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‘Utter Fabrication’: What One Former FAA Chief Says About Media’s Claim About Elon Musk and Air Safety

A former Federal Aviation Administration chief said Wednesday that it’s a “complete and utter fabrication” that entrepreneur Elon Musk forced...

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‘Trump Effect’: Illegal Border Crossings Could Be on Track to Hit Near 50-Year Low

‘Trump Effect’: Illegal Border Crossings Could Be on Track to Hit Near 50-Year Low

The White House has touted January’s 36% decline in border apprehensions—the lowest number of illegal aliens apprehended along the border in...

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EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Governors Arranged Meeting With Biden White House to Thwart Trump Agenda, Emails Show

EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Governors Arranged Meeting With Biden White House to Thwart Trump Agenda, Emails Show

White House officials under outgoing President Joe Biden may have colluded with staffers representing a coalition of Democrat governors planning to...

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FACT CHECK: Left, Legacy Media Claim GOP Wants to Block Women Voting

FACT CHECK: Left, Legacy Media Claim GOP Wants to Block Women Voting

Legacy media outlets and liberal interest groups have recently claimed that a proposal requiring proof of citizenship to vote could actually prevent...

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Ernst Seeks to Crack Down on Government Employees Doing Union Activities During Work Hours

Ernst Seeks to Crack Down on Government Employees Doing Union Activities During Work Hours

Republican lawmakers want to rein in the amount of time federal employees spend on union time—including activities such as lobbying Congress and...

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LAWFARE: Web of Leftist Groups Working in Tandem to Tie Up Trump Agenda in Court

LAWFARE: Web of Leftist Groups Working in Tandem to Tie Up Trump Agenda in Court

Lawfare hasn’t stopped since Donald Trump became president again, but has been repackaged into civil litigation to stop his second term agenda—and...

12.02.2025 4

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2 More States Moving Forward to Block Noncitizens From Voting

2 More States Moving Forward to Block Noncitizens From Voting

Two states advanced proposals this week to amend their constitutions to require citizenship for voting.  The South Dakota Senate voted 33-2 on...

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Foreign Funding, Ranked Choice Voting Top Election Integrity Concerns, Report Finds

Foreign Funding, Ranked Choice Voting Top Election Integrity Concerns, Report Finds

The 2024 election concluded with few complaints or disputes from either side—but key improvements still need to be made to ensure free and fair...

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Democrats’ Superlawyer Elias Leads Litigation Fighting Trump’s Buyout of Feds

Democrats’ Superlawyer Elias Leads Litigation Fighting Trump’s Buyout of Feds

An organization run by veteran Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias is representing federal unions in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump...

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Georgia Asks AG Bondi to Drop Biden Admin Lawsuit Over Election Law

Georgia Asks AG Bondi to Drop Biden Admin Lawsuit Over Election Law

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has asked the U.S. attorney general to drop the federal lawsuit against the state’s election-reform...

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Trump Ousts Global Broadcasting Board: What’s Next for Lake, Bozell?

Trump Ousts Global Broadcasting Board: What’s Next for Lake, Bozell?

The Trump administration ousted members of the board that would hire Kari Lake to head up the Voice of America, potentially easing her appointment...

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By the Numbers: Sen. Ron Johnson Outlines Balanced Budget Proposal

By the Numbers: Sen. Ron Johnson Outlines Balanced Budget Proposal

Returning to a balanced budget is feasible if the United States would return to pre-COVID-19-era spending levels, said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., a...

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Confirming Trump Cabinet Is Key to Forcing Deep State Transparency, Sen. Ron Johnson Says

Confirming Trump Cabinet Is Key to Forcing Deep State Transparency, Sen. Ron Johnson Says

Sen. Ron Johnson, leading Senate oversight in the new majority, anticipates more transparency under the Trump administration—but still expects...

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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Asks Pentagon Chief Hegseth to Pull Security Clearance of Leftist Megadonor Reid Hoffman

EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Asks Pentagon Chief Hegseth to Pull Security Clearance of Leftist Megadonor Reid Hoffman

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A watchdog group is asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revoke the security clearance of Reid Hoffman, a major...

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FAA’s Obama-Era ‘Biographical Questionnaire’ for DEI Faces New Scrutiny After DC Crash

FAA’s Obama-Era ‘Biographical Questionnaire’ for DEI Faces New Scrutiny After DC Crash

President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the Federal Aviation Administration to assess safety standards, including evaluating hiring practices, in...

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8 Takeaways From Kash Patel’s FBI Confirmation Hearing

8 Takeaways From Kash Patel’s FBI Confirmation Hearing

Kash Patel faced sharp questioning from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be FBI...

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Trump to Detain Violent Illegal Immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

Trump to Detain Violent Illegal Immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

President Donald Trump announced plans to open a new detention center for the worst illegal immigrants at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the United...

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‘Bureaucrats are Still Hiding’: How is ATF Implementing Trump’s Executive Order on DEI?

‘Bureaucrats are Still Hiding’: How is ATF Implementing Trump’s Executive Order on DEI?

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives asserts that it is in full compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order to...

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How Taxpayers Bankroll Luxury Travel for State AGs and Family Members

Taxpayers are funding expensive international travel of state attorneys general and family members—or what some critics call “junkets”—by...

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Battleground Wisconsin Set for Referendum on Enshrining Voter ID in State Constitution

Wisconsin, one of the seven presidential battlegrounds states, could become one of just a handful of states to have voter ID requirements enshrined in...

