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    Woman Charged With Planning ISIS-Inspired Attack on New York State Capitol Building
    REUTERS—U.S. authorities arrested and charged a New York woman with planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on the state’s Capitol building in Albany, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, was charged with planning to deploy an explosive device at the state capitol with the intention of killing public officials and destroying “as…
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    3rd State Strikes Latest Blow Against Media Blacklists
    South Carolina is the latest state to push back against media-rating organizations that have helped blacklist conservative news outlets. In the 2026-27 state budget, lawmakers included a provision barring state agencies from spending taxpayer dollars with advertising companies that use media-monitoring systems to determine which news outlets receive advertising dollars. Gov. Henry McMaster signed the…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    TRANS POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Man Confessed He Planned to Assassinate Trump Official
    A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a man who confessed to planning the assassination of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Judge Rudolph Contreras, an appointee of President Barack Obama, sentenced 24-year-old Ryan Michael English to 73 months in prison, far short of the 121 months prosecutors sought. English, who identifies as transgender and uses female pronouns…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Destroyed American Deterrence
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest 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. Jack Fowler: It is five years since, I don’t know if it’s today or yesterday or the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Victor Davis Hanson: What Is Actually Happening in Iran
    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.   What’s going on with Iran, or rather, what’s next with Iran? We’ve gone through six or…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘Sharia Takeover’? What Conservatives Miss in the Debate Over Airport Foot Washing
    Conservatives who are serious about combatting the threat of Islamism need to be very careful not to undermine our case by attacking reasonable accommodations for peaceful Muslims. Muslim reformer M. Zuhdi Jasser has long warned against the threat of Islamism, the political approach to Islam that aims at conquest and subjugation. However, he also has…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    One Year After Trump Sent National Guard to DC, Homicides Plunge 41%, Overall Crime Stats Mixed
    Murder rates, carjackings, and other crimes dropped significantly in the nation’s capital a year after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops in the city, but crime stats still show a mixed picture. Tuesday marks one year since Trump announced he would deploy National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to combat crime as part of…
    Fred Lucas
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  • opinion

    Time for a Renaissance of American Public Service
    America has no shortage of critics. What it increasingly lacks are American citizens willing to step forward and serve.  A republic cannot survive indefinitely as a spectator sport, with millions of people shouting from the sidelines while expecting someone else to defend the country, administer justice, strengthen the community, and preserve the institutions on which freedom depends.  Self-government requires…
    Michael Freund
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    Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory
    Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” warns that just war theory has too often been used to justify any kind of war and, in light of modern weapons and artificial intelligence, may be outdated. But is he correct? From Homer’s “Iliad” to our own constitutional order, civilization has understood that war is never morally self-authenticating. The…
    Cully Stimson
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    Japan’s Shifting National Security Strategy—and America’s Role in It
    For decades after World War II, Japan maintained a defense policy shaped by pacifism and strict restrictions on the use of military force. That era is coming to an end, and the United States should embrace that change as Japan faces an increasingly dangerous security environment. China has dramatically expanded its military capabilities while becoming…
    Wilson Beaver | Erik Cotter
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    Supreme Court Deals Another Blow to Palestinian Authorities in $656 Million Case
    The Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority lost again at the Supreme Court, this time in their effort to stop a settlement to pay American victims of attacks. Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday signed an order rejecting an emergency application from the Palestinian authorities to stop a $656 million judgment in favor of Americans…
    Fred Lucas
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    Boyfriend of Oct. 7 Massacre Victim Dead in Apparent Suicide at Her Grave
    The boyfriend of one of the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks was found dead in an apparent suicide at her gravesite. Bar Asraf, 30, was discovered by family members Saturday evening with a gunshot wound to the chest at the Elkana Cemetery in the West Bank, at the grave of Liron Barda,…
    Al Perrotta
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    Trump Says He Will Hold Off on Fresh Iran Attack in Hope of Quick Deal
    CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said late on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that Iran and other…
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    Rubio, Trump Unveil $175 Million Counter-China Plan, Documents Show
    President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to spend almost $200 million on programs aimed at countering China’s growing influence in Central America. According to a congressional notification obtained by The Associated Press, the State Department could oversee $175.8 million in an effort to replace aging undersea telecommunications cables in the Caribbean and Central America. The…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Space Innovation Continues: Duffy Removes Barriers for Rocket Launches
    Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that the Federal Aviation Administration launched a new initiative to “streamline commercial space licensing.” The decision removes barriers for companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin to further advance space exploration. “America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again—but only if we get…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    First Use of Alien Terrorist Removal Court Targets Woman Accused in Family’s ISIS Election Day Plot
    An Afghan woman living in Texas, whose son and son-in-law were convicted of plotting an Election Day mass killing in 2024, had a public removal hearing Thursday, the first case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court. The Justice Department says Nazira Haji Zada, 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, is being removed for her role in…
    Fred Lucas
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: The Strange Alliance Between Islam and Socialism
    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. One of the things that is perplexing and often a topic of conversation is this new American-Western European alliance or absorption of Islam and Marxism-socialism-communism. In other…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The Strategic Relevance of the Abraham Accords Matters Now More Than Ever
    The practical and strategic utility of the Abraham Accords matters more than ever despite the ongoing geoeconomic and security challenges. Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, underscored this reality in the preface of the recently published annual report on…
    Natalie Stratton | Anthony B. Kim
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    Report: Violent Antisemitic Attacks on the Rise Worldwide
    On Sydney’s Bondi Beach last December, two gunmen opened fire on Jews gathered for the first night of Hanukkah, killing 15 and wounding more than 40. It was no random, isolated incident, an alarming new report says. The year 2025 was the deadliest for antisemitic attacks since 1994 in the seven nations outside Israel that…
    Al Perrotta
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    TPS Is Over, It’s Time to Go Home
    Springfield, Ohio, and its Haitian population have been in the news all year as the fate of individuals granted Temporary Protected Status hung in the balance. A ruling last month from the U.S. Supreme Court, however, allowed the Trump administration to end the status, which came to an end on Monday. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine offered…
    Rebecca Downs
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