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It looks as if a deal between the U.S. and China on the ownership of TikTok may be close. Is that a good thing? The honest answer: It depends. Last year, Congress passed a bill with overwhelming support demanding that Chinese parent company ByteDance either sell TikTok to an American company or have it banned from U.S. app stores…
Carrie Edwards of Midlothian won $150,000 from the Virginia Lottery in the Sept. 8 drawing. “As soon as that divine windfall happened and came down upon my shoulders, I knew exactly what I needed to do with it, and I knew that I needed to give it all away,” Edwards said, according to Richmond TV…
Ed Feulner was a giant. The quintessential man in the arena, he lived his life to the fullest and gave this country something permanent: hope and optimism. He fortified the American people, building the structures to pursue our God-given rights. After he passed away two months ago, there were wonderful pieces written about Ed, including…
Jimmy Kimmel has been yanked faster than a pitcher who gave up five home runs in a row … and spit on the bat boy. The longtime late-night host who self-identifies as a comedian was pulled off the air “indefinitely” by ABC/Disney after making a horrific slur against the “MAGA gang” in the wake of…
Arizona is one of the nation’s leading states in offering families education choice—and families are loving it. Three out of four parents support the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program, which enables families to choose the learning environments that work best for their children. Parents can use these funds to pay for private school tuition, tutoring,…
Earlier this month, China hosted its first military parade since 2019—an exhibition Chinese leader Xi Jinping claimed was intended to celebrate the nation’s role in “Victory Day” and the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. But the Chinese Communist Party’s intentions for the display seemed to run deeper. Last week’s parade—the largest…
Liberal media pundits and Democrat politicians are reacting apoplectically after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel “indefinitely” for making a sick joke about Charlie Kirk’s assassin. They’re warning the First Amendment is under assault, Americans are losing their free speech, and the free press is all but gone. Don’t believe any of it. The same people who…
The Trump administration has focused critical attention on the National Institutes of Health, and for good reason. Despite the importance of its mission, the NIH has been hijacked to advance political agendas. NIH research grants are heavily concentrated in a small number of congressional districts represented by progressives. In 2024, over half of NIH research…
Something changes when you watch hordes of your political opponents gleefully celebrate the assassination of a man because he believed what you believe. On Sept. 10, Charlie Kirk visited Utah Valley University. He was talking to a crowd of thousands, engaging in civil debate, when he was shot to death. Even though I didn’t know…
President Donald Trump has consistently championed religious freedom here at home, confronting anti-Christian bias head-on. His administration’s bold actions—standing against violence and vandalism in places of worship, religious discrimination within the federal government and challenging ideologies that seek to silence traditional religious belief—set a standard for moral and decisive leadership. Building upon that legacy, Sen….
Jimmy Kimmel is off the air. Good riddance. The vile and disgusting ABC late-night host used his Monday night monologue to make this comment about Charlie Kirk’s assassin (emphasis added): “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other…
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Watch Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with BlazeTV host and author Steve Deace on The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel. Last week, the conservative movement lost “the best of us.” Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10 for his conservative values and martyred for his unyielding…
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’ve had a culture of about five years of what I would call cancel culture, deplatforming,…
Imagine a president refusing to follow a court order. No, I’m not talking about President Donald Trump. Despite his critics’ frequent claims to the contrary, his administration has not disobeyed any of the court orders issued in litigation filed against it—including the many unjustified injunctions issued by ideologues masquerading as federal judges. No, the president…
Charlie Kirk’s assassination shocked the world last week. Americans are grieving his loss and figuring out how to overcome the sorrow and anger from the tragic killing. Heritage President Kevin Roberts, a personal friend of Kirk, spoke with me on the “Heritage Explains” podcast about Kirk’s impact on our nation. We discussed his Christian faith,…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Investors have approached Angel, seeking to front cash for a feature film about the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk after his assassination in Utah last week. “I’ve had multiple people call me already who have offered to fund Charlie Kirk’s story and to release Charlie Kirk’s story on…
Washington, D.C., is out of step with the rest of the nation on criminal justice—especially when it comes to holding violent juveniles accountable. But that’s a problem lawmakers are trying to fix. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved a measure to allow juveniles 14 and older to be tried as adults for select crimes….
In every organization, outside every coffee shop, around every corner in Washington, D.C., the question relentlessly rises: “What’s your advice for how to make the most of my internship in D.C.?” During my years in the Beltway, I fielded this question literally hundreds of times. Perhaps, for some interns, this is a filler question—a way…
Another year has come and gone, and America’s educational death spiral continues. The most recent numbers from The Nation’s Report Card, put out by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, are depressing when it comes to the present state of American education and the future of our nation. The report, based on test results from 2024 shows a 4%…
Is Great Britain on the brink of a Trump revolution? The president’s visit to the U.K. coincides with indications Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is tottering. Starmer’s own party increasingly thinks he has to go—and if Labour fares as poorly as polls suggest it will in local elections next May, Starmer will be out….