President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes massive funding cuts for programs pushing ideologies “that poison the minds of Americans,” according to a fact sheet obtained by The Daily Signal. Under the leadership of Director Russ Vought, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget released its fiscal year 2027 budget Friday, stating plans to “eliminat[e] funding for cultural Marxism.” The budget calls for non-defense discretionary spending to be cut 10%, as opposed to 20% last year. The budget cuts $106 million from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which funded a project at Seattle Children’s Hospital titled, “Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Gender-Affirming Care for BIPOC and Rural Gender-Diverse Youth.” The budget also asks Congress to eliminate the agency’s “digital health portfolio,” which it says included an AI tool to help 15- to 25-year-olds with “sexual health decision making.” The agency also funded an online tool called “ContraceptionForAll” to help females identifying as males choose contraception, and a study on how Medicaid “gender-affirming care” coverage policies impacted the use of hormones and sex-change surgeries among beneficiaries, according to the fact sheet. Trump wants to cut all funding for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education because “the Congress has abused these funds by directing them to fund initiatives unrelated to students or institutional reforms.” This includes $1.2 million for San Diego Community College’s LGBTQIA+ pride Center staffing, according to the fact sheet. The budget also eliminates awards to Community Development Financial Institutions. Former Vice President Kamala Harris had announced $1.73 billion in grants to 603 institutions in 2023 to build “a more equitable, resilient economy.” “Terminating this fund would also prevent taxpayer dollars from forwarding gender extremism, including an LQBTQ+ clinic in Detroit, transgender housing initiatives, and a fashion show promoting transgender awareness,” the fact sheet says. The budget eliminates the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service and Office of Access to Justice. “Each is a woke enterprise that fails to serve the core function of DOJ to fight crime and protect U.S. communities,” the fact sheet says. Community Relations Service has the job of “preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial stability and harmony,” while the Office of Access to Justice executes “access to justice policy initiatives.” According to OMB, “this means helping Non-Governmental Organizations and their lawyers to interfere with Government processes and prevent justice from being delivered effectively.” Trump also wants to eliminate funding for the Department of Education’s Equity Assistance Centers. “This program has been weaponized to force local districts to implement Washington-directed DEI practices against their will,” the fact sheet says. “Examples of weaponized grant programming include equity audits for districts to assess racism and bias; training materials for educators on white supremacy; and ‘Anti-Racism Committee’ groups for districts.” The budget ends Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for racial, gender, and climate goals. For example, the department provided $5 million to the City of Seattle to “redress past harms” through a “Legacy Homeowner Program” that prioritized Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) residents “at risk of displacement.” The department also gave Los Angeles $6.7 million for housing, including an “Equity Audit to reverse land use patterns that have roots in systemically racist policies.“ Milwaukee received $2.1 million to solve racial disparities in home ownership. The budget would end $70 million in funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership Program, which OMB says was used to indoctrinate new teachers. “Training materials in these ‘partnerships’ included topics such as Critical Race Theory, DEI, social justice activism, ‘anti-racism,’ and instruction on white privilege and white supremacy,” the fact sheet says. The budget terminates the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Program, which claimed minorities were especially vulnerable to “climate change” because of their dependence on “climate-sensitive resources” like food and water. Trump also seeks to eliminate the Minority Business Development Agency, after a district court in 2024 found the agency’s presumption of “social disadvantage based on race or ethnicity” in its funding decisions to be unconstitutional. The post How Trump’s 2027 Budget Cuts Funding for Woke Ideology appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Lawyers for the Democrat fundraising organization ActBlue warned that the organization’s CEO may have misled Congress in explaining how her group vetted donations to ensure they did not come from foreign citizens, according to newly released memos. ActBlue told The Daily Signal that it has “continually worked to comply” with all laws regarding foreign contributions. The memos warn that ActBlue President and CEO Regina Wallace-Jones’ 2023 letter to the U.S. Committee on House Administration laid out an overly optimistic version of ActBlue’s foreign donation screening. After the organization’s then-law firm Covington & Burling sent the memos in early 2025, many ActBlue senior officials resigned, and the law firm would later separate from ActBlue. “It can be alleged that ActBlue accepted and/or facilitated the acceptance of foreign-national contributions into American elections,” warns one of the memos, reported by The New York Times. “In addition, because ActBlue’s staff was aware that its system was not as robust as necessary, it could be alleged that these violations were ‘knowing and willful,’ a standard that both increases the penalties the [Federal Election Commission] might seek and gives the Justice Department jurisdiction for a potential criminal investigation.” While Wallace-Jones’ letter said the organization processed contributions with foreign mailing addresses only if a donor supplied a U.S. passport number, the Covington memo stated that