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Biden DOJ Relaxed Fentanyl Policy While Reviewing Whistleblower Complaint
As the Justice Department reviewed an operation that allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills onto the streets of New Mexico, the Biden administration in 2024 relaxed federal policies on seizing the deadly drug. During the first Trump administration, the Justice Department, recognizing the lethality of fentanyl, in 2019 issued stricter rules directing federal agents… -
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Justice Department Targets Maryland in Major Crackdown on Sanctuary Policies
The Justice Department sued Maryland over the state’s sanctuary policies, alleging the state has interfered with immigration enforcement and allowed criminal illegal aliens to roam free. “When sanctuary jurisdictions enact laws to shield illegal aliens from federal law enforcement, it is not merely federal law that is violated, but the voices of everyday American voters… -
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Suspect in Kirk Killing Expressed Regret After Shooting, Roommate Says
REUTERS—The former roommate of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, told prosecutors that Robinson expressed regret a day after the killing and planned to hand himself over to police, according to a video interview played in court on Thursday. The recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs, was presented as prosecutors… -
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Video Shows Suspect in Sniper Position as Charlie Kirk Shot, Utah Prosecutors Say
PROVO, Utah, July 7 (Reuters)—Utah prosecutors showed a video on Tuesday that an investigator said showed the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk last year in a sniper’s position on the roof of a university campus building from which the prominent conservative activist was shot. The evidence was presented during the second day of a… -
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Utah Prosecutors Present Case Against Man Accused of Charlie Kirk’s Murder
PROVO, Utah, July 6 (Reuters)—A police officer at the university where prominent conservative U.S. activist Charlie Kirk was killed last year testified on Monday that he observed what looked like a “sniper pad” atop the building from which the fatal shot was fired, as prosecutors began laying out their case that a Utah man should… -
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DOJ Sues California, Virginia Over Gun Restrictions After Supreme Court Ruling
The Justice Department has filed lawsuits against both California and Virginia over the states’ gun restrictions. On Wednesday, the Justice Department sued to stop California’s newly enacted ban on Glocks, a popular handgun. The California law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in June would ban the retail purchase of common handguns manufactured by Glock and… -
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China-Based Tycoon Neville Roy Singham Under Investigation
Neville Roy Singham, a tech tycoon based in China, is facing a federal investigation for alleged financial crimes, Fox News reported Monday. Singham is known for his underwriting of socialist, communist, and Marxist causes. According to Fox News, “the grand jury in Manhattan has issued subpoenas as part of a probe launched by U.S. Attorney… -
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How the Trump Administration Made It Easier to Institutionalize the Mentally Ill
The Department of Justice has taken a big, if somewhat unheralded, step to reverse the trend of deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in America. Earlier in June, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel announced in a memorandum that it would update its treatment of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Threatens to Hold the SPLC in Contempt for Withholding Documents
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Judiciary Committee is threatening to hold the Southern Poverty Law Center in contempt of Congress for failing to hand over documents related to the SPLC’s use of “field sources” inside extremist groups and its work with the Justice Department under President Joe Biden. “The committee has made several good-faith… -
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What Trump’s DEA Says About Biden-Era Fentanyl Fast and Furious Might Surprise You
President Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Administration is defending a Biden-era initiative that allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into the country for the purpose of building a larger case against drug dealers. This comes after President Trump earlier this week posted a news story that labeled the initiative a possible “Fast and Furious 2.0,”… -
‘Knew People Would Die’: New Mexico Democrat Governor Erupts at Biden DEA Program Allowing Fentanyl Into State
New Mexico’s Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham blasted a Drug Enforcement Administration program that began in the Biden administration and allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood the state. The governor said she wrote state Attorney General Raúl Torrez, also a Democrat, and asked him to investigate whether federal agents broke state law… -
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Republicans in Strong Position to Win Attorney General Races: Report
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans are well-positioned to win reelection and pick up a few seats in attorney general offices across the country this November, according to a new report first provided to the Daily Signal. The Republican Attorneys General Association conducted and reviewed polling across the 30 races and delivered this takeaway: “The political… -
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23 State Attorneys General Urge Senate to ‘Swiftly Confirm’ Todd Blanche
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Twenty-three state attorneys general have endorsed Todd Blanche’s confirmation as U.S. attorney general, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Signal. “At a time when Americans expect their government to protect communities from violent crime, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism, and organized criminal activity, Todd Blanche has shown an ability… -
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NOT JUST AN ‘IDEA’: How Trump Admin Is Holding Antifa Accountable For Violent Threats
During the 2020 presidential debate with President Donald Trump, Joe Biden infamously declared that Antifa was “an idea, not an organization,” echoing a leftist talking point that deflected from the violent riots that summer. Yet the Justice Department’s prosecutions of Antifa agitators in this second Trump administration should dispel this notion once and for all…. -
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How One Leftist Group Prevents Corporate Employees From Supporting Conservative Nonprofits
Major employers systematically—though perhaps unintentionally—blacklist conservative nonprofits from their employee charitable giving programs through a third party. Corporate generosity platforms such as Benevity act as middlemen, connecting employers such as AT&T, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Starbucks to a host of nonprofits. Benevity, for example, connects “nearly 1,000 enterprise companies” to a network of 513,000 nonprofits after… -
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Ohio Republicans on the Death Penalty: The General Assembly ‘Has Already Spoken’
Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday revealed his stance on the death penalty, ruffling the feathers of many Ohio Republicans in the process. “I believe Ohio should abolish the death penalty. The Legislature could take this action, and I think they should take this action,” the governor said during a press conference. DeWine, a Republican leader… -
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5 Things to Know About the SPLC’s Incoming CEO
The Southern Poverty Law Center has announced its next president and CEO amid a federal indictment into alleged fraud regarding payments to members of the Ku Klux Klan. Ryan P. Haygood, who serves as president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, will formally join the SPLC in August, the center announced… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Refuses to Enforce the Rule of Law
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of 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: First of all, there have been protests—significant protests—against the murder of Henry Nowak in England and the… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: America Is Suffering From Tribal Fatigue
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. I think after 60 years of affirmative action, DEI, racial essentialism, and racial fixation—especially in the United States, but… -
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‘Racial Discrimination, Pure and Simple’: Trump Administration Challenges Reparations Plan in Illinois
The Trump administration has struck another blow against DEI, this time issuing a lawsuit against a “first of its kind” racial reparations program in Illinois. In 2019, the city of Evanston, Illinois, approved a “Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program” that was set to hand out tens of millions of dollars to residents—or the descendants of…