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Fears of a U.S. draft grow as the Selective Services modernizes

Fears of a U.S. draft grow as the Selective Services modernizes

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

The U.S. Selective Service is responsible for managing the U.S. Draft and is currently pushing to modernize the mechanisms that could make the draft a reality, the Military Times reported. As this event is closely timed with an escalation in the Russo-Ukrainian and Iran Wars, some experts have begun debating whether or not a draft could be looming.

Watch cop bring mass shooter’s rampage to screeching halt

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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.

Judge shuts down Democrats’ attempt to rush in late votes after candidate drops out

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.

HHS announces new pledge to improve mental health, addiction care

HHS announces new pledge to improve mental health, addiction care

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.

The strange alliance between Islam and Socialism

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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.

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.

‘I’d probably do the same thing’: Pair of anti-Trump GOP senators block approval of AG nominee

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President Donald J. Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Physicist John M. Martinis, Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, OMB Director Russ Vought, and others, delivers remarks after signing an executive order on quantum computing in the Oval Office, Monday, June 22, 2026. (Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Physicist John M. Martinis, Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, OMB Director Russ Vought, and others, delivers remarks after signing an executive order on quantum computing in the Oval Office, Monday, June 22, 2026. (Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
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