The Daily Signal followed the main speakers and debates at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, which wrapped Saturday. We’ve pulled together a quick guide to our coverage of CPAC, the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, held again just outside Washington at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. […]
In his first year as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has already transformed the agency in many ways. He spoke exclusively to The Daily Signal before addressing attendees at CPAC’s annual Reagan Dinner. An edited transcript of the interview is below. Rob Bluey: You gave a speech at CPAC last year where […]
As Americans, it’s rare we engage in a national conversation while putting our political beliefs aside. Mass murders like the Columbine school shooting and 9/11 once united us. But in the era of Donald Trump, they’ve deepened our divisions. That’s why the conversation surrounding the #MeToo movement is so unique. Democrats, Republicans, liberals, and conservatives […]
Pro-life advocates say they care far more about women’s health and well-being than Planned Parenthood does, and that they must make greater outreach to black Americans to end abortion. “Our humanity depends on all of us recognizing the sanctity of human life. Planned Parenthood [is] the abortion industrial company,” Penny Young Nance, president and CEO […]
Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates pleaded guilty Friday in a case being prosecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller. Gates pleaded guilty to conspiring against the United States and making false statements to the special counsel’s office and FBI. He is the fifth associate of President Donald Trump to plead guilty in Mueller’s sprawling investigation, […]
The Republic of Kosovo, a young democracy in the Balkans, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its independence on Feb. 17. Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaci, in his speech commemorating the occasion, expressed pride in his country’s notable accomplishments, emphasizing that “the trends are positive, and that should motivate us all to move forward.” The U.S.-Kosovar relationship has […]
Franklin Graham shared a final message from his father, renowned evangelist Billy Graham, after his death Wednesday at 99. The son recounted in USA Today his father’s 70 years of ministry spreading the message of the Gospel around the world from crowded stadiums during his signature crusades to intimate personal meetings with heads of state. He also […]
On Monday, Jill Abramson penned a scurrilous article for New York magazine titled “The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas”—the latest in a long line of shameful attacks on the Supreme Court justice. Abramson claims she has new evidence that proves Thomas lied at his confirmation hearing and should be impeached. But, as commentators have pointed […]
Transgender ideology is doing irreparable damage to children’s mental and physical well-being and the consequences may be irreversible, a Heritage Foundation scholar warns. “People who are suffering are not receiving the care they deserve,” Ryan T. Anderson, a senior research fellow at the leading Washington think tank said Wednesday in remarks there introducing his new […]
Some point to the deficit as a reason to raise taxes. But new research shows that spending cuts are superior to tax hikes when it comes to reducing the deficit. This should embolden lawmakers to pursue spending reductions in this year’s budget resolution, giving particular focus to reducing entitlement spending—a key driver of debt. Following […]
