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It’s Not Over Till It’s Over: ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Battle Returns to House

After the Senate’s narrow 51-50 passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act on Tuesday, with Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote, Republican...

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UPenn Settlement With Trump Admin Over Trans Athletes Seen as Big Win for Women’s Sports

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over...

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Who Are the Potential House GOP Holdouts on Senate Budget Bill?

With Senate Republican leadership hoping to send its version of the GOP budget reconciliation bill back to the House for final approval before Friday...

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Heritage Action Endorses Senate’s Big Beautiful Bill

Heritage Action, which has 2.5 million grassroots activists nationwide, came out swinging for the U.S. Senate’s budget reconciliation bill in a...

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Budget Bill’s Ban on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Draws States’ Ire

Budget Bill’s Ban on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Draws States’ Ire

Some Republican officials are sounding the alarm about a provision tucked into the Senate budget reconciliation bill that would potentially eviscerate...

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Hegseth Announces Renaming of Navy Vessel Obama Admin Had Named After Gay Icon

Hegseth Announces Renaming of Navy Vessel Obama Admin Had Named After Gay Icon

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made good Friday on his promise to fight wokeness in the U.S. military—including retroactively, when it comes to...

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Democrats Vote Against House Resolution Condemning LA Riots

Democrats Vote Against House Resolution Condemning LA Riots

Despite overwhelming opposition from Democrats, the House voted Friday to adopt House Resolution 516, a resolution condemning the violent June 2025...

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No Known ‘Causal Link’ Between Vaccines and Autism, CDC Nominee Tells Senate Panel

No Known ‘Causal Link’ Between Vaccines and Autism, CDC Nominee Tells Senate Panel

“I have not seen a causal link between vaccines and autism,” Susan Monarez said at her Senate committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday to lead...

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Sarah Sanders Joins Conservative Critics of AI Provision in GOP Budget Bill

Sarah Sanders Joins Conservative Critics of AI Provision in GOP Budget Bill

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders is coming out swinging against a provision of the congressional budget reconciliation bill that would prohibit state...

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Scott Brown Aims to Rejoin Senate With NH Bid

Scott Brown Aims to Rejoin Senate With NH Bid

Former Republican Sen. Scott Brown has jumped into the Senate race in New Hampshire, seeking to replace retiring Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen....

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Get ‘Serious About Getting Our Fiscal House in Order,’ OMB Chief Tells Senate Panel

Get ‘Serious About Getting Our Fiscal House in Order,’ OMB Chief Tells Senate Panel

Trump administration Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testified before a Senate panel on Wednesday about defunding the...

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Trump Takes Victory Lap on NATO Spending

Trump Takes Victory Lap on NATO Spending

President Donald Trump has secured a commitment to increase defense spending from European allies at this week’s NATO summit, held at The Hague in...

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Heritage Foundation Honors 5 Leaders in Educating About the American Founding

Heritage Foundation Honors 5 Leaders in Educating About the American Founding

The Heritage Foundation presented five special Innovation Prizes on Tuesday to organizations dedicated to educating audiences about America’s...

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‘This Isn’t Just Crime. It’s Terror,’ Senate Panel’s Hearing on Mexican Cartels Is Told

‘This Isn’t Just Crime. It’s Terror,’ Senate Panel’s Hearing on Mexican Cartels Is Told

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on international drug cartels emphasized that the organizations are effectively engaged in sophisticated...

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Thune Confident Budget Bill Remains on Track for Senate Passage

Thune Confident Budget Bill Remains on Track for Senate Passage

Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared determined on Tuesday to keep the budget reconciliation bill on track to be passed in the Senate by July......

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Duo Still Pressing for House War Powers Resolution on Iran, but Speaker Says It’s Not ‘Necessary’

Duo Still Pressing for House War Powers Resolution on Iran, but Speaker Says It’s Not ‘Necessary’

Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are spearheading a war powers resolution that would direct President Donald Trump to cease using...

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House Set to Vote on Resolution Condemning LA Riots, Commending Law Enforcement

House Set to Vote on Resolution Condemning LA Riots, Commending Law Enforcement

The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a resolution condemning the recent Los Angeles riots and thanking law enforcement. The...

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Trump Says He Will Campaign Against Rep. Thomas Massie

Trump Says He Will Campaign Against Rep. Thomas Massie

President Donald Trump promised to primary Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on Sunday, saying he would campaign against him in Kentucky. “MAGA should drop...

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Ohio Redistricting Becomes Battleground for House Majority

Ohio Redistricting Becomes Battleground for House Majority

While no longer a swing state, Ohio is a key battleground for Republicans in their bid to maintain their majority in the House of Representatives.......

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Don Jr. Joins Mark Cuban in Criticism of Drug Middlemen

Don Jr. Joins Mark Cuban in Criticism of Drug Middlemen

Donald Trump Jr. expressed agreement with Kamala Harris supporter Mark Cuban on X yesterday on the issue of combating high drug prices.  Cuban...

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Cornyn Backs Budget Bill Provision Deregulating Firearms Silencers

The Senate is moving to deregulate firearms silencers in its long-anticipated version of the budget reconciliation bill. The bill has passed the House...

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More Republicans Than Democrats Support Israel in Conflict With Iran, Poll Finds

A majority of registered Republican voters and those who lean Republican—58%—said the United States should be supporting Israel in its current...

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Hegseth Outlines Pentagon’s Budget, Priorities at Senate Panel Hearing

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday testified on the Pentagon’s proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2026, articulating the Trump...

