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We Were Paying for What? Trump HHS Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Woke LGBTQ Grants

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department has canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in grants...

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We Were Paying for What? Trump HHS Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Woke LGBTQ Grants

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department has canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in grants...

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Trump Backs Luna’s Bill to Allow New Parents in Congress to Vote by Proxy

President Donald Trump has endorsed the bill that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., left the House Freedom Caucus over, which would allow proxy voting...

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

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”...

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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....

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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 Administrative...

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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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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...

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‘NOT JOKING’: Trump Outlines Potential Road to Third Term

‘NOT JOKING’: Trump Outlines Potential Road to Third Term

President Donald Trump is “not joking” about seeking a third term in the Oval Office, he told NBC News Sunday morning. “There are methods...

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Education Department’s Probe Into Anti-Parent California Law Could Help Affected Families, Legal Group Hopes

Education Department’s Probe Into Anti-Parent California Law Could Help Affected Families, Legal Group Hopes

Aurora Regino was the last to know that her daughter’s school district was secretly helping the 11-year-old identify as a boy. An elementary school...

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Trump’s Reversing Biden’s Appliance Energy Regs Will Lower Housing Costs, Experts Say

Trump’s Reversing Biden’s Appliance Energy Regs Will Lower Housing Costs, Experts Say

President Donald Trump’s plan to reverse his predecessor’s energy regulations could lower the costs of housing, which reached record highs last...

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Stefanik Nomination Pulled to Protect Passage of Reconciliation, White House Official Says

Stefanik Nomination Pulled to Protect Passage of Reconciliation, White House Official Says

President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be United Nations ambassador because Republicans in the House will likely...

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Trump to Pull Stefanik UN Ambassador Nomination to Protect Republican House Majority

Trump to Pull Stefanik UN Ambassador Nomination to Protect Republican House Majority

President Donald Trump is pulling the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to be United Nations ambassador. The move is designed to protect...

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Judge Who Ruled Against Deportations of Venezuelan Terrorists Assigned Signal Case

Judge Who Ruled Against Deportations of Venezuelan Terrorists Assigned Signal Case

The judge who ordered that flights carrying suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers to El Salvador must return to the U.S. was assigned a lawsuit...

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Trump Officials Assured Skeptical Senator Dr. Oz’s Views on Transgenderism Have Changed

Trump Officials Assured Skeptical Senator Dr. Oz’s Views on Transgenderism Have Changed

The Trump administration has assured a conservative senator who raised concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s positions on transgenderism that the nominee...

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Trump May Freeze Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Report Says

Trump May Freeze Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Report Says

The Trump administration will freeze approximately $20 million in funding for Planned Parenthood, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the...

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Trump Issues Executive Order Prioritizing Fair, Honest Elections

Trump Issues Executive Order Prioritizing Fair, Honest Elections

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that calls on federal government resources to help states ensure fair and honest elections....

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South Africa Denies Elon Musk’s Accusations of Racial Genocide

South Africa Denies Elon Musk’s Accusations of Racial Genocide

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday denied Elon Musk’s claim that white people are being persecuted in that country, calling it a...

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Leavitt Slams ‘Sensationalist’ Journalist Added to Signal Chat About Bombing Houthis

Leavitt Slams ‘Sensationalist’ Journalist Added to Signal Chat About Bombing Houthis

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic of “sensationalist spin” in his now-viral report about a...

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‘Tremendous Change’: Trump Says ‘Won’t Be Long’ Until States Run Department of Education

‘Tremendous Change’: Trump Says ‘Won’t Be Long’ Until States Run Department of Education

President Donald Trump said it “won’t be long” until states are “really running” the Department of Education. The Daily Signal asked Trump...

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Second Lady to Visit Potential Future US Territory Amidst Annexation Controversy

Second Lady to Visit Potential Future US Territory Amidst Annexation Controversy

Amidst President Donald Trump’s comments about acquiring Greenland, Second Lady Usha Vance plans to visit the country on Thursday with one of her...

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How Red States Plan to Carry Out Trump’s Executive Order Eliminating the Department of Education

How Red States Plan to Carry Out Trump’s Executive Order Eliminating the Department of Education

Red state officials awaiting guidance on how to respond to the executive order dismantling the Department of Education say they are eager to...

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‘Next Generation of Air Dominance’: Trump Announces New F-47 Fighter Jet

‘Next Generation of Air Dominance’: Trump Announces New F-47 Fighter Jet

The Air Force is moving forward with the first sixth-generation fighter jet, President Donald Trump announced Friday. “It’s something the likes of...

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Why Trump Aims to Put His Secretary of Education Out of Work

Why Trump Aims to Put His Secretary of Education Out of Work

President Donald Trump said Thursday he hopes his executive order to begin eliminating the Department of Education will put Secretary of Education...

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Ron DeSantis Joins Former Rival Trump to Celebrate Demise of Education Department

Ron DeSantis Joins Former Rival Trump to Celebrate Demise of Education Department

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will join President Donald Trump in the White House as he signs an executive order Thursday afternoon making good on his......

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‘Spitting Mad’: Far-Left Teachers Union Bosses Panic About Trump Executive Order

‘Spitting Mad’: Far-Left Teachers Union Bosses Panic About Trump Executive Order

Teachers unions are “spitting mad” about President Donald Trump cutting the Department of Education’s workforce and the possibility of an...

