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Epic Fury Abroad, Cyber Blowback at Home: Don’t Let Iran Retaliate Through Our Networks
By[email protected] March 3, 2026April 22, 2026

When I served at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, we never treated “over there” and “over here” as separate maps. In cyberspace, the map is one sheet of glass. If the United States hits a regime hard overseas, that regime looks for the fastest way to hit back without meeting us tank-for-tank or plane-for-plane….

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All-Hands-on-Deck Energy Policy
By[email protected] March 3, 2026April 28, 2026

Power demand is increasing for the first time in decades, and there is no sign of slowing down. Whether it’s artificial intelligence, a growing economy, or traditional industrial power users, American families and businesses need more power. The problem is that through regulation, policy mandates, and subsidies, policymakers have made expanding our electricity grid in…

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Next Steps for the US-Guyana Strategic Partnership
By[email protected] March 3, 2026April 28, 2026

For over 100 years tensions have flared between Venezuela and Guyana concerning the Essequibo region. But with the capture of Nicolas Maduro, a rare opportunity for peace and stability has presented itself. Tensions date back to the 19th century with Venezuela’s rejection of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which settled the Guyanese-Venezuelan border as recognized by…

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Trump Exposed the Crazy Things Democrats Believe
By[email protected] March 3, 2026April 22, 2026

It shouldn’t have been a difficult decision. During his Tuesday State of the Union address, President Donald Trump issued a challenge to the members of Congress before him. “If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support,” he said. “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens,…

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Victor Davis Hanson: The Real Reason Iran Won’t Negotiate
By[email protected] March 3, 2026April 27, 2026

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. This show was filmed prior to the start of Operation Epic Fury. Jack Fowler: Victor, your thoughts if we…

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Supreme Court Explains Contours of Sixth Amendment’s Right to Counsel in Villarreal v. Texas
By[email protected] March 2, 2026April 22, 2026

The Sixth Amendment has long guaranteed a criminal defendant the right “to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” But what does that right entail in practice—particularly when a defendant takes the witness stand in his own defense? And by taking the witness stand, what limitations, if any, exist with respect to his right…

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United States v. Hemani: SCOTUS to Hear Arguments in Important Second Amendment Case
By[email protected] March 2, 2026April 22, 2026

As the Supreme Court returns to hearing oral arguments this week, it will take up a technical—yet consequential—criminal law case. In United States v. Hemani, the justices will consider whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which bars anyone “who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” from “possess[ing] … any firearm or…

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It’s Official: Illegal Alien-Loving Dems Cannot Stand American Citizens
By[email protected] March 2, 2026April 22, 2026

President Donald Trump could not have made it easier for congressional Democrats. During Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Trump’s simple offer to them, and their Republican counterparts, was like a college professor telling his students: “Anyone who wants 10 points of extra credit, please stand up if you believe the Earth is round.”…

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Virginia’s Largest Public School District Is Unraveling
By[email protected] March 2, 2026April 22, 2026

Fairfax County Public Schools is no longer a district in quiet decline—it is a system in visible retreat. Fairfax Schools experienced the largest decline in student enrollment of any district in the state from 2015 to 2025, according to University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Policy. While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County…

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Virginia Democrats Backtrack on Affordability Promises
By[email protected] March 2, 2026April 22, 2026

Newly elected Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, used the national spotlight for the State of the Union response to make affordability promises. By Friday, Virginia Democrats had shot down a policy that would put more money back in Virginians’ pockets. “I am working with our state Legislature to lower costs and make the commonwealth more affordable,…

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Golden Dome for America: The Secrecy Is Rational—the Cost Is Manageable—and the Imperative Is Inarguable
By[email protected] March 2, 2026April 22, 2026

The Golden Dome for America (GDA) initiative has drawn criticism for not publicly releasing a detailed architecture, cost breakdown, or long-range budget projections. Think tanks, major media outlets, and some lawmakers argue that without public transparency the program risks becoming an expensive, open-ended undertaking. Those concerns deserve to be taken seriously. But they often treat…

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Is This a Just War?
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

Early Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced the start of what he described as “major combat operations in Iran.” In a statement, Trump outlined what he said were decades of hostile actions by the Iranian government, along with more recent failed efforts to reach diplomatic settlements. Trump said Iran’s refusal to halt its pursuit of…

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The US Olympic Men’s Hockey Team Did It the Right Way
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

If men’s basketball is the most popular and professional athlete-filled team sport at the quadrennial Summer Olympic Games, then men’s ice hockey is its Winter Olympic Games analogue. Every four years, the two-week Summer and Winter Olympics provide a respite for NBA and NHL fans from the annual domestic calendar. Stars who might normally be…

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‘ON MY HONOR’: Can the Boy Scouts Restore Trust After Betraying Its Values?
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

How does an organization like the Boy Scouts of America restore trust after betraying its values? Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has given the Boy Scouts a chance, but it remains unclear whether the historic organization will take it. Fickle human hearts often lead us to sully our integrity. The biblical history of Israel presents…

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Bishops as Pawns Over Birthright Citizenship
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

Viewing the U.S. public policy and political scene as a chessboard, the prelates of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have downgraded themselves from their historic leadership role as bishops to the subservient position of mere pawns. Specifically, on birthright citizenship, the bishops willingly allow themselves to be manipulated by leftists pushing secular humanist,…

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Britain’s Fragile Vote
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

There is a clear American interest at stake in Gorton and Denton by-election outcome. The British parliamentary contest, held Thursday, shocked many with a Green Party victory. Candidate Hannah Spencer overturned Labour’s 13,000 vote majority from 2024 to win with 40.7% of the vote, totaling 14,980 ballots under the U.K.’s first past the post system….

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The State of Our Journalism Is Viciously Anti-Trump
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

The State of the Union speech is an effective annual exercise to measure how journalists feel about a long speech on national TV by President Donald Trump. They hate it intensely, like most children hate broccoli. They would like to scrape that steaming plate into the garbage. The New York Times published a front-page editorial…

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California Decides to Tax Trump Accounts—Here’s What Families Need to Know
By[email protected] March 1, 2026April 22, 2026

The California Franchise Tax Board announced that it will refuse to treat newly created Trump Accounts as tax-deferred accounts for state tax purposes. In doing so, California is purposefully making it difficult for families to fully utilize Trump Accounts. As the San Francisco Chronicle notes, this is a major break from the state’s normal practice regarding retirement…

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2 Jews, 3 Opinions on Campus Antisemitism
By[email protected] February 28, 2026April 22, 2026

Two Jews, three opinions. That sounds like a bad Mel Brooks joke, but it is exactly what the bipartisan Commission on Civil Rights testimony on campus antisemitism sounded like this month. The Jewish world appears genuinely divided on whether the federal government should take real, muscular action to protect Jewish students. I find that strange,…

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Trump Reminds Americans That All Policy Is Family Policy
By[email protected] February 28, 2026April 22, 2026

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address hit several important policy areas, but even though there was no specific mention of the country’s declining marriage rates and “birth dearth,” the concerns of families were a major theme. One of the key concerns for families today is the future of American homeownership. The cost and…

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