EconomyCommentary
Export-Import Bank Is Not the Way to Fight China
The U.S. economy is thriving, with impressive growth in gross domestic product, wage and employment gains, and record trade. Those are the facts, in contrast… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Mixing Business With Pressure
Inside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, workers are already ripping up the ancient teal carpet. By summer, the outside columns will be covered in scaffolding—part… Read More
LawNews
There’s a New Push to Review Judicial Misconduct Complaints Against Brett Kavanaugh
A judicial ethics panel has been asked to review orders dismissing misconduct complaints against Justice Brett Kavanaugh relating to his emotionally charged testimony before the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Lies Are Fueling the Rise of Anti-Semitism
A 19-year-old man on Saturday opened fire in a synagogue filled with hundreds of Jews celebrating the final hours of Passover. His hate-fueled act ended… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Japan’s New Emperor Marks a New Era
May 1 marks an important day in Japan’s history. On Wednesday, Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate the throne and cede it to his son, Crown… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Where Race Relations Stand in 2019
Race relations aren’t doing so well in 2019. A recent Pew Research Center survey tackled a number of issues relating to race, and the outlook… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
This Popular Lawmaker Explains How to Talk About Conservatism With Next Generation
“Young people are looking for a deeper conversation than just red-meat talking points,” says Rep. Dan Crenshaw in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
What the Left Gets Wrong About Racial Disparities
My longtime friend and colleague Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of “Discrimination and Disparities.” It lays waste to myth after… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump, Democrats Agree to $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan. How to Pay for It Will Come Later.
President Donald Trump and a delegation of congressional Democrats agreed Tuesday on “big and bold” infrastructure plans with an equally big price tag of $2… Read More
InternationalNews
John Bolton: White House Plans for Post-Maduro Venezuela
Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s lawful leader under its Constitution, was set to lead a march against Nicolas Maduro, who continued to cling to the South American… Read More
Health CareNews
4 Takeaways From House Democrats’ ‘Medicare for All’ Hearing
Democrats pushed their “Medicare for All” legislation in a hearing Tuesday before the House Rules Committee, saying it would provide health care efficiently to all… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Most Jews Aren’t Bothered by the Times’ Anti-Semitic Cartoon
Last week, The New York Times published a cartoon so anti-Semitic that Bret Stephens wrote in his Times column that it was “an image that,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Left’s Use of Islamophobia a Cynical Ploy to Shut Down Disagreement
“Some people did something.” That’s not how most people would describe a watershed event in which terrorists killed as many people as possible by turning… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The NeverTrump Movement Is on Life Support
With the over-hyped but underwhelming conclusion of the Mueller investigation, whatever dreams NeverTrumpers within the GOP had of removing the president from office have vanished…. Read More
LawCommentary
Answers May Be Coming in the Jussie Smollett Case
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, as the old saying goes. And that’s exactly what one retired Illinois appeals court judge wants to use to get… Read More
EducationAnalysis
This Mom Is Fighting Her Kids’ School District’s LGBT Indoctrination
Maria Keffler is a former teacher herself. But when she recently found out, by accident, about new LGBT policies her children’s school district was considering… Read More
PoliticsNews
New York Is Illegally Targeting the NRA, Trump Says
President Donald Trump on Monday called the New York state attorney general’s newly announced probe of the National Rifle Association illegal, and an expert on… Read More
EconomyNews
Unions Keep Deducting Dues Without Consent, Teachers Say
Just a few weeks before school let out last May, unexpected visitors showed up in Bethany Mendez’s classroom. They didn’t come to discuss the nuts… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Sen. Mike Lee Explains How the Declaration of Independence Makes America Exceptional
“The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events… Read More
EnergyNews
House Democrats Try to Block Withdrawal From Climate Pact
The Democrat-controlled House is set to vote this week on a measure to keep the United States in the Obama-era Paris climate agreement, from which… Read More
EducationCommentary
Middlebury College Canceled His Speech. Then, a Few Students Redeemed the Situation.
Prior to two weeks ago, Middlebury College in Vermont had become just another poster child for the war on free speech on American college and… Read More
LawCommentary
Elizabeth Warren’s Bill Would Punish Corporate Leaders for Wrongs They Didn’t Commit
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has made every effort to rally left-wing populists to her cause—from promising to cancel student loan debt to breaking up big… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Would Backfire
Whenever Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asked how she’ll fund “free” college tuition and her many other promised goodies, she has a ready answer: a… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: I Was ‘Really Afraid of My Fellow Americans’ After 9/11
Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib revealed in an interview she was “terrified” for herself and her family after the Sept. 11 terror attacks that left… Read More
SecurityCommentary
4 Keys to the Immigration Reform We Need
Immigration is one of the fundamental building blocks that help make America the unique nation that it is. But the debate over border security and… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The Inside Story of Trump’s First 2 Years in Washington
Jake Sherman, senior writer at Politico and co-author of Politico Playbook, is the co-author with Anna Palmer of the new book “The Hill to Die… Read More
LawCommentary
We Hear You: What the Mueller Report Actually Says
Editor’s note: Not surprisingly, the audience of The Daily Signal isn’t shy about sounding off regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
SocietyNews
Trump Scraps Obama-Era UN Arms Treaty Opposed by Second Amendment Backers
President Donald Trump announced Friday the United States is pulling out of the international Arms Trade Treaty, a treaty signed by the Obama administration—but never… Read More
InternationalNews
Mozambique Hit by a Second Cyclone: Local Shares How His Community Is Coping
Cyclone Kenneth crashed ashore in Mozambique on Thursday night and into Friday, just six weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated the coastal city of Beira. Initial… Read More
