The Cause Of America’s Dysfunctionality

Authored by Jacob Hornberger via The Future of Freedom Foundation, In analyzing the causes for the dysfunctional nature of American society (e.g., soaring suicide rates, especially among young people, massive drug addiction and alcoholism, and widespread violence, including irrational mass killings), among the things to consider is the replacement of America’s founding economic, monetary, and governmental […]

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Trump Judicial Adviser Teams Up With Conservative PR Executive in New Initiative

One of the leading voices behind President Donald Trump’s drive to appoint originalist judges to the federal courts is teaming up with an influential public relations executive in the Washington area to launch a new project.  Leonard Leo is leaving his post running the Federalist Society, a network of conservatives lawyers, and is partnering with […]

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Toxic Politics Complicate President’s Obligation to Notify Congress of Military Strike

The confrontational political environment in Washington made it more difficult for the president to give Congress advance notice of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s chief terrorist in Iraq, national security experts contend.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she plans to introduce a war powers resolution to curb future strikes against Iran, and […]

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Trump’s VA Chief Confronts Challenges Facing America’s Veterans

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie brings a personal and family history of military service to his high-profile job—characteristics that have helped him lead a government agency responsible for providing care for approximately 9.5 million of America’s veterans. Wilkie is the son of an Army artillery commander who grew up at Fort Bragg. Today, he is […]

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We Hear You: In Defense of Charter Schools and Parents’ Rights

Editor’s note: One of The Daily Signal’s new year’s resolutions is to inspire you to write us about our coverage and what’s on your minds. So drop a line to [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Daniel Davis’s podcast interview with charter schools advocate Charles Mitchell (“In Pennsylvania, a War on Charter Schools”) also reflects, although […]

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5 Things to Know About Top Iranian General Killed by US Airstrike

President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike in Iraq on Thursday that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, one of the most senior members of the Iranian government. Since 1998, Soleimani had been the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has been the terrorist arm of the Iranian regime.  “Soleimani made the death of innocent people […]

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Why Ukrainians Are Skeptical About Peace With Russia in 2020

KYIV, Ukraine—This is Ukraine’s sixth consecutive New Year at war. In the frigid steppes of the country’s southeastern Donbas region, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops remain engaged in a defensive, limited conflict against a Russian invasion force. Europe’s only ongoing land war has so far killed more than 13,000 people and casualties still occur […]

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