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8 Things to Know About Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Who Will Give GOP Response to Biden’s State of Union Address
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response Tuesday night to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Reynolds has promised to deliver an alternative to what she regards as Biden’s “absent leadership” and far-left agenda. But who is Reynolds, and why was she chosen for the rebuttal speech? Here are eight things… -
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In a Dangerous Move, Putin Orders Nuclear Forces to High Alert
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday morning ordered his military leaders to place nuclear forces on high-alert status during his war on Ukraine. We don’t know the details of what Putin’s order entails. Many of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces that can reach the U.S. already are kept on a high level of alert. This new… -
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Putin Won’t Stop With Ukraine, KT McFarland Says
Russia will succeed in its invasion of Ukraine, national security expert KT McFarland predicts. And once Russian President Vladimir Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there, she says. “I think [Putin’s] going to start looking to the Baltics, those three little countries—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,” McFarland says on “The Daily Signal Podcast.” America is now in another… -
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What He Saw in Ukraine a Week Before the Russian Invasion
ORLANDO, Florida—A week before the first Russian boots set foot on Ukrainian soil, Rep. Mark Green flew to Ukraine to get a sense of how things were going, and how America could best help. “When I was there, the mood was very positive and energetic. They felt like they were going to fight,” said Green,… -
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America in ‘Cold War 2.0’ With Russia, KT McFarland Says
ORLANDO, Florida—America is in a new Cold War with Russia, KT McFarland says. In Russian President Vladimir Putin’s opinion, America may have won the Cold War of the post-World War II period, or think it won, but “that was only Cold War 1.0,” McFarland, the former deputy national security advisor under former President Donald Trump,… -
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Trump: Putin Would Not Have Invaded Ukraine If I Was President
Former President Donald Trump asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were still in office–a statement backed up by broad public opinion. “As everyone understands, this horrific disaster would never have happened if our election was not rigged, and if I was the president,” Trump said Saturday night, speaking… -
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Gov. Noem to Biden: Lead on Punishing Russia Over Ukraine—or Resign
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem called on President Joe Biden to resign unless he can demonstrate better leadership on the world stage. The governor, speaking Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, said that Biden should lead allies to impose tougher and… -
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Trump Praises Ukrainian President’s Bravery: ‘He’s Being Tested at the Highest Level’
ORLANDO, Florida—Former President Donald Trump weighed in Saturday evening on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, repeatedly praising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his bravery. Ahead of the former president’s remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, The Daily Signal asked Trump whether he would take up arms like Zelenskyy if Trump were president during such an… -
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Rep. Jim Banks: Putin Was Waiting for ‘Weak American President’ Like Biden
ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin waited to invade Ukraine until he could work around a “weak American president” like Joe Biden. The Indiana congressman weighed in on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a Friday interview with The Daily Signal, critiquing Biden’s “weak” sanctions of Russia… -
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Pompeo: Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Biden Didn’t Show Trump’s Resolve
As an Army officer, Mike Pompeo was part of a unit guarding a European ally against Russian forces—a circumstance he says is reoccurring with U.S. troops stationed in the Baltic states and Germany now. “We see on our TV the bombs, the missiles, the Soviet tanks—the Russian tanks—moving across Ukraine,” Pompeo, secretary of state under… -
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Of Course Putin Invaded Ukraine Under Biden’s Watch
In February 2014, Russian kingpin Vladimir Putin invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula, which had been under Ukrainian jurisdiction. The timing was no accident, coming as it did only a handful of months after then-President Barack Obama reneged upon his own chemical weapons “red line” for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, effectively leaving the resolution… -
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Rubio: Ukrainians Remind Us ‘How Valuable Freedom and Liberty Are’
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio delivered fiery marks on Friday, saying the people of Ukraine are inspiring in what they are prepared to sacrifice to be free. “You have 70-something-year-old men, elderly women, younger children taking up arms, prepared to sacrifice everything,” the Florida senator said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. “It… -
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Biden’s Appeasement of Putin Was Years in Making
“One small thing to be thankful for is that [Donald Trump] is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with Russia,” tweeted Francis Fukuyama, author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” The headline on Eugene Robinson’s Washington Post opinion column reads, “With Biden standing firm, Putin must… -
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Hawley Calls for US to ‘Shut Down Russia’s Energy Production’
ORLANDO, Fla.—Sen. Josh Hawley accused President Joe Biden of “haphazard, feckless foreign policy” Thursday, insisting that “we do not need American soldiers fighting in Europe.” The Missouri Republican discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, where he repeatedly emphasized that… -
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‘Putin Chose This War,’ Biden Says. ‘His Country Will Bear the Consequences.’
President Joe Biden said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has much larger ambitions than Ukraine,” and promised severe sanctions and a united front with U.S. allies as Russia mounts a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “He wants to, in fact, reestablish the former Soviet Union,” Biden said of Putin as Russian forces moved into Ukraine… -
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Here’s What Americans Need to Know About Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is underway. Now the question is: How bad will it get? Russian President Vladimir Putin has opted for an all-out invasion that will leave him, one way or another, wiping Ukraine’s sovereignty off the face of the earth. There are 44 million Ukrainians standing in his way—many could well be… -
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How 3 Seas Initiative Could Be Antidote to Russia’s Energy Coercion
Advancing the Three Seas Initiative matters now more than ever. Unambiguously, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine underscores the elevated importance of the initiative for the United States and its allies in Europe. The initiative was launched in 2016 to promote practical, multilateral economic links. The project now groups 12 member countries located around the… -
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The Russia-Ukraine Crisis, Explained
Could the conflict between Russia and Ukraine turn into a long-term war in Europe? Is World War III on the horizon? How will America be affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And what can China’s response to the situation tell us? Luke Coffey, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign… -
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4 Reasons Why Americans Should Care About the Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine has been front-page news for the past few weeks. What began with President Vladimir Putin moving large numbers of forces to the Ukraine border deteriorated even further this past weekend, when Russia advanced its invasion into Ukraine. Currently, Ukraine is almost completely surrounded by nearly 200,000 Russian troops, and Russia is sending troops into… -
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Putin Recognizes Independence of 2 Separatist-Controlled Areas of Ukraine
The Kremlin announced Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will recognize the independence of two territories in eastern Ukraine that are under the control of Russian-backed separatists, The New York Times reported. Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of his decision in phone calls Monday, the Times reported. “The president of…