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By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 The U.S. was one of the original founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949, but one member of Congress says it is time for the U.S. to exit the “Cold War relic.” “We should withdraw from

By Andrew P. Napolitano, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 11, 2025 Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours? — Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” As we learn more about the events on Sept. 2,

By Larry C. Johnson, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 10, 2025 With the benefit of hindsight, we’re all geniuses. The Wall Street Journal article, Inside Ukraine’s Daring Operation Spiderweb Attack on Russia (published December 8, 2025) details the operation’s planning as a 18-month effort

By Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 With the “temporary” Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, Republicans in Congress have floated several plans to make health care more affordable. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., joined “The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Thursday to discuss his

Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, formally retired Friday after months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality and pace of U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. Holsey handed command to his deputy, Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan Pettus,

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 The City Club of Cleveland is defying LGBTQ+ activist pressure to cancel or substantially alter an event featuring a conservative Christian leader next month, and Ohio’s attorney general is standing with the venue. “We’re not canceling, and we have

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said the law doesn’t allow the Trump administration to eliminate H-1B visas. When asked by The Daily Signal if eliminating the program—a proposal popular with the MAGA base—is a possibility, Chavez-DeRemer said “I

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has sued the Trump administration to halt construction of President Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom, arguing the project is moving forward without legally required review. The nonprofit says the administration ignored its request to pause demolition of the East Wing until federal

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is dedicating every possible resource to ensuring American jobs aren’t lost to artificial intelligence, she told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. “You’ll see the media talk about, the fearmongering—you’re gonna

Larry Ellison lost an estimated $25 billion in a single day after Oracle shares plunged more than 11% on weaker-than-expected earnings, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. The drop cut Ellison’s net worth to $258 billion, marking one of the steepest single-day wealth declines of 2025. Oracle missed Wall

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett’s “Carhartt Christmas Party” in his Capitol Hill office has become one of the most anticipated events in Washington for the eclectic crowd it attracts. The fourth annual bash attracted guests ranging from Democrat congressmen to

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday she is preparing for a peaceful and orderly transition of power if President Nicolás Maduro leaves office, stressing that Venezuela’s crisis has become a major U.S. national security concern. Speaking in Oslo after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Machado said

By Jacqueline Sweet via Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 10, 2025 A new foreign influence deal aims to shape American public opinion to be more pro-Israel by paying influencers hefty sums to post on social media. The American Conservative reveals that some of the first payments from

Venezuela claimed Friday that the United States abruptly suspended deportation flights scheduled to arrive that same day, interrupting what Caracas described as a coordinated process to repatriate Venezuelan nationals detained in the U.S. The country’s aviation authority accused Washington of acting unilaterally and said the pause undermined efforts

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House is “definitely concerned” about the increase in attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement after New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani urged immigrants to “stand up to ICE.” “There’s a lot of

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new batch of photos recovered from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, showing high-profile figures — including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and others — in Epstein’s orbit. Democrats released a selection of photos obtained from Jeffrey

By Madison Marino Doan via The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Finally, the time has come: the end of the unlawful so-called SAVE era, an era marked by the Biden administration’s attempts to force American taxpayers to pay for college loan debts. On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced

The British navy tracked a Russian Kilo-class submarine moving through the English Channel for three days, highlighting rising tensions with Moscow. The Royal Navy said a supply ship and helicopter monitored the submarine Krasnodar and its support tug after the vessels entered the Channel from the North Sea. The sub

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 A large majority of likely Republican primary voters in four Indiana Senate districts support the Hoosier State’s redistricting effort, even though the senators representing them reportedly plan to oppose it, a new survey shows. Heritage Action surveyed 1321 likely Republican

By Caitlin Johnstone via Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 11, 2025 Just as the United States hits its first official trillion-dollar annual military budget, the New York Times editorial board has published an article which argues that the US is going to need to increase military funding

By David Brady, Jr., Mises Wire | December 10, 2025 “I am getting more and more convinced the war-peace question is the key to the whole libertarian business,” Murray Rothbard wrote to his friend Kenneth Templeton in 1959. Rothbard had seen an article recently rejected by National Review in which he

By John W. And Nisha Whitehead viaRon Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 10, 2025 We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice. Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is allowed to ignore, circumvent, chip away

They’re not leftists—they’re angry…understandably!