ActBlue did not always follow that rule. Wallace-Jones’ letter also claimed that ActBlue would contact donors to request passport information, and refund those who could not be reached. A memo claimed that donors who paid through third-party apps such as Apple Pay, PayPal, or Venmo did not receive these requests for passport information. The memos did not identify illegal contributions, and suggested the scope of the problems was unclear. Kimberly Peeler-Allen, chairwoman of the ActBlue board of directors, told The New York Times that “less than 1%” of contributions from the 2024 election cycle had signs that they came from foreign countries. “The November 2023 letter sent to Congress by ActBlue was carefully reviewed by inside and outside counsel and key business leaders prior to submission,” ActBlue told The Daily Signal. “The letter was accurate.” “The statements in my 2023 letter to the House Administration Committee were accurate in the context in which they were written,” Wallace-Jones told The New York Times. She noted that Covington approved the letter. Even so, ActBlue took steps to beef up its vetting of foreign donations and outlined the changes in a June 2025 letter to various congressional leaders, including the Committee on House Administration. The letter also suggested Republicans engaged in a “partisan effort” instead of “an exercise of legitimate legislative oversight.” In her statement to the Times, Wallace-Jones attacked Covington, saying she had “terminated” ActBlue’s relationship with the law firm in March 2025 after “more than a year of navigating tardiness, unpreparedness, and counsel that bordered on malpractice.” “We have complete confidence in the legal advice our lawyers provided to ActBlue, David Schaefer, senior director of communications at Covington & Burling, told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday. ActBlue’s Response “ActBlue has continually worked to comply with all FEC laws including laws related to appropriately screening for potential foreign contributions, which constitute less than 1% of the total contributions on the ActBlue platform,” ActBlue told The Daily Signal. “Of those, many come from the 6 million American citizens who live abroad—such as US military personnel.” “We have continually improved our processes, even while facing repeated partisan attacks from the Trump administration and its allies,” ActBlue stated. “Most importantly, ActBlue is stable and stronger than ever.” While ActBlue told The Daily Signal that the Times “unfortunately disregarded extensive evidence we made available to them,” it did not contest any of the specific quotes from the memos. Three Options One of the Covington 2025 memos outlined “potential legal risks associated with statements to Congress that may be alleged to be false or misleading,” noting that the maximum penalties would be five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. The memo outlined three options for ActBlue: Provide new information “without explicitly stating that ActBlue is correcting the record.” “Explicitly correct the record.” “Do not provide additional information clarifying the prior statements.” “An aggressive prosecutor may view the November 2023 letter not just as a false statement but as an effort to conceal the foreign contributions,” the Covington memo reportedly warned. Three House committees—the Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on House Administration—are investigating ActBlue, as are the Justice Department and the FBI. The Justice Department did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment. 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Religion is not dead in America. It is seeing a resurgence, particularly in the Catholic faith. The Catholic Church in the United States is experiencing significant growth in new members in 2026. According to data from Hallow—the world’s largest prayer app—the average diocese is seeing a 38% growth in new members entering the church this Easter compared with 2025 numbers. This data was taken from 140 of 175 dioceses across the United States. Hallow created an interactive map (below) to view the data by diocese. The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is the process for catechumens and candidates—those seeking to become members of the Catholic faith—to enter the church. Hallow received data from OCIA programs nationwide to consolidate information regarding this growth in faith. The largest dioceses in the country experienced substantial growth. These include the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (139%), the Diocese of Phoenix (23%), the Archdiocese of New York (36%) and the Archdiocese of Chicago (52%). The Archdiocese of Los Angeles alone is welcoming 8,000 people into the Church. Prayer App’s Expanding Reach Hallow does not take credit for impacting these numbers, but its influence may be a factor. The prayer app launched in 2018 by Alex Jones. It hosts more than 10,000 audio-guided prayer sessions, and its goal is clear: to bring people into a deeper relationship with God by helping them build a daily prayer life. The app recently surpassed 1 billion prayers completed in more than 150 countries. That impact led to Hallow’s founders being awarded the 2026 Christifideles Laici Award at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March. Was an honor to receive the Christifideles Laici award today on behalf of the @HallowApp team at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. All glory and honor and praise to Jesus Christ. In case anyone’s interested – here’s the speech I gave: Wow thank you all for this… pic.twitter.com/hVYAr2h0sM— Alex at Hallow (@alexathallow) March 19, 2026 The effect of Hallow, along with other cultural factors and a changing spiritual landscape, has tilled the soil for renewed openness to faith. People appear increasingly willing to acknowledge their need for God and to explore the person of Jesus Christ. In a world marked by confusion, suffering, and distress, Catholicism offers a remedy: Jesus Christ. Easter, Prayer, and Renewed Hope Curiosity can become the seed of a deep relationship with Christ. Merriam-Webster defines curious as “marked by a desire