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Biden Admin’s Relentless DEI Push Continues Apace
Presidents used to appoint diplomats to defend the interests of the United States and the public against foreign adversaries. That looks now like a gauzy past. Today, you have President Joe Biden’s appointees, who want to demolish the society they purport to represent. Sadly, this is no exaggeration. On April 2, Secretary of State Antony…Mike Gonzalez -
‘The Constitution Is Clear’: AGs Sue Biden Administration Over New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Seven Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a new student loan forgiveness plan rolled out this week. Biden announced Monday that he was rolling out the plan, which would cancel a minimum of $5,000 for over 10 million Americans with student loans, despite the Supreme Court striking down Biden’s previous initiative in…Kate Anderson -
In Win for Franchises, Judge Voids Biden Admin NLRB Joint Employer Rule
A federal district court announced that it will vacate the so-called joint employer rule that threatened to upend the franchise business model and to impose massive new responsibilities and legal liabilities onto businesses for supposed employees over whom they have no direct control. U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker’s decision Friday held that enforcement of…Rachel Greszler -
Biden Administration Indicts Doctor Who Blew Whistle on Gender Treatments for Minors
UPDATED: JUNE 7 The Biden administration has indicted a doctor after he blew the whistles on sex change procedures for minors. U.S. marshals visited Dr. Eithan Haim’s home this week and summoned him to appear in court. Haim is facing four felony counts of violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as…Virginia Allen -
Ads Target Biden Admin’s Efforts to Curb New Gas-Powered Vehicles
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers trade association released two new advertisements on Wednesday about the Biden administration’s efforts to drive gas-powered vehicles off the roads and replace them with electric vehicles. The ads, which are part of the association’s “seven-figure issue campaign raising awareness” in Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, aim “to inform…Samantha Aschieris -
Court Rules Biden Admin Can’t Force Christian Health Care Workers to Perform Trans Surgeries
A district court ruled Monday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission violated the First Amendment by attempting to force religious health care workers to provide gender-transition procedures. In 2021, the Christian Employers Alliance filed a lawsuit against the EEOC over two mandates requiring religious employers to provide health insurance that covered gender transitions as well as forcing…Kate Anderson -
House Republicans Demand Answers on Biden Admin’s Expensive, Stalled-Out EV Charger Program
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are demanding answers from two federal agencies regarding the Biden administration’s lagging electric vehicle charger subsidy program. Republican Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, and H. Morgan Griffith of Virginia wrote to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on…Nick Pope -
Biden Admin Would Rather Align With Marxists Than Pro-Western Leaders in Latin America
Juan Gonzalez, who led the Biden administration’s curious policy of embracing anti-U.S. Marxist leaders in Latin America while making enemies of their pro-Western counterparts, has resigned his post as the National Security Council’s top hemispheric adviser. Gonzalez (no relation) will depart President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in March to spend more time with his children, an anonymous official told Bloomberg on…Mike Gonzalez -
Internal Documents Shed Light on Biden Administration’s Plan to Impose DEI on Pentagon-Run Schools
The Department of Defense agency that runs schools for military children approved a contract worth up to nearly $2 million for extensive diversity, equity, and inclusion programming and consultations, according to a copy of the contract obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation from the Functional Government Initiative. The Department of Defense Education Activity…Micaela Burrow -
EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Introduces Bill to Block Biden Administration From Closing Ports of Entry
Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill Thursday intended to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from closing critical international land ports of entry at the southern border. “[President] Joe Biden is harming American farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, truckers and consumers by prioritizing welcoming illegal aliens over facilitating lawful commerce,” Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal…Virginia Allen -
64 Million Americans Risk Losing Work Under Biden Admin
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million Americans performed some sort of independent work in 2023. These aren’t just accountants or Uber drivers. They’re IT consultants, makeup artists, musicians, interpreters, fitness instructors, copy editors, and truck drivers….Rachel Greszler -
Americans Should Be Alert to Biden Admin’s Smearing School Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Again
President Joe Biden’s White House notoriously helped craft the National School Boards Association’s letter comparing concerned parents to domestic terrorists back in October 2021. That letter, later retracted, led to an FBI memo, also later retracted. But last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center carried on this theme by adding parental rights groups to its “hate map,” which…Tyler O’Neil -
Trump’s Lawyers Accuse Jack Smith of Concealing Evidence, Working With Biden Admin
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers alleged Tuesday night that special counsel Jack Smith concealed evidence about his office’s collaboration with the Biden administration. In a 68-page Wednesday filing in the Florida case concerning his handling of concealed documents, Trump’s legal team claimed it obtained heavily redacted documents through a Freedom of Information Act request revealing “politically motivated…Katelynn Richardson -
ORWELLIAN NIGHTMARE: Biden Admin Consulted Anti-Christian Group for ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Strategy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Law-abiding Americans increasingly are convinced that their government views them as an enemy, perhaps even a “domestic terrorism threat.” A newly unearthed video may confirm those fears. Bureaucrats in numerous federal agencies apparently tag-teamed with the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that demonizes conservatives and Christians, including groups such as…Tyler O’Neil -
Guatemala’s Pleas for Help to Curb Migration Falling on Deaf Ears in Biden Admin
The last conversation the Guatemalan president had with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss immigration was in June, and the Central American country says its calls for help with border security have largely fallen on deaf ears, Kevin Lopez Oliva, the spokesman for Guatemala’s president, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration tasked Harris with…Jennie Taer -
Biden Admin Reverses Decision to Tear Down William Penn Statue. It Shows How the War on History Can Be Won.
The Biden administration has backed off and decided not to demolish a statue of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. In case you haven’t been following the latest in the war on history, the National Park Service announced over the weekend that it would be removing the famous Quaker’s statue from in front of his…Jarrett Stepman -
EXCLUSIVE: Biden Admin Adds LGBTQ Strings to Foreign Agriculture Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to cultivate the transgender ideology on a global scale using international farm-aid programs. That could mean attaching strings to international grants that the USDA doles out to support the Biden administration’s LGBTQ agenda, which President Joe Biden ordered in a presidential memorandum. The USDA’s Sub-Working Group for the Memorandum…Fred Lucas -
These 22 States Urge High Court to Allow Biden Admin, Big Tech to Censor Online Speech
Twenty-two states, along with the District of Columbia, are urging the Supreme Court to back the Biden administration’s coordination with Big Tech to censor speech online. In a brief, the states wrote that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals made a mistake in finding the federal government’s likely “coerced or significantly encouraged” content moderation in violation of…Katelynn Richardson -
Biden Admin’s Overtime Regulations Could Cost Millions of Workers Lost Flexibility, Benefits, Wages, and Jobs
The Biden administration is trying to hike the threshold under which hourly-wage work regulations apply by about $25,000 per year. The proposed overtime rule threatens to throw millions of workers out of their salaried jobs and into hourly work, leading to lost flexibility and autonomy, benefit and wage cuts, and job losses. The Fair Labor…Rachel Greszler -
Ominously, Biden Admin Will Tear Down Monument to Reconciliation at Arlington Cemetery
The Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is being torn down. After a short legal battle, the Biden administration will continue its plan to remove the statue, which is over a century old, from the cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia. Will this monument be treated with care once it’s removed? I find that doubtful. The…Jarrett Stepman