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Trump Isn’t Negotiating—He’s Crushing Iran’s Regime
ditor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. JACK FOWLER: Well, you mentioned the war, Victor. So the Straits of Hormuz are—the Iranians say they’re in control. This is from… -
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Winning the War, Fighting the Swamp: Trump’s Toughest Battle Isn’t Iran
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 are now entering the 50th or 52nd day, somewhere in that period of the ongoing war… -
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Elon Musk Promotes Story of Pilot Ousted for Urging Merit-Based Military
Elon Musk on Friday promoted a film about Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier’s fight against Marxist ideas invading the U.S. military, and the X post has garnered more than 15 million views so far. “Call Sign Courage: The Matt Lohmeier Story,” a documentary produced with support from The Heritage Foundation, highlights Lohmeier’s efforts to advocate for a… -
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Iran Crumbles, Critics Scramble: Trump’s Long Game Leaves the Media Exposed
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. I think we should take another look at the Iranian war, and I would call it a… -
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Witness: Arson Suspect Compared Himself to Luigi Mangione
A warehouse employee in California reportedly burned his place of work to the ground, then compared himself to Luigi Mangione, saying, “Should have paid us enough to f— live.” This is what Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, allegedly said last week as he recorded himself lighting the 1.2 million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark warehouse on fire in Ontario, California, resulting… -
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Trump Vows to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After Iran Peace Talks Stumble
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire. Trump also said in a post on Truth Social that the… -
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‘HUMILIATING DEFEAT’: UK Prime Minister Pulls Deal to Sacrifice Islands Housing Key US Military Base
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pulled the deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands—home to the pivotal U.K.-U.S. military base Diego Garcia—from the United Kingdom to Mauritius, after President Donald Trump fiercely opposed the measure. While the U.K. and Mauritius signed a preliminary deal in May 2025, it still required parliamentary approval, and… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Vance Takes Major Step Toward Cracking Down on Fraud
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Vice President JD Vance will swear in Colin McDonald on Wednesday morning to lead the Department of Justice’s anti-fraud division. “This is a huge step towards achieving the administration’s whole of government approach to rooting out fraud and finding the criminals and fraudsters who have taken advantage of American taxpayers for… -
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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Trump Has the Law and Military Strategy on His Side in US-Iran War
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. I want to have a couple of videos on the current state of affairs in the bombing… -
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The Air Force Is Finally Restoring Honor to the Faithful It Wrongly Punished
The Department of the Air Force’s March 19 decision to correct the records of airmen and guardsmen discharged over the COVID-19 mandate deserves real praise. At Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s directive to conduct a review, the Air Force Review Boards Agency examined and upgraded the records of nearly 600 airmen, changing them to “Honorable”… -
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House Passes Legislation to Combat Mexican Government’s Seizure of American-Owned Port
The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to grant the president authority to limit U.S. port access for countries that have seized American property abroad. As Congress remains bitterly divided on the SAVE America Act and funding for the Department of Homeland Security, the Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026 passed with bipartisan support. The bill, introduced… -
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China’s Military Went Silent Around Taiwan for First Time in Years. Why?
In recent years, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has kept a near-constant presence around Taiwan. However, from Feb. 28 to March 6, there were no PLAAF sorties near the island for seven days. This was the first time there had been over four consecutive days without PLAAF activity near Taiwan since seven consecutive days… -
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Ohio Military Service Members Return Home After Paying Ultimate Sacrifice in Epic Fury
Operation Epic Fury has hit home for the Buckeye State. Last Wednesday, three members of the U.S. military from Ohio returned home after paying the ultimate sacrifice. President Donald Trump was in attendance for the dignified transfer as America remembers and honors these fallen soldiers. Ohio natives Cpt. Seth Koval, Cpt. Curtis Angst, and Tech…. -
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A Shrinking Fleet and Slower Shipyards are Forcing Unsustainable Deployments for the US Navy
Since the end of the Cold War, for 30 years, the U.S. Navy has sustained a third of its fleet deployed on the backs of sailors and sometimes taking shortcuts at the shipyard—this approach is breaking down, according to the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office. But with what is being called a… -
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Why 2026 Could Be the Most Dangerous and Transformational Year Since World War II
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. 2026 looks like it’s going to be the most tumultuous, geo-strategically significant and dangerous year since the fall of the Soviet… -
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Media Is in a Tizzy Because We Give Troops Good Food Sometimes
In World War II, the U.S. Navy operated “ice cream” barges behind ships to make sure our sailors had a few comforts in the most terrible war in human history. That we were able to operate such a fleet is a testament to American logistical magnificence, but if it were in operation today under President Donald Trump, the… -
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‘It’s a Very Surreal War’
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 in the second week, just completing it, of the so-called Iran war. This effort of the… -
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The Reading Wars
“My child can’t read!” That’s become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it’s also because reading instruction became lazy and political. “Progressives” at teachers’ colleges pushed a reading technique called “Balanced Literacy.” Instead of memorizing sounds and letters, teachers… -
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Recent ISIS Attacks Represent Part of Broader Threat, Muslim Reformer Warns
Amid concern that radical Islam is influencing violent attacks across America in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, a Muslim reformer warns that Americans can expect more attacks in the short term, though he expects a positive result in Iran will bring the threat to an end. “In the next… -
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‘War on Poverty’ May Have Created a Permanent Underclass, Economists Say
America’s “War on Poverty,” launched by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, has expanded into a vast array of federal social welfare programs that today exceed $1 trillion per year. Upon signing the Economic Opportunity Act, Johnson stated: “This is not in any sense a cynical proposal to exploit the poor with a promise of a…