By Tony Kinnett, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced Tuesday that the Justice Department will no longer have “disparate impact” regulations. “For decades, the Justice Department has used disparate-impact liability to undermine the constitutional principle that all Americans must

By George Ford Smith, Mises Wire | December 11, 2025 Accusations of genocide in Gaza are present everywhere except where most people get their news—mainstream media—but is it fair to call the military action in Gaza a genocide? Is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intentionally trying to kill every

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Amid their push to pass ambitious health care legislation, Republicans have many proposals, but no clear path to consensus. At the end of the year, President Joe Biden’s COVID-19-era boosts to premium tax credits are set to expire. Democrats’ messaging

By Phil Duffy, Mises Wire | December 11, 2025 In high school, I was exposed to the conventional wisdom concerning our nation’s founding—Battles of Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence, British defeat at Saratoga and Yorktown, and the Peace of Paris 1783. Finally, the Articles of Confederation were given

A major Russian oil refinery erupted in flames early Dec. 12 after what regional officials and local reports described as a Ukrainian drone strike deep inside Russian territory. Residents in Yaroslavl, located more than 700 kilometers from Ukraine, reported at least seven explosions before a fire broke out at the

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 A Democrat member’s effort to impeach President Donald Trump failed on Thursday, but Democrats’ votes shed light on who exactly is willing to assist in putting Trump on trial again. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, introduced the resolution—which is not

The United States expanded its pressure campaign on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by issuing new sanctions targeting vessels and individuals allegedly tied to illicit oil shipments, according to the U.S. Treasury and CNN reporting. The move came one day after U.S. forces seized a sanctioned tanker off Venezuela’

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 The Indiana State Senate, which has a GOP supermajority, has voted against a redistricting bill that would have likely given Republicans two additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Control of the House in next year’s midterms is

The US Food and Drug Administration plans to add its most serious “black box” warning to Covid-19 vaccines, CNN reported, citing two sources familiar with the agency’s internal discussions. A boxed warning signals risks that could be life-threatening and requires doctors and patients to weigh benefits against potential harm.

By Helen Raleigh via The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 The White House has released a new National Security Strategy whose central purpose is unambiguous: to ensure the United States remains the preeminent global power. At its core is a new and pragmatic China strategy. The document opens with a

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that European members of the alliance could become “Russia’s next target,” urging a rapid surge in defense spending to deter future aggression. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Rutte said Europe must prepare for the kind of large-scale conflict past generations endured, noting

By William L. Anderson, Mises Wire | December 10, 2025 The president pushed for policies that would confound trade abroad and create economic havoc on the home front. Surrounding himself with inflationists, protectionists, and economic interventionists, the president forced up the costs of production of nearly everything all the while claiming

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 Today, the Indiana State Senate will vote on redistricting legislation that could help Republicans hold the House in the midterms and save President Donald Trump from future Democrat impeachments. The bill to change Indiana’s congressional map from a 7-2 Republican

By Rep. Paul Gosar via The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 For too long, Washington has allowed a massive, unauthorized foreign guest-worker pipeline to operate outside the law, undercut American students, and expose our nation to significant economic and national-security risks. It’s called Optional Practical Training, an Immigration and

The White House confirmed Thursday that a Venezuelan oil tanker seized by U.S. forces will be brought to a U.S. port, where officials intend to confiscate its cargo after completing legal procedures. The move marks a significant escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro’s government,

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 11, 2025 The Indiana Senate will reconvene Thursday to discuss a redistricting bill that could help keep Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2026 midterm elections. The legislation, which could give Republicans two more House seats from

The Pentagon is weighing possible punishment for Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly after the Navy delivered its report on his participation in a video urging U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders. A Pentagon official told CNN the Navy’s recommendations are now under legal review at the Office of

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 Republicans in the Indiana Senate may face an ugly surprise next year, should they dare oppose the new U.S. congressional map up for debate in the Hoosier State’s upper chamber this week. A new Super PAC, Fair Maps Indiana

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 In a short time frame, Republicans in Congress are attempting to legislate on an issue that has challenged them for over a decade—health care. At the end of the year, President Joe Biden’s COVID-19-era boosts to premium tax credits

By Amy Swearer via The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 From the moment President Donald Trump issued his executive order on birthright citizenship back in January, a Supreme Court showdown on the meaning of the citizenship clause was almost inevitable. And, indeed, the nation’s highest court agreed last week

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 The National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision aimed at defending conservative media. The NDAA prohibits the Department of War from forming contracts for the purpose of advertising for military recruitment with “advertising firms like NewsGuard that blacklist conservative news sources,

