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opinion
The Man Who Laid the Groundwork for the Rise of Trump and the Death of the Media
It’s Andrew Breitbart’s world, we’re all just living in it. Tragically, Breitbart himself is not. He died suddenly on March 1, 2012, at just 43 years of age. In his life, Breitbart was always a pioneer, pushing media and politics to the edges of the map only to open a completely new frontier. There’s something… -
opinion
Mamdani’s $30 Minimum Wage Plan for New York Is a Guaranteed Job Killer. Just Ask California.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants a $30 minimum wage in New York by 2030, but California’s experience shows this flawed policy will kill at least tens of thousands of jobs. Policymaking doesn’t happen in a vacuum—the laws of economics still hold whether a minimum wage worker is on the East or West… -
news
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Trump Investment Firm Demands Fed Comply With Federal Transparency Law
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A pro-Trump investment firm is demanding the Federal Reserve hand over a transcript of its closed-door meeting this week, in which the committee decided not to lower interest rates. Azoria Capital applied for a temporary restraining order requiring the Federal Open Market Committee to allow the public to watch its meeting… -
opinion
Columbia Struck Deal With Trump. Will the Rest of Higher Education Follow?
There’s a reason Claire Shipman, the acting president of Columbia University, cut a deal with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon last week. Elite universities like to pose as protectors of free speech, but nobody believes that anymore. For decades, they’ve served as taxpayer-subsidized echo chambers. Then, in March, the Trump administration canceled $400 million in… -
opinion
The Washington Post ‘Fact-Checker’ Packs in the Pinocchios
Washington Post “Fact-Checker” Glenn Kessler announced on July 28 he’s hanging up his Pinocchios and accepting a generous buyout after 27 years. “Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing politicians in Washington, especially in this era, the financial considerations were impossible to dismiss,” he announced. Kessler used a Pinocchio scale for his fact… -
news
Fox News Crushes Competition in July
Fox News Channel continued to dominate television ratings in July, making it the highest-rated network in all of primetime TV—topping not just its cable news rivals but also NBC, CBS, and ABC. With an average of 2.4 million primetime viewers in July, Fox News outpaced NBC with 2.1 million viewers, CBS and ABC with 2… -
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Combative Biden White House Aide Disputes Cognitive Decline Claims
A top White House official and campaign chief for former President Joe Biden took probing questions from House investigators on Wednesday, pushing back strongly against assertions of Biden’s cognitive decline while still in office. Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president in the Biden White House and a longtime player in Democrat politics, sat down with… -
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Georgia GOP Lawmaker Racking Up Endorsements, Campaign Cash for Senate Bid
Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is entering one of the most high-stakes Senate races of the 2026 cycle armed with dollars and endorsements. The mullet-sporting congressman announced his bid Monday to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who narrowly won the state in a 2022 runoff election. Since then, Collins has secured the support of important… -
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Resolving Global Conflicts and ‘America First’: What Is Trump’s Philosophy?
Standing in his white golf shoes on a lush green, President Donald Trump told those gathered at the ribbon-cutting for his golf course in Scotland on Tuesday that his administration has “put out fires all over the world” and “stopped about five wars.” Since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, the Trump administration has… -
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‘Blue Slip’ Brouhaha: Trump, Grassley Spar Over Judicial Nominee Confirmation Procedure
President Donald Trump is seeking to end the long-standing “blue slip” tradition of giving senators veto power over some judicial nominees from their states—but he’s getting pushback from the Republican senator whose mind he needs to change. “I was offended by what the president said, and I’m disappointed that it would result in personal insults,”… -
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Could We See This Ohio Democrat Back in Political Office?
Last November, Republican Bernie Moreno beat incumbent Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat. The win helped the GOP take back control of U.S. Senate. We may not have heard the last of Brown, though, as there’s been chatter he’ll run for the Senate once more. He has the chance to do so next year. Moreno… -
opinion
Migration to Red States Is Accelerating, Study Says
America’s economic engine is moving south, according to a newly released analysis of IRS and census data by an organization called Unleash Prosperity. “The single most important thing that is going on in this country, economically and demographically, is the massive shift in migration that’s happened over the last 10 to 20 years, and it… -
opinion
The Left’s Hitler Derangement Syndrome
I grew up being told—though I, of course, could never verify it since their corpses were roasted to ashes in the crematoria—that 200 of my relatives were murdered during the Holocaust. You, on the left, who contend President Donald Trump has something to do with Hitler and the Gestapo, likely know approximately what happened to… -
news
Fed Chief Powell Announces He Won’t Cut Interest Rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the Fed will not be cutting interest rates for the time being, shortly after receiving a quarterly report on the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump has sought to pressure Powell for months to let more cash flow into the economy, arguing that inflation is low enough to… -
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Florida Lawmaker Pushes for House Vote on Stock Trading Ban for Members of Congress
A Florida Republican congresswoman is seeking to force members of the House of Representatives to go on record as to where they stand regarding banning stock trading by House lawmakers and their Senate counterparts. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has been collecting signatures for a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on stock-trading… -
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Trump Answers If $500 Million Settlement With Harvard Is Enough
President Donald Trump said he will “see what happens” in negotiations with Harvard as the university is reportedly willing to settle with the administration for $500 million. “It’s a lot of money,” he told The Daily Signal, repeating for emphasis: “It’s a lot of money.” Harvard is considering paying up to $500 million as a… -
opinion
Finally, the Authorities Say It: Obama Outed for His Role in ‘Treasonous’ Trump ‘Coup’
“This treasonous conspiracy was directed by President [Barack] Obama.” That was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard last week talking about the Trump-Russia collusion black op against President Donald Trump and the good people of America. Gabbard released 100 declassified documents purportedly showing how in December 2020 Obama ordered the crafting of a bogus new… -
opinion
Pete’s Telling ‘Pivot’
Once again, a Democrat is using slippery language to imply he understands the unfairness of men in women’s sports. “I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women’s sports,” former Biden administration Transportation Secretary… -
news
MAP QUEST: Texas Redistricting Could Boost GOP’s House Delegation in Midterms
Texas Republicans have released their proposals for a redrawn Texas congressional map, and that could spell trouble for Democrats in the midterms. The new map, proposed by state Rep. Todd Hunter, has the potential to add nearly half a dozen Republican seats from Texas to the GOP House conference in 2026, which could counteract the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 1,500 Truck Drivers Taken Out of Service for Poor English Following Transportation Department Directive
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Following new guidelines from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to enforce English language proficiency for commercial truck drivers, 1,500 drivers have had their licenses placed out of service by law enforcement, The Daily Signal has learned. “‘America First’ means safety first. Americans are a lot safer on roads alongside truckers who can…
