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 […]
Thirty years ago, I was a very young, divorced mother of two little girls. My ex-husband, the biological father of my daughters, had abandoned us, leaving me with no support and struggling to make ends meet. It was quite challenging to just put food on the table. I was working 12 to 14 hours a […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and some weren’t reported at all. Kim Kardashian West is working with Jared Kushner and the White House on prison reform. Alice Johnson has served 21 years behind bars for a […]
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 […]
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 […]
President Donald Trump is completing a strong week, and is set to kick off a strong next week, in his push to reshape the federal courts, with Senate Republicans forcing votes on six more of his judicial nominees. Despite the Democratic minority in the Senate using procedures to delay many confirmation votes, Senate Majority Leader […]
Three Americans returned to the United States early Thursday morning after at least a year in captivity in North Korea, and when they arrived, the president, accompanied by the first lady and the vice president, was there to welcome the tired men home. North Korea released Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Kim Sang Duk (Tony […]
President Donald Trump will continue to target duplicative and ineffective regulations as part of his administration’s “spring agenda,” the White House announced Wednesday. Trump’s reform agenda will cut across many areas and top priorities for deregulation include infrastructure development, emerging technologies, and “relief for small business,” a senior White House official said during a conference […]
