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Republican Matt Van Epps triumphed in Tuesday’s House special election in Tennessee, stifling talk of a possible Democrat upset in a reliably red district. As of Tuesday evening, the Associated Press projexted Van Epps as the winner, defeating his Democrat opponent, Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn. Epps will fill the seat of former Rep. Mark…
House Democrats recently blamed the Trump administration’s efforts to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for poor information security. But the agency was fully staffed during the Biden administration when a massive—and still unresolved—data breach occurred. In February 2023, CFPB experienced a data breach that forwarded the confidential information of 256,000 consumers to a…
President Donald Trump said he is “seriously” looking into replicating a version of the Australian retirement savings accounts program to increase the U.S. birth rate. On Tuesday, billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged to donate $6.25 billion to the Trump accounts, originally called MAGA Baby Bonuses, which were created by the One Big Beautiful Bill…
Ohio is securing another win for election integrity by striking a deal with the federal government that Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has called “historic.” On Monday, LaRose, a Republican, announced the “long-term” agreement with the federal government to verify voter registration eligibility. “Ohio has a duty to ensure that only U.S. citizens are…
Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of arguments from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office justifying subpoenas of a network of pro-life pregnancy centers on Tuesday. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin claimed First Choice Women’s Resource Centers may have made misleading comments about abortion and issued broad subpoenas to force the group to provide donor…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth defended the Department of War’s second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, citing the “fog of war.” Hegseth said during the second strike on Sept. 2, the boat “was on fire,” so he didn’t personally see survivors, and he said he “didn’t stick around” for the remainder…
Lawmakers in Washington are contemplating an artificial intelligence provision that could have wide-ranging ramifications for how states and localities regulate the emerging technology and protect the vulnerable online. The provision could be added to the National Defense Authorization Act, which will direct how nearly $1 trillion will be spent on national defense for fiscal year…
President Donald Trump called affordability “a hoax that was started by Democrats who caused the problem of pricing.” “Look, affordability’s a hoax that was started by Democrats who caused the problem of pricing. And they didn’t end it when, look, they lost it in a landslide,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White…
Minnesota whistleblowers went viral on X over the weekend after accusing Gov. Tim Walz of enabling fraud by retaliating against whistleblowers, and the social media platform suspended their account in a move conservatives suggest may represent another form of retaliation. “Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota,” the X account posted on…
As America turns 250 years old, it’s important to remember that freedom, not top-down communism, created our prosperity, Security and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday morning. The SEC chairman’s speech about “Revitalizing American Markets” comes a month after New York voters elected socialist Zohran…
House Republican leadership committed to addressing affordability and national security issues at the Republican National Committee on Tuesday. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., who started the press conference by offering her prayers and condolences to the families of the two National Guard members shot in the nation’s capital, promised legislative work on lowering…
With November’s stinging election results not even a month behind the Virginia GOP, its chairman, state Sen. Mark Peake, announced that he will be stepping down. Peake told The Daily Signal that he’s leaving his post at the end of December because he wanted to make sure he could devote his full effort in the…
When the American Civil Liberties Union agrees with pro-life, gun rights, and business groups in the Supreme Court, there must be a pretty clear and important principle at stake. The case is First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, and the court heard arguments on Dec. 2. The important principle is whether the First Amendment…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is recommending the U.S. implement new travel bans. “I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem wrote on X Monday night. “Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for…
With time winding down before the House breaks for Christmas, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is hitting Republicans’ pressure points. On Monday, Jeffries announced he is introducing a discharge petition—a way to circumvent Republican leadership—in a bid to extend COVID-19-era enhanced health care premium tax credits before they expire. Jeffries appears to be trying to…
Charlie Kirk’s legacy could live on for generations to come in Ohio if a bill on education ultimately becomes law, and it’s one step closer to doing so. The Ohio House voted along party lines last month to pass the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act, which permits the teaching of Christian influence on American history….
Millions of Americans may soon see changes to their television programming if a decades-old broadcast restriction that impacts TV station ownership is modified. The Federal Communications Commission currently caps an entity from reaching more than 39% of U.S. TV households, but the federal agency is considering changing that rule. The longstanding federal regulation will likely…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Department of War’s second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Leavitt said at Monday’s press briefing that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike on Sept. 2, reportedly killing two people who survived the initial attack….
The Vatican supports a Palestinian state, according to Pope Leo XIV. “The Holy See has for many years publicly endorsed the proposal of a solution of two states,” the pope told reporters Sunday on board a flight from Turkey to Lebanon. “We all know that in this moment, Israel does not accept that solution,” he said, adding that the Vatican sees it as the…
A three-judge panel disqualified President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer as the acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, in a case pushed by the head of a liberal lawfare group, and by Hunter Biden’s former lawyer. The panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit determined Monday that Alina Habba’s appointment violated…