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After 11 Years, Remains of Young Hostage Soldier Returned to Israel  

Hadar Goldin had just gotten engaged when Hamas terrorists ambushed and killed him during a ceasefire in Gaza. For 11 years, his family worked to...

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Virginia Allen

Federal & State Governments Are Rooting Out DEI & ESG

Following President Donald Trump’s executive orders to root out and eliminate ESG and DEI policies from government agencies and departments, it...

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Harry Roth

Why the Supreme Court May Never Review Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a former Kentucky county clerk’s case that could have potentially challenged the 2015 decision Obergefell...

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Fred Lucas

Mamdani’s Far-Left Playbook Will Be Replicated Across the Country

Is America about to be hit with a Mamdani-style socialist tidal wave? That’s what more than a few Americans are thinking as the dust settles......

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Jarrett Stepman

Trump Pardons Dozens of MAGA Allies Accused of Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election

President Donald Trump has pardoned dozens of allies who were accused of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election....

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Trump Moves Onward and Forward with the ‘Club of Strength’

President Donald Trump keeps growing his strategic engagements to advance American national security via peace through strength. After facilitating...

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Anthony B. Kim

UN Diplomats Weigh Banning Surrogacy at Advice of Special Rapporteur

Recently, a United Nations human rights official appeared before a UN committee to present her research on the topic of surrogacy. For social...

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Grace Melton

BREAKING: Republicans, Democrats Reach Deal to End the Shutdown, Reopen Goverment

Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached a deal to fund the government and end the shutdown, according to multiple reports. Sen. Tim Kaine,...

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Tyler Oneil

Trump’s Economic ‘Miracle’ Depends on His Foreign Policy Reset

President Donald Trump’s work on the world stage is directly and inherently connected to our success at home. One of the major media narratives...

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Jarrett Stepman

Thune Rejects Democrats’ Latest Obamacare Demand as Senate Considers New Budget Resolution

As the Senate convened for a rare session on Sunday to possibly vote in favor of a potential “short term funding measure,” Senate Majority...

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Lorenzo Prieto

‘Free’ Promises, Pricey Drinks: Mamdani Faces Backlash After Victory Speech

Zohran Mamdani is already revealing his true agenda of dividing “New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors,” The Washington...

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Olivia Pero

Bessent Throws the Book at Stephanopoulos—the ABC Host’s Own Book—in Debate Over Shutdown Hypocrisy

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent roasted George Stephanopoulos over the shutdown, citing the host’s own book when he joined ABC News’ “This Week”...

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Olivia Pero

Western Leaders Unite in Campaign to Silence Conservative Voices Online

Western Leaders Unite in Campaign to Silence Conservative Voices Online

In 1965, the guru of the New Left, Herbert Marcuse, penned an essay that neatly brought together both strands of the unitary threat faced today by...

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Mike Gonzalez

Obama Judge Who Greenlit Secret Subpoenas Targeting GOP Hit With Ethics Complaint

Obama Judge Who Greenlit Secret Subpoenas Targeting GOP Hit With Ethics Complaint

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee who serves as chief judge of the D.C. District Court, is facing an ethics...

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Katelynn Richardson

Elizabeth Warren’s Forked Tongue: Leftism for Thee, But Not for Me

Elizabeth Warren’s Forked Tongue: Leftism for Thee, But Not for Me

When Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren recently traveled to the Big Apple to endorse New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, she was asked if overt...

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Paul Sperry

Trump Announces $2,000 Stimulus ‘Dividend’ Funded by Tariff Revenues, Excluding High-Income Earners

Trump Announces $2,000 Stimulus ‘Dividend’ Funded by Tariff Revenues, Excluding High-Income Earners

President Donald Trump announced plans to pay $2,000 stimulus checks, coming from U.S. tariff revenues, to all Americans, except for “high income...

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Olivia Pero

Sec. Duffy Warns That More Traffic Controllers Are Not Coming To Work as ‘Democrats Refuse To Pay Them’

Sec. Duffy Warns That More Traffic Controllers Are Not Coming To Work as ‘Democrats Refuse To Pay Them’

A growing number of flights are being cancelled and delayed as more air traffic controllers are refusing to come to work “because Democrats refuse...

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Lorenzo Prieto

The Faith of Resurgent NFL Quarterback Baker Mayfield

The Faith of Resurgent NFL Quarterback Baker Mayfield

More and more people of fame are being honest about their faith. This trend is true in Hollywood, politics and even sports. Around a month ago,...

