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ACLU Funnels Millions Into Abortion Ballot Initiative in ‘Reckless Disregard’ for the Law, Watchdog Says
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation has poured $2.5 million into a pro-abortion and pro-transgender ballot initiative campaign in Missouri after receiving millions from foreign sources. A watchdog group alleges the donations are in direct violation of the state’s law. Americans for Public Trust filed a complaint with the office of Missouri Attorney General Catherine… -
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Xi Warned US Not to Fall Into ‘Thucydides Trap.’ What’s That Mean?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. Recently, at the U.S.-China summit in Beijing, Premier Xi [Jinping] mentioned that he hoped that both parties, the United… -
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China: Our Enemy, Not Our Rival
China is not merely America’s geopolitical opponent. It is America’s geopolitical enemy—and has been since the establishment of the Chinese communist regime in 1949. For decades, American leaders and elites indulged the fantasy that this reality could be softened or reversed. Richard Nixon opened relations with China in part to split Beijing from the Soviet… -
Mehek Cooke: Iran Is Fractured, Cornered, and Testing US Resolve
The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke argued in an appearance this week on Newsmax TV that Iran’s regime is fractured, financially strained, and increasingly desperate. Cooke explained to host Bianca de la Garza that internal divisions within Iran—between hardliners and so-called moderates—are becoming more visible under the weight of U.S…. -
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Trump Has Iran Cornered—and Tehran Knows It
The usual foreign policy experts are already misreading President Donald Trump’s decision to extend the Iran ceasefire as hesitation when it is actually a show of leverage. Trump did not extend the ceasefire from a position of retreat. He did so citing Iran’s financial collapse and numerous ceasefire violations, all while maintaining the blockade and… -
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The Non-Debate on a Non-Crisis
Is the United States committing superpower suicide? That was the question recently posed to Susan Rice and John Bolton at the University of Colorado. Both officials previously served as America’s ambassador to the United Nations and as National Security Advisor—Rice for Democratic Presidents, Bolton for Republican. As such, one would think that Ambassador Rice would… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Taxpayers Will Finally See Which Foreign Entities Fund US Universities
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education will soon require universities to publicly disclose the counterparties of foreign funding, a senior Education Department official told The Daily Signal. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires higher education institutions to report gifts and contracts valued at $250,000 or more to the Department of Education,… -
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Foreign Adversaries and America’s Classrooms
As the United States engages in kinetic operations against Iranian targets in the Middle East, there are legitimate worries about terrorist activity here at home. Coupled with the long-term impact of the open border policies of the Biden administration, American citizens have reason to be fearful. According to a House Judiciary Committee report, from 2021 to 2024, Border Patrol encountered hundreds of… -
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Trump Could Further His Pro-Life US Foreign Policy by Enforcing Existing Law
The Trump administration has taken many steps—some of them truly unprecedented—to advance pro-life policies, both domestically and abroad. President Donald Trump could do one thing to protect life and send a powerful pro-life message internationally, simply by enforcing an existing law you may have never heard of. It’s called the Siljander Amendment and dates to… -
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After Deadly Crashes, State Makes Big Change to Driver Test
After multiple recent deadly car crashes across the United States involving illegal aliens, Florida has changed its driver test policy to require all prospective drivers to take the test in English. “All driver license knowledge and skills testing will be conducted in English” for both non-commercial and commercial driver’s licenses, according to the new policy…. -
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Diplomats Ponder if Trump Is Reviving Founding-Era Foreign Policy
Is President Donald Trump’s foreign policy doctrine a return to how America’s Founding Fathers thought about foreign policy? Last week, 300 diplomats gathered at a dinner in Washington, D.C. to ponder the question. The Ben Franklin Fellowship’s Honoring America’s First Diplomat dinner brought together foreign policy experts to compare the Trump doctrine to foreign policy… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Jacksonian Foreign Policy (With a Twist)
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. In… -
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Global Implications of Maduro’s Capture
The leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is now in U.S. custody and appeared in federal court in New York on Monday, two days after the U.S. military captured him. The operation that ousted him will have deep and lasting implications not only for Venezuela, but also nations that aligned themselves with Maduro’s regime, according to…
