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When 10 juveniles brutally attacked former Department of Government Efficiency whiz kid Edward Coristine—nicknamed “Big Balls”—in an attempted carjacking that left him bloodied, Washington, D.C.’s violent crime rate exploded into a political flashpoint. President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the Washington police and bring in FBI agents and the National Guard to fight crime has upset…
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. This week there’s a scheduled summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump, and…
Crime on the streets of Washington, D.C., has become practically apocalyptic, to the point that President Donald Trump has been forced to take control of the city’s law enforcement operations and deploy National Guard troops to return order. “This is liberation day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” Trump declared. And,…
How Meta’s Monopoly Enables Massive Data Overreach Greed is a powerful motivator—not just for individuals, but for corporations as well. And Meta’s corporate greed has transformed one of our most valuable assets, our personal data, into a resource that’s harvested, monetized, and exploited without meaningful consent or control. Meta’s monopoly in personal social networking services…
For years, I’ve (Cully Stimson) been writing, speaking, and even testifying before Congress on D.C.’s problems and how to fix them. Now, national leaders are finally shining a spotlight on the ever-present and persistent crime problem in our nation’s capital. But while they work to fix D.C.’s dysfunctional system, they should also build a permanent…
Last month, Israel’s war for survival united the world’s Christian denominations. In Gaza, misfired Israeli munitions struck the enclave’s only Catholic church. The incident led to a joint visit to the church by Jerusalem’s respective Latin Catholic and Greek Orthodox patriarchs in a rare show of solidarity for two denominations separated by a thousand-year schism….
Universal school choice policies are sweeping the nation. But not all policies are created equal. As the experience in two states demonstrates, how the policies are designed matters greatly. Both Louisiana and New Hampshire recently expanded eligibility for their education choice policies to all K-12 students. Yet although the population of Louisiana is more than…
In 2018, The New York Times published an op-ed written by a self-described official in President Donald Trump’s administration who confessed to be “working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.” Deep state actors arguably helped launch the first impeachment against Trump, and intelligence agencies pressured Big Tech to…
President Donald Trump is correct in seeking to exclude illegal immigrants from being counted in the census. Census numbers determine the apportionment of congressional seats and spending. The illegal immigrant population should not be here in the first place, so it should have zero effect on seats or spending. But Trump must go further and finally fix the census, which the Left has…
If Western leftists cared less about starving children in Gaza, there would be fewer starving children in Gaza. Food shortages have been a major concern in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee recently said that those living there face “hunger and deprivation and possibly starvation.” Leftists blame Israel. “The forced famine of…
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Don’t miss politics editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Dr. Matthew Spalding by turning on YouTube notifications for the premiere at 6:30 a.m. EST on Aug. 14, 2025. Should I even send my kids back to school at all? Parents at every level are…
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act delivers major victories to rural America and the West. As the chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, featuring 95 U.S. representatives, and the chair of the Senate Western Caucus, featuring 29 senators west of the Mississippi, we understand that a stronger West means a stronger America. “One…
Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger wants voters to believe she’s a moderate. That’s understandable. At a time when the Democratic Party’s favorability is at 33% and with an avowed socialist as the party’s nominee in the most highly visible election in the nation, the smart money is for Democrats in Virginia to run far from their party’s reputation….
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’re watching the greatest counterrevolution in some 90 years. We have not seen any president try…
Justice Brett Kavanaugh may seem like part of the Supreme Court’s conservative wing—but in reality, he sits very near its center. In June, he joined a six-justice majority, including the three liberals, to uphold a federal telecoms project known as the Universal Service Program against a challenge that it operated as a tax imposed by…
Over the first 200 days of the second Trump administration, many details have come to light that have confirmed things that the legacy media and Democrat officials for years had dismissed as “right-wing conspiracy theories.” Just this week, details emerged that the FBI had whistleblower testimony that it failed to follow up on regarding classified…
It’s no secret that religion in America has seen better days. The percentage of Americans who say religion is “very important” in their lives is at its lowest point in decades. The percentage who express confidence in the church or organized religion is half what it was in the 1980s. And more than three-quarters say…
Can the president really temporarily federalize the Washington, D.C., police force in an effort to reduce the rampant crime occurring in the city? Is that actually legal? President Donald Trump has sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and hundreds of National Guard troops into Washington to “pursue and arrest every violent criminal in the district…
Tensions with China have never been more … well, tense. While President Donald Trump has led tough tariff negotiations with the Chinese government, recent signs suggest China is coming to the table and a deal may be imminent. So, wouldn’t Chinese manufacturers—with ties to the Chinese Communist Party—sidestepping tariffs to flood our markets with poisonous…
Like abortion zealots in the past, gender warriors today are trying to use the courts to force on the American people a dangerous agenda that neither they nor their elected representatives want. So far, at least, they are striking out. More than half the states have enacted laws banning medical interventions such as puberty blockers,…