The wealthy would pay the same individual income tax rate, or possibly see an increase, under his tax reform plan, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. He emphasized, however, a strong commitment to slashing the corporate tax rate, from the current rate of 39 percent to 15 percent, to make the United States more competitive internationally. […]
In July 2012, two men entered the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. They asked the owner of the bakery, Jack Phillips, to custom-design a wedding cake for the pair’s same-sex wedding. Phillips offered to sell the couple anything else in his store, even a pre-made cake. But, citing his Christian faith, he declined to design […]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—Bill Gardner, New Hampshire’s Democratic secretary of state, is an institution in the state, having held the office for more than four decades, and now, for being one of a few Democratic election officials in the country stepping up to prevent voter fraud. Gardner, one of five Democrats on the 12-member Presidential Advisory […]
GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire—Republicans and Democrats could achieve a bipartisan compromise in preventing voter fraud by applying a Justice Department background check system already in place for gun buyers, a noted economist told the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity meeting here Tuesday. The commission met at St. Anselm College, its second public gathering since President […]
In a world in which politics now seeps into everything, the degrading state of the NFL has become a perfect example of how our national consensus has frayed. Undoubtedly, the launch of this year’s NFL season came with some positive displays of patriotism. The Cleveland Browns ran onto the field with first responders and military […]
The founder of a nonprofit dedicated to repairing families says she thinks being incorrectly labeled a “hate group” prompted the company that processed donations to drop her organization. Ruth Institute’s biblical stance on issues such as gender identity and same-sex marriage led to its being labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, […]
In the 16 years that have passed since Islamist terrorists attacked this country on 9/11, thousands of Americans have given their lives in the conflicts that followed. On Friday, I had the opportunity to visit a “Remembering Our Fallen” exhibit at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. It was a pictorial tribute to the men […]
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper have teamed to recommend that Congress keep the Obamacare mandate requiring Americans to have health insurance, but allow states the flexibility to find something better in place of the health care law. The two governors’ plan calls for a two-year, $15 billion “stability fund” to help […]
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s coverage and commentary on President Donald Trump’s plan to bar openly transgender individuals from military service got our audience talking, as did our examination of the role of culture in maximizing opportunity in America. Write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you to Walt Heyer for sharing his […]
The United States and allies seem to lack a clear strategy for toppling the terrorist threat 16 years after the worst terrorist attack in American history, experts say. Since 9/11 attacks, there have been another 97 terrorist plots against the United States, and the bulk of those 15 successful attacks happened in the last six […]
