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President Donald Trump said he’s getting word that conversations about a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia are “going OK” in Moscow. Trump met with NATO… Read More
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The Trump administration must reinstate some fired probationary government employees, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Six agencies must give jobs back to thousands of recently-hired… Read More
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Seattle Children’s Hospital renamed its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to circumvent President Donald Trump’s directives, a whistleblower tells The Daily Signal. On Day One… Read More
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President Donald Trump has halted funding for research and programs at the University of Maine System following the state’s governor’s defiance of his executive order slashing funding for… Read More
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The arrest of terrorist-sympathizing former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is part of a larger effort to root out antisemitism from American universities, The Daily Signal has… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s secretary of agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has canceled a $600,000 grant to study menstrual cycles in biological females who identify as men. The American… Read More
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Illegal immigration raises demand for housing, which increases costs for American citizens, Vice President JD Vance said Monday. And when Americans can own houses, they… Read More
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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 pro-life… Read More
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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday afternoon modifying the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to exclude organizations involved in illegal activities, a… Read More
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday slammed House and Senate Democrats for failing to applaud for the families of deceased Americans during President… Read More
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Heckling Democrat lawmakers brandishing canes and signs couldn’t stop President Donald Trump from showing off his efforts to “renew the American dream” for every citizen. … Read More
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After a biological male volleyball player injured Payton McNabb, robbing her of the chance to play collegiate sports, she decided to dedicate herself to protecting… Read More
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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… Read More
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Pro-lifers continue to urge the Department of Government Efficiency to defund Planned Parenthood, but they aren’t putting all their eggs in Elon Musk’s basket. As… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s White House is calling on Senate Democrats to represent the vast majority of Americans by voting Monday night… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A religious liberty law firm has launched an investigation into censorship of Americans’ free speech within the government’s science agency. Alliance… Read More
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Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are discussing how free speech violations there affect American citizens, as… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has hit the ground running by initiating investigations into antisemitism, threats to women’s… Read More
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Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that henceforth the White House press team—not the White House Correspondents’ Association—will determine which journalists are in the press pool…. Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of conservative organizations, led by a think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, is warning Congress against using “gimmicks”… Read More
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French President Emmanuel Macron agrees that Europe must join the United States in bearing the “cost and burden of securing the peace” between Russia and… Read More
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Sebastian Gorka, senior director for counterterrorism for President Donald Trump, is “recalibrating” the whole intelligence community toward one message, he said. “The No. 1 thing… Read More
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OXON HILL, Md.—President Donald Trump slammed left-wing politicians for sending the American military abroad instead of protecting the southern border. “After years of politicians using… Read More
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OXON HILL, Md.—White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said President Donald Trump is “reclaiming control” of the federal government after four “painful” years…. Read More
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President Donald Trump is involved in every aspect of the White House’s communications strategy, press secretary Karoline Leavitt says. “He’s the president of United States…. Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by… Read More
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Vice President JD Vance urged pro-life Americans to persuade their fellow citizens about the sanctity of unborn life. Vance’s speech, on the one-month mark of… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s enraptured supporters, gathering just outside Washington, D.C., for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, have much to celebrate after Trump’s first month… Read More
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Pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act and released from prison after President Donald Trump pardoned them on Jan. 24 tell The Daily Signal they are… Read More
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to defund schools with COVID-19 vaccination mandates. The directive comes one day after the confirmation of Health… Read More
