Your government is out of control. It’s doing things it has no business doing. It spends way too much money. It gets involved in way too many wars. It not only tells you what you can and can’t say—it actively censors you. And the things your government should do, it can’t, or won’t, do at all. It can’t keep your streets clean of crime and filth. It can’t keep your neighborhoods safe enough for kids to play outside. It can’t even prevent your country from being invaded by millions of illegal migrants. Why is that? Because your leaders no longer represent you. They represent themselves and their friends. On each episode of "The Signal Sitdown," politics editor Bradley Devlin exposes how the sausage really gets made in Washington, D.C. with the help of guests who have experience on the inside. "The Signal Sitdown" takes you inside the biggest battles in Washington, D.C., as they happen. We’ll analyze the policymaking process from an unabashedly and unapologetically conservative perspective and together reclaim government from the self-serving elites. Fingers will be pointed. Names will be named.
Chip Roy: Republicans Must Pass the SAVE America Act Before It Is Too Late
Republicans must use their remaining months in power to deliver on the promises that gave them control of Washington. That includes permanently securing the border, passing the SAVE America Act, reforming birthright citizenship and legal immigration, restricting government surveillance, expanding energy freedom, banning congressional stock trading, and advancing the rest of the agenda Republican voters were promised. Conservatives temporarily brought the House floor to a halt to force action on key priorities, while Senate rules continue to stand in the way of election-integrity legislation. Republicans must replace political caution with an aggressive governing strategy as Texas becomes the center of a growing struggle over political Islam and the country’s laws, culture, and founding principles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside the Charlie Kirk Murder Case Courtroom: What the Evidence Revealed
Today we are joined by Ryan Helfenbein, executive director of Liberty University's Standing for Freedom Center and a longtime friend of Charlie Kirk, who was present in the courtroom during the preliminary hearing in the Tyler Robinson murder case. Ryan shares what it was like sitting with Charlie Kirk's family as prosecutors presented evidence, explains the emotional moments that unfolded inside the courtroom, and discusses what surprised him most about the case. Ryan recounts the atmosphere inside the courtroom as previously unseen evidence was presented, examines the prosecution's case against Tyler Robinson, explains the defense's response, and discusses the questions surrounding motive and what comes next as the case moves toward trial. He also reflects on Charlie Kirk's personal growth, his deepening Christian faith, and the legacy he believes Charlie leaves behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump v. Pope Leo XIV? Where Do Washington and Rome Go From Here?
An unprecedented American papacy is shifting the Vatican back toward tradition, math, and absolute truths after a chaotic twelve years under Pope Francis. This new leadership is already paving the way for strong diplomatic ties with the Trump administration, driven by a mutual respect for innovation and strict institutional order. Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s sits down with Paul Kengor, editor of The American Spectator and author of the new book “American Pontiff,” on today’s edition of “Signal Sitdown.” “Sacred Honor: The Declaration That Defines a Nation,” featuring Victor Davis Hanson, is OUT NOW! https://youtu.be/O1d3gn_H8ow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Victor Davis Hanson’s Message to America on Its 250th Birthday
With America's 250th birthday around the corner, Victor Davis Hanson and Bradley Devlin discuss what must be done to keep America alive for the next 250 years. WATCH NOW: Sacred Honor: The Declaration That Defines a Nation Premieres TONIGHT, July 2, at 8:30pm ET 👉 https://youtu.be/O1d3gn_H8ow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump Is Saving Biden's Lost Migrant Children | John Fabbricatore
Former senior Health and Human Services advisor and ICE official John Fabbricatore says the Biden administration failed to vet sponsors for unaccompanied minors, leading to over 300,000 children missing from HHS rolls, 65,000 unanswered hotline calls, thousands of trafficking allegations, and dozens of deceased children later identified. Fabbricatore describes his career in INS/ICE and says Trump-era HHS leadership prioritized locating children, reporting about 140,000 found and a faster response process for new tips. This, and more, on this week’s edition of “The Signal Sitdown" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, the SPLC, with wire fraud and bank fraud. According to the DOJ, the SPLC paid millions of dollars to individuals associated with groups like the KKK, only to raise money off of supposedly pervasive hate in America. Daily Signal Senior Editor Tyler O'Neil, author of a book on the SPLC titled "Making Hate Pay," joined the Signal Sitdown this week to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nick Freitas recently returned from the United Kingdom and shares what he witnessed on the ground.After first visiting in 1998, he saw how dramatically Britain has changed due to mass immigration over the past 25+ years. Areas near historic landmarks like the Tower of London now resemble Bangladesh. British culture is rapidly shifting, with growing balkanization, Sharia courts, grooming gangs, and a government that has prioritized newcomers over its own citizens. The raw reality of unchecked immigration and the failure of assimilation in the UK should be a serious lesson for Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matthew Mehan, author of "The American Book of Fables," joins Bradley Devlin on a new episode of Signal Sitdown to discuss the "moral imagination" of the Founders and on the need during America 250 for the nation to have a "shared memory." