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Who’s Funding the ‘Burn a Tesla, Save Democracy’ Protests?

Who’s Funding the ‘Burn a Tesla, Save Democracy’ Protests?

Americans took to the streets Saturday for the latest round of protests targeting Tesla and condemning Elon Musk for his work with President Donald...

yesterday 20

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Tyler Oneil

Lawfare Isn’t Beaten—in France or America

Lawfare Isn’t Beaten—in France or America

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom—unless you’re French or, in this country, a liberal. What a judge in...

yesterday 20

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Daniel Mccarthy

SNAP Shouldn’t Subsidize Slurpees

SNAP Shouldn’t Subsidize Slurpees

Even Chicken Little would be exhausted trying to keep up with what Democrats claim President Donald Trump wants to do. Just look at the news. On...

yesterday 4

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Victor Joecks

Border Czar Tom Homan Celebrates Historic Low Border Encounters

Border Czar Tom Homan Celebrates Historic Low Border Encounters

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan joined the Border Patrol in 1984 and can’t recall illegal crossings ever being as low as they are right...

yesterday 0

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Virginia Allen

She Lived American Dream, Sees That Same Spirit of Opportunity Again in Trump Admin

She Lived American Dream, Sees That Same Spirit of Opportunity Again in Trump Admin

What a difference two months or so can make. Just since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, Rep. Harriet Hageman says she has seen “a...

yesterday 0

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Virginia Allen

California Funnels $18 Million Into the Left’s Dark Money Network Under Gavin Newsom

California Funnels $18 Million Into the Left’s Dark Money Network Under Gavin Newsom

California under Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom has funneled around $18 million to the Tides Center, a dark money nonprofit that directs donor cash to...

yesterday 0

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Tyler Oneil

BREAKING: Would-Be Assassin Who Targeted Supreme Court Justice Will Plead Guilty in Court

BREAKING: Would-Be Assassin Who Targeted Supreme Court Justice Will Plead Guilty in Court

The California man who planned to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will plead guilty in federal court, his lawyers said in a...

yesterday 0

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Tyler Oneil

Cruz, Banks Seek to Give School Choice to Military Families in New Bill

Cruz, Banks Seek to Give School Choice to Military Families in New Bill

WASHINGTON—Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act on April 1, a bill...

yesterday 0

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Tony Kinnett

Improving Child Health: Government-Run Health Care Is No Remedy  

Improving Child Health: Government-Run Health Care Is No Remedy  

President Donald Trump told our new Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild” on health. Backing up...

yesterday 0

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Robert Moffit

Alaska Medical Board Recommends ‘Statutory Limits’ on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors

Alaska Medical Board Recommends ‘Statutory Limits’ on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors

“The Alaska State Medical Board opposes hormonal and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria in minors due to insufficient evidence of long-term...

yesterday 0

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Joshua Arnold

5 Wacky Moments From Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Senate Filibuster

5 Wacky Moments From Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Senate Filibuster

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said a lot during his record-breaking filibuster of 25 hours and 4 minutes Monday and Tuesday on the Senate floor,...

yesterday 0

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George Caldwell

Capitol Hill Reacts to Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ on Tariffs

Capitol Hill Reacts to Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ on Tariffs

Ahead of President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on Wednesday, members of Congress offered sharply contrasting views of the benefits and...

yesterday 0

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George Caldwell

Biden-Era HHS Chief Becerra Announces Bid for California Governor

Former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday that he’s running for governor of California...

yesterday 0

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Jacob Adams

How Small Town America Stopped a Chinese Communist Party Takeover

How Small Town America Stopped a Chinese Communist Party Takeover

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A U.S. electric vehicle battery manufacturer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party has suspended its permit...

yesterday 0

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Philip Lenczycki

JD Vance Explains How to Save Western Civilization

JD Vance Explains How to Save Western Civilization

Vice President JD Vance spoke at The Heritage Foundation Tuesday before the private premiere of a new docuseries from Angel Studios based on author...

yesterday 0

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Jd Vance

The House’s Harness Race of the Horrible

The House’s Harness Race of the Horrible

When I was little, I lived down the street from Rosecroft Raceway, a harness racing track just outside the Washington Beltway.   Occasionally,...

yesterday 0

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Al Perrotta

DeSantis Slams Rep. Randy Fine for ‘Underperformance’ in Florida Elections

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called out state Rep. Randy Fine for “an underperformance by more than 50%” despite Florida Republicans winning two key...

yesterday 0

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R.e. Wermus

Supreme Court Case Could Allow States to Strip Medicaid Funding from Planned Parenthood

Praise-and-worship music clashed with shouts of “Abortion is health care” as pro-life protesters and abortion supporters rallied outside the United...

yesterday 0

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Moira Gleason

Trump Pauses Federal Funding for Some Planned Parenthood Facilities

The Trump administration is following through on its promise to withhold funding from abortion provider Planned Parenthood.  Nine Planned...

yesterday 0

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Moira Gleason

Up in Smoke? House Conservatives Eye Ban on Marijuana in DC Budget Bill.

