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  • 10 New Cases of Vote Fraud Again Demonstrate Imperative of Election Security

    Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Kathy Funk was charged with, not convicted of, felony ballot tampering charge. This article has also been corrected to remove references to Funk filing a false police report and breaking into Township Hall, and to reflect that Funk previously worked for Genesee County. In the latest…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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  • Biden Had Little Time for Border Security in State of the Union Speech

    One lousy minute—at most. That’s the time President Joe Biden devoted to the topic of border security and immigration in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. Those of us paid to analyze and write about it were hoping for more. After all, about 5 million people have attempted to illegally enter our country in…
    Simon Hankinson
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  • ‘Disregard for American National Security’: House Panel Seeks Details of Kerry’s Secret Climate Talks With China 

    The House Oversight and Accountability Committee wants more information about Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry’s negotiations with the Chinese Communist Party over an international agreement.  President Joe Biden named Kerry, a former U.S. senator, as his special presidential envoy for climate.  Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, served as secretary of state during President…
    Fred Lucas
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  • US Intel Community Investigated Trump Docs for National Security Risk, but Is Silent on Biden Classified Information

    Weeks after the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, the U.S. intelligence community announced it would do an assessment of the risk to national security posed by former President Donald Trump maintaining records at his private home.  No similar announcement has been forthcoming about the classified information stored at President Joe Biden’s private home in Delaware and…
    Fred Lucas
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  • The Real Story Behind Mall Security Asking Man to Remove ‘Jesus Saves’ T-Shirt

    Mall security guards at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, ordered a man to remove his “Jesus Saves” T-shirt or leave the mall, footage shows. “I didn’t do anything,” the man, Paul Shoro, told The Daily Signal in a Facebook message on Tuesday. “They forced me to take off my shirt.” The mall later…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • Biden Apparently Prioritizes ‘Ice Cream’ Over Border, Rep. Dan Crenshaw Says as GOP Unveils Border Security Plan

    Texas House Republicans presented their plan to secure America’s southern border, and one of them attacked President Joe Biden for misplaced priorities on the issue. Texas Congressmen, led by Jodey Arrington and Chip Roy, unveiled a border security agenda for the new Congress, which begins January 3, during a press conference Thursday morning.   “We…
    Virginia Allen
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  • 3 Ways Chinese Nuclear Buildup Threatens US National Security Interests

    The head of the U.S. Strategic Command, Adm. Charles Richard, recently alerted the world that when it comes to deterrence against China, “the ship is slowly sinking.” That warning came on the heels of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call for “a strong system of strategic deterrence,” a likely reference to Beijing’s nuclear arsenal, at the…
    Patty-Jane Geller
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  • American Fitness Has National Security Implications. It’s Time to Take It More Seriously.

    Fiscal year 2023 is projected to be the most difficult year for military recruiting since the inception of the all-volunteer force in 1973. Every branch of the military is reporting extreme challenges in recruiting enough volunteers to fill their ranks. Not only are fewer people volunteering, but there are fewer eligible Americans to recruit as…
    Caitlyn Wetzel
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  • America’s National Security Is Dependent on Critical Rare Earth Minerals—and Worse, on China

    The U.S. is currently heading for a major national security train wreck.  Bewildering environmental policies, energy plans detached from reality, and an incomprehensible practice of trusting China to provide critical components for both civilian and military technologies is an unsustainable trajectory.  The administration has rejected fossil fuels, driving us commercially and across the defense industry…
    Steven Bucci
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  • 7 Months Into Russia’s War on Ukraine, America Must Face Deeper National Security Issues

    Many Americans are asking, after nearly seven months of Russia’s war on Ukraine, why the United States is involved at all. What are the hard interests of the U.S. in this conflict? The bottom line: Way more is at stake than standing up to a blatantly unlawful aggression or countering regional instability involving key allies. Those…
    Steven Bucci
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  • Farewell to a Tireless Advocate for National Security: Peter Pry

    Chances are if you one of the small number of Americans who know about the national security threat from electromagnetic pulse, you have Peter Pry, Ph.D., to thank. Pry, who died recently at the age of 68, was the nation’s leading expert on the dangers of EMP and was a tireless advocate for methods that…
    Thomas Spoehr
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  • CHIPS Is a Missed Opportunity for Real Security

    “ … We have to be on guard against China at all times … For all technology, we have to do everything we can to make sure our leading edge technology, whether it’s in CHIPS, or artificial intelligence, or other areas, can’t get into the hands of the Chinese.” That was Secretary of Commerce Gina…
    Dustin Carmack
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  • Facts of Uvalde Shooting Violated All 4 Steps of Effective School Security

    Information about what happened before and during the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has changed continually. The bottom line is that it’s not a happy story, but confirms that school security is still a work in progress. Having a plan is better than not having one. Absent good implementation, practice, and real rehearsals, however,…
    Steven Bucci
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  • Did Law Enforcement Wait Too Long to Attack Uvalde Shooter? Security Expert Weighs In

    Editor’s note: Since this interview was recorded additional information has come out about the law enforcement response to the shooting, including that children called 911 from within the school. “The on-site commander, the chief of the school district’s police department in Uvalde, Texas, believed at the time that [the shooter] was barricaded inside and that…
    Katrina Trinko
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  • Mayorkas’ ‘6 Pillars’ Border Security Plan Is Delusional

    As May 23 neared, when border agents’ Title 42 public health authority to quickly expel illegal aliens was due to expire, U.S. Customs and Border Protection already had seen predicted increased numbers of illegal aliens. Even the Biden administration admitted that “migration levels will increase.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a 20-page memo April…
    Simon Hankinson
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  • Enforcer of China’s Brutal National Security Law Poised to Rule Hong Kong

    A Beijing hard-liner appears poised to become Hong Kong’s chief executive following his announcement to seek Carrie Lam’s position on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported. Mark Simon, former executive at the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily believes Hong Kong’s chief secretary for administration, John Lee, will become the next chief executive. “Lee rose from…
    Philip Lenczycki
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  • Biden’s Subpar National Security Team Is a Real Threat to America

    President Joe Biden’s Euro tour this past week played like many a horror movie, where things go from “eerily off” to full-blown crisis in a matter of seconds. His trip was meant to reassure Europeans that when it comes to beating back Russian President Vladimir Putin, America is in it to win it. What happened was something…
    James Carafano
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  • Trash’s Little-Known Impact on Economic Freedom and National Security

    It is time to talk about improving the environment, economic freedom, and national security. Yes, it is time to talk about trash. No one likes to talk about trash. It is never a subject at social gatherings, even at The Heritage Foundation, and it is easy to understand why. Waste is a dirty word. We…
    Nate Morris
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  • School Security Guards Block Mom From Board Meeting: ‘They Didn’t Want to Hear Our Voice’

    A mom of four children in Prince William County, Virginia, says security guards blocked parents from entering Wednesday’s school board meeting and physically removed another mother from even entering the building. Merianne Jensen, whose Feb. 2 speech to the school board against mask mandates went viral, arrived an hour early to attend Wednesday’s meeting. But…
    Rob Bluey
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  • Biden’s AWOL Budget Request and the Danger to National Security of Further Delays

    Today is the first Monday in February, and by law, the day the president must deliver his proposed federal budget to Congress. It’s normally a busy day in Washington as the pundits and analysts dissect and comment on every aspect of the proposed spending package. As a side note, the day is never complete for…
    Thomas Spoehr
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