Wonder what’s wrong with straight marriage in the United States today? Just watch the wildly popular new Netflix series “The Four Seasons.” The show, which chronicles four vacations taken by a longtime group of friends (two straight couples, one gay couple) over a year, takes a searing look…
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When Is the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Getting Passed?
If all goes according to plan, possibly the most consequential legislation of President Donald Trump’s second term will be passed soon. The “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill is a 10-year fiscal plan that would fulfill a number of Trump’s campaign promises, such as funding border security and extending…
Michigan Senate Race Ramps Up Early
Michigan’s 2028 Senate race is already in full swing as former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers eyes an opportunity to be the state’s first GOP Senator since 2001. Winning the race to replace the retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., would help Republicans hold on to their thin majority in the…
Byrd Bath: Senate Referee Could Overhaul ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The “big, beautiful bill” is going through some massive changes as the Senate Parliamentarian—the chamber’s referee and rule keeper—decides on whether or not to strike provisions that Democrats claim do not belong in a budgetary bill. It was announced Friday that parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough had already nixed a…
How Easy Is It to Order an Abortion Pill? The Answer Is Shocking.
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: In as little as five minutes, the Daily Caller News Foundation was able to easily order abortion pills opponents argue are unsafe without a doctor adequately verifying key eligibility requirements. Groups that launched online services after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mail-order…
Playing Congressional Hardball to Protect Women’s and Girls Sports
With Republicans leading Democrats 12 to 2 in the bottom of the sixth inning (of a seven-inning contest) in their annual charity Congressional Baseball Game last week, Sen. Joni Ernst entered the game as a pinch-runner at second base. Ernst, R-Iowa, scored the Republicans’ 13th run as they…
Sen. Ron Johnson Proposes Alternative to ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., perhaps the Senate’s fiercest fiscal hawk, has released a lengthy report on the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, claiming the bill would balloon deficits. The big, beautiful bill is a ten-year fiscal plan that would fulfill many of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, such…
Senate OKs Major Cryptocurrency Law. What Does That Mean for You?
The Senate on Tuesday afternoon passed the GENIUS Act, which would standardize regulations for a growing cryptocurrency market, stablecoins. The bill passed on a bipartisan 68-30 vote. GENIUS Act proponents say it will save money for American businesses and boost the dollar’s value, but opponents call it a…
Remembering Bunker Hill: 250 Years Later
Today—the 17th of June 2025—marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The battle started when Colonel William Prescott led 1,200 men onto the Charlestown peninsula in Massachusetts to erect defenses on Bunker Hill in defense against British plans to capture undefended high ground at Dorchester…
A Tribute to My Father—and Good Fathers Everywhere
I’m one of the lucky sons. One of the blessed sons. Because I not only had a father, but a good one. He provided for us and put a roof over our heads and food on the table. And he expected things of us. But he did so…
Desperate Democrats ISO ‘Liberal Joe Rogan’
Seven months after a stinging loss to President Donald Trump, who used podcast appearances and internet virality in his campaign to his advantage, Democrats are still working on a digital strategy to regain political power. Throughout the campaign, Trump was able to score a number of major podcast…
Happy 250th Birthday to the US Army!
