Trump’s Message to Putin: You Blew It

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s been a new development, a new phase in the Ukraine war. I know we’ve talked […]

Trump 1, mainstream media 0.

President Trump’s Approval Still Higher Than Entire First Term As Democrats Cling To Narrow Congressional Ballot Lead Don’t look now but President Donald Trump’s approval rating is holding steady at 47 percent just a little more than four months into his second term according to the latest average of national polls compiled by RealClearPolling.com. That is […]

Fallout from Ukraine’s Drone Strikes on Russian Airbases: Implications for International Treaties

The Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian airbases in June 2025, targeting critical military assets, have reverberated beyond the battlefield, casting a shadow over key international arms control treaties. The operation, which damaged or destroyed dozens of strategic bombers, exposed vulnerabilities in global security frameworks and raised questions about their resilience in an era of advanced […]

Chinese National Charged With Illegal Voting Flees US

The FBI announced that the Chinese national charged with illegally voting in Michigan last year fled the country, and reportedly with a different passport than the one he was ordered to surrender to authorities. The FBI’s criminal complaint says former University of Michigan student Haoxiang Gao used his student ID to register to vote and did in-person early voting, CBS […]

Will the Senate Butcher the Big, Beautiful bill?

The ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ hits the Senate: Here’s who to look out for It’s a big month for President Donald Trump’s agenda as the budget reconciliation bill that unlocks much of his campaign promises works its way through a divided U.S. Senate. Internal fights in the Senate GOP conference between fiscal hardliners and moderates pose a […]

How the ‘Pravda-Like’ Press Distorts the News

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. So much has been said about the media, the mainstream media, the legacy media. There’s not […]

The Growing Threat of Autonomous Drone Attacks on U.S. Military and Civilian Sites

The recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian airbases in June 2025 have exposed a new reality in modern warfare: autonomous drones are transforming the battlefield, and the United States is not immune to their potential threat. This sophisticated operation, executed with precision, targeted critical Russian military assets, revealing vulnerabilities that could foreshadow risks to U.S. […]

Liberal Group Targets 11 House Republicans Over Medicaid Provisions in GOP Bill

Fallout from the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill continues as a liberal advocacy group, Protect Our Care, is spending big on political ads against 11 GOP lawmakers in battleground districts. The digital ads are a key component of the liberal group’s $10 million “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign that claims the targeted Republicans helped deliver “the biggest cut to Medicaid […]

Creative bookkeeping to the rescue!

Unpacking the baseline battle: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ and the national debt Top U.S. Senate Republicans are eyeing a controversial accounting method to theoretically slash the multi trillion-dollar price tag of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” However, tax policy experts remain strongly divided over whether the tactic would constitute legitimate policy or a recipe […]

Democrats Already Lost Young Men. Now, Their Strategy Might Cost Them Women, Too.

Democrats lost the plot. First, it was among men, especially young men who were tired of being labeled “toxic” or “a cisgender male,” instead of simply men. Now, the Left is doubling down on an ideology that also could isolate one of their most reliable voting blocs—young women and suburban moms. Enter the MAHA movement. Make America Healthy Again, spearheaded […]