U.S. Senate News
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Hospital Lobby Takes Hit After Senate Panel Passes Price Transparency Bill
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions passed legislation on Wednesday to require drug providers, hospitals, and insurers to clearly disclose to patients the cost of their products. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., would also require hospitals to compile and make public the costs of their products and services on… -
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Maine Democrat Troy Jackson Under Fire for Reported Outburst, Mortgage Fraud Claims
Troy Jackson, a progressive Democrat, has effectively clinched the nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine after Graham Platner dropped out earlier this month following allegations of sexual assault. Now, Jackson is facing accusations of violence with a female colleague. Allegations of Jackson throwing a water bottle at a female colleague have been widely reported this… -
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Alaska Senate Candidate Backed Income Tax Plan Critics Say Would Hit Lower-Income Earners Harder Than Millionaires
Alaska Senate Democrat nominee Mary Peltola once voted in the state Legislature for an income tax proposal that critics called regressive because its highest earners would have paid lower tax rates than many working families. Legislative records show that while serving under the name Mary Kapsner in 2002, Peltola voted in the state House of… -
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Hegseth Says American Troops Need $67 Billion to Recover from Iran War
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended America’s need for a $67 billion supplemental funding request, revealing that the conflict in Iran has cost $37.5 billion already. “The inability to properly fund this department, the Department of War, is probably the single greatest threat this country faces,” Hegseth said during a hearing with members of the Senate Appropriations… -
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Ossoff Launches Epstein Ad Against Collins in Heated Senate Race
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff launched an attack against Republican senatorial candidate Rep. Mike Collins this past week amid President Donald Trump’s claims of 2020 election fraud. Last Thursday, Trump gave a national address to discuss 2020 election fraud, leading some to question if the senator’s ads, which mentioned the Epstein files, were intended to counter… -
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Election Fraud Convictions Offer Real-World Test of SAVE Act’s Potential Impact
The SAVE America Act could have curbed hundreds of documented instances of noncitizens registering to vote and dozens of instances of noncitizens voting in elections, based on recent state data and criminal cases. A review of adjudicated election fraud cases suggests that a federal law requiring verified citizenship and photo ID—such as the SAVE America… -
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This Ohio Senator Is on a Mission to End Birthright Citizenship, With Some Help From Late Democrat Icon
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a blow to President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is still looking to take action, and he’s using a late Democrat Senate icon to do it. This past week Moreno introduced a bill to eliminate birthright citizenship, citing longtime Nevada Sen…. -
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Trump Ally Wants Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat. Will Anyone Stand in His Way?
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican, plans to run for the U.S. Senate in the state following the death of longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham, Norman said on Saturday. “I will be laser-focused on passing President Trump’s America First (agenda),” Norman said in an interview with Fox News. In a post on his campaign… -
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Hawley Investigates Meta’s Treatment of Whistleblower Who Alleged China Ties
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly mistreating a whistleblower through lawfare. Sarah Wynn-Williams, Meta’s former global head of public policy, testified before Congress that the company worked “hand in glove” with the Chinese Communist Party. Now, Congress is investigating and demanding answers. “Meta’s efforts… -
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The Exceptional Members Backing Accountability in Federal Spending
When people think of the rights and responsibilities of a legislator, they typically first imagine lawmaking: the slow and arduous task of crafting laws and policies. Thankfully, some members of Congress are moving beyond a passive view of lawmaking and are recovering a fuller picture of what it means to exercise their duties as elected… -
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$50M in REAL ID Grants Could Provide Path for Passing SAVE Act
A $50 million federal grant program to help states implement REAL ID could be a way to pass parts of the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election integrity proposal. “We are using every tool to get the SAVE America Act passed,” Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., told the Daily Signal, a co-sponsor of the proposal. “This… -
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If Congress Wants One National Standard for Online Child Safety, It Must Earn It
The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan online child safety package. But the debate isn’t about child safety alone. It’s about preemption. The legislation is part of an ongoing national conversation over Big Tech’s outsized influence on children’s mental health, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, and the role parents should play as these… -
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Vance Takes Shots at Senate on Joe Rogan Episode for Delaying SAVE America Act
Vice President JD Vance criticized the U.S. Senate for delaying the SAVE America Act during an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that dropped on Wednesday. When the conversation turned to mail-in ballots and fraudulent voting, Rogan asked why voter ID wasn’t required in elections. Vance jumped in with a response. “So, we are… -
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‘We Are Not Defending What Biden Did’: Blanche Answers Hawley on Abortion Pills
Sen. Josh Hawley questioned attorney general nominee Todd Blanche about why the Justice Department is in court opposite states that are challenging the abortion pill policy of President Joe Biden’s administration. Louisiana led a lawsuit last year challenging a Biden administration rule allowing abortion drugs to be sent to women by mail without seeing a… -
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Blanche Testifies of Hopes to ‘Keep America Safe’ While Democrats Hammer Him Over Trump Loyalty
While the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, championed the progress the Department of Justice has made in recent months during his Senate confirmation hearing, such as the prosecution of drug dealers, illegal aliens, foreign terrorist organizations, and fraudsters, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee used their time to hammer him for being loyal to President… -
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Senators Press Blanche on Epstein, Trump Ties, Weaponization Fund in Attorney General Confirmation Hearing
During Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing to be attorney general, Democrats focused heavily on his ties to President Donald Trump as his personal lawyer and on Jeffrey Epstein cases. Epstein, who died in a New York prison cell in 2019 after an arrest for federal trafficking charges, had connections with high-profile people, including Trump and former… -
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Maine Democrats Search for a New Nominee, Contenders’ Election Integrity Record Draws Attention
Maine Democrats are gearing up to choose their replacement for accused rapist Graham Platner, who withdrew from the race following multiple sexual assault allegations. Four candidates will take the debate stage Thursday night, including Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who will bring her long record of opposing election integrity with her. “I’m so excited to… -
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CNN Calls Out Michigan’s El-Sayed for Previous ‘Defund the Police’ Statements
CNN is calling out Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat candidate for Michigan’s Senate seat, for his shifting views on the “defund the police” movement. Before launching his Senate campaign, El-Sayed deleted his X history, including numerous posts touting the “defund the police” movement, according to CNN. He then claimed he didn’t advocate for defunding the police…. -
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Susan Collins Blasts Political Attacks on SCOTUS, as Barrett, Kagan Ask Senate for Funding Boost
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins called out the top Senate Democrat and other public officials for potentially encouraging violence against Supreme Court justices. Collins, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned about heated rhetoric during a Tuesday hearing on the Supreme Court’s budget request that featured testimony from Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan…. -
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Barrett, Kagan Warn of Growing Threats to Justices, Say Supreme Court Needs More Security
As House appropriators consider the budget for Supreme Court security and operations, Justice Amy Coney Barrett told members on Tuesday that in 2022 she had to take a bulletproof vest home due to “particularly intense” death threats. Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on…