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5 Things to Know About Agriculture Amnesty Bill
The House of Representatives is expected this week to take up one of the most egregious immigration amnesty bills in recent memory, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. In 2019, the House passed the bill, but fortunately, it went nowhere in the Senate. Now, the new Congress is taking it up. The legislation would, among other… -
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McConnell: If Democrats End Filibuster, GOP Will Use Stalling Tactics to Make Americans’ Voices Heard
Editor’s note: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the filibuster Tuesday in a floor speech transcribed below. McConnell’s remarks came a day after Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin spoke out against the filibuster, tweeting: “The filibuster has a death grip on American democracy. It’s time we end its power to hold the Senate hostage.” Mr…. -
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Democrat Senator Calls for Biden’s New AG to Examine ‘Fake’ Kavanaugh Investigation
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., called on the nation's new attorney general, Merrick Garland, to examine the FBI’s “fake” investigation into allegations that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a fellow high school student. The Rhode Island Democrat suggested that the FBI's investigation into Kavanaugh’s conduct had been incomplete, and asked Garland to examine how… -
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Mayorkas: Southern Border Crossings on Pace to Hit 20-Year High
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that the number of migrants apprehended at the United States’ southern border is on track to hit a two-decade high. “We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years,” Mayorkas said in a statement. “We are expelling most… -
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Yes, Leftists Want to Take Your Guns
If we lose the Second Amendment, then the rest will fall. During my recent—and very contentious—congressional campaign, my opponent argued that he didn’t need to take your guns because he had enough of his own. Voters in western North Carolina didn’t buy it. There was no need to remind them that leftists have a long… -
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With New Director at Helm, Time Is Ripe for World Trade Organization Reform
In a phone conversation last week, Vice President Kamala Harris and the new director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, concurred on the need to reform the Geneva-based global trade organization. Indeed, upgrading the WTO is a priority issue for the U.S. and its trading partners, particularly the European Union, with which America has… -
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Justices’ Title VII ‘on Basis of Sex’ Ruling Spawning Unintended Consequences in Lower Courts
A Supreme Court case decided last year is a cautionary tale of the legal equivalent of the law of unintended consequences. The high court issued a decision last June in Bostock v. Clayton County, a landmark 6-3 opinion holding that discrimination “on the basis of sex” for the purposes of Title VII (which forbids discrimination… -
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The End of COVID-19 Pandemic Is in Sight, Data Show
When it comes to COVID-19 policy, President Joe Biden has clearly opted for a go-slow approach. If we “follow the science,” though, it’s apparent that he’s being too cautious. In his first prime-time address in office, he addressed the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in America. He expressed hope that, by Independence Day, family and… -
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Trump, Not Biden, Deserves Credit for Progress Against COVID-19
When a politician promises to “tell the truth,” as President Joe Biden did in his nationally televised address last Thursday, you can add that statement to familiar ones lacking the ring of sincerity. They include: “The gun isn’t loaded”; “the microphone is off”; “if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,” and “I… -
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Biden Wants a Culture Warrior at HHS. That’s a Big Mistake.
The Senate will soon vote on President Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of health and human services, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Many organizations and members of Congress are calling for his nomination to be rejected—and with good reason. Becerra is unfit and unqualified to serve in this vitally important Cabinet position. Those unfamiliar with Becerra’s record… -
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Extremist, Anti-Constitutional Propaganda Has No Place in Navy
When I joined the U.S. Navy reserves in 2012, I swore an oath to “bear true faith and allegiance” to the U.S. Constitution. Since then, I’ve met sailors from all across America, and nearly all of them come from backgrounds very different from mine. The Navy is a truly diverse organization, so it’s natural that… -
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Pompeo Cites Top Foreign Policy Achievements of Trump Presidency
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played a role in some of the biggest foreign policy accomplishments of the Trump administration. He joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the impact of the Abraham Accords—pacts involving the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan—and the moving of the U.S…. -
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8 Ways That HR 1, ‘For the People Act,’ Imperils Free and Fair Elections
HR 1, the deceptively titled “For the People Act,” has arrived in the U.S. Senate after a party-line vote in the House of Representatives. It is without doubt the most dangerous and irresponsible election bill I have ever seen. If it becomes law, it will interfere with the ability of states and their residents to determine the qualifications and eligibility of… -
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Biden Border Crisis: Incompetence or Part of President’s Plan?
There is an unprecedented flood of illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border. Those in the media not obsessed with canine evictions at the White House or the Meghan-Harry interview are starting to ask if this is President Joe Biden’s border crisis. But that’s the wrong question. Clearly, the president “owns” this crisis. His executive orders and his administration’s public… -
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Ted Cruz Calls Out Pentagon for ‘Inappropriate’ Attacks on Fox Host
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wants to know how the military became politicized in recent days, after top brass targeted Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson for his commentary. In a letter Sunday to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Cruz asked him to arrange a meeting with Marine Commandant Gen. David H. Berger. “The last week has… -
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Reviving the ERA: Congress Can’t Amend Resolution That Doesn’t Exist
With all that’s going on these days, and with the narrowest majority in half a century, you’d think House Democrats would be a little more focused on accomplishing something real and tackling some of the actual challenges we face. Instead, they are holding another vote related to the Equal Rights Amendment, which, even if it… -
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China Hikes Defense Budget Again as US Weighs Flatlining Pentagon Spending
Trying to preserve a veneer of democratic legitimacy, the Chinese government goes through the political theater of a meeting of its rubber-stamp Congress every March. As part of the process, Beijing releases the figure that will be spent on its military for the year. The Chinese fiscal year runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31,… -
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Waiving PAYGO on $1.9T ‘Stimulus’ Is Reckless. There Are Better Ways to Go.
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” was passed under the guise of responding to COVID-19. In reality, less than 10% of the bill was for public health. The massive “stimulus” package was stuffed with partisan special-interest payoffs for liberal priorities and other wasteful spending. Significantly, the law will spend nearly $1.9 trillion without… -
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Lawlessness Impedes Economic Freedom in Nigeria
In the latest in a series of kidnappings (and even killings) of schoolchildren reported earlier by media outlets, including The Daily Signal, a criminal gang of more than 100 armed bandits invaded a boarding school in Zamfara, northwest Nigeria, on Feb. 26 and abducted as many as 300 innocent schoolgirls. No sooner had the government… -
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Mississippi Bans Transgender Students From Women’s Sports
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill into law barring transgender athletes in public schools and colleges from competing in women’s sports. The bill, SB 2536, is the first of such legislation to be signed into law this year, though similar initiatives have appeared in other states across the country. South Dakota’s Senate sent a similar…