Abortion initiatives in Missouri and Arizona will effectively ask voters to allow no restrictions on ending the lives of unborn children. Missouri and Arizona on Tuesday joined the list of states with abortion initiatives on the Nov. 5 ballot. Now, voters will decide pro-abortion measures in a total of eight states, the most on record…
The Justice Department fulfilled President Donald Trump’s promise to provide clear guidance on the administration’s commitment to restore robust protection of religious freedom across all federal agencies and executive departments Friday. This fix was sorely needed in the wake of actions by President Barack Obama’s administration that harmed Americans’ religious liberty. The May 4 executive…
Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump, no one should assume that the recent plea agreements in the criminal indictment filed by Fani Willis, district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, or the public apologies she demanded legitimize the claims made against the former president and the other defendants. This includes the lawyers indicted for doing what they’re…
Last August, two women stalked an Immigration Customs Enforcement agent near Los Angeles and then streamed themselves at his house, yelling to locals that their neighbor was an agent. Last month, they were convicted and face time in federal prison. Ironically, they wore masks and glasses to hide their identity while invading the privacy of…
The Supreme Court issued its decision in Bond v. United States, a much-awaited case that asked the question, as Justice Scalia cleverly put it in a different case: Can the Senate, the President, and, say, Zimbabwe conspire to pass laws that the Senate, the House, and the President cannot? In other words, does the Article…
On Dec. 9, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case involving the University of Texas at Austin’s use of racial preferences in admissions. Though the Court has long accepted the practice of state-run schools factoring race and ethnicity into their decisions about whether to admit students, the justices should consider one of…
For seven years, Republican candidates running for every office from president to dogcatcher campaigned on the need to repeal and replace Obamacare. The spectacular collapse of the repeal effort in the Senate revealed that these promises were, at least for some senators, hollow. As disappointing as the effort in the Senate was to witness, Congress…
Three student journalists have filed a lawsuit against their Illinois university and an instructor, alleging that the teacher grabbed and broke a smartphone as they tried to report on an anti-Trump rally. The three students’ federal suit against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and instructor Tariq Khan says that the university got a…
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee blocked him from appearing at a hearing Wednesday on gun control to testify as the victim of the shooting during a congressional baseball practice two years ago. Historically, Scalise said, members of Congress normally are given the opportunity to testify before a…
Three of the House Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in the Senate’s impeachment trial—Jerry Nadler of New York, Zoe Lofgren of California, and Sylvia Garcia of Texas—are among lawmakers who voted last year to advance the president’s removal. Eight days after that vote, Trump talked by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the July…
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—J.C. Watts , the former Oklahoma congressman, was on hand today for Sen. Rand Paul’s big announcement that he’s running for president. Watts, the college quarterback turned GOP lawmaker, is endorsing the Kentucky Republican and told The Daily Signal in an interview: “I can surely tell you that he has done things that I have not seen…
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., thinks sending innocent people to federal prison is a joke. He has written the “Flamethrowers? Really? Act” after learning that the federal government had not yet criminalized flamethrowers—it’s named for a television comedy sketch. While flamethrowers can be dangerous, they are not linked to any actual national interest. The bill would…
With prayer banned in public schools and religious freedom under attack, one organization is hosting an event where students can openly engage in religious discussion and bring their Bibles to school. Bring Your Bible to School Day, occurring Thursday and hosted by Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian organization, is a national event where…
Open enrollment for Obamacare plans is well under way, having started Nov. 1 and running through Jan. 31, 2017. Not only is Obamacare proving unaffordable to millions of Americans—it is proving unconscionable for pro-life Americans who don’t want to pay for health care plans that cover abortion on demand or lack transparency about such coverage….
Rumor has it that Judge William H. Pryor Jr. topped President Donald Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court. But in recent weeks, he’s come under intense scrutiny from some who claim that he supports the LGBT agenda and would be a foe to religious liberty. I have known Bill Pryor for more than three…
Mick Mulvaney, the current director of the Office of Management and Budget and my predecessor representing South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, has been guided by the idea that every dollar spent by the federal government must be scrutinized. I took this principal to the heart as I examined the president’s budget request, which succinctly stated:…
Editor's note: Here's another smorgasbord of emails from The Daily Signal's audience, reflecting your thoughts on tax cuts and other matters as 2017 came to a close. Enjoy, and don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: The historic tax reform legislation draws a clear distinction between the governing matrixes guiding the…
It became known as “The Bloody Morning Scout.” In 1755, Ephraim Williams Jr. led colonial forces and some 200 Mohawk allies into battle against French and Indian troops near Lake George, New York. But Williams marched into a deadly ambush. He was killed in the fight, and his troops were driven back, suffering tremendous losses. But…
On this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” Kelsey Bolar and Lyndsey Fifield discuss a Teen Vogue Snapchat post teaching minors how to get an abortion without their parents’ permission, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s divorce and what that says about millennials and marriage, and the release of the movie “Unplanned” on Amazon and DVD. We…
When the Virginia State Crime Commission and the House Judiciary Committee held hearings earlier this fall regarding firearm policies, it was striking how little many gun control advocates and policymakers know about basic facts related to guns and gun violence. It also was clear how devastating many of their policy proposals would be for law-abiding…