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced the third interest rate cut of the year in a news conference Wednesday. “Today, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to lower our policy interest rate by a quarter percentage point,” Powell said. The rate

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he has a “moral duty” to inform the public of the risks of the COVID-19 vaccine after the agency found the shot may have been responsible for 10 children’s deaths. “We

By Rebecca Downs, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, has announced a grassroots effort to blanket the Buckeye State ahead of next year’s special election. On Wednesday, Husted released a list of 112 grassroots campaign chairs to encompass all 88 counties across the state. An

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 As Congress debates whether to extend Obamacare premium tax credits, a new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals the subsidies are prone to fraud and sometimes go to dead people. The office, which is funded by Congress, revealed on Dec.

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 The U.S. Navy publicly launched its new Rapid Capabilities Office, which is designed to improve the critical capabilities procurement process in a bid to ensure American maritime dominance into the next century. At the kickoff event hosted at the Capital

By Rebecca Downs, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, a pro-abortion Democrat, says medically accurate information about the pre-born does not belong in Ohio schools, and education is sure to be a major issue in the gubernatorial election that looms closer. “Ohioans have made it

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that the United States has floated a proposal to create a “free economic zone” in parts of the Donbas if Ukraine withdraws from specific areas under a negotiated peace with Russia. Speaking to reporters, Zelensky said Washington’s idea involves Ukrainian forces leaving parts

A leading U.S. defense expert is warning that America could exhaust key long-range missiles within a week if war with China erupts over Taiwan. Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at CSIS and a former Pentagon official, told Fox News Digital that China’s massive industrial

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 President Donald Trump signaled his support Tuesday for a Republican alternative to the pandemic-era extra Obamacare subsidies Democrats championed during the government shutdown earlier this year. “Well, I like the concept,” the president said when asked about the bill, which Sens.

By Kristen Ziccarelli via The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 Western Europe is bent, suffering in quiescence as its Muslim immigrants stab at it from within. Numbed and bloodied, its leadership and people seem to have forgotten that this is neither normal nor inevitable. Yet, at the 10-year mark of

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act is putting China “on notice,” according to a Republican member of Congress. The large bill that funds the Department of War and America’s defense priorities includes legislation that restricts U.S. investments into China.

By Daniel McCarthy via The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting—covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter. At the tail end of 2025, the Times has freshly broken the news that

Crypto markets saw a steep drop in November, with trading activity collapsing across every major segment, JPMorgan said in a new report. Spot, stablecoin, DeFi and NFT volumes all fell roughly 20% as volatility spiked and risk appetite vanished. Stablecoins were hit hardest, with daily turnover down 26% month-over-month. U.

By Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 The Trump administration is conducting a profound revolution in civil rights law. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced that it is ending the use of disparate impact in enforcement of Title VI under the Civil Rights Act

Police in southwest England say more than 600 culturally significant artifacts tied to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth were stolen from a Bristol Museum storage site on Sept. 25, according to the Associated Press. Avon and Somerset Police released images of four suspects and appealed for public

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 On the first stop of President Donald Trump’s affordability tour, he said making America affordable is his highest priority, while again calling the term a Democrat hoax. “I have no higher priority than making America affordable again,” Trump said.

By Daily Signal Staff, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state’s Democratic governor, finding that the

Disney is making a major push into artificial intelligence, announcing a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI while granting the startup a three-year licensing deal to use more than 200 iconic Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters on Sora, OpenAI’s AI video generator. The move gives users the

By Victor Joecks, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country’s government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to

A Utah judge is weighing how much media access to allow in the high-profile case of Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder for the Sept. 10 shooting at Utah Valley University and intend to seek the death penalty.

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 10, 2025 A national grassroots nonprofit is urging President Donald Trump to take “swift action” on a policy that it believes would directly impact affordability: health care price transparency. Save Our States Executive Director Trent England sent a letter to Trump supporting

The estate of Suzanne Adams has sued OpenAI, Microsoft, and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT fueled her son’s violent delusions before he killed her and then himself. The wrongful-death lawsuit, filed in California, claims that Stein-Erik Soelberg’s months-long conversations with ChatGPT deepened his paranoia and directed suspicion

By Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation | December 10, 2025 President Donald Trump accused Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota of marrying her brother during an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns released Tuesday. Questions about whether Omar committed immigration fraud have dogged the Somali-born Minnesota congresswoman since she was

