SecurityCommentary
The Government Shutdown Will Further Weaken Our Military
Congress faced a number of bad options on Friday, when government funding expired for the third time this fiscal year. But lawmakers picked the worst… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Congress Needs to Reform Disaster Relief Spending
In the coming weeks, Congress is set to vote on a spending bill that will include funding for federal disaster relief. Following a year of… Read More
SecurityNews
3 Out of 4 Terrorists Since 9/11 Are Foreign-Born, but Over Half Are Citizens
About three-fourths of those convicted on terrorism charges since 9/11 are foreign-born—and more than half of those aren’t U.S. citizens, according to a new report… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Short-Term Spending Bill Would Continue to Hamper the Military
Lawmakers are discussing the possibility of passing yet another continuing resolution on Jan. 19 to keep the government from shutting down. If another continuing resolution… Read More
SecurityNews
This Conservative Lawmaker Explains Why the Embassy Move to Jerusalem Matters
President Donald Trump’s administration is working to build peace in the Middle East, and a big part of that process is the administration’s recognition of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Wall Is Not Enough. Here’s How to Solve Illegal Immigration.
President Donald Trump held talks with leaders of both political parties on Tuesday to discuss a major agenda item for this year: immigration. This issue,… Read More
SecurityNews
US Weapons and Chinese Cash Compete for Influence in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine—In the days and weeks after Kyiv celebrated achieving its foreign policy holy grail—the promise of lethal U.S. anti-tank weaponry—China announced a laundry list… Read More
SecurityNews
Abedin Forwarded State Passwords to Yahoo Before It Was Hacked by Foreign Agents
Huma Abedin forwarded sensitive State Department emails, including passwords to government systems, to her personal Yahoo email account before every single Yahoo account was hacked, a Daily… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pentagon’s Decision to Keep Cluster Bombs Preserves Military Readiness, Lethality
The Pentagon drew sharp but unwarranted criticism earlier this month following its decision to indefinitely delay compliance with a ban on certain kinds of legacy… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Cutting Through the Media’s Falsehoods About ‘Dreamers’
When members of Congress battled over the budget, some threatened to block funding unless Congress provided amnesty to illegal alien Dreamers who benefited from President… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Invasive New Airport Screenings May Put Privacy at Risk
It’s a Christmas motif almost as ubiquitous as Christmas trees or sleigh bells—families and individuals hastily making their way through airports, balancing presents, bags, and… Read More
SecurityFeature
What I Learned From a Wartime Christmas Eve
KYIV, Ukraine—The first time I ever saw a war, it was on Christmas Eve in 2009. At the time, I was a green Air Force… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Approves US Lethal Weapons Sales to Ukraine, Angering Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine—U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the sale of commercial lethal weapons to Ukraine, a pivotal decision that comes amid an escalation of Russia’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Remembering Gen. Edward Rowny
A charter member of the “Greatest Generation”—that stoic cohort of Americans who faced down the Great Depression and defeated fascism, Japanese imperialism, and communism—left us… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Risk Returning to Pre-9/11 Status Quo If We Don’t Maintain Section 702
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which has proved vital for keeping the U.S. safe from terrorists, is set to expire at the… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Calls Out Russia, China in National Security Address
President Donald Trump presented his national security strategy as what he called a reassertion of fundamental truths and “principled realism.” “Any nation that trades away… Read More
SecurityNews
Former White House Insider Explains What Trump Did to Devastate ISIS
President Donald Trump is defeating terrorism by allowing the military to do its job and by combating extremist ideology, a former adviser to the president… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump’s National Security Strategy Boldly Reasserts American Leadership
In the Obama White House, the mantra of “leading from behind” was so deeply embedded that America’s allies were often left confused and disoriented when… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Hear You: A Thoughtful, Informative Chat With Trump Champion Sebastian Gorka
Editor’s note: Response to former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka’s on-camera interview with Rob Bluey, The Daily Signal’s editor-in-chief, was overwhelmingly positive from our audience. Here’s… Read More
SecurityFeature
Why the War in Ukraine Matters to America
KYIV, Ukraine—And it goes on and on in eastern Ukraine. Every day and every night. There’s never any end to the artillery, the rockets, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
An Unelected Judge Is Overriding Trump’s Transgender Military Policy
Do you remember voting for Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the presidential election? Neither does anyone else. But somehow the local district judge thinks she should be… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Rebuilding the Military Comes With a Price Tag. But the Price of Waiting Is Higher.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will cost an additional $295 billion over the next four years to execute President Donald Trump’s plans to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Attempted New York Bombing Calls for Renewed Vigilance Against Homegrown Terrorism
The attempted suicide bombing by Akayed Ullah in New York on Monday is the 101st Islamist plot or attack against the U.S. homeland since 9/11…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Unmoved by Terror Attack, Congress Is Doing Nothing to Scrap the Diversity Visa Lottery
Capitol Hill’s national security priorities are screwier than a Six Flags roller coaster. Instead of immediately shutting down one of America’s stupidest visa programs, which… Read More
SecurityCommentary
With More Investment, Our Missile Defense System Could Be Truly Dependable
Thirty-three minutes. That’s all the time we’d have to respond to an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile from anywhere in the world. Roughly half an hour… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Our Special Operations Forces Are Stretched Too Far
America is rightly proud of the incredibly capable and effective special operations forces that serve as the literal point of our military spear. The Army… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Contra Activist Judges, It’s Not Discriminatory to Prohibit Transgender Individuals From Joining Military
On Dec. 11, a federal lower court judge in Washington, D.C., refused to stay her earlier Oct. 30 order blocking President Donald Trump’s Aug. 25… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Ties New York Terror Attack to Immigration Reforms
President Donald Trump pointed to Monday morning’s terrorist attack in New York as a clear demonstration of the need for tougher immigration laws—specifically family-based immigration…. Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Podcast: Botched Terror Attack on US Homeland
Monday’s botched terror attack in New York is another example of homegrown terrorism. Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi national in his late twenties, is reported to… Read More
SecurityNews
Former NYPD Commissioner: Commuter Attack ‘Committed in the Name of ISIS’
A bombing Monday that targeted a Port Authority bus station in downtown Manhattan apparently was carried out by a Bangladeshi immigrant inspired by the Islamic… Read More
