SecurityCommentary
Hamas, Biden, and Amoral Clarity
One unexpected blowback from the medieval Hamas’ barbaric murdering of hundreds of Israeli civilians is the revelation of current global amorality. More than 20 identity… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Was America So Late to Rescue Its Own Citizens From War-Torn Israel?
Update: Shortly after this article was published, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, “Beginning tomorrow, the United States government will arrange charter… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Biden Administration’s Very Selective ‘National Emergency’ to Free Americans Wrongfully Detained Abroad
The Biden administration has been praising itself in a Department of State press release for successfully bringing home American citizens who had spent years in Iran… Read More
SecurityNews
State Department First Denies Iranian Spy Infiltration, Then Confirms Ongoing Investigation
The Biden administration doesn’t “have any reason to believe” that Iran infiltrated the State Department, an agency spokesman said. During a press conference Monday, spokesman Matthew… Read More
InternationalCommentary
From Land Acknowledgements to Zombie Lies, Biden’s State Department Pushes Divisive Diplomacy
The House version of the State Department’s foreign operations appropriations bill calls for defunding the agency’s various special envoys, representatives, and coordinators unless expressly authorized… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Hostage Deal Would Boost Iran’s Threats
The Biden administration reportedly has reached a deal to free five Iranian-American hostages held by Iran, in what may be the prelude to an even… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
‘Punch in the Gut,’ Afghanistan Veteran Says About Seeing Taliban Takeover
Aug. 15 marked two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan after a nearly two-decade war. For James Hasson, co-author of “Kabul: The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Did American Diplomacy Under Biden ‘Lose’ Niger?
Niger’s Presidential Guard, led by Gen. Abdourahmane “Omar” Tchiani, staged a coup July 26 that replaced President Mohamed Bazoum with a National Preservation Council. That body… Read More
InternationalCommentary
House GOP Investigates State Department Grants Promoting Atheism Abroad
The Biden administration, which came under fire earlier this year for an internal FBI memo targeting anti-abortion Catholic activists as “potential” domestic terrorists, is facing… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Shameful’: Expert Assails State Department on Afghanistan ‘After Action’ Report
The State Department has released an “After Action Review on Afghanistan” nearly two years after the U.S.’ catastrophic military withdrawal from that country, which concluded… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Attempt to Quantify Impact, Value of DEI at State Department Is an Epic Fail
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on June 6 informed us that former Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, his department’s first-ever chief diversity and inclusion officer, was leaving… Read More
SocietyCommentary
House Republicans Expose Left’s DEI Agenda at State Department
The bankruptcy of the Left’s diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology, or DEI, was put on full display this week in the House of Representatives. Republicans not only showed rare… Read More
PoliticsNews
State Department Partners With Left-Leaning Media in Propaganda Push, Documents Reveal
A State Department agency with a mission of combating disinformation abroad has helped shape coverage by—and in some cases subsidized—U.S. news outlets, according to records… Read More
PoliticsNews
State Department Adds Pronouns to Employee Email Address Lines: REPORT
The State Department has added pronouns to employees’ email address lines, The Daily Signal has learned. One signature viewed by The Daily Signal inaccurately identified… Read More
SocietyNews
State Department Fund Offers $1.5 Million Grants to Promote ‘LGBT Inclusion’ Around Globe
A State Department initiative offers $5 million in taxpayer funds to be divided among qualifying LGBT organizations across the world. The State Department’s $25 million Global Equality Fund… Read More
InternationalNews
‘American Studios Shouldn’t Be Creating CCP Propaganda’: House Homeland Security Panel Chairman
A Republican congressman is once again working to counter how the Chinese Communist Party attempts to influence Hollywood and its filmmaking decisions. Rep. Mark Green,… Read More
PoliticsNews
State Department Grantee Attacks Conservative Media, but Could Get More Tax Dollars
A State Department-aligned agency told The Daily Signal that the money it gave to a “disinformation” nonprofit had nothing to do with that organization’s targeting… Read More
South Asia Still Major Hotspot for International Terrorism
Despite the degradation of al-Qaeda’s core leadership based in Pakistan and its increased reliance on regional affiliate organizations to conduct attacks, South Asia remains “a… Read More
SecurityNews
Finally: A Benghazi Select Committee
The Benghazi scandal finally will get the investigative attention it should have gotten months ago. House Speaker John Boehner (R–Ohio) said today that he will… Read More
‘The Point Is We Should Have Tried’—Brigadier General on Failure to Rescue Americans in Benghazi
Dominos are falling in the Benghazi cover-up. Today, explosive and emotional testimony from Brig. Gen. Robert Lovell (Ret.), former Intelligence Director of U.S. Africa Command,… Read More
News
Americans to Congress: Don’t Give Up on Benghazi
Americans are still outraged at what happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012. They know that four brave Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher… Read More
What’s Another Few Months for a Keystone XL Decision?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The administration is delaying a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. Despite the promise of construction jobs… Read More
Six Billion in Taxpayer Dollars Disappears from State Department Records
According to a recent report by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), $6 billion worth of contracting money paid out by the… Read More
New Benghazi Hearing: Former CIA Chief Mike Morell in the Hot Seat
Today, former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell appeared—at long last—before the House Select Committee on Intelligence in an open hearing. Committee members have, for some… Read More
Putin Challenges Obama’s Long-Held Views on Missile Defense
Several years before becoming president, Obama told a Chicago TV station, “I don’t agree with a missile defense system.” That’s nice. Unfortunately, rogue states such… Read More
News
Mike Morell: Man in the Middle of Benghazi Talking Points Scandal
Recent reporting has centered on CIA deputy director Mike Morell as a key player in critical and misleading changes made to the Obama Administration’s Benghazi… Read More
The Obama Administration’s Syria Policy Meltdown
Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that the Obama Administration’s policy on Syria was failing and needed to be changed, according to two Republican Senators…. Read More
Explosive Top Secret Benghazi Testimony Contradicts Obama, Clinton, Rice
There was never any doubt at the Pentagon, we learned this week. The country’s top military commanders clearly understood the assault on the U.S. diplomatic… Read More
Al-Qaeda Resurges in Iraq
Al-Qaeda, which has surged in strength on both sides of the Iraq–Syria border, captured two important cities in western Iraq on Friday. The seizure of… Read More
Booze, Pole Dancing, and Luxurious Hotels: Top 10 Examples of Government Waste in 2013
The latest budget deal, passed by a bipartisan majority in both the House and the Senate, suggests that Washington agrees with House Minority Leader Nancy… Read More
