Mark January 20, 2025, as the start of the biggest man-hunt in American history. That’s when the newly minted Trump administration 2.0 will begin hunting down and deporting millions of criminal aliens welcomed in by the Biden-Harris administration. If successful, they’ll purge our cities of murderers, child traffickers, and drug pushers, a result that will […]
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As the Biden-Harris administration slips away, Donald Trump must fulfill his promises to dispose of the woke detritus. His administration will have to bypass antidemocratic booby traps, including recently adopted rules that take time to reverse, last-minute appointments of progressive federal judges, and a hostile, left-leaning Deep State protected by Joe Biden’s revocation of Schedule […]
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Tom Donilon, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser from 2010 to 2013, attempts to rewrite history on the Foreign Affairs website to praise Jimmy Carter as a great foreign policy president. We “learn” from Donilon that Carter left a legacy of peace in the Middle East with the Camp David Accords, enhanced U.S. security in […]
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Charlie Hunt, Boise State University Beginning in January 2025, Republicans in Washington will achieve what’s commonly known as a governing “trifecta”: control over the executive branch via the president, combined with majorities for their party in both the House and the Senate. You might think that a trifecta, which is also referred to as “unified […]
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Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second term – and Mexico looks set to be at the tip of the spear. While many of Trump’s predecessors have also followed a “realist” strategy – that is, one where relative […]
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Topline: As lawmakers battle over how much to spend next year on disaster funding, it’s worth looking back at one of many instances where federal emergency funds didn’t bring all that much relief. In 2010, officials in Cook County, Illinois threw a picnic party at a local zoo for victims of a 2008 flood, instead […]
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We already know what President Trump thinks of DEI. He tried to rid the government of it in his last term and has pledged to eliminate it from the Armed Forces on day 1 of his next term. How will this be done? Reports indicate that the President has instructed his staff to prepare an […]
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Donald Trump has made a huge number of declarations about what he plans to accomplish once he takes office, which has helped fuel an optimism I haven’t seen since the early days of the Reagan administration. I’m all in on Trump’s agenda, but there’s one caveat: When you let the world know that you’re going […]
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For those of us in the news business, 2024 provided a steady stream of stories to cover—and rarely a dull moment. From the Republican primaries early in the year to the assassination attempts and political conventions this summer, our Daily Signal team stayed busy through Election Day and in the days that followed. During his first term […]
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Topline: Congress allocated at least $516 billion for federal programs with expired authorizations in fiscal year 2024, and likely far more, according to the Congressional Budget Office. These “zombie” programs have no legal mandate to exist, yet they receive funding from Congress every year Key facts: Many laws passed by Congress include money that must […]