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    Trump’s Iran Gamble
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s 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: Victor, let’s go ahead and get to the memorandum of understanding. It was a very short two-page document, easy to read through,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    NATO 3.0 and Shifts in Force Posture and Funding
    Thursday morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, announcing a six-month review of American force posture and funding relating to NATO as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to build “NATO 3.0.” In 2026, the U.S. is forced by geopolitical necessity to prioritize deterring…
    Wilson Beaver | Elizabeth Krajc
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    The Hearing No One Asked For—Democrats Begging Lake for Apologies
    Though Jay Clayton did not get to appear for his confirmation hearing this week, former Arizona television news anchor Kari Lake did. Thursday, she testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, standing her ground as Democrats demanded she apologize. President Donald Trump canceled Clayton’s Senate intelligence hearing to be confirmed as director of national intelligence….
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    SCOOP: Rick Scott Moves to Terminate DHS Program That Incentivizes Hiring Foreign Grads
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Rick Scott introduced a bill designed to end the Optional Practical Training visa program, which incentivizes employers to hire foreign students. The Florida Republican’s Prioritizing American Talent Act would prohibit Department of Homeland Security funding from being used to help foreigners secure employment in the U.S. The Optional Practical Training program, created…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Veterans Deserve a Benefits System That Operates on Military Principles 
    As a former Army Ranger, I understand that no plan survives first contact. When conditions change, missions evolve. Veterans deserve a benefits system that operates with that same mindset.  But that’s not what’s happening when our country’s heroes return home injured.  A recent federal court ruling makes clear the failings of our current benefits system. Instead of adapting strategies to shifting realities, it’s entrenching itself in positions that are…
    Jeramiah Solven
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  • news

    Bill to Defund Universities With CCP Ties Gains Momentum in Congress
    Legislation aimed at cutting taxpayer funding to universities with ties to the Chinese Communist Party is gaining traction on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers raise concerns about espionage and national security risks linked to Chinese influence on U.S. campuses. “We have to make sure that our largest geopolitical adversary, the Chinese Communist Party, isn’t infiltrating at…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Trump Delays Nomination of Jay Clayton for Intelligence Director, Putting Spy Powers Vote in Peril
    The Senate was set to confirm President Donald Trump’s new director of national intelligence as soon as Thursday, but Trump threw a wrench into Leader John Thune’s plans by stating nominee Jay Clayton cannot be confirmed until the Senate approves his replacement as U.S. attorney. Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday morning that Jamie…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Thune: Intelligence Director Confirmation Could Break the FISA Deadlock
    The United States has gone four days without congressional authorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702, a key component of America’s national security. The federal government relies on it to surveil foreigners without a warrant, looking for potential threats to the country. Senate Majority Leader John Thune suggests that confirming a director of…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Feds Indict 15 Antifa Members for Conspiring to Injure Federal Officers
    The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that 15 individuals affiliated with two Minneapolis-based Antifa groups have been federally indicted on charges of conspiring to impede or injure federal officers. “Today, a federal indictment was unsealed charging 15 defendants with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers and other charges related to efforts of two…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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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…
    Al Perrotta
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    Bernie Sanders Wants Congress to Block Israel Alliance Amendment
    Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging Congress to strip a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would expand U.S.-Israel defense cooperation, arguing it would elevate Israel’s status above some NATO allies. “We must strip Section 224 from the Pentagon budget,” Sanders wrote on X, accusing lawmakers of “burying a provision in the defense…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    ‘END IT NOW’: MAGA Demands Trump End Visa Program That Takes Jobs From Americans
    The MAGA movement is demanding that the Trump administration finally end a visa program that incentivizes employers to hire foreign students. The Optional Practical Training program, created in 1992, allows foreign students to remain in the United States to work for nearly four years after graduation. Employers receive a tax break for hiring foreign graduates…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Spy Power Extension Fails as Conservatives Demand Privacy Reforms
    An American intelligence spying power is set to expire in mere hours, leaving the nation vulnerable. After the House failed to negotiate reforms and pass an extension, members departed for a 12-day recess. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will expire at midnight on Friday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ‘We’re Going to Find You’: DOJ Takes Decisive Action Against Criminals Who Smuggled Illegal Alien Children
    Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Thursday that the Department of Justice has indicted three illegal aliens for allegedly smuggling more than a dozen unaccompanied alien children into the United States.  The aliens from Guatemala “allegedly took part in a wide-ranging conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children into the United States by…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • news

    US Will Hit Iran ‘Very Hard’ Tonight
    DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters)—President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and wanted eventually to take Iran’s oil infrastructure hub Kharg Island, after tit-for-tat strikes in the Gulf that have undermined a shaky ceasefire. Iranian sources and Western officials said indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a preliminary peace deal…
    Parisa Hafezi | John Irish | Susan Heavey
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    38 Days of Strikes, 60 Days of Negotiations—Is Iran Just Buying Time?
    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 talk about an Iran war, but as I speak on June 9, we haven’t had a real kinetic back-and-forth bombing…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Iran Fighting Intensifies With Congress Divided on War Power Questions
    After weeks in which President Donald Trump has expressed cautious optimism about peace talks with Iran, the United States retaliated against an Iranian downing of an American aircraft, raising questions about the administration’s Iran exit plan and how it will work with Congress going forward. On Tuesday, the United States struck Iran in retaliation for…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump: Iran Will ‘Have to Pay the Price’ After Tit-for-Tat Strikes
    DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters)—U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Iran had taken too long to negotiate a deal and would now “have to pay the price,” while Tehran said it would reassess diplomatic engagement with Washington after overnight tit-for-tat strikes. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain…
    Enas Alashray | Elwely Elwelly  | Phil Stewart
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    Can Republicans Pull Off One Last Big Bill Before August? Pfluger Says They Can
    After nearly a year, House Republicans are finally gaining momentum on Reconciliation 3.0, an affordability, anti-fraud bill that has the potential to save the party in the midterms. With their self-imposed deadline of “before the end of summer”—meaning before campaign season ramps up in August—the window isn’t open long. Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • opinion

    We Owe American Security to Those Boys on the Beaches of Normandy
    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.   This past week was June 6, 2026. That’s the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II that took…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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