This week has seen a flurry of legislative proposals to deal with the possible economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Some would pour money into the coffers of big businesses and special interests, claiming they need a bailout. Others would broadly expand government programs. A different approach is needed. In general, any policy response…
The news media until recently had rarely criticized the medical advice of experts—especially those who worked for federal bureaucracies, international organizations, or elite universities. Yet the much-praised Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, has demonstrably weakened the effort to fight COVID-19. During the critical initial weeks of the virus’ spread, Tedros parroted…
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas invited President Joe Biden to witness the migrant crisis for what would be his first trip to the southern border as president. Thousands of migrants resorted to staying in dangerous tent cities in Mexican border towns after the Trump administration implemented the Migrant Protection Protocols…
Russia is responsible for the largest “systematic child abduction operation” since World War II, according to European Union Ambassador to the U.S. Jovita Neliupšiene. “This is actually a civilization erasure, when you actually try to destroy the future of your neighboring country,” Neliupšiene says. More than 20,000 children are estimated to have been abducted from…
The Senate will vote within days on a measure limiting abortions after 20 weeks, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced, prompting two of the chief sponsors to urge colleagues to pass the legislation. “This vote is not about the Republican Party, it’s about America; it’s about who do we want to be,” Sen. Lindsey Graham,…
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media, some not reported at all. Why is the shooting at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, going underreported by the mainstream media? If the shooter were an NRA activist, conservative commentator Ben…
If Washington politicians, bureaucrats, and lobbyists have their way, consumers of common nondairy “milks”—such as almond milk and soy milk—may soon have to buy those products under obscure labeling such as “plant juice” and “tree-nut beverage.” In another unfortunate instance of overcriminalization, after efforts to make it a crime to label nondairy products as “milk”…
Tuesday, Sept. 18 is the 71st anniversary of the founding of the United States Air Force. As the youngest of the four branches of the Department of Defense, it was born out of the Army’s Signal Corps in 1947 with a mission set that has expanded significantly over the course of its existence. During its…
Iran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant at its Natanz nuclear facility, according to satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. This is a significant development because once the plant is finished, Iran will start cranking out sophisticated centrifuges that will accelerate its uranium enrichment efforts and reduce the time needed to…
Ukraine isn’t the only foreign policy crisis the U.S. is facing. After months of negotiations, the Biden administration may be on the verge of restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (aka the Iran nuclear deal), with no chance of replacing it with a “longer and stronger” deal, as the administration promised. Doing so is…
En route to a recent vacation to New England, I stopped in my old hometown of Princeton, New Jersey, for coffee and picked up a copy of the Town Topics, the local paper where I found my first car and my first job back in the ’80s. The front-page story was about an attempt on…
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a town hall event in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., spent about an hour offering her vision for congressional action and fielding questions. As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and acting chair of the House Budget Committee, Black has a significant role…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg urged supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment Monday to begin the amendment process anew, rather than reviving a ratification campaign that has been dormant since the 1980s. The justice’s comments, which align with the Trump administration’s views, come amid late-breaking efforts to ratify a constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights…
Former Navy Secretary J. William Middendorf says America has entered a new cold war with China. Middendorf, author of the new book “The Great Nightfall: How We Win the New Cold War,” joins the show to explain the threat that China poses to America’s interests. Middendorf, a member of The Heritage Foundation’s Board of Trustees…
“If the reason that you want a 20% cut in the defense budget is because you see the U.S. military as a fundamentally destabilizing force in the world, then I’m not going to be there.” That’s how House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., framed the emerging debate on the defense budget. He was…
The House passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill late Friday night, advancing legislation held for ransom for months by Democrats’ left flank to ensure passage of a much more expensive social spending package. The House vote completed about 11:30 p.m. was 228-206, with 13 Republicans joining all but six Democrats in support of the…
Monday morning saw another busload of illegal border crossers arrive at New York City’s Port Authority terminal. The city’s commissioner of immigrant affairs, Manuel Castro, was there to personally welcome 52 people off the bus, of whom 80% were single men, witnesses said. “Many other people who are here have told us that the families…
Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. How serious are those threats? Is the United States prepared to respond in the face of a nuclear attack? And what role do China and North Korea play in the discussion of nuclear war? “We’ve been hearing threat after threat, nuclear threat after nuclear threat against…
Ten Senate Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in a vote Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing the bill up for final passage in the Senate as early as next week. The Democrats who voted in favor of the bill include: Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona; Jon Ossoff of Georgia;…
THE WASHINGTON STAND—The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday announced a settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in which the hospital not only committed to never again carry out gender transition procedures on minors, but also agreed to open the nation’s first detransitioner clinic and fully fund it for five years. TCH gained notoriety in 2023 when…