At least three people are dead following a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin this morning.
According to the president-elect, the U.S. government might know more about the mysterious drones than is being shared with the public.
The Japanese tech-investing firm SoftBank Group is investing $100 billion dollars into projects in the U.S. over the next four years. The aim is for the investment to generate 100,000 jobs in the U.S. economy.
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A 1,402-acre ranch in Texas may become ground zero for the deportation of criminal illegal aliens.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, a Republican, spearheaded purchase of the ranch, which is located along the border with Mexico in Starr County between Laredo and McAllen, Texas.
Now, Buckingham says, Texas may lease the land to the federal government as a site to process illegal aliens for deportation. She figures President-elect Donald Trump may need it.
“We just thought we'd write a letter to [Trump] and say, ... if we can help, we have this property,” she says.
Deportations of illegal aliens, especially criminal illegal aliens, was a pillar of Trump's presidential campaign, and Buckingham says she and other leaders in Texas recognize that the incoming Trump administration will “probably need a facility to … relieve the strain on the local jails to get the proper processing before these people are deported.”
Tom Homan, Trump’s incoming border czar, has indicated he is interested in using the 1,402-acre ranch, a popular crossing point for illegal aliens, as the second Trump administration begins a major effort to secure the border and remove criminals who entered the country illegally.
Illegal aliens already have crossed the border into America unlawfully. Generally, "criminal illegal aliens" refers to those who also have been convicted of a crime either in America or in another country.
Buckingham joins this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss what will change at the border when Trump returns next month.
A new documentary from Palladium Pictures and The Wall Street Journal examines how Britain's permanent bureaucracy—nicknamed “The Blob”—played a pivotal role in ending Liz Truss' brief tenure in late 2022 as prime minister.
Through interviews with Truss and other key players, director Michael Pack, a former CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, reveals how unelected technocrats and civil servants—Britain's equivalent of the American deep state—pushed back against her economic reforms, ultimately leading to her resignation after just 44 days in office.
Pack spoke with The Daily Signal about the growing power of Britain's administrative state—and lessons President-elect Donald Trump should glean from the episode as he assumes power in the United States.
"The Blob is a lot stronger than you think," Pack told The Daily Signal. "A lot of people on the Republican side seem to be pretty confident that they'll be able to radically reform the departments and organizations that they're nominated to head. But I think the Liz Truss story suggests 'the Blob' has a lot of power to fight back."
This is Pack's second documentary with The Wall Street Journal. His first film of the series, "'Get the Jew': The Crown Heights Riot Revisited," debuted in October. It tells the story of the America's worst antisemitic riot, which took place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 1991.
"The idea of the series was to cover events or things that happened in the past that were either misreported, ignored, or just sent down the memory hole," Pack explained.
Pack's most notable film, "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words," tells the remarkable story of the legendary U.S. Supreme Court justice.
With his latest documentary, Pack hopes to educate Americans about the fights facing the incoming Trump administration as it seeks to reform Washington. From his time at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Pack has firsthand experience with America's version of "the Blob."
"In my own little world, I did see what it was like to face the administrative state," Pack said of his seven months as CEO.
"Most of us, myself included, tend to think of the administrative state as an American problem, and the Liz Truss documentary makes clear that it is a problem of the West," he added. "These bureaucrats are the same in London, Paris, New York, D.C. They go to the same colleges, they're taught the same ideas."
Watch the full documentary below. Learn more about Palladium Pictures' incubator fellowship for America's future storytellers: https://palladiumpictures.com/incubator/
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President-elect Donald Trump made a historic visit to the New York Stock Exchange, ringing the opening bell while celebrating his selection as TIME's Person of the Year for the second time. Accompanied by his wife Melania, Trump received an enthusiastic welcome from the Wall Street crowd.
Former Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake has been tapped to lead Voice of America in the incoming Trump administration. Trump also announced several diplomatic appointments, including new ambassadors to Colombia, Argentina, and the Organization of American States.
President Joe Biden granted clemency to 1,500 individuals in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. This comes just days after his controversial pardon of his son Hunter Biden. The Heritage Foundation's John Malcolm discusses the implications of these pardons and the possibility of future preemptive pardons.
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DOJ inspector general reveals new details about FBI informants on Jan. 6, 2021.
Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema block key NLRB appointment in surprise vote.
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At age 18, Nelly Roach sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic with $246 to pay for an abortion.
“I found myself there, as many many people find themselves, in a place where they don't feel that they have any options,” Roach says.
Roach was born into a Catholic family on the small island nation of Palau in the Pacific Ocean. When she was 13, her family moved to Missouri so she could receive a better education. She says she was raised with a sense of cultural responsibility to help and serve her family and her people, known as Palauans.
Waiting in the Planned Parenthood, Roach recalls, her mind raced. She felt she had to have the abortion for “the great good” of being able to help fellow Palauans one day, but also that what she was about to do was “wrong, but maybe I don't care.”
When her name was called, Roach stood up. “Had I turned left ... I would have had an abortion in a matter of minutes. But, you know, God pulled me out, and so I turned right [and walked out], and my baby is now 32 years old.”
After giving birth to her son, Roach entered the field of marketing and eventually had her own marketing company. For 25 years, Roach kept her story of nearly aborting her son private. In fact, her mother was the only one who knew she had ever visited Planned Parenthood.
But when her son was 23, she spoke at a marketing conference and was approached by a pro-life organization about how to reach more women who are considering having an abortion.
“I still believe that it was a divine conversation because it's such a polarizing topic. I wasn't talking about being pro-life, yet they felt comfortable coming to me,” Roach says.
President-elect Donald Trump made stunning gains with black men, Hispanic voters, and younger Americans in the 2024 presidential election, challenging long-held political assumptions.
One person saw it coming more than a year ago. Patrick Ruffini, founding partner of Echelon Insights, published "Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP" in November 2023. He spoke with The Daily Signal when the book published last year.
Ruffini returned this week to share his insights on Trump's victory and how the Republican Party can build upon his electoral success. Listen to the full interview or read an edited transcript below.
Key highlights include:
Dramatic shifts in voting patterns across diverse communities
Why traditional Democratic strongholds are crumbling
The emergence of a new multiracial populist coalition
How economic issues and cultural dynamics are reshaping voter allegiances
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