New FBI data shows crime rates fell in 2024, with violent crime as a whole falling by 4.5% compared with 2023. The FBI estimates a violent crime occurred about every 26 seconds in the U.S. last year. “We are not letting up. We have multiple operations going…
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Will GOP Cuts to Public Broadcasting, Foreign Aid Make Liberals Generous Again?
Before politics overwhelmed the word, the primary meaning of “liberal” was “generous.” President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have given political liberals a chance to take that meaning back—by opening their wallets to show just how much they value NPR, PBS, and other programs defunded by the…
Trump to Settle on New Fed Governor by End of Week
President Donald Trump said he would select a new Federal Reserve governor before the end of the week. At a White House event Tuesday in which Trump signed an executive order about preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a reporter asked Trump whether he had chosen a…
Texas AG’s Ultimatum to Missing Democrats: Return or Risk Ouster
Texas state House Democrats again refused to return for state legislative business Tuesday, prompting Republicans to issue an ultimatum—come back to the Capitol by Friday or risk removal from office. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office released a statement Tuesday that “he will pursue a court ruling…
Arizona’s Biggs Pushes to Declare National Debt Emergency
Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican House Freedom Caucus member running for governor of Arizona, plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday to declare the national debt a threat to the nation’s security. The resolution is a statement that the House of Representatives “recognizes that the national debt is a…
Stop Funding the Opposition: Conservatives Must Cut Ties with TFA
Stop giving money to your adversaries. This should seem like an obvious rule of politics. But until the Trump administration went after funding for NPR, USAID, and other leftist organizations, conservatives couldn’t seem to stop handing taxpayer dollars to activists determined to undermine their principles. While Trump has…
Texas Republicans Threaten to Have Democrats Who Fled State in Redistricting Fight Arrested
The Texas House of Representatives voted Monday to force Democrats who fled the state in an attempt to prevent congressional redistricting to return to the state Capitol under threat of arrest. On Monday, dozens of Texas Democrats were in Democrat enclaves such as Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts,…
WATCH: Mother Responds to ‘Nightmare’ Hostage Propaganda Video
“I can’t stand, and I can’t walk to the bathroom,” Rom Braslavski says through tears in a hostage propaganda video released over the weekend. Hamas took Braslavski hostage from the Nova Music Festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. His family gave permission Sunday for the video…
Texas Dems Flee Austin to Stop Redistricting
Texas Republicans are weighing legal consequences for Democrats who have left Austin to stymie efforts to redraw the Lonestar State’s congressional districts. Ahead of the Texas House of Representative’s consideration of a newly-drawn congressional map which would favor Republicans, Democrats have fled the state in order to break…
GOP Senate Hopefuls in Kentucky Keep Distance From McConnell
Kentucky Republicans are seeking someone to fill the shoes of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell—a figure who has been a major face of the Republican Party for decades. But in the race to replace the longtime lawmaker, the leading candidates are in a competition to prove who’s the furthest…
Chemical Abortions, Sex Education: March for Life President Addresses Future of Pro-Life Movement
There has been a significant shift in the fight to protect the unborn since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022 with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Now, the March for Life is holding state-based marches across the country…
Mike Lee’s Idea to Break Logjam on Trump Nominees Awaiting Senate Confirmation
With the U.S. Senate set to break for August recess, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told The Daily Signal he is pushing for action on approximately 140 presidential nominees still awaiting confirmation. While the Senate has confirmed more than twice as many nominees as it had at this point…
EXCLUSIVE: Aid Group Marks Delivery of 100 Million Meals to People of Gaza
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation reached a milestone Friday: The humanitarian aid organization backed by the U.S. and Israel has delivered 100 million meals to the people of Gaza since its launch at the end of May. “Reaching 100 million free meals delivered directly to the people of…
Education Department’s Return on Investment? Zero. Shut It Down.
