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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education is closing its in-house health clinic, which cost almost $500,000 per year to operate while only serving… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is making good on President Donald Trump’s promise to give $10,000 bonuses to air traffic controllers who… Read More
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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is talking to “dozens” of Congress members about codifying the Education Department’s biggest step toward extinction. The Daily Signal asked… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s State Department is classifying “destructive ideologies” formerly promoted by the Biden administration in the United States as human rights violations. The State… Read More
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The United States added 119,000 jobs in September, blowing past expectations following a slowdown in hiring over the summer. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics’… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two lawmakers are working with the Trump administration to roll back a Biden-era regulation forcing taxpayers to pay for unaccompanied illegal… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump is extending the deadline for universities to sign the higher education compact, giving preferential funding to schools that… Read More
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The Trump administration is divided between factions about the best way to reform the controversial H-1B visa program, sources familiar with the matter told The… Read More
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that his country will increase its U.S. investment from $600 billion to almost $1 trillion. The White House… Read More
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As pro-lifers vigilantly track if the Trump administration’s deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies will include abortion funding, a top Senate Republican said the… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Republican National Committee is suing New Jersey for failing to provide public records on the state’s voter roll maintenance practices,… Read More
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President Donald Trump is now urging House Republicans to vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, documents the federal government has on the convicted sex… Read More
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President Donald Trump is continuing to call for the Federal Reserve to decrease interest rates amid his push to highlight Republican affordability accomplishments ahead of… Read More
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A Trump administration official referred Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell of California to the Justice Department over mortgage fraud allegations, reports say. Federal Housing Finance Agency… Read More
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President Donald Trump is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate financier Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement with prominent Democrats, including a former president. “Now that the… Read More
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President Donald Trump will ramp up domestic travel ahead of midterms as he sells voters on his affordability accomplishments, a White House official told The… Read More
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GOP candidates who run on President Donald Trump’s successful policies will win their 2026 midterm elections, said Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters in an… Read More
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Public health in America can only advance if there’s a willingness to challenge orthodoxy, Vice President JD Vance said at a “Make America Healthy Again”… Read More
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A major pro-life organization is investing tens of millions of dollars into next year’s elections. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and Women Speak Out PAC, a… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump will sign an executive order strengthening the foster care system, The Daily Signal has learned. The executive order,… Read More
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President Donald Trump has threatened to punish New York City for electing the Democrat mayoral candidate, socialist Muslim Zohran Mamdani. Though the action a president… Read More
President Donald Trump has pardoned dozens of allies who were accused of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Pardons apply to… Read More
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Virginia Republicans fear GOP candidates’ losses on Tuesday could spell trouble come midterms if the party doesn’t figure out a strategy to appeal to working-class… Read More
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Following Republicans’ sweeping defeats this week in off-year elections, President Donald Trump says Republicans need to focus on affordability. “As Republicans, you have to talk… Read More
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President Donald Trump made a “sales pitch” to Republican senators Wednesday, calling on them to eliminate the filibuster. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The pro-life movement has determined its newest priority: preventing Planned Parenthood from receiving full funding again, starting July 4. “Next year,… Read More
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President Donald Trump suggested the record-long government shutdown is responsible for Republicans’ widespread losses in Tuesday’s off-year elections. “‘TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN,… Read More
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Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that the Biden administration’s Department of Justice seized President Donald Trump’s government phone from his first term and subpoenaed his… Read More
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Murders in Washington, D.C., are down 60% since President Donald Trump’s D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force set its sights on… Read More
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President Donald Trump said he would withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits until Senate Democrats vote to reopen the government. “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by… Read More