The accelerating rise of artificial intelligence defined 2025, prompting TIME Magazine to name the “Architects of AI” as its Person of the Year. The decision reflects how rapidly AI reshaped global competition, economics, national security, and everyday life. TIME notes that the turning point came in January, when China’s

A new investigation has found that TikTok is hosting millions of likes on sexually suggestive videos featuring AI-generated images of children, raising fresh concerns about the platform’s ability to enforce its own safety rules. The report, released by Spanish nonprofit Maldita.es, identified more than a dozen accounts posting

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday, marking the third reduction this year as policymakers try to revive a flagging labor market. The rate now sits between 3.5% and 3.75%, well below its 2023 peak but still far from the near-zero

Ukraine carried out a large overnight drone strike against Moscow on Dec. 9–10, according to Russian officials. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defenses intercepted at least 31 drones headed for the capital, adding that no casualties or major damage had been reported. Russian Telegram channels described explosions in

The United States stepped up military coordination with Japan this week as Chinese naval and air drills continued near Japanese territory, intensifying a fast-rising security standoff in the region. Japan’s Defense Ministry said six SDF fighter jets, including F-35s and F-15s, trained with two U.S. B-52 bombers on

The verdict that reveals what has been simmering in the H-1B system for years.

A U.S.-brokered peace initiative suffered a major setback as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of Uvira, a strategic city in eastern Congo. The group announced the takeover on X after a rapid offensive that defied last week’s U.S.-mediated agreement between Congo and Rwanda. That deal

A federal judge has again ordered the Trump administration to end its federalization of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles, ruling that President Donald Trump lacks authority to keep the troops under federal control without a clear emergency. In a sharply worded decision, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer

A new Asia Society report warns that China will enter 2026 facing heavy economic strain and a tense stalemate with the United States, despite recent diplomatic calm following President Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping. The analysis says any stability is fragile because both nations are racing to cut

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 An illegal alien from El Salvador shot a civilian and multiple police officers in Omaha, Nebraska, last week. Juan Ayala Ramos, 28, is reported to have randomly shot 61-year-old Michael Kasper, critically injuring the man, outside a grocery store in Omaha

House Republicans are racing to assemble a health care package as Affordable Care Act tax credits expire on Dec. 31, threatening premium hikes for more than 20 million Americans. GOP leaders say they will vote next week on several bills aimed at lowering insurance costs but have not committed to

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas says judges overruling President Donald Trump’s agenda amounts to “judicial tyranny.” Now, Gill is calling on Congress to end the judicial overreach via impeachment. “One of the biggest problems in the country right now

Canada has launched a $1.2 billion, 12-year initiative to recruit more than 1,000 top global researchers, aiming to strengthen its scientific workforce as the United States imposes steep new barriers on skilled foreign workers. The plan targets leaders in medicine, science and technology, and includes expedited permanent residency

By Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. This week we have had the 84th anniversary of the surprise attack at seven in the morning on Dec. 7, 1941. And then, given that we’re in the era

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 State laws that seek to protect children online could come under threat by continuing efforts in Washington to create an artificial intelligence regulation moratorium on the state and local level. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would be signing

By Virginia Grace McKinnon, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 The Heritage Foundation launched a new ad campaign Tuesday posing a new strategy and a provocative idea for 2026: “The Golden Age is a choice.” The Washington-based think tank’s mission has not changed, but its strategy has shifted. The

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Poland is no stranger to conflict with Russia. After World War II, Poland and other Slavic European nations spent more than a decade battling Russian aggression. “It was a tragic, tragic struggle against Russians and their totalitarian rule,” Deputy Speaker of

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 In solidly blue Illinois, members of the state’s conservative Freedom Caucus are harshly criticizing the reinstatement of a noncitizen as a police officer who was recently arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Oct. 15, ICE arrested Radule Bojovic, an

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific since August under Operation Pacific Viper, marking one of the most aggressive maritime drug interdiction campaigns in years. The agency highlighted a record bust earlier this month, when a helicopter fired disabling

By Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 09, 2025 In October of 2002, I shocked many in my Congressional District and beyond by voting against giving President George W. Bush authorization to use military force in Iraq. The night before that vote, my

By Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 08, 2025 Last week the Pentagon, under “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth, carried out yet another military attack on a boat in the high seas that the Administration claims is smuggling drugs. That makes 23 boats blown up by the

