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This article is a preview of Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons on “The Signal Sitdown.” Watch the full episode on YouTube by clicking on the video above. Two months ago, violent riots broke out in America’s second-largest city after immigration enforcement officers served legal warrants, signed…
Should the 2026 Virginia General Assembly choose to conform state tax laws to the full set of new tax rules at the federal level, Virginia families and businesses might save as much at $1.4 billion annually. That is a fresh estimate from the Tax Foundation, which looked at the impact of full conformity in all 50…
One of the biggest hurdles to undertaking much-needed infrastructure development is a painfully slow permitting process. It can take months or, in some cases, multiple years to get all the necessary permits for new projects. A little under a century ago, iconic structures like the Hoover Dam and the Empire State Building were completed in…
President Donald Trump is right to be angry about violent crime in D.C. As one of us (Cully Stimson) wrote in these pages in January, it’s time to make D.C. safe again. There are two ways to do that: an easy way and a hard way. The choice is up for debate—but what’s not is…
News broke Wednesday that a U.S.-based executive at a luxury electric carmaker gave tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign of Democrat Virginia gubernatorial candidate and former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger. While that wouldn’t normally make news, the executive has been listed as a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Alana Goodman of The…
Recently, the White House announced a massive trade deal with the European Union—one that’s set to bolster the U.S. economy, increase competitiveness, and promote American energy. The White House says the new deal will see the EU purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy and make new U.S. investments totaling $600 billion—all by 2028. This will strengthen…
As the governments of the U.K., Canada, and France announce their intent to recognize a Palestinian state, I recall the words of C.S. Lewis, so aptly quoted by President Ronald Reagan in his famous “evil empire” speech: “The greatest evil is not done now … in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to…
The student giving a tour at an elite American university this summer hit all the right points: what the core and elective courses are, how hard they are, and what campus life is like. It’s what the guide didn’t do that raised my eyebrow. Suddenly, there was no land acknowledgment. It was like Sherlock Holmes’ famous “Dog That…
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. Sacramento State is one of the many California state universities that offer a four-year program of…
Amidst questions about actress Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad and her reported Republican voter registration, President Donald Trump was asked Sunday if he was going to endorse Virginia’s Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in her race for governor against former CIA case officer and Democrat member of Congress Abigail Spanberger. The reporter “said the quiet part…
On this day eight decades ago, the U.S. first employed our nuclear power. On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing at least 70,000 Japanese. Three days later, we dropped another—this time, on Nagasaki, killing another 40,000 and bringing a definitive end to World War II. Eighty years…
Eighty years ago, the world irrevocably changed with the bombing of Hiroshima. For most alive today, it’s hard to imagine a world before nuclear weapons. Their existence has always been part of reality. But as we remember the first use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we should reflect on the world that emerged…
Contrary to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ nutty claim that Republicans are trying to “steal the midterm elections” by redistricting in Texas, state legislators there are trying to correct what the Justice Department correctly calls “unconstitutional racially based” gerrymanders. Their fix will ensure that the over 2 million new residents of Texas get what they…
Before politics overwhelmed the word, the primary meaning of “liberal” was “generous.” President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have given political liberals a chance to take that meaning back—by opening their wallets to show just how much they value NPR, PBS, and other programs defunded by the GOP. There’s no shortage of cash on…
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. In that 1960s version of the original “Star Trek,” James T. Kirk—William Shatner—the captain of the…
The Left’s full-blown meltdown over Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad only left the actress more relevant than ever and American Eagle’s stock soaring. So, what did it do this week? The Left dug up Sweeney’s voter registration and “outed” her as a Republican. This would have resulted in a swift cancellation in years past….
As a young man in the 1960s, I worked with others of my generation to enhance American democracy. Back then, we engaged in nonviolent actions to end racial segregation in America. These activities included sit-ins to integrate public facilities, freedom rides to desegregate public transportation, and voter registration drives to end disenfranchisement. In the process,…
Stop giving money to your adversaries. This should seem like an obvious rule of politics. But until the Trump administration went after funding for NPR, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other leftist organizations, conservatives couldn’t seem to stop handing taxpayer dollars to activists determined to undermine their principles. While President Donald Trump has…
Democrats and the media are doing everything they can to slow the momentum of President Donald Trump by attacking the “One Big, Beautiful” law’s Medicaid provisions. While Democrats want to weaken Medicaid by giving taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants and allowing able-bodied adults who don’t work to game the system, Republicans actually strengthened Medicaid by…
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. There’s been a recent hysteria over a provocative commercial, a jeans commercial by American Eagle. It…