Abdul El-Sayed beat Haley Stevens by roughly one point in the August Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat. He finished with 48.5 percent. She finished with 47.5 percent. The final margin was under 15,000 votes out of more than 1.5 million cast. That is not what the surveys predicted. In the final stretch before […]
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Fairfax County decided years ago that it would not help federal immigration officers take custody of people already in its jails. The results are now measured in the thousands. From 2023 through 2025 the county sheriff’s office declined at least 1,670 requests from immigration authorities to hold individuals already in custody. Those people walked back […]
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I found this on X and thought I should share it with you. On my way to the office this morning, I passed a group of young people protesting, a Palestinian flag draped over their shoulders. And I asked myself a question I can’t shake: why does this generation always fall into the same trap? […]
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An additional 406,000 Americans said they had jobs in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September household survey, bring employment to 163.15 million. On the payroll side of the equation, employers (excluding the self-employed) reported a record 159.04 million persons employed, the most ever. President Donald Trump often touts the figure on the campaign trail […]
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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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. In the news right now, it’s rioting in France, rioting in Belgium, rioting in Italy, rioting in Albania, […]
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The fight for control of the Senate runs through Maine, where Republican Susan Collins is seeking a sixth term against Democrat Troy Jackson. Maine has not been friendly ground for Republicans in presidential races. It backed the Democratic nominee by nearly seven points in 2024. Collins is the last Republican senator from New England. She […]
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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday over the cost of living and the condition of public schools. Government counts put the turnout near 550,000. Organizers put it closer to 800,000. Most of the organized marches stayed orderly. That is the part many accounts stress. The part that left […]
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Recent news reports paint a picture of the United Kingdom in the most unflattering light. Throughout the nation, squads of police are literally attacking citizens who merely express an opinion that runs counter to the hyper-woke policies of the British government. These are not random or rare events. It is the clear policy of the […]
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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: “It seems to me that postmodernism or French philosophy instilled in my sons the notion of oppressed-oppressor. Rationality is […]
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The Trump administration just took the final step toward America’s first-ever auction of offshore mineral rights, and it’s going after the critical minerals Washington now calls a strategic asset. On Monday, the Interior Department’s Marine Minerals Administration released the final notice for Lease Sale PACM-1, two areas off American Samoa that the Washington Examiner reported […]