By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Supreme Court arguments about campaign spending limits included open talk of a JD Vance 2028 presidential campaign, in a case first launched by the vice president when he was running for U.S. Senate. In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal

By Virginia Grace McKinnon, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 The Hoosier State has joined the redistricting war. A new Republican-favored U.S congressional map, known as Map 90, advanced out of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee Monday night, heading for a final Senate floor vote later this week. The

Federal tax prosecutions have collapsed to their lowest level in decades as the Trump administration sharply reduces resources for enforcement, according to a Reuters investigation. Prosecutions fell 27% this year, a drop tied to deep cuts at the IRS Criminal Investigation division and the reassignment of agents to immigration and

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Republicans came one step closer yesterday in keeping their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yesterday evening, by a vote of 6-to-3, the Indiana State Senate Elections Committee advanced a redistricting bill that could give the GOP two more

A third federal judge has ordered the release of sealed records tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal prosecution, expanding a growing wave of transparency measures following the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan approved the request Wednesday, one day after another New York

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 President Donald Trump didn’t rule out reducing tariffs on some goods in order to address affordability concerns. When asked by Politico if he would rule out reducing tariffs on any more goods, Trump said he would “on some” goods,

By Alastair Crooke, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 09, 2025 President Trump’s friend, Steve Witkoff, together with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met on 2 December with President Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. Taking part in the meeting on the Russian side were Presidential Aide

The United States publicly backed Japan after a Chinese fighter jet allegedly aimed its radar at Japanese Self-Defense Force aircraft during a training exercise near Okinawa. 🚨 US 🇺🇸 backs Japan and criticizes China for targeting Japanese aircraft with radar https://t.co/Ks8Mj0Lg5T pic.twitter.com/UPYa0wIdTa — Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) December

By Roman Kireev, Mises Wire | December 09, 2025 Classical liberalism was, at its core, a transitional philosophy: a necessary step in the historical evolution away from the absolutism of monarchy and toward the only consistent vision of liberty— anarchy. Early liberals—still entangled in monarchy’s remnants—advocated a minimal

The House is set to vote Wednesday on a $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act as Congress races to finalize the must-pass bill before year’s end. The 3,086-page compromise package authorizes $8 billion more than the Trump administration requested and codifies 15 of President Trump’s executive orders,

Paul J. Larkin & Isabel Guerrero via The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Few Americans are aware of the extent to which Chinese Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) have infiltrated the cannabis (more colloquially known as marijuana or pot) market in the United States. By purchasing and leasing property in the U.

By Miklós Szánthó via The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 November’s White House meeting between Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President Donald Trump was more than just a diplomatic photo op. It was a geopolitical turning point that established a new foundation for U.S.-Hungarian relations and launched

Denmark has taken the unprecedented step of labeling the United States a security concern in its annual intelligence assessment, citing Washington’s growing use of economic and technological power to influence allies. The Danish Defence Intelligence Service said uncertainty about America’s long-standing role as Europe’s security guarantor could

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new 5% tariffs on Mexico if the country does not “immediately” comply with a decades-old water treaty. “Mexico still owes the U.S over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to comply with

By Thorsten Polleit via Mises Wire | December 09, 2025 At the US-Saudi Investment Forum on November 19, 2025, entrepreneurial titan Elon Musk shared with his audience his vision of the future shaped by advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. /p> Among other things, Musk said: “And my guess is,

The daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on her mother’s behalf, spotlighting the country’s struggle for democratic freedoms. Machado, who has lived in hiding under a decade-long travel ban, had been expected to appear in person. Organizers said she

By Debra Saunders via The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 What happens when rules designed to ensure public safety fray so much that undocumented residents can obtain commercial driver’s licenses for big rigs, even if they are not qualified to drive them and do not speak English? In 2025,

By Brian McGlinchey via Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | December 09, 2025 Across the American political spectrum, support for the State of Israel is steadily eroding. With the long-running, staggeringly expensive redistribution of American wealth and weapons to one of the world’s most prosperous countries under unprecedented

The Trump administration is moving to tighten screening for travelers from 42 visa waiver countries by requiring five years of social media history, according to a proposal posted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the Federal Register. The plan would make social media disclosure mandatory for visitors using

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mises Wire | December 09, 2025 During the past few weeks, the Trump Administration has engaged in an illegal and immoral war against Venezuela. The war violates both United States law and international law. Even more important, it violates the principles of just war set forward

