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Ohio AG Dave Yost Resigns, Will Work for Christian Legal Group
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday he is resigning from his role, effective June 7. He will serve as the vice president of strategic research and innovation with Alliance Defending Freedom. Yost has served as Ohio’s top law enforcement official since 2019 and was preceded by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. He previously served as…Rebecca Downs -
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Leo XIV’s Papacy at One Year
On May 8, 2025, a few minutes after his election, Pope Leo XIV opened his pontificate with “la pace sia con tutti voi” (peace be with you all). In many ways, these words can be understood as a kind of agenda for the Holy Father in the last year: cultivate peace and thus bolster unity…Mario Enzler -
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Spencer Pratt Rips Opponents During LA Mayoral Debate, Wins 88% Audience Approval
In a two-hour mayoral debate hosted by NBC 4 Los Angeles, three candidates shared their views on how the nation’s second-largest city should manage its growing list of crises. But a post-debate poll showed one candidate emerged as the clear winner. The debate stage on Wednesday night featured two familiar local politicians, Mayor Karen Bass…Angelina Delfin -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Lose Next Phase in the Gerrymandering Wars
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. Gerrymandering, or the protocol where states allot congressional seats by population, is in the news recently, and some states…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Turning Point Action Flexes Midterm Muscle in Indiana
Turning Point Action just showed the GOP and the country what it is capable of accomplishing in the midterms and beyond. While President Donald Trump initiated the redistricting fight in Indiana, boots on the ground from Turning Point Action volunteers delivered the removal of anti‑redistricting lawmakers from the state Senate. “We know what it takes…Virginia Grace McKinnon -
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Trump White House Takes Transgender-Motivated Terror Threat Seriously
America’s counterterror forces can no longer ignore the threat of extremism motivated by transgender ideology, and President Donald Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy rightly addresses this threat. The counterterrorism strategy, released Wednesday, outlines three major threats: narcoterrorists and transnational gangs; legacy Islamist terrorists; and violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists. That third category includes transgender…Tyler O’Neil -
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Inside the Nebraska Senate Race Full of Alleged Plants and Double Agents
The critical 2026 Nebraska Senate race, which could help tip the balance of power in Washington, has become consumed by accusations that candidates are misrepresenting their party affiliations to rig the odds in their favor. In November, Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., who is finishing the term of retired Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, will seek a…George Caldwell -
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AI Race May Be on the Docket for Trump’s Meeting With Xi
President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, where official talks on the AI race could be on the docket. The White House and the Chinese government are weighing the launch of official discussions about AI amid concerns about the competition becoming the newest arms race, The Wall Street…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Administration Mulls AI Regulation Executive Orders, but Substance in Flux
The White House is contemplating executive orders on artificial intelligence regulation, but the specifics of the orders are still the subject of active debate, sources close to the administration told The Daily Signal. The New York Times first reported that the White House is looking into an executive order to create a vetting system for…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Maine Election Scam: Noncitizens, Radical Elites, and the Death of Democracy
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: So, let’s start off with corruption in Maine. And here’s this—Steve Robinson posted this on X the other…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Can MAGA Hold Together?
In this preview from the latest “Signal Sitdown” podcast with Bradley Devlin, Michael Knowles discusses how the MAGA coalition can stay together despite all the infighting on the right. The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EST on May 7. Bradley Devlin: And yet there’s this shift in the American lexicon that’s happened,…Bradley Devlin -
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Brutal Seattle Crime Exposes the Cost of Socialist Mayor’s Hostility to Public Safety
Seattle’s new socialist mayor, Katie Wilson, has been going viral quite a bit in the last few weeks and for all the wrong reasons. I know violent crime videos proliferate on social media these days, but this one is especially hard to watch. In a clip captured by a closed-circuit television camera in Seattle, two young men…Jarrett Stepman -
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Democrats Attack Deportations at California Gubernatorial Debate
“Would you push to deport undocumented farm workers?” CNN debate moderators asked this emotionally charged question to the seven California gubernatorial candidates Tuesday night. Democrats cited benefits to the economy and “racial profiling” as valid reasons to not push deportations. Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton pushed back, emphasizing the importance of fairness for Californians…Angelina Delfin -
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Johnson Doing ‘Everything He Can’ to Extend Planned Parenthood Defund: Pro-Life Rep
Speaker Mike Johnson has assured some members of Congress and pro-life leaders that he will try to stop the resumption of Planned Parenthood funding, but he faces opposition from Democrats and even members of his own party. Johnson told Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and other members of Congress that he is working…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Border District Dem Wanted a ‘Stand Down’ for Immigration Enforcement
An Arizona Democrat seeking to unseat Rep. Juan Ciscomani has advocated for a “stand down” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, emphasizing the need to reconsider border security strategies. “First and foremost, what we need to address is we need a stand down for ICE and all ICE operations right now because an external, independent…Pedro Rodriguez -
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CORRECTING THE RECORD: The Palisades Fire Was Yet Another Example of Leftist Political Violence
Democrats’ heated rhetoric may have contributed to the Palisades Fire—but not by warming the global climate. When the Los Angeles-area fire burned 23,707 acres, destroyed 6,833 structures, and killed 12 people, those on the left rushed to blame it on man-made climate change. Only later did we learn that the human causation was far more…Tyler O’Neil -
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3 Soros Prosecutors Eyed in House Probe of Sanctuary Policies
Philadelphia’s controversial prosecutor, Larry Krasner, is facing congressional scrutiny—as are Northern Virginia local officials—for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement and giving preferential treatment to illegal aliens. This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., sent letters to prosecutors, police, and sheriffs’ offices in Philadelphia and in Arlington County, Virginia,…Fred Lucas -
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Homan: ‘Mass Deportations Are Coming’
“Mass deportations are coming,” border czar Tom Homan declared Tuesday during his keynote speech at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. “If you think last year’s historic number was good, wait until next year, when we have 10,000 agents,” he told the more than 2,200 attendees. “You ain’t seen (expletive) yet.” Homan specifically put…Al Perrotta -
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Trump Sends Warning to RINOS via the Indiana State Senate
Last night, President Donald Trump sent a warning to RINOs across the country: If you are against the party, you are out. Trump went to war with the Indiana Senate after it refused to pass an all‑red map last December. Six of the seven candidates Trump endorsed against incumbent state senators won by a landslide….Virginia Grace McKinnon -
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FBI Raids Virginia Senate Leader’s Office in Corruption Probe
The FBI raided the office of the Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat, as part of a corruption investigation, Fox 5 D.C. reported. She is the top official in the state Senate. Lucas is a leader in the state Democrats’ redistricting push. FBI agents are searching a nearby cannabis dispensary as…Fred Lucas