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opinion
Nothing in Commonwealth
As July begins, Virginians brace for higher gas taxes, hoping that the $68 price of a barrel of crude oil will start to bring the price at the pump back down. However, they will very soon be hit with a 7% increase in their electric bills. Iran? No. Trump tariffs? No. This is because, as… -
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The Racist Plot to Retire Caitlin Clark From the WNBA
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 don’t watch much Women’s National Basketball Association games. Apparently, most Americans have not in the past. But there was an incident the other day… -
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Newsom Grew California’s Budget by 40%—Former State Senator Says It Got Squandered
California’s budget has grown roughly 40% since Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, but a former state senator who helped oversee the budget says the governor squandered a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put the state’s finances on stronger footing. In some of Newsom’s final acts as governor, he passed a $351 billion spending budget for… -
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Don’t Buy Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Sleight of Hand on Women’s Sports
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tried to pull a fast one on the American people Tuesday. The court upheld West Virginia’s law preventing men from competing in women’s sports, finding that the law does not constitute discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The… -
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Supreme Court Decides ‘Day’ Does Not Mean Day in Watson v. RNC
What’s in a word? Does “day” really mean day? That’s essentially the issue the Supreme Court was asked to decide in Watson v. RNC, where Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a 5-4 majority that “Election Day,” as used in a statute passed by Congress, does not really mean a single day. Justice Samuel Alito,… -
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One Judge Tells ICE to Stop. The Supreme Court Already Said No.
A federal judge in San Francisco just halted the Trump administration’s policy of arresting migrants at immigration courthouses—everywhere in the country, for everyone. On June 23, 2026, Judge P. Casey Pitts of the Northern District of California issued a 71-page ruling in Pablo Sequen v. Albarran vacating three Immigration and Customs Enforcement courthouse-arrest policies and a… -
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Supreme Court to Decide Fate of State and Local Gun Bans in Major Second Amendment Showdown
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider whether states and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15. The court will review two challenges to bans in Cook County, Illinois, and the state of Connecticut in its next session, which begins in October. Doug Hamlin, CEO of the National Rifle Association, supported the… -
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Birthright Tourism Bills Surge After SCOTUS Ruling
After the Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s motion to restrict birthright citizenship on Tuesday, both chambers of Congress are overseeing legislation that would stop foreign travelers from coming to the United States to give birth to a child granted American citizen status. In the upper chamber, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., called on his… -
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Terminating TPS: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops Weighs In
Following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Mullin v. Doe last week, which upheld the Trump administration’s authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status designations for over 350,000 individuals from Haiti and Syria, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued several statements supporting the continuation of TPS. Bishops Brendan J. Cahill and A. Elias Zaidan wrote: “There is simply no realistic… -
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New Virginia Laws Effective This Summer: What You Need to Know
Virginia’s gas tax is set to increase on July 1, and that isn’t the only new law that will take effect this summer. One of the legal changes is the implementation of a full ban on expanded polystyrene food containers. The ban applies to any food vendor that sells takeaway food, including restaurants, grocery stores,… -
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Here’s How You Can Help Moms and Babies Today
It’s likely you know someone who struggles with infertility. Globally, nearly 1 in 6 couples deals with fertility issues. Despite myriad causes for infertility, couples’ options have remained limited to one primary solution: IVF and pharmaceuticals. Couples are stuck treating the symptoms, rather than the causes, of infertility. For the first time, a presidential administration… -
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Is the New Democratic Party Built for the Midterms?
Democrats ought to be in a strong position to reclaim the House in November, given the advantages the party out of the White House usually holds in the midterms. But as Democrats’ socialist wing gains power in primaries across the country, is it complicating the party’s pitch to the American people? The party’s left-wing is… -
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‘MEDIEVAL’: Justices Thomas, Alito Argue ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Ruling Reverses the Declaration of Independence on Its 250th Anniversary
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito tore into the court’s majority for imposing a “medieval” rule on “birthright citizenship” that negates the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, days before the 250th anniversary of America’s founding document. Both justices issued dissenting opinions in Trump v. Barbara (2026), in which the court’s 6-3 majority… -
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Legacy Media Retracts Alito Story After SCOTUS Decisions
National Public Radio had to retract a story announcing the retirement of Justice Samuel Alito after the report was deemed false. The retraction comes after Alito faced widespread criticism over his recent opinions in different Supreme Court cases, including siding with conservative arguments to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports, dissenting in a case involving… -
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Supreme Court Defends Girls Sports in a Win That Stops Short of the Finish Line
For years, American girls have lined up at the starting blocks only to lose races, scholarships, and records to males who “identify” as females. This morning, the Supreme Court finally said the obvious out loud: Schools can keep girls’ teams for girls. In a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J., the court upheld laws… -
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Past, Current Ohio Republican Governors Express Disappointment in TPS Decision
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major victory with Mullin v. Doe on Temporary Protected Status. The decision will likely have a major impact on Springfield, Ohio, which has a significant Haitian population. As the court ruled in its 6-3 decision, the immigrants here on temporary status are not entitled… -
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Trump Reacts to Birthright Citizenship Ruling
President Donald Trump said the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding birthright citizenship is “too bad for our country” and called on Congress to end the practice. “The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President,… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The WNBA’s Racist Agenda Toward Caitlin Clark
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: Most Americans don’t care about women’s basketball. We do here in Connecticut—you know, University of Connecticut women’s basketball,… -
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This California Disaster Didn’t Have to Happen
The Pacific Palisades fire tragedy was totally preventable. The failure to rebuild since that tragedy is inexcusable. Today, my new documentary exposes how California Gov. Gavin Newsom turned the California Dream into Newsom’s Nightmare. Under Newsom’s leadership, California has the highest poverty rate in America. Amazing places like Pacific Palisades burned to ashes because of… -
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Hill GOP Erupts Over Birthright Citizenship Decision
Congressional conservatives are slamming the Supreme Court of the United States after it ruled to strike down a request from the president to redefine birthright citizenship. The 6-3 decision comes after President Donald Trump’s administration argued that the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applied to descendants of slaves in…
