Commentary
Yes, Mr. Khalil, Your Actions Have Consequences
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… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: As DOGE Targets Spending, 2 State Attorneys General Groups Seek to Protect Foreign Grants
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As the Department of Government Efficiency continues to flag unusual federal government expenditures, state attorneys general are asking the Trump administration… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rubio Slashes Nearly $60 Billion in Wasteful Spending From State, USAID
The Trump administration has saved taxpayers nearly $60 billion since it took office just over a month ago by eliminating programs in the State Department… Read More
News
This Group Is Suing Trump Admin After Cuts to Refugee Program Slush Fund
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the State Department cutting funding for refugee assistance. The lawsuit alleges USCCB… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Admin Wins Freedom for Another American Held Abroad
President Donald Trump on Wednesday secured the release of another American held hostage abroad. The American citizen, whose name has not yet been publicly released,… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rubio Moves Swiftly to Implement Trump’s DEI Directive at State Department
The U.S. State Department moved swiftly Wednesday to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order doing away with diversity, equity, and inclusion. An internal memo obtained… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy ‘Achievements’
Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Obama’s ‘Censorship’ Office Goes Bankrupt
The Global Engagement Center, an office housed within the State Department and aiming to thwart disinformation and misinformation, has been forced by Congress to close up shop…. Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump’s Slate of Cabinet Nominees Could Be Key to Tackling Deep State
President-elect Donald Trump has announced Cabinet and other senior-level appointments that likely will face challenges in implementing some of the returning president’s promised reforms. Some… Read More
SocietyNews
State Department Paying to Put on Play Where God Is Bisexual and Communists Are Good—in Bid to Push LGBTQ Agenda Abroad
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden-Harris administration is paying to put on a play that portrays God as bisexual, sharply criticizes former President Ronald Reagan, and… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Optics Over Security’: House Committee Faults Biden-Harris Admin for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal in New Report
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a report on Sunday detailing the Biden-Harris administration’s failures that led to the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal… Read More
SecurityNews
Taliban Could Abscond With Hundreds of Millions in US Aid to Afghanistan, Watchdog Finds
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—An “increased risk” exists that at least $293 million in U.S. aid disbursed by the State Department in Afghanistan between March and November… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Supreme Court Confirms No ‘Right’ for Foreigners to Enter US: The BorderLine
The one poker rule I taught my kids was: “Don’t cry when you lose, don’t gloat when you win.” Ideally, this would apply to our… Read More
News
Sen. Schmitt Demands Answers From State Department-Funded Censorship Org
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., demanded Thursday that the Global Disinformation Index provide specifics on its efforts to blacklist conservative news sites, in a letter exclusively… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Appropriators Block State Department Money to Organization Calling Americans ‘Opponents of Ukraine’
The House Appropriations Committee moved to block State Department funding for an international nonprofit that accuses Americans and U.S. organizations of being “opponents of Ukraine.” … Read More
PoliticsNews
2 Groups Accuse Americans of Being Enemies of Ukraine. A House Republican Wants State to Stop Working With Them.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is urging Congress to prevent the State Department from working with foreign organizations that “encourage the harassment of Americans” after a… Read More
InternationalNews
Biden State Department Spending Millions on Foreign LGBTQ Events as ‘Pride Month’ Approaches
The State Department is funding an array of LGBTQ pride events across the globe ahead of June, some of which include events focused on children,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Legacy of Iran’s Late President: Tyranny and Terrorism
For Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi—who died this week in a helicopter crash—the question was not whether terrorism was good or evil, but who perpetrated… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Blinken Meets With China’s Genocide Perpetrator, but Doesn’t Condemn It
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a press conference April 22 on the State Department’s release of its 2023 country reports on human rights… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ukraine Has ‘Significant’ Human Rights Abuse Issues, State Department Reports
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday voted 311 to 112 to approve a bill to spend $60.89 billion on aid for Ukraine. Among House… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have to Fund State Department’s DEI Pseudoscience
The federal government increasingly looks like an Ivy League classroom, combining therapy for fragile souls with indoctrination into specious ideology. Nowhere is this more apparent… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Biden Admin’s Relentless DEI Push Continues Apace
Presidents used to appoint diplomats to defend the interests of the United States and the public against foreign adversaries. That looks now like a gauzy… Read More
InternationalNews
Afghanistan Evacuation Plans Were Drawn Up On the Fly as Chaos Consumed Kabul, New Testimony Reveals
U.S. State Department officials dispatched at the eleventh hour to assist in the Afghanistan evacuation updated tactics in real time as chaotic conditions on the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
ORWELLIAN: Transgender Efforts to Silence Biological Truth Reach the State Department
Someone needs to tell the Biden administration that George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” isn’t an instruction manual. The administration, and the Left more broadly, has… Read More
SocietyNews
Biden State Department Funds Program to Create Army of 2,500 ‘LGBTQI+ Allies’
President Joe Biden’s State Department paid a public university to train a cohort of “master trainers” in India who will then go on to train… Read More
InternationalNews
Biden Admin Launches Narcotics ‘Working Group’ With China
The Biden administration has formed a “working group” with the Chinese Communist Party to counter a growing global narcotics and fentanyl crisis, the State Department… Read More
InternationalNews
State Department: Blinken Doesn’t Consider India, Nigeria Persecuted Countries
Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined that Nigeria and India do not meet the threshold to be designated as “countries of particular concern” under the… Read More
International News
UN Agency Fires Staffers for Participating in Hamas Attacks on Israel
A major United Nations agency responsible for humanitarian services for Palestinians fired staff members for reportedly participating in Hamas’ terrorist attacks Oct. 7 in Israel…. Read More
InternationalNews
EXCLUSIVE: Religious Freedom Advocates Demand Answers on State Department’s Exclusion of Nigeria, India From Persecution List
FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL: A group of international religious freedom experts are calling for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to testify before a congressional hearing… Read More
InternationalNews
Despite 5,000 Killings in 2023, Biden’s State Dept. Leaves Nigeria Off Religious Freedom Watch List for 3rd Year
For the third consecutive year, the Biden administration’s Department of State has left Nigeria off of its list of “Countries of Particular Concern,” a list… Read More
