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opinion
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Shows Education Can Be Fixed
Amid celebrations of our nation’s 250th birthday, Gallup serves up a sobering portrait of general dissatisfaction with our nation’s core institutions. “Confidence in U.S. institutions Remains Near All-Time Low,” reports Gallup. Of 14 core institutions—banks, big business, labor, the presidency, Congress, schools, health care, etc.—only 27% say they have “a great deal/quite a lot of… -
Inside VP Vance’s Behind-the-Scenes Role in Passing Massive Iran Spending, Voter ID Package
Speaker Mike Johnson pulled off another unlikely feat getting a divided Republican conference to pass a bill providing Iran war funding and supporting state voter ID requirements. This time, he had a hand from Vice President JD Vance, who worked the phones behind the scenes to get skeptical conservative members on board, sources familiar with… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Left-Wing Unicorn Hunt for the White Male Working-Class Voter
The last Democrat candidate to appeal to the white working-class voter was former President Bill Clinton. He needed every one of those voters in his 1992 and 1996 races. Yet he still failed to win 50% of the popular vote because of Ross Perot’s third-party candidacy. Since then, the Democrat brand has lost the white working-class vote in… -
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‘The Odyssey’s’ Lesson for America’s Schools
Hollywood has rediscovered Homer. It is time America’s schools did the same. Christopher Nolan’s film “The Odyssey” opened with ticket sales of $264.1 million worldwide, including $124.5 million in the United States and Canada. Half its domestic audience was between 18 and 34 years old. That’s no small achievement for a story composed nearly 3,000 years ago…. -
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Report: Fraud, Waste Plague California’s $220 Billion Medi-Cal Program
California’s Medi-Cal crisis has left taxpayers paying for fraud, waste, and abuse. The Pacific Research Institute released a study this week breaking down how taxpayers are paying for “a program that has grown beyond the state’s ability to effectively manage it.” The findings come as the Trump administration announced on July 21 that the Centers… -
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‘Allahu Akbar’ NYC Knife Attack Could Be Labeled a Hate Crime
A possible hate crime occurred in New York City on Thursday after a man stabbed two people while yelling, “Allahu Akbar,” Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed. The NYPD has arrested 51-year-old Raul Morales in connection with both assaults, and no other people are being sought. Detectives are continuing to work the case and determine… -
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Why Mamdani’s Netanyahu Arrest Plan Has No Legal Basis
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of Friday’s 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. Sami Winc: So, let’s turn to the International Criminal Court. And [Mayor Zohran] Mamdani wants to enforce its… -
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10 States Checked Their Voter Rolls With a DHS Database to Find Startling Info
Twenty-five states, with the help of a Department of Homeland Security database, have identified hundreds of thousands of dead people and noncitizens registered to vote, and they haven’t finished counting yet. So far, just 10 states—including key battlegrounds Georgia and North Carolina—have fully processed the voter data through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or… -
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Why Would Congress Want to Punish People for Their IRA Savings?
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., rolled out the Retirement Fairness for Working Americans Act this week, and the name alone tells you how Washington sells a bad idea. There is nothing fair about capping retirement accounts and forcing selloffs on people who did exactly what the tax code told them to… -
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The Cold War Never Ended. It Just Came Home.
Under President Ronald Reagan, Americans understood communism for what it was. We knew it wasn’t an ambitious social program or a compassionate alternative to capitalism. Everyone knew—without question—that it crushed faith, confiscated property, silenced dissent, and turned citizens into subjects of the state. Then the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed. We defeated… -
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‘Ghost Students’ Defrauded Utah Taxpayers of Almost $1 Million
According to a recent report from the Utah legislative auditor general, the state’s higher education system lost over $830,000 in recent years to “ghost students” who apply to receive financial aid and run off with the money without pursuing a degree. “Institutions reported disbursing $834k to suspected fraudulent applicants and spending over 15,000 hours working… -
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After DHS Release of Noncitizens on Voter Rolls, How Have States Responded?
A week after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote to top election officials in four states warning of hundreds of thousands of potential noncitizens on their voter rolls, only New Jersey has admitted to a problem. The other three states have been either noncommittal in responding or have pushed back on Mullin’s claims. The Department… -
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Trump Returns to White House Correspondents’ Dinner After Foiled Assassination Attempt
President Donald Trump will address the White House Correspondents’ Association at a rescheduled dinner on Friday, nearly three months after a shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel interrupted the event. The black-tie gathering of journalists, politicians, and administration officials was called off on April 25 after a man tried to force his way through a… -
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Byron Donalds Unleashes MAHA Playbook to Protect Children’s School Lunches
Florida gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds announced on Friday a plan to remove ultra-processed food, artificial dyes, and harmful additives from Florida school meals and to guarantee every Florida child access to clean, tested water at school and at home. The plan is called Healthy Florida Healthy Families. Florida schools currently follow federal U.S. Department… -
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News Networks Challenge Mark Warner on Voter ID, President’s Speech
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner told a gathering of supporters in Staunton this past weekend that “this is it” for him. It is his last run for the U.S. Senate seat he first won in 2008 after serving as Virginia’s governor. Funny, you don’t have to look hard in the archives to find a famous video… -
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Residents Voice Opposition to Proposed Mosque Ahead of City Council Vote
The McKinney City Council in Texas is facing criticism after the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to recommend a proposed mosque development for further consideration by the council. The McKinney Islamic Association already has a mosque on Eldorado Parkway, but members say they have outgrown the facility and plan to build a larger center… -
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HHS Restores Individual-Based Civil Rights, Says It Will No Longer ‘Sort People by Race’
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it would enforce civil rights based on equal protection under federal law and no longer “sort people by race.” The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced a final rule updating its regulations to implement Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The department… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: President Trump Sparked the Counterrevolution to End the Destruction of America
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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I’d like to speak today about revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries. Whether we realize it or not, we’ve been in a progressive revolutionary cycle for about… -
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Will Trump’s Plan to Make Data Centers Bring Their Own Energy Quell Anti-AI Sentiment?
President Donald Trump said 23 governors have signed his pledge to protect everyday Americans from the energy costs associated with new artificial intelligence data centers. Governors, companies, and stakeholders who sign the pledge agree to “protect American consumers from price hikes due to data center energy and infrastructure requirements, and lower electricity costs for consumers… -
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Nick Shirley to the Daily Signal: Newsom Is ‘Paying for Good Press With Your Tax Dollars’
“Governor Newsom is essentially paying for good press with your tax dollars.” That’s what independent journalist Nick Shirley told the Daily Signal when asked about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new grant program for California newsrooms. Newsom announced a new initiative that will award grants of up to $250,000 to eligible California news organizations producing what the…