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Biden: Vaccine Mandates ‘Not About Freedom or Personal Choice’
President Joe Biden announced a string of mandates requiring federal employees and a sizable number of private sector workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “This is not about freedom or personal choice,” Biden said in formal remarks Thursday evening. “It’s about protecting yourself and those around you, the people you work with, the people you… -
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President Withdraws Nomination of Former Agent to Head ATF
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the withdrawal of his nomination of gun control activist David Chipman to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Biden’s move comes after Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, joined unified Republican opposition in the Senate to Chipman’s heading ATF. King caucuses with Senate Democrats. Some centrist Democrats also… -
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Watchdog: ‘Unknown’ Ballots in Georgia, Pennsylvania Surpass Biden’s Margin of Victory There
Georgia and Pennsylvania, two of the most closely contested states in last year’s presidential election, both logged a high number of unaccounted-for mail-in ballots, according to new reports from an election watchdog group. The Public Interest Legal Foundation determined this week that Pennsylvania had 15,175 undeliverable mail-in ballots and 425,606 “unknown” or unaccounted-for ballots. Another… -
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Justice Department Sues Texas Over ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law
President Joe Biden’s administration is suing Texas over the state’s new Heartbeat Act, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. “The Department of Justice has a duty to defend the Constitution of the United States and to uphold the rule of law,” Garland said. “Today we fulfill that duty by filing the lawsuit I have just… -
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On 20th Anniversary of 9/11, We Regrettably Are Less Safe
On this major anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we Americans have to ask ourselves: “Are we safer now than we were 20 years ago?” It’s difficult to admit, but we aren’t. The Biden administration’s reckless pullout of Afghanistan put terrorists back on offense and emboldens our other adversaries. The southern border, opened by this… -
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Biden’s Unity Purge of Military Advisory Boards
“For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.” President Joe Biden spoke these words when he was inaugurated on Jan. 20. But Wednesday, in the… -
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Longhorns’ School Song ‘Racially Offensive,’ Students Claim in Lawsuit
Students at the University of Texas at Austin filed a lawsuit alleging a “hostile environment” for black students because of the school’s alma mater song, which they claim is racist, The Texas Tribune reported. A group of anonymous students, along with the Texas and University of Texas at Austin chapters of the National Association for… -
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1971 Pittsburgh Pirates All-Minority Lineup Was Historic—and Likely Purposeful
Fifty years ago, on the first night of September 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates entered a game with the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, clinging to a four-and-a-half-game lead in the National League East. The Pirates had led the division since early June—by as much as 11 and a half games—but with only 25 games left in the… -
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State Department ‘Concerned’ About Terrorist in Taliban Cabinet
The U.S. State Department is expressing concern over the Taliban's placing a designated terrorist as interim prime minister in Afghanistan’s new government Cabinet. A spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation that the State Department was “concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of the individuals” in the Taliban's all-male government. “We understand that… -
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Teachers Union Bullied White House, CDC Into Changing Guidelines for Masks at Schools
The nation's largest teachers union threatened to publicly criticize President Joe Biden’s administration if it didn't implement stricter mask guidance for schools, according to internal emails obtained by watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to Fox News. Following a statement published by the National Education Association, new guidance from the Centers for Disease… -
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CDC Explores Study of How Women Affected by COVID-19 Vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doing “exploratory work” to decide whether to study if COVID-19 vaccines cause “menstrual irregularities,” the CDC told The Daily Caller News Foundation. In late July, CDC spokeswoman Martha Sharan had said several studies on the vaccines’ effects on fertility were “in the works,” but hedged that “some are still… -
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Biden White House Tells Trump Appointees to Resign or Be Fired as Military Academy Advisers
The Biden administration told 11 former Trump officials to resign from their appointed positions on military service academy advisory boards or face dismissal, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Wednesday. The officials include former Senior Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, and former national security adviser H.R. McMaster, CNN reported…. -
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18 States Passed Election Reforms This Year. Here’s What They Did.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week capped off a year of major election reforms across America by signing hotly debated legislation after a prolonged drama that saw Democratic legislators flee the state in a bid to prevent its passage. Texas, with its Republican governor, is among at least 18 states to enact election reform measures… -
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Biden’s Risky ‘Over the Horizon’ Counterterrorism Plan for Afghanistan
With the 20th anniversary of 9/11 upon us—and having been a Pentagon official that day—excuse me for being a little on edge about Team Biden’s plans for beating down any terrorist threat that might be brewing in the new, hard-line Afghanistan. With the fall of the Afghan government, in some ways, it feels like we’ve… -
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By Empowering Taliban, Biden Enables Next 9/11
President Joe Biden is doing the unthinkable. On the 20th anniversary of the dark day that terrorists struck New York City and Washington, D.C., he—more than any other world leader—is preparing the way for the next 9/11. Sept. 11, 2021, ought above all to be a day of remembrance, a reflection on loss, a homage to bravery,… -
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Remembering 9/11: A Pentagon Nurse’s Story
Suzanne Bucci arrived at the Pentagon early on Sept. 11, 2001, for a job interview. She hoped to work as a nurse there while her husband, Steven Bucci, was serving as military assistant to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. Bucci had not completed the interview process before hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the… -
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Recalling Governors: A History of Voters Who Had Enough
Voters in 20 states have the option of tossing their governor out of office before the end of his or her term. Still, since 1921, gubernatorial recalls have made it to the ballot in only three states—North Dakota, California, and Wisconsin. However, recalling local officials and state legislators has been more common. The concept of… -
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Media Coaches Democrats, Trashes Republicans
After the Labor Day weekend, Joe Scarborough sat on the set of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and told the Democrats that to succeed in the midterms, it was essential that they somehow repeal “40 years of Reaganism” by passing a massive expansion of government disguised as an “infrastructure” package. “I remember hearing [President Joe] Biden’s speech… -
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Don’t Fall for Biden’s Rhetoric on Texas. He Is Not the Advocate of Women He Claims to Be.
President Joe Biden recently called the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow Texas’ six-week abortion ban to remain in effect “an unprecedented assault on women’s constitutional rights.” Biden went on to say that he is prepared to react to “assaults on women’s rights” during his presidency. Unfortunately, the president’s track record makes it abundantly clear… -
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Russian War Games an Opportunity for Biden on World Stage
The United States and its NATO allies have ceded the geopolitical advantage to Russia for many years now. Two examples of this would be Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008 and Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. But the time is now ripe to seize the advantage back, and the joint Russia-Belarus Zapad-2021 military…