Tag: Banking

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    Special Committee Meets Ahead of Setting Rules for Next Voting System in Georgia

    A new special committee tasked with instituting rules for Georgia’s next “system of election equipment” met Friday at the state Capitol to create a new voting tabulation method in time for the 2028 elections. The task of the Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee comes following the Legislature’s prior direction to abolish the state’s QR…
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  • opinion

    Mamdani Promised Affordability. His New Amazon Delivery Plan Could Make NYC More Expensive.

    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is once again using a big corporation as an easy target in a scheme that will likely make New York City more unaffordable, not less. On Monday, the socialist mayor announced the so-called Delivery Protection Act—which received significant union backing—that will allegedly be used to “rein in the power…
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  • analysis

    Why Don Lemon’s 3 Legal Maneuvers Are Doomed to Fail

    Former CNN host Don Lemon is testing three strategies to escape criminal charges for his role in a January church invasion, and a conservative attorney expects all three of them to fail. “I find it very hard to believe that this is going to work,” Josh Hammer, senior counsel at the Article III Project, told…
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  • opinion

    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…
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    Supreme Court to Hear Case of Catholic Preschool Excluded From Colorado Program Over State’s LGBTQ Policy

    The Supreme Court in November will hear the case of a Catholic school excluded from Colorado’s universal preschool program over its views on LGBTQ issues. On Tuesday, the high court released its calendar of arguments for November that includes the case of St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, scheduled for Nov. 3. The calendar also…
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    Texas Colleges Could See Funding Tied to Graduation, Student Progress

    The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is recommending a performance-based funding model for Texas public universities and colleges that would prioritize measurable, student-focused outcomes. According to the new funding plan, the formula would calculate funding based on measurable, student-focused outcomes “that align with Texas’ strategic plan for higher education and state and regional workforce needs.”…
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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…
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    Court Rules Against Confederate School Names in Virginia’s Shenandoah County

    A federal judge ruled that Shenandoah County must once again change the names of two schools it had returned to their original names in 2024. The schools had been named Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School until the names were changed in 2020 to Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School….
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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…
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    El-Sayed Played Key Role in Protesting Former Jihadist-Turned-Christian Speaking Event

    Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed played a role in a walkout of a speaking event in 2007 that featured three former radical Islamic terrorists who converted to Christianity at the University of Michigan. The event, titled “Terrorism: The World’s Greatest Threat,” was hosted by an affiliate chapter of the Young America’s Foundation and featured Walid…
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s Dangerous Midterm Strategy

    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 are in about 160 days now of the so-called Iran war, and we’re 84 days out…
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    New Report Exposes the Foreign Cash Behind ‘Extremist Climate Activist Movement’

    Foreign donors have poured over $130 million into U.S.-based climate activist nonprofits, according to a new database tracking over $5 billion in foreign funding. “Our database makes it clear foreign cash is bankrolling much of the extremist climate activist movement in America,” Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told the Daily Signal….
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  • analysis

    What Might Explain the Steep Decline of Obamacare Enrollment in Ohio?

    Recent data on Obamacare enrollment suggests that Ohio has seen the largest declines in the nation. But experts say the numbers may be skewed, and fraud may have had a significant impact as well. Based on data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, between February 2025 and February 2026, Affordable Care Act…
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    Trump Slams Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax as Judge Halts Implementation

    President Donald Trump slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax on certain second properties in a Tuesday post on Truth Social and threatened federal action. The president said the tax “is costing New York City and State a fortune in that the money, eventually to be gotten, is very little compared to to…
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  • opinion

    What El-Sayed’s Victory and the DSA’s Rise Could Do to the Economy

    Last week, democratic socialist Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democrat primary for U.S. Senate, securing 48.5% of the vote. El-Sayed will now face former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in a toss-up November race that could determine control of the Senate. This result is not an isolated event. Across the country, socialists…
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  • analysis

    How Paxton and Talarico Would Tackle Texas’ Affordability Problem

    While campaigning in North Texas last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democrat state Rep. James Talarico offered differing plans for tackling affordability issues facing Texans. Paxton, who held an event in Allen, discussed his plan for addressing affordability, which he called “Protecting the Texas Promise.” Paxton’s plan centers on reducing taxes for homeowners…
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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…
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    Noncitizen Voting Cases Contradict Democrats’ Claims They Don’t Happen

    Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed on the Senate floor that noncitizen voting is a myth, just months before New Jersey officials admitted about 400 noncitizens had voted in state elections. “The good news is that noncitizens do not vote in American elections,” the Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats asserted in a March 19 floor speech….
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: The WNBA’s Obsession With ‘White Privilege’

    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’ve talked about the Women’s National Basketball Association on prior occasions. There’d be no real reason to…
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    Francesca Hong Could Reshape the Democratic Party’s Future in Wisconsin

    The Democratic Party could take another decisive turn as Francesca Hong faces David Crowley for the gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday. Hong is a state legislator and member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Crowley is viewed as the establishment candidate, being endorsed by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. Tuesday’s open primary race is another instance of…
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