Resisting intense lobbying from well-funded national LGBTQ pressure groups, the state of Florida has taken a step closer to stop taxpayers from funding transgender hormone treatments and surgeries. Concerned parents and at least one teen who has detransitioned after having her breasts surgically removed asked state officials to do more to protect minors. The proposed…
Rep. Michael McCaul says the United States needs to hold China accountable for COVID-19. The Texas Republican joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how we might do that. “I think it’s becoming more and more clear as the evidence unfolds, when we talk about the origins of COVID-19, that it’s more likely it came…
For the second time, the Trump administration on Monday certified that Iran remains in compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement. Administration officials stressed, however, that they remain dissatisfied with the flawed nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and are concerned with Iran’s malign policies, which violate the spirit of the agreement. The Trump administration,…
The highly anticipated Obamacare replacement plan cleared the first of several hurdles in the House this week, where the House GOP’s proposal was the focus of intense scrutiny and opposition. But as the bill makes it way through the lower chamber, the American Health Care Act could already be facing a long and difficult road…
Apparently, conservatives are having an impact. Target—no doubt with an eye to the massive losses Bud Light is experiencing after its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney—announced it’s going to make some changes to its retail stores' Pride Month product placement and line-up, after significant outcry about its Pride gingerbread houses, onesies, and, oh yes,…
ORLANDO, Fla.—The American Left’s tendency to enforce its ideological speech codes reminds commentator and radio host Dennis Prager of the Soviet oppression of Jews, which he studied in his youth. He calls this phenomenon totalitarian and “nightmarish.” Prager studied Russian in school in order to study communism. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he…
Unlike Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program for retirees, which has a highly predictable financial outlook, the financial well-being of Social Security’s Disability Insurance program varies widely from year to year. Drastic yearly swings in its projected solvency occur because the system hasn’t stuck to its mission of providing benefits for people who are…
Voters delivered Republicans a big win on Election Day. But listening to some political pundits, the takeaway wasn’t necessarily what you’d expect. Rather than credit strong conservative policy ideas offered by GOP candidates, these pundits would have you believe the opposite. The truth is Republicans like Arkansas Sen.-elect Tom Cotton, Montana Sen.-elect Steve Daines, Iowa Sen.-elect…
The Trump presidency has been full of surprises, but personnel changes typically are telegraphed or leaked well in advance. Nikki Haley’s announcement of her resignation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, however, was a genuine surprise. A major player in the administration’s foreign policy and a revered figure among many conservatives, Haley said Tuesday…
You don’t need a political science degree from the Sorbonne to know there are forces attempting regime change in America. Diversity, equity, and inclusion; critical race theory; environmental, social, and governance—these are the strategies that nonelected entities are using to alter how we live. Now to the rescue comes a functioning branch of representative democracy. State governments, particularly…
President Barack Obama has overseen a dramatic reshaping of the federal prison system, as the most visible leader of a bipartisan movement to overcome the age of harsh punishment during the war on drugs. Indeed, Obama is on pace to be the first president in 50 years to leave office when the federal prison population…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed members of Congress today. The speech focused on the deal that President Barack Obama and his administration is trying to reach with Iran over nuclear capabilities. During and after Netanyahu’s speech, members of the House and Senate took to Twitter to react. I welcome opportunity to hear Israel PM…
The United States fired dozens of cruise missiles at an airfield in Syria that military officials said was the source of the poison gas attack by the Assad regime that killed at least 80 civilians less than 48 hours earlier. “No child of God should ever suffer such horror," @POTUS says. President Donald Trump said…
Democrats, of course, oppose the tax cuts moving through Congress. They believe government knows how to spend your money better than you do. But what has really got their goat is eliminating the Obamacare tax—known as the individual mandate—that Americans have to pay to the IRS for simply choosing not to buy health insurance. This…
Ten years ago today, we launched The Daily Signal with a vision of producing quality journalism about issues that matter to the American people. In the past decade, we sure have. Here’s a look at some of the best journalism produced by The Daily Signal over the years. 1. Coach Kennedy’s Fight to Pray Back…
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and 10 other senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell requesting that they launch an investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood is selling fetal organs. Two undercover videos have been released by the Center for Medical Progress showing two Planned…
Although they’re in the First Amendment business, network newscasts largely ignored the rise and fall of a federal government board that raised red flags about the potential targeting of speech. The Biden administration put its Disinformation Governance Board on “pause” Wednesday, and the panel’s controversial executive director, Nina Jankowicz, stepped down as head of that…
“This claim about election fraud is disputed.” Warning labels like this are growing exponentially at an alarming rate. It seems that every free thought is fact-checked by a third party, oftentimes as justification for censoring content. This tactic, invoked by media outlets and social media platforms, is being used to silence and shut down debate…
If the problem of “woke capitalism” wasn’t apparent before, the battle over Georgia’s new election integrity law has drawn it out into the open. The law, which adds voter ID requirements to absentee voting, extends some early voting, and places some restrictions on activist activities at polling places, has been billed by Democrats and President…
A government spending bill that prohibited Planned Parenthood from receiving federal dollars for one year and kept the government operating failed in the Senate today. The continuing resolution, introduced earlier this week by Senate Republican leaders, fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance in the upper chamber after senators blocked the measure, 47-52. Republican…