By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | August 08, 2025 Taxpayers are stuck paying more than $81 million per year for the maintenance or leasing of about 10,000 federal buildings sitting vacant or underused. The Trump administration is moving to reverse that trend by following up on proposals by Sen.
By Victor Joecks, The Daily Signal | August 10, 2025 The triumph of modern feminism has put society on the path to demographic collapse. The U.S. fertility rate dropped to a new low last year, according to recently released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. An earlier report put
By Erick Erickson, The Daily Signal | August 10, 2025 Long before man walked the Earth, God in His providence created the animals, then sent a massive asteroid that collided with the Earth, wiped out the dinosaurs and other large animals, piled rubble, heat and pressure on top of them and
By Ben Shapiro, The Daily Signal | August 10, 2025 Just a few weeks ago, it was widely thought that Israel and the terrorist group Hamas were nearing a deal to end the war in Gaza. In that deal, Hamas leadership would agree to go into exile, Israeli hostages would be
By Sarah Holliday, The Daily Signal | August 09, 2025 New York City is funneling $65 million in taxpayer funds into “Ace’s Place,” a Long Island City, Queens shelter exclusively for homeless individuals identifying as transgender or gender non-conforming. Set to run through 2030, this first-of-its-kind facility—born from a
By Michael Barone, The Daily Signal | August 09, 2025 When debating current issues, it’s helpful to avoid inaccurate depictions of past policy, especially on immigration, in which both opponents and advocates of President Donald Trump’s policies have views based on not altogether accurate renditions of the past. Many
Exclusive TIPP Tracking Shows National Unity at a Record High in August, Driven Largely by Republicans, While Partisan Divisions Remain Deep
In a Summit Watched from Washington to Beijing, Trump and Putin Seek to End the Ukraine War and Reshape the Global Order
Yi Fuxian, Project Syndicate | August 8. 2025 China’s current demographic spiral bears a striking resemblance to that of ancient Rome, where changing social norms and drastic population-control measures led to falling birth rates and irreversible decline. Unless it rebuilds the social and economic foundations of child-rearing, China risks following
Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan that would see ground forces deployed into the remaining 25% of Gaza not yet under Israeli control, raising the prospect of an open-ended military occupation of the besieged Palestinian territory. The operation would require the forced evacuation of around one million Palestinians
President Donald Trump is advancing plans for a historic initial public offering (IPO) of government-owned mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The administration believes selling up to 15% of shares could generate $30 billion, making it the largest IPO in history. Placed under federal conservatorship during the 2008 housing
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from UCLA, according to CNN, as part of an escalating push to reshape higher education and enforce federal anti-discrimination laws. Last week, the administration froze $584 million in federal funding to UCLA. Chancellor Julio Frenk warned the freeze could severely harm
The advocacy group Democracy Forward filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the Department of Justice and FBI, demanding records about their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The suit, filed in Washington, D.C., seeks information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding internal communications about Epstein, particularly any involving
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, issuing subpoenas related to her probes of the Trump Organization and the National Rifle Association. A grand jury has been convened in Albany to examine potential violations of constitutional rights in James' handling of
A federal appeals court has blocked a lower court's attempt to pursue criminal contempt charges against Trump administration officials in a contentious immigration case. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a ruling by Judge James Boasberg, an Obama
President Donald Trump warned that a court ruling against his administration's tariff policies could trigger economic collapse similar to the Great Depression of 1929. In a post on Truth social, Trump credited tariffs with fueling record highs in the stock market and bringing in hundreds of billions in
