El-Sayed Called Football Toxic. Michigan May Not Care for the Lecture.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, once wrote that toxic masculinity sits at the heart of American football. He described racism, misogyny, and homophobia as the everyday language of the sport’s culture. The remarks come from a 2021 Substack post written after Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigned over leaked emails. They […]

The WNBA’s Treatment of Sophie Cunningham Has Been Anything but ‘Privilege’

Victor Davis Hanson: I’ve mentioned a couple of times that on the internet, there’s a whole genre on YouTube, I guess you would call it race wars now. It’s open. It’s just open. And we saw the WNBA. Did you see the hit on Sophie Cunningham by DiJonai? Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript […]

AOC Is Softening the Edges. That Does Not Make Her Moderate.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is testing a new posture. She is no longer the pure firebrand of 2018-2020. She is carefully distancing herself from the most extreme rhetoric of that period while keeping the core of her politics intact and leaving the door wide open to higher office. The question is whether this is genuine evolution or […]

Karoline Leavitt Is Leaving the Podium. Family First, Then the Fight Continues.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is stepping down at the end of August. President Trump announced the move, saying she is departing to spend more time with her young children and family—a decision he said he fully understands and respects. She will remain one of his top outside advisers and an influential voice in […]

China Collected Blackmail Material on the Bidens. The Media Looked Away.

Independent investigative journalist Catherine Herridge has reported that newly declassified records show China engaged in blackmail efforts targeting the Biden family. The documents were prepared for inclusion in the President’s Daily Brief. Herridge, reviewing material released under the current administration related to Chinese election interference and influence operations, stated she found explicit references to blackmail […]

New Report Exposes the Foreign Cash Behind ‘Extremist Climate Activist Movement’

Foreign donors have poured at least $130 million into U.S.-based climate activist nonprofits, according to a new database. “Our database makes it clear foreign cash is bankrolling much of the extremist climate activist movement in America,” Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told the Daily Signal. “Radical activist groups dedicated to undermining American energy […]

Iran’s Dangerous Midterm Strategy

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We are in about 160 days now of the so-called Iran war, and we’re 84 days out from the midterm elections, Nov. 3. What’s going on? Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to […]

Tucker’s 10-Point Blueprint: Serious Platform or Just Another Podcast Rant?

Tucker Carlson dropped a 10-point manifesto in early August laying out what he says America should be. It came in a long livestream after meetings with figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, and it has fueled talk of a third-party effort or even an independent presidential run in 2028. Carlson has previously said […]

Nearly Half of American Muslims View Hamas Favorably. That Should Alarm Everyone

A new Pew Research Center poll has delivered a brutal dose of reality. Nearly half of American Muslims—44 percent—hold a favorable view of Hamas. That is not a fringe finding. It is the clearest number yet on how a significant share of the U.S. Muslim population regards a designated terrorist organization responsible for the October […]