PoliticsAnalysis
Media Misses: No, President Trump Is Not to Blame for Hurricanes
It didn’t take long for many in the media to politicize the natural disaster taking place on the coasts of North and South Carolina. Leftists… Read More
PoliticsNews
Reporting the News Undermined in Era of Trump, Black Journalists Argue
Speakers on a panel of journalists at the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington said journalism is suffering in the era… Read More
SecurityNews
NATO Chief Credits Trump for Allies’ Boosting Defense Spending, Rules Out Naming HQ for McCain
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says allies are stepping up in their commitments to defense spending, and gives some of the credit to President Donald Trump…. Read More
LawNews
New Batch of Strzok-Page Emails Suggests FBI Use of Unsecure Devices
Email messages between two FBI officials suggest widespread use of unsecure communications by the bureau, according to records obtained in a Freedom of Information Act… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Americans Agree With Geoffrey Owens: There Is Dignity in Work
To some it may seem like a man-bites-dog story. Geoffrey Owens, a Hollywood actor famous for his role as Elvin Tibideaux on “The Cosby Show,”… Read More
LawCommentary
Trump’s New Executive Order Is a Positive Step for Securing Elections
President Donald Trump’s new executive order allowing the sanctioning of foreign individuals attempting to influence American elections is a necessary step in the right direction,… Read More
LawCommentary
A Federal Court Just Limited Your First Amendment Right to Freely Associate
Should you be forced to disclose your charitable donations to the government? Is it an invasion of your privacy and a violation of your First… Read More
LawCommentary
The Dallas Cop Shooting Was Horrific. It Also Has Nothing to Do With the Second Amendment.
Last week, an off-duty Dallas police officer fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean inside his own apartment. The officer—since identified as Amber Guyger, a four-year veteran… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Obama Reminds Us Why Trump Is President
“How hard can that be? Saying that Nazis are bad,” former President Barack Obama asked a crowd in Illinois last week. Well, probably no harder… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Lesson Israel Can Teach Us About Sexual Abuse and #MeToo
All over the news in the U.S. these days are lurid tales of powerful, famous men and, increasingly, women caught up in sexual harassment scandals…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Was Wrong on Oil. We Did ‘Drill Our Way Out of the Problem.’
When gas prices topped $4 per gallon in May 2011, President Barack Obama said, “We can’t just drill our way out of the problem.” Throughout… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Alarming Findings of a New Study on Transgender Teens and Suicide
One in every two transgender adolescents who are born female but identify as male has attempted suicide in the past year, according to a new… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: A Faith-Based Alternative to Obamacare
Obamacare’s heavy requirements have hit businesses hard. They’ve also burdened the consciences of religious Americans who cannot in good faith pay for certain drugs and… Read More
PoliticsNews
Evidence of Crimes Irrelevant to Impeaching Trump, a Texas Democrat Insists
High crimes and misdemeanors are irrelevant to whether President Donald Trump should be impeached by the House, despite the Constitution, a Texas lawmaker said. “The… Read More
SocietyNews
Problematic Women: Planned Parenthood Gets a New President
Planned Parenthood names a new president and hardly anyone challenges her when she makes an appearance on “The View,” a new study finds alarmingly high… Read More
SecurityNews
Kerry Seen as Helping Iran ‘Drive Wedge’ Between US, Allies
Former Secretary of State John Kerry’s secret negotiations to try to preserve the Iran nuclear deal went well beyond what most past secretaries of state… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This 1 Move by the Trump Administration Is Boosting My Small Business
It’s been a banner year for small businesses, and this week was no exception. Small business confidence has now reached its highest level on record…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
California’s Effort to Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ Failed. Here’s a Better Path We Can All Agree On.
There were plenty of good reasons to vote against California’s AB 2943. The measure would have declared it “consumer fraud” for any counselor—secular or religious—to… Read More
PoliticsNews
Maxine Waters Unloads on Trump: ‘The Most Deplorable, Despicable Human Being’
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., escalated her ongoing feud with President Donald Trump, calling him “the most deplorable, the most despicable human being” and advocating his… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If Congress Can’t Pass a Conservative Farm Bill, It Should Extend Existing Law
Congress should not rush to pass a farm bill. Lawmakers should seek to pass sound policy, not lock in bad policy for five years. This… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I Was Adopted Through a Faith-Based Adoption Provider. LGBT Groups Want Them Shut Down.
When it comes to adoption, I’m incredibly biased. Although I was conceived in rape, my birthmom chose to be stronger than her circumstances. She rejected the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Small Businesses Are More Optimistic Than Ever Before
Small business optimism, as measured by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, hit an all-time high in August, shattering a 35-year-old record. The good news… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Kosovo Can Be a US Foreign Policy Success Story in the Balkans
The Balkans appeared on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy radar for the first time late last month, and that’s a good thing for southeastern Europe…. Read More
SocietyNews
Her College Told Her Not to Give Out Bible-Themed Valentines. She Isn’t Backing Down.
Polly Olsen didn’t feel the love when she gave out handmade, Christian-themed valentines to fellow college students last Valentine’s Day, as she has for years… Read More
LawCommentary
Democrats’ Mindless Opposition to Brett Kavanaugh
President Donald Trump announced his nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on July 9 at 9 p.m. Before the clock… Read More
PoliticsNews
On the Street: Real Americans Tell Us What’s Wrong With Washington
What do people outside Washington think of the national political scene? We took our cameras to Texarkana, Texas, to talk with some local Republican activists… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
The Daily Signal Podcast: Fox’s Steve Hilton on ‘Positive Populism’
America experienced the latest wave of populism with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016. Since then, people across the country have been trying… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Aims to Clarify Rules for Protecting Endangered Species
Lawmakers who passed the Endangered Species Act four decades ago inserted a “degree of ambiguity” in key terms that led to most legal controversies surrounding… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
How the Chinese Government Is Suppressing Religious Groups
The following is a lightly edited transcript from The Daily Signal’s Sept. 11 podcast episode. Katrina Trinko: Modern China has never been friendly to religion,… Read More
SocietyNews
Twitter Rejects Ads Using the Words ‘Illegal Alien’ and ‘Criminal Alien,’ Calling That ‘Hate Speech’
Twitter rejected four tweets from a Washington-based immigration research center’s advertising campaign as “hate speech” Tuesday because they used the legal terms “illegal alien” and… Read More
