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Gavin Newsom wants to be the new Donald Trump. No, California’s governor isn’t moving to the right or cracking down on illegal immigration—quite the opposite. On Monday, the White House blasted Newsom for continuing to offer commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens like Harjinder Singh, the trucker accused of killing three people while attempting an…
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. California has been in the news recently because it’s going to have an unusual redistricting effort….
As school districts and teachers unions across the country enter a new round of contract negotiations, one thing is clear: Parents are paying attention. They’re reading the fine print. And they’re increasingly alarmed to discover that many collective bargaining agreements—which should be focused on wages, working conditions, and student achievement—are instead being used to embed divisive…
One of the most important rights we enjoy in the United States is the freedom to practice our faith. Sadly, this is not a reality for hundreds of millions around the world. As evangelical Christians, we believe this right is not merely granted by governments but is given by God. It should transcend borders, which…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is hoping you’re too stupid to see his Trumpian rebrand for what it really is. Democrats spent years mocking President Donald Trump’s style, calling it “toxic” and “dangerous.” But now, when their closest thing to a 2028 front-runner needs a makeover, suddenly he’s in denim, posing with Americana vibes, copying Trump’s…
You get an A! And you get an A! On campuses this fall, some students might feel like they’ve wandered into their own Oprah episode, except the prize is a transcript filled with top marks. For decades, the share of As has been swelling like a balloon. At Harvard, nearly 80% of grades in the…
As a conservative, I subscribe to the online Washington Post so I understand how the progressive establishment thinks. But I recently met with a Democrat-voting friend who said he hadn’t subscribed in a few years, as he found the paper’s left-wing bias too much to take. The seventh commandment in my book “The Ten…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change California’s rules for drawing lines for House seats. Texas Republicans, he says, want to rig elections to help President Donald Trump in the 2026 election, so California Democrats have to rig back. Forget that the Golden State’s rules already work handily for the Democrats: 45% of voters are…
President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to “get rid” of mail-in ballots for elections. While whatever he ultimately does shouldn’t affect mail-in voting for Virginia’s upcoming elections this November, there are some voting warnings Virginians need to be aware of. Trump posted to his account on Truth Social: “I am going to lead a movement…
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. President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin last week for the much-anticipated summit, I guess…
Even before President Donald Trump’s reelection, investors were leaving the woke environmental, social, and governance agenda like rats fleeing a sinking ship. Yet, those rats appear to have a few life rafts remaining, and the World Economic Forum seems intent on shoring up the ESG agenda. The World Economic Forum is a conspiracy theorist’s wet…
Those complaining about President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown claim that crime isn’t as bad as it seems. Even more unbelievably, they claim that violent crime in our nation’s capital is at a 30-year low. In other words, they’re saying: Don’t believe your lying eyes. Crime isn’t as bad as it seems. But a…
Planned Parenthood has had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. So far, 40 clinics have announced closures, in red and blue states alike—and we’re still counting. Why is the abortion giant, which received over $800 million in federal funding last year alone, in such dire straits? There are lots of factors, many involving…
It’s not every week that sees a Federal Reserve development set to shape America for years to come. But two such developments recently occurred two days apart: On July 30, the Fed’s board decided to hold interest rates at their current level, and on Aug. 1, board Gov. Adriana Kugler resigned. In its latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed overruled the…
Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn’t a person—it’s an artificial intelligence companion chatbot. These AI chatbots can be indistinguishable from online human relationships. They retain past conversations, initiate personalized messages, share photos, and even make voice calls. They are designed to…
Around the year 1212, a boy preached to children in France that they should take up the cross and follow him to the Holy Land. Thousands did. None reached Jerusalem. Most gave up before leaving Europe. Others were shipwrecked or sold into slavery in the Islamic caliphate of Tunisia. Centuries later, the Biden administration’s facilitation…
“The predator transgender student or person simply does not exist.” With those infamous words, then-Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler dismissed the very possibility that a male student could have committed sex crimes against girls in a girls’ restroom. He spoke those words in 2021, daring to face a father whose daughter suffered just such an…
“Make America Healthy Again” is a great slogan, and I am all for it. Like many Americans, I believe the food system is a mess. It does not take much time in a grocery store to realize that what we eat is chemically engineered garbage packaged in bright colors and sold as “snacks.” But as…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Heritage Foundation chief economist EJ Antoni is the perfect choice to clean up the mess at the Bureau of Labor Statistics—the guardian of America’s labor and inflation metrics. Policymakers, investors, journalists, and informed Americans rely on this data to cut through the noise and accurately gauge the economy. Unfortunately, the BLS’ credibility…
On Oct. 6, just a few short months from now, the Supreme Court marshal will utter the traditional “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!”—marking the start of yet another Supreme Court term. The court’s last term, which ended in June, featured hot-button topics ranging from nationwide injunctions to parental rights to religious liberty, and it delivered no shortage…