Now we know why they are fighting back so hard…

…and it’s not about curing cancer! Elite Colleges Flout Federal Rules, Inflate Overhead Costs on Government Grants The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tasked with rooting out waste in federal spending, has uncovered a troubling pattern of excessive overhead and administrative costs charged by elite colleges on government contracts and grants. Federal rules, specifically the […]

Iran Has Only One Negotiating Chip Left: Its Survival

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. On June 22, this past Saturday night, President Donald Trump ordered B-2 bombers—these are the multibillion-dollar bombers based […]

2026 Maine Senate Race: Prospects for a Party Shift in a Blue-Leaning State

The 2026 U.S. Senate election in Maine is emerging as a potential battleground where Republicans could face a challenge to their lone New England seat. Incumbent Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican seeking a sixth term, plans to run again, but her position is complicated by Maine’s Democratic lean and the state’s history of competitive […]

Whether Congress Declares War Or Not, We’re In One Now After Trump Orders U.S. To Strike Iran

On June 21, President Donald Trump ordered targeted air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities with an aim to eliminating its nuclear enrichment capabilities, then thought to be days or weeks away from achieving nuclear weapons in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, following similar air strikes by Israel that began on June 13 after the International […]

‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ in Danger Due to AI Deregulation

The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a massive ten-year fiscal framework which would fulfill many of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises—is in jeopardy due to disagreements over states’ rights to regulate artificial intelligence. On Sunday night, Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee announced that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough (the chamber’s rule keeper) had given the thumbs […]

The Looming Threat: Iranian Illegal Aliens and Potential Sleeper Cells Under Biden’s Watch

A chilling national security concern has resurfaced following recent U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The focus is on the hundreds of Iranian nationals who illegally entered the United States during the Biden administration and were subsequently released into American communities, raising fears of potential terror sleeper cells poised to strike. This situation underscores […]

The Myth of ‘Diversity Is Our Strength

The assertion that “diversity is our strength” remains a persistent theme in leftist rhetoric, notably from figures like Nancy Pelosi and others. Often cited to champion multiculturalism and expansive immigration policies, this narrative clashes with the enduring American ideal of e pluribus unum—“out of many, one”—etched on our currency since 1782. This focus on diversity […]

How the Trump Administration Is Making Civil Rights Enforcement Great Again

While federal agencies’ civil rights divisions under previous Republican administrations have primarily assumed a more defensive posture aimed at slowing down left-wing activity, the Trump administration is going on offense. “In prior Republican administrations, the focus has been to just slow down the bad things that the civil rights division was doing in a prior Democrat administration,” […]

Shattered Trust: Experts Want to Prevent Government Overreach in Future Pandemic Responses

Sen. Rand Paul, along with several medical and policy public experts, highlighted Tuesday how the government’s mishandling of COVID-19 has left in its wake challenges regarding vaccines and a distrust of government and the medical industry. The Kentucky Republican spoke at a Heritage Foundation event titled “Shattered Trust: Parents, COVID, and the Vaccine Reckoning.” He discussed what measures […]

No illegal border crossings in May!

As Southwest Border Encounters Plummet, Americans Say Give President Trump’s Immigration Strategy A Chance And Call On Democrats To Compromise With Trump In a striking new public opinion survey, the American peoples’ mandate to Congressional Democrats has never been clearer. As southwest border encounters plummeted in May to just 12,452 according to the latest data from […]