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SCOOP: SAVE America Act Could Be Voted on Every Day Before November
In a letter obtained by the Daily Signal, the chairman of the Republican Steering Committee outlined his priorities for the Wednesday lunch that will be attended by President Donald Trump, including a proposal to vote on legislation requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship every day before Election Day. “I hope everyone will be vocal… -
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Vance: Iran Deal Has ‘Successful Foundation’
Vice President JD Vance spoke optimistically of peace talks between the United States and Iran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump has threatened to resume strikes if Iran doesn’t rein in regional allies, and congressional stakeholders have questioned whether America is getting a fair deal. On Monday morning, Vance departed from Switzerland after talks… -
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Trump Admin Prosecutions Reveal the True Nature, and Threat, of Antifa
This month, the Southern Poverty Law Center‘s interim CEO Bryan Fair testified that Antifa is an “ideology,” not a “group,” but the Justice Department’s prosecutions of Antifa agitators under President Donald Trump should dispel this notion once and for all. Not only do self-described anti-fascists exist, but they have organized in groups that feature in… -
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Taking Out the Trash in America
Although major sports wins bring celebration, the festivities are often marred in big cities by unruly behavior. That was particularly the case in New York, following the Knicks’ June 13 clinching of the NBA championship. The parade that followed brought more chaos. Following that victory over the San Antonio Spurs—the Knicks’ first title in 53… -
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Judge Who Donated to Immigrant Legal Aid Group Blocks DOJ Immigration Probe of Walz, Ellison
A federal judge in Minnesota, who has donated to an immigrant legal aid group, quashed several federal grand jury subpoenas of documents from Gov. Tim Walz and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul over compliance with immigration enforcement. In a 29-page opinion issued Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of… -
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Establishment Put on Notice Over SAVE America Hypocrisy
Over the weekend, Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee spoke out against establishment Republicans for asking senators behind closed doors to stop talking about the SAVE America Act after publicly advocating for the legislation. Lee’s remarks come after the Daily Caller reported that during a Republican Senate lunch, longtime conservative senators told Lee and other legislative… -
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How China Is Poisoning America with Parkinson’s
Amid massive party infighting, the U.S. House of Representatives is coming together to put a bipartisan end to chemicals poisoning Americans with Parkinson’s disease. The bipartisan Paraquat Prevention Act would cancel all legal use of the herbicide paraquat, which has been linked to the neurological disorder and is massively produced by China. “The United States… -
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Politics and Parenthood: Why Liberals Are Having Fewer Kids Than Conservatives
America’s cultural divide now extends to parenthood. A new report from the Institute for Family Studies states that a fertility gap has opened up between the Left and the Right. Based on a survey of 7,000 Americans, age 18 to 54, the study found that conservative respondents had, on average, 1.4 children, compared to 1.09… -
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House Committees Threaten ActBlue With Contempt Charge to Gain 400 Documents on Potential Misconduct
Three House committees have threatened to hold the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue in contempt of Congress for withholding hundreds of subpoenaed documents. The three committees have investigated ActBlue for more than a year, primarily focusing on whether the organization that solicits and accepts online campaign donations screens for potential foreign donors. “For more than a… -
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Trump to Attend Wednesday Senate Lunch to Discuss Embattled Election Integrity Measure
President Donald Trump will discuss the SAVE America Act with senators at Wednesday’s closed-door luncheon, at the invitation of Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott. “He wants, we all want to get the SAVE America Act done,” Scott told Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday. “I’ve invited him to lunch on Wednesday to meet with Republican… -
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Drug Epidemic Drops to Historic Low as Admin Makes Huge Recovery Push
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced more than $700 million in federal funding Wednesday aimed at addressing addiction, mental illness, and homelessness, advancing President Donald Trump’s Great American Recovery Initiative. This investment from the Trump administration draws a sharp contrast from the counterdrug addiction initiatives made by former President Joe Biden… -
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Trump’s Iran Gamble
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. Sami Winc: Victor, let’s go ahead and get to the memorandum of understanding. It was a very short two-page document, easy to read through,… -
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UK’s Starmer Resigns, Paving Way for Orderly Transfer of Power
LONDON, June 22 (Reuters)—Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was quitting, paving the way for what is expected to be an orderly transfer of power to front-runner Andy Burnham, who could become Britain’s seventh leader in 10 years as early as next month. In an emotional speech, Starmer said he had listened to… -
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State Department Cracks Down on Foreign Fraudsters
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump is revoking the visas of three foreign nationals charged with defrauding the American people, the Daily Signal can first report. Three foreign nationals who the State Department says “swindled investors, looted taxpayer-funded programs, and abused the system” will no longer be allowed to enter the United States. “The… -
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Virginia and the Color Purple
Virginians are facing some tough battles this year, and it didn’t have to be that way. Republican leaders are getting heat for two votes taken on June 13 at the Republican Party of Virginia State Central Committee meeting. That’s not fair. They should take heat for the fact that neither of them should have been… -
Canadian Prime Minister Blames Recession on … Too Little Immigration?
Canada is headed for yet another recession, and their globalist prime minister is blaming immigrants—but not in the way you’d expect. He’s not pointing to the millions of people from the third world who flooded in, gutting wages and driving home prices to Hong Kong levels. Instead, it’s the opposite. The immigrants that Liberals imported… -
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A Socialist Wave Continues Crashing Through America’s Big, Blue Cities
Democrats are quickly moving away from denying their socialist connections to openly embracing them. That’s a lesson to be learned from a clear trend taking hold in America’s most populous, blue bastions. Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist member of the District of Columbia City Council, looks to be the favorite to become the next… -
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Father’s Day: The Old Man’s Mighty Swing
It was a father-son game at a picnic with my Little League team. I was about 10. I was playing catcher for the first … and last … time in my life. Up to the plate strolled my dad, who at that time would have been in his early 50s, his hair silver, his waist… -
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‘Men Matter’: HHS Highlights Fatherhood and Men Throughout June
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As the Department of Health and Human Services continues to commemorate Men’s Health Month, the department’s assistant secretary for health told the Daily Signal that President Donald Trump’s administration is focused on revitalizing fatherhood for the benefit of the nation. “We want to make a positive impact on men’s health during… -
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What Fathers Leave Behind
June 18, 2026, marks 15 years since my father died, and as Father’s Day approaches, I find myself thinking less about the day he left us and more about what he left behind. My father, Dennis Joseph Gerber Sr., was known by many as Big Dennis. I was Little Dennis. From the time I was…