Entries by The Daily Signal

Trump Set to Lay Out Plan for Reopening America

President Donald Trump intends to announce guidelines Thursday for states to “reopen” as the nation makes progress against the coronavirus pandemic. “The data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new [COVID-19] cases. Hopefully, that will continue,” Trump said Wednesday evening in the Rose Garden at the White House. “These encouraging developments have […]

Trump Pulls WHO Funding, Says Organization ‘Must Be Held Accountable’ [Video]

President Donald Trump made it official Tuesday that the administration was halting money to the World Health Organization, the international body that said in January that COVID-19 could not be spread by human-to-human contact, and praised China’s response to the virus. “Our countries are now experiencing—look all over the world—tremendous death and economic devastation because […]

Potential for Fraud Is Why Mail-In Elections Should Be Dead Letter

Twice the usual number of suspects, including CNN’s combative Jim Acosta, have been criticizing President Donald Trump for the concerns he has raised about elections conducted entirely by mail. As the president said in a tweet, we do need absentee ballots for “many senior citizens, military, and others who can’t get to the polls on Election […]

PODCAST: The Dark Reality of China’s COVID-19 Cover-Up

China discovered the new coronavirus in December, but chose to hide it from the world. Now nearly every nation on earth is paying the price for China’s actions. Olivia Enos, a senior policy analyst in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss her recent report, “How the Chinese Government […]

Can’t Go to Church Amid COVID-19? Faith on Facebook Is Here to Help

Faith communities all over the world are leveraging technology to stay connected during the coronavirus pandemic. What would have been impossible a decade ago has been made easy today through smartphones and social media platforms. Facebook recently launched its Faith on Facebook Resource Hub, which is equipped with the tools that pastors, priests, rabbis, and other […]

Coronavirus Commission Offers 5-Phase Plan for Getting America Back to Normal

National-Coronavirus-Response-a-Road-Map-to-Recovering The National Coronavirus Recovery Commission announced a five-phase plan to get the American economy and public health “back to normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic. The 17-member commission established by The Heritage Foundation had its first formal and virtual meeting Thursday. “Americans want to ensure their families are kept safe and healthy,” said commission Chairwoman […]

Coronavirus Commission Examines How to Get America Back to Work

Before many Americans are able to go back to work, the country will have to reach four goals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said as the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission began to study related issues. “No. 1, we need to stop the spread. That has not been stopped,” Frist, a physician who […]

PODCAST: DHS Chief Chad Wolf Hopes to Have 450 Miles of Border Wall Built by End of Year

Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, joined The Daily Signal Podcast at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year to detail progress on President Donald Trump’s wall at the U.S. border with Mexico. Read a lightly edited transcript of the interview, posted below, or listen to the podcast: Plus: Andy […]

5 Things to Know About This Anti-Malaria Drug’s Effect on COVID-19

The federal government has stockpiled 29 million pills of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as the best known way to treat active cases of COVID-19, and thousands of patients in New York will take it. But using the Food and Drug Administration-approved drug to treat COVID-19 has sparked an intense political controversy. President Donald Trump, who has publicly […]

PODCAST: Second Amendment Rights During Coronavirus Pandemic

States all over America are mandating that nonessential businesses close, which is forcing lawmakers to decide which businesses should be deemed “essential.” In states such as New York and Massachusetts, gun stores already have been told to close their doors. In Texas, on the other hand, the attorney general has said gun stores may remain […]

Ahead of COVID-19 ‘Peak,’ Trump Touts ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’

President Donald Trump has warned the week ahead could be the worst yet in the COVID-19 crisis, but he and other administration officials also shared a positive note on Sunday, using terms such as “glimmers of progress” and “light at the end of the tunnel.” “In the days ahead America will endure the peak of […]