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    ‘FINISH THE MISSION’: Chip Roy Pulls Back the Curtain on Intra-GOP Fight Over SAVE America Act and Border Security
    The following is an excerpt of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, for “Signal Sitdown,” which premieres on the Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EDT on July 23. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: You just came out with a letter outlining 14 different items…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Vance Takes Shots at Senate on Joe Rogan Episode for Delaying SAVE Act
    Vice President JD Vance criticized the U.S. Senate for delaying the SAVE America Act during an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that dropped on Wednesday. When the conversation turned to mail-in ballots and fraudulent voting, Rogan asked why voter ID wasn’t required in elections. Vance jumped in with a response. “So, we are…
    Francesca Cella
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    FBI Investigation, Controversial Voter Solicitations, and Trump’s Endorsement Collide in Georgia
    Election controversy is swirling ahead of the midterms as a voter solicitation scandal, Trump endorsement, FBI investigation, and election change dominate Georgia’s headlines. Recently, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger opened an investigation into deceased people and a deceased pet receiving voter registration solicitations across the state. Ready to Register, a nonprofit organization that aids in…
    Rebecca Buis
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    ‘We Are Not Defending What Biden Did’: Blanche Answers Hawley on Abortion Pills
    Sen. Josh Hawley questioned attorney general nominee Todd Blanche about why the Justice Department is in court opposite states that are challenging the abortion pill policy of President Joe Biden’s administration. Louisiana led a lawsuit last year challenging a Biden administration rule allowing abortion drugs to be sent to women by mail without seeing a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Blanche Testifies of Hopes to ‘Keep America Safe’ While Democrats Hammer Him Over Trump Loyalty
    While the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, championed the progress the Department of Justice has made in recent months during his Senate confirmation hearing, such as the prosecution of drug dealers, illegal aliens, foreign terrorist organizations, and fraudsters, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee used their time to hammer him for being loyal to President…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • Senators Press Blanche on Epstein, Trump Ties, Weaponization Fund in Attorney General Confirmation Hearing
    During Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing to be attorney general, Democrats focused heavily on his ties to President Donald Trump as his personal lawyer and on Jeffrey Epstein cases. Epstein, who died in a New York prison cell in 2019 after an arrest for federal trafficking charges, had connections with high-profile people, including Trump and former…
    Fred Lucas
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    Maine Democrats Search for a New Nominee, Contenders’ Election Integrity Record Draws Attention
    Maine Democrats are gearing up to choose their replacement for accused rapist Graham Platner, who withdrew from the race following multiple sexual assault allegations. Four candidates will take the debate stage Thursday night, including Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who will bring her long record of opposing election integrity with her.  “I’m so excited to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Dem Party Lashes Out at Muslim Candidate for Not Embracing LGBTQ Community
    Melissa Chaudhry, a Muslim Democrat running for Congress in Olympia, Washington, has reportedly threatened to switch parties if elected after fellow Democrats and LGBTQ+ activists pitted her Muslim beliefs against supporting LGBTQ+ rights. Andrew Ashiofu, chair of the Stonewall Democrats, the official LGBTQ+ caucus in the Washington State Democratic Party, recently told Jerusalem News Syndicate…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    New Bill Addresses Transgender ‘Governance Crisis’ at Daughters of the American Revolution
    A new bill in Congress would amend the charter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to clarify that men who claim to identify as women cannot join the ladies’ genealogical society. A key leader of a coalition against men in the DAR told the Daily Signal that the bill would “solve all our problems.”…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    CNN Calls Out Michigan’s El-Sayed for Previous ‘Defund the Police’ Statements
    CNN is calling out Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat candidate for Michigan’s Senate seat, for his shifting views on the “defund the police” movement. Before launching his Senate campaign, El-Sayed deleted his X history, including numerous posts touting the “defund the police” movement, according to CNN. He then claimed he didn’t advocate for defunding the police….
    Francesca Cella
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    America’s Promise to Veterans Cannot Become a One-Way Ratchet
    America has made a sacred promise—some might call it a contract—to our veterans. That contract should never be broken. But does upholding it mean that Congress must maintain every veterans’ program exactly the way it is today? Or could keeping that promise mean having the courage to evaluate whether veterans’ programs are still effective at…
    Chris Wingate
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    House GOP Launches Reconciliation 3.0 to Advance SAVE Act, Fund Defense
    House Republicans have released a budget resolution that aims to protect the nation and its elections. The nearly $100 billion budget resolution text dropped early Wednesday morning, acting as the launchpad for what’s been dubbed “Reconciliation 3.0.” The text, worked through with House leadership, the House Budget Committee, and the White House, hopes to accomplish…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    The Deal Ensuring Conservatives’ Border Security and SAVE America Act
    In a deal to open the House Floor, conservatives have the chance to pass the SAVE America Act and codify President Donald Trump’s border policies, two major policy pushes ahead of the midterms. In a 215-211 vote, the House of Representatives passed a rare procedural rule on Tuesday afternoon that opened the House floor, after…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Banks, Cloud Lead House GOP Members In Charge to Urge White House to Enact Grant Transparency Rule to Block Woke Activism Funding
    Citing the “network” of liberal activists funded by President Joe Biden’s administration, 34 Republican lawmakers are urging the Office of Management and Budget to finalize a proposed rule they say would bring greater transparency to the federal grant-making process and give taxpayers more insight into how government funds are spent. The lawmakers—including Reps. August Pfluger…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Senate Democrat Says SAVE Act Would Enable Trump to Make It ‘Hard for Any Democrat in Any State to Win Any Election’
    The White House responded after a Senate Democrat said part of President Donald Trump’s preferred election law, the SAVE America Act, would enable him to “rig our democracy” and make it hard for any Democrat to win an election. In a recently resurfaced video of her remarks at the Indiana Democratic Party’s state convention on…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Susan Collins Blasts Political Attacks on SCOTUS, as Barrett, Kagan Ask Senate for Funding Boost
    Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins called out the top Senate Democrat and other public officials for potentially encouraging violence against Supreme Court justices. Collins, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned about heated rhetoric during a Tuesday hearing on the Supreme Court’s budget request that featured testimony from Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan….
    Fred Lucas
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    People Who Believe in Communism Are Either ‘Stupid or Evil,’ GOP Leadership Says
    Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., who was “robbed of his childhood” by communism, took the podium at the House Republican leadership press conference on Wednesday to warn Americans about the lies sold by self-proclaimed Marxist, communist, and socialist candidates. “When people who have lived under communism warn us about what is happening, we actually should listen…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Gill: ‘Intellectually Incoherent’ Democrats Defending DEI Are on the ‘Wrong Side’
    Congressional Republicans are still fighting against illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion policies entrenched in American education institutions. At a congressional hearing on Tuesday titled “Combating DEI in American Institutions,” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, analyzed how DEI is illegal and ineffective. After the hearing, he told the Daily Signal that the “intellectually incoherent [Democrats]” were defending…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    GOP Lawmakers Press WNBA Commissioner to Protect Caitlin Clark
    The on-court abuse of WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark has reached the halls of Congress. The House Republican Study Committee, led by Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, sent a letter last week to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, arguing the league has not done enough to protect Clark from “unnecessary physical hostility and violence.” Several members from Indiana,…
    Al Perrotta
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    Omar Sounds Off on Trump and Rubio Decision to Leave the ICC
    Congress erupted over a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut America’s involvement with the International Criminal Court over alleged selective targeting and wrongful prosecution. “The words ‘international,’ ‘criminal,’ and ‘court’ should never be used together—certainly not in reference to the United States of America,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who introduced legislation to remove…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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