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opinion
Andrew McCabe Lied. So Will the FBI Apply the Same Rules Against Him That It Applies to All of Us?
It’s official: Andrew McCabe lied. The new report from the Justice Department inspector general concludes that McCabe, the former FBI deputy director, lied to then-FBI Director James Comey, to other FBI agents, and to officials of the Office of the Inspector General. Some of those lies came when McCabe was under oath. What did he… -
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Activists Defend Faith-Based Adoption Agencies From Assault by Left
As the opioid epidemic grows in the United States, driving thousands of children into the foster care system, faith-based adoption agencies can help them find loving homes, says Emilie Kao, director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. But there have been a number of lawsuits filed aimed at shuttering… -
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Backpage Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking 5 Days After Women’s March Endorsement
Backpage.com pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges in Texas less than one week after Women’s March defended the company. Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer also pled guilty to money laundering charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday. The announcement came one day after President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation targeting online sex trafficking and granting states broader ability to… -
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Problematic Women: Women’s March Reaches a New Low in Defense of Child Sex Trafficking Website
On this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” we discuss a conservative woman finally getting recognized for her accomplishments, rapper Cardi B’s take on “abortion regret,” Khloe Kardashian’s baby drama, and Seth Meyers’ wife giving birth on a floor. We also examine the Women’s March criticizing the Trump administration for cracking down on sex trafficking and… -
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The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses
While congresscritters expressed outrage at Facebook’s intrusive data grabs during Capitol Hill hearings with Mark Zuckerberg this week, not a peep was heard about the Silicon Valley-Beltway theft ring purloining the personal information and browsing habits of millions of American schoolchildren. It doesn’t take undercover investigative journalists to unmask the massive privacy invasion enabled by… -
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NRA Joins Fight Against ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban in Chicago Suburb
A gun rights organization has filed a lawsuit against the suburban Chicago village of Deerfield for a passed law banning what the measure calls “assault weapons,” such as AR-15 rifles. “[T]he newly amended ordinance clearly violates the constitutional rights of not only Deerfield residents, but any visitors to the community and those just passing through,”… -
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5 Questions Emerging From the FBI Raid on Trump Lawyer
The FBI raid on the office and home of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, raises constitutional concerns and issues about the future of key Justice Department officials, including the attorney general and the special counsel. Here are five big questions: 1. What was the FBI looking for? FBI agents were reportedly seeking records… -
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FBI Raids, Seizes Documents From Offices of Trump’s Personal Lawyer
The FBI on Monday raided the offices of Michael Cohen, one of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers. The New York Times reported that FBI agents seized records related to various topics, including payments made just before the 2016 presidential election to adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement. Cohen paid $130,000… -
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We Hear You: Progressives’ Sour-Grapes Assault on the Electoral College
Editor's note: As usual, we're playing catch-up on mail. This time we kick off with comments from The Daily Signal's audience on liberals' post-Trump storming of the Electoral College. Remember to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Regarding Jarrett Stepman’s commentary, “Progressive Activists Look to Courts to Undermine the Electoral College," perhaps a countersuit… -
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The Philippines’ Inhumane Anti-Drug Campaign Is Leading to Mass Murder
Officially, more than 4,200 people have been killed by police in the Philippines during anti-drug operations, which began in July 2016. Human rights groups count as many as 12,000 deaths—many of them at the hands of the Philippine National Police or unknown gunmen, who often have connections with the police. Authorities say they were acting… -
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23 Firearms Go Lost or Stolen From ATF Agents
More than 23 firearms issued for agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were either were lost or stolen between 2014 and 2017, a government watchdog reported Monday. A total of 26 weapons were reported lost, stolen, or missing, though three were lost or stolen during shipment, including one used in a crime, according… -
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5 Questions for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece, 50 Years After His Murder
Longtime pro-life activist Alveda King, a niece of Martin Luther King Jr., spoke recently with The Daily Signal about her uncle’s legacy in advancing civil rights for black Americans as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of his assassination April 4. Alveda King, 67, is the first of five children of King’s younger brother, A.D…. -
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5 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Probing FBI, Justice Department Actions
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided to hold off on naming a second special counsel, he reached well outside Washington for a federal prosecutor to investigate possible wrongdoing by the FBI and Justice Department. “The [Justice] Department is not above criticism and it can never be that the department conceals errors when they occur,”… -
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Self-Defense: 12 Cases Where Law-Abiding Americans With Guns Saved Lives, Prevented Crimes
In the gun control debate that reignited after the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school, much of the mainstream media appears to have joined in calls for stricter laws restricting gun ownership for Americans. What the media pundits aren’t talking about so much, however, is how often guns in the right hands have… -
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Calls Grow for Second Special Counsel to Probe Justice Department Conduct
Lying to Congress, misleading a special surveillance court, and failing to disclose conflicts of interest are among possible wrongdoing that a second special counsel could investigate in connection with allegations of a politicized, partisan Justice Department. As special counsel Robert Mueller continues his investigation of alleged collusion with Russia by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, congressional… -
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College Rejects Ben Shapiro Speech on Anniversary of Hate Crime Hoax
A private college in Minnesota refused to allow conservative author and commentator Ben Shapiro to speak on the anniversary of a hate crime hoax at the school. The Turning Point USA chapter at St. Olaf College attempted to invite Shapiro to speak April 23, but the campus administration shut down the proposal, citing the date… -
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FBI Political Correctness Allowed This Islamist Teenager to Carry Out Attack
A sickening act of youth violence in Florida glinted across the news headlines last week, and then disappeared from view. There will be no CNN town halls or student walkouts over the lost life and preventable tragedy, because there are no guns to blame. Only dropped balls. As the exploiters of crisis know full well,… -
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Trump: Sanctuary State Places ‘Innocent Americans at the Mercy of Hardened Criminals’
Mary Ann Mendoza was enraged that the illegal immigrant who killed her son—police Sgt. Brandon Mendoza—wasn’t deported for a crime committed in Colorado two decades earlier. “They are not sanctuary cities, they are outlaw cities,” @SenTomCotton said. Though she wrote a letter to President Barack Obama after her son’s death in 2014 expressing her concern,… -
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FBI Deputy Andrew McCabe Says He Was Fired to Undermine Special Counsel’s Russia Probe
Andrew McCabe, the former No. 2 FBI official fired at the weekend by the attorney general, called his dismissal an attempt to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a report by The New York Times. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe Friday night over allegations he authorized the disclosure of… -
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Senate Panel Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate DOJ Handling of Dossier
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are formally calling for a second special counsel to investigate the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the Steele dossier. The Republicans, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, last month called on the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General to explore the FBI and DOJ’s handling of the salacious…