Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson has returned for his first episode of his show “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words” in over a month, sharing more details about his recent surgeries to remove lung cancer.

“I’ve been off for a while, as you may have noticed. I had a mucinous adenoma carcinoma. That’s kind of a long name for a very rare non-smokers type of lunch cancer,” shared Hanson. 

Hanson was diagnosed in the fall and was treated at Stanford. He had surgery to remove the cancer on Jan. 1, 2026.  

“I woke up very happy in the emergency room,” he said thinking the surgery had gone well. But quickly there were complications.  

“There was an arterial aneurysm and two veins popped, so I lost, very quickly, a lot of blood,” said Hanson, looking back on the day.  

“Thank God for the skilled surgeon at Stanford. He got me right back in. They took out all the things they had just closed and started all over again, opened up and they found them just in time. I had five transfusions,” explained Hanson.  

Hanson says he’s still recovering, trying to get his blood volume back up, but hopes to return to the show “slowly and periodically” during his recovery.  

Hanson might still be recovering from the two back-to-back surgeries, but he couldn’t leave his first show of 2026 there. He continues the shorter episode by discussing the immigration protests taking place in Minnesota.  

“I want to talk through very quickly today about what’s going on in Minnesota,” said Hanson. “I know we’ve got people having talked to death the insurrectionary nature of Tim Walz, and, of course, Mayor [Jacob] Frey and [Keith] Ellison, the [Minnesota] attorney general.

“But what I’m really disturbed about is the utter hypocrisy that we’re seeing with this street insurrectionary movement,” he continues.  

Hanson explains the hypocrisy of the Left as they treated protestors on Jan. 6 like criminals while making Renée Good and Alex Pretti martyrs.  

“Take masks for example, “Hanson continued. “We were told that masks were absolutely essential, not just for health reasons but sometimes demonstrators wore them,” he said.  

“The reason we were told Antifa wears them is because they didn’t want to have their identities put out into the popular discourse. … They don’t offer any such latitude for ICE officers,” Hanson explained.  

“All of a sudden, these Democrats are reverting to their original form, and we should remember original because the neo-confederate movement, was a Democratic project,” concluded Hanson.  

Watch Victor Davis Hanson discuss, more in depth, the Minnesota protests and the Left’s abrupt embrace of states’ rights here.  

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a briefing from the Brady Room in the White House, while drawing attention to the dramatic decline in violent crime under President Trump’s administration. The per capita murder rate in major metropolitan areas has dropped to the lowest rate since 1900. WATCH: . Posted in Police action, President […]

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Children's Minnesota said it is planning to suspend sex change drugs for minors after facing pressure from the Trump administration.

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The FBI arrested a Los Angeles man Thursday who allegedly sent texts to Nancy Guthrie’s family seeking a bitcoin payment as a ransom to return the missing 84-year-old. Fox News […]

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MILAN — The most prestigious athletic event on the world stage issued a clear political statement this week, as the Winter Olympics announced it would be protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies by removing all ice from the skating rinks.

President Donald Trump is now seeking a $1 billion settlement with Harvard University because the school has “dragged its feet” during months of negotiations, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

“This has been an ongoing negotiation and frankly, a frustrating negotiation for the president and the administration because we want a deal,” Leavitt said in response to a question from The Daily Signal, “and it’s very unfortunate that Harvard has dragged its feet.”

Harvard and the Trump administration have engaged in a legal battle for about nine months after Trump pulled $2 billion in federal funding and removed Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. The president took action over Harvard’s alleged failure to curb antisemitism and its DEI practices.

Trump had said at the end of January that a deal with Harvard was close. Education Secretary Linda McMahon confirmed this to The Daily Signal, saying “He’s right. It’s ongoing.”

Harvard was previously willing to settle for $500 million, to be spent on workforce development training programs, but the New York Times reported that Trump administration officials wanted some of the money paid directly to the federal government. 

“They need to rectify the wrongs and the illegal behavior that took place on their campus over the course of the past several years under the previous administration,” Leavitt told The Daily Signal. “The president wants a justified deal to correct for that criminal behavior that took place on their campus.”

The New York Times reported that the president was dropping the demand for a cash settlement, but the president disputed this reporting, and requested even more money.

“He is now demanding $1 billion from Harvard University,” she added, “and Secretary McMahon will be continuing to lead this negotiation in these talks.”

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In a major development today, HB 1793 has successfully passed in the New Hampshire House. The House Finance Committee Chair has waived further hearings, clearing the path for this vital Second Amendment legislation to move directly to the State Senate.

This bill is a top priority for lawful gun owners as it seeks to dismantle dangerous “gun-free zones” on public campuses and ensure that law-abiding students and faculty can exercise their right to self-defense.

What HB 1793 Delivers

• Eliminates Campus Carry Bans: Stops public colleges and universities from enforcing policies that disarm law-abiding citizens.
• Protects All Self-Defense Tools: Ensures students can carry firearms as well as non-lethal options like tasers and pepper spray.
• Enforcement with Teeth: Includes a $10,000 statutory damage provision against institutions that continue to infringe on student rights.

Next Step

The bill is now heading to the New Hampshire State Senate.

Use the form above to contact your State Senator and urge them to support HB 1793!

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