Terence P. Jeffrey is investigative editor for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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A few minutes before the ball came down on Times Square in New York on New Year’s Eve, Paul Anka sang a song that has… Read More
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If you want to drive through the seven wealthiest counties in the United States, as measured by median household income, you will have to visit… Read More
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When President Barack Obama named retiring Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., to serve as his administration’s secretary of transportation, LaHood brought with him a vision for… Read More
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When I graduated from Princeton in 1981, there were two things that I wanted to do: make my living as a writer and live in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After President Joe Biden met last week with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a statement and a photo on… Read More
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When then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testified in the House Judiciary Committee on May 9, 2012, then-Rep. Elton Gallegly asked him about the threat of terrorists… Read More
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The federal government’s debt increased by $2,238,422,431,416.43 in fiscal year 2023, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury Department. On Sept. 30, 2022, the… Read More
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When President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on the last day of February in honor of Women’s History Month, which was then about to commence… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Except for a modest number who go by ferry, almost everybody who travels between Marin County, California, and San Francisco does so by crossing the… Read More
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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.—both of whom are career politicians—made a deal this week. They agreed to let the federal debt… Read More
EconomyCommentary
During President Barack Obama’s first term, there was a massive spike in the annual deficits run up by the federal government. In fiscal 2008, which… Read More
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“She is the first woman in history to win the 100 and 200 meters in back-to-back Olympics.” That is how USA Today summarized the performance… Read More
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In 2020, the year that the COVID-19 pandemic—which originated in China—hit the United States, Americans imported $61,689,114,229 in the category of “cellphones and other household… Read More
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Three years ago, Jason Rivera wrote a letter to the New York City Police Academy, explaining why he wanted to be a police officer. “When… Read More
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“Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.” So says the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection…. Read More
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When then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, he told the crowd at that party’s convention, “Abortion should be safe, legal,… Read More
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken—who was planning to leave last Friday on a trip to the People’s Republic of China—gave an address Jan. 30 at… Read More
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President Joe Biden, working with a Democrat-controlled Congress, increased the federal debt in 2022 by approximately $11,374 per every American worker. On Dec. 31, 2021,… Read More
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The children had gathered that day for the first time in their first-grade classroom. At the top of the agenda: Learn how to do simple… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Two weeks after he was inaugurated, President Joe Biden traveled over to the State Department to deliver a speech about his foreign policy. One point… Read More
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Thirty-five years ago, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, who was then serving as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, gave a speech explaining why he… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Washington Post published a story on Monday that carried the following headline: “Spread of Catholic hospitals limits reproductive care across the U.S.” What did… Read More
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If you want to live in one of the wealthiest communities in the United States of America, do not move to Manhattan or Palm Beach,… Read More
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Conservative political pundits love to air videos of Old Joe’s erratic, often unintelligible remarks. There are sure to be “replays” of many of these in… Read More
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When Donald Trump was president, the Border Patrol in fiscal year 2019 did not encounter a single individual on the terrorist watchlist trying to illegally… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Joe Biden acted as if he was being compassionate to people suffering economic hardships when he announced last week his plan for forgiving billions… Read More
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When President George H.W. Bush nominated U.S. Appeals Court Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in 1991, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Ten percent of the households in this country at the end of 2019—just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit—had a net wealth of more than $1.3… Read More
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When Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts led the fight in 1996 to stop a federal law that would define marriage as the union of… Read More
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A congressional hearing on Tuesday was suddenly and dramatically interrupted—by the chairwoman conducting it. Her aim: Abort a Republican congressman’s attempt to present the very… Read More
