[ad_1] Before the riots and racial strife of 2020, there was Ferguson, Missouri. On Aug. 9, 2014, a 28-year-old named Michael Brown scuffled with a police officer and was shot dead. In the days that followed, Americans watched as looting and chaos roiled the St. Louis suburb. Now, six years later, father and son Shelby

[ad_1] “If the reason that you want a 20% cut in the defense budget is because you see the U.S. military as a fundamentally destabilizing force in the world, then I’m not going to be there.” That’s how House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., framed the emerging debate on the defense budget. He

[ad_1] Iran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant at its Natanz nuclear facility, according to satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. This is a significant development because once the plant is finished, Iran will start cranking out sophisticated centrifuges that will accelerate its uranium enrichment efforts and reduce the time needed

[ad_1] As far as HuffPost and the rest of the American left are concerned, no non-left-wing idea should be allowed to enter an American school. Not even for five minutes. This past month, Maumee High School, a high school near Toledo, Ohio, offered its students a way to receive some extracurricular credit. In the words

[ad_1] During the course of the COVID-19 crisis, an ongoing, and very legitimate, national debate has continued about the wisdom of lockdowns. The decision to shut down social and commercial activity in the name of health is itself arbitrary. Then, the decision to decide what to shut down and what not to shut down, what

[ad_1] Law enforcement continues to face unprecedented attacks as police forces are being defunded or are otherwise under intense scrutiny. What are some of the biggest challenges law enforcement is currently facing?  Brenda Tillett, the president and founder of Bolster the Blue, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about what her organization is doing

[ad_1] A popular video platform has removed a video critical of apparent connections between the Chinese Communist Party and a founder of the Black Lives Matter organization.  New Zealand investigative journalist and author Trevor Loudon said the video was posted on Vimeo for only “a few hours” and had about 1,600 viewers before Vimeo took

[ad_1] In what might be the latest example of censorship by a large tech company, the email marketing company Mailchimp adopted a new policy this week to remove certain content.  Mailchimp determined it will use its “sole discretion” to determine whether messages are misleading and can be removed.  In a customer message obtained by The

[ad_1] As the economic reopening continues in states and cities across the nation, economic growth last quarter smashed all prior records—growing by 7.4%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. If this blistering pace continued for an entire year, the economy would swell by 33.1%. >>> What’s the best way for America to reopen

[ad_1] Foreign policy refuses to yield to the U.S. political calendar, and so, with Election Day looming in the U.S., this week the secretaries of Defense and State escaped the Beltway for a whirlwind tour of the Indo-Pacific. Their trip included stops at three key island states that straddle the world’s superhighways of maritime trade:

[ad_1] House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., wants all major media outlets to wait to call the 2020 election winner “until every polling center has closed,” McCarthy said in a letter to outlets Wednesday. “Americans will be watching their television and monitoring their social media feeds anxiously awaiting the results of the election. And understandably,

[ad_1] Samuel Paty was brutally decapitated Oct. 16 outside a middle school in a north Paris suburb where he worked. Paty, 47, a history and geography teacher, was targeted by an 18-year-old Muslim incensed that Paty had shown his class controversial cartoons from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The Paty incident would soon become

[ad_1] The barbaric terrorist attack Thursday morning in a church in the French city of Nice is a reminder that the free world is engaged in a long war against the forces of Islamist extremism and terror. A man with a knife fatally stabbed three French civilians at the Notre-Dame Basilica in the center of

[ad_1] This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Cari Tuna, and the threat those prosecutors pose to victims and others alike. “F— the FOP [the Fraternal Order of Police]” and “No good cops in a racist

[ad_1] The federal officer responsible for overseeing the security of America’s borders has been attacked for, of all things, arguing that we should secure America’s borders. Rather than going after Mark Morgan for battling every day to keep everyday Americans free, safe, and prosperous, his critics should pay more attention to the significant accomplishments made

[ad_1] As the global economy continues to rebound from the economic shocks of COVID-19, ensuring women’s economic empowerment is now more important than ever. Women will be key drivers of sustainable economic recovery and contributors to meaningful long-term development. The Trump administration positioned the U.S. to lead on these efforts even prior to the pandemic.

