Q&A: Analyzing the Embassy Move to Jerusalem, Palestinian Protests

The Heritage Foundation’s Jim Phillips spoke to The Daily Signal’s Daniel Davis and Katrina Trinko for an interview for “The Daily Signal” podcast Monday. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation about the move of the embassy to Jerusalem, and rising tensions in the Middle East.  Daniel Davis: Here to explain this opening […]

Full Story

Congress Is Right to Consider Prison Reform

A prison reform bill being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives embodies good policy for American taxpayers, families, and communities. The House Judiciary Committee voted 25-5  last week to pass the FIRST STEP Act of 2018 (H.R. 5682) out of committee, sending it on to consideration on the House floor. With the introduction of […]

Full Story

The Left-Wing Plot to Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts

Former RATE Coalition co-chairman Jim Pinkerton spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, current economic conditions, and left-wing efforts to repeal the tax cuts. Pinkerton is a former Reagan and Bush White House official. An edited transcript of his interview is below. Bluey: We’re here talk about tax cuts, […]

Full Story

The Obama Legacy Deserves to Be Destroyed

It’s strange that a president who had such a transformative effect on our national discourse will leave such a negligible policy legacy. But Barack Obama, whose imperial term changed the way Americans interact and in some ways paved the way for the Trump presidency, is now watching his much-celebrated and mythologized two-term legacy be systematically […]

Full Story

GOP Lawmakers Use Rare Procedural Tactic in Attempt to Vote on Amnesty Bill

A group of centrist Republicans in the U.S. House is trying to force a vote on an immigration bill to protect so-called “Dreamers” from deportation, much to the displeasure of conservatives and House GOP leadership. Using a procedural tactic know as a discharge petition, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., joined 17 other Republicans and one Democrat […]

Full Story

Venus Williams Doesn’t Identify as Feminist, Says Women Have More Opportunities Than Ever Before

American tennis player Venus Williams told Elle UK that she doesn’t identify as a feminist and thinks women have more opportunities than they’ve ever had before. “I don’t like labels, though I do think as women we have much more power and opportunities in our hands than ever before,” Williams told Elle in an interview for […]

Full Story