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GOP started the gerrymander fight — but in Virginia, may not have the guts to finish it

The sheer audacity of Virginia Democrats' gerrymander attempt suggests the party isn't quite as confident as it pretends to be about winning the...

07.04.2026 5

New York Post

Daniel Mccarthy

China’s abuse makes birthright citizenship a life-or-death choice for America

China has exploited the liberal interpretation of “birthright citizenship” to maximum advantage — now the Supreme Court must decide if that...

31.03.2026 5

New York Post

Daniel Mccarthy

How Trump’s ingenious TSA fix calls the Democrats’ bluff

Democrats didn’t foresee that Trump would repair their sabotage of America’s transportation security by using the very agency Jeffries & Co. are...

23.03.2026 10

New York Post

Daniel Mccarthy

Chuck Schumer’s shutdown gambit gets riskier by the day

Next time your flight’s delayed or canceled, or you’re stuck in an endless TSA line, thank a congressional Democrat.

16.03.2026 10

New York Post

Daniel Mccarthy

Trump is making Cuba an offer it can’t refuse

Trump doesn't expect Thomas Jefferson to replace the corrupt Castros — but Cuba's faltering regime can exit with a parachute, if it makes a deal.

10.03.2026 7

New York Post

Daniel Mccarthy

Murdered mom deserves better than Dems’ lame excuses for illegal-alien killers

Democrats haven’t left the immigration lawlessness of the Biden years behind — on the contrary, they’re more committed to it than ever.

03.03.2026 8

New York Post

Daniel Mccarthy

How Gavin Newsom’s cringe ‘racist’ boast spells trouble for ‘28 Democrats

The 2028 election may come down to which party offends its own voters more.

24.02.2026 20

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Libertarians who join the anti-ICE crowd are being duped by the anti-American left

“Don’t tread on me” used to be a slogan conservatives and libertarians alike could rally around.

20.02.2026 100

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Can the United States repeat its Venezuela success in Iran?

Can the Trump administration do in Iran what it pulled off in Venezuela last month? That was the tantalizing question posed by Paul Pillar, a senior...

15.02.2026 40

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

A Japanese Lesson for Troubled Britain

The contrast between America’s great island allies on opposite ends of the world couldn’t be more drastic. Japan has just given its commonsense...

12.02.2026 2

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ shows UK’s spineless Keir Starmer how leadership is done

Even as Japan was rallying to its courageous prime minister, China was inflicting humiliation on America’s closest ally.

10.02.2026 30

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Melania Trump’s soft power: The documentary on the model first lady goes deeper than you’d think

Brett Ratner’s documentary "Melania" is a peek into the first lady's life in the weeks leading up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration -- and so...

08.02.2026 20

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

The Trump Coalition Wins But the GOP Brand Doesn’t

Just how badly did Republicans do in two Texas special elections last weekend? Not as badly as apocalyptic headlines in liberal-leaning outlets would...

03.02.2026 8

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Texas bruising sends Republicans a message they’d better take to heart

With or without Trump on the ballot, the GOP’s survival now depends on the coalition he pioneered.

03.02.2026 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Canada Should Warm to Trump’s Arctic Plans

President Donald Trump’s Arctic strategy has been 500 years in the making. When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic in 1492, he...

28.01.2026 7

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Trump’s Arctic plan has been 500 years in the making — and it will save the free world

Warmer Arctic temperatures and 21st-century technology put a trade route the world has sought for centuries within reach — but whose?

27.01.2026 9

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

From Rock to Tech, Talent Flees Taxes

California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones. The band famously fled England in the 1970s, heading into tax exile in the south of...

22.01.2026 8

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Why Gavin Newsom demands the world’s elites oppose America

Newsom's trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is the latest example of the governor making a fool of himself.

21.01.2026 30

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

What Gavin Newsom could learn from The Rolling Stones regarding his outrageous billionaires tax proposal

California Democrats should take a lesson from tax refugees like Mick and Keith (and Elon) — and reverse their descent into madness.

21.01.2026 20

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Renee Good Endangered Her Life and Yours

Americans who remember how an incident in Minneapolis six years ago plunged the whole country into a summer of rioting—then years of elevated...

14.01.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

The callous and cynical politics that led to Renee Good’s death

If one Renee Nicole Good can close schools and conjure up protests against hotels said to be housing ICE agents, imagine what three or four more...

14.01.2026 40

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Tim Walz Personifies Democrats’ Decline

Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party’s Tim Walz crisis isn’t. The Minnesota governor gave up his quest for a third term Monday:......

07.01.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Tim Walz jumps ship — and leaves fraud-scarred Minnesota Dems in big trouble

Walz’s departure has his party facing a tough series of tests at the ballot box, with the jaw-dropping scale of the Somali scandal threatening to...

