Preventive or Preemptive? The Pros and Cons of a Potential US Strike on Iran

President Donald Trump is positioning the largest naval and air forces with submarines off the coast of Iran—in the Persian Gulf, in the Mediterranean, in the Red Sea—that we’ve seen since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And there are pros and cons about striking Iran. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a […]

The CIA’s Long-Overdue Mea Culpa: Admitting the Obama-Era Rot That Let Politics Poison the Spooks

The Deep State just got a reality check that’s sweeter than a MAGA rally on steroids. On February 20, 2026, CIA Director John Ratcliffe dropped a bombshell that’s got the left’s panties in a permanent twist: The agency is yanking or gutting 19 intelligence reports from the past decade because they stunk of political bias […]

Snow Job: New York City’s ID Gauntlet for Shovel Jockeys While Voting Gets a Free Pass

Ah, New York City in the dead of winter—where the snow falls like manna from heaven for the bureaucrats, and the rest of us are left digging out from under the avalanche of absurdity. Picture this: a blizzard barrels down on the Big Apple, dumping up to 18 inches of the white stuff from February […]

‘BRAZEN’: Judge Slams Jack Smith in Blocking His Second Volume of Report on Trump

A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked the Justice Department from releasing former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. Smith’s report was set to become public on Tuesday without the court order. Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida had dismissed the classified documents case […]

‘They Never Say Thank You’: Mamdani and California Want to Take More and More From Rich

Sami Winc: Two things that came together for me. One was [New York City Mayor Zohran] Mamdani’s 9.5% increase in the property tax for New Yorkers, but not that alone. I’m sure our audience has read about that. But I was looking at Power Line. I always like to give a shout-out to them because they have some […]

The Insane Prince George’s Fiasco: Kicking Out Hardworking Folks While Coddling Criminal Squatters

If you think the left’s compassion carnival can’t get any stupider, buckle up for this gut-punch from Prince George’s County, Maryland. Right there in Hyattsville, the Marylander Condominiums—home to families who’ve scraped by paying mortgages and fees for decades—are getting the boot from their own pads. Why? Not because they’re deadbeats or crooks, but because […]

There’s Always Trade Embargoes, Mr. President

It looks like President Donald Trump will just have to “check the [right] statutory box” and reimpose the reciprocal tariffs following the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the President’s emergency tariffs from April 2025, effectively overturning Yoshida v. United States that had upheld President Richard Nixon’s across the board tariffs from 1971 under the Trading With the Enemy Act […]

Texas Voters Face Critical Choice on Sharia Law Proposition 10

Early voting for the March 3 Texas primary elections is open now. It began Tuesday, Feb. 17, and runs through Friday, Feb. 27. Most days have no lines, hours are flexible, and all you need is a photo ID. While the primary chooses party nominees for November, one proposition on the ballot is a defining moment […]

The New Democratic Socialist Party Is a ‘Graveyard of Bad Ideas’

But before we write off the Republicans—and I’m very confident. I think they’re gonna do well in the midterms, for reasons I’ve outlined before. Do we really want the alternative? 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 […]

Supreme Court Slaps Down Trump’s Tariff Hammer: The Elites Strike Back, But the Fight Ain’t Over

Listen up, warriors, because the black-robed overlords in D.C. just dropped a bombshell that’s got the globalist weasels popping champagne while real Americans grit their teeth. On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump couldn’t use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act—the IEEPA from 1977—to slap those beautiful, economy-boosting tariffs on […]