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Tom Griffin

Transgender Activists Use Far-Left Smear Factory to Cancel Doctor Education Courses That Raise Doubts About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Transgender Activists Use Far-Left Smear Factory to Cancel Doctor Education Courses That Raise Doubts About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Doctors must take continuing medical education courses to maintain their licenses, and transgender activists took objection to one of these...

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Tyler Oneil

What Jonathan Karl’s Behind-the-Scenes Reporting Reveals About Trump

What Jonathan Karl’s Behind-the-Scenes Reporting Reveals About Trump

During a tense Oval Office exchange in September, President Donald Trump didn’t mince words for ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan...

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Rob Bluey

Victor Davis Hanson: The Obamas Have Nothing to Complain About

Victor Davis Hanson: The Obamas Have Nothing to Complain About

On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc react to Michelle Obama’s book tour for her...

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Victor Davis Hanson

ABOUT-FACE: 6 Key Youngkin Policies Spanberger Will Likely Reverse in Virginia

ABOUT-FACE: 6 Key Youngkin Policies Spanberger Will Likely Reverse in Virginia

Next year, Democrat Abigail Spanberger will take Republican Glenn Youngkin’s place in the Virginia governor’s mansion, and she will likely reverse...

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Tyler Oneil

‘Hot Girls’ for Socialism: The Voters Who Backed Mamdani in NYC

‘Hot Girls’ for Socialism: The Voters Who Backed Mamdani in NYC

New York City is giving socialism a try, and Zohran Mamdani has young women to thank.   If you found yourself in the Big Apple on Tuesday night,...

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Virginia Allen

The Age of Brazen Madness—and the Collapse of Fear

The Age of Brazen Madness—and the Collapse of Fear

When a 29-year-old man in Minnesota can post a TikTok video allegedly offering $45,000 for the assassination of former Florida Attorney General Pam...

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Armstrong Williams

Victor Davis Hanson: Does the Democrats’ Chaos Strategy Work?

Victor Davis Hanson: Does the Democrats’ Chaos Strategy Work?

We can draw a few conclusions from an off-year election, when iconic races in blue states went, as expected, overwhelmingly Democrat. Nevertheless,...

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Victor Davis Hanson

Seizures by Feds of Little-Known Drug Spike

Seizures by Feds of Little-Known Drug Spike

While Customs and Border Protection saw a year-over-year decline in the seizure of many drugs in fiscal year 2025, the amount of khat seized...

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Virginia Allen

Bad News for Republicans, Warnings for Both Parties

Bad News for Republicans, Warnings for Both Parties

Virginia and New Jersey, the two states that voted for governor in 2025, both voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris over then-candidate...

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Michael Barone

Don’t Call Mamdani a Commie or Jihadi

Don’t Call Mamdani a Commie or Jihadi

Zohran Mamdani surged to an easy victory as the “democratic socialist” mayor of New York City, complete with media enthusiasm that carried echoes...

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Tim Graham

How Virginia GOP Can Rebuild After Dramatic Off-Year Election Losses

How Virginia GOP Can Rebuild After Dramatic Off-Year Election Losses

Virginia Republicans fear GOP candidates’ losses on Tuesday could spell trouble come midterms if the party doesn’t figure out a strategy to appeal...

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

A Vast, Divergent Land

A Vast, Divergent Land

The United States of America is 3.8 million square miles, filled with 340 million people, producing over $30 trillion in gross domestic product per...

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Erick Erickson

Former Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Left the Democrat Party to Become an Independent. Cue the Sound of One Hand Clapping.

Former Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Left the Democrat Party to Become an Independent. Cue the Sound of One Hand Clapping.

WASHINGTON—In case you hadn’t noticed, former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is a black woman, as she repeatedly reminds readers in...

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Debra Saunders

Court Delivers Win in Ohio for Free Speech Rights on Pronouns

Court Delivers Win in Ohio for Free Speech Rights on Pronouns

A federal court ruled in favor of a group suing an Ohio school district over its pronouns policy on Thursday as court battles continue to rage over...

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Rebecca Downs

America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law

America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our...

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Victor Davis Hanson

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Comey Knew Clinton Had Cooked Up the Collusion Hoax 

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Comey Knew Clinton Had Cooked Up the Collusion Hoax 

On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc react to the release of damning new evidence...

