The Stories That Made a Difference: Daily Signal’s Biggest Reporting Wins of 2026 

From questioning the president to breaking exclusive stories and holding powerful institutions accountable, Daily Signal journalists are making an impact. 

Some stories report what happened. 

Others help make things happen. 

Throughout 2026, Daily Signal journalists have been breaking news, asking questions directly to the nation’s most powerful leaders, and uncovering stories Americans might otherwise never hear. You can help sustain that work—and make the next investigative report possible. 

The impact is being felt far beyond the Daily Signal’s pages. 

During the third quarter alone, the Daily Signal reached 8.55 million pageviews, its social media following surpassed 9.1 million, and its YouTube channel recorded its best quarter ever with 68 million views.  

But the numbers tell only part of the story. 

Here are some of the ways the Daily Signal journalism made an impact: 

Taking our questions directly to the White House 

White House Correspondent Elizabeth Mitchell put five questions directly to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during the third quarter. Several became national news, with Daily Signal’s reporting cited by Reuters, the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNBC, and PBS.  

One question about the Kevin Warsh nomination and interest rates became one of the Daily Signal’s broadest corporate media pickups of the year. In another scoop, Mitchell broke the news that Trump would highlight school choice at a Rose Garden event, a story later featured by Politico Playbook with credit to the Daily Signal.  

Reporting that reaches the highest levels of government 

The Daily Signal’s reporting isn’t simply reaching readers. It is reaching the people shaping national policy. 

Trump shared Ohio reporter Rebecca Downs’ story about Vance and Ohio manufacturing on Truth Social. The report says Trump also posted three separate Daily Signal stories about the SAVE America Act, while Daily Signal journalists published more than 40 articles on the issue. 

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Holding powerful institutions accountable 

Investigative reporting remained central to the Daily Signal’s work. 

Fred Lucas used government research for an exclusive on an NIH-funded study concerning puberty blockers and youth mental health, while a FOIA-sourced exclusive revealed Planned Parenthood’s 14-point post-Dobbs strategy for state attorneys general.  

Tyler O’Neil continued his reporting on the Southern Poverty Law Center with an exclusive reporting that Microsoft had stopped using the SPLC to filter employee charity matching, building upon his congressional testimony earlier in 2026. 

Taking important stories beyond Washington 

The Daily Signal’s State News Network now has correspondents in California, Georgia, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia, digging into local stories with national implications.  

In Texas, Emily Medeiros broke the news that residents of McKinney were circulating a petition to recall city council members who approved a large new mosque. The impact report says organizers subsequently collected enough signatures to advance the recall if the Texas secretary of state validates them. 

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Bringing conservative journalism to millions 

The Daily Signal’s journalism is reaching an enormous audience beyond the written word. 

“The Tony Kinnett Cast” grew 35% across YouTube and podcast platforms compared with the second quarter, generating 14 million views and listens in Q3 alone. Meanwhile, nine of Victor Davis Hanson’s short-form commentaries surpassed 1 million YouTube views each.  

Daily Signal also released its first longer documentary, “Sacred Honor: The Declaration That Defines a Nation”, which surpassed 2 million views across social media platforms.  

And we’re just getting started. 

The legacy media has enormous resources behind it. 

The Daily Signal has readers and viewers like you. 

Our journalists can ask the questions, investigate the stories, and bring the facts to millions of Americans. But sustaining and expanding that work depends on people who believe independent conservative journalism is worth supporting. 

Your support helps fund the next investigation, the next exclusive, and the next question that needs to be asked. 

Help sustain the journalism that challenges conventional narratives, holds powerful institutions accountable, and brings you stories the legacy media overlooks. Become a Signal Elite Supporter today. 

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Together, we can keep building the independent conservative media America needs. 

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