LawNews
Minneapolis Calls in National Guard to Stop Rioting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city had asked the National Guard to assist in stopping the unrest and rioting occurring on… Read More
LawCommentary
Push to Police Social Distancing Clashes With Calls to Defund Police
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice protests have come together to produce one of the strangest ironies of 2020: Many of the same people… Read More
Law Analysis
What’s Really Going on in Wisconsin
Riots have erupted in the state of Wisconsin following the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by police on Sunday night. What happened? The… Read More
LawNews
Police Arrest Man for Pulling Gun on Pro-Life Activists Outside Planned Parenthood
Police arrested a man for pulling a gun on pro-life protesters and making a “threatening statement” to the activists outside a Delaware Planned Parenthood last… Read More
LawNews
Blacks Make Up the Overwhelming Majority of Shooting Victims Amid New York City Crime Wave
Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders… Read More
LawNews
Trump Keeps His Distance After Bannon’s Indictment in Wall Scheme
A month ago, President Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter about a 3-mile section of border wall built by a private company. On Thursday, after… Read More
LawCommentary
Can One Resignation Save Seattle’s Police Force—and the City?
SEATTLE—After weeks of violent unrest, Seattle’s Black Lives Matter activists got their way. The City Council partially “defunded” the Seattle Police Department, and it will… Read More
LawNews
Steve Bannon, Partner Indicted on Charges They Defrauded Border Wall Donors
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and triple-amputee Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage were indicted Thursday for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors… Read More
LawNews
State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records at Foreign Agent’s Request
A former State Department official told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he destroyed records in January 2017, the month President Donald Trump took office, at… Read More
LawAnalysis
What’s Really Going on With the US Postal Service
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called lawmakers back early to vote on legislation centered on the U.S. Postal Service. Pelosi and the Democrats asked Postmaster… Read More
LawNews
Senate Intel Panel Finds ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks
The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government… Read More
LawNews
Ex-FBI Lawyer to Plead Guilty in Probe of Russia Investigation’s Origins
A former FBI attorney will plead guilty to making false statements in documents used to obtain a surveillance warrant against former Trump aide Carter Page,… Read More
SocietyNews
As Iowans at Town Hall Worry About Police Protection, Pence Slams ‘Defund’ Movement
URBANDALE, Iowa—Bonnie Mattaliano, a retired health care worker, says she appreciates the Trump administration’s consistent backing of law enforcement. “We have a lot of friends… Read More
LawCommentary
What Will Organized Criminal Violence Bring Next to Our Streets?
Organized riots. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s what we’re seeing in many cities in this season of COVID-19 and protests. I’m not talking… Read More
LawCommentary
How to Stop Targeted Violence in US Cities
Riots have rocked Portland, Oregon, nightly for almost two straight months. Other U.S. cities have suffered similar violence, albeit more sporadically. The rioting has nothing to… Read More
LawNews
4 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Who’s Probing ‘Obamagate’
A federal prosecutor in Texas is drawing a new kind of attention by digging into the “unmasking” of Trump campaign associates that occurred in the… Read More
Law Analysis
What Happened in Chicago and What May Be Next, Explained
Hundreds of vandals looted Chicago businesses Sunday night and into Monday morning. The images of shattered storefronts in and around the city’s Loop look more… Read More
LawCommentary
Until Cities End Riots, Federal Authorities Stand Ready
The first and most important duty of our government is to keep our country safe. No country should allow a militant attack on its courthouses… Read More
LawCommentary
2 Promising Developments Toward Improving the Immigration Courts
Two senators, Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are taking seriously the need to improve our broken immigration courts, and their attention to this… Read More
LawNews
Border Chief Rips Media, Oregon Politicians for Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric
A top homeland security official is calling out leaders in Portland, Oregon, as well as the mainstream media over criminal rioting and the smearing of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: A Vice President, a Constitution, and a Time for Adults
Editor’s note: We’re back with some of your letters to The Daily Signal. We didn’t mean for this column to be away for so long,… Read More
Law Analysis
What’s Going On in Minneapolis After City Council Vote to Defund Police
At the end of June, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to “defund” the city’s police. Now crime is on the rise. John Hinderaker, president… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Georgia Shouldn’t Repeal Its ‘Citizen’s Arrest’ Law
Georgia’s “citizen’s arrest” law came to the national forefront earlier this year after several men misused it to justify chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery,… Read More
LawNews
4 Takeaways From Top Obama DOJ Official’s Testimony on ‘Rogue’ FBI
A top Obama Justice Department official told a Senate committee Wednesday that she wasn’t aware of many aspects of the FBI’s initial investigation of any… Read More
LawCommentary
After the Supreme Court’s Oklahoma Decision, the Rights of Accused on Tribal Land Are Up in the Air. Congress Should Make Things Clearer, Not Less So.
On the last day of the Supreme Court’s pandemic-extended term, the court declared that nearly half the state of Oklahoma remained reservation land. This thrust… Read More
LawNews
Trump Administration Slates $35M to Help Survivors of Human Trafficking
The Trump administration will issue more than $35 million in grants to provide safe housing to survivors of human trafficking. The Justice Department was set… Read More
LawAnalysis
How Police Unions Protect Bad Cops
Do police unions protect bad cops? How do collective bargaining agreements keep bad cops on the job? Where is there room for reform in this… Read More
LawNews
Homicides Skyrocket in Dozens of Nation’s Largest Cities, Analysis Finds
Homicides in 50 of America’s largest cities rose by 24%, a new analysis found. In total, 36 of 50 of America’s largest cities examined saw… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Chicago Gun Myth
The tragically incompetent mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” last weekend to deflect attention from the horror show unfolding… Read More
LawCommentary
The COVID-19 Double Standard
Decent Americans who are feeling perplexed today shouldn’t be ashamed about it. There is good reason to be perplexed. On the one hand, in the… Read More
