SecurityCommentary
Why South Korea Is Key to US Shipbuilding Strategy
The U.S. Navy desperately needs help. Today, it maintains fewer than 300 ships—a staggering fall from the 1,200 it boasted at the end of World… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Readiness Over Wokeness’: GOP Lawmakers Salute Renaming of Navy Vessel
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk after… Read More
LawCommentary
100 Years After Landmark Case, Federal Programs Continue to Violate Parents’ Constitutional Rights
June 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark parental rights decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters. That historic opinion recognized… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Phelan: ‘The Era of Excuses and No Accountability Is Over’
This month, businessman-turned-Secretary of the Navy John Phelan testified before the House Appropriations Committee. The testimony—which also included acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James… Read More
SecurityNews
Inside Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Visit to Fort Bragg
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—On Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first trip to Fort Bragg since restoring the base’s name, he unveiled a plan in step with… Read More
SecurityNews
Hegseth Vows to Involve ‘Best’ US Companies in Missile-Defense ‘Golden Dome’ Construction
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed America’s commitment to making all the materials for the “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield domestically. “We’re going to defend America with… Read More
SecurityNews
With Injunction Lifted, Pentagon Set to Remove Trans Service Members From Military
Days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Pentagon’s ban on transgender-identifying service members, the Department of Defense will immediately begin moving as… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pete Hegseth’s Hard Choices: Today’s Decisions and Tomorrow’s Military
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania—Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump Administration Begins Dismantling Department of Education With $10.8B Budget Cuts
President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would increase border security funding by 65%, marking the largest investment in homeland security in history, a senior White… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
CCP-Linked Stores on Military Bases? This Congressman Is Trying to Close Them Down
Before freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., came to Washington in January, no one seemed to notice that a Chinese Communist Party-linked company had stores that… Read More
PoliticsNews
Advisers Purged at Pentagon
In the latest shake-up under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a number of policy advisers from previous administrations have been ousted from the Pentagon. The… Read More
PoliticsNews
Who’s Leaking at the Pentagon?
The Pentagon has a leak problem, and high-ranking Defense Department figures are not shying away from making accusations against those they suspect of speaking to… Read More
PoliticsNews
7 Things to Know About Gen. ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s New Chairman of Joint Chiefs
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the joint chiefs early Friday. Trump’s nominee, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine,… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Eliminates Woke Violations of Trump’s Executive Orders
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A senior Pentagon official ordered employees to cease all communications promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as climate change, The… Read More
LawCommentary
Judge Reyes’ Abominable Transgender Opinion
Judge Ana Reyes, a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction last week barring the Trump administration from expelling certain transgender… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Pentagon’s War on Wasted Dollars
So far, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has swept through government agencies like the United States Agency for International Development, brushing off cobwebs and… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Next Generation of Air Dominance’: Trump Announces New F-47 Fighter Jet
The Air Force is moving forward with the first sixth-generation fighter jet, President Donald Trump announced Friday. “It’s something the likes of which nobody has… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Fleet Built Too Late Is a Fleet Built to Fail
“We are also going to resurrect the American shipbuilding industry,” President Donald Trump declared in his address to a joint session of Congress on March… Read More
EducationNews
Pentagon Schools Instruct Use of Minecraft to Promote DEI Trojan Horse
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Defense’s school system touted the video game Minecraft as a tool for teaching social-emotional learning, a Trojan horse… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Course Correction Required for Naval War College’s Women, Peace, and Security Program
At a February town hall, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared: “Our strength is our shared purpose … ” and he has begun correcting misguided… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
DOGE v DOD: David Meets Goliath
The Department of Government Efficiency is right to look into waste, fraud, and abuse at the Department of Defense, and the first place to look… Read More
Commentary
Pentagon’s Partisan Letter Against Trump, Hegseth Debunked
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
SecurityNews
Pentagon Surging More Troops, Black Hawk Helicopters to Southern Border
The Pentagon is surging about 3,000 active-duty troops and other resources to the U.S. southern border as aggressive efforts continue to stop the flow of… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Pick for Defense Post Wins Endorsement of Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation gave a resounding endorsement Thursday to Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of defense for policy. In a post… Read More
Commentary
Pete Hegseth’s Military
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
SecurityNews
Conservatives Express Support for Colby for Pentagon Post
Elbridge Colby, nominated to be undersecretary of defense for policy, received robust support from conservative Republicans over the weekend after there was some online discussion… Read More
EducationNews
‘No Exceptions’: Pentagon Schools Defy Hegseth by Renaming DEI Efforts
In preparation for Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Pentagon’s school system attempted to conceal its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts under a different name. The… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Asks Pentagon Chief Hegseth to Pull Security Clearance of Leftist Megadonor Reid Hoffman
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A watchdog group is asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revoke the security clearance of Reid Hoffman, a major Democratic donor… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump Reverses the Biden Pentagon’s Abortion Travel Reimbursement Policy
The Trump administration has reversed the policy implemented by the Biden administration that reimbursed service members and their authorized dependents in the Department of Defense… Read More
EducationNews
2 US Service Academies End Minor in Diversity and Inclusion
THE CENTER SQUARE—West Point Military Academy and the Air Force Academy have both ended their “Diversity and Inclusion Studies” minors. As late as Jan. 8,… Read More
