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    Why This European Ally Is Standing With Trump
    Summary Romania’s national security adviser visited Washington, D.C., this week with a message to his American counterparts: We’re open for business. Ambassador Marius-Gabriel Lazurca spoke with the Daily Signal shortly after arriving in the nation’s capital and expressed optimism about U.S.-Romania relations. “I’m here to tell my American interlocutors that our strategic relationship has done…
    Robert B. Bluey
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  • opinion

    They Aim to Conquer 
    The West would do well to remember King Solomon’s most famous ruling.   Last weekend, France erupted in widespread rioting. One French official put the number involved in protests at 550,000. Of those, more than 100,000 were in Paris, including on Paris’ famous Champs-Élysées Avenue. The marauders vandalized at least 3,000 shops. They stole from high-end…
    Victor Joecks
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: Is the Iran War About to Enter Its Final Phase?
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We’re at about 240 days since the Feb. 28 beginning of the so-called Iran war. We’re about…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • opinion

    National First Responders Day and the People Who Saved My Son
    For me, National First Responders Day is personal. My son was supposed to spend the night at his sister’s apartment in Washington, D.C., when disaster struck. At around 1 a.m., she called me, frantic, saying that he still had not arrived. I drove into the city and started walking the blocks between her apartment and…
    Bridget E. Bean
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  • news

    French Voters Are Waking Up to the Real Cause of Their Country’s Riots, Experts Say
    French voters aren’t falling for the media narrative about their country’s riots, a leading French conservative said Friday. “What is clear is there is a big awakening in France about this situation,” Alexandre Pesey, founder and director of Institut de Formation Politique, said at a panel discussion hosted by The Heritage Foundation. “Whatever the mainstream…
    Malia Loock
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  • opinion

    Is Cooking for a Terrorist Organization Enough to Deny Immigration Benefits?
    What constitutes “material support … to a terrorist organization” under federal law? That’s the question the Supreme Court of the United States will decide in Blanche v. Ozurumba. This matters because the Immigration and Nationality Act makes clear that those who provide such support to terrorist organizations are ineligible for asylum and other immigration benefits…
    Zack Smith | Harrison Lucas
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  • news

    French Protest Groups Demand More Rallies as Macron Faces Tough Choices
    PARIS, Oct 25 (Reuters) – French protest groups and unions called on Sunday for further demonstrations as they sought to maintain pressure on the government after a huge security operation helped to contain unrest during nationwide rallies on Saturday. The Interior Ministry said 410,000 people took part in Saturday’s marches as authorities deployed 70,000 police,…
    Reuters
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    Omar Breaks Silence on Raid, Offers New Vague Response to Brother-Marriage Allegation
    Rep. Ilhan Omar says she did not marry her brother, to her knowledge, a switch from her vehement denials beginning in 2016. Omar joined MS NOW for her first sit-down interview following the Columbus Day raid on her Washington, D.C., home. When asked if the man she married in 2009, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    FBI Arrests 17-Year-Old Accused of Planning to Kill Congressman, ISIS-Inspired Attack
    Federal authorities arrested a 17-year-old in Texas for allegedly plotting to murder Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, and carry out a terrorist attack on behalf of ISIS. According to local reports, the unidentified teenager had been on the FBI’s radar for some time, but after he acquired a firearm, agents arrested him on Oct. 5. The…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Pete Hegseth Travels to Dayton for ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ Tour
    On Tuesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to the Dayton, Ohio, area for a stop on the “Arsenal of Freedom” tour, addressing the workforce at Sierra Nevada Corp. “We’ve gone around the country in this ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ tour, meeting with great companies and innovators and sending the signal to our great companies and…
    Rebecca Downs
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: Why the French Riots May Be Coming to a Street Near You, and How You Can Stop It
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript 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. Jack Fowler: France is ablaze yet again. Let’s talk about the riots. Now, a few things. The riots are not only in…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    Virginia Lawmaker Calls for Speedy Passage of Defense Supplemental Bill
    Rep. Rob Wittman said that when lawmakers return, they should prioritize the passage of a supplemental spending bill that would provide new revenue to the Pentagon. A key reason would be to replenish weapon systems that have been depleted during the ongoing war with Iran. “The reconciliation bill that passed out of the House has…
    Rich Tucker
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    Supreme Court Rejects Accused 9/11 Mastermind’s Bid to Dodge Death Penalty
    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will again face the potential for the death penalty after the Supreme Court denied his appeal Monday. Justices rejected Mohammed’s bid to reinstate a plea agreement that allowed him and two co-defendants who helped plot the attack to avoid the death penalty. Mohammed and…
    Fred Lucas
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  • news

    France Wants Curfews in Some Areas After Weekend of Riots
    PARIS (Reuters)—France’s central government asked some local authorities to impose curfews and faced pressure over security failings on Monday after a weekend of riots and looting borne out of nationwide anti-government protests. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu did not rule out declaring a state of emergency but said it was more appropriate for now to apply…
    Reuters
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  • analysis

    Victor Davis Hanson: NATO Has Become a One-Way Street
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   Our on-and-off relationship with our European allies and friends is in another low spot. There’s a lot…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    WATCH: Inside the Federal Investigation That Could Cost Ilhan Omar Her Citizenship
    The Daily Signal reported on site at Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home, which was raided by federal agents on Monday morning. The raid was part of an ongoing federal criminal immigration investigation into how Omar obtained her immigration status decades ago when she immigrated to the United States with her father, Nur Omar…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: The Problem With America’s Military Arsenal
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   We’re in the eighth month of an on-and-off war, as we all know, with Iran, and since…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: Hamas is a Complete Death Cult—Why Are Campuses Not Condemning Them?
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript 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. Jack Fowler: Well, Victor, let’s go to some campuses—two campuses. I’ll throw both stories out there and your take on them. They…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    9th Circuit Delivers Major Setback to California’s Anti-ICE Law, Finds Trump ‘Certain’ to Prevail
    An appeals court Wednesday rejected California’s mandate that federal immigration agents wear identification, asserting it violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. California’s No Vigilantes Act, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, requires nonuniformed law enforcement officers to display their agency and name or badge number during arrests, detentions, and crowd control enforcement. The…
    Fred Lucas
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    Military Chaplain Seeks to Correct the Record After Losing a Promotion Over ‘Microaggression’
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An Army chaplain is asking military authorities to expunge from his record a negative report stemming from an alleged “microaggression” against people who identify as LGBTQ. Lt. Col. Joseph Lawhorn argued that the report, which he says contains errors, may have cost him a promotion to colonel earlier this year. “Chaplain…
    Tyler O’Neil
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