[ad_1] Earlier this month in France, a teacher who reportedly showed caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during a civics class was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, who subsequently was fatally shot by police. The teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded on the street by Abdoullakh Anzorov. police said. Robin Simcox, director of The Counter

[ad_1] The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google defended themselves Wednesday on Capitol Hill from charges of political bias in how they share news and other information. They testified before a Senate committee roughly a week after Twitter and Facebook suppressed a New York Post expose on the lucrative foreign business dealings of Hunter Biden,

[ad_1] Will insurance cover the losses when businesses are destroyed by rioters, as some commentators contend? One business in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is about to find out. Two months ago, rioters torched the Car Source automobile dealership in Kenosha, Wisconsin, leaving behind a small sea of charred vehicles.  The family business is one of over 40

[ad_1] New York City rioters hurled rocks at cops, drove through a police line, and damaged several businesses Tuesday night following the Philadelphia officer-involved fatal shooting of a man armed with a knife, the New York Post reported. Around 200 violent demonstrators were seen parading through the streets with one man holding a burning American flag, according

[ad_1] Today, Oct. 28, is National First Responders Day. This day honors the heroic men and women who run towards danger every day to help their fellow citizen. Our police, paramedics, and firefighters always deserve our gratitude and respect, but their response to disasters in 2020 calls for loud and proud support from all Americans

[ad_1] With Election Day just days away, and early voting already underway in many states, the election-related lawsuits have been piling up, and court decisions (and appeals) have been coming out at a dizzying rate.  Some are still trying to change the rules in the middle of the election that would make it easier to

[ad_1] Like the replay of a bad movie, a law enforcement incident in Philadelphia triggered an excuse for violence and looting. It remains to be seen whether the City of Brotherly Love will become the next “Kenosha,” where city officials moved quickly to restore order and seek state and federal support—though sadly after 48 hours

[ad_1] Alyssa Farah, the White House’s strategic communications director, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss President Donald Trump’s leadership over the past four years and share some of her experiences working closely with him. She is proud to serve alongside the commander in chief, Farah says, because she knows that “every day, President Trump

[ad_1] This Thanksgiving, Californians have a variety of onerous government restrictions to be thankful for. Near the top of the list (right under worship bans) come the restrictions on Thanksgiving itself. The California Department of Public Health’s latest “Guidance for Private Gatherings” imply the state is now the head of your household. Here are some mandatory highlights:

[ad_1] The chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s project to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, said Tuesday he thinks about his own family in giving his assurances that any such vaccine will be safe.  “Nobody in this organization, in this task force, is going to allow a vaccine to go out to

[ad_1] Vice President Mike Pence touted new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett during stops Tuesday in North and South Carolina  “Isn’t she something?” Pence said. “How great did she do in those hearings? Didn’t you love it when she held up that blank pad?”  Pence was referring to a moment during Barrett’s Senate Judiciary

[ad_1] Even during tough times—perhaps especially then—American generosity abounds. The United States has been the most philanthropic country in the world (per capita) over the past 10 years. In 2019, individual Americans gave an estimated $310 billion to charity, with the country’s foundations donating an additional $76 billion and its corporations contributing more than $21

[ad_1] The Smithsonian National Museum of American History recently hosted a virtual opening in honor of a new exhibit, “Girlhood (It’s Complicated),” which is now open to the public. The virtual opening, which lasted over an hour, featured several accomplished women, whose remarks were meant to inform and inspire the next generation. While their words

[ad_1] On the eve of a Senate committee hearing with technology company executives, The Heritage Foundation outlined its recommendations for reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Heritage’s proposed reforms attempt to strike a balance by protecting everyday Americans who engage on social media platforms while preserving the free market environment in which these companies operate.