Political Commentary & Opinion
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The Daily Signal Names Keith Koffler as Managing Editor
The Daily Signal announced Monday the hiring of Keith Koffler to serve as the media outlet’s next managing editor. Koffler brings over 25 years of experience in political journalism and digital media leadership to the news organization. Koffler joins The Daily Signal from Fox News Digital, where he served as senior editor since January 2021,…Robert B. Bluey -
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For Super Bowl 60, This Would Be a Halftime Show Worthy of the Big Game
Somewhere, the Motown music hitmakers of the 1960s and 1970s, such as the original members of the Four Tops and The Temptations who have passed on, are surely rolling over in their graves at what soul and R&B music has devolved into when an incomprehensible and vulgar mess like rapper Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like…Peter Parisi -
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Why Congressman and Former Green Beret Says Next Generation Is ‘Condemned’ to Conflict
After years of military service, and long before running for Congress, Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., and his wife started a family and focused on growing their business in North Carolina. The couple had “nothing to do with politics until Afghanistan came crashing down” in 2021. Watching Afghanistan fall so quickly back into the hands of…Virginia Allen -
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America’s Addiction to Big Sugar Leaves a Bitter Aftertaste
If the Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and human services secretary, he has his work cut out for him. His quest to make America healthy again won’t be easy, but it should include tackling Big Sugar, an industry that has substantially increased Americans’ grocery prices—and significantly decreased their health. In the U.S.,…Andrew Hale -
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DHS Secretary Noem: Time to Cut ‘Red Tape’ in the Way of Hurricane Recovery
SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA—Four months after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the federal government will continue to provide support but also needs to get “out of the way” of recovery efforts and cut much of the red tape involved in getting assistance. “I think that the federal government would…Virginia Allen -
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Selective Indignation: Lara Trump’s Fox News Show Upsets Liberal Scolds
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a left-wing hive of activists badly disguised as journalists. They run the very biased “fact-checker” PolitiFact, and one of its executives, Kelly McBride, moonlights as the baldly boosterish “public editor” making excuses for National Public Radio. Tom Jones—not the hip-swaying Welsh pop singer—is their resident Brian Stelter, penning…Tim Graham -
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‘It Really Disturbs Me’: One Republican’s Dire Warning to His Party
Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., has a dire warning for his fellow Republicans—find a way to make President Donald Trump’s agenda affordable or face economic collapse. “I’m looking forward to us being the Congress that actually does something other than always talking a big game,” Brecheen told The Daily Signal. “Just a pronouncement of the problem…George Caldwell -
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2 More States Moving Forward to Block Noncitizens From Voting
Two states advanced proposals this week to amend their constitutions to require citizenship for voting. The South Dakota Senate voted 33-2 on Tuesday for an amendment banning noncitizen voting. Two days later, the Kansas House of Representatives voted 90-28 for a similar amendment to its state’s constitution. The amendments would still have to be passed…Fred Lucas -
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Roy Reintroduces Bill to Prohibit Inaccurate Pronouns on Passports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced a bill Friday to prevent passports from being used to promote "radical gender ideology." The Passport Sanity Act prohibits the secretary of state from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation. “Radical gender ideology must…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Hail Mary and Hallelujah: Jesus Takes Center Stage at Super Bowl LIX
Super Bowl LIX is shaping up to be a continuation of an emerging trend: football players becoming outspoken advocates for their Christian faith. Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles players spoke about the importance of their belief in Jesus and the Gospel during a series of interviews with Sports Spectrum this week. When asked by…R.E. Wermus -
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Trump’s Tariff Diplomacy Is Working
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. I want to talk about tariffs. If you know, everybody’s noticed the hysteria that happened the last five or six days, that Donald Trump is going…Victor Davis Hanson -
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DOGE to the Rescue?
The Department of Government Efficiency has started making moves. The D.C. media are furious about his attempts to cut government agencies. But I take Elon Musk’s side. More efficient government has been promised often. It’s never happened. Instead, government just grew. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., showcases stupid government “investments” like the $118,000 study of finger…John Stossel -
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History of Illegal Aliens at Guantanamo Bay
The first military airplane carrying criminal illegal aliens arrived at Guantanamo Bay this week. President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily house criminal illegal aliens at Gitmo has earned headlines across the media, but the move is not that novel, according to Cully Stimson, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation and an expert on crime…Virginia Allen -
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Democrats’ Superlawyer Elias Leads Litigation Fighting Trump’s Buyout of Feds
An organization run by veteran Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias is representing federal unions in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration’s buyout of federal employees. U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, handed the group a short-term victory on Thursday, extending the Feb. 6 deadline to accept a…Fred Lucas -
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Democrats Delay Kash Patel’s Confirmation
Democrats have successfully delayed FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s confirmation process until next week. The Democrats’ obstruction is part of a trend of heightened hostility to President Donald Trump’s nominees in the past week, as Democrats have also attempted to delay the confirmation of budget chief nominee Russell Vought. Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,…George Caldwell -
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How to Find Out Who Killed JFK
What actually happened that fall day in Dealey Plaza in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, has turned into a generational question. The full account of events that culminated in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been kept hidden from the American public for more than 60 years. Now, however, President Donald Trump is…Bradley Devlin -
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Ancora Wants to Make US Steel Great Again
PITTSBURGH—The investment firm Ancora is pushing U.S. Steel shareholders to drop the Nippon Steel merger and oust CEO David Burritt, a move that would align with President Donald Trump’s insistence that U.S. Steel stay in American hands. It is unclear from its statement how big a stake in U.S. Steel the Cleveland-based finance company currently…Salena Zito -
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Elon Musk Should Take on Social Security
If I say that Elon Musk is the smartest, boldest, most creative entrepreneur in the world, I don’t think I will get pushback. President Donald Trump’s move to bring him to Washington and put him at the top of a new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, to do the seemingly impossible—to streamline a vastly outsized…Star Parker -
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Most Americans Support Trump’s Use of Tariff Threats Against Colombia in Deportation of Illegals, Poll Finds
Most Americans support President Donald Trump’s recent use of tariff threats to pressure Colombia to accept American deportation flights, a poll by Scott Rasmussen’s Napolitan Institute finds. In late January, Trump successfully persuaded Colombian President Gustavo Petro to accept repatriation flights of Colombian illegal immigrants in the U.S. by threatening 50% tariffs after Petro initially…George Caldwell -
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How USAID Damages US Relations With Foreign Countries
The federal government hasn’t just been wasteful. It’s been funding and organizing toxic projects around the world that have damaged the reputation of the United States. That’s what a professor at a university in the country of Georgia said in a letter provided to The Daily Signal on Wednesday that highlights issues at the heart of recent…Jarrett Stepman