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Senate Approves RFK Jr. for HHS Post on Party-LIne Vote
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate in a mostly party-line 52-48 vote Thursday morning. All 45 Senate Democrats and the two nominal independents who caucus with them voted “no.” They were joined by one…
Federal Employees’ Union Time on Taxpayer Dime Scrutinized
Republican lawmakers want to rein in the amount of time federal employees spend on union time—including activities such as lobbying Congress and negotiating more benefits—during taxpayer-paid worktime. Sen. Joni Ernst,…
White House Docs Show Where DOGE Found DEI, Climate Waste
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the press Wednesday that the White House would provide screenshots of the contracts the Department of Government Efficiency had unearthed that demonstrate the waste, fraud,…
Senate Greenlights Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence in a 52-to-48 vote on Wednesday. Gabbard, who served four terms in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021 as a Democrat but subsequently became…
Biden DOJ Conspired to Push Racist Hiring on Firefighters
If you want to see a prime example of the lawlessness of the Civil Rights Division under the Merrick Garland-run Justice Department, look no further than the “Consent Decree” with Cobb County, Georgia, that DOJ tried to…
DHS Takes Back $59M FEMA Allocated to House Illegals in NYC
The Trump administration has retrieved the $59 million the Federal Emergency Management Agency allocated last week to house illegal aliens in hotels in New York City. “I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep…
Trump Reaffirms Commitment to Ukraine Peace Deal
Following groundbreaking developments regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, a Wednesday briefing from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered more details about President Donald Trump’s phone call with Russian…
Germany Is Self-Imploding
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hi, I’m Victor Davis Hanson for The…
House DOGE Panel Fires Its First Salvo in ‘War on Waste’
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held its first hearing Tuesday as part of an investigation into the “war on waste” in the federal government. Referred to as the DOGE Subcommittee, an arm of the…
Trump Should Reinstate Obama’s Moratorium on Risky Biological Research
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing an executive order to halt funding of risky viral gain-of-function research—lab experimentation designed to genetically manipulate biological agents to make them more…