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MOLLIE HEMINGWAY: The Left’s War on the Supreme Court
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s “Signal Sitdown” interview with Mollie Hemingway. The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EST on April 30. This transcript has been slightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: You start at the end of the [Brett] Kavanaugh saga to talk about…Bradley Devlin -
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Trump Says Visit with King Improved UK Relations Amid Iran Tension
President Donald Trump said the visit of King Charles III smoothed over U.S. relations with the United Kingdom amid tension over Iran. Trump has criticized UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for declining to help the United States with its military operation in Iran. The president has said the UK “should be our best ally” and…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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SCOTUS Says Voting Rights Act Doesn’t Compel Discrimination During Redistricting
The Constitution prohibits sorting citizens based on race. And yet, for far too long, lower federal courts had interpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require states to do just that—particularly when it came to drawing legislative districts. This put states between a rock and a hard place: They either had to comply…Zack Smith -
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‘Click of Handcuffs’: Leaders Warn Blue States in Wake of Dr. Oz’s Medicaid Audit
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz announced this week the launch of a nationwide audit of Medicaid providers ahead of their revalidation. The move marks the latest effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs, and it’s being welcomed by…Pedro Rodriguez -
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Supreme Court Appears Open to Trump Ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians
The Supreme Court’s conservative-leaning majority seemed favorable to the Trump administration during Wednesday’s arguments about terminating Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Syrian and Haitian immigrants. After President Donald Trump’s second term began, the Department of Homeland Security ended the status for 13 countries. The high court is weighing whether Trump can legally end the…Fred Lucas -
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Play Moderate, Rule Progressive: The New Dem Playbook
On Virginia’s gubernatorial campaign trail, Abigail Spanberger showed real acting chops. The former CIA spook and congresswoman made a great show of how moderate she was in the face of withering attacks from Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Spanberger trotted out her cop dad to tout her law-and-order credentials, claimed she would be a bipartisan governor for…Douglas Blair -
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Hegseth Battles Congressional Democrats Grilling Him on Iran
At a House Armed Services Committee hearing to explain the Pentagon’s 2027 budget request, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth got his first public congressional grilling since the start of the conflict with Iran. The secretary came in ready to bring the fight to Congress before they even began their questions. “The biggest adversary we face…George Caldwell -
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Senate Report: Biden FDA ‘Ignored’ Early COVID Vaccine Safety Warnings
A Senate report alleges that Biden administration health officials failed to act on early warning signs of potential COVID-19 vaccine side effects identified by a Food and Drug Administration scientist. The interim report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says internal records show officials “ignored” findings from a…Fred Lucas -
Pomona Debate 2026: The California Dream is Dying—Clear Winners, Clear Losers
Tuesday night’s chaotic California gubernatorial debate at Pomona College was marked by constant interruptions and deep voter frustration. Drew Allen, The Daily Signal’s California columnist, argues in today’s commentary that Republican Steve Hilton delivered the strongest performance by confronting Sacramento’s failures head-on, Matt Mahan stood out as the most pragmatic Democrat, while Xavier Becerra and…Drew Allen -
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71% of Voters Reject Proposed Railroad ‘Monopoly’
A new survey from the Stop the Rail Merger Coalition, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, which is heavily relied upon by President Donald Trump’s administration, found that 71% of likely voters oppose the $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, which Union Pacific proposed a day before the two companies were set to…Pedro Rodriguez -
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Gallego, Immigration Signal Trouble for Arizona Democrats in Midterms, Poll Shows
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — A new poll from the League of American Workers finds a majority of voters view the war with Iran negatively but aspects of the immigration enforcement agenda positively, underscoring potential headwinds for both political parties heading into the midterm elections. A large portion of voters also indicated that they…Pedro Rodriguez -
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Virginia Is No Longer a Map Fight. It Is a Legitimacy Fight.
While Democrats want Americans to believe the Virginia redistricting fight is a minor technical dispute over maps, ballot language, and procedure, it is much more than that. Virginia is the test case for whether Democrats can redraw the political battlefield before the midterms while surviving legal challenges and calling it democracy. To be clear, the…Mehek Cooke -
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Wigs, Makeup, and Millions: Ex-College Star Pleads Guilty in Wild NFL Impersonation Scam
A former college football national champion pleaded guilty to involvement in a $19.8 million fraud scandal for impersonating NFL players—wearing wigs and makeup in some cases to fool lenders—according to the Justice Department. Luther Davis, 37, of Roswell, Georgia, was a defensive tackle for the Alabama Crimson Tide when the team won a national championship…Fred Lucas -
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Supreme Court Fist Pumps for the First Amendment
Today, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a religious nonprofit that provides counseling and resources to pregnant women in New Jersey, had established a present injury to its First Amendment associational rights to confer standing to challenge a subpoena from the state to disclose private donor information. First Choice does…Cully Stimson -
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Dead Could Be a Sizable Voting Bloc in This Battleground State
About 34,000 dead people were on the voter rolls in North Carolina, a key battleground state in most election years, the North Carolina State Board of Elections reported. The board used data from the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database, known as SAVE, made available to states last year by the Department of Homeland…Fred Lucas -
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King Charles Addresses Congress, Celebrates America’s 250th
King Charles III gave a joint address to Congress Tuesday, giving members a break from discussing the farm bill, reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and funding for the Department of Homeland Security, all of which have been held up in the House Rules Committee. Vice President JD Vance, Speaker Mike Johnson, and members…Virginia Grace McKinnon -
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New Jersey AG Violated Pregnancy Center’s Free Association by Demanding Donor Info, Supreme Court Says
The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous rebuke to New Jersey Democrat Attorney General Matthew Platkin for his demand that a pro-life pregnancy center hand over its donor information. Platkin had issued a subpoena to First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, seeking to prove that the pregnancy center was misleading donors. The Supreme Court cited NAACP v….Tyler O’Neil -
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Biggest Moments of Tuesday Night’s California Governor’s Debate
California candidates faced off Tuesday night in the fourth major gubernatorial debate of the year. Here are the top 10 standout moments of the night. On Gas Prices: Lightning Round: Each candidate said “yes” or “no” to a gas tax. Katie Porter interrupted Tom Steyer, accusing him of hypocrisy, alleging that he benefited from…Angelina Delfin -
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SCOTUS Issues Redistricting Ruling That Could Impact Midterms
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Louisiana congressional district’s boundaries relied too much on race, in a redistricting case that could impact which party controls Congress in the years ahead. The district is represented by Rep. Cleo Fields, a Democrat. During arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts said the district was drawn like a “snake,”…Fred Lucas -
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School Choice Demands Improved Student Transportation
School choice and student transportation have a lot of Venn diagram overlap. A 2009 survey of parents in Denver and Washington, D.C., found that more than a quarter of respondents reported not enrolling their child in the school they preferred due to transportation difficulties. The Heritage Foundation recently released a report on modernizing student transportation for an era of school choice. Currently,…Matthew Ladner
