Political Commentary & Opinion

In his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary on Thursday decried the hubris of the medical establishment that he said was leading to a distrust of medical professionals by the American public.  “We need more humility in the medical establishment,” Makary told the Senate Committee on Health,…

The Trump administration celebrated its first monthly jobs report Friday, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics announcing the addition of more than 151,00 new jobs in February. “In one month under President Trump, the American economy is soaring back to greatness after the economic calamity left by Joe Biden,” said White House press secretary Karoline…

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Bank of America will not conduct a review regarding customer data policies highlighted by a congressional investigation on weaponization of government, the Securities and Exchange Commission determined.  As The Daily Signal first reported in December, the National Legal and Policy Center submitted a shareholder proposal seeking an internal review by the…

Republicans in Congress are pushing back on what some consider another front on the surveillance state—in this case, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s collection of investors’ personal data.  Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., is the lead sponsor of the Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act, which would restrict the SEC’s automatic collection of investors’ personal identifiable…

Washington state has launched a domestic extremism task force, and conservatives are sounding the alarm about task force members’ ties to an organization notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian organizations as “hate groups.” State Senate Bill 5950, signed by then-Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, on April 1, 2024, established a “Domestic Extremism and Mass…

In the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, two friends are stepping up to provide clothing and essentials to victims who have lost everything.  Courtney Mizel and Erin Feniger Maggio run Rebuild and Renew, a Santa Monica-based pop-up boutique and nonprofit where individuals and families affected by the recent fires can rebuild their wardrobe with…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Dominick Dunlap began taking female hormones at age 26 after just one visit to a gender clinic to have a “more feminine appearance.” Less than two years later, he was dead. Despite having a family history of blood clotting disorders, a gender clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, put Dominick on estrogen after just…

When Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering costs for and reducing barriers to in vitro fertilization last month, that renewed the public debate over whether IVF as currently practiced is ethical in the first place. Some are celebrating the promise of IVF as a treatment for infertility while others are urging the…

With $105 billion in taxpayer savings already identified, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency hit a big milestone this week. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday it’s now up to Congress to implement DOGE’s work. “I was texting with Elon earlier this morning about this. What DOGE is doing is one of the…

During his confirmation hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya promised he would bring transparency and accountability to federal government-funded research.  Appearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Bhattacharya decried the government research establishment for abusing its authority during the COVID-19 pandemic…

Congressional Republicans sharply questioned four “sanctuary city” mayors on immigration policy at a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, but Democrats continued to insist that mayors need not cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deportations of illegal immigrants. Testifying at the hearing were Democratic Mayors Eric Adams of New York, Mike Johnston of Denver,…