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6 Big Highlights as FBI Director Chris Wray Defends His Agency Amid Scandals
FBI Director Christopher Wray, testifying Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, sought to address a wide range of scandals that have engulfed his agency in recent years and months. Much of the hearing proved partisan, with Democrats praising Wray, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump after he fired James Comey as FBI director in… -
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Rep. Mark Green Explains Why Republicans Haven’t Yet Impeached Mayorkas
Multiple congressional Republicans have called for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, some introducing articles of impeachment against and calling for defunding his salary. But GOP lawmakers haven’t actually launched impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, and Rep. Mark Green says there is a reason. Impeachment must… -
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Fentanyl Production Has Shifted From China to Mexico, House Panel Is Told
The drug cartels in Mexico are operating on an “industrial scale,” according to an official at the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. “Mexican cartels have taken over fentanyl production,” Steven Cagen, an assistant director for countering transnational organized crime at Homeland Security Investigations, told a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. The Homeland Security… -
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Does This Look Like ‘Respect’? 10 Times Biden Lashed Out at Americans, the Press
President Joe Biden’s aides reportedly claim that when the commander in chief yells at one of his subordinates, that might be a sign of respect. According to an Axios report revealing “Biden’s private fury,” aides describe experiencing the president’s rage as an “internal initiation ceremony.” Axios reported that Biden is prone to yelling and verbal… -
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Billionaire Businessman, Grandson of Immigrants, Calls on Americans to ‘Stand Up’ for Their Nation
If America doesn’t solve its “economic crisis,” self-described billionaire John Catsimatidis warned a Capitol Hill audience, the American dream is in grave danger. Catsimatidis, a businessman descended from Greek immigrants who says he achieved that dream, spoke about the state of the nation while promoting his new book Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation. Catsimatidis is… -
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New Database Shows a Single Vote Has Altered Outcomes in Hundreds of Elections
Most people in the media don’t want you to believe that election crimes are committed. They say it is easier to find Bigfoot. But election crimes are not a myth, and The Heritage Foundation has been systematically documenting them for years. When those who deny the crimes occur are forced to confront the data, the… -
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Nation Declines as Government Spending, Inflation Grow; Incomes Fall
Using statistics from the Department of Labor, The Wall Street Journal reports that real hourly wages during the Biden presidency have declined. When Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the average hourly wage adjusted for inflation was $11.39. Now, 29 months later, it stands at $11.03, a 3.16% decline. Stephen Moore of the Committee… -
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Britain’s Bad Example for American Conservatives
Republicans can only imagine what it would feel like to win four national elections in a row—wielding executive and legislative power for more than a dozen years. Franklin Roosevelt, who died early in his fourth presidential term, had that kind of tenure. He used it to build the modern welfare state. What could conservatives accomplish… -
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Major League Baseball Has Turned Its Back on America’s Pastime
While recent rule changes, such as adding a pitch clock, banning the shift, and implementing a universal designated hitter, have all been the subject of much debate, Major League Baseball has also been staking out controversial positions on more consequential topics, too—racial justice, LGBTQ+ issues, and business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party. In each… -
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How FBI’s Wray Answers When House Republican Asks About Censoring Americans
Speaking for the first time publicly since a federal court blocked U.S. government agencies from colluding with social media companies to censor disfavored content, FBI Director Christopher Wray denied to a House panel that the bureau engages in censorship. “We are going to comply with the court’s order, the court’s preliminary injunction,” Wray said Wednesday… -
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Americans ‘Are Waking Up’ to Biden Admin’s ‘Assault on Their Retirement Accounts,’ GOP Lawmaker Says
Investors throughout the U.S. “are being held hostage by those who … don’t want to maximize retirement profits, but rather seek to push a far left social and political agenda,” according to Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich. “Forcing lower returns on Americans who are trying to build a securer financial future is wrong,” Huizenga said on… -
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FBI Refuses to Disclose Documents Regarding Agency’s Targeting of Catholics
The FBI responded on Friday to a lawsuit filed by an advocacy group and claimed that the group is “not entitled” to records regarding the agency’s targeting of Catholics in a memo from January, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Catholic Vote filed a lawsuit in April against the agency after it failed… -
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TRANS TAKEOVER? Biden EEOC Pick Will Force Gender Ideology on Employers, Critics Warn
The Senate will vote Wednesday on Kalpana Kotagal, whom President Joe Biden appointed to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a move critics claim will force transgender ideology on employers across America. "I'm incredibly concerned about Kalpana Kotagal's record of support for radical transgender ideology," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal… -
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Pro-Life States Are Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are
Media outlets on the Left constantly berate pro-lifers and accuse them of forgetting about children after they’re born. They push false narratives that the pro-life movement wants to deprive women of opportunities and prevent children from obtaining a safe and fair upbringing. In actuality, pro-lifers have a long history of assisting women and families with options, materials,… -
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Uncovering COVID-19’s Origins: How Team Biden Is Stonewalling
The Biden administration is stonewalling efforts to get to the bottom of the origins of the pandemic that has been blamed for the loss of over 1.1 million American lives. Pursuant to the unanimously enacted COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, the administration is required to provide Congress with detailed, declassified information on specific research activities… -
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Senate Democrats’ Supreme Court ‘Ethics’ Bill Is Really About Disapproval of Rulings
If you hadn’t heard by now, Democrats in Congress and their left-wing allies are really in a state of panic about the Supreme Court, and it’s easy to see why. The Left can’t risk leaving the country to the American people and their elected legislators, but need politically driven judges to impose their agenda. Well,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Challenges Biden Admin to Fly Pro-Life Flags After Pride Celebration
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska is calling on President Joe Biden and his federal agencies to show inclusivity toward pro-life Americans by flying pro-life flags during October, which is Respect Life Month. The Nebraska senator sent 20 letters to Biden administration agencies with this request, first obtained by The… -
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‘REAL WAGE DESTRUCTION’: Small Business Leader Reacts to Latest Inflation Report
An economist says "American families are having to eat the rotten fruit from the tree of government overspending" after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that the consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 0.2% in June. "It's great news for the consumer that inflation has slowed dramatically from 40-year highs,… -
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Has ‘Nothing to Do With Politics,’ Angel Studios CEO Says, Rebutting Film’s Critics
The anti-human trafficking film “Sound of Freedom” has raked in more than $41 million since opening on July Fourth. Variety has praised the movie, saying it “makes the desire to ‘take action’ seem more than an action-movie gesture.” And World magazine called the movie a “wake-up call, reminding Americans of the evil that’s perpetrated both… -
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Notre Dame Professor Sues Student Newspaper for Covering Her Abortion Promotion
A pro-abortion Notre Dame professor is suing the student newspaper that reported on her inflammatory abortion remarks, claiming that the reporting subjected her to harassment. The student newspaper says her claims are "entirely false." Notre Dame professor Tamara Kay takes issue with two stories from The Irish Rover, a conservative-leaning newspaper run by students at…