Social Security reform imperative to avoid 34% tax hike, insolvency by 2032

Policymakers must return Social Security to its original intent in order to avoid massive tax hikes and insolvency, especially in light of a nation burdened by debt, a memo released by a nonprofit on the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report states. Senior Research Fellow at Advancing American Freedom Foundation – the organization that released the memo […]

Democrats Dug Their Own Grave With Platner

The Socialist Nutter Dragging Down the Entire Ticket Graham Platner’s nomination in Maine is turning into a slow-motion car crash for Democrats, and they have no one to blame but themselves. The oyster farmer and veteran steamrolled to a 72 percent win in the June 9 primary, but his mountain of personal and ideological baggage […]

America Is Suffering From Tribal Fatigue

I think after 60 years of affirmative action, DEI, racial essentialism, and racial fixation—especially in the United States, but also throughout the Western world, in Europe, Australia, and the former British Commonwealth—we are seeing the consequences. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to […]

Trump’s Iran MOU: Smart Pragmatism Over Endless War — Critics Miss the Point

President Trump just delivered another masterstroke with the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. While the usual suspects in both parties howl about concessions and weakness, the deal actually secures American interests without the insanity of forever wars or blank-check nation-building. It ends active hostilities, reopens critical shipping lanes, and sets up a framework where Iran […]

Vance Walks into the Lion’s Den and Leaves the View Hosts Looking Foolish

Calm Competence Crushes Hysteria Vice President JD Vance showed real courage stepping onto the set of The View on June 16, 2026, to promote his new book Communion. He knew exactly what he was walking into — a panel of professional Trump haters who treat facts as optional and feelings as gospel. The hosts unloaded […]

‘Racial Discrimination, Pure and Simple’

Trump Administration Challenges Reparations Plan in Illinois The Trump administration has struck another blow against DEI, this time issuing a lawsuit against a “first of its kind” racial reparations program in Illinois. In 2019, the city of Evanston, Illinois, approved a “Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program” that was set to hand out tens of millions of dollars to […]

Set-Asides Are Government-Sanctioned Discrimination

Trump Is Right to Limit Them While California Doubles Down on Absurdity Set-asides in government contracting — reserving slices of taxpayer-funded work for favored identity groups — are both immoral and counterproductive. They prioritize race, sex, orientation, or other characteristics over merit, competence, and fair competition. President Trump is moving aggressively at the federal level […]

California Is Stuck in a Doom Loop

We’ve talked a lot about the crisis that California is in and what it may predict for the rest of the United States should they follow the California blue model. Many of them are. 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 […]

Hillary Clinton’s Latest Trump Derangement Meltdown

From White House Tantrums to “Anybody Else Would Have Won” Delusions Hillary Clinton is back on the political stage, proving once again that her particular strain of Trump Derangement Syndrome has no off switch and only gets more unhinged with age. The woman who lost to Trump in 2016, watched her party’s disaster in 2024, […]

Vance Shuts Down Jessica Tarlov’s TDS Script

The Fox Token Mouthpiece Gets Owned on Live TV Vice President JD Vance stepping onto The Five and facing Jessica Tarlov is like watching a grown man politely dismantle a malfunctioning propaganda machine. Tarlov, the designated left-wing token on Fox News, has made a career out of carrying water for the Democrat Party’s most deranged […]