a “Hamas terrorist.” Al-Sharif “posed as an Al Jazeera journalist” and “was the head of a Hamas terrorist cell and advanced rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and … troops,” the Israel Defense Forces wrote on X Sunday night….
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Tex., accused Democrat state representatives of being cowards for fleeing Texas to break quorum on calling their actions a “most un-Texan thing.” The governor, who appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” explained in the interview that these lawmakers’ actions will only further strengthen the lawsuit he filed on Aug. 5, which requests the…
President Donald Trump is cleaning up the nation’s capital, cracking down on violent crime and removing homeless people from the city. “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Sunday morning. “The Criminals, you don’t have to…
A North Carolina congressman is calling attention to an anti-immigration enforcement organization that gets its donations through the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue. “By teaching illegal aliens how to evade [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] detention, organizations like Siembra NC are actively promoting an invasion of our country,” Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told The Daily Signal. Siembra is…
Widespread outrage is growing over a proposed bill currently moving through the California Legislature, which experts say could be easily abused by traffickers by giving almost any unrelated individual the right to assume custody-like control over a child without the parents’ knowledge or consent. AB 495, which has been named the Family Preparedness Plan Act…
House Republicans kept almost a billion dollars in funding for an agency targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency after the Biden administration used it to promote abortion in Africa. In April, Millennium Challenge Corporation employees received an email that they would be offered early retirement or deferred resignation after visits from DOGE, The New…
THE CENTER SQUARE—The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will claw back $7 billion in already earmarked funds from the Solar for All community grants and then eliminate the program, a move that Democrats claim is against the law. “This money was intended for our constituents and communities to help lower energy bills,” Energy and…
The 2026 election year is set to be a big one for Pennsylvania with significant races at the gubernatorial and congressional level, and two years after that for the Senate. The Keystone State is known for its purple political hue, with Democrat Barack Obama winning the commonwealth in 2008 and 2012 before it broke for…
A pro-Israel group hosted an advocacy training program for Christian students on their school campuses last week on how to be allies with the Jewish people. The District of Columbia organization Passages hosted 150 high school and college-age students in the nation’s capital. The students heard from United States Special Envoy to the Middle East…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Md. Mobarak Hossain is a convicted pedophile from Bangladesh. His criminal record includes sexual contact with a minor under the age of 11 and endangering a child’s welfare in Queens, New York. He was living in the U.S. illegally until Immigration and Customs Enforcement took him into custody this week. Hossain is…
THE CENTER SQUARE—New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is accusing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of “conspiring” with President Donald Trump to rig the election in his favor. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Queens assemblyman and self-described socialist mayoral candidate pointed to a New York Times report claiming that Trump recently spoke on the phone with…