It’s been a bad few days for the Communist Party-led government in Beijing in its efforts to gain economic and strategic influence in the United Kingdom and Europe. China’s flagship technology company, Huawei, is finding that its welcome mat is being taken away in London, the world’s biggest financial center, with major implications for its…
President Joe Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 on Monday. There’s something in his budget for everyone—everyone who loves tax hikes, that is. Biden would raise taxes by $5 trillion over 10 years, and—based on his budget—would allow an additional $2 trillion of middle-class tax cuts to expire after 2025. Between 2023…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said the review of the abortion drug mifepristone is in the “data acquisition phase” following a report saying he is delaying the process. “We do an ongoing review, but we’re also engaging in a robust study that can serve to validate or not…
The mainstream media has launched an all-out blitz over a new law that protects the fundamental freedom of Indiana citizens from unnecessary and unreasonable government coercion. The media’s gross mischaracterizations of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act ignore the truth: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts prevent government discrimination against religious free exercise and simply provide a…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were able to arrest an illegal alien accused of sexual abuse against children after local police refused to honor an ICE detainer and twice released him from their custody. The Philadelphia Police Department arrested Hector Moran-Espinoza, a Guatemalan national living in the U.S. illegally, on two different occasions on charges…
An oversight board created to scrutinize research that would enhance highly dangerous pathogens did not review a National Institutes of Health grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China, to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses. Experts say the NIH grant describes scientists as conducting gain-of-function research, a risky area of study that, in this case, made…
Reality TV personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt released a hard-hitting ad last week criticizing Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman for their “failed leadership” in response to the Palisades fires and homelessness crisis—so far, it has received more than 12 million views. Released April 29, the ad shows the two…
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. A lot of officials in the Trump Cabinet are under a lot of criticism, as we’d…
Following is a lightly edited transcript from The Daily Signal’s “Tony Kinnett Cast” syndicated radio show and podcast: A Trump administration group chat scandal raises several questions, concerns, comments, rants, and a whole lot else. Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, published a story Monday alleging that Mike Waltz, the White House national security adviser, had…
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A recent Justice Department report on U.S. immigration courts provides a rare glimpse into the difficulties faced by the Trump administration as it repairs the damages inflicted on these tribunals over the last 20 years. But give credit to the courts’ new executive, James McHenry. Early on, he identified the need for transparency and has…
An index on the economic state of the states reveals a narrative that is being overlooked or ignored, says one of the report’s authors. “This is the big story in America that nobody is talking about, which is that blue states are getting crushed by red states, and it’s a big source of embarrassment…
DALLAS—Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned at an event Friday night that American politics is “reaching the point of hate.” Haley was the marquee speaker at Turning Point USA’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit, where rumors and speculation about a possible Haley 2024 presidential campaign hung as a backdrop. Turning Point USA…
President Joe Biden’s policies undeniably contributed to border agents arresting a record number of migrants in March, Heritage Foundation immigration experts said Friday. Customs and Border Protection reportedly encountered over 171,000 illegal migrants in March 2021, a 400% increase compared to March of 2020, according to preliminary figures reported by The Washington Post. Heritage Foundation researchers Lora…
If Sam Bankman-Fried offers a new cryptocurrency investment scheme, are you in? Not likely. I’d rather trust the ghost of Bernie Madoff with my money. Once bitten, twice shy. That’s why conservatives don’t trust the immigration “compromise” proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill in the lame-duck session of Congress just weeks before control of the…
Earlier this month, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation sent out emails soliciting nominations for its 2023 Profile in Courage Awards, to be presented Oct. 29 at an annual awards gala. The yearly awards honor “individuals who demonstrate politically courageous leadership in the spirit of ‘Profiles in Courage,’” the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1956 book of the…
Juan Gonzalez, who led the Biden administration’s curious policy of embracing anti-U.S. Marxist leaders in Latin America while making enemies of their pro-Western counterparts, has resigned his post as the National Security Council’s top hemispheric adviser. Gonzalez (no relation) will depart President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in March to spend more time with his children, an anonymous official told Bloomberg on…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—America First Legal is suing Maricopa County, Arizona, for allegedly disregarding state law requiring officials to purge voter rolls of any noncitizens. The Washington, D.C.-based organization, led by former Trump administration senior adviser Stephen Miller, filed the lawsuit against Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer on Tuesday, according to court documents obtained by the Daily…
While Victor Davis Hanson recovers, his show goes on, and with a connection to Ohio. In the latest episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” co-host Jack Fowler speaks with Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, on Ohio’s energy boom and the future of America’s energy industry. Fowler explains that Balderson’s role as chairman of…
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So, Victor, let’s turn to California. And recently, the—we know as well a lot of our viewers know—California has a…