Democratic Rhode Island Rep. Seth Magaziner told his constituents that he secured tens of millions in federal funding for his district, but a vote tally reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation shows he voted against the measure. Magaziner, a two-term lawmaker representing a Democratic-leaning district, took a victory lap in July after five of […]

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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The plight of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) jobs is only getting worse as the Trump administration’s crackdown takes hold, new employment research shows. As of September, job postings for diversity roles have plunged roughly 50% from pre-pandemic levels, falling to about 1,500 this year, according to Revelio Labs data reported by Bloomberg. By comparison, DEI-related postings nearly quadrupled in 2022, reaching approximately 10,000. When President Donald Trump took office in January, DEI job postings were about 6% above 2019 levels, according to the outlet. Since taking office, Trump has led a major effort to eliminate identity-based considerations in employment. He signed an executive order in January directing all federal agencies to “enforce our long-standing civil-rights laws and to combat illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.” The Federal Communications Commission has also leveraged merger-approval processes to pressure companies to terminate discriminatory DEI policies. Financial regulators have also scaled back or canceled exams on environmental, social, and governance issues emphasized during the Biden administration, which critics say were used to push liberal priorities on private companies. In recent months, corporate giants such as T-Mobile, Paramount, Amazon, and Walmart have eliminated or cut back DEI policies and departments, aligning with the broader political and regulatory shifts. Not only are DEI roles disappearing, but individuals with DEI-related experience are increasingly viewed as a liability, prompting many job seekers to remove the DEI label from résumés or reconsider their career paths, according to Bloomberg. Some 38% of DEI employees leaving their roles moved into positions within the same company that were not DEI-focused, 55% transitioned to non-DEI roles at new organizations, and a small minority secured new DEI positions elsewhere, according to Revelio Labs. Still, concerns remain that DEI roles may simply be transferred to other corporate departments, such as human resources. Among former DEI professionals, 16% have moved into HR operations, 7.9% into education program coordinator roles, 7.1% into public affairs officer positions, and 7% into academic research, Revelio Labs found. “While the number of dedicated DEI roles is shrinking, the expertise developed in these positions is not being lost. Instead, it is being redirected into other parts of the organization, suggesting that while the DEI label may be fading, the underlying work of building equitable and inclusive environments continues to find new avenues to persist,” Revelio Labs wrote in its September report. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Trump’s War on ‘Illegal DEI’ Leaves Diversity Industry in Ruins, Study Shows appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The secret ballot is at risk in a populous Virginia county near Washington, D.C., amid one of the most closely watched state elections of 2025, Republicans charge.  The Fairfax County Republican Committee sent a letter calling for the county’s General Registrar Eric Spicer to correct the design for the absentee ballot return envelope that potentially exposes a vote for GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares.   The letter sent Friday said Fairfax County election officials created several risks with the envelope design.  Republicans warn that certain ballots could selectively be removed before being tabulated, which would violate federal and state laws. The problem is limited to Fairfax County, said Fairfax County Republican Chairwoman Katie Gorka. Gorka also noted the potential exposure of a votes risks the integrity of the election and undermines voters’ confidence. “The bigger story is that a lot of election changes were made during COVID-19. Why have we left all of the COVID-19 measures in place? No-excuse absentee voting, 45 days of early voting, and this weird paper shortage the county has apparently had since 2021,” Gorka told The Daily Signal.  Miyares is facing a challenge from Democrat Jay Jones, a former state assemblyman, in the attorney general’s race. Exposure to how a ballot is being cast for an attorney general candidate could at least suggest which party a voter is supporting in the governor’s race between Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former U.S. House member.   By Monday, the county office posted a statement on its homepage.  “Noting public concerns about the design of the ballot envelopes in Fairfax County, voters who are concerned about making sure their ballot is received can do the following: If you are not already planning to vote by mail, you can vote in person, early or on Election Day,” the county said in the statement.  