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Former Heritage Foundation Intern Breaks the Sen. Slotkin Intimidate Young Conservatives Story
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., drew national attention and outrage last week after suggesting her party target Republican leaders for prosecution to intimidate young conservatives from serving their country. The story was broken by Michael Bicksel, a former summer intern at The Heritage Foundation. Bicksel published multiple op-eds about the issue in the Chicago Thinker, Fox News,… -
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SCOTUS Has a Shot to Take a Major First Amendment, Free Press Case. Here’s What’s at Stake.
An investigative reporter is asking the Supreme Court to review a court order to identify the sources behind her reporting. In a case that could set a new precedent on the First Amendment, former Fox News and CBS News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge is appealing a lower court’s order to pay an $800-per-day contempt fee… -
opinion
Kissing Makes It Snow: Hallmark’s ‘Countdown to Christmas’ Is Underway
The Halloween candy may not yet be purchased, but the Christmas season is officially underway—at least for fans of cable Christmas movies. Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” kicked off last Friday night with “’Tis the Season for Setups.” A heartwarming holiday romance. This was followed Saturday night by “Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story.” A heartwarming… -
opinion
Apu Is Back on ‘The Simpsons,’ but Don’t Forget Why He Disappeared
Summary After nearly a decade in cartoon purgatory, “The Simpsons” is resurrecting Apu from the woke graveyard of canceled characters. “The Simpsons” show, which—let’s be honest—should have been wound down about the time when those now reaching the legal drinking age were born, announced the Indian cartoon character’s return on X with a preview of… -
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One of America’s Largest Industries Is in Danger, New Documentary Warns
America’s seafood industry employs around a million people, according to a 2023 U.S. Marine Fisheries Service report, but Daily Signal contributor Steve Cortes says that in places like Maine, government regulation is leading to the sector’s collapse. In his new YouTube documentary, “American Seafood: For Our Health and Economy,” Cortes visits the docks of Maine’s… -
opinion
News or Ad? Texan Ken Paxton Gets Barbecued by Broadcast News
Our elitist media love spreading the buzz when First Lady Melania Trump goes “missing” for a few weeks, but they haven’t noticed Texas Democrat James Talarico vanishing for 12 days in the closing weeks of his Senate campaign. As of this writing, Talarico has no campaign events scheduled before Election Day (save a CNN town… -
analysis
The Media Is Suddenly Less Sure About a Democrat Wave
THE WASHINGTON STAND—After months of flooding the zone with glum predictions for Republicans, there’s been a quiet but meaningful shift in major media headlines. Left-leaning outlets desperate to make the GOP’s demise a self-fulfilling prophecy seem to be subtly hedging their bets against another polling embarrassment. In the last handful of days, even the big… -
opinion
A Radical Rock ‘n’ Roll Concert for the Terminally Insincere
The radical rock ‘n’ roll leftists threw a concert in Maryland titled—what else?—the “Power to the People Festival.” The organizer was Tom Morello, the guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine. The most celebrated guest, as it leaked out on social media, was former Biden-appointed special counsel Jack Smith, who just days earlier told… -
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New Journalism Prize to Award up to $10,000 for Original Investigative Reporting
A new competition on Substack for student and citizen journalists is offering up to $10,000 for independent, investigative projects. The Shillman Journalism Prize, founded by award-winning reporters Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, aims to reward young journalists for in-depth, unbiased coverage, something that both said can be overlooked in today’s media environment. “The mainstream media… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About World War II
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: The interview Tucker Carlson had with Jacob Rees-Mogg, who’s a member of Parliament. I don’t know if he’s still… -
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Karoline Leavitt to Join Fox News as Contributor
Former press secretary Karoline Leavitt has joined Fox News as a contributor. She will start providing on-air commentary and analysis on Nov. 1. “I am grateful for the opportunity to continue appearing on FOX News Channel as an official member of the extraordinary team at FOX News Media,” Leavitt said in a statement. “I look forward to… -
opinion
YAF’s National Journalism Center Announces 2026 Dao Prize Finalists
Twenty-two journalists have been named finalists for the 2026 Dao Prize competition. Sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation National Journalism Center, Dao Feng and Angela Foundation, Dao Prize submissions are judged according to five criteria: “investigative depth, public interest, fairness and accuracy, style, and impact.” The finalists have enlightened the country on a wide range… -
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Flock Is Always Watching
Do you worry that you’re being watched? If you drive, you probably are. My new video covers the cameras that photograph the backs of millions of cars. A company called Flock has 80% of that market. Flock’s CEO says the goal is to “eliminate crime.” But lots of people hate the cameras. “We are asked… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Ireland Is So Hostile to Israel
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson: So, I was one-quarter Irish and one-quarter Welsh and one-half Swedish and— Jack Fowler: I think that’s 100% there. … -
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Jack Smith Scooped Up Reporters’ Phone Data in Trump Probe: ‘Massive First Amendment Breach’
Conservative media outlets pushed back after revelations that former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigators obtained communications from nearly 50 journalists at more than a dozen media outlets on both the right and the left. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed the information Tuesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee previously exposed that Smith and the Justice… -
opinion
The Daily Signal Is Equipping the Next Generation of Conservative Leaders
The Daily Signal is a leader in conservative media with a mission to present the truth and defend traditional American values. Right now, it is looking to equip the next generation of journalists as part of its spring 2027 internship program. As a current Daily Signal intern and recent graduate from the University of Minnesota, interning… -
opinion
Trump Bans Media From the White House—This Is Why He’s Angry
Why did President Donald Trump ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House? The better question is: What took so long? But Trump made his point. The man is angry at the blatantly biased and Trump-despising legacy media. He blames them for his poor poll numbers. His bitterness is more than justified. The… -
opinion
In an Age of Tribalism, Bill Maher Just Did Something Radical: He Admitted He Was Wrong
“I was wrong” is one of the rarest sentences in American public life. Standard practice is to double down, spin, or wait for the news cycle to move on. So it’s worth noticing when Bill Maher said it anyway, on his own show, to his own audience, about a claim he’d made about President Donald… -
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In Legacy Media Win, Trump-Appointed Judge Sides With CNN, MS NOW, and Politico to Temporarily Reinstate White House Passes
A Trump-appointed judge imposed a temporary restraining order on the White House to restore press credentials for reporters at CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in an order Thursday morning. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly of the District of Columbia found that President Donald Trump’s administration likely violated the due process rights of the reporters largely… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson Challenges Tucker Carlson: Show Me Where I Called Hiroshima ‘Glorious’
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. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. About a month ago, I talked about the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on…