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Dems’ NYC Socialist Nominee Ducks and Weaves When Asked to Condemn Term Calling for Killing Jews
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic New York mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani failed to directly condemn the controversial phrase “globalize the intifada” on NBC News Sunday. The term “globalize the intifada” is widely seen as a call to violence against Jews, and Jewish advocacy groups were angered when Mamdani declined to directly denounce the phrase. When asked… -
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Roberts: Iran Leak Aimed at Undermining Trump’s Historic Week
Whoever is behind the leak of the preliminary Iran damage assessment wants to undermine “one of the most successful weeks in American presidential history,” said Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on a “Fox News Sunday” panel today. “In this town, leaks are the currency of people who lack virtue, and President [Donald] Trump is restoring… -
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Shock-and-Awe ‘Midnight Hammer’ Iran Strike Encapsulates Trump Doctrine
My young family and I were in Israel when the Israel Defense Forces and Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on June 13, commencing what President Donald Trump has since called the “12-Day War.” Although the Mossad’s intelligence and the Israel Defense Forces’ rapid establishment of air superiority inside Iran proved to be nothing… -
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American Press Corps Has Totally Discredited Itself
On Tuesday, in what it labeled an “exclusive,” CNN reported that initial intelligence assessments of the Iran bombing suggested Iran had been set back a couple of months in its quest for a nuclear weapon. The report’s lead reporter was Natasha Bertrand. In 2020, Bertrand played a lead role in attempting to discredit reports of… -
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2 Lawmakers Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Rep. Claudia Tenney announced that she has “twice nominated” President Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, writing, “No modern leader has done more for World Peace than President Trump, and it’s long past time he receives recognition.” Tenney, R-N.Y., wrote on social media platform X that Trump was able to broker the Abraham Accords, “the… -
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Trump Learned the Lessons of Iraq
President Donald Trump has finally moved the United States past the traumas of the Iraq War. With the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, the U.S. made the world a safer place in the long run. But the attack, and subsequent ceasefire between Israel and Iran, also represents a reset of… -
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Trump’s Iran Strike a Lesson in Executive Leadership Versus Autopen Presidency
“This wasn’t a Pentagon operation. This was a Donald Trump operation. He came up with the PR. He chose the plans. He chose the day.” That’s a quote from news site Axios of a reportedly senior administration official about President Donald Trump’s role in conducting the operation to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities on Sunday. Lost in debates… -
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In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy
It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar—the last Parthian shot from a terrified regime, desperate for an out—and a ceasefire. Iran would have been better off not… -
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How a Jewish-Christian Alliance Can Rescue the West
Israel’s recent 12-day war with Iran once again focused Americans’ attention on the Middle East. But it’s what happened Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a brutal terrorist attack on Israel, that united many Jews and Christians to confront the barbarism threatening our civilization. Melanie Phillips is the author of the recently published book “The… -
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$828 Billion Short, NATO’s Path Back Starts With 5 Percent—and a Long Memory
At its 2025 summit this week, NATO announced a new military spending target of 5%—something President Donald Trump referred to as a “monumental change” for America and its allies, praise that has been echoed by other foreign dignitaries. At the summit, alliance members pledged to allocate 3.5% of gross domestic product annually to defense and… -
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It Doesn’t Matter If Iran Can Build a Bomb. It Matters If America Has the Guts to Bomb It, Again.
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. We’re now in the aftermath of the Saturday night, June 21st American strike to take out… -
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Trump Didn’t Need Congressional Approval for Iran Strike
President Donald Trump was on solid legal ground in the military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Not only did he not need congressional approval to carry out the mission, but his actions were consistent with presidential practice going back decades. Presidents of both parties have authorized the use of the armed forces for military actions,… -
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Were Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Sites Successful? National Security Expert Explains
Preliminary after-action reports following U.S. military operations are standard, but “almost always wrong,” according to President Donald Trump’s former deputy national security adviser. The effectiveness of U.S. strikes Saturday on Iran’s three primary nuclear facilities was called into question in reporting from CNN and The New York Times that was based on a leaked initial… -
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Trump’s Iran Strike Puts China on Notice
By striking Iran’s nuclear facilities and immediately getting a ceasefire in the Iran-Israel conflict, President Donald Trump was sending a message not just to the mullahs of Iran, but to China and our other potential rivals. The message Trump sent is this: Believe the president’s red lines. You don’t want to tangle with the United… -
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The Art of the Iran Deal? Trump Pushes for Peace After US Strikes on Iran
It’s always shocking to see some middle-aged, terribly overweight, poorly shaven magazine editor furiously posting on X, baying for blood in a country thousands of miles away. Shocking, yet expected, especially over the past two weeks, as Israel and Iran have exchanged fire and President Donald Trump has weighed America’s role in the conflict. Over… -
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Racism Rebranded: The Hidden Bias of ‘Anti-Racism’ Against Asian Americans
Racism is despicable and must be fought. Not a controversial statement, right? But what if racism rebranded itself as … “anti-racism”? The consequences of such “anti-racism” are what the Asian American community is currently facing, and no place has been more of a flashpoint for that than Northern Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science… -
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Hegseth Scolds Media Over Reporting of US Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Sites
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth bashed the corporate media for “searching for scandals” following the U.S. attack on three Iranian nuclear sites. “But searching for scandals, you miss historic moments,” Hegseth said Thursday morning during a press conference at the Pentagon, during which Hegseth praised President Donald Trump for his leadership at the NATO… -
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Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Shields US From Iran Turmoil, Energy Chief Says
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said American consumers are reaping the benefits from the Trump administration’s pro-energy agenda, a fundamental departure from Biden-era policies. Citing the recent conflict between Israel and Iran in the volatile Middle East, Wright noted that “today the price of oil is lower than it was when bullets started flying” on June… -
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Trump Takes Victory Lap on NATO Spending
President Donald Trump has secured a commitment to increase defense spending from European allies at this week’s NATO summit, held at The Hague in the Netherlands. “Allies commit to invest 5% of [gross domestic product] annually on core defense requirements as well as defense- and security-related spending by 2035 to ensure our individual and collective… -
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What You Need to Know About the Iran Intel Leak
The recent Israeli and American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have been “extremely successful” in significantly delaying Iran’s nuclear program, according to Robert Greenway, a former senior intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s U.S. Central Command. Greenway, who also served as a senior director for the National Security Council and principal architect of the…