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Trump and the End of His First Week of His Second First Year
WASHINGTON—What did President Donald Trump learn during his four-year hiatus from the White House? For one thing, he seems to have learned how to listen. But also, to judge by the first week of his second term, Trump 2.0…
Tax Dollars Cover International Travel for State AGs and Family
Taxpayers are funding expensive international travel of state attorneys general and family members—or what some critics call “junkets”—by paying for their membership in the Attorney General Alliance, a group that has come…
California’s Volunteer Fire Unit Vanishes From Web, Social Media
Fire-ravaged California is grappling with the threat of floods, mudslides, and toxic ash this week as the state’s embattled leaders face more questions about their decision to dismantle an emergency response volunteer…
Trump to Sign Executive Order Launching US Iron Dome
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday to build an American version of the Israeli “Iron Dome” missile defense system. An expert in national security—and in the Iron Dome, in…
SPN Leader Stepping Down After Transformative 25-Year Tenure
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tracie Sharp, the longtime president and CEO of State Policy Network, announced Monday she will step down from her leadership position after greatly expanding the organization’s reach and influence…
Why Hollywood Barred ‘Reagan’ From a Best Picture Nomination
No conservative could honestly have expected the 2024 biopic “Reagan” to be a viable contender for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars. Ultraliberal Hollywood could never honor a film that dares to depict our 40th president as a…
Trump Retaliates After Colombia Refuses to Accept Criminal Aliens
President Donald Trump has already begun deporting illegal aliens who have been convicted of other crimes, and one South American country has refused to allow a U.S. plane carrying criminal illegal aliens to land, in what…
Historical Parallels Between Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump
The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he reentered for the first time as the 47th president. It’s a choice Democrats are poorly…
Wisconsin Voters to Consider Voter ID Constitutional Amendment
Wisconsin, one of the seven presidential battlegrounds states, could become one of just a handful of states to have voter ID requirements enshrined in its state constitution. A total of 36 states have some form of ID…
The Left’s Sin Is of Omission and Lost Opportunity
Over these first few days of the Trump administration, we’ve seen these bold measures. And it’s starting to incur a big backlash, or anger, or counter response from the Left. And it runs something like this: well, yes, maybe…