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‘WADA Shame’: Senate Panel Examines Olympics Doping

A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday heard a lack of confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ability to combat cheating at the Olympics. The...

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Texas GOP Set to Limit Its Primaries to Registered Republicans Only

The Texas Republican Party voted over the weekend to limit GOP primaries in Texas to registered Republican voters. The rule change would mandate that...

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin to Increase Accountability for Federal Employees

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration is seeking to increase accountability for federal employees by implementing new performance...

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Lee Introduces Bill to Repeal 105-Year-Old Law, Aiming to Lower Shipping Costs

Make shipping affordable again is the idea behind new legislation introduced by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. The Open America’s Waters Act, introduced...

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Museum of Bible Hosts First Meeting of New Religious Liberty Commission

The newly created Religious Liberty Commission held its first meeting on Monday at the Museum of the Bible in Washington. On the agenda for...

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Parental Rights Group Seeks Title IX Probe of YMCA Over Transgenders in Locker Rooms

Parental Rights Group Seeks Title IX Probe of YMCA Over Transgenders in Locker Rooms

A parents’ rights group is asking the Trump administration to investigate the YMCA for possible violations of federal law for allowing men who...

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‘Entirely Unacceptable’: Senate Republicans Condemn California Democrat’s Outburst

‘Entirely Unacceptable’: Senate Republicans Condemn California Democrat’s Outburst

Senate Republicans are sharply criticizing Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., for his disruption Thursday of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem‘s...

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Congressional Republicans’ Reaction Is Mixed to Israeli Strikes on Iran

Congressional Republicans’ Reaction Is Mixed to Israeli Strikes on Iran

Reaction from Republican members of Congress to Israel’s Thursday evening strikes on Iran was mixed, highlighting the foreign policy divide in the...

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Amid Bid to Oust Him, Hogg Quits DNC

Youthful gun-control activist David Hogg won’t run again to be a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee after members of the committee...

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Democrat Governors Grilled on Sanctuary Policies, Illegal Alien Crimes at Hill Hearing

Democrat Governors Grilled on Sanctuary Policies, Illegal Alien Crimes at Hill Hearing

Three Democrat governors defended their sanctuary state policies for illegal aliens before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday. Govs. JB...

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Newsom’s Threat That California Might Withhold Federal Taxes Called ‘Reckless,’ ‘a New Low’

Newsom’s Threat That California Might Withhold Federal Taxes Called ‘Reckless,’ ‘a New Low’

Republican members of Congress on Wednesday assailed Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s suggesting that it might be time for his state to cut...

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Musk Expresses ‘Regret’ About Some of His Anti-Trump Posts

Tech titan Elon Musk appears ready to mend fences with President Donald Trump, expressing regret over some of his social media activity attacking the...

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‘Law Enforcement Needs All the Support’ We Can Give Them, Thune Says of Troops Sent to LA

Senate Republicans weighed Tuesday in on the riots that have been occurring in Los Angeles, stressing support for law enforcement. The protests in LA...

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House Democrats Brand Trump’s LA Riot Response ‘Unlawful,’ ‘Reckless’

Three high-ranking House Democrats from New York on Tuesday condemned President Donald Trump for his deployment of the military to restore law and...

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EXCLUSIVE: SNAP Judgment by Arkansas Bans Junk Food Purchases With Food Stamps

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The state of Arkansas received approval Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ban the purchase of both soft...

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‘THIS IS ANARCHY’: Fetterman Alone Among Democrats in Condemning LA Riots

Sen. John Fetterman on Monday condemned the Los Angeles riots that have broken out in reaction to the deportation of illegal aliens.  “I...

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House Eyes 3 Bills to Overrule DC Government

In a major rebuke to measures passed by the District of Columbia city government under home rule, the House of Representatives will consider three...

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Soros-Backed Group Again Aiming to Turn Texas Blue

Leftist billionaire George Soros is in pursuit of the long-sought political “white whale” for Democrats: finally turning Texas blue. Soros is...

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Got Whole Milk? Senate Panel Moves to End Low-Fat Only Rule in School Lunches.

The Make America Healthy Again movement claimed another win this week when the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee unanimously...

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NYT Study Finds Widespread GOP Gains, Sounding Alarm for Dems

Republicans are surging, and Democrats are in deep trouble. That’s what a new report from The New York Times concluded after assessing polling data...

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‘HOT’: Trump Touts Better-Than-Expected Jobs Report

Job growth in the U.S. exceeded economists’ expectations in May, according to the jobs report released by the Department of Labor on Friday. It...

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Ethicists Critique Illinois’ Bid to Join 10 Other States in Allowing Doctor-Assisted Suicide

The Illinois state House has passed a physician-assisted suicide bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients who...

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‘Readiness Over Wokeness’: GOP Lawmakers Salute Renaming of Navy Vessel

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk...

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House Anti-Opioids Bill Easily Passes Despite Unexpected Opposition

A bill on the normally bipartisan issue of combating America’s opioid epidemic faced some opposition from Democrats in the House of Representatives...

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House DOGE Committee Members Assess Musk’s Legacy

In the wake of Elon Musk ending his short stint in government service, members of the House DOGE Committee is weighing in on what he... Read More The...

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Report: Defeated Pa. Democrat Cartwright Won’t Seek to Reclaim House Seat

Former Democrat congressman Matthew Cartwright has reportedly decided not to run in 2026 to try to reclaim his congressional seat in Pennsylvania....

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‘We Have an Agenda,’ Thune Says of GOP Senators on Budget Bill

“We’re anxious to have the ball and run with it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Tuesday, referencing the budget...

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