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President Donald Trump will ramp up domestic travel ahead of midterms as he sells voters on his affordability accomplishments, a White House official told The Daily Signal. While domestic travel will continue to increase, the White House says this is not a pivot from his first 10 months in office as he has talked about…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch told “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones Thursday that the “greatest danger” facing the country was “itself.” Only 36% of Americans could pass the citizenship test given to immigrants seeking to become naturalized citizens, according to a 2018 survey by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, with 57% of…
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein touted his friendship with former President Bill Clinton, but the two also had a falling out after Epstein felt Clinton lied to him, according to newly released documents. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released thousands more pages of files from the Epstein estate on Wednesday. A heavily redacted letter…
Judge Cameron McGowan Currie announced Thursday that she would rule by Thanksgiving whether to disqualify Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who convinced grand juries to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Both Comey and James argue that Halligan’s appointment as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District…
Following an immigration enforcement operation, a group of retired Chicago journalists have issued a public letter accusing the Trump administration of inflicting “terror” on the Windy City. “We covered this city for a living and love it, and we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal,” the former journalists write. “It’s eroding all of our rights and should…
China and other foreign adversaries are abusing American birthright citizenship to have American children through surrogacy. But one Republican senator has a plan to criminalize the growing surrogacy industry for foreigners. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., recently introduced a bill called the Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy (SAFE KIDS) Act that would prevent adversarial nations, specifically China, from using and taking advantage of American women to obtain…
As the United States approaches some of its busiest travel days, the Trump administration is redoubling its efforts to improve the quality and safety of air travel in the wake of a government shutdown that risked making air travel unsafe. As a result of the Democrat-led government shutdown—the longest government shutdown in U.S. history—thousands of…
The longest government shutdown in history is over after President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund the government into law on Wednesday night, just hours after the House of Representatives passed the measure. “Today, we’re sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion,” Trump said before signing the bill. “The…
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether convicted felons can petition for reduced sentencing under the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform law that President Donald Trump signed during his first term. The cases focus on what criteria a federal judge can consider in reducing a prisoner’s sentence, and whether this can include…
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 13. The horrific slaughter of Christians in Nigeria has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and…
After weeks of noncommittal responses during the nation’s longest federal government shutdown, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who is now looking to unseat Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, has proclaimed the deal to end the government shutdown is “a bad deal for Ohioans.” Brown took to X to express his displeasure with his fellow Democrats: “Half…
Kazakhstan is joining the Abraham Accords, making it the first nation in five years to do so. The move, according to pro-Israel advocates and politicians, signals an opportunity. With more land than any other Muslim country in the world, Kazakhstan has huge potential for increased cooperation with Israel in agricultural development, sustainability, and much more,” David Aaronson, a visiting fellow at the Allison…
The American Freedom Law Center is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to grant oral arguments in its First Amendment lawsuit against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for the “irreparable harm” of her endorsing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s claim that AFLC is a “hate group.” “From the very beginning, Michigan…
GOP candidates who run on President Donald Trump’s successful policies will win their 2026 midterm elections, said Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal. “The president’s policies are the key to victory in the midterms,” he said. “If we follow what the president has done, we win. If…
Public health in America can only advance if there’s a willingness to challenge orthodoxy, Vice President JD Vance said at a “Make America Healthy Again” event Wednesday. “There is no way that this country is going to advance unless we’re comfortable with people who are willing to challenge orthodoxy,” Vance said. “And that’s what I…
In collaboration with China, President Donald Trump has effectively “shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl,” FBI Director Kash Patel says. China has “agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors,” Patel said at the White House press briefing on Wednesday. Patel traveled to Beijing over the weekend and met with officials regarding the scourge of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that killed 48,000…
Senate Republicans managed to stave off Democrats’ health care demands after enough Senate Democrat Caucus members broke ranks on a deal to reopen the government. But Republicans are still in search of health care solutions, and some are using the continued debate over Obamacare subsidies to float an ambitious, politically risky restructuring of Obamacare. As…
The Trump administration is set to make announcements about tackling affordability problems on two fronts—bringing down prices and boosting incomes, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday. He suggested tariffs on consumer goods such as coffee and fruit will decrease, and he made unspecific references to what’s ahead for incomes. “Imagine two lines. There is the…
House Democrats redacted a key detail from their Wednesday release of Jeffrey Epstein files to promote a “fake narrative” and “smear” President Donald Trump, according to House Republicans and the White House. The Democrat minority on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee first released documents obtained from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey…
Former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, has announced he is running to succeed longtime Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., in representing New York’s 12th Congressional District. “I’m running for Congress because the best part of the greatest city on earth needs to be heard loud and clear in Washington and deserves a representative who…