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Victor Davis Hanson is well known for his intelligent commentary and astute analysis of current events. But for his latest book, he tackles a topic related to his work on military history. It’s called “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation.” Hanson studied four historical examples of wartime extinction that he features in the book. Then he applies those lessons to contemporary...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Columbia University in New York cancels its main graduation in light of the pro-Palestine protests.  Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo was once paid by the Democratic National Committee for 'political consulting.' Trump is fined $1,000 for violating his gag order. Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire deal. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts fr...

After the Biden administration released its new Title IX rule on April 19, it took less than two weeks for the Defense of Freedom Institute to file a lawsuit against it.  “We are asking the court to … basically stop the effect of the regulations for a variety of legal reasons," says Robert Eitel, the institute's co-founder and president. That's because the rule change is “simply unlawful,” he expl...

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar has been indicted by the Department of Justice.  Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke asked to resign after Daily Signal reports she lied to the Senate.  The Biden administration announces that Illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children will soon be eligible for federal...

Terrorists in the Middle East do not despise America only because the U.S. supports Israel, but because America is a Western society, according to Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. “But people that attack us, they are after the U.S. just the same,” Rothman says.  “The chant in Iran—‘Death to America, Death to Israel’—it’s not a typo that America comes first,” Rothman as...

Police Clash with Protesters at UCLA, Pro-Palestine Groups Sued, Illegal Alien Flights into US | May 2 Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Police arrest 132 people at UCLA who were involved in the protests on campus.  A lawsuit has been filed against pro-Palestinian groups for allegedly operating as propagandists for Hamas in the U.S. Former President Donald T...

Athletic clothing brands hold Women’s History Month promotional campaigns every March and claim to support women’s and girls sports, but haven’t spoken out against men competing as women—until now. “None of them is weighing in and taking a stand to protect female athletes and female sports and spaces from males entering into those spaces,” says Jennifer Sey, the founder of XX-XY Athletics. As a fo...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A bombshell Daily Signal reports uncovers that the assistant attorney general wasn’t truthful in her Senate testimony. NYPD cleared out anti-Israel protesters from Columbia University. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green called for Speaker Mike Johnson to step aside in a Capitol Hill press conference. A report uncovers a Biden administration plan...

Sen. Roger Marshall was one of only 15 Republican senators who voted against sending an additional $60 billion to Ukraine for its war against Russia.  “One of my jobs is to prioritize where we're spending the money,” Marshall says. “And I'm telling you, until we secure the border, I don't think we should be spending any money outside of this country, let alone on what I'm describing as really Ukra...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Columbia University closed down its campus today after a mob of anti-Israel protesters broke into and occupied a university building. Former President Donald Trump was held in contempt of court on Tuesday by the judge in his hush money trial for repeatedly violating a gag order. Three lawsuits have been filed against the Biden administrat...

Education, employment, and family formation are “the building blocks for a flourishing life,” says the leader of the Georgia Center for Opportunity.  But, unfortunately, America’s welfare system includes penalties for both work and family formation, Randy Hicks says.  Although the safety net may not intend to punish work or the family, Hicks says, it does that through policies that reward American...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues new guidelines that direct employers to allow men and women to use the bathroom of their preference.  Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro asked the Supreme Court to allow him to stay out of prison while he challenged his conviction related to Jan. 6. The Supreme Court has denied this reque...

The left-wing Arabella Advisors network has raked in more money than either of the two major political parties and affects almost every element of public policy and elections, argues Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, a Washington-based investigative think tank.  Walter's new book “Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America” shows th...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate former President Donald Trump ahead of the November election.  Trump was in court for day 4 of arguments in his criminal case. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his state will not comply with the Biden administration's new rule on Title IX. Curious similarities exist between the pro-Palestine...

The nine Supreme Court justices have a major question before them. Is a current or former president immune from prosecution?  Former President Donald Trump is facing prosecution for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump argues that his actions as president are protected from prosecution under presidential immunity.  Trump lawyer John Sauer argued Thursday before the S...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s immunity case.  Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial continues. President Joe Biden tells voters that taxes will go up for some Americans if he is reelected.  The highest court in New York state overturns a rape conviction of film producer Harvey Weinstein. Relevant Lin...

Pro-Palestine protests on the campuses of some of America's most elite colleges have resulted in hundreds of arrests and led Columbia University in New York to move classes online for the remainder of the semester.  The pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, Yale, and New York University aren't just representative of an “antisemitic movement,” but a “fundamentally an anti-Western...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: ·         President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid bill on Wednesday. ·         The Supreme Court appeared to be divided on an Idaho abortion law during oral arguments. ·         House Speaker Mike Johnson condemned antisemitic rhetoric at Columbia University and called on the school’s president to resign. ·         Rep. Chip...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is not going to allow one lone judge to dictate whether the children of Ohio are protected from “transgender” surgeries and hormones, he shared in an interview with The Daily Signal. Yost asked the state’s Supreme Court to intervene after Judge Michael Holbrook issued a temporary restraining order for House Bill 68, the Saving Ohio Adolescents From Experimentation,...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Columbia University is moving almost all classes online for the rest of the semester over safety concerns due to the pro-Palestine protests on campus.  Lawmakers weigh in on anti-Israel protests on college campuses.  The New York criminal trial against Trump over alleged campaign finance violations focuses on former National Enquirer publ...

The House passed a four-bill $95 billion foreign aid package over the weekend that includes $60 billion in additional aid for Ukraine. The bill could cost House Speaker Mike Johnson his job.  The aid package passed in a 311-112 vote with the unanimous support of Democrats and 101 Republicans voting in favor of the bill. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., threatened to introduce a motion to remove...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Opening statements are delivered in former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush money case out of Manhattan.  The House has passed a four-bill $95 billion foreign aid package, including $60 billion for Ukraine.  The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for a case involving ghost gun kits.  At Columbia University, there were anti-Israel...

During the first night of Passover, Jewish homes gather around a Seder meal and remember how God delivered the Jewish people from Egypt, and that God has always rescued His people, author and lecturer Rabbi Pinchas Taylor explains.  “We say that we recognize that in every generation, there are nations that have come against us, that seek to destroy us, and that each and every generation, God saves...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A rule to consolidate aid to Ukraine and Israel into one bill failed to gain the support of more than 25% of House Republicans. A third Republican has announced support for ousting fellow Republican Mike Johnson as Speaker. New Biden administration regulation would open girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, housing, sports teams to boys who “id...

There’s a direct link between being raised in a family with a mom and dad present and a commitment to faith, according to the president and founder of Communio, a nonprofit that equips churches to work for the renewal of healthy relationships, marriages, and the family. “Many pastors don't know that 80% of everybody sitting in the pews on Sunday morning come from a home where mom and dad stayed co...