Section: The Daily Signal (USA)
Ukraine’s Presidential Election Proves the Country’s Democratic Spirit Is Alive and Well
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians took to the polls Sunday and voted for their next president. After a bloody 2014 revolution to depose a pro-Russian president, and after nearly five years of war against Russian forces in the country’s east, many voters viewed the election as a landmark exercise of their hard-earned democratic freedoms, and another...
‘Harder for Me to Live Under the USSR Than to Be in the War’: Old Ukrainian Soldiers Remember Communism
KYIV, Ukraine—Trench warfare is a true test of a soldier’s grit. The constant prospect of death—whether by artillery, rockets, or snipers—gnaws at you every waking moment. The truth is, there’s no way to stay safe, other than to hide underground. Some soldiers simply laugh at the danger and treat the war like a sport. Others, however,...
The Left’s Russian Collusion Hoax
From the beginning, I repeatedly said the charge that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election was a lie. The president’s description of it as a “witch hunt” was accurate. I regularly acknowledged that I was putting my credibility on the line by stating that it was...
US, Russian Bombers Square Off Over Europe
KYIV, Ukraine—A task force of U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bombers conducted air combat exercises Monday across Europe. That same day, Russia announced it had deployed supersonic, long-range Tu-22M3 bombers to Crimea, the Ukrainian territory that Russia invaded and seized in March 2014. The parallel timing of the moves highlights how the ongoing...
With an Eye to Russia, Ukraine Considers New Missiles After Cold War-Era Arms Control Treaty Collapses
KYIV, Ukraine—The impending demise of a Cold War-era arms control treaty has sparked pledges from the leaders of both Ukraine and Russia to develop and field more intermediate-range missiles, highlighting a new flashpoint between the two erstwhile Soviet allies, which have been locked in a limited land war since April 2014. “We are no longer...
How Putin Uses Russian Orthodoxy to Grow His Empire
When Vladimir Putin rose to the presidency of Russia in 2000, he inherited the remains of a once-fearsome communist-atheist imperial state. In the intervening 19 years, he has transformed Russia back into an imperial power with global ambitions. One of his key tools in that transformation has been the Russian Orthodox Church. Putin often invokes...
Pompeo’s Tough Diplomacy on Display in Europe
Europeans routinely complain about being neglected by U.S. administrations. As much as Europeans doted on then-President Barack Obama, he indeed treated them with benign indifference, taking their support for granted. But now, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo having made his way through their capitals last week, Europeans have gotten a taste...
Mueller’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Prosecutions May Lead to Probes of Green Groups
By invoking a law regulating foreign agents to pursue prosecution of former Trump campaign officials, special counsel Robert Mueller opened the door to more intense scrutiny of some U.S. environmental groups, according to legal analysts who say China and Russia use such groups to influence America’s energy policy. But these legal analysts...
How Many Times Trump’s Predecessors Declared a National Emergency
The push for a border barrier marks President Donald Trump’s fourth declaration of a national emergency–about a third as many as his three immediate predecessors in their two terms. The number of declared emergencies puts Trump on a par with Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. President Gerald Ford, who signed the 1976 National...
The ‘New Normal’: A New Era of Bigger Migrant Caravans Has Begun
KYIV, Ukraine—Over the past year, migrant caravans from Central America have become bigger and better organized, experts and officials say, underscoring a looming immigration crisis that will test U.S. immigration laws and strain the U.S.-Mexico relationship. On Jan. 29, John Rood, U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, told Congress that...
