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THE CENTER SQUARE—Local, state, and federal efforts are ongoing to tackle oil theft in Texas. At the state level, the state Legislature, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the Texas Department of Public Safety are working on several initiatives. Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Jim Wright has been leading a new task force, addressing oilfield…
“What’s happening??” It was Elizabeth Mitchell, the Daily Signal’s White House reporter. She was seated next to me at Saturday evening’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There was urgency and confusion in her voice. Our table was to the right of and somewhat back from the dais, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, First…
Labor activists in Savannah, Georgia, are organizing a May Day protest encouraging community members to step away from work, school, and shopping for a day as part of a broader national demonstration tied to International Workers’ Day. Organizers are calling on residents to close businesses, skip school, and avoid shopping on May 1 as a…
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump explained to “The Sunday Briefing” co-host Jacqui Heinrich why the Secret Service insisted he return to the White House after a gunman allegedly targeting his administration was thwarted Saturday night. Trump initially declared in a Truth Social post that he intended to return to the stage and that the White…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has halted payments to more than 400 hospices in Los Angeles and across California, with the estimated fraud being greater than $600 million, according to the anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance. Sheila Clark, CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association, is questioning…
WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday. The man fired a shotgun at a Secret Service agent at…
The suspect arrested in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time teacher and game developer. The official said Allen, approximately 31 years of age,…
President Donald Trump called on Americans to “recommit” to resolve their differences peacefully after a shooter disrupted the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday evening. The Secret Service took a gunman into custody after he ran past a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton. The gunman shot a Secret Service agent, but did not wound him,…
When Assistant Secretary of Health Alex Adams led the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, he ended the state’s “orphan tax.” Now he is helping every other state do the same thing. “We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re gonna keep at this,” said Adams, who leads the Administration of Children and Families…
Republican Sen. Jim Banks has come out in support of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., calling for it to serve as a template for the construction of more neoclassical architecture of its type in the capital. Trump has proposed that a 250-foot triumphal arch be constructed on Columbia Island—a piece of…
WASHINGTON HILTON, WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and key cabinet officials were evacuated from the White House Correspondents Dinner after shots had been fired outside the ballroom where the event was being held Saturday night. Journalists were told to get on the ground, get under the tables, and hide for approximately five…
Summary The U.S. Department of Transportation this week converted the atrium of its Washington, D.C., headquarters into a first-of-its kind exhibit featuring decades-old aviation equipment—and the new technology that is replacing it. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hosted hundreds of aviation partners and industry leaders at Tuesday’s Modern Skies Summit, touting major upgrades to the nation’s air traffic control system. “This is truly the largest overhaul in aviation since the jet…
The richest man in Mississippi, Tom Duff, and his brother James Duff, have been under a Justice Department investigation for potentially defrauding a federal pandemic-era relief program of $6.7 million since 2024, court records show. A lawsuit filed against the brothers by Relator LLC claims the two “looted the government” by filing “falsified loan documents…
Georgia, one of the most closely watched election battlegrounds in the nation, could face a significant technology overhaul resulting in slower ballot counting or delayed results in the upcoming midterm elections. After July 1, Georgia election officials can no longer use QR codes to tabulate ballots after a 2024 law goes into effect, sparking concern…
Hundreds of companies use the software company Benevity to connect with nonprofits, allowing employees to donate their time and money, but Benevity’s platform blacklists conservative nonprofits, using as a resource the very same leftist group that now faces charges for hiding its secret payments to Ku Klux Klan members. The SPLC admitted to funding members of…
Virginia Democrats dealt Republicans a major defeat in the national redistricting war with a successful redistricting ballot measure on Tuesday, but the final battle may take place in Tallahassee, Florida. On Tuesday, over 51% of voters opted to support allowing Virginia’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the 11-seat congressional map to boot up to four of…
Senate leadership this week directed Republicans to pass a budget resolution narrowly aimed at immigration enforcement funding, but some congressional leaders say the scope should be widened to address abortion and transgender surgeries for minors. While budget resolution talks have attempted to stay focused on funds for Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, House…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The American Medical Association Foundation website no longer includes listings for race-based scholarships after a medical watchdog suggested the foundation should lose its tax-exempt status for racial discrimination. Do No Harm, a watchdog group of doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, aims to expose racial discrimination, transgender ideology, and other divisive…
While Ohio has laws preventing municipalities from passing local gun control ordinances, Senate lawmakers say gun owners need further protection of their Second Amendment rights. State Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, introduced Senate Bill 278 last fall to let private citizens sue localities that pass gun control measures. The bill, which amends Section 9.68 of the…
Morphing numerous bills into one giant legislative package is often a recipe for wasteful spending, but an anti-fraud measure from Senate DOGE Caucus Chairwoman Joni Ernst aims to save taxpayers $240 billion. In January, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., requested that Ernst, an Iowa Republican, draft a legislative package to prevent fraud cases similar…