Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signaled Tuesday he will call a second special legislative session on redistricting if House Democrats continue to block a quorum by Friday. Dozens of Democrats have fled the state to derail a Republican-led effort to redraw congressional maps that could net the GOP as many as
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), EJ Antoni, has suggested suspending the agency’s monthly jobs report until data accuracy improves. In a Fox Business interview, Antoni recommended publishing only quarterly data, which is typically more accurate, until monthly reporting can be corrected.
Tropical Storm Erin, the fifth named storm of 2025, is moving west across the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into the season’s first hurricane by Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of Tuesday morning, Erin was hundreds of miles west of Africa’s Cabo Verde
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday he may allow a major lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to proceed, citing what he called mismanagement of the Fed’s headquarters renovation. On Truth Social, Trump blasted the project’s cost, claiming it should have been a $50 million fix, not a
National Guard troops began arriving in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment and placed the city’s police under federal control. The move, announced Monday, comes despite violent crime in the capital being at a 30-year low. Democratic mayors warned the action could serve as
By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 The Environmental Protection Agency canceled a $3 million “climate justice” grant for Florida with a description that included “training grassroots leaders.” The EPA terminated the grant to the Palm Beach County Office of Resilience, a local office that focuses on emergency
The U.S. inflation remained unchanged in July, but President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are starting to lift prices for many goods. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% last month, keeping the annual inflation rate at 2.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Falling gas prices
Eastman Kodak, the 133-year-old photography pioneer, has warned it may not survive much longer. In its latest earnings report, Kodak disclosed it lacks the financing or liquidity to cover roughly $500 million in upcoming debt, raising "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue operating. The company plans to
By Sarah Holliday, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 In what has become a chilling unearthing, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia has launched an investigation into Centreville High School for accusations of arranging and funding students’ abortions back in 2021. The news, first revealed by the W.C. Dispatch
By Rebecca Downs, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 Ohio is supposed to be welcoming a manufacturing plant from Intel, but there have been considerable delays. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as well as Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted, R-Ohio, have also expressed potential national security and fraud concerns. Recently,
By Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 Conservative groups loudly condemned a Massachusetts police agency for citing the Southern Poverty Law Center in attacking the parental rights group Moms for Liberty in a law enforcement training. Moms for Liberty called for a retraction, suggesting that the
By Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. This is the 80th anniversary of the Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, bombings—with nuclear weapons, atomic bomb—on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And this past week we’ve seen
By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 President Donald Trump announced Monday he’s taking decisive action to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., drawing attention to violent crime rates not only in the nation’s capital, but in major cities across the U.S. “We have other
By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 The Vatican is facing yet another potential financial scandal this week with allegations surfacing that its payroll agency was able to change the names and account numbers after transactions were concluded. The eye-popping claims come from Libero Milone, who was named
By Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 Although the backlash to the overturning of Roe v. Wade appears to have subsided, vandals, arsonists, and worse targeted hundreds of churches in 2024, according to a new report. Travis Weber, vice president for policy and government affairs at
By Chris Wade via The Daily Signal | August 11, 2025 Rent-controlled apartments for rich people in New York City? Not so fast, says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who says the front-running candidate for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, should give up his, too. Cuomo, who was defeated by Mamdani in June’s
