The Israeli government on Monday unloaded a massive intelligence data dump that demonstrated Iran’s efforts to hide its nuclear weapons program. The revelations come weeks before an anticipated decision by the U.S. to “fix or nix” the Iran nuclear deal. Reactions to the Israeli intelligence revelations ranged from “ding-dong the deal is dead” to “nothing […]
Back in March, the Chinese government announced an 8.1 percent increase in its annual defense spending. The increase brings China’s total reported defense budget to about $175 billion. But taken by itself, that number says little to nothing about the actual strength of the Chinese military. Countries don’t go to war with budgets. They go to […]
Our current president prides himself on being the master of the deal. The upcoming summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will certainly put his bargaining skills to the test. The stakes couldn’t be higher, since they involve the security of one of the most populous and economically vital regions in the world, and […]
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spoke to The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood about his policy goals at HUD, what it’s like to serve under President Trump, and Kanye West’s recent tweets. An edited transcript of their interview is below. Genevieve Wood: Secretary Carson, thank you for talking with the Daily Signal. Ben Carson: […]
Legislation advancing to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired isn’t the first time Congress sought to limit a president’s personnel decisions amid talk of impeachment. “High crimes and/or misdemeanors is entirely up to Congress. They can decide that spitting on the sidewalk constitutes a high crime,” @LarrySchweikart says. If the special counsel’s investigation […]
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and some weren’t reported at all. Kanye West broke Twitter this week with his show of support for President Donald Trump. West received backlash from his supporters and the left after […]
Economists and industry leaders predicted price increases and potential jobs losses after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. What may have seemed like rhetoric is now reality. The sneaky brilliance of the tariffs is that benefits are concentrated to a small, politically connected, and very vocal few, while costs for American consumers […]
Debate in Congress about criminal justice reform has come to focus on one issue: Our federal prison system could be doing more to protect public safety and to invest tax dollars more wisely so that our prisons function less like revolving doors. The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled Wednesday to consider a bill, the Prison […]
Finally, the Supreme Court has heard the arguments on the travel ban case. On Wednesday, there were plenty of protesters outside the courtroom, a few politicians inside the courtroom (including White House counsel Don McGahn, Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mazie Hirono, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte), and even a celebrity (Lin-Manuel Miranda) as two seasoned litigants […]
A hostage crisis in Ecuador recently came to a tragic end. Two Ecuadorean journalists and their driver being held hostage were killed by their captors on April 12. The team was out on an assignment along the Colombia-Ecuador border when they were kidnapped on March 26 by a dissident faction of the recently demobilized FARC […]
