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Creaky Merit Systems Protection Board Shows Why Civil Service Is Badly in Need of Reform
The Senate’s failure to consider President Donald Trump’s appointees is affecting more than just the federal judiciary. That abdication of responsibility has now left one agency—the Merit Systems Protection Board—with no political appointees at all. Few people outside of Washington, D.C., have even heard of the Merit Systems Protection Board, but that doesn’t mean it… -
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Why Covington Teen Could Win His Lawsuit Against CNN
Nicholas Sandmann and his parents have followed up their defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post with one filed Tuesday against CNN. Sandmann, you’ll recall, is one of the Covington Catholic High School students savaged by the left after attending this year’s March for Life in Washington. Can Sandmann prevail against the Cable News Network? Just as with The Washington Post, the… -
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Democrats Encourage Kids to Ditch School and Join the ‘Climate Strike’
Democratic politicians are encouraging thousands of children to skip school to demand politicians do something about global warming, including passing the Green New Deal. “[S]tudents are fighting like their world depends on it,” former Vice President Al Gore said in a tweet extolling Haven Coleman, a 12-year-old listed as the U.S. climate strike’s co-founder and co-director. “I… -
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New Zealand Mosque Shootings Take at Least 49 Lives
Police said they are evacuating and searching a “location of interest” in Dunedin, New Zealand, after shootings at two mosques Friday in Christchurch, which is hours away from Dunedin. “This is a location of interest in relation to the serious firearms incident in Christchurch today,” police said, according to CNN. “Evacuations of properties in the immediate… -
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Swipe at Trump Shows Need to Clean House at VOA’s Parent Agency
Evidence continues to mount that the U.S. Agency for Global Media is in profound need of new leadership. Scandal after scandal has arisen from poor management. Disdain for President Donald Trump and his administration at times has led producers and reporters to engage in total unprofessionalism. The newest outrage comes from the Voice of America’s… -
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The Long History of the Economic Costs of Higher Tariffs
What are the economic effects of tariffs? That question has been studied in detail dating back to Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776, and a general consensus was long ago agreed to among economists. Tariffs decrease the health, happiness, and fortunes of those engaging in trade by: Steering trade toward inefficient producers. Encouraging… -
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‘I Perfectly Understand Why This Kills People’: Former Transgender Jamie Shupe Details How Process Affected Him
The mainstream media celebrated him when he was nonbinary and transgender—but lost interest once he went back to being a man. Jamie Shupe’s exclusive interview with The Daily Signal lit up the internet this week—and inspired a lot of feedback and questions from our audience. The former transgender and nonbinary Army veteran joins the podcast… -
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‘A Very Good Start’: Sen. Graham Says He’s Committed to Getting Judges Confirmed
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he is committed to processing judges in the 116th Congress, as well as working to reform immigration and forcing a vote on late-term abortion. “So I’m committed to processing as many highly qualified conservative judges at the district, circuit level as possible,” Graham said… -
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‘Self-Sufficiency, Not a Sinkhole’: JOBS Act Updates Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients
Republicans in the House and Senate are making another legislative push to enforce work requirements for able-bodied adults on welfare. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday announced the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services Act. The JOBS Act comes as the Trump administration makes a… -
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Rep. Jordan Decries ‘Double Standard’ for ‘Politically Connected Class’ Like Clinton, Cohen
The former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says his mission now as ranking member on the House Oversight and Reform Committee remains the same, even though Republicans are no longer in the majority. “The focus never changes,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. “The focus is the truth and making sure the American people… -
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Hit the Pause Button on College Admissions Outrage
The media is baring its rancid teeth again. We have more people whose lives we can now rip apart. In the latest frenzy of outrage and recrimination, the collective disdain and finger-pointing and “how could they-ism” of the media establishment has fresh meat: the wealthy, sometimes famous, and sometimes powerful parents who were involved in… -
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House GOP Demands Nancy Pelosi Hold Hearings on Green New Deal
“As the committees to which it has been referred, we have a responsibility to fully understand how the Green New Deal will affect the cost of living and economic mobility of hardworking Americans,” 11 House GOP members wrote to Pelosi on Thursday. “Americans. We need to get to the facts, the American people deserve answers,”… -
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College Admissions Scandal Is Likely Tip of the Iceberg
The recently disclosed college admissions scandal has angered everyone because it involves the classic vices of greed, lying, subterfuge, dirty money, snitches, and cheating. It also underscores the notion that the rich play by a different set of rules, and that the college admissions process is not based on merit. By unsealing the indictment and… -
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California Police Blame State’s Sanctuary Policies for San Jose Slaying
Local and federal authorities are imploring California lawmakers to revise the state’s “sanctuary” policies after another illegal immigrant with a known criminal record was charged in a brutal killing in the Democrat-controlled state. Police say Bambi Larson, 59, was stabbed to death in her home Feb. 28 by Carlos Eduardo Arevalo Carranza, 24, an illegal… -
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Kirstjen Nielsen Says DHS Will Continue to Enforce the Law Despite Democrats’ Opposition
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said her agency will continue to enforce immigration laws, despite facing heavy opposition from congressional Democrats. “Well, two things. One, I would say we’re a law enforcement agency. So we enforce the law,” Nielsen said Thursday on “Fox & Friends.” “You know, I said it before, but I… -
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7 Consequences of the Equality Act
Editor’s note: This article was published in 2019. Since then, the House passed the Equality Act, but the Senate did not take action on the legislation. The House is expected to vote again on the Equality Act this week. Most Americans don’t want a nationwide bathroom requirement, health care mandate, or “preferred pronoun” law based… -
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‘You Have to End Them’: El Salvador President-Elect Outlines His 3 Steps to Destroy MS-13, Other Gangs
Last month in El Salvador, a third-party outsider won in a landslide election, defeating his opponents, promising to crack down on corruption, to fight crime, and to improve the economy. President-elect Nayib Bukele shares with us his thoughts on immigration, gangs, and how the U.S. and El Salvador can work together. Read the transcript, pasted… -
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Bernie Sanders Says ‘Many Thousands’ Will Die as Budget Chief Predicts Stronger Medicare
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would extend the life of Medicare by eight years, the administration’s budget chief told a Senate committee Wednesday. But Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had a sharp question during the Senate Budget Committee hearing. “How many thousands do you think will die because of massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid?” Sanders… -
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We’ve Asked for a Vote 18 Times to Ban Infanticide. Democrats Have Blocked Us.
This week, I asked a question, of Congress and our country, on the floor of the House of Representatives. I requested unanimous consent for the House to consider the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would ensure that any infant born alive after a failed abortion would receive the same care “as reasonably provided… -
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House Republicans Urge Sending Cohen Case to Justice Department for Alleged Perjury
Two leading House Republicans are ramping up pressure on House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings to refer the case of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to the Justice Department because of allegations that he perjured himself during congressional testimony. Republicans Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows claimed in their letter that Cohen…