National Security News

The Daily Signal provides reports on national and homeland security issues, including military readiness, intelligence operations, border protection, and global conflicts. Featuring news, analysis, and commentary, this section explores how security policy decisions affect America’s national defense and freedom.
Filter articles by
  • opinion

    Rep. Fine on Dallas ICE Shooting: An Example of Leftist Violence That Threatens Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety
    America just experienced another tragic and preventable act of violence. Joshua Jahn, a criminal radicalized by hateful anti-law enforcement rhetoric from the Democrats, committed an act of leftist terrorism against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas. He undoubtedly was targeting law enforcement agents. He killed one person and wounded two more before turning…
    Rep. Randy Fine
    Read More
  • news

    ‘Go Straight to Hell’: After ICE Facility Shooting, JD Vance Condemns Democrats for Villainizing ICE Agents
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Vice President JD Vance shamed Democrats on Wednesday for villainizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the aftermath of the shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas. The shooter opened fire into the facility around 7 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, killing an illegal immigrant and then himself with his own firearm. In the aftermath…
    Nicole Silverio
    Read More
  • news

    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Release Latest Results of Trump’s ‘Whole of Government’ Border Crackdown
    The Trump administration removed as many of 1,500 illegal aliens from the U.S. every day during the month of August, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security’s latest fact sheet.   The 85% decrease in encounters with illegal aliens at U.S. borders, when compared to August 2024, is a testament to the Trump administration’s…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • news

    ‘Act of Targeted Violence’: Shell Casings Recovered at Dallas ICE Shooting Engraved ‘ANTI-ICE’
    A shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center has left multiple people injured and one victim dead.   “This morning just before 7 a.m. local time, an individual fired multiple rounds at a Dallas, Texas ICE facility, killing one, wounding several others, before taking his own life,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • opinion

    How College Courses Rationalize Political Violence
    Where do young people learn that it’s OK to kill over political differences? Look no further than what they’re taught in school. There, college professors routinely assign books by leaders of radical groups that murdered people to advance their political goals. These blood-drenched terrorists are presented as positive role models, and their violence is romanticized…
    Jay Greene
    Read More
  • news

    Ukraine’s Abducted Children
    Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska addressed a crisis affecting Ukraine’s most vulnerable population while at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.   Three-and-a-half years into the war between Russia and Ukraine, Russia is said to have abducted more than 20,000 Ukrainian children.   “Russia has abducted thousands of our children. Changed their names, surnames, consciousness….
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • news

    8 Incidents of Violence, Threats in the Wake of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, Kimmel’s Suspension
    The assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has brought many Americans together as they commemorate him, but it has also revealed the country’s political divisions. In the past two weeks, vandals and other offenders have allegedly targeted Kirk memorials and TV stations involved in the suspension of late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s show….
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More
  • news

    EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth Scraps Department of War Committee Promoting Radical Feminism in the Military
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of War is discontinuing a committee criticized for pushing feminism in the military, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Signal. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed the memo saying he has determined that the reinstatement of the Defense Advisory Committee for Women in the Services should not…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | Bradley Devlin
    Read More
  • news

    Secret Service Dismantles ‘Imminent Threat’ in New York Ahead of UN General Assembly
    The Secret Service has dismantled a telecommunications network in New York that posed a threat to top government officials.  After multiple telecommunications threats were directed toward senior government officials in the spring, the Secret Service launched an investigation to “determine the source of these fraudulent calls,” Matt McCool, special agent in charge of the Secret…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • news

    The Gaming Connection: The Role of Online Culture in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
    In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a national dialogue emerged over what contributed to Kirk’s alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, resorting to violence. Debate has raged over his motivations, political allegiance, and his ties to gender ideology. While the FBI investigates further, one topic of discussion has been Robinson’s involvement online. Already, the investigation has unearthed…
    Zachary Gohl
    Read More
  • news

    In Warning to Russia, Poland Pledges to Shoot Down Threatening Objects
    In a clear warning to Russia, Poland says it will shoot down objects that violate Polish airspace and pose a threat to the nation. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a more cautious approach will be taken when a threat level is not clear.    Tusk’s warning Monday comes after Russia flew three fighter jets…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • opinion

    The Disturbing Ties Between the SPLC and Antifa
    The organization that put Charlie Kirk’s organization on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan ahead of his assassination last week also has a long history of carrying water for the violent Antifa movement that President Donald Trump has targeted for investigation. Tyler Robinson, 22, who faces murder charges in the assassination…
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More
  • news

    Whistleblower: Gangs Sought to Sponsor Child Migrants During Biden Administration
    Aaron Stevenson began to notice a disturbing trend early on in the Biden administration. As an intelligence analyst for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, it was his job to identify bad guys as well as emerging and novel threats to the U.S.   In February 2021, a profile of an alien from Honduras with ties to…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • news

    Report: Soros Funneled $80m To Groups Praising Violent Protests
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Billionaire megadonor George Soros has funneled more than $80 million to organizations that praised terrorists or urged protest violence in America, according to a new report by the Capital Research Center. The Capital Research Center report said Soros— through his Open Society Foundation—has distributed tens of millions to groups that engage in or endorse actions that…
    Melissa O’Rourke
    Read More
  • opinion

    NOT JUST TYLER ROBINSON: The Latest in a Series of Violence Tied to Transgender Ideology
    An increasing number of alleged murderers, mass shooters, and violent offenders have apparently tried to silence Christians or critics of transgender ideology, acting on the assumption that those who disagree with transgender claims represent a violent threat. The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk only underscores this unnerving trend, and makes the case for the FBI…
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More
  • news

    Kirk’s Funeral Tests Secret Service Yet Again
    Amid a fiery national debate over political violence and free speech, the Secret Service faces one of its biggest tests yet in securing Charlie Kirk’s massive funeral in Arizona this weekend. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and numerous dignitaries, conservative figures, prominent reporters, television anchors, and up to 100,000 members of the public…
    Susan Crabtree
    Read More
  • opinion

    The Left Is Creating Fantasies About Charlie Kirk’s Death
    Just days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Left is working overtime to hide the truth and create fantasies about his death. Specifically, leftists alleged that conservatives were going to “pounce” on the death to wage protests and boost radical agendas in the manner of what followed George Floyd’s death. Here are some of…
    Victor Davis Hanson
    Read More
  • news

    Border Patrol Chief Savors Recruitment Boom, Soaring Agent Morale
    Retired Border Patrol agents are returning to the agency amid soaring morale levels, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks.   “I’m signing off on stacks and stacks” of applications of retired agents who want to return to the Border Patrol, Banks said.   The chief, speaking at an event in Washington, D.C., on…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
  • opinion

    FOLLOW THE MONEY: Why Trump Is Right to Probe the Sources of Antifa Violence
    The Charlie Kirk assassination has underscored the Left’s radicalization, and President Donald Trump is right to respond, in part, by investigating the potential funding sources behind Antifa and violent protests. The FBI is still investigating whether anyone else knew of 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson’s alleged plans to kill Kirk, but based on interviews with Robinson’s…
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More
  • news

    What Biden Chief of Staff Reveals to House Panel on Jill and Hunter
    Former President Joe Biden’s White House chief of staff told a congressional panel Thursday that he asked the White House physician about a full medical and cognitive exam after Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate with Donald Trump.  Jeff Zients is the last scheduled witness to take questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More