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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Senator Chuck Schumer caves to Republicans to avoid a government shutdown. The PR teams of both parties are in full-swing to varying effect. Columbia University expels pro-Hamas rioters as the NYPD arrests a different group of pro-Hamas protesters at Trump Tower. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email ...

What is it going to take for universities like Columbia University to start protecting their Jewish students? Having the President of the United States cut off $400 million in federal funding is a good start, says Victor Davis Hanson in today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ It's widespread in higher education and the country's been appalled by it. But for some reason, highe...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Senate Democrats pledge to block the continuing resolution. Inflation cools and we talk tariffs. Trump’s administration cuts Department of Ed. staff and EPA regulations. Full interview with E.J. Antoni on Tariffs & Inflation: https://youtube.com/live/IkXDmjAx3iA Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email  ...

Europe treats Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy like a superstar, yet still expects the United States to fund Ukraine’s war against Russia. Is this fair? “ Of all the players in this drama, it's Europe who should be in the driver's seat. They have 500 million people,” says Victor Davis Hanson on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “We have 500 million people in Europe and t...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: The House of Representatives passes a Continuing Resolution with a breakaway Democrat vote. Ukraine Agrees to Secretary Rubio’s historic Ceasefire plan. Egg & Gas Prices Drop. Trans problems plague the Democrats. Full interview with Stephen Kent on Bernie Sanders Rally: https://youtube.com/live/kTRlXS6hEOI Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email new...

For the first time, 60% of Americans have an “unfavorable” view of Mexico, according to a Pew Research Poll.  How do you view Mexico? America’s southern neighbor has a $175 billion trade surplus with the United States, the second-largest surplus of any country. Last year, over $62 billion in remittances were sent from the U.S. to Mexico, according to BBVA Research. Mexico is aware that it has been...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Secretary Rubio & Ukrainian President Zelensky arrive in Saudi Arabia to begin peace negotiations. Cyberattacks plague social media app X, and Tesla vehicles are set on fire. Investigative journalist Sarah Westall on the Big Tech wild west. Controversy surrounds the actions of state governments in both Maine & Washington. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up f...

Did Donald Trump troll Canada into reigniting a dormant nationalism? Victor Davis Hanson argues that Trump's rhetoric has greatly impacted Canadian politics and suggests ways to resolve these tensions between them and America, including tariff adjustments and military collaborations in the Arctic. “That whole [Liberal] Party was headed toward defeat when Donald Trump started to troll them—'Art of...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Trump and cabinet secretaries had a full weekend, we’ll get you up to speed on the economy and immigration/visa actions. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is out as the Canadian Liberal Party selects Mark Carney as his replacement. Israel has cut off all electricity from Gaza as the window for Hamas releasing its remaining hostages closes. Tell u...

“AMAC members know that the Democrats and the deep state bureaucrats are really actively trying to cover up fraud,” says Rebecca Weber, CEO of the Association for Mature Americans. The Daily Signal’s Tyler O’Neil sat down with Rebecca Weber to discuss the older generation of American’s overwhelming support for DOGE and the Trump administration’s efforts to rid the federal government of fraud and w...

In March 2021, Paul Vaughn, along with 10 other a pro-life activist, demonstrated outside the Carafem Health Center, an abortion clinic in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Vaughn was sentenced to three years of supervised release, including six months of home detention, after a jury convicted him of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for blocking the entrance to the abortion clin...

Why is it that reports of former President Joe Biden’s failing mental acuity are just now coming out? Victor Davis Hanson asks this question on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “I don't know if you've noticed, everyone, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, they all knew about Joe Biden's dementia. Suddenly we're given all of these revealing quotes that he was com...

While Rachel Maddow decries the network for firing Joy Reid and large swaths of news presenters, they conveniently leave out that Reid worked a fraction of the time her Fox counterparts did for a larger salary. If Maddow really cares about the recently fired news staff, she’d forgo her $25 million annual salary and give it away, argues Victor Davis Hanson on this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: I...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Trump signs executive orders establishing a Digital Currency Reserve and opening national forests for logging. The Department of Education could be on the chopping block next. House Democrats continue to embrace questionable opposition strategies. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email     Su...

The Left’s hate for Elon Musk seems to be increasing rapidly every day. In congress, certain Democrat politicians question Musk’s intentions since he is an immigrant. By normal leftist standards, that would make one “xenophobic” and “nativist” to think this way, but that logic doesn’t apply to Musk argues Victor Davis Hanson in this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ We had a co...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: The House of Representatives is in a frenzy over a possible looming shutdown. It’s also in a frenzy over illegal immigration theatrics yesterday. The Supreme Court rules in favor of unfreezing SOME foreign aid. President Trump warns Hamas this is their last chance to release hostages. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www....

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, was fired from his post last month, along with several other high ranking military officials. Many of the Left rushed to say that President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were “politicizing” the Pentagon. However, “This is not the politicalization of the Pentagon. It's the depoliticalization”, argues Victor Davis Han...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Donald Trump gave a State-of-the-Union-style speech celebrating accomplishments. Democrats protested in disjointed and embarrassing fashion. Their official response was… weak. Zelensky announces he’s ready to negotiate for peace. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email     Subscribe to our oth...

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy strolled into the White House using the same strategy he employed with President Joe Biden, which turned out to be his fatal flaw argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ I think Mr. Zelenskyy, in some ways, is a sympathetic character. He needs American weapons, but he kept arguing and arguing, and interrupting...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Donald Trump has frozen all military aid to Ukraine, after Zelensky stated the end of the war was “very far away.” Boston’s mayor twice sends her condolences to the family of a man shot while trying to stab people in a Chick-fil-A. Trump’s latest tariffs & tariff threats impact the economy. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newslette...

About 25 years ago, James Whitford and his wife founded a ministry to the poor and homeless in Missouri. Not long after starting the ministry, Whitford felt led by the Lord to see for himself what it was like to be homeless.    After several conversations with his wife, the couple agreed that Whitford would take a short period of time to live on the streets, and Whitford left his home with nothing...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:  Ukrainian President Zelensky admits he will sign the U.S. minerals deal after a disastrous Oval Office meeting. The Left responded to things about like you'd expect. Democrat governors in Massachusetts and Maine cling desperately to DEI. Updates on the South Carolina wildfires and executive actions to reduce wildfires in the future. Keep Up With The Daily Sign...

A tense altercation between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ensued in the Oval Office today. The bottom line: The United States of America will not be extorted by a country whose leaders are more interested in what they can get out of the American people than peace. The point of the meeting? To sign a U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal. Trump is...

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:    A historic heated exchange between President Trump and President Zelenskyy plays out in front of the world in the Oval Office. Vice President Vance spoke at the 20th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.  The religious liberty legal defense group Alliance Defending Freedom has launched an investigation into censorship of Americans’ free spee...

There is a growing outrage against Elon Musk, including threats to his life over DOGE’s work to find and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the U.S. federal government. On this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” a Daily Signal original series, Hanson delves into the reasons behind this backlash, its broader implications and how the Left is making the “chemotherapy”, DOGE’s work,...