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    Trump Opens Up About His Relationship With Thune as Senate Struggles to Pass SAVE America Act
    President Donald Trump told Punchbowl News on Friday that he has “no disconnect” with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., but understands the importance of pushing to pass the budget resolution, which includes provisions of the SAVE America Act. Election integrity provisions—such as requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, providing identification to cast…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Signs Executive Orders Cracking Down on Birthright Citizenship
    President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, after the Supreme Court in June struck down his previous order restricting the policy. “We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright [citizenship] … so we’re making adjustments,” Trump said in the Oval Office. Birthright citizenship is…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Reckless Border Policy Took Anne Fundner’s 15-Year-Old Son. It Would Not Take Her Voice.
    Anne Fundner made a promise to her son Weston the day he was born: I will always keep you safe. She had no idea a pill laced with fentanyl would break that promise 15 years later. Fundner spoke Saturday to grassroots leaders at Heritage Action’s Southwest Sentinel Summit, which focuses on the most pressing social…
    Emma Dayton
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    Trump Expands Low-Income Childcare Program That Shrunk Under Biden
    The Administration for Children and Families is overhauling a federal low-income childcare program to include less regulation and lower administrative costs, while increasing the number of spots available.  The notice of proposed rulemaking, titled “Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs,” slashes the 130-page regulations governing the Head Start program to just 10 pages. The…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Bar Complaint Rejected After Claims E. Jean Carroll Lawyer Concealed $7 Million Funding Source for Trump Lawsuit
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The lawyer for E. Jean Carroll will not face any sanction for not immediately disclosing that a major Democrat donor funded Carroll’s sexual assault lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The New York State Attorney Grievance Committee of the New York State Supreme Court sent a letter Monday to the watchdog group…
    Fred Lucas
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    Republicans Have Been Here Before. In 2008, They Refused to Go Home.
    The year was 2008, and a group of insurgent Republicans mounted a rebellion on the floor of the House of Representatives as Congress bolted for the August recess.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi had adjourned the chamber without a vote on offshore drilling. Republicans refused to leave. The microphones were cut, the C-SPAN cameras went dark, and…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    What the Situation on the Ground in Iran Actually Looks Like
    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.   We’re hearing more and more every day about Iran and [President Donald] Trump as the midterms now are only about 90…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    2 Ways to Fix Inflation
    Housing affordability is awful, and it looks set to get worse. Unless, of course, we take corrective action, especially on immigration and war. Here’s the harsh current reality: Inflation continues to bedevil far too many Americans. Other than owners of substantial assets, wage earners have struggled in this economy for five years, ever since the…
    Steve Cortes
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    Blanche Secures Deal With Skeptical GOP Senators, Confirmation Vote Set
    Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have reached a deal with the Department of Justice, agreeing to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for official confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Following weeks of negotiations and threats from the president to withdraw his nomination over the contested anti-weaponization fund, the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Fox News Delivered Its Highest-Rated Fourth of July in Network History During America 250
    Fox News Channel dominated television ratings in July, highlighted by its highest-rated Fourth of July coverage in network history, according to Nielsen Media Research. Several broadcast networks, conversely, suffered historic lows, further demonstrating the steady shift in American TV viewing habits. Record Fourth of July Ratings After America celebrated its 250th anniversary with, in all…
    Andrew Phelan
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    Trump Says He Will Hold Off on Fresh Iran Attack in Hope of Quick Deal
    CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said late on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that Iran and other…
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    Inside Trump’s Nationwide Tour to Help Vulnerable Republicans in Midterms
    President Donald Trump has held campaign-style events in 17 states, most of them key swing states, in preparation for the 2026 midterm elections. While most presidents have a minimal presence in midterm elections, chief of staff Susie Wiles said in December that Trump would keep a presidential-style campaign schedule for 2026.  “Typically in the midterms,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Vance Announces Massive Fraud Crackdown at Historic Camp David Cabinet Meeting
    At the first-ever live-streamed Cabinet meeting from Camp David, Vice President JD Vance, leader of the administration’s new anti-fraud task force, announced record-breaking levels of fraud against the American people. “We have identified $230 billion of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted $56 billion,” Vance announced at Friday morning’s…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    How a Lawsuit Seeking to Silence Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Actually Proved Its Point
    Last month, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department released a draft report highlighting threats to religious freedom, and left-leaning activist groups revealed the very need for the report in suing to silence the commission’s message. Trump signed an executive order in May 2025 establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, tasking it with producing a report on the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Space Innovation Continues: Duffy Removes Barriers for Rocket Launches
    Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that the Federal Aviation Administration launched a new initiative to “streamline commercial space licensing.” The decision removes barriers for companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin to further advance space exploration. “America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again—but only if we get…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ‘Democrats Want Illegal Aliens to Vote’: Cruz Pushes GOP to Pass SAVE America Act
    Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for Senate Republicans to do “everything humanly possible to pass the SAVE America Act.” With only one week left, the Texas lawmaker is intensifying pressure on his colleagues to act. Cruz appeared on “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business today to urgently repeat a demand he has made for months:…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    White House Finds Replacements for Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers
    After cracking down on illegal immigrant truck drivers, President Donald Trump is seeking another demographic to fill the void: American veterans. Trump will announce Thursday the “Freedom Haulers initiative,” which will provide more avenues for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers. “Today, we’re taking action to get illegal alien truck drivers off the American…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Threatens to Pull Blanche Nomination
    Amid weeks of Senate GOP infighting to confirm Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, the president is now threatening to postpone the nomination until problem senators are out of office in 2027.  “I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    The Reason Deported Haitians Will Be OK
    Conniption fits are convulsing liberal pundits, Democratic Party candidates, and Republican serf-labor advocates over the idea that President Donald Trump is now, finally, cleared to deport some 340,000 Haitians. On Tuesday, the administration followed through on a Supreme Court decision allowing it to terminate the Temporary Protected Status designation for Haitian nationals. Their advocates claim…
    Todd Bensman
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    Trump Revokes Visas of Foreign Drivers With DUIs
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department is revoking the visas of five foreign nationals who were arrested for driving drunk on U.S. roads. “These five foreign nationals disregarded our laws and put our citizens at risk through their dangerous and reckless actions on the road,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told the Daily Signal….
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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