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Dictators Are Using Interpol to Shape America’s Legal System. It’s Time to Change That.
You’ve heard of the International Criminal Police Organization thanks to Hollywood, which often features “Interpol agents.” In reality, there are no Interpol agents: Interpol simply runs an online platform where states can post requests, called “red notices,” that ask its member nations to locate, provisionally arrest, and extradite fugitives. The United States has been a… -
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5 Actions Biden Must Take Now on Afghanistan
What does President Joe Biden’s disastrous decision on Afghanistan portend for the future of transnational Islamist terrorism? A lot. The administration needs to acknowledge its mistakes and get busy preventing the terrorist rampage. There are two ways that the world could see a lot more slaughtering of innocents after America’s humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan. First, of course, we… -
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Why Illegal Immigrants Say They’re Crossing Border Now
McALLEN, Texas—Some illegal immigrants interviewed near the southern border say they were motivated to come to the United States by the Biden administration, while others cite death threats from “narcos” and disaster in their home countries. “Suddenly, the situations during the previous years weren’t like this one. This year was much more difficult,” a Honduran… -
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Federal Judge Reinstates ‘Remain in Mexico,’ Ruling Biden Broke Law in Terminating Policy
Federal District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Friday granted judgment in favor of Texas and Missouri against the Biden administration in their lawsuit over the president’s termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols (commonly called the “Remain in Mexico” policy). The takeaway is that unless President Joe Biden prevails in an emergency appeal, the policy will be… -
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Situation in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan War appears to be over. After nearly 20 years of fighting, America’s longest conflict has come to a bitter conclusion. Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, fell to the Taliban in fewer than 72 hours. This came on the heels of a weeklong blitz that saw city after city capitulate to the Taliban. How did… -
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Fall of Afghanistan Seen as Historic Failure for Biden
When candidate Joe Biden was asked if he would bear some responsibility for the outcome of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan if the Taliban took control of that country, he answered, “No, I don’t.” “Do I bear responsibility? Zero responsibility,” Biden added during the CBS News interview in February 2020. “The responsibility I have is… -
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On Afghanistan Fiasco, Biden Says ‘Buck Stops With Me’ While Blaming Everyone Else
“The buck stops with me,” President Joe Biden said in an address to the nation Monday afternoon, after blaming his presidential predecessors for continuing a long war in Afghanistan. Biden gave the speech in response to criticism of the way in which the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. After a weekend in which the… -
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What These 22 Lawmakers and Pundits Are Saying About Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan
After 20 years, about $1 trillion, and the loss of 2,448 American service members and 3,846 U.S. contractors, the Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan. Emotions ran high over the weekend and into Monday as Americans watched while Taliban militants marched into Kabul, the Afghan capital, and seized control of the presidential palace. “We gave… -
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I Served in Afghanistan. This Chaos Was Avoidable, and Biden Is Squarely to Blame.
The scenes at Kabul’s international airport are heartbreaking. Thousands of Afghans, trying to flee the grip of the Taliban, swamped the airport hoping to catch a flight out. Some desperate Afghans even tried hanging onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 as it was taking off. Regrettably, a few Afghans dangling from the bottom of the… -
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About 6,000 Lose Personal Data to Colonial Pipeline Hackers
Hackers responsible for a May ransomware attack on a key East Coast oil pipeline stole personal data, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information, from nearly 6,000 people, the company confirmed Monday to The Daily Caller News Foundation. Ukrainian hacking syndicate DarkSide carried out a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, a private pipeline system beginning in Houston and supplying 45%… -
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High Gasoline Prices and Biden’s Confusing OPEC Request on Oil Production
In the face of persistently high U.S. gasoline prices this summer, national security adviser Jake Sullivan announced last week that the Biden administration was “engaging with relevant OPEC+ members” to increase oil production. Not only is this confusing because OPEC+ is a cartel of nations competing against private American companies and includes political adversaries of… -
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McCarthy Calls for Probe of Biden Policy Amid Collapse in Afghanistan
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday called for the Biden administration to be investigated over its handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal after the Taliban retook the country in a matter of days. McCarthy, a Republican from California, told Punchbowl News Sunday that President Joe Biden’s decision to fully withdraw before Sept. 11 was a… -
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Fleeing People Cling to, Fall From Planes Departing Airport in Kabul
Video from Kabul’s international airport shows people clinging to departing American planes as thousands of desperate Afghans attempt to flee the city following the Taliban’s takeover. The Taliban’s seizure of Kabul on Sunday prompted large crowds of people to head to Hamid Karzai International Airport in hopes of escaping the city with evacuating Americans as… -
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What’s True Diversity? More Than Meets the Eye
Vivek Ramaswamy calls himself a proud father, a loyal husband, and a grateful son. His parents emigrated to America from India. A Hindu, he made his mark as a successful biotech entrepreneur. Ramaswamy has joined forces with the Philanthropy Roundtable to narrate a compelling video as part of the organization’s True Diversity campaign—pushing back against… -
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We Hear You: Questions About Mask Mandates, Vaccines, and Leadership
Editor's note: Judging from the mailbag at [email protected], The Daily Signal's audience is wary that the Biden administration is leading the country toward stricter measures against COVID-19. Here's a sampling.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I find it incredibly interesting that American citizens basically are having their arms twisted behind their back to get a substance… -
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Running Away From a ‘Nation-Building’ Mess
Where America got Afghanistan wrong is “nation-building.” That’s a myth. Nations don’t build nations. Nations rebuild themselves. President Joe Biden, predictably, learned the wrong lesson. The opposite of nation-building is not running away. It is being realistic. After World War II, Japan rebuilt Japan. West Germany rebuilt West Germany. Sure, America helped, but you can’t help a… -
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‘Hands Tied’: Federal Judge Upholds Biden’s New Eviction Moratorium
A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration could continue to enforce its new moratorium on evictions, but cast doubt on its legality. D.C. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled Friday that the moratorium, which prohibits landlords from evicting low-income tenants who cannot afford their rent, could be enforced since a Supreme Court majority technically… -
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‘Unsustainable’: Homeland Security Chief Warns System Inadequate in Border Crisis
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that the U.S. immigration system “isn’t built” to handle the border crisis, according to a leaked audio recording of his visit last week with border officials provided to The Daily Caller News Foundation. Border officials are taking care of families and children who arrived unlawfully instead of patrolling in… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Amnesty Groups Supplied These 5 Players on Biden’s Immigration Team
Pro-amnesty nonprofits bankrolled in part by billionaires such as George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg were farm teams for five officials who now run the Biden administration’s immigration policy, The Daily Signal has learned. In some cases, Biden administration officials were senior staff at those nonprofits, in others they did consulting work for groups advocating a… -
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Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Leaves Constitution in Cold
The slogan above The Washington Post’s banner captures the left’s view of the allegedly authoritarian Donald Trump’s presidency: “Democracy dies in darkness.” It’s now time for a new credo, given the recent actions of President Joe Biden and his party: “Democracy dies in broad daylight.” The Democrat Party’s handling of the renters’ eviction moratorium reveals…