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A judge has temporarily prevented President Donald Trump from revoking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, after both chambers of Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act defunding the abortion giant and the president signed it into law. Obama-appointee U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s temporary restraining order lasts just two weeks. It directs the Department…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A former Clinton election lawyer sought to team up with a key Democrat state attorney general to create litigation chaos in the early days of the Trump administration, documents obtained by The Daily Signal show. Shortly after November’s presidential election, a legal organization led by anti-Trump Democrat super lawyer Marc Elias…
Flash flooding in Central Texas has killed at least 104 people, including 28 children, and while Democrats have rushed to blame climate change for the disaster, climate analysts have countered that narrative. The flooding began on Friday and escalated over the weekend, and the death toll continues to climb, according to CNN. “North Carolina. Texas….
Republicans and Democrats are hailing a Coast Guard swimmer as a national hero after he saved 165 lives from the flash floods in Central Texas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took to the social media platform X to share about Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan: “United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As some Democrats seek to blame the Trump administration for at least 95 flash-flood deaths in Texas, a senior official with the National Weather Service assures Americans that the service features one of the most dedicated groups of employees in the federal government. Critics of the Trump administration have claimed that…
As President Donald Trump’s trade team works to sign new trade deals with foreign countries, the White House is giving trading partners an extended deadline to sign deals before being hit with the heavy tariffs the president introduced in April. The administration had previously set a deadline of June 9 for nations to come to…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Democrats who are politicizing the Texas floods that have killed at least 89 people are “depraved and despicable.” Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls on Texas’ Guadalupe River, has confirmed that 27 campers and counselors died in flash floods over the weekend. The search continues for…
Congressional Republicans have lost a strong contender to help them retain their majority in the House of Representatives with the announcement of the retirement of Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. According to the House Press Gallery, Republicans currently hold a 220-to-212 majority in the House. There are currently three vacancies in the chamber due to three…
A newly leaked White House memo from April 2024 reveals that former President Joe Biden’s advisers urged him to debate now-President Donald Trump early in the election cycle to “reach the widest audience possible.” The disastrous June 27 debate, in which Biden was often incoherent, was the death knell of his campaign. Under pressure from…
A key organizer of anti-Trump protests—including the “No Kings” rallies last month—appears to have social media connections with far-left organizations that include openly communist and socialist organizations. The group 50501—read “Fifty-Fifty-One”—is so named to symbolize 50 protests for 50 states and one movement. The 50501 movement says it had decentralized protests across the country on…
Most adults in the U.S. would support chaplains in public schools, a recent survey suggests. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reported that 58% of the public thinks religious chaplains should be allowed to provide support services in public schools. While 6 in 10 adults agree that chaplains should be able to have…
Tech titan Elon Musk announced on Saturday the launch of a new political party named the “America Party” in response to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed the House on Thursday with a vote of 218-214. The legislation includes provisions that align with President Donald Trump‘s…
Texas is unified in prayer and rescue efforts as the flooding hazard remains, Sen. John Cornyn shared on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” this morning. As of Sunday afternoon, CNN reported the death toll from Friday’s devastating flash flood in Central Texas had risen to 68, with 11 young girls still missing from Camp Mystic,…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to increase entry fees to U.S. national parks for international visitors in order to “improve services, access, and affordability for Americans.” The order, titled Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks, directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, who oversees the National Park Service, to…
Why are Americans losing their patriotism? And what’s the answer to regaining it? National pride dipped to a new low this week. Just 58% of Americans said in a June Gallup poll that they are either “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American. While the record plummet is largely due to a drop in…
While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed after a lengthy and tense period, there will be even more reconciliation bills to follow in the coming months, said House Speaker Mike Johnson on Fox News Sunday today. “We have been planning a second reconciliation bill for the fall that would be attached to the next…
China-linked entities have their fingerprints on climate lobbying and lawsuits in the U.S., causing alarm among some lawmakers and watchdog organizations. “I don’t know the intentions. But whatever the intentions, policy after policy demonstrably strengthens China and weakens the United States,” Scott Walter, president of the investigative think tank Capital Research Center, told The Daily Signal…
Eleven state agriculture commissioners called on the Trump administration and Congress to yank funding from United Nations programs that they say are hurting American farmers. “The federal government should stop using American taxpayer dollars to fund the United Nations International Maritime Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the United Nations…
Former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg’s political action committee, Leaders We Deserve, has endorsed a Gen Z challenger, Deja Foxx, in an Arizona special congressional primary next week. “Deja Foxx has been holding Republicans’ and career politicians’ feet to the fire since she was 15 years old. She’s an organizer who has carved…
A significant shift toward paper ballots and paper records of electronic votes to more easily audit election results, as well as electronic methods to verify registered voters when they show up to vote, could be a boon in providing election security, said Donald Palmer, chairman of the federal Election Assistance Commission. These developments also align with…