PoliticsNews
Could the Senate Trigger Another Shutdown in a Week?
With the House having passed its final batch of appropriations bills, it is now up to the Senate to pass the spending package or risk… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats Want It Both Ways on Debt—and Working Americans Will Pay the Price
Democrats have spent the better part of two decades branding themselves as protectors of working Americans. But when you examine their actual policy choices rather… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Lawmaker Looks to Force Congress to Recognize a Decades-Long Emergency
Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican House Freedom Caucus member running for governor of Arizona, plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday to declare the national debt… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare Needs Major Reform—Sooner Rather Than Later
Medicare’s financial condition is worsening—and it’s time for our ever-reluctant Congress to start the arduous legislative task of making much-needed changes to the program. In… Read More
EconomyNews
Why House Conservatives Prefer Debt Payoff to $5K DOGE Checks
Some House Republicans say they would rather use Department of Government Efficiency savings to pay off the national debt than to hand out the funds… Read More
News
Trump Must Avoid These 3 ‘Civilization Killers’ When Tackling the National Debt
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… Read More
Commentary
Don’t Like Trump’s Plan for the Economy? Let’s Hear Yours
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… Read More
PoliticsNews
Debt Limit Forecast Adds Pressure to GOP House-Senate Budget Negotiations
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a stark forecast of when the government’s borrowing limit would be exhausted—increasing the urgency of congressional Republicans’ budget… Read More
Commentary
The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump
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… Read More
SocietyNews
How to Align Your Money With Your Faith
A new book by Bill and Dana Wichterman is challenging Christians to reconsider their relationship with money. In an interview with The Daily Signal, the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The One Way to Improve the Economy Without Raising Inflation or Debt
The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations for every new one, the target is now 10…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
DOGE Is Doing Great Work. But We’re Still Broke.
Most Americans remember the scene from the classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” George Bailey jubilantly enters his Building and Loan after spreading the news… Read More
EducationCommentary
Student Loan Forgiveness’ Unintended Consequences for Recipients
Instead of alleviating rising debt burdens, Joe Biden’s student loan debt “forgiveness” has caused recipients to take on additional non-student loan debts, a new economic… Read More
Who Did the Billionaires Back in 2024?
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Billionaires favored Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election over President-elect Donald Trump, according to Forbes’ analysis of campaign finance disclosures. … Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
One Big Thing Biden Will Leave Behind
The 1972 presidential election—which pitted incumbent President Richard Nixon against Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota—was an absolute wipeout. Nixon won 49 of the 50… Read More
Debt Colonization in Japan
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Japan just fired its stunningly unpopular prime minister,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Social Security’s Financial Time Bomb Is Ticking. Why Doesn’t Congress Hear It?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Social Security is almost out of money. They… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Is America Undergoing a Quiet Coup, Courtesy of Wall Street?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Savings Plunge as Americans Tap Out
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Americans are running out of money. According to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s Long Past Time to Confront the Exploding National Debt
The median age in the United States in 2023 was 39.1 years, according to the Census Bureau. That means that approximately half the people in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Voters Don’t Want Harris’ or Trump’s Campaign Policies
Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday’s front page, has any proposals to cut the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Gold Saves the Dollar
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Can we save the dollar before central banking… Read More
Economy Analysis
NY Fed Reports Perilously High Household Indebtedness
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Household debt in America just hit a new… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Impending Japanese Sale of US Dollars Could Trigger Major US Economic Turmoil
Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Japan is on the verge of a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
You Owe $100,000!
America is now almost $35 trillion in debt. That means every American owes $100,000. The Biden administration doesn’t care. It wants to spend more. Already… Read More
EducationCommentary
Can the Current Universities Be Saved? Should They Be?
Elite higher education in America—long unquestioned as globally preeminent—is facing a perfect storm. Fewer applicants, higher costs, impoverished students, collapsing standards, and increasingly politicized and… Read More
EducationCommentary
Biden’s ‘Plan C’ Scheme for Canceling Student Loan Debt Also Gets an ‘F’
If you’re confused about President Joe Biden’s various student loan debt-cancellation schemes, who can blame you? And on Tuesday, the Biden administration unveiled its third… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Chuck Schumer’s $79 Million Week
Back on May 30, 2023, after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with President Joe Biden to suspend any limit on the federal debt through… Read More
EconomyCommentary
2 Charts: Comparing Biden’s Federal Budget to Your Household Budget
President Joe Biden’s latest budget proposes the federal government spend trillions more than it will take in, increasing the already unsustainable federal debt by $17… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Government Gets Fatter as Americans Rack Up Record Credit Card Debt
While the White House lectures on the strength of the economy, Americans are drowning in credit card debt, which hit a record-high $1.13 trillion by the… Read More