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Here’s What Christians Urged Trump to Prioritize in Talks at White House

Here’s What Christians Urged Trump to Prioritize in Talks at White House

A Baptist leader urged the Trump administration to use its platform to promote Biblical pro-family policies during a White House roundtable on...

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Trump Admin ‘Not Going to Tolerate’ Illinois School Forcing Girls to Change Clothes Alongside Trans Classmate

Trump Admin ‘Not Going to Tolerate’ Illinois School Forcing Girls to Change Clothes Alongside Trans Classmate

As an Illinois mother seeks justice against the school district that forced her daughter to change in front a boy, White House press secretary...

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Trump Cuts Millions From Alma Mater of Trans Swimmer Thomas

Trump Cuts Millions From Alma Mater of Trans Swimmer Thomas

President Donald Trump has paused $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania for violating his executive order banning...

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Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Cost Up to $2 Trillion by 2035, Study Estimates

Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Cost Up to $2 Trillion by 2035, Study Estimates

The Biden-Harris administration’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act will cost up to between $936 billion and $1.97 trillion over the next...

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Biden-Era App Was Like ‘Fast Pass at Disneyland’ for Illegal Aliens, Trump Press Secretary Says

Biden-Era App Was Like ‘Fast Pass at Disneyland’ for Illegal Aliens, Trump Press Secretary Says

The Biden administration’s CBP One app facilitated the “mass illegal entry” of illegal immigrants, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt...

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‘Ridiculous’: Trump Slams Federal Judge’s ‘Dangerous’ Ruling on Fired Federal Workers 

‘Ridiculous’: Trump Slams Federal Judge’s ‘Dangerous’ Ruling on Fired Federal Workers 

President Donald Trump said it’s “ridiculous” that a federal judge ruled that the government must rehire fired government employees.   “I...

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‘Very Impressed’: Trump Thanks Schumer for Whipping Dems’ Support of Spending Bill

‘Very Impressed’: Trump Thanks Schumer for Whipping Dems’ Support of Spending Bill

President Donald Trump thanked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for getting Democrats on board with the Republican spending package to...

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Pentagon Schools Instruct Use of Minecraft to Promote DEI Trojan Horse

Pentagon Schools Instruct Use of Minecraft to Promote DEI Trojan Horse

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Defense’s school system touted the video game Minecraft as a tool for teaching social-emotional...

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Trump Delivers Update on Peace Negotiations With Russia

Trump Delivers Update on Peace Negotiations With Russia

President Donald Trump said he’s getting word that conversations about a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia are “going OK” in Moscow. Trump...

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EXCLUSIVE: Seattle Children’s Hospital Renamed DEI Programs to Sidestep Trump, Employee Says

EXCLUSIVE: Seattle Children’s Hospital Renamed DEI Programs to Sidestep Trump, Employee Says

Seattle Children’s Hospital renamed its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to circumvent President Donald Trump’s directives, a...

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Judge: Trump Must Reinstate Fired Federal Workers

Judge: Trump Must Reinstate Fired Federal Workers

The Trump administration must reinstate some fired probationary government employees, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Six agencies must give jobs...

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Trump Makes Good on Threats to Pull Funding From Maine Due to Trans Sports Defiance

President Donald Trump has halted funding for research and programs at the University of Maine System following the state’s governor’s defiance...

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Pro-Hamas Columbia Student’s Arrest First of ‘Continuous and Ongoing Effort,’ White House Official Says

The arrest of terrorist-sympathizing former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is part of a larger effort to root out antisemitism from...

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Trump Admin Claws Back $600K Grant for Menstrual Study of Transgender Men

President Donald Trump’s secretary of agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has canceled a $600,000 grant to study menstrual cycles in biological females...

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Illegal Immigration Worsens Housing Crisis, Vance Tells Cities’ Leaders

Illegal immigration raises demand for housing, which increases costs for American citizens, Vice President JD Vance said Monday. And when Americans...

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Lawmaker Vows to Push Bill to Repeal FACE Act ‘Irrespective of Normal Procedures’

Rep. Chip Roy vowed Thursday to move forward with his bill to repeal the law used by the Biden administration to arrest, prosecute, and jail...

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Trump to Sign Order Modifying Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Federal Employees

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday afternoon modifying the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to exclude organizations...

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White House Spokeswoman Rips Democrats’ Response to Trump Address to Congress as ‘Disgraceful,’ ‘Out of Touch’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday slammed House and Senate Democrats for failing to applaud for the families of deceased...

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10 Takeaways From Trump’s Congressional Address

Heckling Democrat lawmakers brandishing canes and signs couldn’t stop President Donald Trump from showing off his efforts to “renew the American...

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‘It Happened to Me for a Reason’: Female Athlete Injured by Male Competitor to Be Honored by Trump

After a biological male volleyball player injured Payton McNabb, robbing her of the chance to play collegiate sports, she decided to dedicate herself...

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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Watchdog Debunks Argument Defunding Planned Parenthood Hurts Taxpayers

Pro-lifers continue to urge the Department of Government Efficiency to defund Planned Parenthood, but they aren’t putting all their eggs in Elon...

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White House Announces Themes of Trump’s Address to Congress

The White House has unveiled the theme of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress. In his speech focused on......

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White House Urges Senate Democrats to Join Americans in Supporting Common Sense Measure

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s White House is calling on Senate Democrats to represent the vast majority of Americans by...

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EXCLUSIVE: ADF Investigates Free Speech Violations by US Science Agency

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A religious liberty law firm has launched an investigation into censorship of Americans’ free speech within the...

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