Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Payton McNabb: Women’s Sports, Delta Zeta & the Cost of Truth
Editor’s note: An X post in this article contains language that might be offensive to some readers. It would have felt hypocritical to not speak up, Payton McNabb says, remembering how nervous she felt to confront the man standing in the women’s restroom on her college campus. For months, McNabb had been advocating for… -
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WATCH: Despite Flood of Opposition, Homeschool Act Advances Out of Committee
THE CENTER SQUARE—Despite a historic number of witness slips in opposition to the Illinois Homeschool Act, the controversial legislation is advancing. Hundreds of homeschool families were in Springfield Wednesday to oppose the measure that adds more regulations on homeschooling families. Among the requirements are that families report to the state that they are homeschooling. If… -
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PBS and NPR Heads Asked to Testify Before DOGE Committee
THE CENTER SQUARE—The House Subcommittee for the Delivering on Government Efficiency is calling the leadership of National Public Radio, a news operation that receives taxpayer funding, to testify before Congress, it said Wednesday. The House subcommittee was created to operate similarly to the Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration’s federal effort to cut waste,… -
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Want to Fix the Birth Dearth? Make Marriage Matter
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about birth data for 2023 is out. For everyone concerned about the long-term decline in America’s birth rate, the report doesn’t show strong signs that much has changed. Why should we care about declining birth rates, and what’s driving the trend? As a recent… -
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Department of Veterans Affairs to No Longer Provide Gender Transition Procedures
The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer provide “medical or surgical therapy for gender dysphoria,” the department announced Monday. “I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping Veterans attempt to change their sex,” stated VA Secretary Doug Collins. “All eligible Veterans—including trans-identified Veterans—will always be welcome at VA and will… -
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Federal Government Finds Maine Defying Federal Law for Still Allowing Males in Female Sports
Maine is violating federal law as it continues to allow males to compete in girls sports in defiance of the president’s executive order barring such competition. That’s according to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey have both made… -
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Small Businesses Have Been Battered, But Confidence Is Rising
SAXONBURG, Pa.–Small businesses have been the backbone of the United States since its founding. The Hotel Saxonburg, which has also been known as the Vogeley House, the Belvedere House, the Laube House, and the Central Hotel, opened in 1835 and has lasted most of our nation’s existence. The new owners abruptly closed the hotel March… -
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Faith Narratives Gain Traction in Hollywood With Amazon’s ‘House of David’
Most people know the story of David and Goliath. It’s an epic tale of a shepherd boy vanquishing a giant with nothing more than a pebble and sling, putting him on a path to become the most famous king of Israel. The story has war, politics, fracturing kingdoms, powerful seers, an underdog hero, and of… -
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‘COMPLETE LUNACY’: Parental Rights Leaders Slam ‘ABCs’ Mural Celebrating Men as Part of ‘Women’s History Month’
Parental rights leaders are condemning a "Women's History Month" mural in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., which celebrates men who claim to be women. Fairfax County Public Schools, the school district overseeing West Springfield High School in northern Virginia, says students designed the mural, but critics still condemn the display as "complete lunacy." The Women's… -
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After More Than 60 Years, JFK Assassination Records Released
The declassified files on the assassination of the 39th president, John F. Kennedy, more than 60 years ago were released Tuesday, in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump. The documents were released by the National Archives just before 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, USA Today reported. “President Trump is ushering in a new era… -
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Foundation Aims to ‘Decolonize’ Shakespeare in His Own Hometown
It seems that wokeness in its most toxic and obnoxious forms has been forced into retreat here in America, but in the England, it’s apparently still burning out of control. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which manages William Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, has reportedly announced that it will “decolonize” future celebrations of the great playwright over… -
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Gavin Newsom’s California in ‘Existential Free Fall’
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. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as I had mentioned earlier, has had a series of podcast interviews and… -
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Don’t Close Columbia’s Research Labs. Move Them.
The Trump administration is threatening to cut $400 million in research funding at Columbia University unless the institution remedies its failure to comply with Title VI civil rights requirements to protect its Jewish students. Columbia University is responding with threats of its own, saying that some beneficial projects in medical science will have to be… -
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Conservative Activist Rufo Named 2025 Bradley Prize Winner
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation on Tuesday announced writer-filmmaker-conservative commentator Christopher F. Rufo as a 2025 Bradley Prize winner. Rufo, a senior fellow and director of the initiative on critical race theory at the Manhattan Institute—and former Daily Signal contributor—will receive the award at the Bradley Prizes ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C. … -
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Will This Conservative Activist’s Death Doom the Best Chance to Hold the SPLC Accountable?
D.A. King was well on his way to demonstrating in court that the Southern Poverty Law Center twisted the truth in branding his organization an “anti-immigrant hate group” and placing it on the SPLC “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. A former insurance agent, King started a nonprofit aimed at encouraging Georgia… -
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Public Service Worthy of JFK’s Entreaty: Bongino Gave Up Broadcast, Podcast for FBI Post
For many elected and appointed public figures, public service has proved to be extraordinarily lucrative. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Joe Biden and his extended family, and former COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci come to mind in that regard. For conservative talk radio titan Dan Bongino, not so much. In fact, it will be… -
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House Republicans Zero in on 26 ‘Vulnerable’ Democrat Incumbents
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Twenty-six House Democrats have been deemed “vulnerable” in the 2026 midterm elections by the National Republican Congressional Committee, posing a prime opportunity for Republicans to expand their razor-thin margin over Democrats in the House. Five months after Republicans won a government trifecta in 2024, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Democratic Congressional… -
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The Fall of Black Lives Matter Plaza
If you’re too young to remember the tearing down of the Berlin Wall or even to realize why it mattered, Washington, D.C., may offer you something that also has symbolic value in the fight for freedom. Black Lives Matter Plaza is being torn up in the nation’s capital. Just like the wall that separated free, capitalist West Berlin from communist… -
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Some FBI Agents Haven’t Gotten the Message Yet on Gender Ideology
UPDATE—March 18, 2025: We have already heard from sources inside the FBI that as soon as this article was published, it was read by senior FBI officials and they immediately took care of the problem. Less than 24 hours after they learned about it. There will be no more questions asked about gender identity in any background investigations… -
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New York Times Says ‘We’ Were Misled About COVID Origin
The New York Times’ mea culpa about how “we” were misled about the lab leak theory and much else during the COVID-19 lockdowns is a day late, a dollar short, and outright insulting to the people who were right from the beginning. The New York Times published a piece Sunday written by columnist Zeynep Tufekci titled “We Were…