to investigate and learn.” Those who are interested in learning more about Jesus often choose to pray more, read Scripture or study His teachings. When they do, they discover that He is unlike any person who has ever lived—not only because He performed miracles or delivered profound sermons, but because He rose from the dead and is alive today. The empty tomb is the setting for a personal encounter with the living Christ. For this reason, prayer and Easter are inseparable. Prayer is communion with the living God who conquered death. A daily commitment to prayer is essential not only to begin a relationship with Jesus but to sustain it. As Easter approaches, the rising interest in the Catholic faith offers hope and encouragement. The growing number of converts should inspire believers to pursue a deeper and more consistent life of prayer. In these holiest days of the year, Easter reminds us that faith does not disappoint. Christ is alive, and nothing is more important than knowing Him, loving Him and serving Him. The post The Catholic Faith Is Booming appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate 24 hours before it was to start. Why? The six candidates who qualified under polling and fundraising metrics were—gasp!—all white. Democrat candidates of color immediately accused USC of excluding “candidates of color.” Mind you, their platforms—on housing, crime, homelessness, taxes, etc.—are virtually indistinguishable. Is there a difference between a black, Hispanic, or Asian American candidate who wants to raise taxes on the rich versus a white candidate who wants to do the same thing? Is there a difference between a black, Hispanic, or Asian American candidate who trashes President Donald Trump versus a white candidate who does it? The Democrats’ obsession with race ignores the overwhelming evidence that race is a non-factor in contemporary America. The left-wing Brookings Institution’s new report, “Interracial Cooperation in the United States,” found that 90% of respondents called race a non-factor in their business decisions and 83% said likewise when it came to choosing friends. But California Democrat gubernatorial candidates believe voters want candidates who look like them. But when minority politicians stray from the issues deemed important by the Left, watch out below. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., in 2019, said, “We don’t need any more black faces that don’t want to be a black voice. We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice.” So much for President Barack Obama’s 2016 Howard University commencement address, where he said, “There’s no one way to be black.” When I ran in California’s 2021 gubernatorial recall election, Los Angeles Times columnist Erika D. Smith, a black woman, called me “the black face of white supremacy,” presumably for believing racism is no longer a major issue, for opposing race-based policies, for supporting lower taxes and less regulation, and for embracing strong families and personal responsibility. I say “presumably” because she declined my invitation to come on my radio show to explain the slur she used. As for race being no longer a major issue, this requires qualification. It very much still is for the Left. The Los Angeles Times’ Smith called the election of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass “a big deal” because Bass is black and female, a first for the city. Bass wrote, “Representation matters.” Had I been elected governor, I would have been the first black governor in state history. But for Smith, it was NOT a big deal. A few years ago, a leaked audio clip captured three Hispanic Los Angeles City Council members and a Hispanic labor leader making vile remarks about the black adopted son of a gay white Los Angeles council member. One called the child “a little monkey” who needed a “beatdown.” They made antisemitic and homophobic comments while plotting ways to redistrict the city to dilute black political power in favor of more political power for Hispanics. This sounded like a KKK meeting. As usual, these Democrats, as well as the Democrat gubernatorial candidates, say nothing about America’s most consequential domestic issue: the epidemic of children born without a father in the home married to the mother. This breakdown, particularly acute in the black community, drives poverty, school failure, and crime far more powerfully than the racial grievances these politicians complain about. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show roughly 70% of black children are born to unmarried mothers, compared to about 54% for Hispanics, 27% for non-Hispanic whites, and 12% for Asians. Overall, 40% of U.S. births in 2023 were outside of marriage. Children raised without a married father in the home are far more likely to live in poverty. They face significantly higher risks of dropping out of high school and committing crime. Father absence predicts these outcomes better than race or income alone. Yet Democrats, who control most urban policies, rarely talk about broken or nonexistent family structure. Democrats have run major urban school districts for generations. On the National Assessment of Educational Progress, black eighth-graders consistently post proficiency rates in the low teens for both math and reading. The Democratic Party opposes school choice while the politicians place their own children in private schools. But Democrats focus their energy on matters like debates that lack minority candidates, even though they think the same as white candidates. The children caught in the “diversity” crossfire deserve far better. COPYRIGHT 2026 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post California’s Think-Alike Dems Cancel Gubernatorial Debate Over ‘Lack of Diversity’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Intense fallout from violence in Cincinnati over a baseball game has thrust the Queen City once more into the national spotlight. On Opening Day late last month, chaos erupted in the streets after the Cincinnati Reds lost 3-0 to the Boston Red Sox. Seventeen people were arrested amid the chaos, ranging in ages from 14 to 50 years old, with charges including disorderly conduct, possession