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A proposed data center in Henderson County, Texas, has withdrawn its plans to acquire land for its development. On Thursday, Diode, a global semiconductor company, notified Henderson County officials that it will no longer pursue the land development near Cedar Creek Lake. “Instead, we will focus on opportunities where we can support Texas’ growing infrastructure needs. We support practices that allow for responsible data center development, including the use of advanced water

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., rolled out the Retirement Fairness for Working Americans Act this week, and the name alone tells you how Washington sells a bad idea. There is nothing fair about capping retirement accounts and forcing selloffs on people who did exactly what the tax code told them to do for 30 years. Fairness does not shrink the pot. This bill does. I have spent three decades building investment strategies for single-family offices, running a hedge fund,

Under President Ronald Reagan, Americans understood communism for what it was. We knew it wasn’t an ambitious social program or a compassionate alternative to capitalism. Everyone knew—without question—that it crushed faith, confiscated property, silenced dissent, and turned citizens into subjects of the state. Then the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed. We defeated the communists so completely that following generations of Americans never witnessed their evils. They never saw t

According to a recent report from the Utah legislative auditor general, the state’s higher education system lost over $830,000 in recent years to “ghost students” who apply to receive financial aid and run off with the money without pursuing a degree. “Institutions reported disbursing $834k to suspected fraudulent applicants and spending over 15,000 hours working to mitigate enrollment fraud,” the 2026 “Performance Audit of Enrollment Fraud in Higher Education” report noted.

President Donald Trump and gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson visited Wheeler High School in Cobb County on Wednesday, where Jackson pledged that, if elected governor, he would match Trump Accounts for Georgia’s children. While on stage, Trump highlighted the benefits of Trump Accounts, namely, that American children born between the beginning of 2025 and the end of 2028 can claim a Trump Account of $1,000. Each family can invest an additional $5,000 per year in each account. After thank

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently introduced a proposal to rescind its 2024 rule requiring companies to report extensive data on climate change, a much-needed move that will benefit Americans. Everyday citizens can and should use the SEC’s rulemaking portal to comment in support of this proposal. But first, it is worth revisiting the 2024 rule to understand why this proposal urgently needs to become a final rule. The SEC regularly mandates that companies disclose certain impa

A week after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote to top election officials in four states warning of hundreds of thousands of potential noncitizens on their voter rolls, only New Jersey has admitted to a problem. The other three states have been either noncommittal in responding or have pushed back on Mullin’s claims. The Department of Homeland Security investigation found California, the nation’s most populous state, had as many as 190,832 noncitizens on its voter rolls

A small corner of south Orange County, California, has drawn national attention after reports of multiple cases of a rare childhood cancer. Residents say the worries go beyond one diagnosis and point to a broader set of possible environmental factors in the community. At least six children from Ladera Ranch have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that primarily affects bones and soft tissue. With only about 200 to 240 cases being reported nationwide each year, the issue gained w

As the battle against the Iranian regime and its Islamic terrorist proxies continues, key congressional testimony highlighted the importance of expanding the Abraham Accords, President Donald Trump’s historic peace agreements with Arab nations. During his opening remarks to the Subcommittee on the Middle East and Africa of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Asher Fredman, visiting fellow in the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation, argued that the United Sta

President Donald Trump will address the White House Correspondents’ Association at a rescheduled dinner on Friday, nearly three months after a shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel interrupted the event. The black-tie gathering of journalists, politicians, and administration officials was called off on April 25 after a man tried to force his way through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the ballroom where Trump and members of his Cabinet were taking their seats.  Th

Florida gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds announced on Friday a plan to remove ultra-processed food, artificial dyes, and harmful additives from Florida school meals and to guarantee every Florida child access to clean, tested water at school and at home. The plan is called Healthy Florida Healthy Families. Florida schools currently follow federal U.S. Department of Agriculture meal standards, but no state law restricts ultra-processed ingredients or artificial dyes, and loopholes s

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner told a gathering of supporters in Staunton this past weekend that “this is it” for him. It is his last run for the U.S. Senate seat he first won in 2008 after serving as Virginia’s governor. Funny, you don’t have to look hard in the archives to find a famous video from his first campaign where he said that he’d only run twice. (I’ll save you the trouble.) Senator @MarkWarner is running for a 4th termWarner in 1996 VA Senate debate:“I don’t want to be a lifelong p

This week, the Food and Drug Administration reviewed whether certain peptide therapies should be more widely available through compounding pharmacies. Some of the top names in longevity and health—including Brigham Buhler and Gary Brecka—arrived in Washington to weigh in on the latest Make America Healthy Again hot-button issue, raising questions about safety, innovation, and access. The review comes amid growing interest in peptide treatments and concerns that patients seeking these thera

The McKinney City Council in Texas is facing criticism after the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to recommend a proposed mosque development for further consideration by the council. The McKinney Islamic Association already has a mosque on Eldorado Parkway, but members say they have outgrown the facility and plan to build a larger center to accommodate their growing congregation.  The proposed site is a 5-acre tract along Virginia Parkway near two residential neighborh

A blue state has been caught asleep at the switch of protecting voting integrity, but don’t count on it to fix things any time soon. In case you missed it, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill—a Democrat—admitted Tuesday that 6,600 noncitizens had been improperly registered to vote in her state since 2023. Of those, at least 400 voted in state elections. It should be noted that 6,600 people being illegally registered to vote is no small deal. Several assembly races in the state were decided b

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it would enforce civil rights based on equal protection under federal law and no longer “sort people by race.” The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced a final rule updating its regulations to implement Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The department says the new rule aligns department policy strictly with the Civil Rights Act as well as Supreme Court precedent. “HHS will not pressure doctors, hospitals, universi

Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham defended the policy of keeping men out of women’s sports and girls’ locker rooms this week, and the Left and media immediately screamed, “Foul!” However, Cunningham characteristically refused to back down and on Wednesday night repeated her desire to protect girls in sports. The WNBA star, whose fierce, hysterical 22-second finger-point at Phoenix Mercury guard DeWanna Bonner last month turned her into a cultural phenomenon, insists she’s “not a very po

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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.  I’d like to speak today about revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries. Whether we realize it or not, we’ve been in a progressive revolutionary cycle for about 50 years.   And by that I mean there has been the effort o

President Donald Trump said 23 governors have signed his pledge to protect everyday Americans from the energy costs associated with new artificial intelligence data centers. Governors, companies, and stakeholders who sign the pledge agree to “protect American consumers from price hikes due to data center energy and infrastructure requirements, and lower electricity costs for consumers in the long term.” “We know that the data centers and AI are dramatically increasing the deman

“Governor Newsom is essentially paying for good press with your tax dollars.” That’s what independent journalist Nick Shirley told the Daily Signal when asked about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new grant program for California newsrooms. Newsom announced a new initiative that will award grants of up to $250,000 to eligible California news organizations producing what the state describes as “fact-based reporting.” The funding comes through the California Civic Media Progra