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Trump Slams Anthropic CEO Who Sounded Alarm About AI Threats
President Donald Trump wrote off calls for guardrails on artificial intelligence in a Monday Truth Social post, slamming Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for sounding the alarm on the dangers posed by rapidly developing AI. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that,… -
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Presidential Ping-Pong: National Monuments Were Not Meant to Protect Millions of Acres
For decades, presidents have abused the Antiquities Act of 1906, stretching the law far beyond Congress’ clearly stated intent regarding monuments. Congress passed the law to protect specific (pre)historic and scientific objects, including monuments. It was not meant as a blank check for future presidents to sidestep congressional oversight and lock up areas the size of… -
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Number of Single Men in US Reaches Record High
THE WASHINGTON STAND—More young men in America are remaining single than ever before, with the rate almost doubling over the last quarter century, according to concerning new data released earlier this week. Statistics compiled by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) revealed that there were 30.4 million single men aged 18 to 39 in 2025… -
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Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks USPS Mail-Ballot Rule in Major Election Case
A Donald Trump-appointed judge blocked the mail-in ballot rule issued by the U.S. Postal Service last month, asserting the USPS likely exceeded its authority. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols of the District of Columbia issued an opinion late Sunday night that found the Postal Service rule would “exceed any conception of the outer bounds” of… -
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Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech Forever Changed the World
Welcome to the eighth in our series “Landmark Speeches in American History.” We are celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with articles by prominent authors about how some of the greatest speeches in our history—by celebrated orators like Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.—honored the vision of our founding document, the Declaration of Independence.Ronald… -
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Wisconsin Tragedy Is a Warning About Illegal Alien Crime
Wisconsin is the latest state to fall victim to rampant illegal alien crimes that have resulted in hundreds of preventable accidents, assaults, and deaths, according to a new documentary released Monday. Steve Cortes, a Daily Signal contributor who hosts the “Danger in the Heartland” documentary, explores the policies that lead to this tragic trend, interviews… -
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What Is ‘Stakeholderism?’ Here’s a Quick Guide.
One of the most frustrating aspects of the debate over ESG–which stands for environmental, social, and governance investing–is that the term has no set definition. Although the term “ESG” has general outlines and a basic connotation, the particulars are ephemeral. It can mean one thing one day to one investor, company, or ratings agency, and… -
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A Rare Move by a Virginia Bishop Ahead of Election Day
Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge says he has never before asked every priest in his diocese to do what he requested this weekend: read a letter at Mass urging Catholics to oppose two Virginia constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage. Across 70 parishes serving more than 430,000 Catholics in Northern Virginia, worshippers heard Burbidge warn against… -
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Hey, Germany. It’s Legitimate to Limit Immigration.
Just weeks after far-left candidates have won surprising victories in Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Colorado and New York City for the Senate and House in the United States, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won a widely predicted victory in the election last Sunday for the legislature of Sachsen-Anhalt, one of Germany’s… -
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Trump: ‘Very Negative Forces’ Raising Exaggerated Concerns Over AI
DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday likened critics of artificial intelligence to “very negative forces” bringing up scenarios that will not happen, and said he wanted to make sure that the U.S. remains the industry leader. “We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world,… -
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‘Trump Power Plant’ Coming to Fayette County, the Largest Investment in Its History
UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania—Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners had watched the March announcement like everyone else: a $17 billion natural gas generation hub somewhere in southwestern Pennsylvania, with 4.3 gigawatts of capacity, financed through Japan’s investment commitment… -
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Trump Says He Would ‘Love’ to See a United Ireland
DUBLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “love” to see British-run Northern Ireland unify with Ireland, remarks made during a visit to Dublin that drew a sharp response from pro-British unionists in Northern Ireland. Trump’s comments come weeks after new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said a referendum… -
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FORUM and the Spoils of Victory
As the 2026 Republican National Committee’s Midterm Convention was set to get underway in Dallas on Wednesday, a group of misfits, miscreants, and mavericks—this writer included—congregated at a bar a few miles up the road at FORUM. The Dallas gathering was the first of many FORUM events organizer Matthew Peterson plans on hosting as life… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Democrat Chicken—or the Socialist Egg?
The primaries are over, and the November general election looms. Suddenly, the Islamo-socialist podcaster Hasan Piker—who is now infamous for blaming America for 9/11 and warning Jews that “someone’s going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews”—is persona non grata on the Democrat stump…. -
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The David Duke Standard–The Hasan Piker Exception
Remember the media firestorm in 2016 when Donald Trump supposedly failed to denounce former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke? Trump, appearing on CNN, claimed he did not know enough about Duke to disavow him. Trump later blamed a faulty earpiece and repudiated Duke and the KKK. But the episode became Exhibit A for those… -
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Why Liberty Requires Virtue
A farmer can’t make his plants grow, but he can create the conditions that lead to their flourishing. A society can’t make its citizens virtuous, but it can nurture the institutions that lead to virtuous citizens. Great thinkers in Western civilization have long noted the importance of virtue. In “Politics,” Aristotle declared, “The best life,… -
Parents ‘Intentionally Left Out’ of AI Strategy Discussions Between Microsoft, Left-Leaning Teachers Union, Critics Say
Microsoft teamed up with America’s second-largest teachers union to release a “National AI Safety & Privacy Standard” Wednesday, and critics are warning about the union’s left-leaning bias and the coalition’s apparent absence of engagement with parent associations or parental rights groups. The American Federation of Teachers, its New York City affiliate United Federation of Teachers,… -
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SAVE America Act v. Packing Supreme Court: Devil in the Details
In February 2026, the U.S. House passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and an approved form of government photo ID to cast a ballot. Every House Republican voted for the SAVE America Act, but every Democrat except one voted against this… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: How Trump Came Back From Rock Bottom
On the premiere episode of the Daily Signal’s new weekly podcast, “Midterm Report,” Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson talks about the upcoming midterm elections, his new book “The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement,” and the miraculous comeback of America’s 47th president. This excerpt has been lightly… -
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Only Half of Traditional Republicans Are Excited to Vote. That’s the Ballgame.
Control of Congress will be decided over the next seven weeks. Starting today, the Daily Signal is introducing a new show—“Midterm Report”—all about the 2026 elections. Each week from now through Election Day, I’ll take you inside the races that will decide the majority, alongside the pollsters, strategists, reporters, and candidates who know what’s really…
