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Hegseth Says GOP Has His Back During Impeachment Efforts
War Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Daily Signal he has a “ton of support” in Congress as outgoing GOP Rep. Thomas Massie leads an effort to impeach him. Hegseth defended himself against the articles impeachment at a Tuesday press conference, his first since May. The secretary told the Daily Signal that his legislative affairs team… -
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The King Still Has One More Move
I get it. All this talk of the “blue wave” makes you want to kick the nearest Smurf. Many midterm victors seem to believe that killers are better than cops, men in women’s sports are better than women in women’s sports, toilet paper is better than the U.S. Constitution, and the Lord is not the… -
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Are We Affordable Yet?
Summary There is a real battle in the halls of power over what will be the next global health crisis that we can use to enact all the controls we learned about from COVID-19. It used to be a two-sided battle between gun violence and man-made climate change. Gun violence always seemed to be the… -
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Immigration Hawks Warn Trump’s Amnesty Talk Will Unlock Border Catastrophe
After President Donald Trump said he’d work with Democrats on a deal to give some aliens legal status, conservative immigration hawks fear the move will inspire caravans of border crossers. “You’re rewarding people for illegally entering,” Todd Bensman, former senior adviser to border czar Tom Homan, told the Daily Signal. “The message that it sends to… -
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Democrats Won Elections, but Voters Said No to Higher Taxes
Summary Voters in Iowa and North Carolina gave Democrats plenty to celebrate on Nov. 3. But on the same ballots, they also approved constitutional limits on future tax increases, making clear that winning an election does not give politicians a blank check to raise taxes. In Iowa, Democrat Rob Sand defeated Republican Zach Lahn to… -
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Mississippi Senate Race Hangs on Thousands of Affidavit Ballots
Mississippi has significantly more voters who cast affidavit ballots than the number of votes separating the two Senate candidates in the closely contested U.S. Senate race. As of Monday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom held a 2,574-vote lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the deep-red state, The Associated Press reported. However, according to Mississippi… -
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Texas Comptroller Calls on Trump to Send ICE Into Government Agencies After Uncovering Hiring Failures
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is calling on President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to audit every state and local government entity in Texas. According to Huffines, his agency uncovered “what appears to be decades of systemic failures in the agency’s employment eligibility verification practices and its… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Inherited Biden’s Inflation—and Paid the Political Price
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: [Vice President] JD Vance has come out to state that the defeat of the Republicans was due to—he said the economy… -
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Trump Stands Firm on No Amnesty After Controversial Interview
President Donald Trump vowed there would be no deal for amnesty in the next two years, a day after he signaled an openness to working with Democrats on the issue. “We have a very strong deportation policy. There is no amnesty,” Trump said at an impromptu White House press conference Monday. Accompanying Trump at the… -
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How Hegseth Plans to Remake the Schools That Train Future Generals
NEWPORT, Rhode Island—War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced 33 new directives Monday to change how war colleges teach America’s future generals to fight wars. “For years, our war college mission statements have been choked with gauzy academic platitudes,” Hegseth told nearly 700 students and faculty at the Naval War College. “The word ‘win’ is entirely absent…. -
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Supreme Court Hands Trump a Big Win on Border Wall
The Trump administration has the green light to continue building a border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas after a Supreme Court ruling Monday. Plaintiffs seeking to block construction of the wall argued that it threatened the landscape of Big Bend National Park, which historically did not have high rates of illegal immigration,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Telework Numbers Collapse After Trump’s In-Office Mandate
Summary The number of federal employees who telework fell by nearly three-quarters in fiscal 2025, the year President Donald Trump ordered the government back to the office, according to an Office of Personnel Management report sent to Congress on Monday and obtained exclusively by the Daily Signal. The report provides the clearest insight yet into how… -
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Utah Judge Sets 2028 Date for Trial of Charlie Kirk’s Accused Assassin
Summary Nov 9 (Reuters)—A Utah judge on Monday set a June 2028 trial date for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk last year. Robinson, 23, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts, including aggravated murder, in the shooting of Kirk as the conservative held one of his trademark debates… -
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Myrtle Saves Children’s Literature
Patriotic children’s literature is making a comeback with the upcoming book “Myrtle Saves the Boston Tea Party.” The new children’s book is set to release Nov. 10. Author Amelia Hamilton told the Daily Signal she hopes to educate children about America’s founding through the exciting tale. “I really feel like America’s founding was an adventure,” she said…. -
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Judge Blocks DAR From Dissolving Texas Chapter That Opposed Transgender Policy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Texas judge blocked the national Daughters of the American Revolution from dissolving an 84-year-old chapter that helped lead an internal revolt against the society’s transgender policy. “The court’s order is an important victory for the Martha Laird Chapter and the women who stood up for the principle that a women’s… -
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Trump Teases Controversial Deal With Democrats on Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants
President Donald Trump said he would like to work with the new Democrat majority in Congress on a plan to give some illegal immigrants legal status. While Trump never used the word amnesty in an interview with CBS News’ Ross Douthat that aired on Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” he said many illegal immigrants who are working… -
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Socialism, Affordability, and the Future of Capitalism
Summary The blue wave did more than hand Democrats a political victory. It delivered two warnings: For Republicans, it was a signal that adequately addressing Americans’ affordability concerns requires decisive action and tangible results, not just rhetoric. For the country, it offered a glimpse into where the Democratic Party is headed. Americans woke up Wednesday… -
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EXCLUSIVE: How Trump Is Fighting Drug ’10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s drug czar says she is working with the Chinese government to keep cychlorphine, a drug “10 times more potent than fentanyl,” off the streets. Cychlorphine has killed an estimated 140 Americans since it entered the United States in 2025, including 53 deaths in Tennessee alone. The actual number… -
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A Time for Ruthlessness: Lame-Duck Session Should Finish Work of Lazy-Duck Senate
“Wipeout?” “Bloodbath?” “Demo-Katrina” is more like it. The Times-Picayune’s one word headline the day after that hurricane drowned New Orleans also suits this occasion: “CATASTROPHIC.” The national walloping that Republicans suffered Tuesday is almost beyond words. Democrats took the U.S. House, not shockingly, although gaining 42 seats as of Sunday night surely surprised even the… -
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3 States Reject Gambling Measures Despite Record Lobbyist, Ad Spending
Summary THE WASHINGTON STAND—Amid a vast expansion in unregulated “prediction market” and sports betting platforms that has sent gambling addictions soaring in recent years, Tuesday’s midterms saw voters reject ballot measures that would have expanded gambling in three states. In Nebraska, a measure that would have legalized online sports betting via the state’s licensed racetrack…