Mehek Cooke

Senior National Security & Legal Analyst

Mehek Cooke is senior national security and legal analyst for the Daily Signal.

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BIOGRAPHY

Mehek Cooke is senior national security and legal analyst for the Daily Signal. She covers national security, immigration, and legal issues shaping the news, delivering reporting and analysis across digital and broadcast platforms.

Cooke brings more than a decade of experience as an attorney, strategist, and media analyst focused on national security, immigration law, and federal policy. Before joining the Daily Signal, she served as president of American Frontier Strategies and held senior legal roles in Ohio state government, including as general counsel at the Ohio Department of Agriculture and assistant general counsel to the Ohio governor.

Her background includes work as a terrorism analyst with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio and as a national security and terrorism analyst overseas. Cooke is a graduate of Indiana University Maurer School of Law and holds a master’s degree in political science.

She regularly appears on national television and radio to provide analysis on immigration, national security, elections, and public policy.

Summary

Respected national security and legal analyst covering immigration, border security, and federal policy.

Attorney with more than a decade of experience in government, law, and national security analysis.

Regular TV commentator known for explaining complex legal and policy issues clearly.

WATCH

  • Mehek Cooke: Trump’s Paxton Endorsement Sends a Warning to Washington Republicans
  • Mehek Cooke: ‘Mostly Republican’ Is Not Good Enough Anymore
  • Mehek Cooke and Jim Jordan Unpack What Washington Was Hiding
  • Mehek Cooke Warns Democrats ‘Learned Nothing’ Ahead of Midterms, Calls Out Rising Anti-Semitism
  • Cooke on Newsmax: ‘Bank Records Don’t Lie’ — SPLC Under Fire
  • Ohio’s Medicaid Fraud Bombshell: Whistleblowers Warned the State Months Ago—Officials Looked Away
  • Trump Shakes GOP Primaries: 'His Endorsement Matters Now More Than Ever'
  • Trump’s Border Czar Has a Smart Surprise for Sanctuary Cities Trying to Hide Criminals

LATEST

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    Jim Jordan Discusses SPLC, Justice Department, and Weaponization of Government

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    The Daily Signal’s Mehek Cooke sits down with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for a wide-ranging conversation on the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Justice Department, the “Arctic Frost” investigation of Republicans by the administration of President Joe Biden, and the larger questions facing voters heading into the midterms. The discussion begins with…
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  • opinion

    Ohio’s Medicaid Fraud Bombshell: Whistleblowers Warned the State Months Ago—Officials Looked Away

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  • news

    Trump’s Border Czar Has a Smart Surprise for Sanctuary Cities Trying to Hide Criminals

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  • opinion

    Trump Turns Iran Into China’s Problem and Forces Xi to Choose Between Tehran and Stability

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  • opinion

    Trump Put Tehran on the Clock

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  • news

    Mehek Cooke Warns Ideological Decisions Are Hurting American Consumers

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    ‘This Was Thoughtless’: Mehek Cooke Warns of Security Failures After Correspondents’ Dinner Breach

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  • opinion

    The Supreme Court’s Redistricting Ruling Sent Shockwaves Far Beyond One State—and Democrats Know It

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  • opinion

    Virginia Is No Longer a Map Fight. It Is a Legitimacy Fight.

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  • news

    Mehek Cooke: Trump Assassination Attempt Was Not Just a Security Failure. It Was a National Warning.

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  • opinion

    Mehek Cooke: Left’s Rhetoric Fuels Climate of Violence Against Trump

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  • Mehek Cooke: Iran Is Fractured, Cornered, and Testing US Resolve

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  • exclusive

    CBP Makes Massive Meth Seizure at California Border Crossing

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  • opinion

    Trump Has Iran Cornered—and Tehran Knows It

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  • opinion

    The LAX Arrest That Proves Iran’s Threat Is Already Inside America

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    EXCLUSIVE: CBP Makes Massive Cocaine Seizure From Bus

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