EconomyCommentary
Trump’s Debt Diet Is Working
If there’s anything Republicans and Democrats can agree on, it’s how to spend money. Both parties created the federal budget deficit and contributed to the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Banning Wall Street Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis
President Donald Trump flexed his populist muscles earlier in January when he promised to ban Wall Street from buying up single-family homes. “For a very… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Red States Are More Affordable Than Blue States
Affordability has become the latest mantra for Democrats as they gear up for midterm elections. Yet, blue states lead the nation in driving up the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Will Trump Create an American Comeback After Biden’s Dismal Economy?
After a four-year economic bacchanalia, America was left with a cost-of-living crisis. Runaway government spending and overregulation pushed up prices for many essentials at a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Canada’s Only Leverage Over America Disappeared in an Instant
Trump’s operation to capture Nicolás Maduro in the early hours of Jan. 3 was a title wave that changed global politics drastically. Not only was… Read More
EconomyNews
EXCLUSIVE: Lawmaker Introduces ‘Common Sense’ Bill to Eliminate Capital Gains Taxes on Home Sales
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Texas congressman has introduced a bill to eliminate all capital gains taxes on primary residence home sales, if the homeowner has… Read More
International Analysis
Why Is the Iran Regime on the Verge of Collapse?
As Iranians take to the streets amid persistent inflation and a regime crackdown, President Donald Trump told protesters that “help is on its way”—but he… Read More
News
Trump’s ‘Affordability’ Ideas Drive Capitol Hill Talks
President Donald Trump has rapidly presented new economic ideas in recent days, shaping congressional discussions while giving some Republican members pause. One of Trump’s proposals… Read More
EconomyNews
Why Jerome Powell Thinks Trump DOJ Is Investigating Him
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over his $2.5 billion renovations to the Fed… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America Needs More Masculinity
Society has spent decades telling boys that masculinity is toxic, and now there’s a shortage of skilled tradesmen. The connection should be obvious. Through his… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Provides Solution to Housing Crisis
President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 7 plans to ban institutional investors from buying up homes and renting them back to Americans. You’ll Own Something… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Socialism Versus Capitalism
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet… Read More
SocietyNews
California’s Incompetence After Wildfires Woke a Sleeping Giant
In a podcast episode for the upcoming one-year anniversary of the California wildfires, Palisades resident Elaine Culotti lays out the state’s inept response and how… Read More
Commentary
The Left Framed Trump on ‘Affordability’ Crisis. Here’s What Trump Must Do Now.
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
Why China Rejects Trump’s ‘G2’
In the coming year, President Donald Trump may meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping up to a half dozen times, an intense period of high-level diplomacy… Read More
EconomyCommentary
EJ Antoni on Affordability: ‘Keep Your Foot Down on the Throttle, Mr. President’
The new buzzword today seems to be affordability. Suddenly, the entire media has woken up to the fact that Americans are in a cost-of-living crisis, something… Read More
EconomyNews
What the Fed Chair Candidates’ Backgrounds Reveal About If They’ll Cut Interest Rates
President Donald Trump recently told The Wall Street Journal he is favoring selecting either National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett or former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh for the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Josh Williams Was on the Verge of Committing Suicide. Now, He’s One of Ohio’s Major Political Figures.
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full… Read More
Energy Commentary
Wall Street Warning: Germany’s Energy Policies Mean Economic Suicide
In the heart of New York’s financial district, Wall Street experts are issuing a stark warning about Germany’s economic trajectory, labeling its energy policies an… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump’s Inflation Trap
What can Donald Trump do to stop morphing into Joe Biden? The two presidents could hardly be more different in most ways—but in the one… Read More
Commentary
The Political Meme That Destroyed a Presidency
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
InternationalCommentary
What Do We Do About China?
The United States is confronting an existential threat—but not the kind defined by ships on the horizon or missiles in the air. The danger instead… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last Thing on Democrats’ Agenda—Telling the Truth to Americans
Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress, a major foghorn in our nation’s capital for America’s Left,… Read More
EconomyNews
BREAKING: Divided Fed Makes Money Decision Ahead of Christmas
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced the third interest rate cut of the year in a news conference Wednesday. “Today, the Federal Open Market Committee… 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
Economy News
‘HOAX’?: Trump Changes Tune on Affordability
President Donald Trump called affordability “a hoax that was started by Democrats who caused the problem of pricing.” “Look, affordability’s a hoax that was started… Read More
EconomyNews
SEC Chairman Says at NYSE That Top-down ‘Communism’ Is a Proven Failure
As America turns 250 years old, it’s important to remember that freedom, not top-down communism, created our prosperity, Security and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Survey Shows Increased Concerns About the Cost of Raising Children
A large majority of Americans no longer think it’s affordable to raise children. According to data from the 2025 American Family Survey, 71% of participants… Read More
EconomyNews
Blue States vs. Red States on ‘Affordability’
“Affordability” has become the word of the month as American economic anxieties become a major point of political contention between Democrats and Republicans. Socialist Democrat… Read More
Economy Commentary
Shoppers Aren’t Buying Trump Economy Panic Narrative
Americans have a glum view of the economy, but that is not expected to affect their consumer spending as holiday shopping kicks off. According to… Read More