Conservative members of the House of Representatives are contemplating attempting to ban marijuana in the District of Columbia by amending a...

yesterday 0

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Jacob Adams

Tariffs Will Be ‘Not Full Reciprocal,’ Trump Announces on ‘Liberation Day’

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that his promised tariffs will “kind reciprocal.” At what he called a “Liberation Day”...

yesterday 0

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Strategy to Trump China on the World Stage

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

yesterday 0

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Victor Davis Hanson

DeSantis Cracks Down on Colleges Repackaging DEI Despite Florida Ban

Some college administrators have “repurposed DEI under a different banner” and “think they can get away with it” despite anti-diversity, equity and...

yesterday 0

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R.e. Wermus

Police Report on Nashville Transgender Shooter Plays Into Left’s Narrative

After more than two years, Nashville, Tennessee, police on Wednesday finally released their report into the transgender shooter who targeted The...

yesterday 0

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Tyler Oneil

Entertainment Industry Didn’t Get November’s Memo: Americans Are Tired of Your Political Rants

Conan O’Brien is one of our generation’s greatest comedians. His self-deprecating humor legitimately spans cultures and connects with audiences...

yesterday 0

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Tim Young

Can Virginia GOP Flip Legislature to Block Abortion-Until-Birth Amendment?

Can Virginia GOP Flip Legislature to Block Abortion-Until-Birth Amendment?

If we all had a dollar for every time we’ve been told, “This is the most important election of our lifetime,” we could afford to get the graffiti...

previous day 6

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Joe Thomas

The Left Couldn’t Throw Trump in Jail. Marine Le Pen Wasn’t So Lucky.

The Left Couldn’t Throw Trump in Jail. Marine Le Pen Wasn’t So Lucky.

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

KARMA: By Firing This Conservative, Biden Set a Precedent That Lets Trump Clean House

KARMA: By Firing This Conservative, Biden Set a Precedent That Lets Trump Clean House

Roger Severino sued then-President Joe Biden in 2021 for dismissing him before the end of his term on an independent agency called the...

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

I’m a Former Planned Parenthood Employee. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer Funding.

I’m a Former Planned Parenthood Employee. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer Funding.

Do states have the right to refuse to give taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities within their borders? As someone...

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Mayra Rodriguez

How the Ukraine Minerals Deal Supports US Strategy and Ukrainian Security

How the Ukraine Minerals Deal Supports US Strategy and Ukrainian Security

China currently has a significant advantage over the United States in terms of critical minerals. These minerals are “critical” for the production...

previous day 60

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Milo Austin

Progressives Keep Wisconsin Supreme Court; More Democrat US House Seats Likely

Progressives Keep Wisconsin Supreme Court; More Democrat US House Seats Likely

Wisconsin residents voted on Tuesday to elect Susan Crawford as the next member of their state supreme court, according to the Associated Press,...

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Jacob Adams

Trump Has the Quality Essential for Reclaiming Western Civilization, Vance Says

Trump Has the Quality Essential for Reclaiming Western Civilization, Vance Says

There is only one way to reclaim Western civilization, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday night: exhibiting the courage to speak the truth....

previous day 10

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

The Left’s Imaginary COVID-19 ‘Reckoning’

The Left’s Imaginary COVID-19 ‘Reckoning’

When I first came across Jonathan Chait’s new Atlantic piece, “Why the COVID Reckoning Is So One-Sided,” I assumed the answer would be that...

previous day 10

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David Harsanyi

NPR and PBS Are Begging for Mercy. They Don’t Deserve It.

NPR and PBS Are Begging for Mercy. They Don’t Deserve It.

NPR and PBS used to justify their unjustifiable taxpayer funding by telling people that poor children would be harmed if their educational...

previous day 10

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Mike Gonzalez

EXCLUSIVE: Group Equips Parents to Lobby Lawmakers to Follow Trump’s Edict on Girls Sports

EXCLUSIVE: Group Equips Parents to Lobby Lawmakers to Follow Trump’s Edict on Girls Sports

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative organization for parents is equipping them to challenge their elected representatives who are defying...