It goes on to offer other specific guidance: “1.) If voting by mail, you should fold the ballot (vote selections facing in) so that the markings do not show. “2.) You can check the status of your mail ballot at https://fairfaxco.ballottrax.net/voter/ or by calling the Fairfax registrar at 703-222-0776. “3.) If you are concerned that your ballot was not received, you can go to your polling place on Election Day and vote provisionally. The registrar will ensure that each voter’s ballot is counted only once.” A spokesperson for Fairfax County referred The Daily Signal to the election office’s statement but forwarded specific questions to the election office. The election office did not respond to specific questions. The statement largely echoed the county GOP letter, which made the following three requests: “1) Instruct and encourage absentee ballot recipients who have not yet returned their absentee ballots to turn in all ballot materials including the return envelope at a polling place and to vote in person. “2) Instruct and encourage absentee ballot recipients who have already returned their absentee ballots to confirm that their ballots have been received using the site https://fairfaxco.ballottrax.net/voter/. If the return ballot has not been received, encourage the voter to contact the Fairfax County Office of Elections at voting@fairfaxcounty.gov. “3) Instruct voters whose only option is to vote by mail that they should insert their marked ballot into the return mailer envelope in a way that does not expose their selection for the Attorney General race.” The post Secrecy of Ballot, Election Security Could Be at Risk in Virginia Contests appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump is truly addressing the “root causes” of our border problem. He’s doing this by cracking down on the crime and criminal organizations that send waves of people and illicit drugs into our country. Trump announced Sunday that he would be cutting off all aid to the nation of Colombia and blasted President Gustavo Petro for being an “illegal drug leader.” The State Department revoked Petro’s visa in September when he joined a protest in New York City and allegedly called for U.S. troops to disobey orders. Trump continued to rhetorically hammer the Colombian government just as the U.S. military continues to hammer drug traffickers off their coastline. “They make drugs, they refine drugs, they make cocaine, they have cocaine factories,” Trump said on Sunday. “They have no fight against drugs, and I’m stopping all payments to Colombia because they don’t have anything to do with their fight against drugs.”  It isn’t just Colombia that Trump has tussled with. He’s used military strikes to annihilate drug traffickers off the Venezuelan coastline while putting pressure on the regime of leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Maduro’s government almost certainly helped the vicious Tren de Aragua gang infiltrate the United States. The president’s moves in Central and South America and the Caribbean mark a central and somewhat overlooked cornerstone of his national security policy. As I and others have noted, Trump appears to be reviving a sort of new Monroe Doctrine, where the U.S. is more focused on dealing with issues in the Western Hemisphere. Trump’s early moves regarding Greenland, the Panama Canal, and trade with Mexico and Canada suggested as much. The fact that Trump has devoted much time and attention on securing peace deals in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere doesn’t preclude this. In fact, I’d say it’s a part of this administration’s shifting focus. Peace far abroad, containment of China in Asia, and stability at our national doorstep. These all seem to be very much a part of the “Trump doctrine.” What’s interesting to me is that Trump is actually addressing the “root causes” that created the border and immigration crisis that the Biden administration allowed to burn out of control. Remember that back in 2021 then-Vice President Kamala Harris announced she was tasked with solving those so-called root causes. Harris said on Twitter, now X that President Joe Biden “asked me to lead our diplomatic work with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To address the situation at the southern border, we have to address the root causes of migration. It won’t be easy work—but it’s necessary.” .@POTUS asked me to lead our diplomatic work with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To address the situation at the southern border, we have to address the root causes of migration. It won’t be easy work—but it's necessary.— Vice President Kamala Harris Archived (@VP46Archive) March 25, 2021 The strategy ended up being like the Democrat strategy at home. There were lots of promises about addressing “inequality” and some nice words about democracy and human rights, but little seemed to get done. In fact, the problem worsened. When some countries actually did try to solve the problems plaguing the region—mainly crime and broken economies—the Biden administration acted with hostility. El Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele made it his mission to annihilate the criminal gangs destroying his country by throwing them en masse in prison. He was met by chilliness and occasional condemnation by the Biden administration and certainly their allies in the media. The result of the Biden administration’s efforts—if you could really call them that—was years of record-breaking crossings at the southern border that continued nearly unabated until Trump arrived back in office. El Salvador improved dramatically despite the frosty relationship with the U.S. government and went from “murder capital” to being one of the safest countries in the region. The explosive migration of the country has reversed, and many people are even voluntarily returning home. They are doing what every left-leaning government, seemingly across the globe, says can’t be done. They are arresting their way out of a crime crisis. And it seems to be working pretty well. Trump is doubling down on that anti-crime impulse. Instead of putting out insipid statements about “democracy” and giving South American countries handouts they are likely to waste, he is targeting the source of their dysfunction. Clearly, enforcing border laws and deporting those who broke them is having a huge impact on the border crisis, which has seemingly disappeared. But the president is willing to go a step further to ensure that the long-term problem is further mitigated by focusing on stopping crime, halting the flow of drugs, and putting the screws on hostile leftist governments. It seems to be working. The post Unlike Biden, Trump Really Is Addressing the ‘Root Causes’ of the Border Crisis appeared first on The Daily Signal.