In fiscal 2024, when President Joe Biden was still in office and the federal government was running a $1.8 trillion deficit, the Department of Education spent three times as much as the Department of Homeland Security and six times as much as the Department of Justice. The Department…
With FY ’26 Looming, Congress Faces Major Decisions on How Government Is Funded
In the coming weeks, Congress could decide whether government funding is set by traditional bipartisan spending bills, or through temporary funding measures and quick-fix, surgical spending cuts. The Senate is staying in session for part of its typical August state work period, laboring through a hot Washington summer…
Georgia GOP Lawmaker Racking Up Endorsements, Campaign Cash for Senate Bid
Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is entering one of the most high-stakes Senate races of the 2026 cycle armed with dollars and endorsements. The mullet-sporting congressman announced his bid Monday to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who narrowly won the state in a 2022 runoff election. Since then,…
Americans Vote Red ‘With Their Feet,’ Data Shows
America’s economic engine is moving south, according to a newly released analysis of IRS and census data by an organization called Unleash Prosperity. “The single most important thing that is going on in this country, economically and demographically, is the massive shift in migration that’s happened over the…
Fed Chief Powell Announces He Won’t Cut Interest Rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the Fed will not be cutting interest rates for the time being, shortly after receiving a quarterly report on the U.S. economy. President Donald Trump has sought to pressure Powell for months to let more cash flow into the economy,…
Virginia’s ‘Clean Energy’ Transition Under Fire Amid Rising Power Needs
With unparalleled growth in electricity demand—driven in no small part by the explosion of data centers in the state—Virginia must decide where its energy future lies. The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, a free-market think tank, warned against 2020’s Virginia Clean Economy Act—which phases out coal and…
With Bove Nomination, Senate Again Becomes a Judicial Battlefield
The Senate has again become the scene of a titanic battle for control of the judiciary under President Donald Trump. Emil Bove III, Trump’s nominee to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, continues to face harsh criticism from Democrats, but Senate Republicans want to confirm him this…
2 House Republicans Eye South Carolina Governor’s Mansion
The start of the 119th Congress has been a roller coaster ride, and two Republican representatives from South Carolina appear to want to be back in the state capital, Columbia, more than in the District of Columbia. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., kicked off his campaign to be governor…
Georgia Rep. Claims Big Numbers in Early Senate Fundraising
Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia claims he’s on a fundraising roll after announcing his bid Monday to unseat Democrat incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff in the Peach State. On Monday, Collins announced he had raised $220,000 in the first 12 hours of his campaign being active. “It’s been…
Senate Faces Dilemma With Slow Rate of Confirmations
Republicans are contemplating new measures to increase the rate of confirmations for President Donald Trump’s nominees. Last week, the Senate Republican Communications Center noted that 107 civilian nominees have been confirmed by the upper chamber. That is about 42% of the 255 who were voted out of a…
Public School Report Cards Deserve a Failing Grade
For decades, American education reformers have promised that technocratic accountability systems would transform our schools. We’ve spent billions implementing standardized tests, creating elaborate school-rating systems, and demanding “data-driven” improvements. Yet two new reports reveal an uncomfortable truth: These government accountability systems aren’t just ineffective—they’re actively misleading parents and…
Sports League Keeps Politics Off the Field When Israel’s Participation Triggers Threats
Fourteen football players boarded a plane and flew from Israel to Amsterdam in the middle of July for the Australian Football League’s European tournament. When news of Israel’s participation in the tournament triggered threats of protests, Australian Football League Europe did not capitulate to political pressure. It is…
What’s Next for the Freedom Caucus?
The House Freedom Caucus has dominated the headlines since President Donald Trump took office in January. The group pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with tough love to phase out green energy incentives in the One Big, Beautiful Bill, enact deeper spending cuts, and remove punitive taxes on…
‘Delaying at Every Turn’: Senate Republicans Rip Democrats’ ‘Obstructing’ of Trump Nominees
Senate Republicans are sounding off on Democrats’ obstruction of the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s judicial and executive branch nominees. “There is absolutely zero reason we should have this backlog—especially with such important nominations,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said on the Senate floor on Thursday. Blackburn was just…
Congress Leaves Unfinished Business as Long Recess Begins
As the House and Senate prepare to go on summer recess, there is a lot of unfinished business left for Republicans. The August recess is a routine district and state work period for lawmakers, but the leadership teams’ decisions on when to go on break carry a lot…
6 Months In, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ Remains Unabated—but Help Is on the Way
Sunday marked six months to the day since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, but the epidemic of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” shows no signs of abating. To the contrary, this pernicious affliction, which has ravaged the mental health of hundreds of thousands on the Left, appears…
EXCLUSIVE: Meet 5 Criminal Illegal Aliens No Longer Roaming America’s Streets
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Five illegal aliens with criminal convictions were arrested in cities across the U.S. over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday. The arrests, each carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a fulfillment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President…