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Vance Cites Need for US Countering Russian, Chinese Influence in Greenland
In a speech at a U.S. military base in Greenland, Vice President JD Vance called Friday for an American partnership with the people of Greenland to counteract Russian and Chinese influence in the region. The vice president chose as his backdrop the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, where the Space Force has missile-warning and defense… -
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Trump Delivers Update on Peace Negotiations With Russia
President Donald Trump said he’s getting word that conversations about a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia are “going OK” in Moscow. Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war, trade, and defense production. “At this moment, we have people talking in Russia,” Trump said. “We have representatives over there,… -
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‘Green Computing’ and Woke AI are Gifts to China
At the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, Vice President JD Vance declared that artificial intelligence must remain “free from ideological bias and … not be co-opted into a tool for authoritarian censorship.” But China’s rise as a global AI power poses serious challenges to Vance’s bold vision. Chinese companies under the watchful eye of the Chinese Communist Party are quietly wiring digital authoritarianism into… -
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‘Pure Fake News’: Vance, Staffers Rip Wall Street Journal for Misrepresenting Russia Remarks
Vice President JD Vance criticized The Wall Street Journal on Friday over an article it published misinterpreting remarks that Vance gave the newspaper in an interview. “Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal,” blared the headline of the news report, which was accompanied on X with the caption: “Exclusive: Vance… -
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Why Is North Korea Sending Troops to Russia?
Russia and North Korea have a long history of partnership, but it is unclear if the relationship “is a true alliance or more a marriage of convenience,” according to Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. “The longer it goes on, it seems a bit more of… -
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Conservative YouTube Accounts Terminated Over Fear of Russian Influence
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—YouTube terminated the accounts of a conservative influencer and her media company Thursday evening, one day after the Justice Department indicated the company was tied to a Russian scheme to influence the 2024 election. The accounts for Tenet Media and Lauren Chen were removed one day after Attorney General Merrick Garland held a press conference announcing an indictment… -
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Former Trump Adviser Calls DOJ Russia Probe Targeting Him an ‘Attempt to Intimidate’ Anyone Who ‘Opposes the Deep State’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Department of Justice launched an investigation into Americans with ties to Russian state media this month in what it says is an attempt to prevent Russia from influencing U.S. elections, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the home of United Nations weapons inspector… -
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‘Greatest Misinformation Campaign Since Russia Hoax’: Project 2025 Director Counters Lies
Left-wing smears of Project 2025 constitute “probably the greatest misinformation campaign since the Russia hoax,” the head of the initiative for the next conservative president said Monday at The Heritage Foundation’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Paul Dans, director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project for Heritage, was referring to the eventually… -
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WARNING: Terrorist Threat to US ‘Has Not Been at This Level for Decades,’ Expert Says After ISIS Attack in Russia
The Islamic extremist group ISIS took responsibility for a terrorist attack in Russia on Friday that left nearly 140 people dead. The deadly incident is one the United States should take “extremely seriously,” according to national security expert Robert Greenway. The deadly attack confirms that “the level of threat to the United States from terrorist… -
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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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What Surprised Tucker Carlson Most About His Putin Interview
Vladimir Putin said Russia’s war with Ukraine could be “over within a few weeks” if the United States stopped supplying weapons. Until that happens, however, the Russian leader vowed to continue fighting, bluntly telling Tucker Carlson, “We haven’t achieved our aims yet.” The war, which began in 2014 and escalated with Russia’s invasion in 2022,… -
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EU Lawmakers Warn Sanctions Could Be Imposed on Tucker Carlson for Putin Interview
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson could be threatened with sanctions by the European Union over his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to current and former members of the European Parliament. Carlson traveled to Moscow and met with Putin for a yet-to-be-released interview about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and its global perception. Carlson could face… -
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Latest Biden Move Against American Energy Would Increase Inflation, Be ‘Gift to Putin,’ Experts Warn
President Joe Biden announced a temporary pause on exports of liquefied natural gas to countries without free trade agreements Friday, a move that experts warn will drive up the price of energy and empower Russian President Vladimir Putin. “President Biden has been clear that climate change is the existential threat of our time—and we must… -
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DHS Team Recruits Officials Who Falsely Called Hunter Biden Laptop Story ‘Russian Disinformation’
The Department of Homeland Security has sparked controversy by adding to its Intelligence Board multiple members who signed on to the since-debunked 2020 letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop story was “Russian disinformation.” Now, House Republicans want answers, saying the new additions bring into question the federal group’s credibility and impartiality. “Your decision to appoint… -
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This Global Gathering Embraces China, Russia in Advancing Communist Agenda
You may never have heard of the Foro de São Paulo, since Western media tend to ignore it, but it’s the world’s largest and most impactful Marxist international organization. The latest São Paulo Forum gathering demonstrated how pro-China and pro-Russia this radical body is, and how it retails its winning blueprint throughout the world. Rubbing elbows at… -
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The Urgency of the Quantum Computing Race With China
Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster film “Oppenheimer” tells the story of the Manhattan Project director who raced to develop the world’s first atomic bomb before Nazi Germany could. J. Robert Oppenheimer successfully exploited the revolutionary discovery of quantum physics to provide decisive technological superiority to the United States. In an echo of the past, the U.S…. -
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The Revolt in Russia, Explained
The Wagner Group, mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, revolted against the Kremlin over the weekend after its leader claimed the Russian military killed 2,000 of its fighters in Ukraine. Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow in international affairs and national security at The Heritage Foundation, explains that “the Wagner Group is essentially a private paramilitary… -
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6 Takeaways From Special Counsel John Durham’s House Testimony on FBI’s Trump-Russia Probe
Special counsel John Durham testified to a House committee Wednesday about his lengthy investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, aiming sharp retorts at two Democratic lawmakers who sought to detract from his findings. Last month, Durham released his report criticizing the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation of whether Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign… -
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Durham: Agents ‘Emotional,’ ‘Apologized’ Over FBI Conduct in Trump-Russia Probe
FBI agents, including some directly involved in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation, were apologetic and “emotional” about the conduct of their leaders in that probe, special counsel John Durham told Congress in testimony Wednesday. The FBI’s conduct was “sobering,” according to Durham, who last month released his report on the origins of the bureau’s “Crossfire Hurricane”… -
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13 Questions From Investigators About Special Counsel’s Probe of ‘Russiagate’ Origin
Special counsel John Durham is set to testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee on the failures of the FBI and Justice Department in investigating whether Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the White House in 2016. Durham’s written report on his findings clearly shows that the so-called Steele and Alfa Bank dossiers were…