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Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Gambit Collides With Rule of Law
President Joe Biden’s $400 billion 2022 election bribe—also known as student loan forgiveness—has been now stopped in its tracks on two fronts. First, in Texas, federal District Court Judge Mark Pittman, one of nearly 300 federal judges appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled the initiative unconstitutional. The judge rejected Biden’s claim that the 2003… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Father Banned From Kids’ School After Speaking Up at School Board Meeting
Luis Sousa was ordered not to enter his children’s school after he spoke up at a school board meeting. Now, the father is taking the local Massachusetts school district to court. The ban by the school system impedes Sousa’s “right to observe his government … [and] participate in government,” his attorney, Marc John Randazza, told The Daily… -
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‘Innovation Race’ Documentary Shines Light on America’s Rivalry With China
China is vying to become the world’s No. 1 superpower, a distinction long held by the U.S. The communist country “is threatening American innovation and national security by exploiting weaknesses in U.S. patent protection, and Big Tech is letting them get away with it,” according to a synopsis for a new documentary film, “Innovation Race,”… -
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Donald Trump Announces He Will Run for President Again
Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will again attempt to become president of the United States. “Together we will be taking on the most corrupt forces and entrenched interests imaginable,” Trump said Tuesday evening. “Our country is in a horrible state. We’re in grave trouble.” The 76-year-old former president made the announcement from his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach,… -
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5 Key Moments From Mayorkas’ and Wray’s Hill Testimony
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before a House panel on Tuesday, just days after Chris Magnus was forced to resign, according to reports, from his post as Customs and Border Protection commissioner. The House Homeland Security Committee hearing also featured FBI Director Christopher Wray and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid. They fielded questions… -
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Democrat on House Financial Services Committee Hired FTX Crypto Kingpin’s Brother
A Democrat who sits on the House Financial Services Committee hired the brother of the head of the bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, potentially raising ethical questions. Gabe Bankman-Fried, the younger brother of FTX CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried, went to work in January 2019 for Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill. Casten, then a freshman congressman, was named that… -
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Ron Johnson, Mike Braun Back Rick Scott to Unseat Mitch McConnell
Republican Sens. Ron Johnson and Mike Braun will be nominating Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “I’ll be nominating him,” Johnson, R-Wis., told The Daily Signal in a Tuesday evening phone call. “What I’ve been asking for is a different governing model for our conference, one that is far… -
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Declares ‘Invasion’ at Southern Border
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, on Tuesday declared an invasion at the southern border, invoking state powers to provide enhanced security and to return illegal migrants to Mexico. Abbott invoked the invasion clause of the Texas Constitution, allowing him to deploy National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety personnel to turn illegal migrants… -
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Red State Coalition Halts Biden’s Cancellation of Student Loan Debt
Efforts to challenge presidential priorities in court are akin to military campaigns with opening salvos, intermittent skirmishes, daring attacks, and bold defenses. In many respects, the legal battles over President Joe Biden’s executive action canceling federal student loan debts fit this pattern. The latest news from the front is a victory, albeit a preliminary one,… -
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Nevada’s Vote-by-Mail System Is a Total Disaster
2020 was the first time Nevada’s elections were conducted by mass vote by mail. 2020 should have been the last time Nevada relied on the United States post office to run an election. The warning signs were there. Photos from 2020 showed mail ballots blowing in the winds on Nevada roads. Some went to vacant lots and… -
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Growing List of Illinois Counties Vote to Leave Illinois, Form New State
A growing list of Illinois counties disenfranchised with the goings-on in Cook County have voted in nonbinding resolutions to leave Illinois and form a new state. Residents in three more counties—Brown, Hardin, and a portion of Madison County—voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution allowing their county board to explore the possibility of leaving the… -
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Pence Giving ‘Prayerful Consideration’ to 2024 White House Bid
Former Vice President Mike Pence revealed Monday evening that he’s prayerfully considering whether or not to run for president in the 2024 election. “We’re giving it consideration in our house. Prayerful consideration,” Pence said in an extended interview on ABC’s “World News Tonight” with host David Muir. The former vice president’s remarks aired just a… -
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Ron DeSantis Responds to Trump Criticisms: ‘When You’re Getting Things Done, You Take Incoming Fire’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Tuesday to criticisms from former President Donald Trump, telling a reporter, “When you’re getting things done, you take incoming fire.” Trump has raised eyebrows by criticizing DeSantis, also rumored to be considering a 2024 run for president, calling the Republican governor “Ron DeSanctimonious,” and describing him as “an average REPUBLICAN… -
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Democrats’ ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Would Hurt Children
Control of the U.S. Senate has been decided and now we hear that Senate Democrats have scheduled a vote Wednesday on the misnamed Respect for Marriage Act, in hopes of legislatively cementing the mother- and father-loss that the Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling endorsed seven years ago. With Obergefell, the Supreme Court made gay marriage the… -
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‘Country Wants Different Direction From House,’ Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs Says of Bid for Speaker
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., will mount a challenge to Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become leader of House Republicans and most likely speaker of the House, Biggs announced on Monday. “I think the country wants a different direction from the House of Representatives,” Biggs said in a Newsmax appearance Monday night. “It’s a new world, and, yes, I’m… -
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What You Need to Know About GOP Leadership Elections
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are set to hold leadership elections Tuesday, despite conservative leaders calling for a delay in the elections given how many House races remain undecided. Here are four positions members will vote on as they prepare for the next Congress. 1. Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy,… -
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Parental Rebellion Pays Off: Conservatives Win School Board Seats
The midterm elections didn’t quite sweep Democrats out of power. However, some positive developments occurred, especially in noteworthy state and local elections. The parental rebellion against wokeness, radical gender ideology, and misguided COVID-19 policies continued, producing some solid results in school board elections across America. Again, it wasn’t a red tidal wave, but commonsense candidates… -
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Biden Hands China’s Xi Propaganda Victory at G-20
President Joe Biden just gave his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a propaganda victory. The two met Monday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, their first in-person meeting of Biden’s presidency. While it’s positive that the two leaders are communicating, the optics of the meeting might have done more harm… -
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Conservatives Split on Future of Mail-In Voting, Ballot Harvesting
In light of recent election results, Republicans and conservatives are debating whether to beat or join the mail-in ballot rush that Democrats have excelled at in most states. Notably, after prolonged counting of mail-in ballots, Nevada put Democrats over the top to maintain control of the Senate as late results rolled in Saturday. They’re still… -
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Collegiate Alumni Donations: What Are We Giving To?
I read a news report about a group of woke Yale students who burst into a panel discussion on civil liberties hosted by the Federalist Society on campus back in March and tried to shout down and intimidate the speakers—who had to be escorted out by the police. This kind of activity on campus has…