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As debates rage across conservative media over foreign policy, coalition building, tariffs, and the future direction of the Right, the real question becomes whether the movement can stay focused on governing instead of turning inward. From social media feuds and ideological purity tests to the growing influence of podcasters and political commentatory, today we explore what happens when political identity becomes detached from practical politics. “A lot of these debates that have broken out among the podcasters involve things that are really petty.” At the same time, packed TPUSA events, energized young conservatives, and growing grassroots enthusiasm suggest the movement may be far more united in real life than it appears online. In today’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown,” Michael Knowles and Bradley Devlin dive into the tension between internet politics and actual political momentum, and whether conservatives can avoid becoming distracted by personalities and factionalism while the Left continues to organize and govern. “We will become frivolous, we will become superfluous, and the upshot of that will be that the Left will actually do the governing and we will all lose.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The chaos surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation didn’t just shake Washington—it revealed how far the Left was willing to go to pressure the Supreme Court. Mollie Hemingway, author of “Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution,” explains how that push reshaped the conservative legal movement and helped elevate Justice Samuel Alito as a defining voice on the bench. From behind-the-scenes tensions to major dissents, this conversation uncovers why Alito’s influence is only growing. 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the past few weeks, Rep. Greg Steube was leading the charge to bring to the House floor a vote to expel now-former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick. Minutes before Steube was set to join the “Signal Sitdown” — and the same day the Ethics Committee was expected to render a recommendation to the House on whether to expel the Florida congresswoman over fraud allegations — Cherfilus-McCormick announced she was resigning her seat in Congress, effective immediately. On this episode of the “Signal Sitdown,” Steube, R-Fla., peels back the curtain on the investigation that ultimately resulted in Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignation. What he describes, based on investigations conducted by the Office of Congressional Ethics, the House Ethics Committee, and the Department of Justice, is an alleged plot to take advantage of DEI in the federal and state bureaucracy to commit fraud and attain and maintain political power. 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congress could be heading for another One Big Beautiful Bill. Congressional Republicans are facing a double-bind of a lingering shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security and the urgent need to pass the SAVE America Act, an election integrity bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote and implement nationwide voter ID, before November’s midterm elections. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, joined “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss where the rapidly-evolving GOP strategy to end the shutdown and secure American elections is heading. This is the number one most important piece of legislation we could be working on right now, Gill told The Daily Signal of the SAVE America Act. We need election integrity because every time an illegal alien votes in our election system, it disenfranchises an American citizen by canceling out their vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a world where opportunity for women abounds, why are they so unhappy? Emma Waters, a policy analyst in the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation and author of a new book titled "Lead Like Jael: 7 Timeless Principles for Today's Women of Faith," has thought deeply about this question and joins “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss. “Women have more choices before them than ever before. And yet, despite the abundance of choices before them, they are less equipped than ever before with the life script or guidance necessary to make good decisions.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Detroit has become the poster child of American decline and for good reason: No city in what is now known as the Rust Belt experienced such soaring highs and such abysmal lows. In the 1950s, Detroit was the wealthiest city in America. By 2014, just one year after the city declared bankruptcy, Detroit was considered the poorest city in America. Detroit is starting to show signs of comeback by courting large investments from some of the companies who brought Detroit to its zenith, such as the Ford Motor Company, and balancing the city’s checkbook. But plenty of problems persist, and the whiplash has left policymakers and every day Americans asking what happened, and what is the way back for cities like Detroit. Rodney Lockwood is a member of the Board of Directors of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy with a business background in real estate. Lockwood joins “The Signal Sitdown” this week to help unpack Detroit’s collapse, the beginnings of its recovery, and share his bold plan to revitalize a forgotten part of the city. “I think Detroit is probably the most prime example,” of the Rust Belt’s collapse, Lockwood told The Daily Signal, “because other cities have not suffered as much as Detroit.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vice President JD Vance’s life has taken him from the hollowed out town of Middletown, Ohio to the halls of power. Between his challenging upbringing, his service in the Marine Corps, his stint in Silicon Valley, his Senate tenure, and now his vice presidency, it’s easy to lose sight of the two short days leading up to President Donald Trump picking Vance as his running mate. Reflect on those two days in the middle of July and you’ll see the distillation of a long career arc for such a young man. Author Frank DeVito joins “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss his new book on the vice president, titled “JD Vance and the Future of the Republican Party,” and the role Vance was born to play in American political life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last week, Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the Department of State, testified on his nomination in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Carl has spent the better part of the last