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For the third year in a row, a majority of Americans say it’s not the proper role of government to make sure everyone has health care coverage. According to a new Gallup poll, 52 percent of respondents said it is not the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have health care…

A day after riots engulfed Ferguson, Mo., protesters gathered there again and in cities across America last night. Many demonstrated peacefully, while others resorted to violence. The Daily Signal interviewed two religious leaders about the unrest. In the interview above, Bishop Harry Jackson, founder of the High Impact Leadership Coalition in Beltsville, Md., weighs in…

From peaceful sit-ins to demolished police cars, people all over the country have taken to the streets to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. The protests that started in Ferguson, Mo., have multiplied into demonstrations across America. These 57 raw images transport…

Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday. In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Wilson recounted the scene on Aug. 9 when he encountered Brown and an altercation ensued. A St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict…

When George H.W. Bush leaned in for a kiss with his wife Barbara, he may not have known that tens of thousands were watching. But after the couple shared the smooch at the Houston Texans game Sunday, the former president realized the moment was caught on the stadium’s “Kiss Cam” for everyone to see. In what…

Rioters who erupted over a grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson left looted businesses, shattered storefronts and devastated merchants in their wake last night as they made their way through the St. Louis suburb.  As daylight broke this morning, the cleanup process began and Ferguson business owners such as…

Jamie Jackson, a former Capitol Hill aide and TV journalist, joined The Daily Signal this week to oversee the news organization’s multimedia and video content. Jackson, who most recently worked as a communications director in Congress, began his career in journalism as a teenager at The Pittsburgh Courier. He's worked as a reporter, producer and…

Shortly after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, a letter written by Wilson was read on television Monday night. >>> Here’s How America Responded the Morning After #FergusonDecision, in 35 Tweets Here’s the transcript: To all of the…

From outrage and insensitivity to prayers and peaceful mourning, Americans woke up to a flood of reactions to the announcement that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not be charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. After a long night of protests, some of them turning violent, here is what came of last night’s decision….

News nearly immediately spread on Twitter last night that Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson wouldn’t be indicted for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown, with the tweeted word moving across the nation and abroad. St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch began addressing reporters in the courthouse in Clayton, Mo., just after 9 p.m. EST….

Burned cars, looted businesses, restaurants on fire —this was the scene of Ferguson, Mo., last night after a grand jury in St. Louis County announced police officer Darren Wilson would not be charged in the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown. The images take you inside the unrest. number of people who died for this…