SecurityAnalysis
Trump’s Negotiations With Mexico Delivered a Big Win
President Donald Trump is claiming a big win with Mexico after the country agreed to send 6,000 troops to block migrants from crossing through. In… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How Open Borders and Sanctuary Policies Victimize (and Kill) Americans
The supporters of open borders and sanctuary policies that obstruct enforcement of our immigration laws must be overjoyed by the latest report from the Department… Read More
SecurityNews
‘A Moment of Maximum Danger’: As US-Iran Tensions Rise, Kurdish Opposition Prepares for War
KOYA, Iraq—Just outside this town in Iraqi Kurdistan, a cemetery sits on a raised plot of land facing east toward the border with Iran, about… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Senate Defense Spending Bill Shows Promise in Rebuilding the Military
Congress could do more to shore up the U.S. military, but at least both houses now acknowledge the need to increase spending to some degree…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Hear You: Visiting the Border Patrol in Laredo, Texas
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s audience responded to the reporting our Fred Lucas did from the U.S.-Mexico border at Laredo, Texas. Here’s a sampling. Write… Read More
SecurityCommentary
If D-Day Were Today, Would Millennials Step Up to the Challenge?
As we celebrate the courage, determination, and resolve of the “Greatest Generation” on June 6—the 75th anniversary of the bloody Allied invasion of Normandy, France,… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Full-Blown Emergency’: Southern Border Arrests Surge
The surge of illegal immigrants coming across the southern border in May increased by about one-third from a month before. The Central American migration boom… Read More
SecurityCommentary
On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Sacrifices at Normandy Must Not Be Forgotten
At 6:30 a.m., many people are brewing their morning coffee and getting ready for the day ahead. At 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944, however,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
American Soldiers on D-Day Set the Bar for Courage
KYIV, Ukraine—This week we honor the soldiers who saved Europe by storming the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day—June 6, 1944. These soldiers… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Mark That Misses the Mark: House Democrats and the National Defense Authorization Act
The Democrat-controlled House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces is advancing policies on nuclear weapons and missile defense that would make the U.S. and its… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why So Many Mass Shootings? Ask the Right Questions and You Might Find Out
This past weekend, Americans learned of another mass shooting, this time by an employee who decided to murder as many of the people he had… Read More
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How a Murky Espionage Act Could Complicate Prosecution of Assange
The curtain rose on Act 1, Scene 2 in the Julian Assange drama on May 23, when the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a sweeping… Read More
SecurityNews
Border Patrol Catches 116 Africans at Texas Border
The Border Patrol is seeing an increase in migrants from African countries who are blending in with the large numbers crossing the southern border illegally… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Podcast: Andy Biggs on Mueller’s Statement, Border Security
Special Counsel Robert Mueller recently broke his silence on the Russia investigation, and Democrats are ramping up calls for impeachment. Today, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.,… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Daily, Our Agents Save Somebody’s Life’: Border Patrol Agents Recall Cases of Heroism and Compassion
LAREDO, Texas—Temperatures along the southwest border here average about 90 degrees, and inside the trailer of an 18-wheeler can go up to 120 degrees, said… Read More
SecurityNews
No Border Wall, but This Will Have to Do for 1 Texas City
LAREDO, Texas—Pulling up in an SUV outside the 10-foot-tall fence at Laredo College, Narcizo Ramos recalls the problems the school used to have with unwanted… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Russia Likely Conducting Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons Tests, Intel Chief Says
Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said Wednesday that Russia is likely conducting low-yield nuclear weapons tests. That’s an indication that… Read More
SecurityNews
I Toured the Texas-Mexico Border. Here Are 8 Things I Learned.
LAREDO, Texas—Guarding this sector of the southern border involves a set of challenges that is quite different than nearby stations in the Lone Star State…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Please Don’t Forget Memorial Day’s Meaning
America has undergone a lot of maturing between the Vietnam War and the conflicts of the 21st century. I know, I wore a uniform during… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump Gets an ‘F’ for Libya
Getting grumpy over the administration’s Libya policy is a just cause. There is no nostalgia for President Barack Obama’s “lead from behind” policy that left… Read More
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A Memorial Day Reminder From Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq—A quick story about the meaning of Memorial Day from the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. On my way to dinner, I hailed one of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Lindh Shows How West Is Winning War on Terror
John Walker Lindh, the former “American Taliban,” is almost back on the streets. Captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002, he was convicted of… Read More
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House Appropriators Vote to Handcuff Pentagon for Reprogramming Funds to Border Wall
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has slashed the Pentagon’s reprogramming authority by 75% in the approved defense appropriations bill reported out on May 15. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Congresswoman Unpacks Damage the Equality Act Would Do to Women
I’m Rep. Debbie Lesko from the state of Arizona. The Equality Act—or I call it the Forfeiting Women’s Rights Act—takes away women’s and girls’ rights… Read More
SecurityNews
Lindsey Graham Proposes to Tighten Asylum, Immigration Procedures to Relieve Border
The flow of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. would be cut off before they cross the southern border illegally, under changes to immigration law… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Ex-ICE Chief on 3 Things Trump Can Do Now to Secure the Border
Thomas Homan, who served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Donald Trump, is an outspoken advocate for stronger border security…. Read More
SecurityAnalysis
A Soldier-Turned-Senator Honors America’s Heroes in ‘Sacred Duty’
Before becoming a U.S. senator, Tom Cotton served his country in Iraq and Afghanistan. He earned a Bronze Star and was elected to Congress from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Law Enforcement Busted an LA Terror Plot, Likely Saving Dozens of Lives
The FBI on April 26 arrested Mark Steven Domingo, a former Army infantryman, on charges of plotting an Islamist terrorist attack against a white nationalist… Read More
SecurityNews
After 4 Years of a Frozen Conflict, Ukrainians Slowly Retake Ground From Russian Forces
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops are slowly advancing in the country’s eastern war zone, testing the limits of a shaky stalemate in the five-year-old conflict against Russia… Read More
SecurityCommentary
House Democrats Are Shortchanging the Military
House appropriators have now released their budget top lines for every government agency, and their number for the Department of Defense shows they acknowledge the… Read More
