By Parker Goodrich & Wilson Beaver, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 Balikatan 2025, the 40th iteration of the largest annual joint military exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines, commenced on April 21 at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila, Philippines. The opening ceremony featured the symbolic “crossing of hands”
By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 The Texas Republican Party voted over the weekend to limit GOP primaries in Texas to registered Republican voters. The rule change would mandate that voters register as Republicans with the Texas Secretary of State prior to voting in the primaries. The
By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 The Senate on Tuesday afternoon passed the GENIUS Act, which would standardize regulations for a growing cryptocurrency market, stablecoins. The bill passed on a bipartisan 68-30 vote. GENIUS Act proponents say it will save money for American businesses and boost the
By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is reintroducing a bill this week to end the display of LGBTQ+ pride flags on federal property, The Daily Signal has learned. The Patriotism Not Pride Act, if enacted, would “prohibit certain federal activity with respect to
By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday heard a lack of confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ability to combat cheating at the Olympics. The hearing, “WADA Shame: Swimming in Denial Over Chinese Doping,” comes after an April 2024 report detailed how
By Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently we have had two contrasting phenomena. One is that President Donald Trump had issued an executive order suggesting or maybe threatening K-12 sports programs—and indeed, college and higher
By Carrie Sheffield via The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 President Donald Trump announced an innovative policy within his “Big Beautiful Bill,” a measure that would create $1,000 savings accounts, known as “Trump Accounts,” for each U.S. citizen born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2029, although
By Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 A law preventing government collusion with media gatekeepers will go to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. The Florida Legislature approved its 2025-2026 budget on Tuesday, which included a provision prohibiting state agencies from using funds “to contract with an advertising agency
By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unintentionally explained why pro-lifers should support President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill. “Under the Republican bill, 200 Planned Parenthood centers would close,” Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, said at a
By Lucy Spence, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 As the riots in Los Angeles continue to rage and temperatures still flare from Thursday’s debacle when a U.S. senator forcibly entered a press event for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and began shouting at her, a nationally renowned
By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 The Trump administration is seeking to increase accountability for federal employees by implementing new performance standards and training. The Office of Personnel Management issued a memorandum published online Tuesday to fulfill President Donald Trump’s mandate for a federal workforce that
By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said Tuesday he thinks Israel’s conduct in Iran is a pathway to peace, and that he isn’t interested in supporting attempts to restrain President Donald Trump’s war powers. Asked by The Daily Signal if
By Deroy Murdock, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 President Donald Trump is right. Too many pharmaceuticals are too damn high, especially compared to the flea-market prices that foreign patients pay for the same drugs. Dr. Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, estimated last month that
By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 It will not be easy to pass the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill by the July 4 deadline Senate leadership is eyeing. On Monday, the Senate Finance Committee—which handles matters such as health care and taxes—released its draft legislative
By Adriel Perez-Gonzalez, Daily Caller News Foundation | June 17, 2025 Democratic South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has been fighting to deliver on his campaign promise of implementing E.U.-style digital regulations. Some American critics argue his legislation would stifle U.S. tech and give Beijing a free pass. After
By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | June 17, 2025 Vice President JD Vance defended the president amid criticism of his management on the current Iran-Israel conflict, hinting that the U.S. military might need to take “further action” against Iran. Vance’s statement comes as some members of the
