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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…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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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…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The LAX Arrest That Proves Iran’s Threat Is Already Inside America
    While Americans are told to think of Iran as a distant threat measured by uranium enrichment, diplomatic statements, and maps half a world away, the arrest of Iranian national Shamim Mafi at Los Angeles International Airport shattered that fiction on April 18. According to First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, Mafi, a lawful permanent resident living in Woodland…
    Mehek Cooke
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    22-Term Democrat in Danger of Losing Seat in Ohio
    Of all the House races to watch in the Buckeye State for the midterms, Ohio’s 9th Congressional District tops the list. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has held the seat since 1983, but newly redrawn maps in Ohio make this the year she could lose it. The prospect of a GOP flip in an election cycle…
    Rebecca Downs
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  • news

    Texas Rep Takes Aim at ‘Sharia Tax’
    Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, introduced legislation Monday that would prohibit the imposition of religiously based financial penalties, a measure he says is aimed at preventing Sharia-inspired practices such as taxing non-Muslims. The Freedom Against Imposed Theology Harms (FAITH) Act would establish a nationwide ban on fees, fines, penalties, or other financial burdens imposed on individuals…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Chip Roy’s MAMDANI Act Targets Marxists and Islamists
    Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Monday aimed at barring the admission, naturalization, and continued residence of individuals affiliated with certain extremist or totalitarian ideologies. The Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists (MAMDANI) Act would amend federal immigration law to prohibit admission or naturalization into the country of any alien who is, or…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘Finish the Job’: Mehek Cooke on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump’s Defining 120 Hours
    Iran is running out of options as President Donald Trump applies unprecedented pressure to permanently dismantle Tehran’s nuclear and proxy terror network, said The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight” on Friday. Following Trump’s announcement of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    AI Isn’t the Future of Our National Security. It’s the Present.
    America and China are racing for technological supremacy, and the margin is razor-thin. Today, tech supremacy is increasingly synonymous with artificial intelligence leadership. And China has an aggressive five-part plan to overcome what advantages America still has in AI. For decades, America’s military edge was unquestioned. That era is over. China is closing the gap…
    Joseph Dunford | Frances Townsend | Michael Morell
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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…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: CBP Makes Massive Cocaine Seizure From Bus
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Hidalgo Port of Entry intercepted more than $1 million worth of cocaine, preventing tens of thousands of lethal doses from entering American communities. The seizure, which took place April 11 at the Hidalgo International Bridge, highlights both the scale of narcotics trafficking along…
    Mehek Cooke
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    GOP Veteran Harrigan to Deliver Concealed-Carry Rights to Special Forces
    Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., is working to extend federal concealed-carry authority to elite military personnel—without adding any new rights or weakening preexisting firearm safeguards. “Federal law already trusts retired police officers to carry concealed nationwide. That makes sense,” Harrigan told The Daily Signal in a statement. “But it makes no sense that a retired SEAL…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Hegseth: Blockade Will Force Iran to Negotiate or Perish
    Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave an update on his war on Iran’s economy Thursday, pressuring its leaders to negotiate with Americans or suffer kinetic strikes in addition to the current blockade on Iran-linked ships. “For as long as it takes, we will maintain this blockade. … But if Iran chooses poorly, then they will…
    George Caldwell
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    ‘16 Years Is Not Temporary’: Freedom Caucus Members Want TPS Ended for Haitians
    Members of the House Freedom Caucus are urging colleagues to oppose extending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants ahead of a final House vote Thursday, citing concerns about public safety. Several House Republicans, along with now-independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, joined Democrats in voting to bring a bill to the floor extending TPS for…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Americans Want Mass Deportations, Not Amnesty
    Another amnesty push is happening on Capitol Hill, yet the sponsors of the DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025 are attempting to market it as not an amnesty bill. “America last” Republicans like Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., the original co-sponsor of the bill and daughter of Cuban immigrants, refuse to recognize what the American people…
    Erin Schniederjan
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  • news

    Outrage Over Trump, Silence for Christians: The Media’s Double Standard on Full Display
    Recent media outrage over President Donald Trump has exposed a deeper double standard, argued The Daily Signal’s senior national security and legal analyst Mehek Cooke in a television interview. Appearing on BBC News on Monday, Cooke responded to controversy over a White House social media image that some critics said depicted Trump as Jesus, arguing…
    Daily Signal Staff
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  • opinion

    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…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    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…
    Angelina Delfin
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    Why Are Tucker, Megyn Attacking Trump’s ‘Jacksonian Preemptive Deterrent’ Attack Against Iran?
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” with Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.  Jack Fowler: Well, you were talking about not being pottymouth, so we’re gonna talk about some pottymouth people here, Victor.   This is [President] Donald Trump,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    Checkmate: How Trump’s Iran Strategy Forces China’s Hand
    The Daily Signal’s Mehek Cooke said President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is forcing both Tehran and Beijing into a corner, calling the strategy “checkmate” during a television appearance Tuesday night. Speaking on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,“ Cooke said the Iranian regime miscalculated by threatening shipping lanes just as a…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    EXCLUSIVE: Less Than 1 in 10 Say the US Is Fully Prepared to Respond to a Bioterrorism Attack
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Just 9% of Americans consider the United States extremely prepared to respond to a biological threat, while terrorism remains Americans’ leading national security concern, a new poll suggests. The poll, conducted by Defend Forgotten America, asked respondents if they considered America “extremely prepared” to respond to bioterrorism threats. Many respondents (44%)…
    Fred Lucas
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