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Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is entering one of the most high-stakes Senate races of the 2026 cycle armed with dollars and endorsements. The mullet-sporting congressman announced his bid Monday to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who narrowly won the state in a 2022 runoff election. Since then, Collins has secured the support of important…
Standing in his white golf shoes on a lush green, President Donald Trump told those gathered at the ribbon-cutting for his golf course in Scotland on Tuesday that his administration has “put out fires all over the world” and “stopped about five wars.” Since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, the Trump administration has…
President Donald Trump is seeking to end the long-standing “blue slip” tradition of giving senators veto power over some judicial nominees from their states—but he’s getting pushback from the Republican senator whose mind he needs to change. “I was offended by what the president said, and I’m disappointed that it would result in personal insults,”…
Last November, Republican Bernie Moreno beat incumbent Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat. The win helped the GOP take back control of U.S. Senate. We may not have heard the last of Brown, though, as there’s been chatter he’ll run for the Senate once more. He has the chance to do so next year. Moreno…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the Fed will not be cutting interest rates for the time being, shortly after receiving a quarterly report on the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump has sought to pressure Powell for months to let more cash flow into the economy, arguing that inflation is low enough to…
A Florida Republican congresswoman is seeking to force members of the House of Representatives to go on record as to where they stand regarding banning stock trading by House lawmakers and their Senate counterparts. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has been collecting signatures for a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on stock-trading…
President Donald Trump said he will “see what happens” in negotiations with Harvard as the university is reportedly willing to settle with the administration for $500 million. “It’s a lot of money,” he told The Daily Signal, repeating for emphasis: “It’s a lot of money.” Harvard is considering paying up to $500 million as a…
Texas Republicans have released their proposals for a redrawn Texas congressional map, and that could spell trouble for Democrats in the midterms. The new map, proposed by state Rep. Todd Hunter, has the potential to add nearly half a dozen Republican seats from Texas to the GOP House conference in 2026, which could counteract the…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Following new guidelines from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to enforce English language proficiency for commercial truck drivers, 1,500 drivers have had their licenses placed out of service by law enforcement, The Daily Signal has learned. “‘America First’ means safety first. Americans are a lot safer on roads alongside truckers who can…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Democrats engaged in a fierce shouting match on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon with Democrat New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker accusing his fellow party members of betraying their party and condoning authoritarianism. The New Jersey Democrat delivered a blistering speech after heading to the Senate floor to object to a slate…
A bill in Congress would impose up to 15 years in prison for those who harm a law enforcement dog with a deadly weapon. In partnership with K9s United, a nonprofit that seeks to protect and support dogs used in law enforcement, Republican Rep. Aaron Bean of Florida announced the Leo K9 Protection Act, a…
With unparalleled growth in electricity demand—driven in no small part by the explosion of data centers in the state—Virginia must decide where its energy future lies. The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, a free-market think tank, warned against 2020’s Virginia Clean Economy Act—which phases out coal and gas in favor of wind and solar—claiming…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s State Department responded to its first disaster since reorienting its foreign assistance programs to align with U.S. interests. State Department disaster experts led the United States’ support for the millions of Filipinos affected by ongoing flooding, a senior State Department official told The Daily Signal. Since mid-July, floods…
Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., moved to defund the National Endowment for Democracy after a House Republican proposal for fiscal year 2026 included full funding for the agency at 2025 levels, even though President Donald Trump called for defunding it. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., the House Appropriations Committee member whose name appears at the top of…
The New York Times has issued an editor’s note over an image the outlet published of an extremely frail child in Gaza. The image of the child, each bone of his rib cage visible, went viral. After publishing the story, the Times learned that the child has “pre-existing health problems.” “Mohammed, according to his doctor,…
While President Donald Trump nixed funding for California’s “train to nowhere,” taxpayers remain on the hook for other projects that are billions of dollars over budget and more than a decade behind schedule, according to a new Senate report. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued “Off the Rails: The Billion Dollar Boondoggles Taking Taxpayers for a…
Editor’s note: Emil Bove was confirmed Tuesday night by a 50-49 margin. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined all Democrats in voting against his confirmation, and Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., did not vote. The Senate has again become the scene of a titanic battle for control of the judiciary…
One of Ohio’s largest cities is making headlines, and not for the best of reasons. Over the weekend, a white man and woman were attacked by group of black assailants in Cincinnati. What began as a local incident drawing outrage from Ohio Republicans, including Sen. Bernie Moreno and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, has now grown…
Just minutes into a special Vacation Bible School Sunday service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, on June 22, parishioners found their morning worship interrupted by the terrible crack of gunshots outside. A man clad in a tactical vest and carrying numerous firearms had driven erratically onto the premises of the church, apparently intent…
Interns from The Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute faced off in a debate on conservatism vs. libertarianism Thursday, arguing which philosophy was the better approach for governing America. Debate moderator Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute facilitated a series of rounds between the teams on the topics of immigration, international trade, and political philosophy. …