To better coordinate the federal government’s response, President Donald Trump on Friday declared coronavirus to be a national emergency, temporarily waiving a host of laws and regulations and teaming with the private sector. “To unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort, today I am officially declaring a national emergency—two very big […]
KYIV, Ukraine—Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. military has plans to scale back, but not cancel, its biggest military exercise in Europe in 25 years. Some 20,000 U.S. troops were slated to deploy to Europe and back this spring for the Defender-Europe 20 exercise, which was to last through May and take place in […]
Is a pandemic, like other crises, a terrible thing to waste? For progressives, it looks like a golden opportunity to outlaw Americans’ private health insurance and create a single-payer system of national health insurance for every legal or illegal resident in every nook and cranny of the country. Take it from the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he doesn’t support House Democrats’ coronavirus relief bill in its current form because it includes too many “goodies” that have nothing to do with the disease. Although the bill addresses providing testing and masks to respond to the coronavirus, it also expands unemployment insurance and food stamps, requires the […]
Two words: Carter Page. That’s who drove the House, including members of both parties, to pass major reforms Wednesday evening to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by a vote of 278-136. Carter Page, of course, is the Navy veteran, business consultant, and former Trump campaign adviser who the FBI decided to spy on as a […]
President Donald Trump announced the United States will suspend travel from Europe for the next 30 days beginning Friday to help halt the spread of the coronavirus. Trump also unveiled several high-dollar spending measures that he is asking Congress to enact, and some executive actions. His announcement comes on the day the World Health Organization […]
As the stock market swings wildly up and down, as a virus casts a shadow across the country, and as politics resemble mud-wrestling more with each passing day, the radical socialists couldn’t be happier. America, they say with barely disguised satisfaction, is headed for the ash heap of history, and nothing can prevent this nation […]
Before MSNBC personalities were calling it “racist” and “astoundingly gross” to note the origin of the new coronavirus, NBC News reported in January on what it called the “Wuhan coronavirus.” In recent days, the Chinese government has sought to cast doubt on whether the virus in fact originated in the city of Wuhan after initially […]
Wealthy elites pocket more than 7.5% of financial aid coming into their economically struggling countries, according to new research from the World Bank. To reach these disturbing findings, researchers measured the increase in deposits into offshore bank accounts in countries known for high levels of bank secrecy by people in countries receiving disbursements of foreign […]
The Conservative Political Action Conference is the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservative activists, attracting thousands of people to the event, which takes place just outside of Washington, D.C., every year. Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which hosts CPAC, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about the impact of this year’s […]
