Natalie Johnson is a former Daily Signal news reporter and graduate of The Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.
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The process of approving new drugs and medical devices would be sped up under a bill offered by two conservative senators. Sens. Ted Cruz , R-Texas,… Read More
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Americans on edge following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., view terrorism as the biggest issue facing the nation, according to a new Gallup… Read More
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The United States must do “whatever is necessary and required” to destroy the Islamic State, Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday, laying out a muscular foreign policy that… Read More
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Selecting San Francisco’s former police chief to head the U.S. Border Patrol would encourage more illegal border crossings because she has a record of not… Read More
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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz convened a subcommittee hearing Tuesday to dispute the validity of research from climate “alarmists,” whose findings have become central to crafting… Read More
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The federal government is looking to use the budget process to expand its ownership of land across the United States despite already owning three of… Read More
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The Obama administration has “downplayed” the terrorism threat faced by the U.S., leaving law enforcement unprepared and inadequately trained, an expert in counterterrorism said at… Read More
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As debate heats up over “safe spaces” at campuses across the United States, one college president is standing up to students who claim they’re victims when their opinions are challenged. Everett Piper,… Read More
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Senate Republicans, girding for another budget battle in early December, are vowing to use the process to undercut President Barack Obama’s chances of brokering an international… Read More
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Students swarmed college campuses across the nation Thursday to rally against the rising costs of higher education, demanding free college tuition, the zeroing out of… Read More
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Each year, American tech workers are laid off in masses across the United States, successively forced by their companies to train lower-wage and often less-skilled… Read More
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Senate Republicans are asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain a leaked agency memo reportedly revealing that federal officials are planning to evade a federal… Read More
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The disputed policing tactic that enables law enforcement to seize property from people who were never convicted, or often even charged, with a crime is… Read More
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Nearly a month after a tragic mass shooting shook Umpqua Community College, a rural Oregon county roughly two hours west of the school passed a… Read More
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced a bill Wednesday to lift federal prohibitions on marijuana and throw the decision on legalizing the drug squarely into the hands of the states…. Read More
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Sen. Ben Sasse spent much of his freshman year without taking the podium. In a studied decision to use his previous reticence as leverage, the Nebraska Republican devoted his first speech… Read More
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As voters across the United States move to elect their next state leaders Tuesday, Ohio residents are weighing whether the Buckeye State will become the… Read More
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Rob Brockhaus, a D.C. transplant from St. Louis, wants to bring conservatives under one roof, where Wi-Fi, printing, and ideas are collectively shared and like-minded… Read More
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Sen. Mike Lee’s Facebook post thanking Sen. Rand Paul for a floor speech fighting against the two-year budget deal is blazing across social media, reaching more… Read More
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President Barack Obama announced a string of proposals Monday to help former inmates reintegrate into their communities in the latest extension of the White House’s… Read More
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Former United States Sen. Fred Thompson passed away on Sunday, according to a report from The Tennessean. Thompson, 73, who served in the Senate from… Read More
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Young 11-year-old Jin-ho treks into the North Korean mountains every morning collecting firewood to earn just enough to keep him and his starving mother alive…. Read More
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The United States is scaling back its military while nations hostile to American interests continue to grow in strength and aggression, according to The Heritage… Read More
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House Republicans, enraged by the inaction that has hindered federal investigations into the IRS, introduced a resolution Tuesday to impeach Commissioner John Koskinen, charging him… Read More
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The National Restaurant Association is fighting New York’s anticipated $15-per-hour minimum wage hike in the restaurant industry’s latest wage battle. The association filed a petition… Read More
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The Obama administration responded to stacked complaints about excessive testing in schools, announcing new guidelines over the weekend that would scale back ballooned emphasis on… Read More
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Congress is gearing up for another battle over the Export-Import Bank nearly four months after the agency’s charter expired. The House of Representatives is preparing to… Read More
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President Barack Obama used his veto pen Thursday in a rare rejection of an annual defense bill during a publicized photo-op event in the Oval… Read More
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Speaker John Boehner cinched victory Wednesday as House Republicans smoothly extended his linchpin private school voucher program for low-income students through 2021. The D.C. Opportunity… Read More
