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Victor Davis Hanson: 25 Years After 9/11—Has America Forgotten?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest 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. Sami Winc: It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and I know that we’ve been watching New York… -
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Reflections on 9/11 After 25 Years
Twenty-five years later, the images remain seared into our national memory: A brilliant September sky blackened by smoke; office papers drifting through the canyons of lower Manhattan; strangers running toward danger while thousands fled from it; and, by evening, an America stunned, grieving, and suddenly united. Sept. 11, 2001, was not merely a date on… -
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Saddles and Satellite Radios: The Heroism of 9/11’s Immediate Response
Only three times in American history has the United States been attacked on its home soil: during the War of 1812, on Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, and on Sept. 11, 2001. In every case, America fought back. With roughly a third of the American population under 25 years old and living in a… -
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Remembering the Sept. 11 Attacks
The largest terror attack in history and the deadliest attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor occurred 25 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001. In 2026, with a whole new generation who were either too young to remember the attacks or were born after they occurred, it is worth pausing to reflect as a… -
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Mamdani’s Sick, Sly Slap in the Face to 9/11 Families
On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a proclamation commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack. He then quickly ensured the pen used to sign the proclamation was given to a man who represented an al-Qaeda terrorist and a Gitmo detainee described as the “20th hijacker.” Mamdani may as well have… -
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The Jokes of 9/11
As someone paid to deal with the news each day, it is perhaps not in my best interest to admit that almost everything that comes across your X news feed is disposable. Whatever news has you hot and bothered today, whatever juicy entertainment gossip has you licking your chops, whatever fills the late-night comic’s monologue… -
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On 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks, Many Will Excise the Most Relevant Truth From National Memory: Islamist Ideology Still Motivates Mass Murder
As America prepares to memorialize the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, expect a bright, glaring omission in the upcoming speeches, editorials, and televised survivor retrospectives about this history, important to tell for its warning that national vigilance remains necessary even now. Left on the cutting room floors will be the all-important, basic “why,”… -
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Trump Admin Links Jane’s Revenge to Foreign Network Supporting Antifa Violence
An Italy-based organization provided key infrastructure for violent leftist movements in the U.S., including Antifa and Jane’s Revenge, the Trump administration announced this week. The State Department and the Treasury Department exposed how Autistici/Inventati, also referred to as the A/I Collective, provided key online services for Rose City Antifa in Portland, the Stop Cop City… -
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Woman Charged With Planning ISIS-Inspired Attack on New York State Capitol Building
REUTERS—U.S. authorities arrested and charged a New York woman with planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on the state’s Capitol building in Albany, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, was charged with planning to deploy an explosive device at the state capitol with the intention of killing public officials and destroying “as… -
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TRANS POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Man Confessed He Planned to Assassinate Trump Official
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a man who confessed to planning the assassination of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Judge Rudolph Contreras, an appointee of President Barack Obama, sentenced 24-year-old Ryan Michael English to 73 months in prison, far short of the 121 months prosecutors sought. English, who identifies as transgender and uses female pronouns… -
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‘Sharia Takeover’? What Conservatives Miss in the Debate Over Airport Foot Washing
Conservatives who are serious about combatting the threat of Islamism need to be very careful not to undermine our case by attacking reasonable accommodations for peaceful Muslims. Muslim reformer M. Zuhdi Jasser has long warned against the threat of Islamism, the political approach to Islam that aims at conquest and subjugation. However, he also has… -
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Supreme Court Deals Another Blow to Palestinian Authorities in $656 Million Case
The Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority lost again at the Supreme Court, this time in their effort to stop a settlement to pay American victims of attacks. Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday signed an order rejecting an emergency application from the Palestinian authorities to stop a $656 million judgment in favor of Americans… -
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Boyfriend of Oct. 7 Massacre Victim Dead in Apparent Suicide at Her Grave
The boyfriend of one of the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks was found dead in an apparent suicide at her gravesite. Bar Asraf, 30, was discovered by family members Saturday evening with a gunshot wound to the chest at the Elkana Cemetery in the West Bank, at the grave of Liron Barda,… -
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‘It Is Allah Who Commanded Me’: Knife-Wielding Man Attacks Three Women in Paris
PARIS, July 27 (Reuters)—French police detained a man on Monday after he attacked three women with knives near Porte de Clichy in Paris, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters. The man attacked the three women, who were aged 19, 24 and 36, with two kitchen knives, severely wounding two of them, Nunez said. Video aired… -
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‘QUITE IRONIC’: Suspect With Anti-ICE Sign Who Set Off Fireworks at Federal Building Only Injured One Person
A suspect whom the Department of Homeland Security called an “anti-ICE rioter” set off fireworks outside a federal office building in New York and injured only one person—an immigrant who was there for an immigration status hearing. “The one civilian victim was an immigrant that had a hearing today for their immigration status, so that’s… -
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Marco Rubio Exposes the Threat of Leftist Terrorism and the Institutions That Covered for It
Winston Churchill warned about the threat of Nazi Germany before Britain’s establishment was willing to listen. Ronald Reagan horrified the foreign policy establishment by plainly calling Soviet Communism evil. This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio challenged a similarly entrenched dogma that leftist terrorism isn’t a serious threat. Speaking to leaders from more than 60… -
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GOP Congresswoman Tells Naturalized Terrorists to GTFO of America
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—In America, as a naturalized citizen, you can commit and be convicted of terrorist offenses and be allowed to stay in the country, only to later commit another attack. This GOP congresswoman wants to put an end to this, telling them to GTFO. In response to two major terrorist attacks by… -
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Mass Conspiracy to Attack White House UFC Event Results in Several Arrests
The FBI thwarted a potential attack on Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday morning, and five people are said to be in custody. That threat involved the use of explosive-laden drones and snipers and, according to Vice President JD Vance, “some serious coordination.” The alleged plot… -
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How Trump Plans to End Pro-Hamas Terrorism He Says Biden Ignored
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration convened a symposium Tuesday on combating threats posed by pro-Hamas terrorist groups that the State Department says were ignored for years by the Biden administration. The State Department held a “Symposium on the Rise of Far-Left Political Terrorism” at the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace,… -
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New Bill Would Ban Radical Religious Leaders From Entering the United States
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act on Monday, which would bar radicalized leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted into the United States. “The United States should never roll out the red carpet for foreign clerics who preach anti-American hatred, celebrate terrorism, or serve as…