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opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: How California Progressives Created a Medieval Society
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc discuss how California officials would rather go after Immigration and Customs Enforcement than help those impacted by the Palisades Fire, and how California’s powerful “live in splendor,” impervious to the suffering caused by their progressive policies. Editor’s note:… -
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Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
Many of the names of the Senate Democrats that voted with the Republicans to finally pass a continuing resolution to fund the federal government until Jan. 30 were not surprising: John Fetterman, D-Pa., quickly filling Joe Manchin’s role as the iconoclast of the Senate Democrats. Angus King, I-Maine, technically not a Democrat despite caucusing with… -
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What Makes Things Affordable
Affordability. It’s the word on everybody’s lips. Ever since self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani became the front-runner in the New York City mayoral election by saying the word “affordability” with talismanic regularity, we have been told that the key to modern politics is that word’s repetition. Say “affordability,” and watch your polls rise. And yet the… -
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Pelosi’s Dangerous Rhetoric
In a recent interview, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared in unequivocal terms that President Donald Trump was “the worst thing on the face of the Earth.” You heard that right. Not a threat to democracy, not a danger to civility, the worst thing on the face of the Earth. It was a statement so… -
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Bolivia’s Turn From Socialist Rule
Socialism may be on the rise in New York with the election of Zohran Mamdani, but the story is different elsewhere. People may be familiar with the rise of Javier Milei in Argentina, but another election victory is flying under the radar. Last month, the people of Bolivia ended decades of socialist rule in the country with the… -
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‘NO BEARING’: Despite Trump Pardons, Democrat AGs to Prosecute Election Cases
Despite President Donald Trump’s pardons on Sunday, Democrat attorneys general told The Daily Signal and publicly suggested they plan to continue their state prosecutions against contingent state electors from the 2020 election. Democrats attorneys general—from Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin—brought criminal charges against the contingent Trump electors, who were in-waiting if courts or state legislatures… -
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Trump to Ramp Up Domestic Travel to Pitch Affordability Ahead of Midterms
President Donald Trump will ramp up domestic travel ahead of midterms as he sells voters on his affordability accomplishments, a White House official told The Daily Signal. While domestic travel will continue to increase, the White House says this is not a pivot from his first 10 months in office as he has talked about… -
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Justice Neil Gorsuch Warns About ‘Greatest Danger America Faces Today’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch told “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones Thursday that the “greatest danger” facing the country was “itself.” Only 36% of Americans could pass the citizenship test given to immigrants seeking to become naturalized citizens, according to a 2018 survey by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, with 57% of… -
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Files Reveal How Friendship With Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein Came to an End
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein touted his friendship with former President Bill Clinton, but the two also had a falling out after Epstein felt Clinton lied to him, according to newly released documents. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released thousands more pages of files from the Epstein estate on Wednesday. A heavily redacted letter… -
opinion
Florida Becomes First State to Adopt Phoenix Declaration to Renew Education
On Thursday, Florida became the first state in the union to adopt the Phoenix Declaration as its guiding vision for education. After a brief hearing, the Florida Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the principles of the declaration, which has seven planks: parental choice and responsibility, transparency and accountability, truth and goodness, cultural transmission,… -
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Judge Asks DOJ Lawyer If He Thinks Documents Case Was Wrongly Dismissed in Comey Oral Arguments
Judge Cameron McGowan Currie announced Thursday that she would rule by Thanksgiving whether to disqualify Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who convinced grand juries to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Both Comey and James argue that Halligan’s appointment as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District… -
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Is DHS Inflicting ‘Terror’ on Chicago? Group of Retired Journalists Thinks So
Following an immigration enforcement operation, a group of retired Chicago journalists have issued a public letter accusing the Trump administration of inflicting “terror” on the Windy City. “We covered this city for a living and love it, and we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal,” the former journalists write. “It’s eroding all of our rights and should… -
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Republican Senator Has a Plan to Stop Foreigners From Abusing Surrogacy for US Citizenship Purposes
China and other foreign adversaries are abusing American birthright citizenship to have American children through surrogacy. But one Republican senator has a plan to criminalize the growing surrogacy industry for foreigners. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., recently introduced a bill called the Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy (SAFE KIDS) Act that would prevent adversarial nations, specifically China, from using and taking advantage of American women to obtain… -
opinion
America’s New Proletarians
Karl Marx famously wrote in his 1848 “Communist Manifesto,” “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains,” and it was these unchained proletarians who elected Zohran Mamdani mayor of New York City, along with other socialists in municipal elections from Atlanta, Georgia, to Portland, Oregon, and cities in between. But the 2025 elections did more than… -
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‘60 Minutes’ Acts as Handmaid to a Feminist ‘Titan’
The self-appointed enforcers of “progressive” media indoctrination are satisfied that CBS hasn’t yet changed the tone of “60 Minutes,” which they call a “crown jewel” of the Dan Rather Network. Tom Jones at the Poynter Institute was pleased that Sunday’s show still featured two “fair and factual” stories that criticized President Donald Trump. That’s not… -
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Trump Can Do Better Than Tariff ‘Dividends’ and 50-Year Mortgages
Time is short for the Trump administration. Last week’s elections were a setback, but not a devastating one: New Jersey is still a blue state, and while Virginia went red four years ago, it’s been trending Democratic for more than a decade. Republicans also fared poorly in Pennsylvania, however, an all-important presidential battleground. Democrats even… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Sad, Conflicted State of Young American Men
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the troubling state of young American males, and how the education system has stripped young men of the desire and ability to be responsible adults. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of… -
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Government Shutdown Ends With Trump’s Signature Hours After House Passes Funding Bill
The longest government shutdown in history is over after President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund the government into law on Wednesday night, just hours after the House of Representatives passed the measure. “Today, we’re sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion,” Trump said before signing the bill. “The… -
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Supreme Court Considers Whether the First Step Act Allows Reduction in Criminal Sentences
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether convicted felons can petition for reduced sentencing under the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform law that President Donald Trump signed during his first term. The cases focus on what criteria a federal judge can consider in reducing a prisoner’s sentence, and whether this can include… -
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What Trump Is Doing to End the Slaughter of Christians in Nigeria
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 13. The horrific slaughter of Christians in Nigeria has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and…
