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In solidly blue Illinois, members of the state’s conservative Freedom Caucus are harshly criticizing the reinstatement of a noncitizen as a police officer who was recently arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Oct. 15, ICE arrested Radule Bojovic, an alleged “illegal alien from Montenegro who was recently sworn in as a police officer in…
Republicans came one step closer yesterday in keeping their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yesterday evening, by a vote of 6-to-3, the Indiana State Senate Elections Committee advanced a redistricting bill that could give the GOP two more House seats from the Hoosier State. Indiana currently has nine people in its House delegation, seven…
President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new 5% tariffs on Mexico if the country does not “immediately” comply with a decades-old water treaty. “Mexico still owes the U.S over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to comply with our Treaty over the past five years,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty. The treaty requires the U.S….
REUTERS—Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube, and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook from midnight. Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children from midnight on Wednesday (1300 GMT on Tuesday) or face fines of up to A$49.5 million ($33…
President Donald Trump didn’t rule out reducing tariffs on some goods in order to address affordability concerns. When asked by Politico if he would rule out reducing tariffs on any more goods, Trump said he would “on some” goods, adding on some, he will increase tariffs. “Because you know what happens is because of tariffs,…
The Hoosier State has joined the redistricting war. A new Republican-favored U.S congressional map, known as Map 90, advanced out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee Monday night, heading for a final Senate floor vote later this week. The map has already passed the Indiana state House. The new congressional map would likely give the final two Democrat U.S. House seats to Republicans, making the states’ margins 9-0, in…
President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy is garnering support across the conservative movement. On Friday, the Department of State released its new National Security Strategy—a policy paper detailing the administration’s priorities across the world. To some in the conservative orbit, it is a 33-page crystallization of just how the Trump movement wants to rethink…
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to reshape Florida’s congressional map ahead of midterm elections gives the state a “unique opportunity” to augment the Republican majority in Congress, Florida GOP operatives tell The Daily Signal. “Florida will 1,000% play a role in this redistricting fight,” a prominent Florida Republican said. “It’s just going to be a matter…
The Supreme Court’s conservative-leaning majority seems poised to scrap a 90-year precedent that has insulated the deep state for decades. Justices are weighing whether an elected president can remove executive branch officials serving on supposedly “independent” commissions or boards, and whether blocking the president from doing so violates the constitutional principle of separation of powers….
The Trump administration has located 62,000 children who entered the U.S. unaccompanied under the previous administration, according to border czar Tom Homan. “Some of these children were in sex trafficking—we found them. Some were in forced labor, some were being mistreated—I can’t even discuss some of the mistreatment we found out about,” Homan said Sunday on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends Weekend.” “President [Donald] Trump, again, proves why…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Heritage Foundation expert is calling for the United States to respond to the European Union’s fine on the social media platform X and on owner Elon Musk, with sanctions on EU officials and restrictions of travel, including preventing them from attending next year’s World Cup festivities in the U.S. “We…
Firebrand progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has made it official—she is entering the Texas Senate race in 2026. On Monday, ahead of an anticipated “special announcement” in Dallas, a Texas Democratic Party spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that Crockett had filed her candidacy. Crockett released a campaign video on Monday that simply showed Crockett sitting…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said Sunday that city police would not cooperate with a federal immigration enforcement operation launched in the wake of a growing fraud scandal in Minnesota. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is surging into the Minneapolis area to target illegal immigrants from Somalia after revelations into at least…
Alina Habba resigned Monday as the acting U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey. This comes after an appeals court ruling disqualified her from serving in the position. “While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for the politicized…
The Department of Homeland Security has rolled out a new searchable website allowing Americans to see the names and faces of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens arrested across all 50 states since the start of the Trump administration. Now, Americans from Springfield, Ohio, to San Diego to Boston can learn the identities of some of the illegal aliens Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained in…
The House of Representatives will vote this week on the National Defense Authorization Act—the annual defense budgeting bill that authorizes programs and sets spending goals. “This year’s National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President [Donald] Trump and Republicans’ Peace Through Strength Agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump’s executive orders, ending woke ideology at the…
An illegal alien from Honduras is reported to have stabbed a man on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Suspect Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia is in custody and has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has logged an arrest detainer for the man. The incident marks the second stabbing on Charlotte’s transit systems in five months. “Another stabbing by an…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told participants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, “I’m here to help.” He also said of state officials, “Let’s just go fight these people,” according to a 2021 audio recording now receiving renewed scrutiny after more than 50 guilty pleas in the scandal. The audio, which Ellison has not…
Religion plays a larger part in the lives of Republican voters than in the lives of their Democrat counterparts, according to a new survey. A report from the Pew Research Center released late last month found that two-thirds (66%) of Republicans believe “with absolute certainty” in God, compared to only 41% of Democrats who said the same—a…
With the 2026 midterms in sight, one major question on Capitol Hill is if Republicans will vote on the Chloe Cole Act, a bill that seeks to end the chemical or surgical mutilation of children. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Bob Onder, R-Mo., in September and is currently cosponsored by more than 30 Republicans…