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Memer-in-Chief: How Donald Trump Took the Digital Town Square by Storm

Memer-in-Chief: How Donald Trump Took the Digital Town Square by Storm

President Donald Trump has made massive inroads with Gen Z voters through an alternative media strategy that took the president’s message directly...

previous day 3

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Bradley Devlin

Elon Musk’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Chart Shows How Many Noncitizens Have Social Security Numbers

Elon Musk’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Chart Shows How Many Noncitizens Have Social Security Numbers

Elon Musk revealed a “mind-blowing chart” Sunday claiming millions of noncitizens are receiving Social Security numbers from the U.S....

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R.e. Wermus

Hegseth Bids Adieu to Military Wokeness

Hegseth Bids Adieu to Military Wokeness

For the past four years, the very foundations of America have been shaken. Formerly a nation with “liberty and justice for all,” the United States...

previous day 3

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Rebecca Buis

‘Judicial Coup d’é·tat’: Lower Court Judges Reach Record Nationwide Injunctions on Trump

A House panel heard Tuesday from experts about curbing the ability of district court judges to impose nationwide injunctions, which have been a...

previous day 1

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Fred Lucas

Bill Amending Oklahoma’s Anti-ESG Law Dies

Bill Amending Oklahoma’s Anti-ESG Law Dies

A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature to amend the state’s three-year-old anti-ESG law died last week after criticism that it would water down efforts...

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Fred Lucas

Deportations Hit 100,000 Since Trump Took Office 

Deportations Hit 100,000 Since Trump Took Office 

The Trump administration has carried out more than 100,000 deportations since Jan. 20, The New York Post first reported. In fulfillment of...

previous day 3

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Virginia Allen

SCOTUS Justices Seems Inclined to Uphold Religious Charity’s Claim for State Tax Exemption

SCOTUS Justices Seems Inclined to Uphold Religious Charity’s Claim for State Tax Exemption

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday, on one of its last days of oral arguments for cases from the October 2024 term, in Catholic Charities...

previous day 3

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Sarah Parshall Perry

GOP House Leadership Still Pondering Next Role for Returning Stefanik

GOP House Leadership Still Pondering Next Role for Returning Stefanik

At a Tuesday morning press conference, Republican leadership in the House indicated they’re still not sure what role Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.,...

previous day 1

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George Caldwell

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Quits House Freedom Caucus

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced in a letter on Monday that she would be resigning from the conservative Republican House Freedom Caucus. While...

previous day 4

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Jacob Adams

It’s All Lawfare: Everyone but the Cronies Get Cheated, Mistreated by Big Government

It’s All Lawfare: Everyone but the Cronies Get Cheated, Mistreated by Big Government

Not to get all Old World on you, but the Oxford Dictionary defines “lawfare” thusly: “Legal action undertaken in order to exert power or...

previous day 4

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Seton Motley

SATIRE: 10 Things Trump Will Rename This Week 

SATIRE: 10 Things Trump Will Rename This Week 

After President Donald Trump’s great success renaming the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, the president is preparing to declare he has the sole...

previous day 3

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Moira Gleason

Peace Through Technological Strength: How Trump’s America Tames the Chinese Dragon

Peace Through Technological Strength: How Trump’s America Tames the Chinese Dragon

In the days around the U.S. presidential election, dozens of People’s Liberation Army warplanes cruised through Taiwanese airspace. Such behavior is...

previous day 3

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Shane Festa

Republicans Fend Off Democrat Bid to Seize Florida House Seat

Republicans Fend Off Democrat Bid to Seize Florida House Seat

Republican Randy Fine emerged triumphant Tuesday in a special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, The Associated Press projects,...

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George Caldwell

Atheists, Democrats, Young People Most Likely to Say Attacks on Tesla Justified, Poll Finds

Atheists, Democrats, Young People Most Likely to Say Attacks on Tesla Justified, Poll Finds

A surprising number of Americans approve of the rash of violence against Teslas amid Elon Musk’s work helping President Donald Trump with the...

monday 20

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Tyler Oneil

EXCLUSIVE: Vance to Attend Premiere of Documentary on Soviet-Era Christian Dissidents

EXCLUSIVE: Vance to Attend Premiere of Documentary on Soviet-Era Christian Dissidents

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Vice President JD Vance will attend a premiere of Rod Dreher’s Angel Studios series on Christian dissidents in Soviet-era...

monday 10

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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell