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‘WHEN WILL THEY LEARN?’: Biden Admin Again Greenlights Iran’s Access to $10 Billion
The Biden administration renewed a sanctions waiver against the Iranian regime Wednesday that unlocks billions of dollars in previously frozen funds, The Washington Free Beacon reported. The administration’s sanctions waiver, extended for another four months, allows Tehran access to $10 billion in previously frozen Iranian revenues collected from electricity exports, according to The Washington Free Beacon,… -
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Did Biden Just Hand Hamas a Big Gift in Its War Against Israel?
President Joe Biden on Saturday warned Israel against invading Hamas’ remaining stronghold in Gaza, but experts say this would only ensure the terrorist group’s survival and recovery. Biden told MSNBC during an interview that Israel would be crossing a “red line” if its counteroffensive extends into Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza bordering Egypt and a refuge… -
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The Ukrainian Verdun
Ukraine has ossified into something like the modern version of the horrific Battle of Verdun, fought 108 years ago on the 1916 Western Front of World War I. That meat grinder cost France and Germany some 700,000 dead and wounded. The nightmare ended 10 months later, after the heroic French defense stopped the final German… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s What FBI, DHS Said About Russia in Secret Election Briefing
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security warned state and local election officials about Russia’s activities related to the 2024 election during a briefing in December classified as “SECRET-level.” The secret “Election Infrastructure Classified Briefing,” held Dec. 6 by the Biden administration agencies, focused on Russia’s online tactics such as… -
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14 Women Still Held Hostage by Hamas in Gaza
Female hostages continue to be held in Gaza. Fourteen of them are believed to be alive; five are dead but their bodies haven’t been returned to Israel, according to The Times of Israel. Negotiations are ongoing to free these women and over 100 men thought to be alive as hostages held by Hamas terrorists in… -
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China’s Investment in Critical Minerals Explodes After Biden’s Signing of Climate Bill
China has seen a huge increase in investment related to critical minerals essential for sourcing green energy products since President Joe Biden signed his signature climate bill in 2022, according to a recent analysis published by Australia’s Griffith University. By way of the Chinese Communist Party’s Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese entities in 2023 massively… -
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Feds Shell Out Thousands on Computer Lessons for LGBTQ Refugees, Fostering ‘Economic Inclusion’ in Latin America
The federal government has used taxpayer dollars to fund services for LGBTQ refugees in Latin America over the past couple of years, federal grants show. The State Department and the Inter-American Foundation, an independent federal agency, funded a trio of grants between August 2021 and October 2023 aimed at bolstering Costa Rica’s status as a haven for… -
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Venezuela Is Exporting Its Violent Crime Problem to US, Thanks to Biden
Violent crime is going down in Venezuela just as the United States has been hit with a rash of high-profile violent crimes by illegal immigrants. It’s not hard to figure out why. The killing of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student in Athens, Georgia, has become the latest and most prominent case of an American… -
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China’s Military Could Be Reaping the Benefits of Takeover of US Ag Giant
America’s largest pork producer was exporting massive quantities of pork to its Chinese “sister company” as it stockpiled food for the Chinese military, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of corporate records and Chinese state-run media reports. Smithfield Foods, owner of roughly 150,000 acres of U.S. land and operator of dozens of feed mills and… -
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EU Climate, Cattle Flatulence Rules Threatening European Farmers’ Livelihoods, Driving Up Food Prices
Through the European Green Deal, European bureaucrats are ignoring citizen opposition in deindustrializing Western Europe and reducing its agricultural production. They’re using climate laws to attempt to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The agricultural policy provisions of these laws—the euphemistically named Farm to Fork Strategy—have European farmers uniting in protest like never before…. -
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Chinese Hackers Infiltrate America’s Critical Infrastructure
“The cyberthreat posed by the Chinese government is massive.” That was FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaking at a recent security conference in Munich, warning of new cyberattacks from China. And not just from the outside, which would be bad enough. Wray singled out the Chinese Communist Party hacking group Volt Typhoon, which the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure… -
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Georgia Bill Targets Lax Immigration Enforcement After Laken Riley Slaying, Allegedly at Hands of Venezuelan Immigrant
EDITOR’S NOTE Nov. 20, 2024: The original version of this story was published in February. Since then, Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Georgia, signed an amended version of HB1105 in May. A judge convicted Jose Ibarra of Laken Riley’s murder on Wednesday. The Georgia House of Representatives is considering a bill that would force sheriffs to report… -
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‘This Is the Time to Visit Israel’: Envoy Urges Americans to Support the Jewish State Amid Gaza War
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Anat Sultan-Dadon, Israel’s consul general to the Southeastern United States, says that now is the time to visit the Jewish state, to show solidarity amid the war against Hamas. She also condemned South Africa’s accusation of genocide against Israel. “By all means, this is the time to visit Israel,” Sultan-Dadon tells “The Daily Signal… -
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Biden Floating of 2-State Solution After Oct. 7 May Inspire Hamas-Style Terrorist Attacks in US, Knesset Member Warns
President Joe Biden’s decision to float a possible two-state solution in the aftermath of Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel on Oct. 7 incentivizes terrorism and may inspire radical Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S., a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Ohad Tal, a member of the Religious Zionist Party… -
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Are We the Chump on the Latin American Block?: The BorderLine
The interests of our Latin American friends (and enemies) are not the same as ours when it comes to immigration. They want to get foreign migrants out of their territories while making money. They also want their own access to the U.S. labor market—for example, Mexicans working in the U.S. sent back $55 billion in… -
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While Biden Pushes Ukraine to Fight, He Demands Israel Surrender
President Joe Biden has not only promised to veto any stand-alone Israeli aid, but he’s reportedly circulating a draft resolution within the United Nations Security Council that would compel the Jewish state to stop its ground offensive in Rafah and, effectively, give Hamas a pass. Beyond that, the U.S. is also reportedly thinking about circumventing… -
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Why China Wants You to Drive an EV
China’s economy is struggling: Many young people can’t find jobs, the nation’s real estate market is in trouble after two major property development companies failed, and China’s stock market has seen a $7 trillion decline in just a few years. But Beijing has a plan to do something about it. When the “green energy” movement… -
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$113.4B vs. $37.8B: Congress Spent 3 Times as Much on Ukraine as on Customs and Border Protection
From February 2022 to December 2023, Congress appropriated about three times as much money for its response to the conflict in Ukraine as the federal government spent on Customs and Border Protection. Congress approved approximately $113.4 billion in spending related to Ukraine conflict during that period, while the government spent only $37.82 billion on Customs… -
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A Troubling Moral Relativity Hangs Over Israel-Hamas Conflict
The moral confusion of our time is not new. Almost 3,000 years ago, the Prophet Isaiah lamented, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” But at the start of the 20th century, a new… -
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Don’t Be Fooled: This Bill Is Mostly Ukraine Aid
The U.S. military needs to husband its resources so that it has the ability to protect America’s core national security interests. Because of the unparalleled extent of the challenge posed by China, U.S. defense spending must be focused on the Indo-Pacific. The National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary threat to U.S. national security…