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Trump Touts ‘Good Talks With Iran,’ But Not Without Skepticism
The U.S. is engaged in “some very good talks with Iran,” President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, adding: “We’ll find out whether that means anything.” While talks over Iran’s nuclear program continue as the U.S. seeks to prevent Iran from becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, America might find itself in…Virginia Allen -
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King Charles, as British Overlord of Canada, Offers Land Acknowledgment in Ottawa Address to Parliament
Britain’s King Charles III delivered a land acknowledgment at the opening of Canada’s Parliament on Tuesday, appearing to contradict his right to rule. Charles—who leads Canada as a legacy of the British colonization of the country—delivered the phrase in a speech from a literal throne in the Canadian Parliament. “I would like to acknowledge that…Jacob Adams -
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Is Israel Capable of Taking Out Iran’s Nuclear Sites?
If negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over Iran’s nuclear program were to break down, reports indicate Israel might strike Iran. But without the U.S., Israel doesn’t have the capability to eliminate Iran’s nuclear capabilities, according to a national security expert at The Heritage Foundation. The U.S. “alone has the capability, really, to significantly delay…Virginia Allen -
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The New Cold War With China
The threat to the United States from China is multifaceted, long-term, and aggressive. Whether it’s from military modernization to economic coercion, cyberwarfare to space competition, China’s national security challenge is global, and it targets U.S. interests, values, security, and standing in the world. While much of the focus of U.S. policymakers has been on the…Daniel Green -
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The West’s Assault on the African Family
In 1900, there were an estimated 9.6 million Christians in Africa. As of 2025, there are more than 754 million. That alone is a staggering figure. But it’s even more significant as we examine it in relation to Christianity in other regions of the globe. With just under 552 million Christians in Europe, just under 417 million…Travis Weber -
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China’s Power Is a Virus
When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do? More than 1.2 million Americans died as a result of a plague that began in China. Those staggering global and U.S. figures are the numbers reported to the World Health Organization. They make the COVID-19 pandemic…Daniel McCarthy -
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‘HE’S AMAZING’: Howard Lutnick Opens Up About Trump’s Confrontation With South African President
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick praised President Donald Trump’s courage and tenacity in confronting the president of South Africa with a video showing chants of “Kill the Boer, Kill the [white] farmer” in the Oval Office. “Well, the president is willing to call it out, straight out, right to the president of South Africa and say,…Tyler O’Neil -
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LA Deputy Mayor Pleads Guilty to Calling in Anti-Israel Bomb Threat
THE CENTER SQUARE—Los Angeles’ deputy mayor for public safety has pleaded guilty to calling in a fake, anti-Israel bomb threat to himself in October. Brian Williams, who was charged by federal prosecutors Thursday, faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Mayor Karen Bass announced in December that Williams had been put on administrative leave, meaning he…Kenneth Schrupp -
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Trump Was Right to Shame South African President
In one of the most incredible scenes in American diplomatic history, President Donald Trump halted his meeting with the South African president Wednesday to show him a video montage of threats made to white citizens of his country. “Boer” refers to an Afrikaner, a descendant of mostly Dutch immigrants in South Africa. This meeting took place a week after…Jarrett Stepman -
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WATCH: Trump Hits South African President With Receipts
LIVE on “The Tony Kinnett Cast” at 7 p.m. EDT: President Donald Trump delivers an incredibly potent diplomatic punch to the racially discriminatory government of South Africa, ending the age of America’s bootlicking on the world stage. Democrats and legacy media intensify their infighting, with Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios trying…Tony Kinnett -
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Israeli’s Netanyahu Seeks to Dispel Rumors of Strained Relations With US
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought at a press conference Wednesday evening to refute rumors of a fracturing relationship with the U.S. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East last week, Netanyahu insisted that warming relations between the U.S. and Arab nations won’t harm U.S.-Israel relations, The Times of…Virginia Allen -
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‘WHO Is a Cheap Date,’ Expert Says of China’s $500 Million Pledge
China will give the World Health Organization $500 million, but “in terms of the contribution, the WHO is a cheap date,” Brett Schaefer says. “The Chinese donation is reportedly $500 million over five years,” Schaefer, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told The Daily Signal. “According to U.N. Chief Executives Board data, in 2023,…Virginia Allen -
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Trump Admin Sanctions Mexican Cartel Members
The Trump administration is targeting two high-level Mexican cartel members with sanctions, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday, in a move angel mom Anne Fundner calls a “very strong message.” “These criminal organizations are, let’s make no mistake about it, they are foreign terrorist organizations,” Fundner says of the criminal drug cartels. “They’re involved in human trafficking, arms trafficking, [and]…Virginia Allen -
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Trump Shows South African President Receipts of Genocide
President Donald Trump showed South Africa’s president a damning video montage of threats against white people in his country after Cyril Ramaphosa asserted that there was no genocide against white farmers there. During Ramaphosa’s meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, a reporter asked what it would take for Trump to believe there…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Russia, Ukraine to ‘Immediately Start Negotiations Toward a Ceasefire,’ Trump Says After Call With Putin
President Donald Trump spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday and said he thinks the call “went very well.” Following the two-hour conversation, Trump said, “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire and, more importantly, an end to the war.” The conditions to end the war “will be negotiated between…Virginia Allen -
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Proceed With Plans to Remove Deportation Protections for Venezuelan Illegal Aliens
The Supreme Court will allow, for now, the Trump administration to proceed with plans to strip temporary legal protected status from thousands of illegal aliens from Venezuela living in the U.S. The court’s decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to cancel Temporary Protected Status for illegal aliens who entered the U.S….Virginia Allen -
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As Operation Gideon’s Chariots Begins, Netanyahu Pledges Israel Will Control Gaza
Israel has begun a new aggressive operation in Gaza aimed at controlling Gaza. “There is huge fighting going on, intense and huge, we are going to control all parts of Gaza,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video message Monday. Netanyahu’s goals remain twofold—the release of the remaining 58 hostages being held…Virginia Allen -
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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…Mike Gonzalez -
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A More Effective Way to Confront China’s Growing Aggression
One of the central weaknesses of the Biden administration’s national security policies was its reliance on the concept of “integrated deterrence” to prevent aggressive actions by the People’s Republic of China. The strategy entailed building robust alliances in the Indo-Pacific, forward-deploying greater numbers of U.S. military assets to the region, and a tighter integration of…Daniel Green -
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Besides Israel, There Will Not Be a Sovereign State West of Jordan River, Ambassador Says
Gaza will never become an independent nation, Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter says. “There’s not going to be an independent sovereign state other than Israel west of the Jordan River,” Leiter told The Daily Signal. “There could be all sorts of autonomous arrangements,” he said, “but there’s not going to be…Virginia Allen