As the program that manages the U.S. draft modernizes, commentators are debating whether a potential Draft is around the corner.

Collapse of the Memorandum of Understanding sees a resumption of the Iran-U.S. war.
The collapse of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the U.S.—and the resumption of hostilities—carries serious implications for a global oil market that had priced in an end to major conflict and a gradual return to business as usual in the Middle East Gulf.

The Department of Justice dropped charges late Friday against an Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool and instead dismissed another Trump administration department’s claims over its condition.

Surveillance video from July 19 showed a Tucson, Arizona, police officer intervening within seconds when a gunman opened fire.

Tucson police say that 21-year-old David Leroy French, a felon who previously received probation for firing a rifle at a car wash employee in 2024, opened fire at 2 a.m. MST on July 19 near the Empire Pizza and Pub after an argument, according to the Arizona Daily Star. Surveillance video obtained by the Tucson-area newspaper apparently shows French drawing a handgun and firing multiple rounds as he started to flee when a police officer shot him following a verbal confrontation.

Unimpressive dolt Kamala Harris, the second most unimpressive presidential candidate in US history, spoke at the National Urban League’s annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday.

Obviously, it is apparent that the former VP is looking at another run for president in 2028. Because she is.

Wisconsin Democrats lost a last-ditch effort to re-cast absentee ballots for voters after some of their candidates dropped out.

Dane County Circuit Judge David Conway ruled that voters cannot “spoil” an absentee ballot after it has been returned to their local election office, according to the court order filed Wednesday. Three Dane County plaintiffs, Joseph Alan Bins, Thomas Elert and Susan Roberts, alleged they could no longer vote for a new Democrat candidate.

The House Ethics Committee refused to answer Friday whether it would investigate Republican Ohio Rep. Max Miller in connection to domestic abuse allegations.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Health and Human Services will announce Wednesday that health care stakeholders have signed a first-of-its-kind pledge to improve mental health and addiction care nationwide.

Insurers, health systems, provider organizations, medical societies, and behavioral health partners will sign the voluntary pledge to advance evidence-based, high-quality behavioral health care across the country.

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One of the things that is perplexing and often a topic of conversation is this new American-Western European alliance or absorption of Islam and Marxism-socialism-communism. In other words, people who identify as radical Muslims, often in their alliance, include people who are traditional Western Marxists, and it doesn’t seem possible for a variety of ways.

Anthony Fauci, the public health bureaucrat who became the face of America’s botched COVID-19 response, testified this week on Capitol Hill. Except Fauci actually didn’t testify: In an astonishing act of hubris and disdain for the countless Americans who bore the brunt of tyrannical COVID-era “Faucism,” the mad doctor invoked the Fifth Amendment well over 100 times.

Religious liberty attorneys secured a legal victory for therapists who treat children struggling with gender confusion.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty secured a permanent order on Thursday from U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering requiring Michigan to stop enforcing its 2023 law that barred counselors from engaging in talk therapy aimed at helping children struggling with gender dysphoria, according to a press release by the legal organization. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that similar treatments are protected by the First Amendment.