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Abbott Campaign Targets Hinojosa Over Property Tax Record
Greg Abbott’s campaign is criticizing Democratic Challenger Gina Hinojosa over her record on property taxes and affordability. -
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Seattle: Where the CEOs Have to Do the Mayor’s Job
Thirty-eight of the biggest names in American business just sent a memo to city hall, and it reads less like corporate lobbying and more like a performance review nobody asked for. Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Nordstrom, Zillow, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile, and the Seattle Mariners put their names on a letter to Mayor Katie Wilson demanding a… -
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Karen Bass Won’t Testify on Alleged Fraud in LA’s Billion-Dollar Homelessness System
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has refused to appear at a House committee hearing investigating alleged fraud at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and could now face a congressional subpoena. The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, led by Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., had requested that Bass testify Tuesday, Sept. 15, about alleged… -
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Abdul El-Sayed’s Socialism by Another Name
Abdul El-Sayed would like voters to know that he is not a socialist. The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan made that clear during a July debate. “When it comes to the question of socialism, I’m not a socialist,” he said. Fair enough. But what a politician calls himself matters far less than what… -
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Tom Tiffany Says God’s Grace Spared Him and Pilot From Plane Crash Catastrophe
Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., thanked God for his safety after a private plane he was traveling in lost power and was forced to make an emergency landing in a Wisconsin lake over the weekend. “After landing, we called 911,” Tiffany said in a statement. “As the plane began to submerge, we exited the aircraft and… -
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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…. -
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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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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 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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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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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… -
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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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… -
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‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’: Nonprofits That Received Tax Dollars Unite to Oppose Rules Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Organizations that received federal funding under President Joe Biden and previously sued President Donald Trump’s administration have now joined a coalition letter opposing the White House’s proposed grantmaking reforms. The White House Office of Management and Budget proposed the reforms to crack down on the wasteful and ideological spending of taxpayer dollars exposed by the… -
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How Texas’ Fight Against Islamism Is Shaping the Future of the GOP
The growth of Islamic institutions, EPIC City, and debates over Sharia law have made Texas a focal point in the national discussion over Islam. -
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Parents Can’t Escape Washington’s Transgender Policies by Changing Schools, Supreme Court Brief Argues
The Supreme Court’s recent parental rights ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta is giving new momentum to a challenge against Washington state’s transgender policies, as parents urge the nation’s highest court to block laws that create an “incentive” for gender-confused children to run away. In 2023, Washington lawmakers enacted laws allowing youth shelters to refrain from… -
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Sharia-Free America Caucus Looks to States in the 120th Congress
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Daily Signal has learned that the Sharia-Free America Caucus is looking to expand its efforts in preserving the U.S. Constitution beyond Washington in the 120th Congress. The caucus, which has previously raised awareness of the controversial Islamic rule known as Sharia law and pushed legislation to protect the U.S. Constitution… -
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What Vance’s RNC Speech Reveals About 2028
Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Republican National Committee’s Midterm Convention was not a formal kickoff to an expected 2028 presidential campaign. But a close look at what he said suggests that, informally, in some respects, that’s exactly what it was. Vance did not mention his rumored campaign, but he didn’t exactly deny that… -
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Inside the GOP’s Campaign to Stop Socialist Candidates
Communism is on the ballot this November. That’s the message coming from GOP leaders who spoke at the 2026 Republican National Committee’s Midterm Convention this week. At the event, nearly every speaker touched on the radical Left and the socialist candidates that, they say, want communism in America. “This is an election between common sense…