Conservative News
The Daily Signal delivers conservative news with reporting, analysis, and commentary on the values and policies shaping America.
-
opinion
4 Ways Struggling Americans Would Bear Brutal Impact of $17 Minimum Wage
With 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, most U.S. households could use a raise. But an arbitrary, one-size-fits-all increase in the minimum wage imposed by lawmakers in Washington would only exacerbate the struggles of these households. According to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, proposed legislation to increase the federal minimum wage… -
opinion
Here’s the Right Way to Deweaponize the FBI
FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin revealed in February the existence of a memorandum within the FBI’s field office in Richmond, Virginia, that labeled Catholics as potential domestic terrorists. Last Monday, almost a full year after Seraphin’s disclosure, the House Judiciary Committee released a report on it. The House committee’s report, titled “The FBI’s Breach of Religious… -
opinion
Shakespeare’s Christmas
This Christmas is a troubled time—a season of war rather than peace, from the Black Sea to Bethlehem. America is full of political foreboding, and Christmas itself has become a source of controversy. Some find the holiday adrift from its true meaning, a Christian holy day transformed into a celebration of consumerism, when fir trees… -
opinion
Inventor Gaston Glock’s Firearms Legacy Lives On
Gaston Glock, the brilliant Austrian inventor, entrepreneur, and founder of one of the most successful firearms manufacturers in history, passed away Wednesday at 94. The cause of death was not immediatly announced. In 1963, as Europe was attempting to rebuild every aspect of its economy after the devastation of World War II, Glock founded Glock… -
news
Oklahoma Becomes Latest State to Condemn DEI on Campus
Criticism continues to mount against so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion offices on college campuses. And the list of state policymakers calling for defunding the offices and eliminating their discriminatory practices is also growing—just in time for state legislators to work on the issue in the new year. The latest lawmaker to prohibit the use of taxpayer spending on DEI… -
opinion
Remembering National Empowerment Television
When TV producer Norman Lear died, The New York Times‘ obituary said there were “critics” who insisted the date “All in the Family” premiered on CBS in January 1971 represented a “day of infamy” in American broadcasting. By contrast, for conservative television, 30 years ago this month, Dec. 6, 1993, was a welcomed day and… -
news
Biden Gives Bureaucrats Biggest Pay Bump Since Carter
Beginning in January, federal civilian employees will see their salaries increase by the largest percentage since the Carter administration. President Joe Biden signed an executive order in December giving federal employees an average of a 5.2% increase in pay, the largest increase since former President Jimmy Carter raised federal salaries by 9.1% in 1980. Meanwhile, Americans are dealing with inflation… -
opinion
Biden’s Ministry of Diversity Comes for the Internet
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted “woke” new rules to control internet services that will increase consumer costs, slow investment in new technologies, and raise the prospect of yet more government intrusion and censorship. Commissioner Brendan Carr—one of two Republicans on the five-member FCC—called the plan “an unlawful power grab that gives the government a… -
opinion
When Marriage Becomes a Countercultural Phenomenon
I write this week as a very different man than I was when writing my last column. Then, I was merely engaged; now, after the single greatest week of my life culminated in the single greatest day and night of my life, I am married. I am filled with immense, overwhelming gratitude. My wife and… -
opinion
Spain’s Worrisome ‘Frankenstein Coalition’ Government
Is Spain facing the end of democracy, a condition that was restored less than half a century ago? It isn’t just foreigners who are constantly asking this worrisome question. We Spaniards are asking it ourselves as 2023 comes to a close. The concern stems from elections held this year and the government it produced. That… -
opinion
The Daily Signal: A Conservative Challenge to Corporate Media’s Biased Narrative
Every year, Americans have fewer and fewer places to turn for the stories that impact our lives—stories that the corporate media often blatantly distort or outright ignore. But there is one outlet millions of readers turn to each month that features truthful journalism from reporters who don’t detest America. An outlet that regularly exposes the… -
opinion
The BorderLine: Biden’s Border Chaos—Crime Soars as Punishment Vanishes
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— There is a thread running through progressive ideology that explains… -
news
EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Demands Answers From Mayorkas Over Closure of Since-Reopened Railroad Crossings
Following a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from Sen. Ted Cruz, Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that two railroad crossings in Texas border communities are reopening after temporarily being closed to allow personnel to help process illegal aliens. “Beginning December 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, CBP’s Office of Field Operations will… -
opinion
Texas Comes Out Swinging in Fight to Restore States’ Role in Curbing Illegal Immigration
Texas has begun the campaign to restore the role of states, especially border states, in combating illegal immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law SB No. 4, which authorizes state authorities to arrest and order illegal aliens to return to the foreign nation from which they entered. State authorities may do so… -
opinion
A Failing Grade for Harvard’s Claudine Gay
Anyone who listened to the college presidents defending calls for the genocide of Jews with condescending smirks in their Dec. 5 congressional testimony could see they were insufferably smug. But then we got evidence that Ivy League universities may not have selected the best and brightest to lead them. Consider Harvard President Claudine Gay, who evinced no ability… -
opinion
Ominously, Biden Admin Will Tear Down Monument to Reconciliation at Arlington Cemetery
The Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is being torn down. After a short legal battle, the Biden administration will continue its plan to remove the statue, which is over a century old, from the cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia. Will this monument be treated with care once it’s removed? I find that doubtful. The… -
opinion
Amid Security Concerns of Lawmakers, Chinese-Made Battery Installation Removed From Marine Base
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and more than two dozen other Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin earlier this month, demanding the removal of a Duke Energy-supplied Chinese battery installation at the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and demanding an investigation into whether similar installations have been… -
opinion
Dissecting the Left’s Latest Smear of Clarence Thomas
Most Clarence Thomas hit pieces can’t stand up to perfunctory scrutiny. But the newest doesn’t even make any sense. In a new article with five names in the byline, anti-Supreme Court outfit ProPublica takes a decades-old offhand complaint that Thomas made about his salary and spins it into a nefarious conspiracy. In 2000, Thomas apparently… -
opinion
Biblical Illustrations Woven Into Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
In many homes across the country, it’s not Christmas without sitting down to watch an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” But according to Hillsdale College professor of English Dwight Lindley, many of the film versions fail to relay the full, rich message Dickens sought to portray in the 1843 novel. “A Christmas Carol”… -
opinion
EXCLUSIVE: Inquiries on Hunter Biden and FISA Surveillance Meet With Biden Admin Obstruction
A review by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project of documents recently released by the Justice Department reveals that for nearly three years, the agency actively has hindered congressional probes into a Chinese businessman associated with Hunter Biden, the president’s son. Patrick Ho, also known as Hé Zhìpíng, is a Chinese national who was a prominent…