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Can Brent Bozell and Kari Lake ‘Make Media Great Again’ at Broadcast Agencies?

Four years ago, immediately upon taking office, President Joe Biden told the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media to resign or be fired.... Read...

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State Department Warns Staff Against Imposing Stealth DEI After Trump Executive Order

The U.S. State Department moved swiftly Wednesday to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order doing away with diversity, equity, and...

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Scrapping ‘Bidenbucks,’ Trump Pulls Federal Government Out of Election Meddling

The “Bidenbucks” executive order directing federal agencies to boost voter participation has gone the way of the Biden administration.  President...

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Trump Executive Orders Cover Border, DOGE, TikTok, Free Speech

Fresh off his inaugural speech at the Capitol, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, which included establishing the Department of...

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Mars, Tariffs, Two Genders: 8 Takeaways From Trump’s Second Inaugural Address

Delivering his second inaugural address indoors because of the frigid weather conditions in Washington, President Donald Trump vowed Monday to restore...

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‘Pardongate’: Biden’s Pardons of Fauci, Milley, J6 Committee Spark Questions, Outrage

President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the House committee that investigated the...

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Border Wall, Tax Cuts, Fighting Crime: Trump Has Big Agenda for First 100 Days 

President Donald Trump will be sworn in Monday with ambitious goals for his first day in office and first 100 days.  The major focus will... Read...

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What Zeldin Plans to Do About a Literally Weaponized EPA

At his confirmation hearing Thursday, EPA administrator-designate Lee Zeldin suggested he would rein in a weaponized—literally...

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Oversight Panel Chief to Meet With Bondi, Patel on Bidens’ Business Dealings, Deep State Reforms

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer is set to meet Friday with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to run the...

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AG Nominee Bondi Clashes With Democratic Senators in Confirmation Hearing

Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi vowed Wednesday that her focus, if confirmed, would be on restoring integrity to a politicized Justice Department...

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How Biden Tried to ‘Trump-Proof’ Government With Federal Telework

As taxpayers have spent billions to pay for mostly vacant federal office space, President Joe Biden’s administration worked with federal employee...

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Special Counsel: ‘Well-Educated’ Hunter Biden Aware of Crimes

Hunter Biden knew exactly what he was doing when he committed felonies related to gun possession and not paying his taxes, special counsel David...

14.01.2025 5

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Why Jack Smith Passed on Charging Trump With Incitement

Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report asserted federal prosecutors lacked grounds to charge President-elect Donald Trump with incitement for the...

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‘FINAL POTSHOT’: What to Expect From Merrick Garland’s Release of Special Counsel Report

The first volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report–cleared for release this week–may be little more than a parting shot by the Biden...

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How Trump Responded to the New York Sentencing

Just 10 days before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump’s designation as a convicted felon became official in a New York court. ...

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Sentencing to Proceed

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a New York court from sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the “hush money” case involving porn...

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After Controversial Raids in 2024, Changes at ATF Are Likely Under Trump 

Under the Biden administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives gained new authority, but after a tumultuous year, the...

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Garland Wants to Release Smith Report on 2020 Election but Hold Off on Trump Documents Case

Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to release the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report alleging President-elect Donald Trump...

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Left Launches Multi-Front ‘Trump-Proofing’ Effort at Federal, State Levels

Donald Trump’s election to the presidency was formally certified on Monday, but he still faces “Trump-proofing” efforts in Washington and in the...

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Wisconsin Kicks Off 2025 Probing How Some Absentee Ballots Went Uncounted

The top election oversight body in the battleground state of Wisconsin kicked off 2025 by launching a bipartisan investigation of uncounted ballots...

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Biden Boasts of ‘Most Demographically Diverse’ Judges in History

With just 18 days left in his presidency, Joe Biden did a victory lap during a White House ceremony Thursday after appointing one more federal...

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What Will Jan. 6 Committee Democrats Do When It’s Time to Certify Trump’s Win?

House Democrats on the select committee that accused President-elect Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, are not saying...

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Jimmy Carter’s Legacy on Election Integrity That Would Prompt Democrats to Label Him Jim Crow 2.0 Today

History remembers Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency more kindly than his presidency for a host of reasons. One could certainly be that as president,...

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IRS Whistleblowers Push Forward on Defamation Case Against Hunter Biden’s Lawyer

The drama and legal saga adjacent to Hunter Biden’s conduct isn’t over yet.  Lawyers for the two IRS whistleblowers in his tax evasion case...

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Fani Willis Booted From Trump Case in Georgia

A Georgia appeals court on Thursday disqualified Fani Willis, the scandal-plagued prosecutor leading a racketeering case against Donald Trump and...

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5 Things to Know About Must-Pass Spending Bill

President-elect Donald Trump urged congressional Republicans on Wednesday to renegotiate a spending bill designed to avert a partial government...

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‘Under Attack’: House Probes Foreign Interference in US Elections

U.S. elections are “under attack” from foreign influence by both individuals and hostile state actors, experts told a House panel on Wednesday. ...

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Battleground Michigan Set to Debate Citizen-Only Voting Initiative

Lawmakers in Michigan—one of the most fiercely contested battleground states in the 2024 presidential election—will consider an amendment to the...

14.12.2024 10

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26 FBI Informants Were at Capitol on Jan. 6, Investigation Finds

Two dozen FBI confidential sources were part of the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and four of those informants illegally entered the...

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Johnson Poised to Compel HHS to Cough Up COVID Documents

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A new letter from Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., puts federal health agencies on notice that he plans to subpoena unredacted...

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