The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) surged to 98.0 in May 2025 (1985=100), up 12.3 points from a revised 85.7 in April, marking a significant rebound after five months of decline, per The Conference Board. This uptick reflects cautious optimism in the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump’s second term, driven by policy shifts, […]
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), a 1,116-page budget reconciliation package, passed the House on May 22, 2025, by a razor-thin 215-214 vote, advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax cuts, border security, and spending reductions. As it heads to the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, the bill faces significant hurdles […]
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Senate Republicans appear to be in a mutiny over the House-passed extension and expansion of the 2017 tax cuts that were enacted in the first Trump administration after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published an estimate on May 20 that the proposed extension and expansion of the tax cuts, along with other changes, will add a projected […]
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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. I’d like to talk about debt, debt, debt. All during the last few days, we’ve heard some […]
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Golden Dome project includes challenging costs, political risks President Donald Trump’s plans for a $175 billion missile defense shield include significant technical challenges and political risks. Trump outlined plans for his Golden Dome in the Oval Office last week. The system Trump envisions would protect the U.S. and Canada using multiple layers of defense against […]
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Media, Biden team face ongoing questions about former president’s condition President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and ongoing mental decline has sparked a firestorm of controversy and criticism for the Biden family, the media, and the Democratic staffers who allegedly helped cover up the former president’s condition. President Donald Trump said this week he was “surprised […]
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Kansas will be the first legal battleground in 2025 to decide whether the national trend of banning foreign money from bankrolling ballot measures is legal—a matter that could be on its way to the Supreme Court. Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias’ firm is taking the lead in the litigation against the state bans on foreign money promoting state […]
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has consistently beaten the odds throughout the first five months of the 119th Congress, settling seemingly irreconcilable disagreements within the fractious House Republican Conference to advance President Donald Trump’s highest priorities. And Johnson, R-La., hasn’t forgotten to remind the public. “I know some of y’all smiled and probably mocked me a […]
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Doug Burgum, the soft-spoken Interior secretary responsible for managing the more than 507 million acres of federally owned land, is haunted by a fear that seems, at first glance, outside his mandate. He worries the free world will lose dominance in the field of artificial intelligence, and with it, the future. So does the president. […]