The Washington establishment was stunned. A political outsider with few connections in the nation’s capital, but wide national celebrity among the American people, was going to be the next president of the United States. Washington, D.C., residents were unprepared for the wild scene that was about to unfold when the new president’s advocates—and a few…
Two years ago, I thought voter fraud was a rarity in the United States. I figured that such crimes took place only in nations with corrupt and broken governments—not in “the land of the free.” I was wrong. The first person to open my eyes to the amount of voter fraud in America was Hans…
Self-described cake artist Jack Phillips is again at the center of the debate over religious freedom, this time as the defendant in a state trial after being sued for declining to design and bake a cake celebrating a gender transition. “Jack’s been in the news for many years,” as Jeremy Tedesco, senior counsel at Alliance…
Reality is clashing with the narrative elite institutions have pushed on the country for years—and the American people are finally waking up and choosing sanity. Despite what corporate media claimed about the “No Kings” protests reflecting majority sentiment last weekend, the lack of energy and cohesion was clear. Ignore the shouting from all fronts—protesters, Democrat…
President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement savings. The administration is pushing environmental, social, and governance investing, which allows retirement fund managers to select stocks of companies based on their positions on social and environmental issues. Put…
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will retire at the end of June. Ortiz made the announcement to his staff in an email Tuesday night. “After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on June 30th,” Ortiz wrote. “I…
“My reaction to this video is visceral,” former homeland security official Mark Morgan said after watching Elisa and Emilio Tambunga tell their story in a video report by The Daily Signal. “I’m angry,” Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the Trump administration, told The Daily Signal after watching the video report…
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we watch with bated breath as the Trump-Vance campaign appears to reset itself against Harris-Walz, due to the bevy of controversy gushing from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. From stolen valor and “stolen coaching” to the burnt remains of Minneapolis, this might be the jolt needed to…
The New York Times ran an article this weekend profiling and quoting many children of gay and lesbian parents under the headline “What Could Gay Marriage Mean for the Kids?” Noticeably absent were any children who, while loving their two moms or two dads, yearned for both a mom and dad. In my new book,…
This week, Congress is expected to pass the second continuing resolution of the year, keeping the federal government operating until late April and avoiding a government shutdown. The bill released late Tuesday would provide $1.070 trillion in base discretionary funding as well as an additional $10.1 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (a defense supplement), $4.1…
The cruelty of the movement to promote abortion on demand has been on full display the past two weeks. In three notable instances, advocates for a regime of legal abortion until birth have shown the hollowness of their claims to speak for women and the rights of the young, the defenseless, and the disabled. First,…
Before March, Americans had never given a second thought to medical protective equipment. Now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, daily headlines decry shortages of masks, face shields, gowns, and gloves. Health care workers are understandably concerned and demanding adequate protection before risking their lives entering rooms with patients infected with the new coronavirus,…
As riots continue across America’s cities after the killing of George Floyd, local law enforcement and leaders struggle to stop the violence. Today, Ken Blackwell, the former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a board member of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, joins the show to discuss how state and local leaders can keep the…
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt agreed to restore ties with Qatar during the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council Summit on Tuesday. The agreement marks the end of a dispute that has divided the Persian Gulf region since 2017. Sealed with a “warm embrace” between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Cooperation Council allies will lift its economic and diplomatic blockade on the nation, reopening their airspace,…
Is “cisgender” about to be relegated to the dustbin of history? The term, which has relentlessly been popularized by gender ideologues and their liberal media allies, refers to a person “whose gender identity aligns with the sex assigned to them at birth,” as the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT activist group, puts it in…
Many news reports are swirling around asking whether Congress may consider another reconciliation package and what may be in it. Regardless of whether Congress chooses to advance such a package, one area that needs immediate attention is stopping fraud in the welfare system. The fraud the country has witnessed in Minnesota recently shows how vulnerable…
Monday, Oct. 2 marks the start of a new Supreme Court term. While the arrival of Justice Neil Gorsuch made major headlines, the cases last term did not gain much attention. The court’s 2017-2018 term, however, promises to be one for the history books. In their first few weeks back, the justices will tackle several…
Sometimes in a compromise, both sides walk away unhappy. That’s exactly what would happen if the Trump administration accepts a compromise measure on school discipline policy proposed by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. The proposal is a non-starter, particularly for those who value local control over federal overreach. Here’s what’s at stake. In 2014, the…
Childhood used to be a time of innocence. But as our culture has become more and more sexualized, children have become the casualties of adult exploitation. The New York Times just reported that more than 45 million online photos and videos of children being sexually abused were reported by tech companies, more than double what…
Attention readers: The following column was co-authored with the Daily Caller editorial board. Patriots enlist and defend their country. They work hard, do their best, raise good families. They help their neighbors. They perform civic duties. They grit their teeth and pay their taxes. Then they show up and vote. They compete, they win or…