Little Kids, Big Government
Child care got expensive—more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York… Read More
LawCommentary
New York Refuses ICE Detainer for Illegal Alien Accused of Killing 4 in Arson
New York is so committed to nullifying immigration law that it refuses to relinquish an alleged arsonist accused of killing four people in New York… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Mamdani’s Revolution Runs Into Hard Reality
“It seems that you eventually need a socialist to clean up the mess.” That’s what the self-avowed socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani thought… Read More
News
Mamdani Moves Forward on Government-Run Grocery Store Plan
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Sunday that the city will open its first government-run grocery store in East Harlem. The self-avowed democratic socialist… Read More
PoliticsNews
Mamdani’s Free Bus Plan Likely Not Happening This Year
One of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s big campaign promises was that under his leadership, everyone in the city would be able to ride “free” buses, but… Read More
New York’s Racial Equity Plan Shows Democrats Haven’t Learned a Thing
Remember when New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on the campaign trail that he wanted to increase taxes on richer, “whiter” residents? It seems he meant… 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
SocietyCommentary
Mamdani Walks Into a Passover Seder With Don Lemon and Drag Queen Rabbi, Gets Heckled
Zohran Mamdani is clearly aiming to convince the world that he isn’t antisemitic in the most lefty-coded theater-kid way possible. It didn’t quite go as… Read More
Migrant Shelter Corruption Probe Puts NY Politician and Hochul Aide Under Investigation
New York City Council Member Farah Louis and her sister, Debbie Louis, a top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, are under federal investigation… 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
Hochul Begs Wealthy Floridians to Return to New York. She Can Pound Sand.
New York’s desperate governor is turning to a well-known practice in New York City: aggressive begging. While speaking at Politico’s “New York Agenda: Albany Summit”… Read More
PoliticsNews
Mamdani’s Wife Provided Art for Anti-Israel Activist Who Called Oct. 7 Attack ‘Spectacular’
The first lady of New York City provided art for an essay by a writer who has described Jews as “vampires,” “demons,” and “ghouls.” Rama… Read More
PoliticsNews
Democrat Who Compared ICE to the Stasi Faces Ethics Complaint Over Program to Report Feds
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill faces an ethics complaint after she asked Garden State residents to report on Immigration and Customs… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
New York’s Hochul Administration Coddles Medicaid Fraud While Attacking Rural Hospitals
As a native New Yorker, I’m appalled to see what has become of my home state government. New York under Gov. Kathy Hochul has become… Read More
How a Nonprofit That Helps 15-Year-Old Girls Obtain Abortion Pills Found Itself in the Crosshairs of South Dakota
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, a Republican, received over 650 consumer complaints in December about advertisements across the state that read, “Pregnant? Don’t want to be?” directing consumers to Mayday Health. Jackley… Read More
PoliticsNews
4 House Primaries You Need to Watch
2026 will be a decisive year for the balance of power in the House of Representatives, as voters go to the polls and decide whether… Read More
LawNews
40 Years After the Subway Vigilante Case, Its Cultural Impact Endures
In a wide?ranging interview with The Daily Signal, CNN legal analyst and author Elliot Williams revisits one of the most polarizing criminal cases in modern… Read More
PoliticsNews
Lawler Calls for ‘Legal Status’ for ‘Long-Term Illegal Immigrants’
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is breaking from the Trump administration on its deportation push, calling for leniency for some illegal immigrants in an essay for… 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
Democrat Governors Ignore Global Realities, Cling to ‘Green’ Policies
As global corporations and governments increasingly shed ideologically driven policies that raise energy prices and undermine supply, governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic cling to… Read More
Commentary
Letitia James Fires Lesbian Who Warns That ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Kids Is Consumer Fraud
Some Democrats realize they have a problem with transgender orthodoxy, but not New York Attorney General Letitia James—she’s doubling down. Last week, she fired Glenna… Read More
PoliticsNews
Judge Outrages New York Republicans by Ordering New Congressional Map
New York likely has to draw a new congressional map thanks to a Democrat-appointed judge’s ruling—drawing Democrat applause and Republican outrage over the possibility of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
New Videos Show Mamdani Housing Czar’s True Socialist Agenda
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing czar is back in the news for a resurfaced podcast episode, where she calls for the tanking of housing… Read More
LawNews
Trump Nemesis Leads Multistate Challenge to Gender Order
In another clash with President Donald Trump and his administration, New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging an executive order halting federal funding of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Mamdani Housing Adviser Gives Preview of City Stripped of Private Ownership
Much of the Left’s agenda focuses on creating feel-good but nonfunctional programs for the supposed downtrodden and oppressed, while ensuring that they—and their allies—share in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Mamdani’s New Property-Seizing Tenant Czarina Blames Whitey for Everything
Cea Weaver makes Zohran Mamdani look like Jeb Bush. New York City’s neo-Marxist mayor tapped Weaver, 37, as his Tenant Czarina. The alumna of Housing Justice for All became ensnared in scandal… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How to Help Small Businesses, Hurt Mamdani All at Once
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, wants affordability and equity through big-government intervention. His platform includes city-owned grocery stores, rent freezes, a $30… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Maduro and Mamdani: Two Collectivists Check Into Public Housing
Welcome to 2026, the year we fight collectivism. And we’re already seeing early signs that we’ll have to wage this fight not just overseas but… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Mamdani’s Socialist Crybullies Want to Dodge Accountability
One of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top advisers is getting flak for supporting communists and planning to deprive Americans of their God-given rights, and… Read More
LawNews
Trump Admin Warns Mamdani Against Anti-White Discrimination
The Department of Justice notified New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani that anti-white discrimination would not be tolerated, following publication of past controversial statements by his… Read More
