The Leonidas high-power microwave (HPM) system, developed by Epirus since 2020, represents a cutting-edge directed energy weapon designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms and other electronic threats. Named after the ancient king Leonidas of Epirus, it uses solid-state gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors to generate long-pulse microwaves that disrupt electronics, effectively “frying” drone circuits […]
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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s been a lot of controversy recently about the relationship between the chairman of the Federal Reserve, […]
The 2026 midterm elections, set for November 3, 2026, will feature critical open seat races in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, with Republicans defending slim majorities—53-47 in the Senate and 220-215 in the House. With President Donald Trump’s second term shaping the political landscape, these races could tilt Congress’s balance. Below is an […]
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Democrats and the media are doing everything they can to slow the momentum of President Donald Trump by attacking the “One Big, Beautiful” law’s Medicaid provisions. While Democrats want to weaken Medicaid by giving taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants and allowing able-bodied adults who don’t work to game the system, Republicans actually strengthened Medicaid by […]
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Can GOP Up Their Game Among Independent And Latino Voters? After the 2024 midterm election, several states emerged as possible new “purple states”, states that were once long-time Democrat strongholds but showed signs of moving toward the right when faced with a choice between Former Vice President Kamala Harris and President Donald Trump. New Jersey, […]
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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Sacramento State is one of the many California state universities that offer a four-year program of education. It […]
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Trump Administration Is Returning Them Home The Trump administration is working to safely return to their home countries the unaccompanied illegal migrant children lost under the Biden administration, The Daily Signal has learned. Hundreds of thousands of minors arrived at the southern border without a parent or a legal guardian under the Biden administration. The Trump administration has […]
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In the sweltering summer of 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is wielding a firm grip to crush the cowardly tactics of House Democrats who fled the state to dodge a redistricting vote. These runaway lawmakers, skulking in blue-state hideouts like Illinois and New York, think they can paralyze the Texas Legislature by denying a quorum. […]
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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. In that 1960s version of the original “Star Trek,” James T. Kirk—William Shatner—the captain of the Enterprise, remember, he went out to explore deep outer space. And the mission statement was, in part, “to go boldly where no one else has gone before.” And then, […]
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President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order cracking down on “debanking,” a term used to describe financial institutions that selectively close customer accounts or deny services based on political or ideological beliefs. The order directs bank regulators to investigate whether any financial institutions might have violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, antitrust laws, […]