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    Owens: Black Caucus & NAACP Are Stripping Dreams Away From Young Black Kids

    As House Democrats and the NAACP encourage black athletes to consider avoiding scholarships at certain Southern universities over redistricting disputes, Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, is pushing back—calling the effort a political maneuver that undermines opportunities for young athletes. Speaking to the Daily Signal, Owens criticized what he described as “black elitists” seeking to “take the…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Roy, Middleton Square Off for Texas AG Nomination

    Republican voters in Texas will decide in a runoff election whether their nominee for attorney general in November will be Rep. Chip Roy or state Sen. Mayes Middleton. Roy, author of the SAVE America Act—legislation requiring voter identification that passed the House three times during the 119th Congress—won 32% of the vote in the March…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    House Democrat Opposes Party’s Maine Senate Candidate

    A House Democrat called his party’s presumptive Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner’s personal history “disqualifying” on Monday, highlighting the difficulties Democrats may face in a race that could determine the balance of power in Washington. “I think it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic…
    George Caldwell
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    Senate GOP Leaders Pull a Bait-and-Switch With Reconciliation 3.0

    Conservatives have every right to feel betrayed by the Republican Congress’ recent antics. Free marketeers, from the U.S. House to homes across America, were told in April to accept Senate Republican Leader John Thune’s emaciated Reconciliation 2.0 bill. The South Dakotan employed a limited-use budget procedure that obviates that pesky 60-vote filibuster threshold and permits passage via simple…
    Deroy Murdock
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    As Americans Celebrate Memorial Day, Rep. Harrigan Issues a Sobering Reminder

    As the country celebrates a long weekend with time at the beach, family cookouts, or maybe even 15% off at a Memorial Day sale, Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., is asking Americans to remember the price that has already been paid for their holiday weekend. “Memorial Day is a time of sadness, and it’s where you…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Boost Sends Paxton Soaring—and His MAHA Record Is Front and Center

    In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton is dominating the polls after a surprise endorsement from President Donald Trump, plus additional support from Make America Healthy Again voters. A SoCal Strategies poll conducted after this week’s endorsement from the president found Paxton dominating Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn by 22…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    The List Is Out of 10 Most Vulnerable House Members for Midterms

    The 2026 midterms offer plenty of races to watch as Republicans try to buck the historical trend of the president’s party losing seats. Both political parties have turned to redistricting, which is having an effect on races. Roll Call released its list of the 10 most vulnerable House members, many in order of newsworthiness. Emanuel…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Trump Team to Restore ‘Integrity and Safety’ for American Truckers

    Legislation that would bar illegal immigrants and non-English speakers from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses is advancing in the U.S. House after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy renewed his push for the measure this week. “Dalilah’s Law would have revoked this illegal trucker’s license,” Duffy wrote on X, responding to reports that an illegal immigrant truck driver…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Duffy’s ‘Great American Road Trip’ Promotes American Culture

    Road trips are quintessentially American. What’s more America than a family packing into an SUV and driving hundreds of miles across state borders, eating homemade sandwiches and entertaining children with endless games of “I Spy,” just to see beautiful views and a couple of major landmarks? Family road trips from our home in southern Michigan…
    Francesca Cella
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    Trump Dominates in Primaries as Capitol Hill Flouts Him

    After vanquishing multiple Republicans in primaries for having crossed him in the past, President Donald Trump is still as dominant as ever with his party’s electoral base. But are his battles with incumbent Republicans costing him power on Capitol Hill? Trump is on a hot streak with primary challenges. Last weekend, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.,…
    George Caldwell
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    Just 8 House Democrats Voted for Parental Consent Pronouns Bill

    On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 217–198 to require federally funded elementary and middle schools to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s gender on forms or sex-based accommodations. Only eight Democrats voted for the bill. Democrat Reps. Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Cleo Fields of Louisiana, Lauren Gillen…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Sen. Rick Scott Pushes Bill to Ban Chinese Digital Currency in US Transactions

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would prohibit U.S.-based money services businesses from using central bank digital currencies issued by the Communist Party of China, including the digital yuan. If enacted, the Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act would prohibit money services businesses from engaging in any transaction that involves…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Thune Stalls DHS Funding Bill Again, Sending Congress Home

    The long-stalled Department of Homeland Security immigration funding bill unexpectedly stalled again Thursday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader John Thune delayed the vote until after the long weekend and the even longer recess, missing President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline. On Tuesday, Thune told the press that senators were going to vote this week on the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    It’s Time to Save Standard Time

    Every March and November, Americans dread the notification in their inbox or on the news to “Remember to change your clocks!” Most of us rely on the adage “Fall back in fall—spring forward in spring” to sort out the confusion of which way the clock is moving. But you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who…
    Jennifer Galardi
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    Cooke on Newsmax: SPLC Controversy Raises New Questions About Fraud and Accountability

    The Daily Signal’s Senior Political and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said on Newsmax Wednesday that congressional scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center over fraud concerns is long overdue, arguing that Americans deserve answers about whether the organization engaged in political targeting and how it used donor funds. A federal grand jury in April charged…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    GOP Congress Goes After the ‘Ethnic Scam’ Crippling America

    Republicans are discovering billions of taxpayers’ dollars going to waste, being spent fraudulently, and abused by American bureaucracy systems, specifically the welfare state. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is leading the fraud investigations, rooted in immigration policy issues, in Congress. “A lot of this is being done by foreigners,” Gill said at a Republican Study Committee…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Communist Cuba Mouth Piece Dismembered by US Lawmakers

    After Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez claimed that “despite the [U.S.] embargo, sanctions and threats of the use of force, Cuba continues on a path of sovereignty toward its socialist development,” several Republican lawmakers dismissed his remarks as disconnected from reality. “Ha, ha, ha,” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., said sarcastically in response. “Ha, ha,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Fostering the Future Act Passes the House—FLOTUS Asks the Senate to Follow 

    The U.S. House on Tuesday unanimously passed Melania Trump’s foster care initiative, and now the first lady is calling on senators to follow suit and pass the long-awaited reform. At an annual charity luncheon Wednesday afternoon, Trump urged Senate members and their spouses to consider it their “moral obligation” to support foster care in their…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    House Lawmakers and Top Reporter Question SPLC Credibility Amid DOJ Charges

    Buttressed by testimony from Daily Signal senior investigative reporter Tyler O’Neil, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Manufacturing Hate” on Wednesday, scrutinizing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s credibility, citing recent federal charges against the organization. The Department of Justice announced April 21 that a federal grand jury charged the SPLC with…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Dem Candidate Calls for ‘Prison’ and ‘Castration’ for Zionists

    After calling for Zionists to be placed in a “prison” and a “castration processing center,” a Democrat front-runner for a Texas Congressional District is attempting to defend her incendiary comments days before a primary. The Instagram account of Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist heading into the Democrat runoff primary in the redrawn 35th Congressional District,…
    George Caldwell
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