of weapons while intoxicated, failure to comply, assault, and resisting arrest. Parts of downtown and even entrances into nearby Kentucky were closed, according to WLWT. Video shared with WLWT tonight shows some of the chaos downtown during Opening Day celebrations, including a massive crowd swarming a line of Cincinnati officers. https://t.co/zGfsSZgOZ0 pic.twitter.com/bs7jKb8Not— WLWT (@WLWT) March 27, 2026 Cory Bowman, who ran for mayor as a Republican last year, told The Daily Signal that such “events highlight that we are in a very difficult moment as a city,” adding that “the collective and courageous efforts of state and local law enforcement that night truly prevented even worse outcomes.” Cincinnati's Opening Day ended with juveniles tasing each other, crowds overrunning police, and 17 people arrested. @AftabPureval was on vacation again and the city's police chief has been on administrative leave since October. So, who is actually running the city? pic.twitter.com/OG71Is4Oly— Mehek Cooke?? (@MehekCooke) March 28, 2026 Mehek Cooke, now with The Daily Signal, took to X to voice her complaints, including with local leaders. One of those leaders is Democrat Mayor Aftab Pureval, who released a statement over X calling the behavior “an outrage” while thanking the city police department “for your quick and effective work.” It wasn’t enough for Bowman, who has criticized the mayor in the past, including after a violent and viral attack last summer. Bowman criticized how the mayor was on vacation for Opening Day, “one of the busiest weekends of the year, when the eyes of the country were on us.” “However, he returned days later to raise a flag on the steps of City Hall for political positioning, while also making public comments on national issues like birthright citizenship. Cincinnatians need clean streets, safe streets, and prosperous streets. They don’t need politicians who treat City Hall as a stepping stone to higher office,” Bowman added. pic.twitter.com/SZSnK8utjw— Aftab Pureval (@AftabPureval) March 27, 2026 A damning report from the city regarding Police Chief Teresa A. Theetge has also dominated the news cycle in Cincinnati. The report was conducted by FBT Gibbons LLP at the request of the city to see if Theetge—who has been on paid administrative leave since last October—“has been an effective leader and manager of the Cincinnati Police Department.” Thirty-two witnesses, as well as Theetge herself, were interviewed. As the conclusion for the report summarized in part: “Chief Theetge has not been an effective leader of the CPD. Modern policing requires cross-departmental collaboration, adapting to changing expectations in communities and with employees, and eliminating single points of failure. Chief Theetge’s ‘old school’ (i.e. rigid and authoritarian) approach led directly to a siloing of departments where departments competed for talent, resources, and information – to the detriment of the CPD and the City. Chief Theetge’s continued assertion that she is one of the best Police Chiefs the City has ever had, even in the face of contradictory information and critical feedback, denotes a lack of ability to receive and implement feedback. The majority of all witnesses interviewed indicated that Chief Theetge could not return to the CPD and be effective, and that assessment is supported by the investigation.” Theetge’s attorney, Stephen Imm of the Finney Law Firm, has lambasted the report as “a shameful collection of outright falsehoods about an honorable public servant.” He also claimed that “the City Manager and Mayor know very well that these statements are false, but have chosen to issue them anyway to try and distract attention from their own failures and misjudgments.” “Chief Theetge looks forward to successfully defending herself against these outrageous allegations. In due course they will be exposed, without exception, as entirely false. There is not a shred of credible evidence to support the City’s actions against her,” Imm added. Problems regarding priorities for city leaders, including crime overall as well as Opening Day and the Theetge report, remain a top concern for Queen City Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober. “While Cincinnati’s leaders pay $50,000 for an investigation that intentionally excluded many of the positive things witnesses shared, crime is surging. The unrest of opening day is a perfect example why the city needs to give the men and women of the Cincinnati Police Department support and resources—and that includes a police chief. We want to keep the people of Cincinnati safe, but we need city leadership to stop spending taxpayer money to support their agenda rather than backing law enforcement,” Kober said in a statement for The Daily Signal. Bowman also focused on the high cost of the investigation to taxpayers as well as the treatment of the chief, mentioning that it “produced no factual findings or evidence to justify the treatment Chief Theresa Theetge has received from the city” and “further suggests that the chief was used as a political scapegoat to cover for the incompetence of City Hall, starting with the mayor and the city manager’s office.” He warned of further consequences as well. “The mishandling of this situation by the current administration will most likely add to a growing list of existing and potential lawsuits, forcing the city to pay out more settlements—further straining an already struggling budget.” Bowman added. Cincinnati City Manager Sheryl Long focused on the ongoing nature of the matter. “The City is committed to a fair, thorough, and legally sound process,” Long said in a statement. “This report is the result of an independent investigation conducted by outside counsel and has been shared with Chief Theetge. This remains an ongoing personnel matter and it’s important to allow the process to proceed in the time required to protect the integrity of the review. I will not comment further until a decision is made,” she said. The Daily Signal reached out to the mayor’s office and the city manager about the report and the mayhem on Opening Day but did not hear back. The post What Is Going on in Cincinnati? appeared first on The Daily Signal.