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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Nominee Faces Pushback Over Stonewalling Senators
After his March 2 Senate committee confirmation hearing, Rohit Chopra appeared to have a “reasonably assured path forward” to becoming the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Suddenly, however, Chopra’s prospects look a bit different. As Government Executive reports, several current and former employees of the bureau allege that the Biden administration is… -
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Sen. Rick Scott Outlines 3 Ways to Help Cuba
Sen. Rick Scott joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about how the polices of President Joe Biden’s administration are harming the country’s economy, the crisis in Cuba, and more. “The first thing is: [President] Joe Biden’s got to stand up. There’s hashtags that we ought to use. Dónde está Joe? Where is Joe? Joe’s… -
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Federal Judge Stops Biden White House’s Authoritarian Move on Amnesty
Liberals are up in arms over the decision by a federal judge preventing the Biden administration from reinstating the amnesty program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals for new applicants, although the program may continue for those illegal aliens already in it. This is a very important court decision in slowing the trend toward… -
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She Defied ‘the Last Dictator in Europe.’ Now, She Is Asking the US to Support the People of Belarus to Secure Freedom.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who has quickly risen to fame in Belarus for defying her country’s repressive regime, is now visiting top U.S. officials in Washington, D.C. Her goal is to seek support for the Belarusian people and discuss how the U.S. can help resolve the dire political crisis that has gripped her nation. Tsikhanouskaya has quickly… -
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Hold China, Biden Administration to Account to Prevent Drugs From Crossing Southwest Border
The historic number of U.S. deaths from drug overdoses in 2020 is yet another shocking consequence that stems from the Chinese Communist Party’s negligence, deception, and known export of poison to the United States. China dominates the supply of fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and their precursors to the U.S. These are the drugs that resulted… -
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Real Infrastructure Opportunity for Congress: Speed Deployment of 5G Network
Faced with rising inflation and trillion-dollar federal budget deficits, more and more Americans understandably are wary of Congress’ passing any new, massive infrastructure spending bills. This is especially so when “infrastructure” is defined so loosely as to encompass all manner of spending on social welfare programs. But there’s one sure way to promote real infrastructure… -
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Biden Administration Needs to Take the Kid Gloves Off When Reacting to China’s Cyberattacks
The United States, along with the European Union, the United Kingdom, and NATO, on Monday formally attributed a series of malicious cyberattacks to China. This includes the March cyberattack that targeted Microsoft’s Exchange Server software, carried out by a Chinese-based hacking group known as Hafnium. This formal attribution is part of a broader condemnation of… -
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YouTube Suspension of Site for Persecuted Minorities in China Is Human Rights Issue
Serikzhan Bilash founded the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in 2017 to be a voice for the voiceless. He started the YouTube channel so that people could share their experiences of persecution and draw attention to family members caught in the vast web of internment camps in Xinjiang, China. Now, the very platform that once… -
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‘Stand Firm Against That Regime,’ Florida Lawmaker Says of Cuba Amid Revolt There
Rep. Byron Donalds has signed onto a resolution from a fellow Florida Republican, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, condemning the current situation in Cuba. Donalds says it’s critical that the United States stand in strong opposition to the violent suppression of mass public protests there. “They said to me, ‘Man, it’s so bad.’ Not only did they… -
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Psaki Mum on Which Facebook Posts White House Flags as ‘Misinformation’
During a press conference Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged addressing whether the White House would reveal which Facebook posts it flags as misinformation. Psaki said last week that the White House will flag posts deemed vaccine misinformation to Facebook. But the White House press secretary didn’t address Monday whether the White House will “publicly… -
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Life on a Border Ranch: Cut Water Lines, Downed Fences, Stolen Property, Dead Bodies
BISBEE, Arizona—John Ladd, whose family has ranched at the U.S.-Mexico border for more than 125 years, says illegal immigrants tell him that President Joe Biden invited them to come. “The biggest difference with the people coming now is, when Border Patrol catches them, they tell them, they say, ‘We’re going to stay here, no matter… -
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Fact-Checking 6 Claims at Senate Democrats’ Voting Law Hearing
Senate Democrats took their push to nullify state election laws on the road Monday, holding a “field hearing” in Atlanta to attack Georgia’s recent election reforms and promote their bill to eliminate voter ID and other requirements. Only Democrat members of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee showed up to question witnesses, also all Democrats. … -
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Democrats’ Budget Agreement Would Burn Economy
July is normally the time of year for vacations and barbecues. Yet instead of grilling steaks or hot dogs, Congress is preparing to send America’s economic recovery up in flames. This week, the Senate will begin a series of votes on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that includes highways, mass transit, airports, intercity rail, and… -
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Joe Biden’s Disgraceful Voting Rights Speech
Republican “anti-voting” laws, President Joe Biden claimed during his demagogic speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia last week, are the most “significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.” Those laws are “odious,” “pernicious,” “vicious,” “unconscionable,” a “subversion” and “suppression,” the “21st-century Jim Crow,” and the sure sign of an emerging “autocracy.”… -
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The Big Lie About Election Reforms in Texas and Other States
President Joe Biden claimed in a recent speech that state election reform efforts are “the 21st-century Jim Crow assault” and “the most dangerous threat to voting and integrity of free and fair elections in our history.” This has to one of the most foolish things he has ever said. It also displays a fundamental ignorance of the real… -
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11 Examples of Why Government Shouldn’t Go After Lawful Gun Industry
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently issued a “first in the nation” executive order on gun violence, declaring it a “disaster emergency” in his state and vesting himself with the authority to treat it as a “public health crisis” just like the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo, a Democrat, also signed into law a bill to hold… -
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‘A Good Sign’: Fewer People File for Unemployment in States Cutting Federal Bonus, Data Shows
States that withdrew from the federal pandemic unemployment bonus in June saw improving jobs numbers and fewer individuals filing for benefits compared to other states, according The Daily Caller News Foundation’s analysis of federal data. The states, most of which are Republican-led, that stopped offering residents the federal benefit in early June experienced a 33%… -
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Catherine Lhamon’s Record, Answers Disqualify Her to Serve as Civil Rights Chief
A presidential appointee must take an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States” in order to be sworn into office. Catherine Lhamon, President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, could not take that oath in good faith. Last week, when asked at her… -
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Why Families Are Key to Saving America
There are special-interest groups dotting the landscape in Washington, D.C., for just about any cause you could imagine. They’ve been quite successful, too. But as Terry Schilling, a husband and father of five kids, surveyed that landscape, he saw a void. That’s why his organization, the American Principles Project, has embarked on a new initiative… -
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We Hear You: Supreme Court Abandons Christian Florist
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience appears flabbergasted that the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a florist in Washington state who declined to do floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding. Here's a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: In his story "Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of…