EconomyAnalysis
Payroll Costs of the Federal Swamp Exploded 24% During Biden Era
There were 5% more federal workers—2.77 million in 2020 to 2.90 million in 2025—when President Joe Biden left the White House, but the costs of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Cuba’s Growing Private Sector Exposes the Failure of Socialism
After 65 years of socialist control, Cuba’s private sector has become the island’s most unexpected victory for freedom. For decades, the Castro regime tried to… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Reveals Devastating Impact of Shutdown on Small Businesses
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Hundreds of small businesses are in peril during the federal government shutdown as they are unable to access their federal government… Read More
PoliticsNews
Govt Out-of-Office Message Blames Dems for Shutdown
As the federal government closes shop, some agencies are offering their employees optional out-of-office email templates blaming Democrats for the shutdown. “I am out of… Read More
LawNews
Bessent Warns Tariff Refunds Would Hurt Treasury, Vows Trump Has ‘Other Avenues’ if Supreme Court Strikes Down Powers
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday where he said he is “confident” the Trump administration will prevail in the Supreme Court… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Washington Bureaucrats Are Destroying Small Business Dreams
Countless Americans see the United States as the land of opportunity. This belief is vividly demonstrated through the relentless pursuit of the American dream. According… Read More
EconomyCommentary
2 Ways to Make the EEOC Great Again
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is one of those agencies that, depending on who’s in charge, can do a lot of good or a lot… Read More
EconomyNews
EXCLUSIVE: New SBA Database Aims to Boost Supply Chains to ‘Make Onshoring Great Again’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration has launched a new tool to help small businesses identify American manufacturers and producers. Small Business Administration chief… Read More
EconomyNews
Small Business Administration Chief Details Trump’s Carrot-And-Stick Economic Policies
At a Capitol Hill press conference Thursday, Kelly Loeffler, director of the Small Business Administration, laid out President Donald Trump’s carrot-and-stick strategy for returning manufacturing… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Extending the Trump Tax Cuts’ Small Business Provisions Is Critical for Main Street
Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entrepreneurs to… Read More
EconomyNews
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Boasts Manufacturing Loan Surge, Challenging Anti-Tariff Narrative
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As Democrats criticize tariffs as bad for business, the Trump administration’s Small Business Administration announced an almost 75% surge in loans… Read More
EconomyNews
Problems and Solutions: Illegal Immigration and the Construction Industry
There might be less incentive for migrants to enter the country illegally if clearer U.S. visa work programs were in place, says Ben Brubeck, vice… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Small Businesses Have Been Battered, But Confidence Is Rising
SAXONBURG, Pa.–Small businesses have been the backbone of the United States since its founding. The Hotel Saxonburg, which has also been known as the Vogeley… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Nippon Steel Could Be a Shining Legacy for Donald Trump
Modern presidents have few opportunities for signature achievements to cement their legacies. But in the first 100 days of his second term, President Donald Trump… Read More
News
Loeffler Confirmed as Small Business Administration Chief
Kelly Loeffler was confirmed on Wednesday by the Senate on a near-party-line vote of 52-to-46 to head the Small Business Administration. Sen. Jacky Rosen of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Whiskey Resurgence in the Heart of the Rebellion
LATROBE, Pennsylvania—The making of whiskey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has often been fraught with a fair amount of drama. Whether it was those trying to make… Read More
In Linda McMahon, Trump Makes Strong Pick for Education Secretary
Various polls show a majority of Americans support President-elect Donald Trump in his Cabinet picks and transition back to the White House. One strong choice… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Inflation Has Neutered the Underdogs
Life in the Chicagoland area has changed drastically over the past few years. Inflation has ruined Portillo’s Italian Beef Sandwiches, ketchupless hotdogs, and mom-and-pop restaurants…. Read More
EconomyNews
‘I Don’t Trust Kamala Harris to Change Things for the Better,’ Swing State Businessman Says
GREENVILLE, N.C.—Entrepreneurship is in Fred George’s bloodline. “Every ancestor I know was a businessman,” George told The Daily Signal, as he stood on the floor of one… Read More
With Tax Cuts Ending Next Year, Americans Firmly Oppose Paying More
Regardless of who is in the White House come Jan. 20—whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris—the next president will face a deadline at the end… Read More
EconomyNews
Voters Moving Right on Tax Cuts, Poll Shows
A national survey released weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election shows most voters know little about the personal impacts of the Tax Cuts and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Danger of Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains
Some ideas are like horror movie villains. They’re dangerous, and no matter how many times they’re defeated, they never seem to die. The misguided idea… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Most Americans Think Recession Has Already Begun. They’re Right.
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Two new surveys say most Americans think the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Small Businesses Cheer as Judge Strikes Down ‘Transparency’ Law
Lawmakers snuck the Corporate Transparency Act into the 1,480-page National Defense Authorization Act in 2021. The measure is targeted squarely at small businesses with fewer… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Washington Regulation Strangled American Manufacturing
U.S. Steel, the world’s first billion-dollar company, is being sold for scrap. And Washington made it happen. Originally an amalgamation of Carnegie Steel and countless… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Biden Labor Dept. Rule Likely to Hurt Millions of Small Businesses, Independent Contractors
Some 99% of American companies are small businesses, and 100% of businesses started out small, but a recently finalized rule from the Biden administration’s Labor… Read More
Economy Analysis
California Freelancer Says She Questioned How She Would ‘Survive’ Under This State Law
A freelance writer and editor is speaking out about the negative effects of a recent California law, saying she questioned how she was “going to… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
‘If I Can Do It, You Can Do It,’ Business Owner and Navy Veteran Says
Clement Troutman, a Navy veteran and Tropical Smoothie Cafe franchisee in Maryland, says that “the free enterprise system is alive and well.” But, Troutman adds,… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Survey Shows How Americans Would Make the ‘American Dream’ Great Again
The United States in 2023 feels a lot like the “malaise” of the latter years of Jimmy Carter’s presidency in the late 1970s. Amid persistent… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Go Ahead, Shut It Down!
This week, Republicans and Democrats got together to avert a government shutdown. Too bad. There’s so much that ought to be shut down. Useless Cabinet… Read More
