Fiscal conservatives lately have argued that the federal government should spend as it did before COVID-19 ruined everything. Thankfully, the global pandemic is a speck in the rearview mirror. Only a few diehards cling bitterly to their masks and grow misty with lockdown nostalgia. Restoring spending to its trajectory in…
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Slow to Condemn Colorado Attack, Reps. Omar and Tlaib Are Branded ‘Muslim Terrorists’ by Fellow Lawmaker
The morning after an attack on a group of people in Colorado demonstrating in support of freeing the hostages held in Gaza, Democrat Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both of them Muslims, had yet to issue statements condemning the violence. Rep. Randy Fine,…
The ‘Big, Beautiful’ Question: What Does Trump Want in Bill?
As the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill moves to the Senate, one major question remains—What exactly does President Donald Trump want in it? Trump has consistently pushed for the bill’s passage, despite saying he doesn’t view it as perfect. “It’s an unbelievable bill,” Trump said in an Oval…
Veteran Ohio Democrat Weighing Another Shot at Statewide Office
A veteran Ohio Democrat, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, might be looking to return to politics soon. Politico reported Wednesday that Brown—who lost his seat to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno in November—has told allies he’s considering a run for governor, but not for the Senate. Brown’s spokesman vehemently denied…
Historian Victor Davis Hanson Lays Out Ancient Lessons on Borders: ‘Walls Do Really Work’
Military historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson, speaking Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, drew striking parallels between the empires of the past and the modern United States. Hanson, a Daily Signal contributor, contended that, contrary to the assertions of the Left, “walls do work,” and that the United…
‘Cowboy Carter’ Still Isn’t Country: American Music Awards’ Tone-Deaf Trophies to Beyonce in C&W Categories
In Las Vegas on Monday, the American Music Awards held its annual ceremony and presented its trophies, but to paraphrase Sin City’s tourism slogan: “What happened in Vegas should stay in Vegas.” Following the lead of the Grammys back in February, the AMAs treated Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” album…
Senate Should Make House’s Big, Beautiful Bill Bigger, More Beautiful
On Thursday at 6:54 a.m., the U.S. House passed the Trump and Republican-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (Yup, that is this 1,118-page measure’s official title.) By a snare-drum-tight, 215-214 vote, all but three Republicans and zero Democrats chose to give Americans $4.1 trillion in tax relief, along…
Illegal Alien Squatters Turned Her Home Purchase into a Nightmare
Cathy Lindberg Jarosz drove down the street of her newly purchased home but could not find her house. Lindberg, a lawyer from Maryland, had purchased the home in Destin, Florida, in April 2023 to be closer to her daughter who had just had a baby. She turned the…
Who to Watch in Senate as ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Advances
Republicans this week made major progress when they passed the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation package out of the House, but there’s still a long road ahead to President Donald Trump’s desk. The package—dubbed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act—now heads to the Senate. The GOP currently has a…
Don’t Blame School Choice for Arizona School Closures—Blame School Leaders
School choice opponents have long predicted that policies like Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program would destroy the public school system. For years, Gov. Katie Hobbs has warned that it would “decimate” the state budget and “bankrupt” the state, yet the program has a history of surplus and savings….