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06/17/2026

Mike Collins gained prominence after introducing the Laken Riley Act following the murder of Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley by an illegal immigrant.

Rep. Mike Collins will win the Republican Senate runoff in Georgia, project the Associated Press and NBC News.

06/16/2026

While 85,000 people celebrated on the White House lawn Saturday, the FBI was secretly protecting them from a terror plot.

Five people are now in custody.

The plan: use explosive-laden drones to blow up buildings near the event, trigger a mass evacuation, then open fire on the fleeing crowd—with a "second wave" set to storm the White House gate.

One suspect told investigators the targets were "capitalist elites," "billionaires," and politicians who received money from AIPAC.

A 19-year-old Ohio suspect's own mother called police after noticing his fi****ms purchases and encrypted chats with strangers online.

"Very, very dark stuff," said Vice-President Vance.

The FBI thwarted a potential attack involving explosive-laden drones against the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House, Kash Patel says.

06/16/2026

SNAP's new work requirements—now in effect in all 50 states—expand work rules to able-bodied adults ages 18-65 without a child under 14.

They must work, job train, or volunteer 20 hours a week to keep benefits.

Before the One Big Beautiful Bill, 42 million Americans were on SNAP—higher than during COVID and well above pre-pandemic levels, when 36 million were enrolled.

The Left says it'll gut the rolls.

But there are 7.6 million job openings in America today.

Work requirements don't cut benefits—they restore the purpose of having them.

SNAP’s new work requirements are now in effect in all states. Despite the claims from the Left, this push for upward mobility is a good thing.

06/16/2026

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06/16/2026

📣 FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Alliance Defending Freedom is asking the 5th Circuit to expedite its case against mail-order abortion—arguing that 1,000 lives are being taken every month under an unlawful FDA scheme that removed the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.

One plaintiff, Rosalie Markezich of Louisiana, was coerced by her boyfriend into taking abortion pills he ordered by mail from California—where abortion is legal—into Louisiana, where it isn't.

ADF says Dobbs returned abortion law to the states and mail-order abortion is an end-run around that ruling.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The legal group Alliance Defending Freedom is urging the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to expedite its case against mail-order

06/16/2026

The Virginia Republican State Central Committee voted 55-17 to void the results of Lynchburg's May 30 "firehouse primary"—a party-run process that voters say required them to pledge loyalty to the GOP across multiple elections just to participate.

"That's not something that I could in good conscience say," said one voter.

The local Republican City Committee has been declared defunct.

All candidates may now file as independents for November.

This is the second Virginia election voided this year—and the disorder could hand Democrats an opening in VA-5.

Lynchburg voters prepare for a competitive city council race this November with numerous candidates on the ballot.

06/16/2026

A federal judge assigned to the DOJ's Georgia voter rolls case just recused herself—after the DOJ pointed out she attended Fani Willis' 2024 campaign victory party.

Willis, of course, is the prosecutor who led the grand jury charges against Trump over Georgia's 2020 election.

"A judge who attended a party celebrating the election of a Democrat best known for prosecuting a Republican president... cannot then preside over a case concerning that president's efforts to ensure election integrity," said DOJ.

The judge agreed—out of an "abundance of caution."

A federal judge who attended a political event of a prosecutor who once pursued charges against then-former President Donald Trump recused herself from a case

06/16/2026

The Department of Education just transferred its Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to HHS—and signed an agreement shifting civil rights complaint investigations to the DOJ.

Officials stressed that students with disabilities won't lose any federal rights or funding—states will actually receive an additional $144M for FY2026.

Linda McMahon is systematically moving the department's functions to agencies better suited to handle them.

The dismantling is well underway.

The Education Department is transferring two of its key responsibilities in the latest effort to wind down its operations.

06/16/2026

Arizona's legislature just advanced the Secure Elections Act to the November ballot—a constitutional amendment requiring government-issued voter ID, banning foreign nationals from donating to state elections, and letting voters have their ballots counted on-site rather than shipped elsewhere.

"Citizens vote. Voters show ID. Foreign money stays out. Election laws should be written by Arizonans, not dictated by bureaucrats, activists, or outside interests," said Rep. Alexander Kolodin.

If passed, it takes effect in 2028. The Senate still hasn't passed the SAVE America Act.

Arizona voters will get to vote this November on a measure to secure the state's elections.

06/16/2026

Europeans Try Freedom For The First Time (And The BBC Is FURIOUS)

The mainstream media is throwing a total tantrum because visiting Europeans are actually realizing how incredible America is compared to the chaos back home.

Thanks to common-sense security measures championed by Donald Trump, suspected terror affiliates are being denied entry rather than being handed a whistle on the world stage.