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KYIV, Ukraine—On Tuesday, the guns fell silent along the front lines in eastern Ukraine. In a rare respite from violence for the nearly 4-year-old conflict, not a single cease-fire violation occurred during a 24-hour period. At face value, Tuesday’s lull in fighting could be seen as good news. Perhaps even a bellwether for long-term peace…
The Trump administration just can’t seem to thread the needle on negotiations over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Its latest plan for a compromise was rejected out of hand by liberal Democrats and activists, as expected. And for entirely different reasons, the framework was also torn apart by immigration hawks and restrictionist groups,…
First lady Melania Trump’s request to borrow a Vincent van Gogh painting from the Guggenheim Museum was refused, but a curator did offer another work of art: a functional 18-karat gold toilet. The curator at the Guggenheim responded to Trump’s request by offering to loan the White House a working toilet made of gold called…
A record number of CEOs are optimistic about the the U.S. and global economies, thanks in part to the tax cuts President Donald Trump signed into law Dec. 22, according to consulting firm PwC’s new annual survey. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the U.S. corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent….
Congress needs to finish the job of repealing and replacing Obamacare in 2018, Sen. Ted Cruz says. Republicans in Congress last year failed to craft a comprehensive repeal-and-replace bill for Obamacare that both the House and the Senate could agree on. “I think we got very close last time, and that’s something I’m continuing to…
The Senate will vote within days on a measure limiting abortions after 20 weeks, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced, prompting two of the chief sponsors to urge colleagues to pass the legislation. “This vote is not about the Republican Party, it’s about America; it’s about who do we want to be,” Sen. Lindsey Graham,…
President Donald Trump is willing to provide amnesty for 1.8 million young illegal immigrants in exchange for stronger border security and new restrictions on legal immigration The White House would like to see $25 billion for beginning the construction of a border wall along the U.S. southern border, more funding for border security personnel, an…
Reinstating earmarks would encourage corrupted self-interest, a former U.S. senator warns. “Earmarks are about going to your banal interests rather than your highest interests; they’re about you, rather than the country,” former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told The Daily Signal in an interview Wednesday. “The people that want to do earmarks say it is Congress’…
In late 2011, President Barack Obama’s White House promoted the hashtag #40Dollars to get the word out about an extra $40 per paycheck Americans would save in the temporary payroll tax cut. “I’m not sure that $1,000 … goes very [far] for almost anyone,” @DWSTweets says. Less than seven years later, prominent liberals are scoffing at…
The NFL has rejected a Super Bowl magazine advertisement from AMVETS urging people to stand for the national anthem, but the veterans organization isn’t sitting still for that. The veterans group’s advertisement prominently features the words #PleaseStand, a hashtag deemed “too political” by the National Football League for its game-day program. The NFL reportedly asked…
Just a week after President Donald Trump’s much-hyped “Fake News Awards,” one of America’s closest allies took up the issue in a more official manner. The British government announced on Tuesday the creation of a unit to combat fake news in the country. This follows a similar announcement by the European Commission. When asked about…
More than 500 people who were removed from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, their benefits “revoked due to criminal and/or gang involvement apparently are still living in the country and at large,” says the Center for Immigration Studies’ Jessica Vaughn in a blog post. The nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies used statistics that…
Cecile Richards will leave behind a brutal legacy if she departs from her position as the president of Planned Parenthood. Richards—who reportedly told the organization’s board Wednesday that she plans to step down—pioneered a company that has aborted 7,132,130 babies since Margaret Sanger’s founding of the abortion organization. Planned Parenthood doctors aborted more than 328,348 unborn babies in 2016, and…
In her first major policy address of 2018, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos criticized the education policies of the Obama and Bush administrations, and laid out plans for the future of education reform. DeVos has made school choice and reducing the role of the federal government in education two of her priorities as the Trump administration’s…
President Donald Trump formally proclaimed this week to be National School Choice Week, and called on lawmakers, parents, and students to explore new education options. “To maintain our global leadership and strengthen our modern economy, America’s education system must prepare students for the unforeseen challenges of the future,” Trump said in a proclamation issued Monday….
President Donald Trump raised questions Tuesday about the five months of missing messages between two FBI employees who were involved in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page were found to have previously exchanged emails in 2016 about “an insurance policy” in case Trump won the presidential…
Democrat state lawmakers in California say they want some businesses to give half their tax-cut savings from congressional Republicans’ tax reform package to the state. That’s no way to create jobs and raise pay, conservatives fire back. “It’s typical that Democrats in California see every dollar back in taxpayers’ pocket as a dollar they can…
At the second Women’s March held in the nation’s capital on Saturday, The Daily Signal asked attendees about their views on abortion. Do they support any restrictions? Are they in favor of laws that allow for abortion solely based on an unborn baby’s diagnosis of Down syndrome? Watch the video to hear their responses, and…
President Donald Trump drew attention to the FBI’s recent disclosure that it “failed to preserve” text messages exchanged between anti-Trump agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, calling the development “one of the biggest stories in a long time” in a Tuesday morning tweet. In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI…
Former President George W. Bush has seen a dramatic turnaround in his approval rating since leaving office, with over a majority of the country now viewing him favorably. Since departing the White House in 2009, the 43rd president's approval rating has nearly doubled to 61 percent from 33 percent, according to a new CNN poll conducted…