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Victor Davis Hanson

Let’s Talk About the Real Genocide of Christians in Africa

Let’s Talk About the Real Genocide of Christians in Africa

With so much of the legacy media’s focus spent on smearing Israel these days, you probably haven’t heard a ton about the ongoing massacres in...

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David Harsanyi

The Government Shutdown That Democrats Love

The Government Shutdown That Democrats Love

One big word worth learning is “schadenfreude.” Schadenfreude is “pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.” Nothing better...

07.11.2025 4

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Star Parker

Princeton Offers Course on Gender and Genocide in Gaza Taught by Professor Who Denied Hamas Raped Israelis on Oct. 7

Princeton Offers Course on Gender and Genocide in Gaza Taught by Professor Who Denied Hamas Raped Israelis on Oct. 7

Princeton University is offering a course on “Gender, Reproduction, and Genocide” featuring a professor who denied the fact that Hamas militants...

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Tyler Oneil

As Pelosi Exits Stage Left, She Will Leave Behind a Losing Legacy

As Pelosi Exits Stage Left, She Will Leave Behind a Losing Legacy

When the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act came up on the House floor on April 5, 2000, it had significant bipartisan support. Sixteen Democrats co-...

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Terence Jeffrey

California Republicans in Hot Water Thanks to Newsom Redistricting Effort

California Republicans in Hot Water Thanks to Newsom Redistricting Effort

Republican representatives from California will have to fight for their survival in the 2026 midterms as Democrats redraw the Golden State’s...

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Jacob Adams

Major Republican Enters New York Governor Race

Major Republican Enters New York Governor Race

After months of teasing a run, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., has entered the race to unseat Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2026. “Elise Stefanik will...

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George Caldwell

Hope and Principles After Defeat: Virginia Students Stand for Freedom

In the wake of Democrats sweeping Virginia’s three statewide offices and adding to their majority in the House of Delegates Tuesday, many...

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Joe Thomas

Democrat Blocks Bill That Would Ensure Lawmakers Don’t Cash Paychecks During Shutdown

Democrat Blocks Bill That Would Ensure Lawmakers Don’t Cash Paychecks During Shutdown

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey blocked legislation that would withhold lawmakers’ paychecks until the...

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Adam Pack

Virginia Governor Vows a Smooth Transition of Power 

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin welcomed Democrat Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger to the executive mansion in Richmond on Thursday to discuss...

07.11.2025 2

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Virginia Grace Mckinnon

Economy Shows Promising Trends as Trump Prioritizes ‘Typical Hardworking Family’

Economy Shows Promising Trends as Trump Prioritizes ‘Typical Hardworking Family’

Even as Senate Democrats continue to prevent the end of the federal government shutdown, there are promising signs in the economy under President...

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Jacob Adams

Victor Davis Hanson: DEI is an ‘Ideological Shelter’ for the Incompetent 

Victor Davis Hanson: DEI is an ‘Ideological Shelter’ for the Incompetent 

In this segment from today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler break down how DEI was a...

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Victor Davis Hanson

Supreme Court Sides With Trump Admin on Transgender Passports

Supreme Court Sides With Trump Admin on Transgender Passports

The Supreme Court delivered a victory to the Trump administration regarding a policy that passports should identify people based only on biological...

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Fred Lucas

Republicans Try a New Strategy to End Shutdown

Republicans Try a New Strategy to End Shutdown

Amid the longest-ever federal government shutdown, a possible path to reopening the government is emerging. But the task of Republican leaders in...

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George Caldwell

Trump Scared China Into Playing ‘Nice’ With the US Again

Trump Scared China Into Playing ‘Nice’ With the US Again

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our...

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Victor Davis Hanson

What’s the Right US Response to Mass Killings of Christians in Africa? New Report Calls for ‘Real Action’

What’s the Right US Response to Mass Killings of Christians in Africa? New Report Calls for ‘Real Action’

President Donald Trump is drawing attention to the persecution of Christians in Africa, which has created a moment of “leverage” and momentum for “...

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Virginia Allen

Democrats Could ‘Bottle Up’ Sherrill’s New Jersey Win for National Path to Victory

Democrats Could ‘Bottle Up’ Sherrill’s New Jersey Win for National Path to Victory

Democrats had three big winners Tuesday, but New Jersey’s Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill could have the most staying power as a matter of math....

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Fred Lucas