DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Iran had taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now “have to pay the price,” while Tehran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after overnight tit-for-tat strikes. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait...

The House of Representatives passed the $70 billion party-line budget bill Republicans refer to as the Secure America Act. The Department of Homeland Security funding bill will now be sent to President Donald Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign it immediately Wednesday morning. House Republicans passed the bill Tuesday night, 214-212, with all...

Minnesota’s welfare schemes exposed the scale of taxpayer fraud, California’s hospice scandal showed the problem was not isolated, and now Ohio’s Medicaid problem reveals how deep fraud may run. During my appearance Monday on Fox News with Jon Scott, I argued that the fraud uncovered so far in several states is only the tip of...

By giant margins, a new national poll of Hispanics shows that these citizens have soured on President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, with the economy driving the dissatisfaction—not immigration enforcement. In fact, when apprised of the reality of Trump’s immigration agenda, Hispanics approve.  When asked what concerns them more—high prices or ICE and immigration enforcement—Hispanics…

A new national survey of registered Hispanic voters points to a challenge for Republicans and a potential path to rebuilding support ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats held a 16.1-point advantage on the congressional generic ballot in the Wick survey of 1,000 registered Hispanic voters. The results also show that economic concerns are dominating voters’ priorities: A...

THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump frequently sparred with “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker about multiple topics before cutting the interview short. Trump went to Wisconsin on Friday to discuss farming and his economic agenda, Fox 6 Milwaukee reported. Mirroring the stormy weather outside the farm where the interview took place, Trump and Welker...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration convened a symposium Tuesday on combating threats posed by pro-Hamas terrorist groups that the State Department says were ignored for years by the Biden administration. The State Department held a “Symposium on the Rise of Far-Left Political Terrorism” at the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace,...

Nationwide, Americans are struggling with affordability, public safety, and government waste—and Democrats’ big, bold solution is a revenge tour against President Donald Trump. During a Thursday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Daily Signal Senior Political and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke argued that the Democratic Party’s new agenda, “Project 2029,” focuses more on opposing Trump than...

The second administration of President Donald Trump—once hailed as the most pro-life president ever—isn’t taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Supreme Court opinion that overturned abortion precedent Roe v. Wade, a pro-life expert says. “The pro-life movement has been frustrated with the Trump administration—at least this time around—because they have so many [fewer]...

Donald Trump wasn’t just playing golf those four years out of office. In this segment from the latest episode of “Signal Sitdown,” former press secretary Sean Spicer goes into the “wilderness years” and his new book on President Donald Trump’s historic first year back in the White House. Bradley Devlin: We’re here to talk about...

June 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on July 24, he said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, nearly three months after the annual event was postponed following a shooting. The black-tie gathering of journalists and politicians in Washington was postponed after a suspect stormed a security...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday asking some artificial intelligence companies to give the federal government 30 days to review their frontier models before release. Trump had been scheduled to sign a broader version of the order on May 21, but he delayed the signing, saying he did not like “certain aspects” of...

President Donald Trump announced that Bill Pulte will serve as acting director of national intelligence following the resignation of Tulsi Gabbard, who is stepping down to care for her husband after his cancer diagnosis. Pulte is currently director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In his roles,...

Is the federal government still funneling taxpayer dollars to some of the leftist activist groups that called the shots during President Joe Biden’s administration? The Trump White House is asking federal agencies to investigate past and potentially continuing funding for a host of nonprofits, many of which are associated with aggressive promotion of leftist causes....

The recent Trump-Xi summit in Beijing featured grand ceremonies, red-carpet pomp, and diplomatic flair, but it produced no major breakthroughs. This has allowed some media and analysts to promote distorted narratives about U.S.-China relations, the Iran conflict, and global power dynamics. Here is a clear-eyed debunking of the three most misleading myths. Myth 1: The...

For years, much of the American media has operated under a peculiar assumption: that the best way to confront adversaries such as China and Iran is to accommodate them. If the United States applies pressure, the narrative quickly becomes that America is overextended, losing leverage, or somehow empowering its enemies. That narrative has resurfaced during...

Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst for the Daily Signal, said that recent anti-ICE protests in New Jersey are part of a broader pattern of organized agitation aimed at undermining law enforcement and President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Appearing Thursday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Cooke responded to video of protesters outside an...

The controversial 60-vote threshold needed in the Senate in order to pass legislation, which could by removed by Senate majority leadership, has become a vital point in the Georgia Senate race. Derek Dooley, who is competing against Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., for the Republican nomination to face Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in November for his...

Several musical artists scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair in honor of America’s 250th birthday have withdrawn from the event after SPIN magazine highlighted President Donald Trump’s connection to the fair. The Great American State Fair will showcase all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. It...

Last fall, Clemson University officials announced the end of a sordid list of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) “commissions.” But news of DEI’s death at the college may be premature: The school’s board of trustees hired a new president with a checkered past of applying racial preferences. Are the trustees and administrators serious about civil...

May 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting, but left the door open for the Democratic Party to challenge it again after the administration takes further steps to implement the measure. Washington-based U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols’ order did not address...

As Colombia nears a momentous election decision on May 31, conservative Abelardo de la Espriella vaults to the lead in polling and prediction markets. Known as “The Tiger,” he channels much of the energy and philosophy of another Latin American populist-right renegade, Javier Milei, who similarly uses lion imagery and themes in his campaigns. De...

The White House’s budget office will overhaul the way the federal government awards grants, grafting in English-only requirements and E-Verify requirements to combat illegal immigration while cutting out woke agenda items. The Office of Management and Budget will implement a wide-ranging slate of reforms to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an OMB...

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson: The fascists in this country are not going to be orange-colored and, you know, crude...

Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst for The Daily Signal, said President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the Texas Senate race is a direct message to Republican incumbents that voters are no longer satisfied with party labels but instead desire results. Appearing on ABC News’ election coverage Tuesday, Cooke argued that Trump has become...

The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said Republican incumbents across the country should view primary elections as warnings that voters are no longer satisfied with candidates who campaign as conservatives but fail to deliver once in office. Appearing on Newsmax to discuss the midterm elections and the Texas Republican primary...

President Donald Trump has called a Cabinet meeting Wednesday at Camp David, the historic presidential retreat in Maryland, a White House official confirmed to the Daily Signal on Tuesday. All Cabinet members are expected to attend what will be the 12th such meeting in his second term. The White House official said the meeting will...

A May report from the Department of the Interior announced the largest onshore lease sale in history of more than 33,000 premium acres in the Permian Basin, generating over $4 billion. Republicans credit the new possibility of American energy dominance to the Trump administration reversing Biden-era energy policy with the One Big, Beautiful Bill. “This...

In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton is dominating the polls after a surprise endorsement from President Donald Trump, plus additional support from Make America Healthy Again voters. A SoCal Strategies poll conducted after this week’s endorsement from the president found Paxton dominating Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn by 22...

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, May 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, appearing to dampen hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised by both sides a day earlier. The U.S. blockade on Iranian ships on the...