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How Does the Ukraine-Russia Conflict End?
Early in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, then-Maj. Gen. David Petraeus (later a four-star general and director of the Central Intelligence Agency) rhetorically asked author Rick Atkinson the question, “How does this end?” as they surveyed the battlefield together. The same question is being asked about the war in Ukraine. While we have no crystal… -
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Answers to 6 Big Questions About Putin’s Nuclear Threats
After launching an invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin sparked even more global concerns by putting his nuclear forces on high alert. The Daily Signal asked Patty-Jane Geller, policy analyst for nuclear deterrence and missile defense in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense, what to make of Putin’s provocative rhetoric. Geller, who has… -
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Putin Wakes up the Western Ostrich
After the end of the Cold War, foreign policy experts across the spectrum assured us that things had changed. Wars of pure border conquest were over. Wars over oil would soon be a thing of the past. Instead, the increasingly intertwined world would move toward peace. Thomas Friedman suggested in his massive 1999 bestseller “The… -
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Performing ‘Sex-Change Procedures’ on Kids Is Child Abuse, Texas’ Attorney General Says. He’s Right, and I Should Know.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a formal legal opinion last week concluding that performing certain “sex-change procedures” on children—including surgeries, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers—constitutes child abuse under Texas law. As someone who identified as a woman for eight years, I agree. In his Feb. 18 statement, Paxton methodically builds the case for his… -
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A Racist Virginia School Board and Principal Get Called Out
In a terrific win for parents, hardworking students, and those who want to end discrimination in our schools, a federal judge has thrown out the racist admissions policy of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a prestigious public magnet school in Fairfax County, Virginia. On Feb. 25, federal district court Judge Claude Hilton… -
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Corporate Media Supports ‘Corrupt Regimes,’ Mollie Hemingway Says
How did corporate media become so biased and corrupt, and why isn’t it being held accountable? Corporate media exists “to support corrupt regimes,” Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist, says. She is optimistic because “a lot of people have lost trust in corporate media in recent years, [and] that’s a good thing,” Hemingway says. “It’s… -
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‘Too Little, Too Late’: Gov. Kim Reynolds Responds to Biden’s State of the Union Address
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign and domestic policy on Tuesday in the Republican response speech to the State of the Union address. “This is not the same country it was a year ago,” Reynolds said. “The president tried to paint a different picture tonight, but his actions over the last 12… -
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Biden’s Biggest State of the Union Blunders
Watch the video above to see some of the biggest “oops!” moments from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. -
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Fact-Checking 10 Claims From Biden’s State of the Union Address
In his first official State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden on Tuesday night addressed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation at home, an ongoing border crisis, and a fading COVID-19 pandemic. Biden, who also spoke to a joint session of Congress last April, made numerous assertions of his administration’s successes in a speech that… -
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Don’t Buy Democrats’ Cries of GOP ‘Racism’ and ‘Misogyny’ on Biden’s Supreme Court Pick
Even before Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, prominent Democrats began accusing Republican senators of being racists and misogynists for daring to question, for example, the pledge that President Joe Biden made as a candidate to nominate a black woman to the high court if elected. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said such questions… -
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How Big Tech Is Destroying What Makes Us Human
Critics of Big Tech often rightfully criticize it for frequently censoring conservatives. But censorship isn’t the only problem stemming from Big Tech’s stranglehold on American society. According to the Conservative Partnership Institute’s senior director of policy, Rachel Bovard, the technology we use is now fundamentally changing how we think and how we interact with each other. … -
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What Biden Got Wrong in His State of the Union Address
President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. (Biden’s address last April 28 was to a joint session of Congress, a distinction admittedly without much of a difference.) The Heritage Foundation’s policy experts weighed in with reaction and analysis on a variety of topics. (The Daily Signal is the news… -
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Are Courts Properly Interpreting Supreme Court Precedent and Respecting Religious Employers’ Employment Decisions?
Supreme Court watchers learn a lot about the justices’ thinking on particular issues based on which cases they agree to accept. Court watchers can also learn a lot based on which cases the justices reject—especially when some of the justices take the relatively rare step of issuing a statement “respecting the denial of certiorari,” which… -
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8 Things to Know About Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Who Will Give GOP Response to Biden’s State of Union Address
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response Tuesday night to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Reynolds has promised to deliver an alternative to what she regards as Biden’s “absent leadership” and far-left agenda. But who is Reynolds, and why was she chosen for the rebuttal speech? Here are eight things… -
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Youngkin Poised to Withdraw Virginia From Multistate Climate Pact
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is pursuing a multipronged strategy to dismantle climate change regulations and hold down energy costs, his press secretary told The Daily Signal. Government records indicate that Youngkin will rely on a mix of executive action, budget changes, and legislation to withdraw from the 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Some environmental activists… -
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Seattle Talk Show Host Explains How Radical Leftists Ruined Pacific Northwest
The streets of Seattle are filled with drug needles, homeless tents, and violent political agitators. What used to be a city known for its Space Needle and Nirvana has now become one of a series of case studies for the consequences of leftist rule over America’s cities. Jason Rantz, a Seattle-area radio host, has seen… -
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What These 5 Congressmen Expect From Biden’s State of the Union Address
The nation, and the world, will be watching President Joe Biden Tuesday night as he delivers his first State of the Union address. The Daily Signal spoke with members of Congress on Capitol Hill Monday about the issues the president should address, and their expectations for the speech. Here’s what they had to say: 1…. -
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7 Major Failures of the Biden Presidency
With President Joe Biden set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, it’s a good time to ask: How has Biden done as president and what is the actual state of our union? According to the American people, things aren’t going great. A CNN poll in early February asked Americans… -
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In a Dangerous Move, Putin Orders Nuclear Forces to High Alert
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday morning ordered his military leaders to place nuclear forces on high-alert status during his war on Ukraine. We don’t know the details of what Putin’s order entails. Many of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces that can reach the U.S. already are kept on a high level of alert. This new… -
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COVID-19 Data Shows It’s Time for America to Return to Normal
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1 offers a unique opportunity to break with past pandemic policies and announce that we are moving on from COVID-19. The public policy response to the pandemic has so far depended on nonpharmaceutical interventions and vaccines. These policies appear to have reached the limits of…