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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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EXCLUSIVE: Inquiries on Hunter Biden and FISA Surveillance Meet With Biden Admin Obstruction
A review by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project of documents recently released by the Justice Department reveals that for nearly three years, the agency actively has hindered congressional probes into a Chinese businessman associated with Hunter Biden, the president’s son. Patrick Ho, also known as Hé Zhìpíng, is a Chinese national who was a prominent…Colin Aamot -
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Biden’s Admin Threatens to Dictate How You Cook Christmas Dinner. Heritage Is Suing to Unearth Its Plans.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Joe Biden’s administration signaled a move against gas stoves before claiming that it’s not considering a ban. Regulation on gas stoves would affect how Americans cook their Christmas dinners. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Wednesday to reveal the administration’s communications on the issue….Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Admin’s Latest Spending Spree Amounts to a Backdoor Ban on Gas-Powered Appliances, Experts Say
The Biden administration announced Monday that it is spending more than $500 million to help state and local governments adopt green building codes, a strategy that amounts to a backdoor attempt to phase out gas stoves and other fossil fuel-powered appliances, energy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Department of Energy announced that it is…Nick Pope -
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WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? Biden Admin Refuses to Hand Over Docs Showing How It Altered the Definition of a Recession
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Treasury Department under President Joe Biden has refused to hand over documents showing how officials decided to alter the definition of a recession after the first two quarters of 2022 saw declines in gross domestic product, the traditional definition of a recession. The Heritage Foundation filed a Freedom of Information…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Admin’s Pronoun Police Demand Employees Deny Biology
If your boss required you to announce publicly that 2 + 2 = 5 and act like you sincerely believed it, would you comply or be fired? Unfortunately, tens of thousands of federal employees are being put to a similar test by the Biden administration. But instead of being required to deny basic math, they’re being forced…Roger Severino -
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Biden Admin’s Woke, Wasteful Infrastructure Add-Ons Inflate Costs
This holiday season, millions of American families are still struggling to make ends meet due to the ravages of inflation. The cost of basics, such as food and family homes, have spiked since January 2021, meaning that real wages have dropped by thousands of dollars per year. At a time when responsible adults are carefully…David Ditch -
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UNCONSTITUTIONAL: State AG Explains How the Biden Admin Twists the Law in New Transgender Foster Care Rule
Jonathan Skrmetti, the Republican attorney general of Tennessee, has pledged that he will sue the Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden if it finalizes a rule forcing gender ideology on foster parents. Skrmetti laid out the legal arguments against the rule in a conversation Wednesday with "The Daily Signal Podcast." "This…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Admin Thinks Gender Dysphoria Is a ‘Disability.’ It’s Not.
The Biden administration has been known to stretch the law beyond a plain reading to support a desired policy outcome. Take the longstanding federal law that criminalizes the shipment of abortion drugs, for example. The Justice Department argues that the law doesn’t mean what it says. Wrong. Or how about Title IX of the Education…Sarah Parshall Perry -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Legislation Challenges Biden Admin Push to Use Federal Funds for Abortion
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is leading Republican lawmakers in introducing two pieces of pro-life legislation challenging President Joe Biden's efforts to increase the number of abortions. “Following the historic Dobbs decision, the Biden administration has deliberately ignored federal law in order to pursue its far-left, pro-abortion agenda—all without the authority of Congress,” Brecheen…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Rand Paul: Americans Fear Two-Tiered System of Justice Under Biden Administration
Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul shared Wednesday that Americans across the United States fear to make political statements and decisions given President Joe Biden’s administration’s attitude toward political dissenters. Paul spoke Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. ahead of a screening of Dinesh D’Souza’s new movie, “Police State,” a film that investigates the…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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IRS Targets Conservative Group Exposing the Biden Admin
The Internal Revenue Service has moved to audit a conservative group that has exposed the radicalism of some of President Joe Biden's nominees to senior administrative posts, and in so doing, led him to withdraw their candidacies. The American Accountability Foundation has exposed numerous Biden nominees, and it published emails showing that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,…Tyler O’Neil -
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How Many Illegals Has Biden Admin Released Into US? Mayorkas Can’t (or Won’t) Say.
During a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas couldn’t answer a question about how many illegal immigrants federal authorities have released into the U.S. interior under the Biden administration. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., pressed Mayorkas on the issue, but the DHS secretary couldn’t provide a number at Tuesday's Senate Homeland Security…Jennie Taer -
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The Insidious Way the Biden Admin Forces Staff to Preach DEI
Promoting the gospel of diversity, equity, and inclusion isn't an extracurricular activity at the Department of Commerce—it's an essential part of every employee's job, according to a new memo obtained by The Daily Signal. If the hard-nosed economists at Commerce don't preach about institutional racism or display their preferred personal pronouns in their bios, they…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Admin Releases 96% of Inadmissible Aliens Who Use Its ‘CBP One’ App
The Biden administration has released into the country nearly all the inadmissible aliens who scheduled appointments through its CBP One mobile application so far this year, according to new information obtained by the House Homeland Security Committee. Between Jan. 12 and Sept. 30, fully 95.8% of the illegal aliens who scheduled appointments to claim asylum through…Virginia Allen -
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Biden Admin Reports Over 3 Million Illegal Aliens on America’s Borders in Single Year
For the first time ever, U.S. border agents encountered over 3.2 million illegal aliens on America’s borders in a single fiscal year, a number that is greater than the combined population of Hawaii, Alaska, and Vermont. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CPB, reported Saturday that agents encountered 3,201,144 illegal immigrants at or between ports…Virginia Allen