The U.S. Supreme Court last week announced that it would review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s proposed limits on birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. How do Americans feel? They largely don’t want birthright citizenship policy changed, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows. The

China has launched what it calls the world’s largest distributed AI computing network, linking data centers across a 2,000-kilometer span with near-perfect efficiency, according to Science and Technology Daily. The Future Network Test Facility (FNTF) took more than a decade to build and is now fully operational. Beijing

By Reuters via The Daily Signal | December 09, 2025 Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube, and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook from midnight. Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children

By Wanjiru Njoya, Mises Wire | December 08, 2025 One of the most basic threats to liberty, which is often overlooked, is that the defense of individual liberty as an ideal is seldom heard in political debate. The ideal of liberty is often overshadowed by quotidian political concerns that follow the

Ukraine has expanded its campaign against Russia’s “shadow fleet,” hitting at least two sanctioned oil tankers outside Russian waters, according to reporting from CBS News. Kyiv used Sea Baby naval drones to strike the crude carriers Kairos and Virat in the Black Sea, Ukrainian intelligence sources said. Ukraine reportedly

By Mark Thornton, Mises Wire | December 08, 2025 The seven deadly sins of Christianity are serious “capital” sins because they spawn sinful behavior in general. The seven economic sins of economic policy destroy capital, undermine wage rates, and lower the standard of living. They actually kill people via poverty, malnutrition,

Miami voters elected Democrat Eileen Higgins as mayor, breaking nearly three decades of Republican leadership in the city. Higgins won the runoff with 59% of the vote, defeating Republican Emilio Gonzalez, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. She also becomes the first woman to

By Artis Shepherd via Mises Wire | December 07, 2025 In the midst of significant weakness in the job market, liquidity issues in money markets, and increased scrutiny of certain capital market bubbles, it has become apparent to all that an affordability crisis exists. As the “Everything Bubble” temporarily recedes, it

The Supreme Court signaled openness Tuesday to lifting federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates, though the justices offered no clear direction after two hours of arguments. The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 All eyes are on Indiana as the state Senate considers a redistricting effort that could determine whether or not Republicans keep the U.S. House majority in the 2026 midterms. Meanwhile, Republicans across the country are increasingly convinced that Democrats will

The Justice Department told a federal court Tuesday that it intends to continue pursuing a criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, despite his previous indictment being dismissed two weeks ago. The disclosure came in a lawsuit filed by Comey’s longtime friend and former attorney, Dan Richman, who

By Michelle Thomason & Wilson Beaver via The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 The next generation of air dominance will be arriving soon, as the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the Next Generation Air Dominance program was awarded to Boeing in an announcement on March 21, 2025, by President Donald

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 Alina Habba resigned Monday as the acting U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey. This comes after an appeals court ruling disqualified her from serving in the position. “While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Ukraine will not surrender any territory to Russia as part of a U.S.-backed proposal to end the war. Speaking after meetings with British, French and German leaders in London, Zelenskyy said Moscow is demanding concessions in the Donbas but stressed that

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 The Department of Homeland Security has rolled out a new searchable website allowing Americans to see the names and faces of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens arrested across all 50 states since the start of the Trump administration.

A coalition of advocacy groups, including the ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release the legal memo authorizing U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-running boats. The suit argues the strikes, which have killed at

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 07, 2025 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told participants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, “I’m here to help.” He also said of state officials, “Let’s just go fight these people,” according to a 2021 audio recording now receiving renewed

A bipartisan group of former federal ethics officials is urging the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate whether government lawyers improperly justified U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-running boats in Latin America. Their request cites a Washington Post report claiming the Office of Legal Counsel issued

By Lee Habeeb via The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 There are two kinds of antisemites in the world: Those that hate Jews and know it, and those that promote the hatred of Jews and don’t. I learned about both on one tragic October day in 1983. And on

New federal data shows the U.S. job market weakened in October despite a small uptick in posted openings. The shutdown-delayed Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) reported 7.67 million vacancies, barely above September’s level, but hiring slowed, layoffs rose and the quits rate fell to a

A major Supreme Court challenge to campaign finance rules may unravel over Vice President JD Vance’s refusal to say whether he will run for president in 2028. The case targets limits on how much party committees can spend in coordination with candidates, a restriction long opposed by Republicans and

