President Donald Trump has been the ultimate closer on major votes in this Congress, but has largely stayed out of talks to end the federal government shutdown. Here’s why the proverbial 800-lb. gorilla is not weighing in just yet. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday that the pressure…
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Swing-District Republicans Counter Dems’ Health Care Arguments in Shutdown
From the beginning of the federal government shutdown, Democrats have been messaging on health care, an issue that has yielded midterm success for the party in the past. But House Republicans on the front line are already hitting back. As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters…
Republicans Try New Strategies to End Shutdown
To date, Republicans’ attempts to get Senate Democrats to agree to end the federal government shutdown are not working. But after weeks of putting their stopgap funding bill on the floor, Republicans are trying some new strategies. Guaranteeing a Post-Shutdown Legislative Agenda News broke Thursday that Senate Majority…
Can the GOP’s Messaging Offensive Force an End to Shutdown?
More than two weeks into the federal government shutdown, Republicans are intent on hammering their message home to pressure Democrats into voting to end the impasse. The chairman of the House Republican Conference, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., a member of Republican leadership tasked with coordinating the team’s messaging,…
EXCLUSIVE: ICE Agents Still ‘Risking Their Lives’ Despite ‘Working Without Pay’ Amid Shutdown
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continuing to risk their lives arresting criminal illegal aliens even while not being paid during the federal government shutdown, according to the Department of Homeland Security. ICE agents continue to arrest “pedophiles, murderers, drug traffickers, and other…
House Democrat Moulton to Challenge Markey in Senate Primary in Massachusetts
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is challenging his fellow Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey in next year’s Senate primary in a race that could shape up to be a bellwether over the direction of the Democrat Party. “Our party has clung to the status quo, insisted on using the…
As Shutdown Staggers On, Stopgap Funding Window Shrinks
As the government shutdown wears on, Republicans have a problem: They’re running low on the time their stopgap funding bill was supposed to buy for bipartisan budget negotiations. The stopgap funding bill to extend President Joe Biden-era spending levels has failed to pass more than a half-dozen times…
Trump Awards Charlie Kirk a Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Donald Trump on Tuesday awarded the late conservative hero Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “Today, we’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, beloved leader who galvanized the next generation like nobody I’ve ever seen before,” Trump said, “and an American patriot…
Trump’s Shutdown Management Upends Congressional Dynamics
President Donald Trump is taking an extremely active role in redirecting resources in order to blunt the painful effects of the federal government shutdown. His creative management could change the dynamics in Congress—either by easing the pressure to reach a deal by easing the pain of the shutdown…
Another Example of Why Media Won’t Earn Back Americans’ Trust
Only about a quarter of Americans currently trust the media—and a recent decision by a prominent college media conference shows why. MediaFest25, which starts Wednesday and describes itself as the “nation’s largest media convention for pros and college students,” originally greenlit my colleague Virginia Allen and my former…