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China’s Power Grab in Hong Kong
The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Mike Gonzalez, which appeared in The Daily Signal’s June 11 podcast episode. Daniel Davis: That’s the sound of protesters in Hong Kong clashing with police over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest what’s called the extradition bill,… -
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Trump’s UK Visit Was a Glowing Success
It’s not too much to call President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain, which concluded on Wednesday, a big success. The curious thing is that much of the American media went out of their way to ignore that fact. The New York Times stands in for a lot of the U.S. coverage. “Trump Insults London… -
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Turkey’s Arms Deal With Russia Is an Affront to NATO
The Turkish government Tuesday reaffirmed its intention to complete the controversial purchase of a Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system, a move appropriately drawing the ire of both parties in Washington. Both Congress and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have warned of punitive action should Turkey follow through on the purchase, which Turkey says could… -
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Sheriff’s Deputy Who Fled Parkland Shooting Charged With Neglecting Children
A former deputy sheriff who hid rather than enter a Florida school and confront a gunman who killed 17 was arrested and charged Tuesday with neglecting children and committing perjury. Scot Peterson, normally assigned by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to help secure the school in Parkland, Florida, came under stinging public rebuke for leaving… -
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Border Patrol Catches 116 Africans at Texas Border
The Border Patrol is seeing an increase in migrants from African countries who are blending in with the large numbers crossing the southern border illegally through Central America. Agents assigned to at the Del Rio, Texas, sector apprehended 116 individuals last week from African countries as they crossed the border from Mexico. Those caught around… -
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Why Liberals Fear the State Department’s Review of the Nature of Human Rights
“Every human law has just so much of the nature of law as is derived from the law of nature,” Thomas Aquinas wrote. “But if at any point it deflects from the law of nature, it is no longer a law but a perversion of the law.” Aquinas’s observation that human law either ratifies natural… -
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What Trump Needs to Achieve During UK Visit
After watching sumo wrestling and tasting sushi in Japan, President Donald Trump is back stateside. But soon he will be on the road again for some statecraft in Britain and a historic visit to the Normandy beachheads of World War II. The last time Trump traveled to London the reception was noticeably chilly. The mayor was a… -
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China Continues to Violate Human Rights
Americans’ theory that more trade with China would open up the country to more democracy has been proven wrong. In fact, say Reggie Littlejohn, Huchen Zhang, and Chen Guangcheng on “The Bill Walton Show,” they have backfired. “You cannot tolerate evil. You cannot treat evil with kindness,” Zhang said. The Chinese consider Western countries to… -
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European Parliamentary Elections Reflect Electorate’s Mandate for Change
There is no doubt the winds of change are continuing to blow across Europe. Established political parties of the center-right and center-left suffered large losses during European parliamentary elections, which took place in 28 nations from May 23 to May 26. Across the European Union there were significant gains for nationalist and populist movements, on… -
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What We Can Learn From the European Union
The European Union Parliament elections this week provided a shock to the system for the center-right and center-left coalition in European politics: The big winners were nationalist movements. In France, Marine Le Pen’s immigration-restrictionist National Front defeated the party of the current president, Emmanuel Macron. In Italy, Matteo Salvini’s similarly anti-immigration League Party won big…. -
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Russia Likely Conducting Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons Tests, Intel Chief Says
Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said Wednesday that Russia is likely conducting low-yield nuclear weapons tests. That’s an indication that Russia doesn’t share the same understanding of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that the U.S. does. In the United States’ understanding, the treaty prohibits any nuclear weapons experiments that produce… -
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We Hear You: Look Who’s Calling Daily Signal ‘Unreliable’
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience, for the most part, wasn't too impressed by a journalism group's briefly labeling us as an "unreliable" news source. Don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I read Katrina Trinko's commentary article on the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and its designation of The Daily… -
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The Leaky Vessel of Trump-Russia Collusion Is Sinking
The entire Trump-Russia collusion narrative was always implausible. One, the Washington swamp of fixers such as Paul Manafort and John and Tony Podesta was mostly bipartisan and predated Trump. Two, the Trump administration’s Russia policies were far tougher on Vladimir Putin than were those of Barack Obama. Trump confronted Russia in Syria, upped defense spending,… -
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Australia’s Election Shock Shows the Perils of Moralizing Climate Change
Heading into last Saturday’s election in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was a dead man walking. Polls showed the left-wing Labor Party pulling away from his conservative Liberal-National Coalition in what newspapers across the globe were calling “The Climate Change Election.” Polls were being thrown around showing that more and more Australians were prioritizing climate… -
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Will the BUILD Act Improve Lending in Poor Countries and Counter China? The Jury’s Still Out
During debate over the BUILD Act (Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act)—a bill that would rename and double the size of the Overseas Private Investment Corp.—proponents asserted that it was needed to counter China’s aggressive “One Belt, One Road” debt-trap diplomacy initiative that finances infrastructure projects in developing countries. The question is, will… -
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In Australia, Conservatives Win a Shock Victory. There’s a Lesson Here for Conservatives Worldwide.
When Australians went to the polls over the weekend, it was universally expected that the left-wing Labor Party would emerge the winner. To the shock of the pollsters, however, the left lost. In Australia, the Liberals are the conservative party, and so it was the conservatives who won a surprise victory. In a 151-seat House… -
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Pompeo Seeks New Strategic Agenda for Arctic, Cautions Allies on China’s Intentions
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has set out a new U.S. agenda for the Arctic —and warned allies about China’s growing influence in the region. In a speech delivered the day before the 11th Arctic Council ministerial meeting on May 7 in Rovaniemi, Finland, Pompeo explained how the Arctic region is changing. “The Arctic is… -
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China’s Worsening Human Rights Abuses Evoke Memories of Mao
When the State Department recently released its “2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,” China figured prominently in its findings—but not in a good way. The annual report, issued March 13, shines a harsh spotlight on China and its various human rights abuses, including religious persecution, internment of Uighurs in re-education camps, and increased surveillance… -
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After 4 Years of a Frozen Conflict, Ukrainians Slowly Retake Ground From Russian Forces
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops are slowly advancing in the country’s eastern war zone, testing the limits of a shaky stalemate in the five-year-old conflict against Russia and its separatist proxies. In the last year, Ukrainian military forces retook 24 square kilometers (about 9.3 square miles) of territory in the country’s embattled Donbas region, officials said, underscoring… -
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School District Near DC Under Investigation Amid Allegations of Discriminating Against Asians
Is a public school system in a leafy county straddling the Capital Beltway discriminating against Asian Americans? The feds next door are investigating in a case with national implications, and with good reason: The type of racial balancing that Montgomery County Public Schools is using may well be illegal. No one questions that the changes MCPS…