A federal judge in New York has ordered the release of grand jury records tied to Ghislaine Maxwell, marking another major step in the widening disclosure of Justice Department documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Paul Engelmayer approved the request on Tuesday, emphasizing that safeguards are in place to prevent

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban social media use for children under 16, blocking access to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and other major platforms as of midnight Wednesday. Ten platforms were ordered to comply or face fines of up to A$49.5 million, a

Japan says China failed to answer an emergency defense hotline during a weekend incident in which a Chinese J-15 fighter repeatedly locked its radar onto Japanese Self-Defense Force jets near Okinawa. Tokyo told lawmakers it attempted to use the hotline — created in 2023 to prevent accidental clashes — but Beijing did

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 An illegal alien from Honduras is reported to have stabbed a man on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Suspect Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia is in custody and has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has logged

Taiwan has passed sweeping legal amendments to sharply increase penalties for damaging its undersea cables, a move aimed at deterring what officials say is a rise in deliberate sabotage linked to Beijing’s “grey-zone” pressure tactics. The new laws raise the maximum prison term for intentional cable damage to seven

President Donald Trump said Monday he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to approved customers in China, marking a major shift in U.S. export rules. pic.twitter.com/BVep7E5vqc — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 8, 2025 The administration will take a 25% cut of all chip

A celebrated scientist’s hidden ties opened a channel to Beijing’s nuclear ambitions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual abortion surveillance report has been delayed until spring amid internal turmoil at the Department of Health and Human Services. The report, normally released in November, tracks national abortion trends using state-submitted data and would offer the first full federal snapshot of

Tencent has withdrawn from Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, after concerns that its involvement could trigger a U.S. national security review. Paramount disclosed in an SEC filing that Warner Bros. raised alarms about Tencent’s role as a non-U.S. financier, which could

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Pope Leo XIV near Rome on Dec. 9 as he continues seeking support amid tense peace negotiations dominated by a U.S.–Russia draft plan. The Vatican said the 30-minute meeting focused on continuing dialogue, prisoner exchanges and returning Ukrainian children taken to Russia. Ukrainian

By Madolyn Moore & Wilson Beaver via The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland and Sweden swiftly applied for NATO membership. Shortly after, both countries were admitted into the alliance, and Finland and Sweden have since become two of its most capable and

A new filing reveals that Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners is backing Paramount’s $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount, led by CEO David Ellison, is using Kushner’s involvement to argue it has a far clearer path to U.S. regulatory approval than rival bidder

The Supreme Court signaled Monday it may give President Donald Trump broad authority to fire members of independent federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission. Breaking: Supreme Court appears poised to broaden the president’s power, siding with Trump on firing agency heads. https://t.co/0QdnTy7UOe — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December

By Tony Perkins via The Daily Signal | December 07, 2025 “There was no ‘kill them all’ order.” That is what Navy Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley told lawmakers last week in a classified briefing on the Sept. 2 military strike on an alleged narco-terrorist boat in the Caribbean that killed 11

President Donald Trump attacked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Truth Social Monday after the Georgia Republican told CBS’ 60 Minutes that he has “forsaken” his base and abandoned his America First agenda. Greene, once one of Trump’s most loyal allies, is resigning from Congress and has increasingly criticized the

By John Stossel via The Daily Signal | December 07, 2025 Google settled a racial bias lawsuit for $50 million. Merrill Lynch paid $20 million. Maryland taxpayers will have to pay $3 million to make a racial discrimination suit go away. “This is ridiculous! Taxpayers should not be on the hook

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 04, 2025 Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has “zero confidence” in what the Biden administration did to vet Afghan nationals coming to the United States in the wake of the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington before Thanksgiving. “We just concluded a briefing

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | December 04, 2025 President Donald Trump appears to think being a congressman runs in the family. On Thursday, Trump endorsed Trever Nehls, the identical twin brother of retiring Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, for the House seat of Texas’ 22nd district. “It is my Honor

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | December 04, 2025 A State Department spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Signal Wednesday that no new Somali refugees have been admitted to the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office. The Somali community in Minnesota has gained renewed scrutiny in the wake of

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met top European leaders in London on Monday as concerns grow over the Trump administration’s shifting stance on the war. Zelensky urged Europe and the U.S. to maintain “unity,” saying Ukraine still lacks clear security guarantees and clarity over the future of the Donbas.

