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America Must Learn From Britain’s Mass Migration Disaster
As America approaches the 250th anniversary of its divorce from England, Nick Freitas joins the “Signal Sitdown” podcast to discuss the state of the United Kingdom. This transcript has been slightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: You were just in the United Kingdom. Nick Freitas: Yes, I was. Devlin: On our 250th birthday, you were… -
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UK Horror: Teen Stabbing Victim Dies After Police Arrest Him Rather Than Sikh Attacker
A teenage stabbing victim bled to death on the street in Southampton after British police arrested and cuffed him rather than his alleged Sikh attacker, after the suspect claimed he’d been racially abused, according to court testimony. Henry Nowak, 18, a finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out… -
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‘Running Out of Road’: Keir Starmer Struggles Amid Scandal, Election Losses
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is barely keeping his head above water amid electoral defeats for his Labour Party, a scandal involving an affiliated nonprofit, and the resignation of a key Cabinet official. “Keir Starmer is governing like a man who knows his mandate is evaporating,” Paul McCarthy, senior research fellow in European affairs at… -
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The Miracle of Fatima
The Christian faith includes belief in miracles. Miracles are extraordinary events caused by God’s intervention in the world. They can do more than merely manifest God’s goodness; miracles often help deliver a message God desires to proclaim to man. Some miracles involve Christ or His saints speaking to people, such as when, in the Book… -
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Even Venice Isn’t Safe From America’s Culture War
For over a century, the Venice Biennale has existed to allow nations to present reflections of their national narrative through contemporary art. Saturday marks the public opening of the 61st Biennale. Given the mass of negative, left-wing press surrounding the American pavilion, one might think the U.S. was erecting a giant, golden statue of President… -
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Trump Lifts Tariffs on Scotch in Parting Gift to King Charles
President Donald Trump is lifting the 10% tariff on whiskey from Britain, as a parting gift to King Charles at the end of his four-day royal visit to the United States. “The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!” Trump declared Thursday on… -
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King Charles Addresses Congress, Celebrates America’s 250th
King Charles III gave a joint address to Congress Tuesday, giving members a break from discussing the farm bill, reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and funding for the Department of Homeland Security, all of which have been held up in the House Rules Committee. Vice President JD Vance, Speaker Mike Johnson, and members… -
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Meet the Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers Being Healed by Christian Doctors
A group of Christian doctors has helped more than 130 Ukrainian soldiers with severe facial injuries since 2023. The Vision for Ukraine medical mission is carried out by the Christian Medical Association of Ukraine (CMA Ukraine) in collaboration with American partners. The mission unites Ukrainian and American oculoplastic surgeons to help bring hope to injured… -
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American Immigration Policy Could Learn From Modern Italy, Ancient Rome, and Plato
New winds are shaping conversations about citizenship in the U.S. and Europe. As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration’s constitutional argument for tighter birthright citizenship, Italy’s Constitutional Court has already signed off on a law raising the bar for would-be citizens. Italy’s rationale is instructive for the U.S., whose prow seems pointed toward… -
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What Both Liberals and Conservatives Get Wrong About Hungary
For many in the liberal press, Hungary’s recent election signaled the “defeat of autocracy” and a decisive “turn back” toward Europe. For some conservative commentators, the same outcome was framed as evidence that “Brussels-backed liberals” had taken over yet another conservative stronghold. Both sides miss what actually happened. Hungary’s election was not a conventional contest… -
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Europe’s Blackout War
An ongoing element of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been targeting and crippling energy infrastructure. Like Londoners in 1940 seeking shelter from German bombs raining down on them, Ukrainians are often forced to take cover in Kyiv’s metro as Russian missiles and drones barrage their city. Justifying such continuous, large-scale strikes, Russian President Vladimir… -
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Europe’s ‘Democracy Shield’ Is a Threat to Transatlantic Free Speech
Europe’s political elites say democracy is under threat. Their solution? Put Brussels in charge of policing political speech. The European Union’s proposed European Democracy Shield is marketed as a tool to defend elections and counter foreign disinformation. In reality, it risks becoming something very different: a powerful censorship regime that will almost certainly be captured… -
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One Year After Vance Rebuked Europe, World Leaders Brace for Rubio’s Message
World leaders are assembling in Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference this weekend as memories of Vice President JD Vance’s stern rebuke one year ago still hang in the air. Instead of Vance, foreign leaders will hear an address from Secretary of State Marco Rubio Saturday morning. The speech will focus on how “a strong America… -
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Maduro’s Capture Could Mean ‘Fall of Berlin Wall’ for Americas
The U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro set in motion what could be the “equivalent to the fall of the Berlin Wall in the Americas,” the country’s opposition leader says. For the first time in history, the Americas could be free of “communism, dictatorship, and narco-terrorism,” María Corina Machado said Friday during a press conference at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. … -
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Wall Street Warning: Germany’s Energy Policies Mean Economic Suicide
In the heart of New York’s financial district, Wall Street experts are issuing a stark warning about Germany’s economic trajectory, labeling its energy policies an act of self-sabotage. During a recent visit to the United States, Petr Bystron, a member of the European Parliament from Germany’s Alternative for Germany party, AfD, U.S. economic analysts expressed… -
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Europe’s Violent Immigration Crisis
Western Europe is bent, suffering in quiescence as its Muslim immigrants stab at it from within. Numbed and bloodied, its leadership and people seem to have forgotten that this is neither normal nor inevitable. Yet, at the 10-year mark of the 2015 migrant crisis, and the anniversary of several particularly disturbing Islamic terror attacks, an allied voice has been raised… -
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NATO Can Do More and Better
NATO plays a crucial role in our nation’s defense—and there’s a strong case to be made for increased defense spending by all NATO allies. Those are the points Nile Gardiner, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, made in his recent testimony before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee. Gardiner is right:… -
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Trump Issues Travel Restrictions on 12 Nations, Most Predominantly Muslim, Vowing To Prevent ‘What Happened in Europe To Happen To America’
President Donald Trump issued travel restrictions on 12 nations, saying he will not allow “what happened in Europe to happen to America.” The majority of the nations included in the travel ban are countries with a predominant Muslim population. Over the last decade, Europe’s Muslim population has increased drastically as more immigrants from Muslim nations settle… -
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Europe’s Embrace of Lawfare Threatens Its Alliance with the US
President Donald Trump’s election was greeted in Europe with outright fear by parties of the Left and wary apprehension by the center-right but with open elation by a resurgent sovereigntist Right. Now the Left and the center are regrouping and coming up with a strategy to rein in the surging populists. It should surprise no one that this strategy… -
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European Elites Destroy Democracy in Order to Save It
If you are a graduate of Yale University, you can vote every spring for a member of the Yale Corporation, which selects the school’s president. However, you can only participate if you vote for one of the two candidates nominated by the Alumni Fellow Nominating Committee, a group of university officials and graduates. There’s no…