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Following President Donald Trump’s announcement that D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be his Supreme Court nominee, the left took to Twitter to air its grievances. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. 2. Democratic strategist Peter Daou, who advised Hilary Clinton 3. James Kosur of Hill Reporter 4. Christian pastor and author John Pavlovitz 5. Sen. Chris Murphy,…
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Congress is once again looking for more ways to avoid responsibility. On Wednesday, June 27, the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform held a member day meeting that included testimony from Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and other lawmakers. Center-stage at the…
On July 16, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for their first formal bilateral summit in Helsinki, Finland. Expectations should be kept at a minimum. The U.S. and Russia have conflicting interests when it comes to many of the major geopolitical issues of the day, and this is unlikely to change…
In the last two weeks of June, the United Nations held another review conference on its efforts to counter what it considers illicit dealing in small arms. The U.S. played the game well. But unfortunately, you can’t beat a cheater. In theory, this U.N. program might be a modestly useful way to promote cooperation against…
On Saturday, my family and I attended a performance of “Hamilton: An American Musical.” To say we were excited would be a massive understatement: critics call “Hamilton” one of the decade’s biggest stage hits, and friends who’d already seen it told us we just had to go. They were right! It’s a fantastic production and…
President Donald Trump announced on Monday night his nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh, who was included in The Heritage Foundation’s original list of potential Supreme Court nominees, is a very promising choice. The battle lines were already drawn before Trump made his announcement,…
What will happen after President Trump reveals his Supreme Court pick? The Heritage Foundation’s Tom Jipping, a veteran of several Supreme Court nomination campaigns, shares insight into the process. Plus: Boston is considering allowing non-citizens to vote.
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement sent many on the left over the edge. Even before President Donald Trump announced his nominee to replace Kennedy, progressives were lining up in fierce opposition. While it’s understandable that those on the left would be aggressively opposed to adding another advocate of the Constitution to the Supreme Court, some of…
There is no denying that lawful gun owners use their firearms in self-defense far more often than those decrying the “myth” of a good guy with a gun would care to admit. Firearms are, in fact, used for self-defense often and effectively. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, notorious for its anti-gun bias, acknowledges…
Editor's note: Lots of folks write us about illegal immigration, but our lead letter on the topic this time comes from an American mom living in Costa Rica. Like her, you may send your thoughts to [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: It appears that an adviser may have intentionally misled President Trump that a separation policy…
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week. We’re halfway through 2018 and this week, we’re counting down the top 10 must-see moments of the year. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement spawned a whole new level of hysteria, the Robert Mueller investigation is still going on, and media…
Good morning America. You are now entering Wisconsin, circa 2011. The left’s #Resistance movement today against all things Trump is what big labor brought the Badger State seven years ago when “progressives” stomped all over civility in a campaign to topple Republican Gov. Scott Walker. “What happened in Wisconsin … is being writ large across the country,”…
This is an excerpt from “#Duped: How the Anti-gun Lobby Exploits the Parkland School Shooting-and How Gun Owners Can Fight Back”. How is it that so many kids raised on “Harry Potter”, “The Hunger Games”, “Star Wars”, and all the Marvel action figure movies manage to miss a critical point of the stories? The lesson being:…
Despite rampant speculation that President Donald Trump’s trade policy might increase some car prices, how his regulatory relief agenda may lower sticker prices and increase safety goes largely ignored. How did this happen? The Trump administration is revising the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards imposed on automakers during the Obama era. In particular, they are…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June jobs report Friday, showing that the economy added 213,000 jobs in June, beating expert predictions, and signaling the booming economy is attracting more people back into the workforce. The unemployment rate inched up 0.2 percent, matching the increase in labor-force participation, which is the percent of the…
Few policy reforms have been as popular as welfare-to-work. Why, then, is the U.S. Senate trying to kill state efforts at encouraging able-bodied adults to get a job? Welfare-to-work was one of the signature policy wins of the 1990s, resulting in the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The legislation was signed by…
If you’re under the impression that the system exists merely to facilitate your partisan agenda, it’s not surprising that you also believe it’s broken every time things don’t go your way. This is why so many Democrats argue that we should “fix” the Electoral College when they lose a presidential election and “fix” the filibuster…
Facebook recently removed a post that featured the text from the Declaration of Independence, either showing that its algorithms are flawed, or its human content moderators find America’s founding document to be too politically incorrect for users. The tech giant reportedly apologized Tuesday. A small Texas newspaper called The Liberty County Vindicator was posting excerpts of the…
In honor of Independence Day, this week’s special edition of “Problematic Women” counts down the five most problematic—and independent—women of the year. From first lady Melania Trump wearing the wrong shoes, to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao protecting her husband in a wave of aggressive protesters, these women define what it means to be strong and…
At East Penn School district, officials don’t just indoctrinate kids — they refuse to show parents how! That’s the outrageous predicament Emmaus families find themselves in after they found out about a weeklong blitz of pro-LGBT videos that was required watching in every homeroom. And here’s the irony: while students were forced to watch them,…