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Elisa Tambunga lost her mother and 7-year-old daughter in a high-speed car crash with a human smuggler in March. If it was not for the border crisis, Elisa says her mother and daughter would still be alive. “My seven-year-old was murdered. My mom was murdered. And that all has to do with because of our border crisis.” Watch the full documentary here: https://youtu.be/CWy1Y6hBKzA

Former U.S. government special agent Tim Ballard, whose story was recently featured in the box office hit “Sound of Freedom, testified before the House Homeland Security Committee today.

Elisa Tambunga lost her mother and 7-year-old daughter in a high-speed car crash with a human smuggler in March. If it was not for the border crisis, Elisa says her mother and daughter would still be alive. “My seven-year-old was murdered. My mom was murdered. And that all has to do with because of our border crisis.”

The battleground that the radical Left has not conquered is “our children,” commentator and podcast host Liz Wheeler says, but make no mistake—the battle is raging. “The Left has actually been trying to reengineer our society for nearly a century, and unfortunately, they have been very successful at it,” says Wheeler, host of “The Liz Wheeler Show.” The far Left has captured all but one of America’s central cultural institutions, she says. “They’ve captured the media. They’ve captured the education system. They’ve captured a lot of religious institutions, unfortunately. They’ve captured the law,” Wheeler says. And now, she adds, the Left has “just about destroyed the nuclear family as well.” But one element of the nuclear family “is left standing,” Wheeler says, and “that’s children, which probably explains why the Left is going after our children.” In her new book “Hide Your Children: Exposing the Marxists Behind the Attack on America’s Kids,” Wheeler pulls back the curtain on the Marxists who laid the groundwork for the breakdown of America’s families. She joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the relevant history and what can be done to protect the next generation.

Elisa Tambunga lost her mother and 7-year-old daughter in a high-speed car crash with a human smuggler in March. If it was not for the border crisis, Elisa says her mother and daughter would still be alive. “My seven-year-old was murdered. My mom was murdered. And that all has to do with because of our border crisis.”

Britain’s Prince Harry may have received “preferential treatment” when granted his U.S. visa, according to Nile Gardiner of The Heritage Foundation. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, publicly admitted to drug use in his recent memoir “Spare,” but it’s not known whether the royal disclosed his drug use on his visa application, an admission that can slow the application process or result in its rejection. The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security asking for a copy of Harry’s application. The request was denied, so Heritage filed a lawsuit, arguing that it is in the public’s interest to know whether Harry lied or not on his visa application. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) “Everyone should be treated equally before the law,” says Gardiner, who formerly served as a foreign policy researcher for then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and currently serves as the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. “U.S. immigration law should be applied forcefully and fairly, without any kind of favor given to individuals applying,” Gardiner said. If the royal “lied on his application, that is a very serious offense,” he said. “That would be perjury.” Gardiner joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the significance of the legal fight and the possible reasons why DHS has been unwilling to release Harry’s visa application.

President Biden has been on vacation for 40% of his presidency while telling reporters he's had no time to visit East Palestine. Tony Kinnett debunks. Follow Tony Kinnett on Twitter @TheTonus. DailySignal.com

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The Founding Fathers feared the power of the legislative branch from its inception in the late 1700s. They did not want to trade one tyrant for a group of tyrants, one professor tells “The Daily Signal Podcast,” so they “deliberately made Congress weak by dividing it up into these two bodies,” the House and the Senate. According to Joseph Postell, Hillsdale College associate professor of politics and Heritage Foundation visiting fellow, the Founders wanted the House and Senate to “fight amongst each other” because this would create a check on power. And fight they did. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) “The early politicians were really committed to their principles and were willing to fight over them,” Postell said, adding that “Duels were very common.” Postell joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” for Part One of a three-part series on how Congress really works. He discusses the history of Congress and what the Founding Fathers would say about what the legislative branch has become today.

A Colorado Springs school specifically ignores the directions "Don't Tread On Me" by throwing out Jaiden, claiming the Gadsden flag is linked to slavery and the slave trade. Here's the catch: It's not. At all. Follow @TheTonus on Twitter! DailySignal.com

“The American dream is alive and well,” Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, says, “but only if we work at it.” “We must continue to work,” Sears says. “We must make sure that our children understand that they must take their place in society, that their job is no less than preserving America for the next generation.” Sears, who previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates, is author of the book “How Sweet It Is: Defending the American Dream.” She was elected as the state’s lieutenant governor Nov. 3, 2021, becoming the first black woman to hold the position. “So we can’t afford to baby our children. They’re the adults now, and we look to them to keep that charge,” Sears says. America, she adds, “must remain the city on a shining hill.” Sears joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her book, what inspired her to get involved in politics, and how her Marine Corps service informs her work as lieutenant governor in the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

The town of Lahaina, Hawaii, looks like it’s been “bombed,” The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett says after visiting fire-devastated areas on the island of Maui. Kinnett, investigative columnist for The Daily Signal, spent five days on the ground in Lahaina and elsewhere on Maui. Where government officials have failed, he says, locals have stepped up to serve the needs of the community. “The locals are universally angry at the federal response,” Kinnett said, and “it’s very common for individuals to have already given thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars out of their bank accounts to complete strangers in order to help compensate them for this incredible loss.” Kinnett joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss what is known about how the devastating wildfires started on Maui, residents’ frustration with government officials’ response, and how President Joe Biden was received Monday on the island.

With the clock ticking closer to the Sept. 30 government funding deadline, the conservative House Freedom Caucus this week outlined its official position on Washington’s latest spending debate. Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., a member of the Freedom Caucus, spoke to The Daily Signal about why conservatives are insisting House Republicans honor their promise to reduce government spending while also enacting three policies: - Securing the border - Ending the weaponization of DOJ and FBI - Stopping the Defense Department‘s woke agenda Good, who represents Virginia’s 5th District, explains what’s at stake and why conservatives should make this their priority.

Check out The Daily Signal's Rob Bluey's full interview with Rep. Bob Good, R-Va.: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/25/house-freedom-caucus-no-security-no-funding/

“There’s no way that I can describe it to you other than that it looks like war footage,” The Daily Signal's Tony Kinnett says after spending five days on the ground in Lahaina and elsewhere in Maui. Tony's full interview: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/24/hawaii-locals-universally-angry-about-federal-response-to-maui-wildfires/

The first GOP debate took place on Wednesday with eight presidential candidates taking the stage In Milwaukee. The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey shares his three takeaways from the debate. What did you think of the debate? Let us know in the comments!

Aug. 15 marked two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan after a nearly two-decade war. For James Hasson, co-author of “Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End” and an Afghanistan veteran, seeing the Taliban takeover “was a punch in the gut.” Hasson, together with co-author Jerry Dunleavy, an investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss their book, the No. 1 takeaway they want people to have after reading their book, and the 13 U.S. service members who were killed on Aug. 26, 2021, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. James and Jerry's book: https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307