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‘GROSS DISTORTION’: HHS Pushes Back After Abdul El-Sayed Compares Transgender Medical Procedures to Circumcision
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Health and Human Services pushed back after Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, compared transgender medical procedures to circumcision. HHS under President Donald Trump published a comprehensive peer-reviewed study finding “extremely weak evidence” for any benefits from sex-rejecting procedures in pursuit of a transgender… -
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‘High Crime’ Impeachment of Trump Doomed to Fail
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, filed a formal motion to impeach President Donald Trump ahead of a possible Democratic Party victory in the November midterm election. The Democrat congressman claims the president has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” through the administration’s immigration enforcement. “This is not about Democrats versus Republicans, conservatives versus liberals, or the Left… -
Virginia Redistricting Fight Offers Rare Window Into the Left’s Election Funding Machine
Democrats’ attempt to redraw Virginia’s congressional maps for the midterm elections ultimately failed, but the effort revealed an activist funding apparatus on the left. The effort exposed an unusual coalition of House Democrat campaign groups, labor-backed nonprofits, entities linked to the leftist billionaire donor George Soros, and the Sunflower Services dark money network. “The big… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Trump Gets Results While Diplomats Fail
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest 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. Victor Davis Hanson: I think Donald Trump has got, as I said earlier, an anaconda Civil War… -
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Dolly Parton Dies at Age 80, Leaving a Legacy of Music and Faith
Beloved country music star Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at 80 years old. The announcement came from her social media page in a video by her nephew Bryan Seaver, a request made years ago by Parton herself. “My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today… -
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Trump to Revoke 200K Visas From Asylum-Seekers
President Donald Trump is expected to conduct the largest visa revocation in history, stripping 200,000 foreigners of their asylum status. The business and tourism visas of 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum will be revoked on a rolling basis, The Associated Press first reported. “We are coordinating with [the Department of Homeland Security]… -
DSA: ‘Our Goal Is Communism’
This country’s three most powerful Republicans have called the ascendant Democratic Socialists of America and its triumphant primary-election nominees “communists” who peddle “communism.” “These are not social Democrats,” President Donald Trump said on June 26. “These are hardcore, godless Communists.” “I, unfortunately, fear that’s the direction the Democrats are headed. And it is communism,” Vice President JD Vance… -
Supreme Court Backs Trump Election Integrity Order in Mail Ballot Fight
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump in a mail-in ballot case stemming from his election integrity executive order. The case is not over, but the high court allowed the federal government to continue implementing the election integrity policies while the case is on appeal. The justices decided in a 6-3 shadow… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Trust the Midterm Polls
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. Let’s have a periodic check on the status of the midterms that we’re now less than 80… -
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LGBTQ CRACK-UP: Human Rights Campaign Slams Log Cabin Republicans for Rejecting Transgender Activism
A major fissure within the LGBTQ+ movement burst into public view last week when Log Cabin Republicans abandoned transgender advocacy and the Human Rights Campaign condemned the move. Log Cabin Republicans, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, voted to remove the “T” from its advocacy. Ross Hemminger, the group’s president, announced the move… -
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Mamdani’s Grocery Store Plan Lands NYC in Major Court Battle
New York City on Monday was named in a lawsuit over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open multiple taxpayer-funded grocery stores in the city next year, which could put mom-and-pop grocery stores out of business. A coalition representing immigrant-run grocery stores brought the suit. “These grocery stores and bodegas are right to be concerned about… -
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Far-Left Streamer Hasan Piker Says He’s More Respectful of Charlie Kirk Than Kirk’s Widow
Far-left streamer Hasan Piker defended his viral performance of the song “We Are Charlie Kirk” Sunday, insisting he was not mocking Kirk’s assassination and claiming he had more “respect” for Kirk than his widow does. Piker attacked what he called “an entire sea of Kirk profiteers,” including Kirk’s widow, Erika. Referring to the outrage over… -
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Treasury Sec to Unveil ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will announce massive new sanctions against Iran on Monday, a move he likened to “economic D-Day.” In an op-ed published in the Financial Times, Bessent said he is launching the “single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary.” He said any nation that associates with Iran will face isolation. “Iran’s… -
South Carolina’s Primary Battle Heats Up in the Final Stretch
Supporters of the two candidates in South Carolina’s Tuesday special Republican primary race are doubling down on their efforts to draw support for their pick in the heated Senate race to determine the Palmetto State’s next U.S. senator following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in July. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who stood outside… -
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SCOOP: Trump to Highlight School Choice at Rose Garden Event
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump is holding an event Monday in the Rose Garden to celebrate the administration’s efforts on school choice, the Daily Signal can first report. “President Trump and Secretary [Linda] McMahon will host students and parents in the Rose Garden today to celebrate the start of the new school year,”… -
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Dems Worry James Talarico Lacks Support From Black Voters to Win Texas Senate Race
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrats are warning that their party’s nominee to be the next senator for Texas, James Talarico, apparently lacks the amount of support from black voters he needs to flip the traditionally Republican state. “Listen, my home state of Texas, we feel incredibly encouraged for two reasons,” Ashley Etienne, formerly the communications director… -
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Immigration Under the New Left
The growing socialist wing of the Democratic Party has made it evident that national immigration policy could return to what it was under former President Joe Biden’s administration, or worse, if Democrats regain control. With a slim Republican majority in the House and growing momentum for certain Democratic Senate candidates, sanctuary policies, pathways to citizenship,… -
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The Unholy Alliance You Weren’t Supposed to Notice
Something unusual happened on Oct. 8, 2023. The morning after Hamas slaughtered 1,200 people in southern Israel, after women were raped, children were burned, and families were dragged into tunnels, demonstrators took to the streets and college campuses across the U.S., not in mourning, but in celebration. Progressive activists marched alongside Islamist organizers. Transgender flags… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Records Reveal Planned Parenthood’s 14-Point Post-Dobbs Strategy for State AGs to Target Pro-Lifers
A month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood issued marching orders for state attorneys general to target crisis pregnancy centers and issue abortion-friendly legal opinions. State actions after the July 12, 2022, memo suggest Democrat attorneys general followed much of the 14-point plan pushed by the nation’s largest abortion provider. On… -
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National Media Skip Extreme Pro-Abortion Law in Massachusetts
On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. Abortion advocates call it “closing the gaps” in “abortion rights protections.” Abortion foes call it “abortion until birth,” making it legal to dismember fully formed babies, limb from limb. The “mainstream” media called it nothing. You couldn’t find…