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Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A jury finds Hunter Biden guilty in the criminal trial concerning his purchase of a gun in 2018. The FBI suspends an employee’s clearance after the FBI sent a questionnaire about the employee’s political views.  The trial of New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez continues.  Democrats are gearing up to attack The Heritage Fou...

The European Union may have just taken a big step to the political right, and the Biden administration should take note, Nile Gardiner says.  “I think that the Biden White House is going to be very nervous, looking at the results in Europe, because European voters have overwhelmingly turned against a lot of the left-wing dogma and agenda, not only [that] Europe leads, but the same agenda that is p...

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Prosecution and defense attorneys deliver closing arguments in Hunter Biden’s criminal trial.  Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered around the White House, and some deface statues.  LGBTQ activists hold a gay pride parade for kids.  The European Union may have just taken a big step to the political right.  The IDF...

Nellie Bowles is an old-fashioned journalist, the type who wants to actually experience for herself the events she reports on. In her new book, "Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History," Bowles chronicles going to Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where anarchy reigned during the summer of 2020. She attends anti-racism trainings. She writes about what it was l...

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testifies in her father’s federal gun trial.  About 272,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in May. President Joe Biden delivers another speech in Normandy bearing a striking resemblance to President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 Normandy speech. The Biden administration indicates a doctor after he b...

Some universities are repealing and replacing their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.  At the end of May, the University of North Carolina system voted to repeal and replace its DEI policy for a new policy that “aims to ensure efforts to support students on UNC System campuses do not infringe on academic freedom, equal opportunity, or institutional neutrality,” according to the university...

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: ​​Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day.  Illegal aliens are registering to vote in the U.S. President Joe Biden says he has known Russian President Vladimir Putin “for over 40 years.” The Governor of California is proposing cutting the public safety budget as the state is struggling with a large deficit. We are still...

The mayor of Miami has an ambitious goal—to reach a “functional zero” homeless population within his bustling city.  “We reached functional zero veteran homeless, and I realized … that we could, we should, take it a step further and get to a functional zero,” says Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican who leads Florida’s second-biggest city. Miami is partnering with several organizations—including He...

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan hits the top of the LGBTQ category on Amazon for her book on transitioners. A 75-year-old woman is going to jail for praying at an abortion clinic. Ballot registration issues plague Nevada according to a watchdog. Biden is in swift mental decline according to lawmakers interviewed in a...

Instagram’s parent company, Meta, knew the harm the platform was inflicting on minors and did nothing to mitigate it, according to a lawsuit filed against the social media giant.  In 2023, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., calling on the company to prioritize the protection of minors. “Over about the last 15 years, the mental health of Americ...

Description:    TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  President Biden issued an executive order capping asylum cases at the border. Testimony begins in the case of Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Vermont restricts adoptions for Christian couples, lawsuit claims. Attorney General Merrick Garland was grilled by Congress. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins re-election.   Rele...

The Heritage Foundation founded The Daily Signal 10 years ago this week. The group filled a void in media at a time when few conservative news outlets existed. A decade later, the Washington, D.C.-based news outlet is entering a new chapter and aiming to expand its influence.  “We are so excited that with the blessing of The Heritage Foundation, The Daily Signal is now its own independent media or...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Biden’s son Hunter Biden is in court for three felony gun charges.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before Congress.  A technical issue at the New York Stock Exchange led to some major fluctuations in stock prices as trades of some stocks were brought to...

For the past 18 years, Senate Republicans have had one leader: Mitch McConnell took the job in 2006 and has retained it ever since. But with his decision to step down from the post after November’s elections, there are three Republicans vying to replace him. One of them is Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. He was first elected to the Senate in 2018 and ran against McConnell two years ago. He’s now compe...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Legal expert explains what’s next following former President Donald Trump’s conviction.  Israel proposes a temporary ceasefire.  The United Kingdom announces a ban on puberty blockers for minors.  A Kentucky high school student gets in trouble over his comments about Christ during a graduation speech.  Why “The Spiderwick Chronicles” is a...

America is facing a “high threat level” for a terrorist attack because of the crisis at the southern border, says the head of a group working to curb illegal immigration. “It does not take a lot of people to inflict an extraordinary amount of damage,” said Julie Kirchner, executive director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, citing the 19 terrorists that carried out the attacks on...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The jury for former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial finds him guilty on all 34 counts.  The Supreme Court issues a ruling siding with the National Rifle Association. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei writes an open letter to American University students taking part in pro-Palestine protests, telling them ​​"You are standing on th...

Unlikely alliances are forming across America as Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox Jews, classic liberals, and traditional conservatives are all troubled by a spreading political ideology that has abandoned reason, the author of a new book on the subject says. Americans are seeing a contingent on the Left that “has gone completely mad,” says Jay Richards, co-author of “Fight the Good Fight: How an...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Trump hush money trial has reached its conclusion Justice Alito says he won’t recuse himself in election of Jan. 6 cases Sen. J.D. Vance questions the gag order used in Trump’s trial. Rep. ELise Stefanik demands answers about why Judge Merchan keeps getting Trump-related cases. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Si...

Chris Rufo wrote “America’s Cultural Revolution” last year as a warning to conservatives about the radical Left's takeover of institutions—from business and government to education and entertainment. In addition to being an exposé, it also served as a call to action. Now, a year later, Rufo is optimistic that Americans, including some to left of center politically, are "waking up." He attributes t...

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The New York trial of former President Donald Trump is reaching a conclusion. Israel delivers an official written update of its terms for a ceasefire in Gaza to the U.S. and a few other mediating countries.  Housing prices hit a record in March according to a Fox Business report. A new book titled, “Detrans: True Stories of...

Chris Rufo was in Washington, D.C., last week to accept The Heritage Foundation’s prestigious Salvatori Prize and visited The Daily Signal to share his thoughts on a range of topics. Over the next two days, we will feature his interview on this show. On part one today, we cover Rufo’s recent reporting on NPR and the plagiarism plague at America’s leading universities. He also shares an update abou...

Audri Beugelsdijk had been married for less than 11 weeks when she received a visit from a casualty officer. Her husband has been lost at sea on the USS Kinkaid.  “It's just the last thing that you could imagine happening and it just turned my world upside down,” Beugelsdijk says. Beugelsdijk and her husband Jason Springer met in the Navy and the two “became very good friends and then it turned in...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to an exclusive report from Reuters.  The Israel’s military says the bodies of three more hostages were recovered in Gaza.  Pro-Palestine protests continued this week at ​​University of California-Los Angeles.  Memorial Day film review of “The Longest...

New polling from Scott Rasmussen reveals that America's elite 1%—those with high incomes, urban residences, and postgraduate degrees—are significantly out of step with the rest of the country on a range of issues. It’s a troubling trend for America, and it doesn’t bode well for our future considering the elite 1% occupy many of the leadership roles in our cultural, educational, and government inst...