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Bernie Sanders Wants Congress to Block Israel Alliance Amendment
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging Congress to strip a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would expand U.S.-Israel defense cooperation, arguing it would elevate Israel’s status above some NATO allies. “We must strip Section 224 from the Pentagon budget,” Sanders wrote on X, accusing lawmakers of “burying a provision in the defense… -
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Thousands Celebrate Trump’s Birthday with a Knockout on the White House Lawn
The White House hosted the Freedom 250 UFC fight Sunday night for a once-in-a-lifetime VIP presidential birthday party. The event brought 4,300 VIPs to the South Lawn of the White House and 85,000 UFC fans and D.C. politicos right next door at Ellipse Park for the free “Fan Fest.” Even though “The Claw” was roughly… -
Why Justice Alito Dissented From the Supreme Court’s Rejection of Pro-Life Student’s Free Speech Lawsuit
The Supreme Court declined to take up a pro-life student’s lawsuit Monday after her school refused to let her post flyers with photos of signs reading “Defund Planned Parenthood,” but Justice Samuel Alito dissented. Alito, an appointee of President George W. Bush, argued that the case represented an important opportunity to clarify the rules on… -
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Deal With the Cleveland Clinic Better Protects Minors
Ohio continues to protect children from transgender procedures. Recently, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation reached a settlement with the Department of Justice and the Ohio attorney general involving detransition care and billing practices. A press release from the DOJ references agreements that include “a decades-long commitment to not perform or offer sex-rejecting procedures—which includes the administration… -
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Newsom Says He Is Under DOJ Investigation
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stated that President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Justice to conduct an investigation of him and his wife. “Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list,” Newsom said Monday in a post on X. “He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not… -
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Sen. Kennedy Predicts Schumer Shutdown Before Midterms
While campaigning in New Hampshire for U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said he expects another federal government shutdown in September, in order to give Democrats an advantage in the November midterm elections. Kennedy told reporters that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., could use the approaching expiration of the Consolidated Appropriations… -
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Judge Blocked Cameras in Karmelo Anthony Trial. Now We Know Why.
The Karmelo Anthony murder trial morphed from a nationally recognized criminal case to a test of whether an American courtroom can protect the integrity of a trial from online mobs. The case centered on Anthony’s fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a Frisco, Texas, high school track meet. On June 9, 2026, a Collin… -
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Ben Carson Sounds the Alarm on Marxists in America’s Schools
Dr. Ben Carson has long seen God’s hand in his own life story—from overcoming poverty in Detroit to becoming one of the world’s most celebrated neurosurgeons, then serving as President Donald Trump’s first housing secretary. Now, through his American Cornerstone Institute, Carson is taking on what he sees as one of the most urgent challenges… -
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Trump Has New Plan to Pass SAVE America Act
President Donald Trump said he will not support the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act unless it includes his voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act. “A few Dumocrats are against FISA, with or without Bill Pulte going to DNI, as Acting,” he wrote on Truth Social Sunday afternoon. “What kind of a deal is… -
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Daily Signal Adds Rich Tucker to Bolster Virginia Coverage
The Daily Signal is strengthening its Virginia coverage with the addition of Rich Tucker as a second Virginia correspondent, joining Joe Thomas to form a dedicated reporting team covering the commonwealth. Tucker brings deep roots in Virginia journalism to the role. He was the founding editor of The Virginia Flyover, a publication he launched in… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DoorDash to Stop Blacklisting Conservative Nonprofits in Employee Giving Program
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The delivery marketplace company DoorDash has begun the process of allowing employees to donate to conservative nonprofits, even if they appear on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map.” The conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, working with the Catholic financial advisory firm IWP Capital, urged DoorDash to reconsider its… -
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Probe Finds Biden Education Department Defied Courts to Push Gender Ideology in Schools
Senior officials in President Joe Biden’s Department of Education defied a federal court order in launching investigations of gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination in schools, according to a federal watchdog finding. The Office of Special Counsel released a report this week that confirmed the disclosure of Education Department whistleblower Timothy Mattson, who said the… -
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‘Affordability’? Virginia Drives Gun Manufacturer to Cheaper Georgia
Gov. Abigail Spanberger and whatever members of the Virginia Democratic Party that aren’t in a war of words with her still speak of fulfilling their affordability agenda, which we have debunked in earlier columns as nothing more than more taxpayer-funded subsidies or draconian controls on providers like landlords. However, the news that Rideout Arsenal, a… -
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Trump Celebrates Birthday With UFC Freedom 250 Event
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) – Donald Trump hosts a card of seven mixed martial arts fights to be held on Sunday inside a specially built arena on the White House’s South Lawn on his 80th birthday, a spectacle spotlighting his norm-defying style at a tense moment in his presidency. Seventeen months into his second term… -
Here to ‘Help’
Politicians promise they’ll “help” us. President Donald Trump says he’ll “create the jobs and future you deserve.” President Joe Biden liked to say, “Help is on the way.” I prefer President Ronald Reagan’s: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” An economy runs… -
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Ohio Group Gets Visit From FBI Over Voter Fraud Investigation
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a group focused on voter registration, criminal, and economic justice was raided by the FBI Thursday in connection with a voter fraud investigation. On Friday morning, Statehouse News Bureau’s Jo Ingles posted on X that she spoke with OCC board member Prentiss Haney, who indicated that FBI agents came to their… -
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‘END IT NOW’: MAGA Demands Trump End Visa Program That Takes Jobs From Americans
The MAGA movement is demanding that the Trump administration finally end a visa program that incentivizes employers to hire foreign students. The Optional Practical Training program, created in 1992, allows foreign students to remain in the United States to work for nearly four years after graduation. Employers receive a tax break for hiring foreign graduates… -
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Data Center Civil War Leaves Virginia on the Verge of a Shutdown
Virginia is on the verge of its first shutdown in modern history, and it all comes down to data centers and Democratic Party infighting. Democrats control the governor’s mansion, the state Senate, and the House, yet the party can’t get on the same page. “Virginia has to have a budget by June 30,” Republican Virginia… -
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Why Eisenhower Believed ‘Under God’ Was Vital to America’s Identity and Victory in the Cold War
It was both a spiritual and strategic move when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. “From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our… -
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State Department Drops Sanctions Against Avowed Opponent of George Soros
The State Department has dropped sanctions against one of the loudest opponents of George Soros in Eastern Europe. Sali Berisha, leader of the Albanian opposition party, confirmed to the Daily Signal Friday that the State Department lifted sanctions against him on Thursday. The State Department had sanctioned Berisha, a former president and prime minister who…