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In what may be a world first, Australian lifeguards last week used a drone aircraft to rescue two young swimmers trapped in dangerous swells half a mile offshore. The rescue came as lifeguards were testing the new drone. When the lifeguard operating the drone received word of swimmers in peril, he piloted the drone to…
The Heritage Foundation’s Marie Fishpaw joins us to discuss why it’s not enough for Republicans to repeal the rest of Obamacare. There’s more to be done—and these solutions would lower health care costs. Plus: we cover the end of the government shutdown, elephants, and Dan Rather’s new gig.
Twenty-eight years ago, the release of “When Harry Met Sally” highlighted one big debate: whether men and women could really be just friends. That question may still be up in the air, but now we are being forced to confront a more fundamental debate: whether men can really become women. America is in the midst of what…
An expansive trade case has simmered on the back burner since April 2017 and is now finally on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk for a decision by Jan. 26. The case involves two failing manufacturing companies—Suniva and SolarWorld—which have petitioned the government for globally applicable tariffs on inexpensive imports of solar cells and…
A couple of days before the shutdown, Genevieve Wood recorded this commentary, which you can either watch above or read below. Since then, Senate Democrats, whose leader is Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., did indeed refuse to join Republicans to vote for a spending bill, and so the government did shut down. As you may have…
Forty-five years ago Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, inventing a constitutional right to abortion on demand. Since then, over 59 million babies have been lost to abortion, and the U.S. remains one of only seven countries that allows abortions after 20 weeks, the age when…
Editor's note: This article contains adult content, due to the nature of signs and words used as part of the Women's March. Women wearing pink cat hats descended on the nation’s capital Saturday for a second time to march for women’s rights and protest a president they believe is disrespectful toward women. “There’s a lot…
Editor's note: Since President Donald Trump began his second year in office over the weekend, we thought we'd highlight some of your thoughts on how he's doing so far. Keep in touch at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I was leery and quite critical of Trump initially, but he has won me over. I know…
Congress faced a number of bad options on Friday, when government funding expired for the third time this fiscal year. But lawmakers picked the worst option of all for our military and national security: they decided to let the government shut down. This decision will be incredibly damaging to our national security and to the…
At the 45th annual March for Life, thousands marched, giving a voice to those too small and vulnerable to speak for themselves. Many of the marchers held signs about their beliefs. Photographer Jeff Malet captured many of those signs, and here are some of my favorites.
“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events of America’s past. On this week’s episode, hosts Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal, and Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, discuss the history of communism in…
Thousands of pro-lifers descended upon Washington, D.C., for the 45th annual March for Life. Prior to the march, President Donald Trump addressed it—the first president in history to do so live. The Daily Signal went to the March for Life to find out why people are marching. “It is so important that we make a stand…
Florida lawmakers are finally addressing the elephant in the barbershop: Floridians must endure 1,200 training hours, pass an exam, and pay a $223.50 fee just to cut hair for money. In the first weeks of Florida’s 60-day legislative session, the state House passed a bill, H.B. 15, to loosen the chokehold that several licensing regulations…
The following is adapted from House Speaker Paul Ryan’s remarks at the March for Life. Can we just thank God for giving us a pro-life president back in the White House? What a crowd. This is so exciting. It is so exciting to see so many young people here today. Your energy is so infectious….
Since the expansion of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies broke the trend of high energy prices in 2014, Americans have prospered—not only from lower energy prices, but also increased economic growth. As access to abundant energy sources increases, businesses reaping the benefits of affordable energy have expanded their investments in people and equipment. In…
Today, for the first time, I will join tens of thousands of my fellow Americans in the 2018 March for Life. Together, we will demand an end to one of the greatest injustices visited upon this country in its 240-year history: the legalized killing of unborn children. I march for many reasons. I march because…
The most successful social movements in American history have almost always channeled the philosophy of the founding generation, and in most cases, religion. Religious conviction along with the principles of the Declaration of Independence, which defines rights as both God-given and equally applicable to everyone, drove both the anti-slavery and civil rights movements. In many…
The issue of fake news is very much in the news, as it were, and President Donald Trump is being compared to Stalin for his dismissal of journalists who are purveyors of it as “enemies of the American people.” It may be good to jog our memory back to how the term “fake news” arrived…
Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, joined the Daily Signal’s Daniel Davis to debunk the myth that pro-lifers only care about children until they’re born and discussed the current issues facing adoption agencies in America. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the interview. Daniel Davis:…
In this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” co-hosted with Bre Payton of The Federalist, we cover the fallout from the Aziz Ansari story published on Babe.net, the USA Gymnastics scandal and the bravery of the women coming forward to share their stories, a Hollywood celebrity doing something good, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., “mansplaining” to Homeland…