SocietyCommentary
Lack of Swift, Certain Punishment Fuels Crime Wave
“When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.” —… Read More
SecurityNews
Mother and Grandfather Mourn Death of Family Lost to ‘Border Crisis’
Emilia quickly said goodbye to her mom, eager to go inside and see her grandmother, but Elisa Tambunga called her 7-year-old daughter back to give… Read More
SocietyCommentary
12 Defensive Gun Uses Show That Armed Citizens Make Communities Safer
As the nation continues to reel from historic violent crime spikes, many gun control activists turn reflexively to the same “bumper sticker slogan” policy “solutions”… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Left Blames Foreign Automakers—Rather Than Criminals—for Car Theft Surge
The Left has found its newest implausible scapegoat for a crime wave that began in 2020; namely, foreign car companies. A recent editorial column in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
FBI Greatly Undercounts Active-Shooting Incidents Stopped by Armed Citizens
Americans are constantly debating policing and gun control. But to discuss these issues, we have to depend on government crime data. Unfortunately, politics has infected… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Violent Criminals Continue to Pose as Migrant Children to Enter US; Congress Must Act Now
Despite all the “victory laps” Biden administration officials have taken as they brag that their unlawful policies and processing programs have reduced illegal immigration, recent… Read More
PoliticsNews
DC Police Investigating Abortionist, Foggy Bottom Clinic
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to The Daily Signal on Tuesday that the department is currently investigating Cesare Santangelo and his Foggy Bottom abortion clinic…. Read More
LawAnalysis
Mayors Who Cut Police Budgets Get Their Own Security Details
Police departments in Los Angeles, Denver, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis provide expensive security details for mayors and other city officials even as those mayors cut funding… Read More
PoliticsNews
‘Blood on His Hands’: Florida Democrat Blames DeSantis’ Anti-Woke Policies for Jacksonville Shooting
The Democrat who represents the area of Jacksonville, Florida, where a 21-year-old white man gunned down three black men, blamed Gov. Ron DeSantis for inspiring… Read More
SocietyCommentary
San Francisco Swirls Drain: Federal Agency Tells Employees to Stay Safe at Home
It’s getting so lawless in San Francisco that government agencies are telling their employees to work from home. The Bay Area’s reputation for and encouragement… Read More
LawCommentary
Destruction of Rule of Law in Fani Willis’ Georgia Star Chamber
The attack on the First Amendment and the very structure of the American legal system by the Star Chamber of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It’s Not Hard to Tell Good Guy From Bad Guy, as 12 More Defensive Gun Uses Show
In a recent opinion piece in The Kansas City Star, sociology professor and military veteran Doug McGaw argues that the Second Amendment is “a relic… Read More
LawCommentary
Close Brush With Insanity: Maryland’s Pot Law Impedes Police Efforts to Stop Drug-Impaired Driving
“They call it dope for a reason,” anti-drug campaigns used to say. These public service campaigns were referring to the people who use drugs, but… Read More
PoliticsNews
Leading Republicans Press DOJ for Answers on Unusual Hunter Biden Plea Deal
Three leading House Republican committee chairs have joined forces to challenge the Department of Justice’s handling of Hunter Biden’s plea deal after the unusual court… Read More
LawNews
Oakland NAACP Demands Prosecution of Criminals, Hiring More Police
The Oakland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called upon city leaders to declare a state of emergency on crime,… Read More
LawCommentary
The Collapse of Hunter Biden’s Sweetheart Plea Deal
There were clearly some bizarre twists and turns in federal court Wednesday in Delaware, as Hunter Biden’s anticipated sweetheart plea deal collapsed. So, what happened? … Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Rosas’ 2020 Riot Coverage Changed How Americans View Journalism
Julio Rosas, senior writer for Townhall and the author of “Fiery but Mostly Peaceful: The 2020 Riots and the Gaslighting of America,” joined me at… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Hear You: How Do We Fix the FBI? Is Wokeness Infecting the Military?
Editor’s note: We’re back with letters from The Daily Signal’s audience, this time dominated by responses to our coverage of the cloud over the FBI… Read More
SecurityNews
Citing Unpursued Evidence, IRS Whistleblower Calls for Special Counsel to Probe Biden Case
A previously unidentified IRS whistleblower publicly told Congress on Wednesday that federal prosecutors investigating presidential son Hunter Biden were “hamstrung” by political pressure and called… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Sorry, Gov. Newsom, but Citizens Want to Use Guns to Defend Themselves, Others
Last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposal for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which the Democrat says would “enshrine fundamental, broadly… Read More
LawNews
6 Big Highlights as FBI Director Chris Wray Defends His Agency Amid Scandals
FBI Director Christopher Wray, testifying Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, sought to address a wide range of scandals that have engulfed his agency in… Read More
LawCommentary
You Might Be Safer in Afghanistan Than in Nation’s Capital
“I don’t want to get killed in front of my wife and kids.” That was what Nasrat Ahmad Yar reportedly said to a friend about… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Case Study in Hollywood Hypocrisy: How It Deals With Stars From the Left and Right
As Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the superhero movie “The Flash,” it is hoping you forgot all you’ve heard about the star, Ezra… Read More
LawCommentary
Bidens Do the Crimes, but Not the Time
The family that skates together stays together. The influence-peddling, money laundering, and foreign shakedowns encircling Hunter Biden, his uncle Jim, and The Big Guy in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Tale of 2 Philadelphias: Moms for Liberty Gather ‘Joyfully’ and Protesters Lose Their Minds
PHILADELPHIA—Progressives were whipped into quite the frenzy over the decision by Moms for Liberty, a parental rights group, to hold its Joyful Warriors National Summit… Read More
EducationNews
Trump Promises to Swing Hammer of Executive Orders on Behalf of Parents
PHILADELPHIA—Former President Donald Trump promised to issue executive orders and ask Congress to pass laws that protect parental rights in a speech Friday evening at… Read More
EducationNews
‘Never Compromise’: DeSantis Slams Rival GOP Candidates for Backing Disney Despite ‘Sexualization of Children’
PHILADELPHIA—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president, addressed a packed, cheering crowd Friday at Moms for Liberty’s Joyful Warriors National Summit here. In… Read More
SocietyCommentary
‘Good Guy With Gun’ Swept Under Rug by Las Vegas Police
A good guy with a gun apparently stopped an active shooter in Las Vegas on Friday, almost certainly saving lives after a helmeted man opened… Read More
LawNews
Good Guy With a Gun? Las Vegas Police Secretive About Shooting at High Rise
Las Vegas police are withholding details about what looks like a classic “good guy with a gun” scenario in which someone carrying a firearm prevents… Read More
SocietyNews
Two-Thirds of Californians Say They Are Considering Leaving the State
A new poll revealed that almost two-thirds of California residents have considered moving out of the state recently. The survey highlights mounting frustrations that Californians… Read More
