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Biden Administration’s 82% Cut to Allowable Catch Imperils New England Fishermen, Trade Group Warns
Jerry Leeman III grew up in a family of commercial fishermen in Harpswell, Maine, and says he and others are ready to oppose aggressive federal regulations that could strike a “death blow” to their livelihoods. After being in commercial fishing for 28 years, this week he launched the New England Fishermen Stewardship Association, the first…Fred Lucas -
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‘Disaster’: State Financial Officers Slam Biden Admin’s ‘Upside Down’ Mortgage Policy
A new Federal Housing Finance Agency policy that took effect Monday "will have the net effect of making it significantly more expensive for people with good credit to buy houses," according to almost three dozen state financial officers. Thirty-four state financial officers shared their "deep concern with the new Federal Housing Finance Agency policy" in…Samantha Aschieris -
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GOP Lawmakers Press Biden Administration Official on Whereabouts of 85,000 Migrant Children
“Please do better,” Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., told a Biden administration official responsible for caring for children who cross unaccompanied and unlawfully into the United States. “I have always promised to hold the powerful to account, regardless of political party,” Porter said during a Tuesday hearing, speaking to Robin Dunn Marcos, director of the…Virginia Allen -
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EXCLUSIVE: Smith Blasts Biden Admin for Barring Priests From Ministering at Military Center
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith tore into President Joe Biden's administration for barring Catholic priests from ministering to service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, warning that the move calls into question "the Federal Government’s respect for, and protection of, the innate religious rights of Catholics in…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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3 Ways New State Attorney General Aims to Hold Biden Administration, the Left Accountable
A whistleblower says a transgender clinic at a children’s hospital in St. Louis is lying to parents about gender treatments. Now, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has launched an investigation into the clinic to find out what’s really going on inside the four walls of the children’s hospital. “We’re looking to shut these types of…Virginia Allen -
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Job Creators Network Head Slams Biden Admin, Democrats for ‘Reckless Spending’
The president of the Job Creators Network says "reckless spending" by the Biden administration and congressional Democrats has diluted Americans' buying power, in a response to a government report Thursday on two key price indexes. "Persistently rising wholesale prices hurt small businesses, which tend to operate on tiny profit margins that inflation erodes," Alfredo Ortiz,…Samantha Aschieris -
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‘People Urinating in Our Field’: A Border Farmer’s Plight Under Biden Administration Policies
After Joe Biden became president, farmers in Yuma County, Arizona, watched as illegal aliens soiled large sections of their crops. “When the United States Border Patrol lost operational control of the border here in Yuma, we had a lot of people that were making it into the production areas,” farmer Cory Mellon told The Daily…Virginia Allen -
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Federal Judge Delivers Major Blow to Biden Administration in Pivotal Censorship Case
A federal judge ruled against the Biden administration’s efforts to dismiss a case involving online censorship Monday, saying that the states of Missouri and Louisiana had “plausibly alleged” First Amendment violations. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a suit brought on…Harold Hutchison