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Court Ruling Won’t End South Carolina School Choice
South Carolina’s school choice program faced a crushing setback when the state’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional after hundreds of students had already started classes at new schools. However, a grassroots response…
Virginia’s Push for Government Efficiency
In statehouses across the country, legislators, policy analysts, and commentators are all asking: “Could (or should) we have a Department of Government Efficiency in state government like Donald Trump just created?” To be…
Need More Methodical Policy in U.S.-China Trade Relations
This week, the stock market yo-yoed wildly, taking investors on a roller coaster of stunning lows and sudden highs. Rarely has investment been so gut-churning. And the reason for the turbulence is obvious: the Trump…
DNC Family Feud Intensifies Over Primarying of Incumbents
Just a few months into the job, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg is already on the outs with party leaders, who are sharply critical of his efforts to unseat longtime incumbent Democrats. Hogg, who was…
Another Maryland Woman Dead, With 2 Illegals Charged in Killing
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week it had arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien, Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, 24, and charged him in the killing of his girlfriend in Maryland. According to…
Trump’s So-Called Tariff Wars Make More Sense Than You Think
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Where are we in the trade wars, the…
Can John Reid Overcome Media Bias in Virginia?
The press, as it is wont to do, is trying to trivialize one candidate’s life in public service that goes back to Ronald Reagan and all the way to Gov. George Allen here in Virginia by repeatedly calling the new presumptive…
Texas House Consider Changes in Free Speech Bill
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that critics say would threaten freedom of speech with frivolous lawsuits, by altering the state’s so-called anti-SLAPP law. The Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee…
End of State Fracking Ban Could Enrich New Yorkers, Study Finds
A new report by The Heritage Foundation shows the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) for natural gas. New York state has had a ban on hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling practices since 2010.…
Anton Tapped as Point Man on Iran Nuke Negotiations
President Donald Trump has chosen Michael Anton, the State Department’s director of policy planning, to lead the next round of nuclear negotiations with Iran, Politico reported Thursday. This weekend, Anton will lead a…