The Trump Administration has taken the first concrete step to end the decades-long monopoly that one organization has held over the accreditation of American law schools. Department of Education staff recommended against renewing its federal recognition as the official accreditor. The recommendation cites a failure to keep the accreditation function truly independent from the larger […]
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The growing socialist wing of the Democratic Party has made it evident that national immigration policy could return to what it was under former President Joe Biden’s administration, or worse, if Democrats regain control. With a slim Republican majority in the House and growing momentum for certain Democratic Senate candidates, sanctuary policies, pathways to citizenship, […]
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We often associate leftist movements, anarchists of the 19th century, Jacobins of the 18th century, Marxists, Bolsheviks, Symbionese Liberation [Army], the Weather Underground with violence. 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 […]
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President Trump just imposed additional 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods—wine, dairy, hockey sticks, cement, clothing, furniture, and more. The duties took effect after talks collapsed. Canada is promising dollar-for-dollar retaliation starting in early September. The predictable chorus is screaming about trade wars and alliances. Ignore it. The real story is […]
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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a lower-court injunction that had blocked President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting. The unsigned order lets the administration move forward with implementation while the underlying legal fight continues in the lower courts. It does not decide whether every piece of the order is lawful. It does decide that […]
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Paul Ehrlich spent the 1970s warning that 3.5 billion people would soon trigger mass famine, disease, and collapse. World population has more than doubled past 8 billion. Living standards rose. Calories increased. Extreme poverty plummeted. The catastrophe never arrived. What arrived instead is sustained fertility collapse across most of the developed world and much of […]
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Far-left streamer Hasan Piker defended his viral performance of the song “We Are Charlie Kirk” Sunday, insisting he was not mocking Kirk’s assassination and claiming he had more “respect” for Kirk than his widow does. Piker attacked what he called “an entire sea of Kirk profiteers,” including Kirk’s widow, Erika. Referring to the outrage over his singing the […]
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Sami Winc: So, Victor, I’m anxious to hear about our John Tyler, but also Richard Nixon, who is probably the more infamous of the two, although I’m not sure he should be. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis […]
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The FBI’s final 2025 numbers are in. Violent crime fell an estimated 9.3 percent from 2024. The violent crime rate dropped 9.7 percent. That is the largest single-year decline in the national rate since the FBI began producing national estimates in 1936. Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter plunged 18.1 percent. The murder rate hit 4.1 per […]
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Angie Nixon is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida. She joined the Democratic Socialists of America during the campaign. She has spent the days since her primary win trying to soften the label, calling herself a capitalist or social democrat who merely agrees with many of their goals. Her own platform and public […]