By Salena Zito via The Daily Signal | December 07, 2025 A highly anticipated Christmas display in Pennsylvania that is both delicious and whimsical is when the Omni Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford County transforms one of its main entrances into a culinary delight whose aroma hits your sensory palate long

President Donald Trump is set to unveil a $12 billion farm aid package on Monday, according to a White House official. The plan sends $11 billion in one-time payments to crop farmers through the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, with the remaining funds directed to producers outside the program. The announcement

By Susan Crabtree & Philip Wegmann via The Daily Signal | December 07, 2025 FBI Director Kash Patel is back in the safe zone again. The on-again, off-again MAGA media lynch mobs gunning for Patel to be ousted from the key Cabinet post over his perceived mishandling of several high-profile investigations and

By Don Tracy via The Daily Signal | December 07, 2025 I’ve watched two American cities make opposite choices about the same problem. As a young man, I worked in Memphis: first as a traveling salesman, then as a law student, and finally as an attorney at a Memphis law

Paramount Skydance has launched a direct counterbid for Warner Brothers Discovery, challenging Netflix’s effort to acquire the studio and its streaming networks, including HBO. Paramount offered $30 per share, pitching the deal as a “superior alternative” that delivers more cash upfront and has a stronger chance of clearing regulators.

Global investment in artificial intelligence has helped stabilize the world economy amid escalating U.S. trade wars, an IMF official said Monday. Speaking at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Jihad Azour, director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, said rising tariffs produced far less inflation than expected

By Josh Hammer, The Daily Signal | December 08, 2025 Is the American Left finally waking up from its decadeslong climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action—deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing—could forestall certain apocalypse. Now,

Top lawmakers from both parties say they support releasing video of the controversial September “double-tap” strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean. The White House on Monday confirmed a second strike on an alleged drug boat in September. Here’s what we know. https://t.co/LAGf4aRRtK pic.

Here’s a curation of all the Golden Globes 2026 Nominees Congratulations to the 83rd #GoldenGlobes nominees for Best Picture – Drama: ✨ FRANKENSTEIN ✨ HAMNET ✨ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT ✨ THE SECRET AGENT ✨ SENTIMENTAL VALUE ✨ SINNERS pic.twitter.com/hrPp5wB19q — Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) December 8, 2025 Congratulations to the 83rd #GoldenGlobes nominees for

IBM announced an $11 billion all-cash deal to acquire data-streaming firm Confluent, triggering a 29% surge in Confluent’s premarket shares on Monday. IBM shares dipped about 1%. The company will pay $31 per share, with the transaction expected to close by mid-2026. IBM to Acquire Confluent to Create Smart

Germany pressed China for clarity on rare earth and semiconductor exports during Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s meetings in Beijing, underscoring Berlin’s growing alarm over supply-chain vulnerabilities. Wadephul told Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao that uncertainty over deliveries must end, noting that German manufacturers depend heavily on Chinese minerals.

China’s robotics industry is accelerating production of humanoid robots despite major technological and cost obstacles. Shanghai-based Agibot, backed by Tencent, BYD and Baidu, announced it has produced 5,000 humanoid units since 2023, putting it among the world’s top manufacturers. Its robots, trained with specialized multimodal AI models,

President Donald Trump signaled he may intervene in Netflix’s proposed £54 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal “could be a problem” because of its potential market dominance. The acquisition would give Netflix control of Warner’s massive film and TV assets, including HBO, HBO Max, DC

The United Nations sharply reduced its 2026 humanitarian aid appeal after global funding collapsed to its lowest level in a decade. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is now seeking $23 billion, less than half of last year’s $47 billion request, which brought in only

President Donald Trump is staking his presidency and the GOP’s future on rapid, lightly regulated growth in artificial intelligence, deepening his alliance with tech billionaires and major AI firms. Since taking office, Trump has rolled back rules, secured foreign investment for chip plants and data centers, and launched multiple

A dangerous fixation now pointed at a synagogue

Japan lodged a formal protest after a Chinese J-15 fighter jet repeatedly locked its radar onto Japanese F-15s near Okinawa, escalating tensions already strained by Tokyo’s recent comments on Taiwan. Japan said its aircraft kept a safe distance and denied Beijing’s accusation that they interfered with Chinese training

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | December 04, 2025 When members of Congress emerged from a classified briefing on the now-controversial Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged Venezuelan narco-terrorist boat, Democrats continued to accuse the Trump administration of war crimes and called for the firing of Secretary of War Pete

The TIPP Poll identifies the GOP’s new hot constituency: Bitcoiners.