The First Time a Bold New Yorker Got Impeached for Taking on the Swamp

This Manhattanite came to office with a big reform agenda, ready to toss out the old establishment and fight corruption. He asserted: “Political conventions must go.” And: “Disgraceful secret alliances between special privileges and crooked politics must cease.” But reforming an old, entrenched system had its price. The system pushed back with impeachment, prompting the […]

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Biological Male Files Lawsuit Demanding Entry Into Female Beauty Pageant

A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman is suing after being denied entry into a female beauty pageant in Oregon. Lawyers for Anita Green filed suit Tuesday against United States of America Pageants in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, alleging the organization unlawfully discriminated against Green by limiting the […]

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Tucker Carlson’s False and Misleading Claims About The Heritage Foundation

In a segment that aired Friday night, Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson made several false, outrageous, and unfounded accusations against The Heritage Foundation. For nearly 50 years, The Heritage Foundation has represented the interests of the American people based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional values, and a strong […]

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Immigration Will Shift Electoral College in Favor of Democrats, Study Finds

A new analysis finds that immigration will dramatically reshape the Electoral College map in favor of the Democratic Party after completion of the 2020 census. Rising immigrant populations around the United States will result in several solidly Democratic states gaining more seats in the House of Representatives at the expense of solidly Republican states, the study by […]

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Problematic Women: The Truth About Going on TV

This week on “Problematic Women,” we interview the “leading voice of The Heritage Foundation,” Genevieve Wood, to get her take on everything from feminism to football.  Now serving as Heritage’s spokesperson and senior adviser, Wood has had an extended career in policy and media in Washington, where she has interviewed countless politicians, government officials, celebrities, […]

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Trump Administration Aims to Make Fewer Criminal Aliens Eligible for Asylum

The Trump administration is proposing to bar foreign nationals convicted of drunk driving, gang-related crime, illegal reentry, and other illicit activity from winning asylum protection in the United States. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced a proposal to expand the crimes that would disqualify a migrant from claiming […]

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What’s Next in the Impeachment Process

Heritage Foundation legal scholar Tom Jipping joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the House’s impeachment process, and what’s next in the Senate. Read a lightly edited transcript, posted below, or listen to the podcast: Jarrett Stepman: The big news of the day is, of course, impeachment. If all reports are correct, then by the […]

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These Historians Challenge New York Times’ Dubious 1619 Project

What makes America exceptional? Undoubtedly, most Americans would say our long-term commitment to self-government and the rule of law, and our extraordinary embrace of liberty. Not so, according to The New York Times’ 1619 Project—named for the year in which African slaves were first brought to the English colonies in North America. The various New […]

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