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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Jacksonian Foreign Policy (With a Twist)
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. In… -
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House Republicans Navigate Slim Majority, Affordability Concerns at Retreat
House Republicans enter 2026 with the challenge of securing conservative legislative wins despite narrow margins. On Tuesday, House Republicans formulated a plan for the second year of the 119th Congress in a retreat with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. The meeting was overshadowed by the death of 65-year-old Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. “Congress is… -
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Hilton’s Swift Response to DHS Snub Shows How the Left’s Institutional Power Has Faded
The swift response of Hilton Hotels to one of its locations booting ICE agents shows just how dramatically the political and cultural environment has changed in just a few years. That change is very much for the better. On Monday, reports came out that a Minneapolis hotel associated with Hilton Hotels & Resorts had refused to allow… -
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Tim Walz Claims He Fired People Amid Fraud Scandals—But Won’t Name Names
Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, when announcing his decision not to run for reelection, said Monday that he has fired people for failing to combat his state’s many fraud scandals, but his office has declined to list the bureaucrats fired. “We’ve fired people who weren’t doing their jobs,” he wrote in a statement Monday, in… -
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‘That’s Gonna Be Your Issue’: Trump Gives House GOP Midterm Playbook
President Donald Trump told a gathering of House Republicans that healthcare should be their top issue as they begin campaigning for the 2026 midterm elections. “It’s never been our issue,” Trump said in a speech at the GOP Issues Conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “It should be our issue.” “Let’s figure it out. Let the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Warns Trump SEC Chair Could Undercut Fight Against DEI
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL – The Securities and Exchange Commission could make it tougher for shareholders to challenge left-leaning corporate policies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as environmental issues, a conservative watchdog group asserts. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins in November suggested making it easier for corporations to block shareholder proposals from… -
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EXCLUSIVE: White House Weighs Executive Action to Prevent Government From Taking Kids From Parents Who Oppose Gender Transition
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House has weighed an executive order that would stop Child Protective Services from taking children away from parents who refuse to accept their child’s so-called gender identity, several sources involved with the order told The Daily Signal. A conservative coalition led by parental rights activist Erin Friday has met… -
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Hilton Gives the Boot to Hotel That Refused to Accommodate Immigration Officials
Hilton has removed a Minnesota hotel from its “system” after refusing to accommodate federal immigration enforcement agents. The Hampton Inn by Hilton Lakeville Minneapolis made national headlines on Monday after the Department of Homeland Security reported that a Hilton hotel in Minneapolis refused to accommodate immigration enforcement officials. Hampton Inn operates as one of the… -
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Trump Floods Minneapolis With 2,000 Immigration Agents Following Fraud Reports
The Trump administration is deploying about 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota following an investigation that revealed large-scale fraud in the Twin Cities area. The Department of Homeland Security plans to send officers to Minneapolis from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agencies, CBS News first reported. Officials familiar with the Trump administration’s plans… -
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FBI Improperly Surveilled Catholic School Teacher for Two Years, Senate Report Details
The Federal Bureau of Investigation placed a Texas Catholic school teacher on a domestic terrorist watchlist and monitored her for nearly two years based on unverified information, according to documents published Tuesday by a Senate committee. The Senate Homeland Security Committee released a report with 70 pages of documents on the fifth anniversary of the… -
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Socialism Versus Capitalism
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union “wasn’t real socialism.” Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that. He says the Soviet Union “was about as remote from socialism as you could imagine.” Give me a break…. -
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If the Old Guard Destroys Bari Weiss, Legacy Media May Finally Die
“I know you’re a conservative, but you’re a good kid,” Helen Thomas once said to me in the 1980s when I was interning for the grande dame of the White House press corps. I took it as the compliment it was — Thomas, whatever her politics, was a good mentor and treated me kindly. Still, I chuckled at… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: What I Fear Worse Than Socialist Democratic Government
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson lays out why the spread of radical Islam concerns him much more than the spread of socialist democratic government. This content was recorded prior to Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a… -
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Major Hotel Accused of Refusing Service to ICE Amid Minneapolis Crackdown
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—One of the largest hotel chains in the United States is purportedly refusing service to immigration agents amid a growing crackdown in the Minneapolis region. A hotel associated with Hilton Hotels & Resorts is explicitly refusing service to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempting to book reservations in Minneapolis, according to… -
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Global Implications of Maduro’s Capture
The leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is now in U.S. custody and appeared in federal court in New York on Monday, two days after the U.S. military captured him. The operation that ousted him will have deep and lasting implications not only for Venezuela, but also nations that aligned themselves with Maduro’s regime, according to… -
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‘Seize Private Property’: Mamdani and Lieutenants Were Serious About the Socialist Thing
“I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic socialist.” That was the new mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, in his inaugural address, where he made headlines by going with a speech that made him sound like the caricature of an Ayn Rand villain. “We will replace the… -
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White House to Address Congress’ Venezuela Questions
Lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C. on Monday with a new item on their agenda—getting clarity on the administration’s policy in Venezuela after the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife by U.S. forces. The White House hastily scheduled a briefing for Monday evening with congressional leaders. Punchbowl News reported that Secretary of State… -
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‘IDEOLOGICAL WARFARE’: Leftist Network Organized Protests Against Trump’s Capture of Maduro
A network of leftist groups rapidly coordinated to protest President Donald Trump’s extradition of dictator Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to a new report. The same network continued its coordinated protests as Maduro appeared in court Monday, pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. “The U.S. has… -
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Mamdani’s Early Moves Suggest ‘New Era’ in New York Is About Deprioritizing Crime-Fighting
A new era of policing is set to begin in the Mamdani’s Big Apple, and already there are positive signs—if you are a criminal. Among the flurry of moves New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani made during his first days in office was to rearrange the mayor’s office. He made a subtle change, buried in his second… -
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HHS Announces Monumental Changes to Childhood Immunization Schedule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated the childhood immunization schedule to recommend 10, rather than 17, shots for children. Trump signed a directive on Dec. 5 ordering the agency to examine best practices from “peer, developed nations” on their childhood vaccination schedules. Following the review, HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill signed…