06.01.2026 90

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Rebel Rebel: David Bowie went from queer icon to family man — and an alien reborn

David Bowie’s had a vigorous afterlife since dying in New York 10 years ago. He conquered Billboard’s album chart for the first time in his career...

04.01.2026 30

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ

At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history. James Hankins, a specialist in Renaissance thought, was one of the...

30.12.2025 20

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Harvard is destroying itself over ‘diversity’ — and taking the rest of us with it

Harvard and its peers replaced Western history with global history — and merit with identity politics, doing “serious harm" to young Americans,...

30.12.2025 30

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Jane Austen is 250 — and as relevant as ever

Big anniversaries are coming up in 2026: 200 years since the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, 250 since the signing of the Declaration of...

29.12.2025 50

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

DANIEL MCCARTHY: JD Vance Gets America’s Creed And Heritage Right

dutiful sons and daughters

29.12.2025 10

The Daily Caller

Daniel McCarthy

JD Vance Gets America’s Creed and Heritage Right

With America’s 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the Right this season about what it means to... Read...

27.12.2025 30

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

The great debate over what makes an American

The argument isn't just about history, it’s about immigration today — and whether "being American" is about values, bloodlines, or something more.

23.12.2025 40

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Trump’s Inflation Trap

What can Donald Trump do to stop morphing into Joe Biden? The two presidents could hardly be more different in most ways—but in the one... Read More...

17.12.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Trump’s risky bet on the economy better come good or there’ll be hell to pay at the ballot box

President Trump is pushing a Fed-driven credit binge — but freeing up the economy by slashing red tape and regulation is the healthy alternative to...

17.12.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

DANIEL MCCARTHY: Biden’s Immigration Debacle Is the Media’s, Too

too obvious to ignore

16.12.2025 10

The Daily Caller

Daniel McCarthy

Biden’s Immigration Debacle Is the Media’s, Too

The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting—covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter....

10.12.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

The NY Times suddenly discovers the Biden border crisis — long after it matters

The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting — covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter.

09.12.2025 5

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

DANIEL MCCARTHY: ‘Iryna’s Law’ And Bad Judges Who Make It Necessary

scenes of public execution

06.12.2025 10

The Daily Caller

Daniel McCarthy

‘Iryna’s Law’ and the Bad Judges Who Make It Necessary

What will it take to get crime under control in our subways and public transit systems? On Monday, news broke of another passenger set on... Read More...

03.12.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

With ‘Iryna’s Law,’ one state forces judges to put OUR safety first

Leftist judges and lawmakers put violent killers on the streets, leaving them free to ambush unsuspecting victims on train cars. Voters must rein in...

02.12.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Exit Is a Warning to Republicans

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a singular politician—a maverick, though not in the John McCain sense. The Arizona senator was beloved by the media; MTG...

30.11.2025 20

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Republicans can’t wuss out like Marjorie Taylor Greene — knuckle down and GOVERN

Unhappy Republicans in Congress must heed Trump's most important lesson — and write their own destiny instead of echoing politics past.

26.11.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Trump Hasn’t Lost Hispanics (Yet)

Is President Donald Trump losing the winning coalition he built just a year ago? He’s been the subject of premature political obituaries...

20.11.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Trump hasn’t lost Hispanic voters yet — but warning lights are flashing

On the economy and immigration, Republicans can’t afford to be tone-deaf — and the new voters Trump has brought in will soon depart if he...

19.11.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Trump Can Do Better Than Tariff ‘Dividends’ and 50-Year Mortgages

Time is short for the Trump administration. Last week’s elections were a setback, but not a devastating one: New Jersey is still a blue state,......

13.11.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Forget 50-year mortgage gimmicks and tariff checks— Trump must boost the economy, pronto

The financial finagling President Trump is floating this week won't save Republicans in the midterms: The nation needs a rebirth of industry, enabled...

12.11.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

Trump’s Supreme Court tariff case tests the limits of presidential power

Emergency powers that are too broad — as long as voters can correct them — are better than emergency powers too narrow to serve the country in a...

05.11.2025 9

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

DANIEL MCCARTHY: MAGA Makes Allies Great Again

a global realignment

30.10.2025 20

The Daily Caller

Daniel McCarthy

MAGA Makes Allies Great Again

President Donald Trump’s slogan has long been “America First,” and his movement is all about making America great again—language the...

29.10.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Trump inspires a new wave of nationalism — from Japan to Argentina

Trump is teaming with allies like Japan's Sanae Takaichi to advance a global realignment that will help make America great again, even as it makes...

28.10.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy

How Trump Is Battling China’s Influence in Latin America

President Donald Trump is in a fight for the destiny of the Americas. Will Central and South America be free and aligned with the United... Read More...

26.10.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Daniel McCarthy

Trump battles cartels and communists to make the Americas great again

The president's latest moves in Latin America — boosting Argentina's economy while attacking Venezuela and Colombia's drug trade — are smart...

22.10.2025 10

New York Post

Daniel McCarthy