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As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson teases subsequent budget reconciliation bills to follow up on the recently enacted “Big, Beautiful Bill,” Republicans in Congress are already filling out their wish lists for reforms they want included in it. Johnson, R-La., laid out his plan in an interview Sunday, two days after the One Big…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The U.S. Department of Justice indicated Friday that antitrust laws protect the marketplace of ideas, preventing mainstream media companies from colluding to shut out the voices of independent publishers. The DOJ shared its views in a statement of interest filed in a case brought by independent publishers who allege mainstream media colluded…
The bishop of the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. announced Tuesday that he was issuing a dispensation for illegal immigrants from the weekly obligation of attending Sunday Mass over fears of recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, marking the second time a diocese has issued such a dispensation over the last three…
The Republican spending bill signed into law on July 4 will “stop the bleeding” by ending federal subsidies for renewable energy, lowering prices for consumers, Energy Secretary Chris Wright says. Critics of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act contend the spending package will increase prices for “dirtier” energy. But in an exclusive phone interview with…
The meteoric rise of New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani poses a major question for Washington Democrats—is his brand of Palestinian activism, economic interventionism, and pro-LGBTQ+ rhetoric the future of their party? The 33-year-old state assemblyman’s trouncing of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s party primary has brought to light…
Riley Gaines suggests conservatives can learn a few lessons from the Left. “They continue pushing forward with full steam ahead, heads rearing, teeth gnashing, and I’ll say it, it’s admirable,” Gaines said at the Clare Booth Luce Center for Conservative Women’s annual Washington, D.C., summit on Friday. A swimmer who advocates for fairness in women’s…
School choice advocates are celebrating the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s unprecedented creation of a federal school choice benefit that could empower parents across the country. “[W]e are absolutely thrilled that there is finally a federal provision that is a school choice opportunity through a federal tax-credit program that enables donors to claim the federal…
President Donald Trump said his administration will take “historic action” to prevent another devastation like the Texas flash flooding, which has claimed more than 120 lives, including dozens of children. Scores of other victims remain missing and unaccounted for, local officials say. “We’re going to look and see how something can happen like this,” Trump…
An Ohio court endangered women’s health in siding with the abortion lobby in a case about abortion pills, Ohio Right to Life warned Wednesday. The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, preventing the state from applying a law allowing only doctors to provide chemical abortion pills. The court blocked Ohio…
The battleground state of Georgia is undertaking an effort to remove about 478,888 inactive or ineligible voters from the rolls, which includes people who appear to have moved out of the state, or are no longer at the address of their registration. Georgia has been the most contested southern state in recent years, which makes…
The Senate Armed Services Committee, building from new funding provided by the “Big, Beautiful Bill” signed into law last week, announced major changes to America’s military in a statement Friday. The committee listed its proposals for the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which are aimed at maintaining American military might around the world and strengthening…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says it’s “high probability” President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping sometime this year. Rubio’s comments came Friday, the same day the secretary of state met with China’s director of the Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
Second Amendment advocates hope what they dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit” will strike a final blow to a near century-old gun control law. The “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump signed on July 4 included a provision to reduce the $200 excise tax on buying certain firearms, suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled…
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is leading the charge to bring renewed transparency to the Pentagon through the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act. That legislation could set the Department of Defense on track to finally pass an audit by harnessing artificial intelligence and increasing transparency around government defense spending. “It is inexcusable that the Pentagon has…
When the outgoing Republican governor of Virginia carries a 54% approval rating from a blue-ish/purple state and gets speaking invitations from Iowa and South Carolina (two of the first three presidential primary states in 2028), the questions start flying. To be fair, the questions have been flying before, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin has become very…
The State Department will notify Friday employees who are losing their jobs in the reduction in force, according to an email obtained by The Daily Signal. “In connection with the departmental reorganization first announced by the secretary on April 22, 2025, the department is streamlining domestic operations to focus on diplomatic priorities,” the email says….
Zohran Mamdani, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist mayoral candidate of New York City, leads the race with 41% of the vote in a recent poll, the New York Post reported. Mamdani, 33, a New York state assemblyman, beat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary in a stunning turn of events June…
Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and Democrat Sen. John Fetterman are joining forces to introduce bipartisan legislation to combat Communist China’s threat to American farming. “It’s not just about the number of acres that they [the Chinese] own, but the fact that they own it around Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota or Fort…
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have delayed the Save Women’s Sports Act, legislation that would protect girls and women from transgender-identifying males competing in female sports in the Keystone State. The legislation, Senate Bill 9, would prevent biological males from participating in girls or women’s sports at public schools or universities that are…
The State Department will soon notify employees affected by its long-awaited reduction in force, kick-starting the final stage of its reorganization, according to an internal memo obtained by The Daily Signal. “Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio, at the direction of President [Donald] Trump, has undertaken a historic reorganization of the State Department, which was thoughtfully…