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Is Biden White House Ignoring Iranian Nukes?
Despite Iran’s bad behavior at home and abroad (including its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine), the Biden administration seems blissfully unconcerned about the threat posed by the Islamist regime to our national security interests. Indeed, President Joe Biden himself called the cornerstone of U.S.-Iran policy—the Obama administration’s flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—“dead” in a video… -
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Biden Seeks to Strip Health Care Professionals of Conscience Protections
In 2019, the Trump administration issued a regulation empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to robustly enforce federal conscience-protection laws. But now, the Biden administration is proposing to gut those rules, which would ultimately leave people more vulnerable to being forced to participate in controversial procedures that violate their conscience. Here’s what you… -
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Garland Suggests Justice Department Can’t Arrest Pro-Abortion Vandals Because They Firebomb Pregnancy Centers at Night
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday offered a reason why the Department of Justice prosecutes pro-life protesters at abortion centers more than pro-abortion vandals who targeted pro-life pregnancy resource centers after the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last May. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, asked Garland about the case of… -
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Garland Claims He Doesn’t Know If His Justice Department Charged Protesters Who Targeted Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, that he does not know whether the Department of Justice has brought any charges against protesters under the law banning “picketing or parading” outside a courthouse or judge’s home with the intent to interfere with a case. Lee asked Garland about the protests during a Senate… -
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10 New Cases of Vote Fraud Again Demonstrate Imperative of Election Security
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Kathy Funk was charged with, not convicted of, felony ballot tampering charge. This article has also been corrected to remove references to Funk filing a false police report and breaking into Township Hall, and to reflect that Funk previously worked for Genesee County. In the latest… -
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7 Facts I Discovered During My Visit to East Palestine
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—The Biden administration’s slow response to a Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment and subsequent ecological disaster will have long-range consequences for the residents of East Palestine and potential political consequences for the Democratic Party. I learned this during a visit to the town last week, where I also documented former President… -
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China Has Cornered the Market on a Vital Resource as US Loses Ground: Expert Sounds the Alarm
An energy expert is sounding the alarm over the Chinese Communist Party’s dominance of African minerals. “It’s such an important topic because President [Joe] Biden and the governor of California, Gov. [Gavin] Newsom, have the goal of having all new vehicle sales in the United States battery-powered electric by 2035. So if we’re going to… -
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‘This Is War,’ Mother of 2 Sons Killed by Fentanyl Testifies, Telling Congress to ‘Do Something’
Rebecca Kiessling struggled to speak as she told members of Congress about the deaths of her two adult sons, who were both killed by fentanyl in 2020. “You talk about welcoming those crossing our border seeking protection—[but] you’re welcoming drug dealers across our border, you’re giving them protection. You’re not protecting our children,” Kiessling… -
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Department of Energy’s Lab Leak Bombshell Exposes the Utter Bankruptcy of ‘Experts’ and the Media
In 2020, if you thought it was possible COVID-19 came from a lab in China you were labeled a conspiracy theorist, a peddler of misinformation, “bonkers,” and a racist. Facebook and other social media removed the lab leak claim from their apps or slapped “misinformation” labels on it. Facebook did so in lockstep with the… -
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Rogue Prosecutor Steve Descano Drops Case Against Criminal Who Crashed Car Into Family’s Minivan
It was only a matter of time until reality caught up with rogue prosecutor Steve Descano, the commonwealth’s attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia, whose election was backed by liberal financier George Soros. We warned readers two years ago that Descano’s pro-criminal, anti-victim policies were going to destabilize the safety and security of Fairfax County,… -
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How One Conservative Governor Can Raise His Grade on School Choice
You’d think that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp would be getting more national attention, given his solid record of conservative accomplishments. But if he wants to be touted as an exemplar of conservative governance, he needs to fill one gaping hole in his otherwise sterling résumé: school choice. Since he was elected governor in 2018, Kemp… -
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Appeals Court Steals Show on ERA Amid Senate Panel’s Bid to Resurrect Dead Amendment
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday held a hearing, “The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution.” But even before the hearing could conclude, a federal appeals court ruling threw a monkey wrench into ERA backers’ bid to revive the long-dead 1972 amendment. Advocates of the ERA want… -
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Wyoming LGBT Group Pays Protesters to Rally Against Bill to Bar Biological Males From Girls Sports
A Wyoming LGBT advocacy group offered to pay supporters to travel to Cheyenne to attend a rally Monday at the state Capitol on behalf of biological males being allowed to participate in girls and women’s sports. In a Facebook post, Wyoming Equality offered financial support, including for food, housing, and gas, for those interested in attending the group’s “Let… -
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‘Too Important to Screw Up’: Trump USAID Chief Explains Need for Oversight of US Billions for Ukraine
Aid to Ukraine is an important priority for the United States, and that’s why there must be congressional oversight of it, the former chief of international humanitarian assistance during the Trump administration says. “The response to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, by USAID and the rest of the U.S. government, is too important to… -
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CDC Refuses to Answer House GOP Questions About Codes to Track Reasons Why Americans Turn Down the COVID-19 Jabs
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told The Daily Signal that it "will not be tracking" the reasons Americans give for refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, after House Republicans demanded answers about a new classification system that tracks the reasons for vaccine refusal. Meanwhile, congressional Republicans told The Daily… -
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Senate Panel Turns to Defunct Constitutional Amendment Phyllis Schlafly Helped Defeat 40 Years Ago
The Equal Rights Amendment has been a topic of debate in the halls of Congress on and off for 50 years. On Tuesday, the controversial amendment will again be up for debate during a Senate committee hearing. Despite the deadline for ratification having expired—depending on who you ask—in either 1979 or 1982, the Senate… -
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Federal Agencies Must Ban Chinese-Owned TikTok, White House Memo Says
Government agencies have less than a month to ban the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok from federal devices, according to an Office of Management and Budget memorandum issued Monday. OMB Director Shalanda Young issued the memorandum for executive departments and agency heads about implementation guidance for banning TikTok on government-issued devices, Reuters first reported. "The Consolidated… -
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Cartels’ Influence Over Border Is ‘Really Frightening,’ Texas Land Commissioner Says
Drug running and human smuggling by Mexican cartels have become tragically commonplace for many Texas communities. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham says Texans are deeply frustrated with the situation at their southern border, a situation she describes as “frightening.” There is a “tremendous loss of life with the increase in crime” at the southern border, Buckingham… -
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A Biden Loss in Student Loan Forgiveness Case Would Be Third Defeat in Supreme Court on Executive Overreach
Litigants preparing for oral arguments in the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan anticipate victory, based on past high court decisions batting down the administration’s executive overreach. “This really is reminiscent of what we saw with the [ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] eviction program, the [Occupational Safety… -
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The 1 Million Illegal Immigrant Encounters in Past 5 Months Is Equivalent to Population of Biden’s Delaware
More than 1 million migrants have been encountered at the southern border just since fiscal year 2023 began on Oct. 1. Fox News reported Saturday that Customs and Border Protection sources confirmed that migrants attempting to cross the border into the U.S. reached 1,008,217 as of Friday. “Of those, 87.8% were single adults,” Fox reported. “Just 328,454…