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House Republicans passed a bill defunding foreign aid and public broadcasting shortly after midnight on Friday, in the first legislative codification of President Donald Trump’s cuts to discretionary spending. “This isn’t the end, it’s the beginning,” wrote Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., after passage. “We look forward to passing additional rescissions bills throughout the…
Last week, a Christian pastor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, found himself fired from his job at the local public library after he refused to use the preferred pronouns of a co-worker who identified as the opposite sex. The firing occurred despite a growing legal precedent supporting the free speech rights of those who say they…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is seeking to counter Democrats’ messaging on calling for the release of shielded files on the now-deceased convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—a surprise issue that is creating a messaging headache for Hill Republicans. “The House Republicans are for transparency, and they’re looking for a way to say…
About a year after citizen Joe Biden was out of the vice presidency, his new endeavor was a Washington think tank called the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. That organization would end up becoming the focus of investigations for what federal sources said was hundreds of millions in foreign donations and for…
With Virginia’s off-year elections for governor and attorney general in full swing, Republican and Democrat candidates are drawing major financial backing and energizing grassroots supporters in a high-stakes campaign season. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for governor, raised $5.9 million between April 1 and June 30, creating a quarterly record for any Republican…
New York City socialist Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a preview of “where the Democrat Party is headed,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Daily Signal. “This is truly where the Democrat Party is headed,” Leavitt said at Thursday’s briefing. “Clearly, they learned nothing from November 5 in the president’s overwhelming victory.”…
After slowing down the Republican leadership’s attempt to advance a bundle of cryptocurrency market reform bills, the conservative House Freedom Caucus and its allies appear to have secured a promise to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital U.S. dollar. Caucus members contend that’s a victory for Americans’ freedoms. The deal allowed for House…
In May, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, sent a letter to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security about a 24-year-old illegal immigrant allegedly impersonating a 16-year-old student at Perrysburg High School. On Thursday, Moreno provided an update on the increasingly alarming situation. The senator shared over X a letter from FBI Assistant Director Marshall…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is contemplating scrapping the state’s independent redistricting commission even as his party struggles to win back voter approval. “[Republicans are] playing by a different set of rules. They can’t win by the traditional game, so they want to change the game,” Newsom said at a press conference on Wednesday,…
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, has reportedly asked her campaign manager to step down after falling behind her Democrat opponent in polling and fundraising. The news comes amid mounting GOP pressure for Earle-Sears to shake up her campaign with November’s election just months away. A recent poll from…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegal-alien detention facility standards “are among the highest in the nation,” the agency insists. Images of a library, a doctor’s office, a gym with kids playing dodgeball, and a clean cafeteria are featured in a new video ICE released Thursday touting the conditions of illegal-alien detention facilities in the U.S….
The Department of Justice on Wednesday fired former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter, Maurene Comey, from her job in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The younger Comey was known for participating in the prosecutions of infamous individuals—including rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, now-deceased convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,…
Democrat former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger has captured a 12-point lead over her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, in the Virginia governor’s race, a Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs poll shows, The Hill has reported. Virginia gubernatorial elections have historically gone against the party that won the White House a year earlier, in…
The Senate passed a package cutting funding from public broadcasting and foreign aid by a 51-48 vote early Thursday morning, a step forward in Republicans’ work to codify President Donald Trump’s restructuring of the federal government. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only Republican defectors, and Democrat Sen. Tina…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department will pivot away from meddling in foreign elections in accordance with President Donald Trump’s emphasis on national sovereignty, The Daily Signal has learned. State Department employees will no longer be allowed to publicly comment on foreign elections unless “there is a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—“Zuckerbucks” and “Bidenbucks” shouldn’t happen again and noncitizen voting shouldn’t continue, contends the House Republican leading the charge on election reforms. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., the chairwoman of the House Election Integrity Caucus, is sponsoring three bills on the subject. One is aimed at preventing any noncitizen from voting, and two…
President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies are compelling the rest of the world to share the burden of dealing with displaced international bureaucrats. Thousands of layoffs have occurred at United Nations agencies in Geneva, Switzerland, and elsewhere around the world as a result of the Trump administration withdrawing from the World Health Organization and rolling…
During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, Democrats attempted to remove a witness when he expressed concern over the Left’s increasing violence against federal immigration officials as they attempt to enforce the law. Wednesday’s hearing examined the role of nongovernmental organizations in exacerbating human trafficking, crimes, and the illegal immigration crisis through…
A conservative grassroots organization launched a major campaign Wednesday to rally Americans around the nation’s founding principles ahead of next year’s 250th anniversary. Americans for Prosperity’s “One Small Step” campaign “will be a bold, multi-year initiative to build a movement to defend our founding principles and reignite the American Dream,” the organization said. The campaign…
Even with the recent inflation numbers just released for June, one can’t forget the outrageous levels experienced during the Biden administration. Nevertheless, Ohio Democrats have found their narrative: blaming President Donald Trump for inflation, specifically when it comes to tariffs. This narrative was visible whether coming from the most vulnerable Ohio Democrat, Rep. Marcy Kaptur…