year of his life pursuing this State Department post, at great personal and professional expense. And, fresh off of the hearing in which Senate Democrats sought to destroy his reputation, Carl joined “The Signal Sitdown.”Carl was nominated to be assistant secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the Department of State in June 2025. Eight months later, Carl is still waiting to be confirmed to a role that would put him at the nexus of American foreign policy and international organizations like the United Nations. Carl explains what’s wrong with organizations like the United Nations, why international bureaucrats are willing to turn a blind eye, and what America can do to ensure its interests are protected in these forums. Democrats in Washington have also been willing to turn a blind eye to the issues plaguing these international organizations, and they were not very interested in unpacking those issues at Carl’s hearing last week. Instead, Democrats on the committee turned the hearing into a hullabaloo by repeatedly accusing Carl of racism, sexism, antisemitism, and a grab-bag of other forms of bigotry. At several instances, these Democrat senators would make these accusations without asking him a question or giving him an opportunity to defend himself. When they did ask him questions, they would simply cut him off before he could fully answer. 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s been five weeks since the U.S. removed former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. But the question on everyone's mind is what comes next now that Maduro is no longer in power. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott joined “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss the plan to stabilize, recover, and transition power in Venezuela. Pigott explained the administration's phased approach to Venezuela. "First, the stability of Venezuela. Second, the recovery, where you might see the beginnings of investment, in oil infrastructure, for example. Then the third phase being that transition to a longer-term situation where hopefully you have a reliable partner in the region." Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/ Connect with our hosts on socials! Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemccueofficial/ Virginia Allen: X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=Virginia_Allen5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaallenofficial/ Check out Top News in 10, hosted by The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoUpc2Pzfk0n89cXWBqQltHY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Minnesota has been on fire for weeks, but this is nothing new for the city of Minneapolis. The last time the city saw organized protests and violent riots at this level was in 2021 during the George Floyd riots. “They [rioters] are so anxious to distract from what is actually happening in Minnesota, all the massive fraud that’s going on,” Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal on the latest episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” The fraud, originally uncovered in Minnesota, is now being discovered in other states. While the fraud was new, these organized and professional protests and violent riots have been popping up across the country for years now. Duyne joined Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin to discuss how she is combating these organized violent riots in Congress using the RICO Act. The RICO Act currently combats organized crime, and Duyne’s Stop FUNDERs Act seeks to broaden RICO to organized violent riots. “One of the reasons why I have introduced my Stop FUNDERs Act is that you are seeing these massive protests against folks like Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the congresswoman explained. 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Poll after poll shows a growing majority of Americans are against transgender issues and policies, from men in women’s sports to men in women’s bathrooms. Some of these issues are now 80-20 issues. It’s a remarkable feat, and it also makes one wonder how the conservative movement has had such resounding success against transgenderism when it resoundingly lost a very similar battle, the battle to defend traditional marriage. Terry Schilling, the president of the American Principles Project, has been a driving force on combatting transgenderism all over the country. He’s one of the few people who really saw transgenderism coming, and he’s smart enough to have learned from the mistakes made in the fight to protect traditional marriage and apply those lessons to fighting transgenderism. “I think it's all federal at this point. The states are good for temporary victories that can help build momentum, but we need to get federal victories.” Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/ Connect with our hosts on socials! Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemccueofficial/ Virginia Allen: X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=Virginia_Allen5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaallenofficial/ Check out Top News in 10, hosted by The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoUpc2Pzfk0n89cXWBqQltHY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
America has hit another record, but it’s not a good one. Last year, the median age of the first-time home buyer in America hit 40 years old. In the 1980s, the average age of the first-time homebuyer in America was just 28. What happened? Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., joins us this week on “The Signal Sitdown” to explain how multi-billion-dollar institutional investors like BlackRock are crowding out younger families from buying homes. “The longer that you delay somebody from getting into that first house, the longer you delay their wealth-building trajectory toward actually putting themselves in a very solid, fiscally responsible position, which is where you want the middle class.” Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/ Connect with our hosts on socials! Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemccueofficial/ Virginia Allen: X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=Virginia_Allen5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaallenofficial/ Check out Top News in 10, hosted by The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoUpc2Pzfk0n89cXWBqQltHY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
