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 today about the role of China, the United States, and the European […]
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In his return to the spotlight, former President Joe Biden made unusual claims about both Social Security and race when speaking Tuesday in Chicago. Biden’s speech to the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled Conference was his first major address since leaving office in January. Here are three unusual points the 46th president made that warrant a […]
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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I want to wade into a very controversial topic. I want to be very careful. It’s the issue of whether biological men who have transitioned to the female gender should compete in female sports. And what is the reaction of those who say they should versus the […]
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Ten years have passed since the Department of Defense initiated a social experiment with women in the military. Pentagon officials promised that female trainees headed for previously all-male combat arms units would have to meet the exact same standards as men. Has the experiment played out as promised? We are about to find out. Secretary […]
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Every day seem to bring another round of pearl-clutching as some segment of the establishment reacts to the latest action — or reaction to — the Trump Administration moves to implement the America First agenda embraced by the voters. But one has to sit back and ask, why all the shock and surprise? After all, […]
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Since President Donald Trump announced his bold tariff strategy — aimed at leveling the playing field by placing reciprocal tariffs on nations that tax American-made goods and bolstering U.S. manufacturing — media pundits and “experts” have been tripping over themselves to predict economic doom. But once again, the political class is out of touch with […]
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One of President Donald Trump’s tax policy wishlist items is receiving support from some Democratic lawmakers – but with a caveat. Trump has put pressure on Congress to include ending Social Security taxes in the upcoming budget bill. A recent budget analysis projects that move would reduce revenues by $1.5 trillion over 10 years and […]
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The Trump administration is weighing potential federal criminal charges against New York Attorney General Leticia James over allegations she engaged in mortgage fraud. The Federal Housing Finance Agency sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday accusing James of committing fraud by listing a home in Virginia as her primary residence and […]
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For the second full month in a row since President Donald Trump’s been in office, illegal border crossings reached record lows in March, reversing Biden administration illegal crossings, which were the highest in recorded U.S. history. In March, 29,065 illegal border crossers were encountered and apprehended nationwide, a fraction of what they were under the […]
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The White House announced Tuesday plans to help protect Social Security benefits from noncitizens and ramp up anti-fraud efforts. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt outlined key points from the memorandum to reporters at a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon. Through the memorandum, Trump aims to stop noncitizens and “other ineligible people” from obtaining social security, Medicare […]