EconomyCommentary
Radical Tax Hikes Will Accelerate PA’s Outmigration
Gov. Josh Shapiro keeps repeating the claim that Pennsylvania is the only growing state in the Northeast. But that’s not true. Residents continue to leave… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A Florida Man’s Response to NY’s Hochul
RealClearWire—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has a Florida problem. Facing a ballooning budget deficit and an ever-narrowing lead in her reelection bid against Republican candidate… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats Want to Lower Taxes. Has Hell Frozen Over?
Democrats are publicly crawling over each other to see who can cut taxes more than the next one. Has hell frozen over? Or maybe this… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Assisted Suicide of Lofty State and Local Taxes
We get the government we choose to elect, hence the government we deserve. Voting for ever-higher punitive taxes on the rich is arguably a form… Read More
PoliticsNews
Blue States—and a Few Red States—Taxing the Trump Accounts
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has staked out an anti-Donald Trump resistance position on nearly every issue, but backs changing his state’s tax law for children’s… Read More
Pennsylvania Is Losing Businesses and Workers
RealClearWire—Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its fulfillment center in Foster, laying off… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Fact-Checking Newsom’s Absurd Low-Tax California Claim
Gov. Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken says that California is a low-tax state. Yes, really. At an SXSW conference Sunday in Austin, Texas, Gov. Gavin Newsom… Read More
Economy Commentary
Virginia Democrats Backtrack on Affordability Promises
Newly elected Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, used the national spotlight for the State of the Union response to make affordability promises. By Friday, Virginia Democrats… Read More
Economy News
GOP Looks to Highlight How Policies Have Delivered for Everyday Americans
At the State of the Union, Republicans in Congress are highlighting everyday Americans who have benefited from President Donald Trump and Republicans’ agenda. Every year,… Read More
Politics Commentary
‘You Owe Us’ Is the Mantra of the Left
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Virginia’s New ‘Centrist’ Governor Goes Full California on Day One
“Nobody elected him to be [President Franklin Roosevelt], they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos,” then-Rep. Abigail Spanberger harshly said of then-President Joe Biden in 2021,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Mamdani’s Millionaire Tax Would Zap NYC’s Dynamism
Zohran Mamdani’s policy and funding proposals could precipitate an economic and political crisis in New York City reminiscent of the movements that led to Communist China, the Soviet Union, or Socialist Venezuela. To finance this red… Read More
EconomyCommentary
From Rock to Tech, Talent Flees Taxes
California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones. The band famously fled England in the 1970s, heading into tax exile in the south of France…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
California’s ‘Billionaire Tax’ Is a Trojan Horse
California’s biggest union is once again up to no good. Dissatisfied with the piles of cash they’ve already stolen from California high-earning taxpayers, who are… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Victor Davis Hanson: Why I’m Tired of Mitt Romney’s ‘Fake Magnanimity’
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler take on the “fake magnanimity” of billionaires like… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Do Californians Realize How Badly They’re Getting Ripped Off?
Let’s say you paid top dollar to go to a fancy, five-star restaurant, and the waiter served you warmed-over McDonald’s. Would you ever go back?… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Your Money, Their Agenda: The Left’s Taxpayer-Funded War on Trump
What if I told you that your tax dollars helped prop up a massive left-wing political influence campaign that fed staff and policy ideas into… Read More
Commentary
Mamdani’s Threat to Tax ’Whiter’ Neighborhoods May Be His Ugliest Words Yet
Among the many words spewed by Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the Democratic Party’s Marxist-Leninist nominee for mayor of New York City, it’s tough to pick the ugliest. His “end… Read More
PoliticsNews
Education, Climate, Taxes Are Key in Pivotal Race to Determine Control of Virginia House
With Virginia’s state elections just under three months away, candidates across the commonwealth are mobilizing their campaigns. Known for its off-year elections, Virginia often sets… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Virginians Could Save $1.4B a Year by Conforming to Trump Tax Law
Should the 2026 Virginia General Assembly choose to conform state tax laws to the full set of new tax rules at the federal level, Virginia… Read More
PoliticsNews
The Daily Signal Was There as JD Vance Toured an Ohio Factory to Promote the OBBB
Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Akron-Canton Airport on Monday to promote the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the Metallus factory. The Daily… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
3 Perverse Ways Your Tax Dollars Fund the Left’s Dark Money Network
Did you know that millions of your tax dollars go to fund leftist activist groups, who then lobby the government for policies you may disagree… Read More
LawCommentary
First Amendment Triumph: IRS Recognizes Pastors’ Right to Free Speech
Surely, in today’s America, the federal government can’t punish pastors for preaching from the pulpit about how to apply God’s Word to everyday life. And… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Big, Beautiful Test of GOP Principles and Discipline
The “Big, Beautiful Bill”—a massive package of tax relief, more funding for immigration enforcement, and savings from entitlement reforms—is now law, and it’s a triumph… Read More
EconomyNews
88% of Seniors Won’t Pay Taxes on Social Security If One Big, Beautiful Bill Passes, Analysis Finds
More than 51 million seniors would pay no taxes on Social Security income under the proposed “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” according to a new report… Read More
Commentary
Canada and Mexico Want US Billions, but Also a Fight
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
Trump Talks War, Peace, and the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ in Fox Interview
In his first interview since bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump discussed everything from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—which he expects on his… Read More
PoliticsNews
Newsom’s Threat That California Might Withhold Federal Taxes Called ‘Reckless,’ ‘a New Low’
Republican members of Congress on Wednesday assailed Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s suggesting that it might be time for his state to cut off taxpayer… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Big, Beautiful Bill Targets University Endowments—As It Should
President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed by the House Thursday contains numerous, needed policy changes, including something that should have happened ages ago: taxes… Read More
LawCommentary
Too Much SALT Could Ruin the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” could be in jeopardy over a major SALT disagreement. Not the kind of salt that you keep in… Read More
