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    Havana Should Not Dictate American Immigration Enforcement
    In 2008, Fort Myers police officer Andrew Widman was shot in the face and killed on a downtown street. He was a husband and father of three, and he never had the chance to draw his weapon. The man who killed him, Abel Arango, was an armed robber already ordered removed from the country. Cuba…
    Scott Mechkowski
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    One Year After Trump Sent National Guard to DC, Homicides Plunge 41%, Overall Crime Stats Mixed
    Murder rates, carjackings, and other crimes dropped significantly in the nation’s capital a year after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops in the city, but crime stats still show a mixed picture. Tuesday marks one year since Trump announced he would deploy National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to combat crime as part of…
    Fred Lucas
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  • opinion

    The Quiet Manufacturing Boom
    Beneath the cacophony of media noise, an important untold story emerges: A manufacturing boom is unfolding across America right now, and especially so in the geographic center of the country. This developing boom represents an epochal shift because investments in factories and tangible production involve the stickiest kind of capital expenditures. The commitment to production…
    Steve Cortes
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    Trump Took Secret Backup Plane After Iran Threat, Report Says
    President Donald Trump secretly boarded an alternate military aircraft for his July 8 flight from Ankara, Turkey, due to an assassination threat from Iran, The Washington Post first reported. At the end of his trip to the 2026 NATO summit in Turkey, Trump boarded Air Force One as usual, then slipped into a catering truck…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Names New White House Counsel
    President Donald Trump announced that Will Scharf will become White House counsel. “It is my Great Honor to announce that, effective September 1st, Will Scharf will become Assistant to the President and White House Counsel, replacing a man, David Warrington, who has done a truly outstanding job as White House Counsel and, before that, for…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Declassified Documents Reveal Democrats’, Deep State Targeting of Sessions in Russia Probe
    In the early months of President Donald Trump’s first term, when enemies of the administration clung to the since-discredited Russia collusion narrative, the FBI opened a probe called “March Toll” into then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The FBI launched the probe at the behest of two Democrat senators, one of whom resigned from office in disgrace…
    Fred Lucas
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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sees a Midterms Role for MAHA
    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes the “Make America Healthy Again” movement will play a pivotal role in the upcoming November midterm elections. Kennedy has toured the country touting President Donald Trump’s MAHA accomplishments, visiting Danville, Virginia; Goldsboro, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Lexington, Kentucky; and Atlanta, Georgia, this week alone. “Everywhere…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    What Conservative Columnist Could Freely Write for The New York Times?
    The Left’s perennial scolds of CBS News churned out barrels of umbrage over hiring conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat as part of the new team of correspondents at “60 Minutes.” They suggested this was some sort of “desperate” lurch to the right, an obstreperous overthrow of Pelleyesque arrogance on 57th Street.   But that created a…
    Tim Graham
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  • news

    Late-Night Senate Session Ends With SAVE America Defeat​
    The U.S. Senate adjourned early Saturday morning after a long night of votes and debate, failing to pass one of President Trump’s most pressing priorities, the SAVE American Act. Though Republicans had some wins, they left the fight for the legislation to secure U.S. elections until they return to Washington in September. “Tragically, the Save…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Opens Up About His Relationship With Thune as Senate Struggles to Pass SAVE America Act
    President Donald Trump told Punchbowl News on Friday that he has “no disconnect” with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., but understands the importance of pushing to pass the budget resolution, which includes provisions of the SAVE America Act. Election integrity provisions—such as requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, providing identification to cast…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Signs Executive Orders Cracking Down on Birthright Citizenship
    President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, after the Supreme Court in June struck down his previous order restricting the policy. “We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright [citizenship] … so we’re making adjustments,” Trump said in the Oval Office. Birthright citizenship is…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Reckless Border Policy Took Anne Fundner’s 15-Year-Old Son. It Would Not Take Her Voice.
    Anne Fundner made a promise to her son Weston the day he was born: I will always keep you safe. She had no idea a pill laced with fentanyl would break that promise 15 years later. Fundner spoke Saturday to grassroots leaders at Heritage Action’s Southwest Sentinel Summit, which focuses on the most pressing social…
    Emma Dayton
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    Trump Expands Low-Income Childcare Program That Shrunk Under Biden
    The Administration for Children and Families is overhauling a federal low-income childcare program to include less regulation and lower administrative costs, while increasing the number of spots available.  The notice of proposed rulemaking, titled “Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs,” slashes the 130-page regulations governing the Head Start program to just 10 pages. The…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Bar Complaint Rejected After Claims E. Jean Carroll Lawyer Concealed $7 Million Funding Source for Trump Lawsuit
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The lawyer for E. Jean Carroll will not face any sanction for not immediately disclosing that a major Democrat donor funded Carroll’s sexual assault lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The New York State Attorney Grievance Committee of the New York State Supreme Court sent a letter Monday to the watchdog group…
    Fred Lucas
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  • analysis

    Republicans Have Been Here Before. In 2008, They Refused to Go Home.
    The year was 2008, and a group of insurgent Republicans mounted a rebellion on the floor of the House of Representatives as Congress bolted for the August recess.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi had adjourned the chamber without a vote on offshore drilling. Republicans refused to leave. The microphones were cut, the C-SPAN cameras went dark, and…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    What the Situation on the Ground in Iran Actually Looks Like
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   We’re hearing more and more every day about Iran and [President Donald] Trump as the midterms now are only about 90…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • opinion

    2 Ways to Fix Inflation
    Housing affordability is awful, and it looks set to get worse. Unless, of course, we take corrective action, especially on immigration and war. Here’s the harsh current reality: Inflation continues to bedevil far too many Americans. Other than owners of substantial assets, wage earners have struggled in this economy for five years, ever since the…
    Steve Cortes
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  • news

    Blanche Secures Deal With Skeptical GOP Senators, Confirmation Vote Set
    Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have reached a deal with the Department of Justice, agreeing to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for official confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Following weeks of negotiations and threats from the president to withdraw his nomination over the contested anti-weaponization fund, the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Fox News Delivered Its Highest-Rated Fourth of July in Network History During America 250
    Fox News Channel dominated television ratings in July, highlighted by its highest-rated Fourth of July coverage in network history, according to Nielsen Media Research. Several broadcast networks, conversely, suffered historic lows, further demonstrating the steady shift in American TV viewing habits. Record Fourth of July Ratings After America celebrated its 250th anniversary with, in all…
    Andrew Phelan
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    Trump Says He Will Hold Off on Fresh Iran Attack in Hope of Quick Deal
    CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said late on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that Iran and other…
    Reuters
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