Daily news coverage of politics, policy, and issues shaping the nation.
Coming up on one full year in office, President Donald Trump is faced with the prospect of a government shutdown forced by Congress—even as the first year of his presidency is marked by both demonstrable accomplishments and incompletes on the economy, national security, and health care. “If for any reason [the government] shuts down, the…
For Myra Neyer, a mom and former Planned Parenthood employee, there was one defining moment that influenced her to leave the abortion giant. “There was this one girl, young girl—maybe 19, maybe 20, young—she came in, [and] her boyfriend didn’t want any children,” Neyer, who used to work at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Baltimore,…
The Daily Signal spoke with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Wednesday on news of the day, including conversations on Capitol Hill about reinstating earmarks, the senator’s proposal to help end obstruction of President Donald Trump’s nominees, and more. Lankford’s proposal to help end obstruction of Trump’s nominees would decrease the current 30 hours of wait time…
The total number of workers claiming unemployment insurance fell to the lowest level in 45 years, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. In the first two weeks of 2018, the number of applications claiming unemployment insurance benefits dropped by 41,000 to 220,000, the lowest recorded number since Feb. 24, 1973, when the number was 218,000,…
Apple on Wednesday announced one of the largest corporate spending plans since President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax reform bill, and pledged to open a second domestic campus, make a $38 billion payment on its overseas cash holdings, and give $2,500 in stock awards to some of its employees. The iPhone-maker announced a five-year…
CNN won four out of 11 “Fake News Awards” on Wednesday night, while The New York Times captured two of the dishonors hyped for weeks by President Donald Trump, but actually given in the end by the Republican National Committee. The “awards” to the cable network and other media organizations cited reports darkly predicting an…
About 76 percent of Americans support stricter laws on abortion, according to a new Marist Poll, a finding that is part of a consistent trend in data the company has collected in the past decade. While 51 percent of respondents identified as pro-choice, 60 percent of them said they support limitations on abortions, such as…
President Donald Trump will address Friday’s March for Life in Washington, D.C., live from the White House Rose Garden via satellite, making him the first sitting U.S. president to address the event from the White House. “We’re excited to announce that the president will become the first sitting president to address the March for Life from the…
As House lawmakers plan to vote on a bill to protect survivors of abortion the same week as the March for Life, one abortion survivor says she hopes Congress passes the measure to save babies who are left to die. “I survived my birth mother’s saline infusion abortion 40 years ago at St. Luke’s Hospital…
The U.S. is well on its way to becoming a net exporter of natural gas for the first time in decades after breaking an annual record for oil production, according to the latest government data. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the U.S. to become a net natural gas exporter once it's compiled all the data for…
As President Donald Trump prepares to hand out the “Fake News Awards” today to his journalist critics, a new study and a separate survey shed light on the negative news coverage of the Trump presidency and how the public defines “fake news.” “We’ll keep you posted on details around that potential event and what that…
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—County officials who rejected a right-to-work ordinance were poorly served by the county attorney’s flawed legal opinion, other lawyers argue. The five-member Sussex County Council, all Republicans, voted down the bill 4-1 on Jan. 9 after listening to County Attorney J. Everett Moore express concerns about its legality. Moore read from an 11-page opinion,…
About three-fourths of those convicted on terrorism charges since 9/11 are foreign-born—and more than half of those aren’t U.S. citizens, according to a new report from the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security. Still, the joint report issued Tuesday finds that prosecutors lodged more than half of all terrorism charges—295 out of 549—against…
Newly inaugurated New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to establish the Garden State as a bastion of far-left policies, including a first-of-its-kind government agency devoted exclusively to protecting the rights of legal and illegal immigrants alike. Murphy, a Democrat and former Goldman Sachs financier who was swept into office on the back of former Gov….
Despite frigid temperatures, record numbers of people came out to march against abortion Sunday at Chicago’s 2018 March for Life. More than 6,000 people gathered at the march, marking the largest pro-life gathering in the Midwest to date. “This March for Life Chicago drew people of all ages, from across the Midwest,” said Dawn Fitzpatrick, president of…
One hundred sixty-four companies have gone on record stating they gave bonuses and pay raises to employees because of the new tax reform law, according to Americans for Tax Reform. The list has been continually updated and jumped from 40 companies to 164 in 10 days, the Washington Examiner reports. The businesses include American Airlines, AT&T, prominent banks…
Just shy of one year in office, President Donald Trump has yet to fill more than one-third of key positions in the federal government—casting some doubt as to how quickly he will “drain the swamp” of the federal bureaucracy. “This administration is about to enter the second quarter of the game, and many crucial players…
Wal-Mart announced Thursday it will raise its starting wage to $11 per hour and will give employees a bonus of up to $1,000, crediting the tax cuts signed into law Dec. 22 by President Donald Trump. Wal-Mart President and CEO Doug McMillon said in a statement the retail giant was “pleased” to announce the wage…
A federal court last week again ruled in favor of Mick Mulvaney as the rightful head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which strengthens his hand on such issues as the recent decision to freeze data collection in light of cybersecurity concerns. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who conceived the idea of the consumer agency,…
Ben Carson praised Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy Friday at the White House, where President Donald Trump signed a proclamation honoring the civil rights leader. “I thank you for signing legislation to designate the birthplace, church, and tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King as a national historic park,” Carson said at the White House ceremony….