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The map of battleground states in the November presidential election is expanding, and Democrats are in charge of elections in the bulk of these competitive states. Secretaries of state once held an office that got little attention. However, after the disputed results of the 2020 election, the statewide office gained significantly more attention and both…
CENTER SQUARE—Likely voters across the country continue to be most concerned about inflation, the economy, and illegal immigration. This fresh data comes even as experts say inflation is slowing, indicating that Americans are still feeling the pinch of high prices. The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, conducted prior to the July 13 assassination attempt on…
UPDATED 10:05 p.m. Central—The historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Dallas, the church led by Pastor Robert Jeffress, caught fire on Friday night. The cause remains unknown, though the fire comes less than one week after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, of whom Jeffress has long been an impassioned supporter. “Dallas…
Conservative pundit Michael Knowles says that President Joe Biden demolished his own plan to brand former President Donald Trump as a “threat to democracy” after the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential nominee. “What the near-assassination of Trump did is, it took all the wind out of the sails of the Biden campaign,” Knowles said…
MILWAUKEE—Former National Basketball Association star Enes Kanter Freedom spoke with former President Donald Trump’s family after a 20-year-old man attempted to assassinate the former president. “About the photo, first of all, that’s probably one of the most iconic photos I’ve ever seen in my life,” Freedom, a former basketball and wrestling pro, told The Daily…
A 98-year-old veteran of World War II says if former President Donald Trump were the commander in chief again, he “would reenlist today.” “I would storm whatever beach my country … needs me to,” long-retired Sgt. William Pekrul declared in his speech on the third night of the quadrennial Republican National Convention. Pekrul introduced himself…
About 100 Muslims attended the Fairfax County School Board meeting on Thursday night to protest the school district’s plans to add radical gender ideology to elementary schools’ curriculums. The Northern Virginia school district unanimously approved changes to its Family Life Education Curriculum on June 27—including teaching kindergartners about the supposed “gender spectrum” and middle schoolers…
Government workers are reportedly in a state of panic over the prospect of former President Donald Trump winning another term in office, according to E&E News. Bureaucrats up and down the federal hierarchy are concerned that a second Trump administration could cost them their jobs and put an end to liberal programs they worked to…
Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time Thursday night, less than a week after the attempt on his life. “We rise together or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America,”…
Donald Trump is the key to returning democracy to America, political commentator and veteran talk-show host Tucker Carlson said Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “The entire point—from the famous escalator ride nine years ago until today—for Donald Trump’s public life has been to remind us of one fact, which is a…
Delegates celebrated happily Thursday night as they waited during the Republican National Convention to hear Donald Trump accept his party’s nomination for the third time—only five days after he was nearly killed by an assassin’s bullet. Before Trump’s widely anticipated speech to close out the big event, though, the crowd inside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden administration announced Thursday it would forgive $1.2 billion in student debt held by 35,000 public service workers. President Joe Biden will have forgiven $168.5 billion across 4.76 million student loan borrowers following the most recent round of debt relief, according to the Department of Education. The billions in debt relief comes as…
He is suing his alma mater for permitting and perpetuating antisemitism on campus, a Harvard University graduate said Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. Shabbos Kestenbaum, a first-generation American and Orthodox Jew, told delegates from the convention stage that after Hamas’ brutal terrorist attacks Oct. 7 inside Israel, he placed 1,200 Israeli and American…
Sen. Kevin Cramer said Thursday he expects that Kimberly Cheatle “will no longer be the director” of the Secret Service after “stonewalling” questions about the assassination attempt Saturday on former President Donald Trump. The North Dakota Republican made the comment in an interview with The Daily Signal one day after joining a group of colleagues…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey reportedly confirmed to Democratic lawmakers he will resign from his position following his conviction in a federal bribery trial, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. The senator, a former Democrat who recently became an independent, was convicted Tuesday on all 16 counts of his involvement…
The investigation into the U.S. Secret Service’s failure to secure the Pennsylvania campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot late Saturday afternoon should focus on whether the agency followed preventive protocols, a former member of the Secret Service told The Daily Signal. “If they followed the methodology that the Secret Service uses, that…
MILWAUKEE—President Joe Biden unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that he had contracted COVID-19. On Thursday, Axios published a report citing staff predicting that Biden would drop out of the 2024 presidential race in the coming days. Bestselling author and radio host Seb Gorka highlighted some rather curious remarks Biden made about what he would do if…
MILWAUKEE—An influential Democrat who ran against President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary condemned his fellow compatriots on the Left for indulging in conspiracy theories that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was “staged,” and he praised Trump’s bravery in the shooting’s aftermath. “I’ve seen so many people, whether it’s the mainstream media…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says his experience as a prosecutor of child abuse and as a foster father fuel his resolve to end gender “experimentation” on children. Missouri’s top law enforcement officer told The Daily Signal about his litigation and investigations related to transgender surgeries and hormone therapy for minors. Missouri media have dishonestly…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Monday banning schools from implementing policies that require parents be notified if their child requests to be identified as a different gender. AB 1955, also known as the Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act, strikes down policies that some…