Today, the nation pauses to honor and join the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday Celebration Festivities here in the nation’s capital include an Army Birthday Festival on the National Mall, a fireworks display along the Potomac, and, of course, a Grand Military Parade along Constitution Avenue. The Army birthday…
2 Republican Rebuttals to Democrat Attacks on ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Resonate With Americans, Poll Finds
Major provisions in congressional Republicans’ ‘One Big Beautiful Bill‘ resonate with the American people, as do Republican rebuttals to Democrats’ attacks on the bill, a new poll finds. While President Donald Trump and Republicans argue that the bill will prevent the largest tax increase in American history and…
Freedom Caucus Chief Outlines Strategy to Cut Spending, the Deficit
A few hours before a House vote on whether to defund foreign aid and public broadcasting, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., shared his thoughts on how a heavily indebted America can right its fiscal ship of state. The rescissions package the House is considering would…
House Rescissions Seen as a Make-Or-Break Chance to Codify DOGE
House Republicans on Thursday will face perhaps the greatest test yet of whether they mean business about decreasing the size of the federal government. The House Republican Conference will vote on a legislative package to cut funding from foreign aid, as well as from the publicly funded National…
Gov. Ayotte Delivers for New Hampshire Parents
With a few strokes of her pen on Tuesday, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte delivered on her promise to empower parents by signing a Parental Bill of Rights and expanding eligibility for education choice to all families. “Giving parents the freedom to choose the education setting that best…
Schumer, Jeffries All in on Newsom’s Sanctuary State Policies
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to defend sanctuary state policies against federal immigration-law enforcement, other Democrat leaders are backing him and other sanctuary state governors to the hilt. Newsom has few resources at his disposal to push back against President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops to help…
Walz Set for Capitol Hill Grilling on Sanctuary City Policies
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is set to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, and he’s sure to be grilled on “sanctuary city” policies in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Daily Signal spoke with Walz’s fellow Minnesotan, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who spared few…
10 Things I Saw at Washington’s WorldPride Parade
Washington, D.C., was host of the “WorldPride” Parade on Saturday. Here are some of the people and things I witnessed as I covered the event for The Daily Signal. 1. Corporate Presence Many companies in the hospitality or travel industries had floats in the parade. Some of these…
Partisan Division Deepens Over Handling of LA Riots
As the National Guard seeks to quell riots against enforcement of federal immigration law in Los Angeles, Republicans and Democrats are finding themselves in fierce debate, with Democrats contending that President Donald Trump is addressing a “manufactured crisis,” but with Republicans calling for immediate order in the streets….
Fractious Factions: Why Passing ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Through Senate Will Be Difficult
As Senate Republican leadership rushes to pass the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill, the math to get to a GOP consensus in both houses of Congress has suddenly gotten much harder. The “big, beautiful bill,” a 10-year budget package, is the main legislative vehicle for delivering on President…
‘Gold Cards’: How Trump Wants to Eliminate National Debt
If previous statements from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick remain true, then the United States could roll out its “gold card” program soon—an unprecedented program of selling US residency to wealthy clients in order to raise revenue. To be sure, there has been much talk of these gold cards,…
Got Whole Milk? Senate Panel Moves to End Low-Fat Only Rule in School Lunches.
The Make America Healthy Again movement claimed another win this week when the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would once again allow whole and reduced-fat milk to be served in school cafeterias. “I’m encouraged to see the Whole Milk for…
Artificial Intelligence Regulation Hotly Debated on Hill
An unexpected issue has emerged as the House-passed “big, beautiful bill” is debated in the Senate—whether or not states will lose the ability to regulate artificial intelligence in the future. Since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called out a provision in the House’s “big, beautiful bill” that blocks…
Democrat Leader Jeffries Aims to Exploit Musk’s Split From Trump
Just one day after fallout between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk went nuclear on social media, Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was already trying to leverage it to his advantage. To be sure, Jeffries, D-N.Y., is not mourning Musk’s departure from the Washington scene. Asked by…
House Committee ‘Keeping a Watchful Eye’ on Labor Department’s Funding of Pro-Union Group Amid ‘Conflict of Interest’ Concerns
The House Committee on Education & the Workforce is monitoring the relationship between an agency within the Labor Department and the pro-union group the Solidarity Center following a recent Daily Signal report on a potential conflict of interest. “This report is deeply concerning and calls into question whether…
Can the House’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Survive Senate’s Changes?
After its passage by narrowest of margins in the House of Representatives, Republicans’ “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill is facing the prospect of major changes in the Senate, which could make it extremely difficult to pass when the revised bill is returned to the House. The bill passed…
‘Readiness Over Wokeness’: GOP Lawmakers Salute Renaming of Navy Vessel
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk after the late left-wing gay activist and San Francisco politician. Milk, who began a relationship with a 16-year-old boy when he was 33, has…
Illegal Alien Sought in Tennessee Hit-and-Run That Left 21-Year-Old With ‘Severe Injuries’
An illegal alien is the lead suspect in a hit-and-run accident in Tennessee, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Tony Gebian Lopez Infante, an illegal alien from Venezuela, is wanted for allegedly striking a 21-year-old American, Zach Carach, in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 18 before fleeing…
Would-Be ‘Comeback Kid’? Cuomo Has No Regrets in NYC Mayoral Debate.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to be “a part of it” in the Big Apple—making his return to the spotlight at Wednesday night’s Democrat New York City mayoral debate. He was joined on the debate stage by eight other mayoral hopefuls. As he received a barrage…