Melissa Quinn previously worked for The Daily Signal as a senior news reporter.
View all authorsSocietyNews
Since Friday’s brutal terrorist attacks in Paris, policymakers are calling for the process refugees go through to resettle in the United States to be halted,… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Republicans are continuing to work through the details of a bill to repeal Obamacare with just 51 votes, and some are calling for the… Read More
LawNews
For federal state and local law enforcement agencies, a little-known practice giving them the power to take Americans’ property, cash, and cars has proven to… Read More
LawNews
PHILADELPHIA—In state capitals and courtrooms across the nation, lawmakers and lawyers are challenging a tool used by law enforcement to take property and cash from… Read More
EducationNews
Around a thousand miles northeast of the University of Missouri, where racial tensions and protests led to the resignation of the university president, students and… Read More
LawNews
PHILADELPHIA—Longtime residents know East Walnut Lane, on the outskirts of Philadelphia County, as a quiet street. It’s a street lined with houses all featuring the… Read More
Health CareNews
A 12th Obamacare co-op has decided to close its doors after receiving more than $71 million in taxpayer-funded loans and enrolling more than 25,000 consumers… Read More
LawNews
PHILADELPHIA—On a September day in 2014, Leandro Banks saw his money disappear in an instant. Banks, an independent contractor, left the bank with $1,858 in… Read More
Health CareNews
Before 11 of the 23 nonprofit insurers created under Obamacare announced they would be closing their doors, the top executives running their operations raked in… Read More
EconomyNews
Before the House of Representatives votes on a bill that could bring the controversial Export-Import Bank back to life, lawmakers will address measures aimed at,… Read More
Health CareNews
A top official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services explained today why 11 nonprofit insurance companies created under Obamacare have shut their doors,… Read More
Health CareNews
The chairmen of two Senate committees are questioning the Obama administration on the struggles of nonprofit insurance companies created under Obamacare that have received $2.5… Read More
Health CareNews
Two days before the start of Obamacare’s open enrollment period, a nonprofit health insurance provider located in Arizona announced that it would be closing its… Read More
EconomyNews
Less than five days after it was introduced, the Senate passed the 144-page, two-year budget deal that suspends the debt limit until March 2017 and raises… Read More
EconomyNews
Despite overwhelming opposition from the majority of Republicans, the House of Representatives voted to pass a two-year budget deal today that raises spending caps by… Read More
EconomyNews
The chairman and former chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, a group of the most conservative senators, are urging their colleagues to oppose the budget… Read More
Health CareNews
A 10th co-op created under Obamacare has collapsed. Combined, the failed nonprofit insurance companies have received more than $1 billion in loans, with more than… Read More
EconomyNews
Nearly four months after Congress shut the door on the Export-Import Bank and allowed its charter to expire, 127 Republicans and 186 Democrats voted to… Read More
EconomyNews
House Speaker John Boehner’s budget deal has earned him praise from the White House and congressional Democrats, but conservatives are unhappy with the package, saying… Read More
EconomyNews
The House of Representatives moved one step closer to bringing the Export-Import Bank back from the dead Monday after 62 Republicans teamed up with 184… Read More
EconomyNews
The chairmen of two House committees are calling on their fellow Republicans to vote against a rarely successful tool that would force a vote on… Read More
SecurityNews
In a much-anticipated hearing, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Thursday before a panel of lawmakers tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in… Read More
SocietyNews
Brian McCann is angry. Two days before his brother Denny McCann’s birthday, Democrats in the Senate blocked a bill that would have withheld federal funding… Read More
Health CareNews
Nearly two years into its implementation, the Obama administration is projecting 10 million fewer Obamacare enrollees in 2016 than were originally expected. Last week, the… Read More
Health CareNews
The Senate parliamentarian warned Senate leadership Monday that a House reconciliation bill that rolls back provisions of Obamacare would be dead on arrival in the Senate… Read More
EconomyNews
House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff has made reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank one of his top priorities for October. Mike Sommers, Boehner’s chief of… Read More
Health CareNews
Two more nonprofit insurance companies created under Obamacare announced Friday they would be closing their doors at the end of 2015, leaving more than 93,000… Read More
Health CareNews
A government watchdog overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services delivered the grim financial state of nearly all of the co-ops—that collectively received $2.4… Read More
EconomyNews
House Republicans joined forces with more than 100 of their Democratic colleagues today in supporting a measure to force a vote on reauthorizing the Export-Import… Read More
PoliticsNews
The House Freedom Caucus is standing by its man. After Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, once the leading man to become speaker of the House, abruptly… Read More
